Starkel knew right away that he had lost to Severin. He was not


    as good as Severin, and he was hardly on Severin’s level. He had no choice but to ept that he was


    almost nothing in front


    of someone so strong.


    However, he still could not resign himself to that crushing


    defeat. He walked up to Elsa, looked into her eyes, and said to her, “You know how much I care about


    you, don’t you? I feel


    answer.


    Elsa was momentarily speechless. She felt that she had made


    her stance clear when she rejected his repeated invitations to


    watch a movie with her. She has been keeping a distance from


    him since the beginning! Elsa smiled bitterly and said to him, I’ve always regarded you as a brother and


    a friend. I hope you’ll


    understand that.”


    Starkel had a disappointed look. He smiled wryly and said to


    Elsa, “Guess I’m the one who’s thinking too much then. I’ll


    leave.”


    Starkel flew up and left. Severin smiled wryly and walked up to


    Elsa. “I’m really sorry, Elsa. I didn’t expect to offend your


    friend.”


    Elsa smiled helplessly and said, “I can’t me you for that. I never paid much attention to him before.


    He was always pestering me, and I’ve been a little annoyed at him too. It’s actually a good thing that I


    could make my stance clear this


    time. It’ll save us both the trouble in the future.”


    “We’ll be going then, Miss Elsa,” Diane said. “Come look for us in South Link City once you hand in


    your resignation letter.”


    “Let me see you all off.” Elsa smiled. She looked at the women in front of her and could not help but


    ask, “By the way, you guys haven’t introduced yourselves yet. You’re not all my master’s wives, are


    you?”


    Megan was taken aback by that question and immediately


    rified, “I’m Megan. Severin is my brother–inw. This is my mother, Felicia. My sister, Diane, is his


    first wife. Miss


    She here is his second wife.”


    Elsa looked at Lillie and Wendy with a strange expression and frowned, “And what about these two?


    Aren’t they my master’s wives too? They’re so young and beautiful. Does my master only have two


    wives?”


    Severin cleared his throat awkwardly. “Ahem. Two is enough.”


    “They’re our family’s bodyguards, but they’re strong and they have high attainment. Wendy here is also


    the granddaughter of Mister Horace Newman, one of the war gods,” Megan


    introduced with a smile.


    “Tsk, tsk! I didn’t think he’d be surrounded by so many strong people who have kept a low profile! Even


    the granddaughter of a war god is willing to follow him and be his bodyguard,” Elsa said in


    surprise.


    “Okay, we should leave and let Elsa continue training,” Severin smiled and ushered everyone else out.