Melde walked alone along the mountain path back to the kingdom, suddenly stopped, slowly turned around, and faced the mountain forest on the side.
"Lord Melde!"
"My most most MOST respected elder~"
Grass Dragon and Lupine popped out, jogged forward.
Just looking at these two troublemakers made Melde angry—he didn't want to pay them any attention.
Grass Dragon ran off with White Ivy.
Lupine also followed White Ivy. Without Lupine running errands, the trade with the Mantis Kingdom dragged on till winter this year before wrapping up.
Resources wasted, raising these two freeloaders for nothing.
No luck in the past few decades either—no new Little Warriors born, couldn't even train a Little Flame Spider to help out again.
"Lord Melde, was the trade going smoothly?"
Lupine asked with concern.
Melde didn't want to talk to him.
Grass Dragon said, "We're here just to welcome you, you know."
