Chapter 1803 - 163: Sour

In fact, looking at it, they didn’t rest much last night, at most a few hours, they got up early this morning to work, but Valentina is still young, with high moral standards, so she still feels guilty.

Of course, she didn’t show much on her face, because looking at her radiant appearance, Alagina couldn’t eat the breakfast either.

It’s like the fruit couldn’t fill her stomach, leaving her feeling very hungry, tasting only sourness, without any sweetness.

So with that, the two fell into silence again.

"Lord Phoenix, are you also here to discuss the Cardinal with the Captain?"

At this moment, Isabella, passing by carrying parts, noticed the silent pair and walked over with a smile, as if breaking through the suffocating atmosphere like lightning, asking so.

"Ah... yes, that’s right, after all, soon it will be..."

Valentina nodded with a smile, and Alagina’s rigid body started to thaw bit by bit, she then raised the fruit in her hand again, yet couldn’t take a bite, as if the previously delicious fruit suddenly turned sour, causing nausea.

"Speaking of this, Lord Phoenix, I have a request for you." Isabella nodded, her expression hesitant, "Regarding the trip to Saint Nali, I know there are limited spots, and the transmission cost for the Slimes is very expensive, so the spots must be used wisely... but, could you also let me go?"

"You?"

"No, Isabella, it would be too dangerous for you."

Valentina pondered while Alagina decisively expressed rejection, Isabella pressed her lips tightly, yet unwilling to give up,

"But this time it concerns my elder sister, even as Mr. Fischer said, I still care about it. Captain, Lord Phoenix, don’t worry, I won’t hold anyone back, I will complete the mission resolutely. And if I’m there, maybe I can persuade my sister..."

At the end, Isabella couldn’t help but laugh mockingly at herself.

Indeed, persuading Elizabeth?

This sentence amused Isabella herself, because if Elizabeth could be persuaded, she wouldn’t have opposed Mr. Fischer in the first place.

Even Mr. Fischer couldn’t persuade her, let alone myself.

However, she still wanted to try, to try standing in front of her sister, expressing her true feelings.

She just didn’t want to hide anymore...

Valentina didn’t know much about Elizabeth, nor did Alagina, so they could only analyze it with simple pros and cons. But looking at Isabella’s firm eyes at this moment, Valentina couldn’t help but sigh,

"You don’t understand, Isabella, we’re going for war this time. This isn’t a dinner party, it’s possibly bloody... you’re staying here not just for your safety, but also to avoid being caught in a dilemma. If at the crucial time we need you to act against your sister, what then? Ask yourself, could you do it?"

"I..."

"Even if you could, acting resolutely, but what about afterward? You’ll bear the stigma of betraying family, betraying Gedelin, betraying your country. Can you accept this?"

"..."

Valentina’s expression grew increasingly helpless, because even as she said this, Isabella’s expression remained resolute, completely unmoved.

"...Then go, after all, she is your sister, regardless of success or failure, this might be the last chance. Miss Alagina, what do you think?"

In the end, Valentina relented, and Alagina could only look at Isabella with worried eyes, unsure if such a decision was good or bad.

Family meeting at such a time...

Unlike her hatred towards her mother back then, Alagina could sense that Isabella still had feelings for Elizabeth, whether this would lead to trouble remained unknown...

"Thank you, thank you, Valentina sister! Captain, please let me go, don’t worry, I won’t cause any trouble... I’ll try to persuade my sister to turn back, if there’s really no way... I’ll stand on the side of justice."

"Justice..."

Alagina smiled helplessly, shook her head, but didn’t oppose it anymore.

Valentina nodded her chin, scanning Isabella up and down, suddenly asking,

"Wait a minute, Isabella this year... how old are you?"

"My age? Hmm, nearly twenty-five."

Yes, she left Saint Nali while still in university, around twenty years old, four and a half years have passed, now she’s twenty-five, even Alagina is thirty-one.

But Valentina was speechless, opening her mouth and freezing in place.

"You just called me sister?"

"Ah, sorry... Lord Phoenix, I just feel... you’re very dependable, what you say makes sense, so..."

"If you really count it, I’m only eighteen this year, it should be me calling you sister."

Valentina smiled wryly, then said it.

Alagina knew this because she had seen Valentina when she was still human, but Isabella was completely oblivious, covering her mouth, looking at the Phoenix with disbelief, who was taller than her, elegant and godlike.

"Really, Miss Valentina you’re... only eighteen? Ah?"

"..."

Alongside the amazed twenty-five-year-old Isabella, over-thirty Alagina was even more speechless.

Had she become too old, losing appeal to Fischer?

She thought miserably, subconsciously raising the fruit in her hand and taking a bite, the next second she coughed raggedly, spitting out the morsel that had just rolled around her tongue,

"Cough cough cough!"

"Captain, what’s wrong?"

"I... I’m fine..."

Alagina clutched her chest, coughing as she responded.

It’s just the fruit is a bit sour, that’s all, nothing else!