The guards were surprised when Edwin pulled out the Voice Transmission Array Stone. They rarely met such pretentious people, but still, they stood their ground.

Meanwhile, Edwin's Voice Transmission Stone connected to Sophie's Voice Transmission Stone.

"Hmm? Who is it?" She grunted. She didn't know who was trying to contact her on her personal Voice Transmission Stone.

Edwin spoke, "It's me, Sophie."

"Edwin!" Sophie exclaimed excitedly when she found out it was her lover.

Edwin only contacted her on few occasions. In fact, in the past few weeks, Sophie was the one who contacted Edwin.

"How are you doing these days?" Sophie asked in a soft tone.

"Let's talk about that later. Actually, I am here in Mesenana City and was thinking of meeting you." Edwin spoke.

"Really?! Where are you? I will immediately come to meet you," Sophie spoke with an excited tone.

"Sure. I am in the main market near the Big Bulls Blacksmith Store. I needed some weapons for the guards in Kloras Town," Edwin lied as naturally as he breathed.

Meanwhile, the guards outside Sophie's mansion were shocked to hear Edwin talk to their young miss.

From the voice, they knew it was undoubtedly their young miss who was on the other end of the Voice Transmission Stone.

After hearing the location, Sophie cut off the connection between their Voice Transmission Stone.

Once the connection was cut, Edwin put away the Voice Transmission Stone.

A guard asked Edwin, "Why did you lie?"

"My motive was to surprise her. Since you won't allow me to enter the mansion, I naturally need to change my approach and surprise her in another manner." Edwin responded casually.

The guards were taken aback when they heard such comments. They realized in their hearts that Edwin was truly Sophie's friend.

The two guards faced each other and nodded. They faced Edwin and simultaneously spoke out, "W-We apologiz-"

The guards spoke out simultaneously but stopped when they saw Edwin placing his finger on his lips.

"Shhh…" He was signaling them to stop speaking. Edwin added, "You were doing your jobs. I don't blame you."

"Thank you for your kindness. We won't keep you any longer," One of the two guards spoke.

Edwin shook his head, "No. I plan to wait for Sophie here now."

"Eh?" The two guards were startled.

"Don't worry too much about it. I will tell Sophie I wanted to surprise her like this. She won't blame you," Edwin spoke with a smile.

The two guards felt grateful to Edwin as they heard him say that, "Thank you."

"But still, I never thought Sophie was so famous here, and so many people have tried to meet her," Edwin spoke while sighing out.

The guards looked at Edwin with a smile as one of them spoke out, "Can I speak candidly?"

"Sure." Edwin appeared amused as he replied.

"Young miss is a rare beauty and also a talented genius in array formations. She is the student of Master Pazzi, who is a 6 Star Array Master. And most importantly, her father is commander Spencer whose prestige is just below the King within Capital city. It would be strange if she wasn't famous here." The guard spoke out with a proud look.

Edwin smiled and then spoke out, "Now that I think about it, it does make sense."

"So, what kind of people have tried to enter the Mansion? Was there someone with a good status?" Edwin asked casually.

"Hmm…. There have been all sorts of people. The Merchant Union President's Son. Some elders from the Array Association. And once, even an Inquisitor appeared." The guard babbled out without thinking about it much.

Edwin's pupils narrowed immediately as he asked, "An Inquisitor? When did he come?"

"If I remember correctly, it was just a little more than 2 months ago," The other guard replied, "He said he was here to talk to our Young Miss about something. Madam sent him away, though."

"It was a strange scene. Normally, an Inquisitor would come for Master Spencer, but he was actually here for young miss," The first guard spoke out.

When he heard these two guards, Edwin was more or less sure that Inquisitor Fox arrived here to talk to Sophie.

According to the timing, it was when Sophie was still living with him in Kloras Town.

'He must have tried to investigate me thoroughly. And thus, the only other survivor of that Beast Raid was Sophie. It does make sense for him to come and ask her about the events and cross-check it with what I have informed.'

'However, it's impossible for him to have found any valuable information for him. What Sophie said was all that I told her. There shouldn't be any obvious holes in the explanation or the event details.'

He concluded it was a good idea to have made so much effort in manipulating them as they gave him rather useful information.

Moreover, they wouldn't suspect Edwin for asking those questions. To them, it would appear as if he was talking just to pass the time.

Edwin talked a bit with the guards about the random things. Like, how they were doing in life and so on.

The guards went on to narrate everything happily. They had a good impression of Edwin as they felt he was a rather good person. They wanted to leave behind a good impression as well. Thus they talked a lot and so on…

Sophie soon left her mansion. She was startled to see Edwin seated on a chair outside her mansion, facing the two guards and calmly listening to them.

Edwin soon faced her and spoke, "Hey."

Sophie was startled and even scared as she saw Edwin sitting there with that casual smile on his face. She stammered out, "Y-You…W-Why did you come here?"

"Awww. You break my heart. Can't I even come to your house?" Edwin spoke in a fake hurt tone.

"No. It's not that. Forget it, I will tell you later," Sophie spoke while letting out a sigh, "Let's go somewhere else."

"Sure," Edwin didn't understand why Sophie seemed so nervous, but he agreed nonetheless.

The location didn't matter to him much. He had to use Sophie to contact the Royal Family.

Before he was about to leave, though, another lady left the mansion.

It was none other than Bianca. Unlike Sophie's Silky Black Hair, Bianca had Fiery Red Colored Hair with contrasting Blue Eyes. Her bust was a little larger than Sophie's breasts, and her ass appeared even curvier.

In terms of breasts, she was just a little smaller than Siluca, but she had Siluca beat in terms of her ass's curve.

"Sophie, where are you going?!" Bianca asked. Suddenly, she noticed Edwin standing outside the mansion.

She asked the guards near Edwin, "Who is this?"

"Madam, he calls himself Edwin," A guard immediately replied out.

"Edwin? Edwin Rhodes?" She asked while staring in Edwin's direction.

Sophie was nervous as she heard her mother questioning Edwin. Before she could say anything, Edwin nodded his head.

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A/N: Guys, I want to make a manga in the next couple of months. Please follow my insta account: reveriecreations04