PARTY CRASHERS (2)

"HOW DID it go, Xion?" Neoma asked her assassin son while she was walking with him and Dahlia inside the portal. "Did you take care of it?"

Ruto had to return to the Eastern Continent, hence her man had to take a different portal.

Fortunately, the Northern Lords had a portal that was directly connected to the empire's Royal Capital. The walk was going to be long, but she wasn't worried because they had a very convenient "vehicle."

By that, she was referring to Lapiz– Dahlia's Elemental Guardian.

Neoma and Dahlia were lying down on the Blue Whale's wide back.

Xion (who spread his jacket on the Blue Whale's back like a blanket for Neoma) insisted to sit on top of Lapiz' head instead of lying down next to her.

"I took care of it quietly as you commanded, Princess Neoma," Xion said politely. "I got rid of the gang that took advantage of the dire situation in the village."