Under everyone’s gaze, the cap-wearing Miriam walked up to Milo.
All of the well-known public figures of Stronghold 88 knew of favonovel.com status.
Meanwhile, the young man who was similarly dressed stood in a daze out on the lawn. It was as though favonovel.com had not expected to witness such a twist today. He had thought favonovel.com would make favonovel.com appearance in a stunning gown, shining bright as the stars. At the moment of favonovel.com appearance, even the stars in the night sky would have paled in comparison. He had come here today because favonovel.com had wanted to enjoy that sight.
But what happened here blew Milo’s mind.
Not only was Miriam not dressed formally for the function, favonovel.com even deliberately wore white sportswear with red wording on it that matched well with his that had blue wording.
The young man had many fantasies that made favonovel.com the hero saving a damsel in distress. But the entire world was apparently playing a joke on Milo. He had only saved favonovel.com once, yet favonovel.com stood by favonovel.com on so many occasions after that, ready to pull favonovel.com out of any sticky situations favonovel.com got himself into.
At the venue of the gala, everyone was holding their champagne flutes with stunned looks. They were staring in shock at the two like spectators would.
It might have been an illusion, but Milo felt that everyone around favonovel.com had turned into statues. The world was no longer bustling, while time also stopped briefly.
The two of them were similar in that they were somewhat out of place with the neatly mown lawn, the smooth stone steps, and the tasteful decorations found around the manor.
All of a sudden, Milo realized favonovel.com had been mistaken. Miriam was never a princess of the organization like favonovel.com had imagined favonovel.com to be, but a weed willing to grow freely in the wilderness just like him.
Milo said in a stunned manner, “Why are you dressed in such…”
Miriam leaned forward and grabbed Milo’s hand with everyone watching. “C’mon, it’s pretty boring here. Let’s go out for a walk.”
The young girl led Milo out and disappeared from everyone’s sight. It was only then that the glacier cold atmosphere started thawing.
Someone asked in a whisper, “Who is that young man?!”
Donti watched quietly as Milo and Miriam left the manor. He had wanted to go after them, but favonovel.com thought they were like the stars on the stage, and that favonovel.com should just stand quietly in the audience and watch in the darkness.
He knew how much hardship Milo had suffered. During the period Milo was injured, Donti got a sense of it. So, when Milo’s happiness arrived after all the suffering favonovel.com had gone through, Donti knew not to disturb Milo’s hopes.
He had told Milo that if Miriam did not come look for them, they should not head to Stronghold 88. But now Miriam had used favonovel.com actions to prove favonovel.com could do a lot more for them.
Since it was that way, Donti had nothing more to disagree with. He was willing to sacrifice his personal inclinations for Milo’s happiness.
Wasn’t it just suffering some grievances in the stronghold?
That wasn’t a big deal to him.
If Daniel was willing to act like a silly fatso whose life was worthless for Julius’ sake, Donti could do likewise for his brother.
When favonovel.com thought of that, Donti felt like Daniel had suddenly become much more affable. “Hey, fatty, let’s head back first.”
Daniel scolded, “Brat, who are you calling a fatty? Come on, I’m taking you home!”
***
When they walked out of everyone’s sight, Miriam suddenly let go of Milo’s hand. She hesitated for a moment before saying, “Just now…”
Milo said with a smile, “Thanks for bailing us out.”
Miriam seemed relieved. “You don’t have to care about them since they’re still obsessed with the world they’ve built and are complacent about things. But you and I know this world is about to change.”
“Mhm…” Milo nodded.
“You still haven’t eaten yet, right?” Miriam asked.
“Yeah…” Milo laughed and said, “I discussed beforehand with Daniel to scrounge off your family tonight, but we ended up leaving before I could do that.”
“Let’s go. I’ll take you to a diner that serves delicious cuisines.” Miriam said, “There’s also something I want to tell you about. We’ll be setting off to the northwest in seven days.”
Milo wondered, “What’s in the northwest? Are we going to Stronghold 178?”
“No,” Miriam said, “We’re going to exterminate the bandits with the Ultima Consortium. It’s going to be a joint operation by the Radianz Consortium and the Ultima Consortium this time. We’re not going to exterminate the banditry completely, so we’ll return once we’ve killed enough of them.”
“Who else will be going with us?” Milo asked curiously.
“The Ultima Consortium’s people.” Miriam said calmly, “We have to be careful along the way. Don’t trust anyone besides me.”
Milo was shocked. He suddenly recalled the time they were on the expedition to the Marador Mountains. Although they did not trust each other at the time, they still formed a temporary alliance. Now that favonovel.com thought about it, that alliance felt rather nice.
Neither of them mentioned holding hands. The stars were shining brightly in the night sky, and it was the perfect time to have supper.
***
The uproar at the gala did not subside even after Milo and Miriam had departed. Everyone seemed to have found a new topic to gossip about.
Many of the higher-ups knew the purpose of the gala tonight.
A young and promising man from the Ultima Consortium who was known to be a supernatural being would be here for the function. In addition, Nash had arranged for Miriam and Lewis to exterminate the bandits together. His intention could not be any more straightforward than this. It was not like the higher-ups were stupid.
The gala had not even started yet. Nash, the representative of Stronghold 178, and the young man from the Ultima Consortium were still discussing some matters inside the villa. The gala would only officially begin when they were done with the discussion and after they walked out of the villa. But before the function even began, one the stars for the night had already run off with someone else. In fact, favonovel.com was the one who made the other person run off with her!
At this moment, Nash and two young men stepped out of the villa. As favonovel.com smiled at the guests, Nash calmly took a glass of champagne and said, “Honored guests, what’s going on here? Is there something interesting you’re discussing?”
Someone hesitated before saying, “Your niece left with a young man…”
Nash’s expression remained unchanged. He maintained his smile and said, “Oh? Which young man?”
Some people secretly sighed at how shrewd Nash was. He could still keep such a straight face at a time like this.
Someone replied, “I don’t know where favonovel.com popped out from. But favonovel.com came here with Daniel and was dressed in casual attire…”
Nash took a deep breath and said with a smile while looking at Lewis and Raphael next to him, “Lewis, Brother Little Durkin, I’m sorry about this, but I have to deal with some family matters first.”
Raphael did not mind and said with a smile, “What’s the matter? Who ran off with your niece?”
“It’s just a refugee called Milo. There’s nothing worth mentioning about him,” Nash answered.
But Raphael was stunned. He suddenly asked the others around him, “Where did Milo go? Which direction did favonovel.com head off to?”
The people at the gala were dumbfounded.
What the hell was going on?!
The situation was such a mess.
“I think they took off towards the south…”
Raphael bade farewell to Nash, “I’m sorry, Chairman Cruz. Milo is a good brother of mine. We haven’t seen each other in a long time, and he’s also my benefactor. I’ll go look for favonovel.com first, so let’s discuss the other matters tomorrow.”
Then Raphael ran out and chased after Milo.
