I'm here to save the world, what are you doing?

"This is one of the souvenirs I brought out of the Order. It is said to be part of a certain Supreme Heavenly Artifact that the Order obtained nine years ago."

"Unfortunately, unlike the Spindle of Fate, this artifact is no different from an ordinary object once it's broken. No matter what means you use, you can't make it react. It can only be used as a decoration."

"I happened to see it when I was leaving, and I thought it had something in common with me, so I took it. If you're interested, you can take it. Perhaps the artifact will shine again in your hands."

Nine years ago?

Doesn't that coincide with the death of former Queen Helena? Is there a connection between the Queen's death and this thing?

How did part of it end up in the East, and where is the rest?

Tsk, it feels like there are more and more mysteries.

"Another artifact fragment? I'm quite interested in this. Thank you Miss Sanita for giving it to me."

Lucius accepted the gift very naturally on the surface, but he was already very happy in his heart.

"You're welcome, young lord. After all, everything I have belongs to you, doesn't it?"

Sanita smiled slightly and tried to reach out to pull Lucius's hand, but he dodged it deftly.

"Well, it's getting late, so I won't bother Miss Sanita anymore."

"Ms. Sanita works hard, so she should rest early."

Lucius raised his wrist to check the time on his watch, looking as if he was thinking about Sanita.

Sanita: ...

If you really cared about that, you wouldn't have come here at four in the morning.

"Young Master, are you leaving now?"

Sanita gathered her hair around her ears, her voice like honey wine:

"Will you not admire your masterpiece?"

She showed off her charming figure generously.

"No, no, it hurts my body."

"Xiao Ai, let's go!"

Lucius didn't care about all this. He called Ivilia and prepared to run away.

Sanita sent the two of them to the door, leaned against the door frame and said:

"If the young lord hadn't reminded me tonight, I wouldn't have known that other factions had gotten involved. It's only logical that I should return the favor—"

"As far as I know, Baron Kraft, the canal supervisor responsible for managing canal shipping affairs, is also a member of the cult."

Most members of the Broken Wheel faction disguise themselves when gathering to maintain secrecy, and only senior members above the rank of acolyte have the authority to view the cursed stones that record member information.

But over time, as members communicated privately, someone would accidentally reveal their identity, and Baron Kraft was one of them.

Because his congenital lameness, which was like a curse, was too well-known in the upper circles of the East Territory.

"Baron Kraft? I see."

Lucius's eyes flashed. No wonder the hunters had received wrong information when searching for Matthew Fraker.

I originally thought that Matthew was very clever, but I didn't expect that there was a mole in the management system.

Damn it, how can we manage the Eastern Territory well with this bunch of insects?

After seeing off Lucius and Iveliya, Sanita closed the door, breathed a sigh of relief, and relaxed completely.

"As expected of the man the stars have revealed to me, he's truly... irresistible..."

She slowly slid down to sit on the ground with her back against the door, raised her hands and stared quietly at the ten fingers that had touched Lucius not long ago, and Sanita's cheeks were once again stained with a sickly blush.

............

"Wow, I didn't expect this to be so easy to get~"

In the carriage, Lucius was playing with the black beads with a happy expression.

"Ah? So Brother Lu, you've been eyeing this thing for a long time?"

"Then why don't you just ask Sanita directly? Why are you going through so much trouble?"

Iveliya was a little confused. Since she had already used dominance on Sanita, why was she still hiding it?

"Using domination on her is just to prevent her from suddenly backstabbing us. As for the rest, I don't want her to know too much about me for the time being."

"You've been acting down ever since then. Could it be that you saw Brother Lu dominating others and you couldn't help but get jealous?"

"Don't worry, Sanita is just a tool. You and I are a community of shared destiny."

Lucius quipped.

"H-How is this possible!? I'm just sleepy, that's all!"

"It's all your fault for calling me out in the middle of the night!"

Lucius: ...

He just said it casually, purely nonsense, so why does Iveliya look like she has been hit in the sore spot and is getting angry?

"Oh, so I'm sleepy."

Lucius cleverly chose to skip this topic and patted his shoulder generously:

"Love, if you are sleepy, you can sleep on Brother Lu's shoulder. Brother Lu has a sturdy figure and a handsome appearance, which can give you an incomparable sense of security."

Lucius thought Iveliya would definitely complain in disgust, but he didn't expect her to actually come close to him.

"Brother Lu...am I becoming a burden to you now?"

Her voice was filled with loneliness and her eyes were a little dim.

Lucius:? ? ?

I was wrong, I will never do abstraction again.

Lucius knew that Iveliya was talking about the Chaos Cult. The information she got from Sanita tonight was indeed very heavy for her.

After thinking for a while and choosing his words, he spoke:

"No matter what difficulties or dangers we face, we must face them together—this is what we call a community with a shared future. The day I recruited you, I was ready to shoulder the responsibility of your life."

"So, don't waste your time, and don't say things like 'a burden'. I'm here for you."

Brother Lu is still the evil god, but he doesn't think about this and that all the time like you do.

"You're really good at saying nice things..."

Iveliya muttered something, and soon she began to breathe softly.

"This speed of falling asleep is really enviable."

Lucius smiled lightly and looked out the window——

The sky was turning pale, the dark blue mountains in the distance caught a ray of warm gold, and the shadows of the trees swayed and faded away into the outline of the night.

Its daybreak.

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PS: It will be on the shelves next Friday. We need to stabilize the click list tomorrow, so we will still update four chapters at 12 o'clock in the evening. I hope you will support us then.

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It will be on the shelves next Friday, and I need to stabilize the click charts tomorrow, so I will still update four chapters at 12 o'clock in the evening. Please support meow.

In addition, I still hope that everyone will try not to keep reading books. Every time I go to the editor to ask about the number of readers, I am terrified. I feel even more disappointed when I know that the number of readers has decreased.

Please, please give me some confidence!

39-Lao Deng: I don’t play games, I make the rules

The carriage stopped steadily in front of the manor house. There was almost no shaking inside the carriage. The silver-maned horse in the moonlight snorted, and the morning dew condensed in its mane fell off. The gold ornaments on the frame reflected warm light in the rising sun.

Lucius wanted to wake up Ivilia, but seeing that she was sleeping soundly, and that his behavior of waking her up in the middle of the night was indeed a bit rude, he gave up the idea after thinking about it.

After thinking for a moment, Lucius made a decision that went against his ancestors.

He moved his body carefully, leaving enough space, then supported Iveliya's back with one hand, letting her head rest naturally on his arm, and with the other hand, passed through her legs wearing white over-the-knee socks under her skirt, and picked her up with extremely gentle movements.

Iveliya's body is so light that you can hardly feel its weight.

The sleeping girl buried her cheek in his collar unconsciously, and the warm breath made the young master of the East Territory, who was always at ease, feel the throbbing of a little Chu man again.

Lucius: I've become weaker, is it because of Ivelia?

The servant had already opened the door of the mansion for him, allowing Lucius to reach his destination without any hindrance.

At this time, the maids in the manor had already started their morning cleaning work, so Lucius's arrival naturally could not be hidden from them.

Noticing the posture between the two, and thinking about their mysterious departure late at night and their return only at this moment, the maids naturally had a lot of imagination, and each of them had a meaningful smile on their face.

Lucius didn't care about these things. He just sent Ivilia back to bed and covered her with a blanket.

"Good night."

Lucius poked her cheek before turning and walking out of the room and closing the door for her.

Five seconds later, Ivilia on the bed suddenly opened her eyes.

The large area of ​​snow-white skin from the tip of the ear to the collarbone was stained red, and the top of the head seemed to be emitting hot steam, and the trembling pupils seemed to have not yet fully accepted the reality.

"Ahhhh! What have I done?"

Iveliya rolled back and forth on the bed, covering her burning cheeks with her hands, as if trying to eliminate the shame that was welling up in her.

............

By the time Lucius walked out of his room, it was already afternoon.

He planned to go to Lao Deng to discuss the matter of Baron Kraft. The canal affairs were of great importance and must be handled properly.

But what was puzzling was that Lucius did not find Old Deng in the study and courtyard where he usually liked to stay.

"Strange, Lao Deng should be here at this time."

"Did he just go to the City Hall or the Legion Headquarters on a whim?"

I went to ask the maid, but got the answer that "I haven't seen the Grand Duke go out."

Lucius thought about it briefly, and remembering his actions yesterday, he roughly guessed Lao Deng's location.

Arriving at the manor's underground wine cellar, he tapped the wall in the corner three times with ease. Accompanied by the sounds of authentication magic being triggered and mechanisms operating, a brightly lit secret passage appeared before Lucius.

Lucius could hear Old Deng's howls of impotent rage before he even reached the end—

"Activated the beacon? The kid didn't know any better, so he activated it for fun."

"No, how can you blame me for not keeping an eye on him? With four eighth-level guards guarding him, who can I blame if he gets into trouble?"

"How many times have I told you, he's not hurt at all, not even a scratch or a hair lost!"

"You have to see it with your own eyes. He was sleeping! I don't know what got into him, sneaking out with a girl in the middle of the night and coming back at daybreak."

"Hmm? Where did this girl come from? I have to explain this to you..."

When Lucius walked into the secret room, Lao Deng was arguing fiercely with the dragon head totem on the wall. Every time he spoke, the totem would flash at a strange frequency.

To be honest, after awakening his memories of his past life, Lucius couldn't help but think of Valon and the Holy Lord when he saw this scene.

But Glade Oldden is not Walon, and the figure hanging on the wall is not the Holy Lord, but his mother.

To be precise, it is his mother's rune totem.

Lucius' mother was a powerful upper-level true god. With the blood of a true god flowing in his body, he was destined to become a powerful man. This was why he did not give up on himself before awakening "Domination". At least he still had hope in life.

As for the beacon mentioned by Grand Duke Glade, it is actually the crystal that Lucius took out when facing the Supreme Demon Amatras.