MTLNOVEL Chapter 637: Enemy with the world
The Elders didn't like the fact that Eren was hanging around the Palace Master all the time.
They didn't know that Eren shared the same thought. He hated the fact that the Palace Master never left him alone, for even a moment. Even when he had to go to the toilet, he could always sense her probing.
It made him feel as if his privacy was being violated, but he couldn't do anything about it.
For the Elders of the Palace, the Palace Master was doing this because she was crazy in love and couldn't be away from her lover for even a second.
Eren didn't know the stories that were going around, related to his relationship with the Palace Master. If he knew, he would've been even more scared of ever facing Lysander in the future.
In his mind, there were no ulterior motives towards the Palace Master, who was his mother in law. It was the same for her.
The one reason she even lingered around him, was to keep an eye on him. The Elders were unaware of it, but Eren was able to guess such things.
It was not love that made her keep an eye on him all the time. It was the fear... The fear of the unknown.
The Palace Master was worried that Eren's alter ego might appear again. If there was someone in this place that could stop him, then it was her.
At least that's what she thought, as she started keeping all the secret treasures of the Ice Maiden Palace with her, to face the alter ego when the time came.
Unfortunately, even with the treasures, she wasn't confident that she could face that monstrous existence again.
"Are you done?" A voice came from outside, just as Eren finished relieving himself.
He raised his pants, and arranged his clothes properly, before stepping out of the toilet.
"Palace Master, can you leave me alone for fck's sake?"
These were the words that Eren wanted to tell the Palace Master. There was only one problem. He only said these words in his mind, and couldn't utter them.
"Mother-in-law, sorry to keep you waiting. Also, have you decided on the matter of the Central Continent?" Eren asked the woman, following behind her.
"What matter of the Central Continent?" Trisha's expressions darkened when she remembered the warning of the alter ego, that Eren should never be allowed to step foot in the Central Continent.
She didn't take the warning lightly, as it came from something dangerous.
"The Coronation Ceremony of the Temple of Light? Are you going to attend it?"
"I will send an Elder in my place to give a gift. I won't go there personally. Who do you ask?"
"I wanted to see the Central Continent as well. If an Elder is going, can I accompany them?'
Eren had a pawn established in the Central Continent as a descendant of a major force. He still wanted to contact that pawn.
More importantly, he wanted to get out of this prison, where he was under observation every second of his life.
He couldn't even attempt to contact the Spirit Realm because he didn't have a single second of not being watched by the strongest existence in the Ice Maiden Palace.
He hadn't even met Estella in the last few days, since the Palace Master sent her away with the excuse of training.
He had a feeling that the marriage was as good as gone, which was not something that he hated. If they freed him from this supposed marriage, then he could only be happy.
As long as he entered the Central Continent, he was going to get far away from Trisha's sphere of influence. He could gain freedom in the truest sense.
"Absolutely not!" Trisha abruptly yelled, losing control over her emotions. This was the one thing that she couldn't let happen.
It was also one of the reasons she had been keeping an eye on him. Under no condition, could she let him enter that place, especially after the warning.
Eren was taken aback by the sharp response. Was it still the same woman that was cautious of him, always talking to him like a child? Why did she suddenly go pale at the mention of him going to the Central Continent?
"Cough, I mean, it's not safe there. It's a very dangerous place, for someone like you. Moreover, the short vacation will end tomorrow. Aren't we returning to Hell? My husband must be waiting for you, and our little daughter."
'Return with you? No way in hell, am I going to hell through a spatial portal!'
Trisha didn't want him to enter the Central Continent, and Eren didn't want to return through the spatial portal. The two sides were at a crossroads, with each wanting a different thing that the other couldn't accept.
"I-" he couldn't accept it. He tried to say something, but he was stopped with a sudden shout from behind.
"Palace Master!" The sound of rushed footsteps accompanied the shout. "We have new information from the Central Continent! It's massive!"
"What happened?" Trisha frowned, wondering what kind of information could make an Elder so panicked. Did the war of the Temple of Light intensify even more?
"A few days ago..." The Elder breathed heavily. "Someone attacked the Central Continent. The Temple of Light has been completely eradicated!"
"What?" Trisha's eyes widened in shock. "How could this happen? Who on earth has such strength?"
She had barely finished asking the question, when she remembered something and looked at Eren. She remembered that someone that looked like Eren, was commanded by the alter ego to go to the Central Continent.
Right before that ego disappeared, he looked angry as well. Could it be related?
The Elder shook his head, his face filled with worry. "We don't know yet, but this incident will surely cause a huge upheaval across the entire continent."
"Exactly how many days ago did that happen?" Trisha asked, and the answer left her frozen.
Her legs grew weak, and her head started spinning. The person that did it, was right before her. With association to him, they had already become enemies with the entire Central Continent.