The Lord of Another World: All Wasted at the Beginning, and He Made His Fortune by Taking in the Fem

"Excuse me, Princess. My name is Mudd, and I am a traveler from the Covenant Alliance, a member of the Star Seeking Group."

"The Covenant Alliance? The Star Seeking Brigade?"

[Your Highness, the Covenant Alliance is a union of nations in the western part of the continent, with a total of 27 member countries, and is a very large force.]

Karin's explanation allowed Claire to quickly acquire basic knowledge, but it also made her confused at the same time - why would a traveler from the distant west of the continent become the guest of Duke Booker?

And why would he stay here specifically to meet me?

"There is indeed some distance between the Alliance and the Empire, so it is normal that Your Highness is not very clear about what is happening over there."

"Heh, there's no need for me to know what the other side of the world is like."

Although this man behaved in a gentle and polite manner, Claire always felt that something was not right about him.

"Since Your Highness is not very interested in the alliance, then I will briefly introduce the organization I belong to."

In order to control the rhythm of the conversation, she deliberately put on an arrogant attitude - but the other party seemed to have completely ignored her sarcasm and moved forward with the topic without hesitation.

"The Covenant Alliance was established to commemorate the hero's deeds of saving the continent a thousand years ago, and the Star Seeking Brigade I am in was established to verify the prophecy left by the hero."

"Prophecy? Do you still remember what someone said thousands of years ago?"

Because the person who was closest to the hero was right next to her, Klia also asked about this matter in private.

[Apologies. Database access permissions were not fully restored and relevant records could not be retrieved.]

Unfortunately, Zhuying is currently unable to access the information she has stored, so she doesn't know whether the brave man really left any prophecy.

"Yes, there is a hidden clan in the alliance that recorded and passed down some of the prophecies left by the brave man."

"Wow, that's really impressive... So what is the prophecy?"

Claire, who was leaning lazily on her seat with an uninterested expression on her face, was actually observing this man and Duke Booker.

Not only was there something strange about this man, but Duke Buck, who treated him as a VIP, also seemed a little off.

While the man was speaking, the fat old duke was even smiling, as if he was really listening to the speech of a distinguished person.

【Report. No mental interference energy detected.】

[No? Then what's going on with this old thing? ]

Claire had no idea what Duke Booker and this strange man were trying to do, so she didn't let her guard down.

"Your Highness, are you interested in prophecy? Then I will explain it to you briefly."

"Actually, I'm not interested in that kind of thing, but since you want to explain it, it's best to explain it in a simple way."

Although Klia still spoke in a sarcastic manner, the man always maintained a respectful, humble and friendly attitude.

——Perhaps he is really just a knowledgeable and cultured person?

"A thousand years ago, before the brave man completely wiped out the demons and left this world, he once made a prophecy about the future of this world—"

And when the man really started talking about the prophecy, Karin and Zhuying's spirits unconsciously became tense.

"The brave man said in that prophecy that in about a thousand years, this planet will give birth to a great being who controls the power of life and can help humans evolve to the next stage."

It sounded like some kid's story - Claire scoffed at it, but she listened anyway.

"That great being was called the Star Child by the brave. When it was born, the planet would experience a huge earthquake... and later we checked the records and found out that the Alliance did detect a continent-level energy shock twenty years ago."

"Twenty years ago? Your Excellency, do you know about this?"

"Oh, I don't know of any shock, but since Mr. Mudd said there was, it must be true."

At this moment, Duke Booker looked like a devout believer... He seemed to believe in the man's words unconditionally without any doubt at all.

Isn't this really some kind of mental magic?

"The magnitude of that shock was very small, and ordinary people could not feel it. However, this record also makes us sure that the [Child of the Star] was born at that time."

"So, what's the use of that thing?"

"The prophecy says that once the Star Child awakens, humans will begin to evolve. And in order to find the Star Child as quickly as possible, the Star-Seeking Brigade was established."

In other words, this man came here in search of the legendary "Child of the Stars".

But what does this have to do with Duke of Buck?

"Oh, I almost forgot... May I ask how old Her Royal Highness is this year?"

"I am twenty-one years old this year. Why are you asking this?"

"I'm sorry, but I'm being rude. In fact, scholars in the brigade have proposed such a conjecture - the [Child of the Star] is likely to be born in the form of a human, and it is likely that they have talents and abilities far beyond ordinary people."

This conjecture was indeed somewhat surprising - if it weren't for some discrepancies in age, Klia even thought that she might be the legendary life form.

After all, there are very few people in this world who can practice both magic and martial arts.

"Because I heard from the Duke before that you have already reached level five strength at such a young age, and your talent for magic is far beyond that of ordinary people. So I stayed here to wait for you just to verify whether you are the one we are looking for."

"Hmph, you've been beating around the bush so much, but you're actually trying to do something bad to me, right? My Lord Duke, the actor you found is not very qualified."

"Your Highness, you can't say that. Although I did have some resentment towards you because of William's accident, after I learned about this incident, the previous grievances are no longer important to me."

After listening to Duke Booker's explanation, Claire, who was originally planning to overturn the table, suddenly calmed down.

Duke Buck is a businessman, he would never do anything without benefits. He would treat this strange man so respectfully, there must be a rich reward.

So what's his reward for doing this?

"Your Highness, my test is actually very simple... Please see, this is a kind of associated crystal that the Alliance discovered in the magic source stone vein before."

After Klia calmed down, the man took out a strange transparent crystal from his pocket.

Zhu Ying, who was standing nearby, quickly scanned the composition of the crystal and gave the answer "no problem".

[Report. It is determined to be a highly compressed carbon uranium crystal. The specific properties are unknown, but no dangerous energy was detected.]

"Keep going. I'm listening."

"Please input some magic power into this crystal. If you are really the Star Child I am looking for, then the crystal should produce a strong resonance."

"No problem, I'll give you a chance to perform."

Since she really didn't find any risks, Clary took the initiative to release a trace of magic power towards the crystal in the man's hand.

And when the dark attribute magic power poured into the crystal, the originally colorless and transparent crystal was immediately dyed into ink-black.

There was no special reaction.

"How about it, am I the person you are looking for?"

"Well, it's just dyed black... I must sincerely apologize for wasting your precious time."

After watching the man bow deeply to her without hesitation to express his apology, she had no reason to attack Cliya, who had originally planned to take advantage of the situation.

"Forget it. I will not bother about your impoliteness for now."