"Exactly. The ones you see most over there are Lizardmen, or Sailors who capsized their ships—kids his age are really scarce. It only got a bit better in the last couple of years."
That was close!
Keeping his expression steady as he steered the topic back, Luo Yan felt his palm break out in a sweat.
He'd let himself drift just now and almost slipped up. Fortunately, he'd long since trained the ability to lie through his teeth with his eyes wide open, so he hadn't shown any cracks.
Edward clearly hadn't imagined anything as far-off as Hell; he was just puzzled by the lack of peers.
"To be honest, I've been meaning to ask: his engagement is actually with…"
"Naturally it's with a family from the Holy City. We can't seriously be arranging a marriage with Lizardmen from the Gana Continent, can we?" Luo Yan said in a joking tone.
The Colin family had a secret passage that could slip past the Great Barrier; he'd shared that lead with the Campbell family people a long time ago.
