NOVPUB"Do you know what you're saying? If you're just using the name of Arcadia Clan, then-"
"I am not lying. In the past, I met someone from the Arcadia Clan. Now that I am in the upper realm, I thought about meeting them."
Eren only wanted to take the skills of the Temple of Light. Only after that, he wanted to go to the Arcadia Clan. But his plans had changed with the arrival of the Ice Palace Master.
Fortunately, the change of plans didn't affect things too much, since the survivors of the Temple of Light were in the territory of the Arcadia Clan.
Trisa rubbed her forehead. She has already messed up by letting Eren enter this continent.
She didn't know what kind of dangers were coming for him, so the Arcadia Clan was indeed a decent place to stop. If she could establish a connection with the Arcadia Clan through Eren, then it was even better for the Ice Maiden Palace's future.
"Fine. We will go to Arcadia."
She entered the Merchant Union's building with Eren, but this time, it wasn't for the return trip. It was to make arrangements for the trip to Arcadia's Territory.
There was only one problem. She wasn't even allowed to take five steps into the building before she was stopped.
"You can't enter. The Merchant Union is closed for the day. We are attending a special guest right now! Don't disturb us!"
The Guards blocked her path. Even though the guards were weaker than Trisa, this was the territory of the Merchant Union. Trisa didn't force her way through, and tried to talk to the Guards.
She even told them her identity, but it didn't help in the least. It only resulted in mockery.
"The Master of Ice Maiden Palace? Which backwater place is that in? Why haven't I heard of it before?"
The guards were different from the Merchant Union Leaders. Their world view was extremely limited, only to the extent of the Central Realm.
Even in the central realm, they didn't know about the weaker and insignificant factions. In their eyes, only the first rate factions and above deserved even the slightest of respect from them.
"Don't force us to kick you out. Have some self respect and leave this place on your own." The Guards didn't care about an insignificant faction that they hadn't even heard about.
Hearing their words, Trisa felt a little embarrassed, especially since she was with Eren. She had told him that she commanded some respect in the upper realm. But even a mere guard of the Merchant Union was scolding her, and she couldn't even fight back.
The Merchant Union might not be some grand sect, but it had many branches across the entire continent. It also had relationships with many great forces, and traded with them.
In terms of strength, the Merchant Union wasn't much weaker than the Temple of Light. She might be able to destroy a mere branch of the Merchant Union if she wanted, but when the wrath of the main branch came, even the Ice Maiden Palace couldn't survive it.
"It looks like we will have to come tomorrow," She held Eren's hand after noticing Eren's clenched fist.
She was somewhat pleased that Eren was willing to get angry because she was insulted. But she didn't want him to attack the guards, as he was unaware about the true strength of the Merchant Union.
If his other personality came out, then it could definitely destroy the entire merchant union with ease. But if that happened, then even she wasn't going to survive because she had already broken her promise to his other personality.
Trisa firmly held Eren's hand, and took him out of the Merchant Union Branch. For the rest of the day, they stayed in the nearby inn.
Eren wanted to leave the inn and roam around the city, but Trisa didn't allow him to leave. Not only that, she didn't take her eyes off him for even a second, worried that she might disappear.
Just to be sure that he didn't go anywhere, she chained his hands to her hands and stayed in the same room with him. The chain was only one meter long, and allowed some room for movement, but not much.
Eren felt extremely uncomfortable, being chained to Trisa. He even felt like he was some kind of prisoner, who was being escorted back to the prison.
Throughout the day, he was still able to bear with it. But the real problem arose at night when Trisa refused to remove the chain.
"I am telling you that I won't run away. Can't you trust me this once? If you free me, I can sleep on the couch, and you can sleep on the bed. If you don't, we will have to share the same bed."
"I still can't trust you, after you fooled me last time. This time, I won't let you get away from me. Also, what's wrong with sharing a bed? Unless you have some strange thoughts about me?" Trisa glared at Eren, as if trying to see through his thoughts.
"I am your mother-in-law. Even if we share a bed, nothing is going to happen. So stop making it more complicated than it has to be."
She was stubborn about not releasing Eren, especially at night when it was the easiest for someone cunning like him to run away.
She had exhausted herself a lot while traveling through the realms. If that wasn't the case, she wouldn't need to chain him to her.
If she wasn't exhausted, she could have stayed awake the entire night and kept an eye on him. But now, she needed rest, as she was in the central realm.
'You... You might not have a problem with it but have you considered my position? We have already kissed once.'
'That itself is enough for your husband to misunderstand me. If he finds out that we shared the same bed, do you think he would care about the fact that he didn't do anything else?'
He had a lot of complicated thoughts, but he didn't express them out loud. He could only give up, since Trisa was so stubborn.
She had already fallen on the bed and closed her eyes, not in the mood to listen to anything.
Even if the bed was large, the chain's length restricted how far he could be from her. He could only lie next to her, and face her slightly pale yet charming face that looked even more mesmerising under the moonlight coming from the window.
