Author: M_W Cancer 

Proofreader: M_W Miss Fierce

"How about I'll just simply go to the Evergreen royal family's castle for the meantime instead?" Elvis can't help but suggest. He explained, "In this way, they will no longer assume things since they can see me personally with the Evergreen royal family. This will also allow us to avoid an unexpected accident, such as finding me in the Smiling Lion Village. As long as the Naughty Elves organization can see me in the castle, all of their suspicions would certainly be dropped and they will focus their attention entirely on the Evergreen royal family,"

Hearing Elvis's suggestion, Ethan nodded his head before expressing his thoughts, "Although doing this would also be the same as using the Evergreen royal family to clear the trouble for us, but I still completely agree with Elvis. You have already mentioned to us that we have a very clear and important mission during the Emerald Elven Battle Competition, and that we should do all we can in order to prevent the Naughty Elves organization from knowing anything about this and also prevent them from ruining what the Evergreen royal family is exactly planning to do against them,"

"And besides, having Elvis here or not during the Emerald Elven Battle Competition doesn't really matter that much to the Mischievous Lion Guild, right? Since the Intelligence Department has already finished gathering all the relevant informations that we needed and our next mission would also be to assist the alliance of the Evergreen royal family. It is just perfect to have Elvis there with the Evergreen royal family already so that he will be up to date on whatever they are planning on doing," Ethan paused as he turned to look at Elvis, "And aside from that, it is very obvious already that this is also what Elvis really wanted. After all, he is the person with the lowest kill count during yesterday's operation. Hence, going to the Evergreen royal family's castle would allow him to avoid his punishment,"

"Regardless of going to the Evergreen royal family's castle or not, Elvis would still be receiving his punishment. It will only be postponed for a couple of days due to the importance of the problem we are currently facing," Leo shook his head. He would definitely not allow Elvis to have a way out. This is his only chance of avoiding working in the office for a month straight, at least at this point in time. 

Elvis's face instantly became ugly the moment he heard Leo's words. That was indeed the main reason why he had suggested going to the Evergreen royal family's castle. Unfortunately, Ethan was able to realize this and didn't hesitate to reveal it to Leo. Honestly speaking though, he was actually somewhat expecting this already, especially considering that no one amongst everyone that participated in yesterday's operation really wanted to work in the office. And since there is no use hiding this secret anymore, he could only heave a sigh of helplessness and admit to it, "Fine, I'm still going to work in the office for a month straight once everything is over, happy now?" 

"Very happy!" Elaine replied with a smile on her face. 

"Absolutely!" Edward would of course not allow himself to be left behind in adding more salt to Ethan's wounds. 

Chief Lago and the others also expressed their agreement and opinion with Elvis' matter of not being able to escape his punishment. In short, all of them were delighted to know about this. 

Seeing that everyone has agreed with Elvis' idea, Leo then said, "Anyways, we are more or less finished with our meeting here already," He turned to look at Elvis before saying, "Elvis, pack all of the things you needed because you will be staying in the Evergreen royal family's castle. Also, bring all of your men from the Night Ear group along so that you will have some people to protect you in close proximity that you trust. Be sure to disguise yourself during your travel so that no one will be able to know that you left from the Smiling Lion Village, understood?"

"Yes, Guild Leader Leo," Elvis nodded his head in affirmation. 

"Meeting dismissed, everyone, prepare for the ball tomorrow evening," Leo stood up before quickly leaving the meeting room.

While wearing a disguise to prevent them from being recognized by anyone else other than Leo and the others, Elvis and all of the men of the Night Ear group left the Smiling Lion Village through one of the secret tunnels. They then slowly made their way towards Emerald City. 

As soon as they arrived in the Emerald City, they will then immediately communicate with the men sent by the Evergreen royal family who are in charge of the anti-reconnaissance mission and help them travel to the castle without anyone noticing. 

While that was taking place, Leo and the others, specifically Cassandra, Elizabeth, Angel, Veronica, Ash, Charlotte, Edward, Sele, Dan, Sebastian, Iasiah, Nightingale, Eilajah, and Steve left openly through the main gate of the Smiling Lion Village using five carriages and made their way towards the Emerald City. The reason for doing such a conspicuous move was so that they can attract the attention of the hiding members of the Naughty Elves organization amongst the crowd in the Smiling Lion Village and prevent them from noticing anything is wrong in the Mischievous Lion Guild. 

It didn't really took them that long to see the walls of the Emerald City in front of them. In the past, the road in-between the two territories of the Smiling Lion Village and the Emerald City was made merely from dirt and various sizes of rocks with some occasional slopes every now and then, thus it was so bumpy and hard to travel by. But as the Smiling Lion Village continues to prosper and with many people visiting the place, both the Mischievous Lion Guild and the Evergreen royal family had decided to cooperate with each other in making a stone road that allowed everyone a smooth and fast travel in either of the two territories.