Melos City, Melos Castle.

The First Duke of the Empire, Grand Justice Melos, was sitting in the study, staring at the dim crystal ball on the table in front of him. His face was gloomy and ugly, like a lion about to become angry.

This was because he had just learned the news not long ago that the locating crystal on Ariel's body that had previously lost its signal had reappeared. But when he came over to check, he happened to see that the locating crystal had been damaged.

Since last night, there has been no news from the two senior warriors who were sent to secretly follow the pale group.

All this shows that his daughter Ariel Melos has truly escaped from his protection and control.

The development beyond his expectation undoubtedly broke his original plan. In addition, the condition and whereabouts of his beloved daughter were unknown. How could he not be angry?

'Who is it! Who disrupted my plan?'

Each of the forces that had some speculation passed through Melos's mind, and he was trying to determine which party had the ability and motivation to do this. It was obvious in his mind that there were other major forces involved in this matter.

The purpose is unknown for the time being, but I'm afraid they are more or less aware of his plan. That's why he took action to completely get Ariel out of control, hoping to use this to defeat his own plan.

The most important thing is that the other party seized the opportunity very well. It happened to be when Ariel wanted to run away from home because of the previous break-up of the engagement.

'Ariel should be fine for the time being. If they just want to disrupt my plan, they should use Ariel to negotiate terms with me...'

Out of rational thinking, he concluded that Ariel should be fine for the time being. After all, not everyone has the courage and courage to break up with the first legendary Duke.

However, Duke Melos had no intention of speculating on Wanwan, because in his heart, Wanwan was just a pawn in his plan to place Ariel.

Although the demeanor surprised him, he didn't take it too seriously. In short, due to his inherent impression and inertial thinking, he completely missed the correct answer.

He never thought about the role that Bai played in Ariel's escape from control. He never thought that he was the culprit in promoting Ariel's escape from control.

"Come here, check it out for me! Once there is news about my daughter anywhere in the empire, report it to me as quickly as possible. In addition, if you find her traces, don't take any private action. Let me make a decision."

"Publish a reward throughout the empire, saying that my daughter was abducted by the wandering noble Bai Cang. Anyone who has information about my daughter or Bai can be rewarded with 10,000 gold coins if they verify the truth. Anyone who has detailed traces of my daughter or directly catches Bai will be rewarded.

One hundred thousand gold coins!”

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Along with the orders issued from the mouth of Grand Duke Melos, the huge power of the Melos family, the first great duke, suddenly started to move like a machine, and the energy it activated would be beyond imagination!

After issuing the order, Noel Melos stood up and looked out through the transparent glass of the study room at the bustling scene of Melos City outside the window, but his mind wandered to nowhere.

'Ellie, my father can't protect you this time. After you leave home, you will have to walk on your own, so you must protect yourself.'

Grand Duke Melos looked at the rising sun in the distance with complex eyes. In the end, there was only a faint sigh, which disappeared in the morning light.

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On the other side, Ariel, who had just burned the positioning crystal, was slowly taking back the magic flame in her hand. She turned her head and saw the regretful expression on Bai Bai's face.

"What are you doing? Can't I burn my things?"

Wanwan just shook his head, not blaming her for anything.

"It's okay, it's just that I originally planned to add some extra performances and fun to my journey."

Although there were some words in his words that she didn't understand, it didn't prevent the girl from understanding what he meant. It was obvious that some unscrupulous guy wanted to have fun using the power gained from her family. Ariel imitated him

He looked like that and rolled his eyes speechlessly.

"Just think about it. After all, it is my family's power. How can it be so wasteful? I didn't argue with you about those two last night!"

However, Bai Bai shook his head, laughing at the girl's naivety.

"It won't make much difference if you are destroyed. Your father will probably think you are missing because of this, and then mobilize the entire empire to find you. Then the news that you ran away from home will spread throughout the empire."

"Oh, by the way. It's very likely that there will be a reward, and I'll probably be on the wanted list as well."

Ariel frowned slightly after hearing this. It wasn't that she didn't believe what Wanwan said. On the contrary, knowing her father's character, she understood that the impact of being out of control would only be greater!

The bounty that Wan Wan said would most likely become a reality, but her brows quickly spread and she smiled confidently.

"It's okay, it's better than my father coming to find him in person. I have made up my mind that I no longer want to live under the protection of his wings. The next step is to truly start my adventure!"

"Don't worry, it's just that the bounty is unlikely to lead to a legendary level expert. As long as you don't meet the legendary level head-on, I will teach you how to deal with the rest."

Seeing Ariel's confident look, he didn't say much on this matter. He would have fun anyway, wouldn't he?

"What you say now is not convincing at all."

Just looking at Ariel's dark circles due to staying up late last night, she couldn't help but laugh and joke.

"You should catch up on some sleep first. It depends on how you look now. Who can you handle?"

Ariel yawned awkwardly after hearing this. She really felt that she was not in good spirits, and there was no need to hold on. In addition, Bai Bai used the lightness technique to make the carriage smoother, and it didn't take long for her to close her eyes and fall into a trap.

In sleep.

He cast a pale glance at the girl with closed eyes. Under his mental vision, he could clearly see a passive defense magic that was vaguely ready to go around the girl.

'Yes, I am still a little wary.'

After approving of a certain young lady's vigilance, Wanwan didn't mean to disturb her. He took out a magic book from the storage space and started reading it leisurely.

Time passed quietly in this quiet atmosphere, and it was noon in the blink of an eye.

Heilong Xiaobai, who was driving the carriage out of boredom, saw Wanwan come out of the carriage and asked curiously,

"Sir, why did you come out?"

At this time, the raised eyes were hanging high in the middle of the sky, radiating heat wantonly to the earth. Bai Bai squinted at the scorching sun in the sky and explained.

"Come out and see what time it is. It should be time for lunch."

As soon as he heard about eating, a greedy stupid dragon suddenly became happy.

"Okay, okay! Then I'll find a place to park the car first."

Regarding Black Dragon Xiaobai's foodie attributes, Wanwan no longer wanted to complain. He shook his head helplessly and returned to the carriage again.

The sleeping girl in the carriage is like the sleeping beauty in the fairy tale. On her pretty, rosy face, her small and straight nose trembles slightly due to her breathing. Her long eyelashes are gently lowered, forming an almost perfect sleeping face.

Why do I say almost? Because the girl's lips, as soft as petals, are slightly open when she sleeps. This ruins her sleeping appearance and at the same time shows that she is sleeping soundly, because there is even a little transparent saliva flowing out of the corner of her mouth.

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Seeing this scene, I couldn't help but twitch the corner of my mouth. I didn't even think of stepping forward to wake her up. It wasn't because I was afraid of the passive defense magic she had set up, but I simply didn't want to touch her saliva.

He raised his palm to face the sleeping girl, and the ice elements gathered in his hand in accordance with the man's will. A forest-white ice-cold air formed in his palm, and he flicked it towards the sleeping girl with a snap of his fingers.

The noble lady, who was having a sweet dream, suddenly felt an icy chill. It was as if she had gone from the Moon of Flowing Fire to the Winter Moon in an instant, and was blown away by the cold wind.

The girl who shivered violently suddenly woke up from her sleep. With her beautiful blue eyes wide open, she looked at the man in front of her who was hugging her shoulders and smiling, and asked in shock and anger.

"what are you doing!"

"I asked you to wake up. It's already noon and you're still sleeping. Don't become like that guy outside, who eats too much and sleeps too well."

As he spoke, he cast a pale glance at a certain dragon who was driving a car outside, his eyes filled with disgust.

"Then can't you wake me up in another way? Use ice magic to wake me up, and you won't be afraid of freezing me to death."

Ariel rubbed her arms, as if she was still frightened by the chill at that moment.

"Don't worry, my ability to control magic is definitely better than yours. At most, it's like blowing a cold breeze on you."

Bai Wan explained confidently. As he spoke, his eyes couldn't help but fall on the girl's bulging corners of her mouth, and reminded her again.

"Also, you drooled when you were sleeping. So I don't want to touch you."

These words undoubtedly caused the expression of a certain aristocratic lady who was very concerned about her image to stiffen. She immediately turned around and took out the mirror from the storage ring. After carefully wiping the saliva stains from the corners of her mouth, she threatened "viciously".

"Don't tell anyone what you saw just now!"

"It depends on your performance. Get up, learn how to cook with me, and practice your magic control."

The pale man shrugged his shoulders indifferently, not taking the girl's threat to heart at all.

"Okay, you go out first, I'll clean up and come back."

Ariel breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Wan Wan didn't hold on to this matter. After Wan Wan left, she took out the mirror again and put it away. She combed her long, messy fiery red hair neatly, and rubbed the marks on her face from sleep.

flat……

After stepping out of the carriage again, she seemed to have become that elegant and noble noble lady again.

After Ariel got out of the carriage, the warmth of the sun on her body dispelled the chill she had just woken up from. She couldn't help but stretch out comfortably, and her mood improved accordingly.

"Have you packed up? Just come and light the fire."

However, when Wanwan saw her come out, he just glanced at her and directly ordered her to work.

"Oh, here we come."

Ariel increased her voice angrily. Suddenly she remembered something and asked Bai Bai with confusion.

"By the way, why didn't my defensive magic trigger on you?"

When she was cleaning up later, she remembered that she had also set up passive defense magic. Logically speaking, when Bai Bai releases magic on himself, it should trigger the magic defense and wake him up, right?

But the cold air released by the other party froze her without any hindrance.

"This is the function of magic control. I suppress the cold air very weakly. It is like a cold wind in winter, without any lethality. Naturally, your defensive magic will be ignored."

Ariel frowned and thought, and at the same time, she secretly decided to practice magic manipulation well.

As if he knew what she was thinking, he smiled and pointed to the pile of firewood. He looked like a slave owner instructing others to work.

"I know you want to practice magic. Look, I've prepared everything for you. Start lighting the fire!"
Chapter completed!