System: Build My Own Territory

Chapter 1063: Chapter 303: Betrayal Against Lord Lynn? (Part 1)

Even though it’s only noon,

in the convoy of carriages.

Helena, leaning in the carriage cabin, was constantly replaying the scene of meeting Lynn in her mind.

After a while.

Helena moved her right hand, pulling open the curtain covering the carriage door, and looked at Lorenzo who was following alongside the carriage.

Helena said in a deep voice, "Go inform the two Manor Lords, I have important matters to discuss with them."

"Invite them to go to Wells Manor together!"

Lorenzo didn’t hesitate, quickly responding, "Yes, Lady Helena."

Without any hesitation, Lorenzo squeezed the horse’s belly with his legs, increasing the speed of the horse beneath him, heading towards the front of the carriage convoy.

A few minutes later.

Lorenzo returned to Helena’s carriage.

Even with the curtains covering the cabin, Lorenzo still reported.

"Lady Helena, the Brick and Alex Manor Lords accepted your invitation to head to Wells Manor together!"

The curtain remained drawn, but Helena’s magnetic voice responded.

"I understand."

Lorenzo dared not make any further disturbance.

He continued riding, scanning around, ensuring their safety...

As the carriage convoy progressed.

Time quickly advanced.

Until nightfall, the convoy stopped at the entrance of Wells Manor.

Under Lorenzo, Helena dismounted from the carriage.

She glanced around, noticing the familiar guard overseeing the manor residence.

The light from oil lamps lit inside the residence shone through the windows, illuminating the outside of the manor.

Everything at Wells Manor appeared normal.

Helena looked to her left, and Brick and Alex were just disembarking from their carriages.

Perhaps due to the long carriage ride, feeling weary and tired.

Brick frowned and constantly complained.

"Even though Morgan Town is right next to Alba Town, this road is far too rugged."

"Good thing the flesh on my backside is thick enough to buffer, otherwise, my bones would shatter!"

Alex remained silent, focusing on twisting his neck and waist.

A series of joint stretching sounds echoed in succession.

Helena ignored Brick’s words, straightforwardly saying,

"Gentlemen, shall we discuss this in my study?"

Alex nodded in response.

Brick looked at the increasingly darker sky with some confusion.

"What is it that’s so important? Making it so mysterious?"

"If it isn’t particularly critical, let’s talk here?"

"I’ve just gathered two young maids, waiting for me to return and enjoy..."

Helena gazed directly at Brick, stating in a low voice.

"The ownership of land in Alba Town, does it seem important to Manor Lord Brick?"

Brick was just about to speak when he suddenly thought of something, looking at Helena with surprise.

"You... no, do you mean the entire land ownership in Alba Town, Lady Helena?"

Alex’s eyes were equally filled with astonishment.

Helena replied, "To be precise, it concerns the land ownership formerly held by the now-destroyed Connelly and Louis Manors by Lord Lynn!"

A bright realization flashed across Brick’s and Alex’s eyes.

Brick quickly spoke, "Important, of course, it’s important."

"You can enjoy gathered maids anytime."

"But land ownership isn’t something you can obtain just because you want it."

Helena glanced at Brick, turned, and began to walk towards the manor residence.

Helena didn’t need to remind them again.

Brick and Alex, understanding the situation, followed her.

Helena led the two Manor Lords and Guard Captain Lorenzo into the manor residence. freēwebnovel.com

Among the bowing and greeting maids, they ascended the staircase into the third-floor study.

Helena, stepping forward, approached the main seat.

With Lorenzo’s attentive adjustment of the wooden chair, Helena sat on the main seat.

Following her, Brick and Alex sat opposite Helena.

However.

Helena didn’t start speaking immediately.

She skillfully picked up the smoke pipe from the desk.

Her slender fingers pinched a pinch of wormwood leaves from a linen bag, placing and pressing it into the pipe.

Lorenzo, standing aside, had already prepared a fire striker.

He opened the wooden cover, blowing gently, causing the embers of the fire striker to glow red and erupt into flames.

Lorenzo reached out, lighting the filament leaves in Helena’s pipe.

Helena’s arm moved, placing the pipe mouthpiece into her slightly parted and moist red lips.

As Helena inhaled, the filament leaves in the pipe rapidly burned, glowing even brighter.

Sss~

Perhaps because her lips left a gap around the pipe mouthpiece, a faint inhaling sound continuously arose...

Inhaling the smoke from the pipe for five continuous seconds.

Allowing the smoke entering her body to roll and shift.

Helena leaned her head back on the wooden chair of the main seat, once again parting her thin lips.

A stream of white smoke burst from Helena’s mouth, drifting towards the study’s ceiling.

Sitting opposite Helena, Brick and Alex.

Upon smelling the aroma of the smoke, only furrowed their brows slightly.

Neither spoke, quietly waiting.

Just as Brick enjoyed collecting young maids and Alex liked exercising,

smoking was Helena’s only hobby!

Waiting for the smoke within her to fully disperse, Helena looked at Brick and Alex and began to speak.