Lena Sealed in the Frost Casket

Grace was completely baffled, unable to make heads or tails of it.

She had no idea what kind of trick Evan Xiao had used...

Later, she heard that Byron White had disappeared on his way back to the Eastern Alliance, and was never seen again.

People from the Eastern Alliance came searching several times.

But everyone in the Vermilion Spirit Alliance had seen them leave with their own eyes.

So they never suspected the Vermilion Spirit Alliance.

After hearing the news, Grace felt as if the world was suddenly bright and full of hope...

......

As December arrived, Lena's health took a sudden turn for the worse.

They had no choice but to tell her the truth.

Minister Zhuo took a month off from work and stayed by her side day and night.

Grace also made sure to spend half a day with her every day, chatting and keeping her company.

In the final days, Lena was almost always asleep, her whole body as cold as ice.

Grace helped her bathe and change, gave her the Dormant Heart Elixir, and then placed her in the Frost Casket.

After closing the lid, Evan Xiao used some mysterious talisman to seal the Frost Casket.

Finally, Grace stored the Frost Casket in her spatial ring.

While Lena was still conscious, she entrusted Grace with two things.

First, take good care of Minister Zhuo.

She hoped that if she ever woke up, she could still be with him.

Second, Master Sage Dao is someone you can trust.

If you ever run into trouble, you can go to him for help.

Grace asked her what kind of relationship she had with Master Sage Dao, but Lena just said she couldn't remember.

She only knew that whenever she thought of Master Sage Dao, she felt a sense of trust...

......

Heaven's Dew kept being searched for, but apparently, it was impossible to find anything better than the bottle Luke Kee left behind.

Her mother was already in the Frost Casket, her life frozen in time.

Grace could finally settle down and spend time reading in the Celestial Library.

The more she read, the more she felt like she'd discovered a treasure trove.

Her horizons and knowledge expanded every single day...

Meanwhile, she officially took charge of the Vermilion Spirit Alliance.

Elder Conrad led the vice presidents, while Joanna Zuo led the department heads—all supporting Grace.

Being Alliance President was way easier for Grace this time around than in her previous life.

Of course, Duke Winston Wood and Lily Xu's faction thought she was young and easy to bully, so they kept trying to trip her up.

But Grace was a hundred times more familiar with the Vermilion Spirit Alliance than they imagined, and she played every trick better than they did.

Not only did they fail to get the upper hand, they kept getting burned instead.

Rina Chu, Bobby, and Rona Zhu became her personal assistants and officially started working after Grace took office.

As the president's close aides, the three of them enjoyed much higher status on Spirit Alliance Mountain than the other staff. Life was good, and everyone was happy.

Especially Rina Chu—when she heard she'd be getting two hundred silver a month, she was so excited she could hardly contain herself.

'Spirit Alliance is awesome!' Rina Chu exclaimed at lunch. 'Working at a restaurant only pays six silver a month, being a maid gets you ten at most. Running security pays more, but seriously—it's not a job for a girl! Hanging out with a bunch of rough guys all day, and sometimes they just pee wherever they want—'

"Pfft!" Grace burst out laughing. "Rina, you actually worked security detail?"

"Yep! But only once, and I never want to do it again!" Rina Chu said. "I can't stand those guys—rude, filthy, and smelly! No way!"

"What does your family do? How come they let a girl fend for herself?" Rona Zhu asked from the side.