After that, Abium decided to stay with the kids for some time and started teaching them about the Peral kingdom's geography and politics. He knew they would be in a dangerous position once they left this house and decided to give him some ideas about how to get out of dangerous situations.
It was already evening when he finished teaching about all the complicated stuff. Then, Abium took out the zero-tier spellbook and asked Lillian to select six darkness spell models. He also explained each spell's effect and suggested which one was better.
Once she selected six spell models, he carefully copied them into another book and gave them to her. He knew it would take at least two years for her to construct all those spells, so he also gave her a few first-tier spell scrolls and magic stones for her safety.
After that, Abium bid farewell to the kids and went to Baron Auguinare's mansion.
Surprisingly, Helena stayed at Baron Auguinare's mansion, making his job easier.
"You took so long to return." She broke into a wide grin as Abium entered the main hall and said with a bright smile.
At that moment, she sat on a luxurious wooden chair in the middle of the hall and appeared to be in the middle of writing something. She wore an emerald belted waist dress and held a silver quill in her right hand.
"Sorry, I met with some problem during the last mission," Abium said apologetically and quickly moved closer to her.
At the same time, he searched the mansion and noticed no sign of Baron Auguinare.
"Where is Lord Baron?" He asked while sitting on the chesterfield sofa beside her wooden chair.
"He went back to his territory a month ago. Abi, I think you need to buy a mansion in the Royal capital for yourself." Turning her face serious, Helena made a suggestion.
Until today, Abium didn't even think about that and was startled a little.
Letting out a deep sigh, he made a quick decision and replied.
"Then I will have to rely on you for that. Buy a small mansion near the Commoners Borough's Black Street. Also, use this money to strengthen the Amara town's defense and offense." Saying so, he took out a bundle of crystal cards with around 50,000 white gold coins and gave them to her.
"T-This is too much for just strengthening defense and offense." She suddenly stopped as she realized something and asked hurriedly, ''You want to build stone walls surrounding Amara town? But I think 5,000 white gold coins would be more than enough.''
Of course, Abium knew that she was talking about small walls to defend the town from low-level monsters and let out a chuckle.
"Not a small wall. I want to build a port city, so ask Kuran to build a sturdy stone wall, which would be enough to accommodate more than 5 million people inside. Also, those stone walls must be above 7 meters tall." Abium's words caused Helena to freeze in shock for a few moments.
"Why do you want to build a city for millions of people when we don't even have enough manpower to work for us?" After recovering from the shock, she asked with a dumbfounded face.
But Abium didn't reply and continued mysteriously.
"Only time will answer your question. But trust me, what we will do now will save millions of lives in the future." He said with a serious tone and then gave her a scroll and a black sword.
"This is a map of the temple ruins located near the capital. Give this map to Mr. Viper and tell him to search for a potion in the red-marked places. If his luck is not bad, he will be able to find a potion that could permanently cure him. After that, tell him to go to Silverland City and wait for me over there. As for that sword, please hand it over to Duke Adhemer quickly and tell him this sword really helped me during the last battle."
Helena's azure eyes instantly widened as she heard those words and hurriedly stored that map and the sword inside her spatial ring.
"So, how long will it take for you to return?" She asked the most concerning question as she realized Abium was leaving again. Although she felt sad, she didn't show it and maintained a poker face.
Alas, multiple thoughts were running through her mind at that moment.
'Why is he spending most of his money on commoners? Building a port city? Saving millions of lives?' She couldn't comprehend his thoughts at all.
As she was thinking about those silly things, Abium slowly stood up from his seat and replied solemnly.
"I don't know. But I will definitely come within two years." His words caused Helena's expression to turn gloomy. Abium could see the sadness in her eyes and let out a chuckle. How could he wasn't aware of her inner thoughts?
'Should I give it to her?'
He stood in a daze momentarily and quickly sat on the sofa while closing both amber eyes. His sudden action caused Helena to startle.
She stared at him, confused, and quickly noticed a green ring appeared out of nowhere, which made her eyebrows arch up.
'No elemental fluctuation?' She got confused deeply and stared at Abium, full of puzzlement.
At the same time, Abium opened his amber eyes and gave a ring to her.
"Keep this ring with you all the time. I may find a way to contact you through this ring in the future. Put your spiritual imprint on this ring and don't lose it."
Upon hearing his words, Helena got perplexed inside.
'An artifact? Is he giving me this as a gift?'
"What ability does this ring has?" She asked with a frown and soon imprinted her spiritual power on the green ring.
A moment later, she noticed a small link in her soul, which looked just like the link between her soul and the World Tree.
She also noticed some green essence-like substance hidden deep inside the ring and got more puzzled.
'I feel a dense amount of nature essence-'
The next instant, she knew this was not something she could casually mention to anyone and kept her mouth shut.
Abium smiled at her response and added,
"Even I don't know much about this ring. But I know this is not something simple, so don't let others know about it. I don't want to lose more people from my life." He turned his face solemn as he said those words and stood up from the sofa.
As he was about to walk away, Helena also stood up from her seat and said, full of concern,
"You... You look like a lone wolf." Her words made Abium stop his footsteps. He opened his mouth to say no, but no word came out.
"Haa! I guessed right. Abi, I can see loneliness in your eyes. Although I don't know what happened to you in the past, I and others will always be waiting for you in Amara Town. You are our lord, so come back safely even if you can't find the person you are searching for." Helena said with a serious tone.
Meanwhile, Abium quickly smiled and replied with a nod.
"I know you are all there for me. But still, I need to find the person who gave birth to me and ask her why she abandoned me." Abium said while clenching his fist tighter.
This time, Helena got a little stunned and didn't know how to respond. She thought that he was feeling dull because of some random beauty who stole his heart in the past.
But she didn't expect he was searching for her mother. After a short silence, Helena said slowly.
"Maybe she left you because of some unfortunate situation."
Abium also nodded his head at her words and left the main hall, leaving the hall to complete silence.