Outside his retreat, Su Yue looked much the same as before. Aside from a trend of becoming more prosperous by the day, there hadn't been any major changes. The territory's people had long grown accustomed to the rapid, constant progress.
Under Duke Qinghui's radical push for progress and development, even the once-peaceful, nature-loving Purity People had been forged into hardcore industrialists, accelerating with a vengeance.
When Westheid returned to his mansion, he was immediately greeted with an enthusiastic hug from a certain Elf Lolita:
"West! Congratulations! I was the first to know! You did it!"
"It's all thanks to you, Xiao Ai."
Westheid ruffled the Elf Lolita's hair, letting the Wind Law Queen nuzzle against his chest as he looked around.
"Where are Reiya and the others?"
