Can't I develop my own character?

Humph~ Neither of you is a good person, no wonder you two are together.

Ryan betrayed Casradi. As for 'Lin Qi', regardless of whether it can be considered betrayal or not, just look at what she did to her. She appears to be a saint, but secretly she is a demon of lust. Janus must have been blind to choose such a person as a saint.

but.

Although he was angry, Hainuo suddenly came up with a good idea.

"Can we talk somewhere else? I have something important to tell you." Hainuo said.

"Let's go somewhere else..." Ryan turned around and saw the soldiers driving out the car, so he said, "Get in my car."

Hainuo: "..."

She was thinking of finding a coffee shop or something, so what was the point of getting in the car?

Ryan spread his hands: "The Grand Duke wants to talk to me about something, I have to go back quickly."

"Oh well."

Heino followed Ryan into the car and cast a barrier to prevent outsiders from eavesdropping on their conversation.

"Lord Ryan, I'd like to ask you for a favor."

"Help? You are a seventh-level transcendent. What do you need my help with?"

"No... this can only be done by you." Hai Nuo hesitated for a moment, and finally made up his mind: "Saint Lin Qi has something that belongs to me, and I want you to help me get it back."

"Lin Qi?" Ryan was surprised. "Why would she have your things on her?"

"Yes...it's a very special relic. It's a complicated matter that's hard to explain. Anyway, if you can promise to help me get it back, I will personally promise to help Maganna if she ever wants to fight for the throne!"

Hainuo has made up her mind. Since there is no hope for Kasradi anyway, there is nothing wrong with her choosing to help Maganna.

and then.

The Pot of Greed must never fall into the hands of others. If Lin Qi keeps it in his hand, he can always command her unconditionally, which is simply a matter of life and death for her.

If Ryan helps her take back the Pot of Greed, she can also help Maganna deal with 'Vine' to avenge Casradi, which is simply killing two birds with one stone!

As for the photo stone, Hai Nuo was not worried. As long as the Pot of Greed was retrieved, Lin Qi would lose the means to control her. Wouldn't she be able to control Lin Qi at will?

The main reason was that once the Pot of Greed was activated, her body was completely out of control and she could only be at the mercy of Lin Qi.

"Is that thing very valuable?" Ryan hesitated. "Ms. Hainuo, you know I value friendship the most. Lin Qi and I are good friends. Asking me to do this is like asking me to betray her."

Hai Nuo thought, "You're loyal? You didn't even blink when you betrayed Casradi."

"It's not a betrayal. It was originally mine, but I couldn't get it back for some reason," she advised. "Besides, you're doing this for Grand Duchess Maganna, so you're also a man of loyalty, aren't you?"

"Please, Earl Ryan, that thing is really important to me! And I am sure that even if I take it back, it will not cause any impact on Saint Lin Qi, and she will not be harmed."

"Really?"

"Of course it's true, provided you hand it over to me immediately after obtaining it. Never attempt to use it. It's something that could potentially destroy a city if something goes wrong."

Ryan was shocked: "Wow! Such a powerful baby?"

Hainuo opened his mouth and said, "Count Ryan, you seem...excited?"

"Oh no, I certainly wouldn't touch something so dangerous." Ryan thought for a moment and said, "Although I really want to help you, but... to be honest, I'm a little worried. Since it's such an important thing, what if you change your mind? What if I get it and you kill me to silence me? Ms. Hainuo, let's be fair, is this possibility really not there? Would you be worried if you were in my place?"

"It...will."

Heino nodded.

Indeed, the gap in strength between her and Ryan is so huge that if she goes back on her word, Ryan will have no way to deal with her.

"So, there's nothing I can do to help you." Ryan waved his hand.

"I can sign a contract with you!" Hai Nuo said in a deep voice, "We can sign a contract of order and abide by each other. Then you don't have to worry."

"Oh? That's possible."

Without waiting for Ryan to take action, Hainuo took out the contract paper himself.

"Let me write it."

Ryan said.

Hainuo handed him the paper and pen without hesitation.

After a while, Ryan wrote the contents of the contract on paper.

"According to the contract, I will help you obtain the relic, and in return you agree to assist Grand Duke Maganna when she succeeds... Then, you cannot kill me, you cannot be hostile to me, you cannot cause me any harm, you cannot have any negative emotions towards me, you cannot..."

Ryan added a lot of restrictions in one breath.

"You...are you too scared to death?"

Hainuo frowned. Is she the kind of person who would be ungrateful?

"As a human being, it's better to be afraid of death than to commit suicide, right?"

"What's the time limit?"

"Of course I can't set a time limit. Even if the deal is done, I can't revoke these restrictions. What if you want to kill me later?"

"...never mind. Whatever you want."

Although it felt unnecessary, Hainuo was too lazy to argue with Ryan about it. "Plus one more thing: you must not use the relic. You must return it to me after you get it, and you can't tell anyone else."

Anyway, as long as she got the Pot of Greed, it would be fine. As for killing Ryan? She had never thought about it. In fact, after this incident, the two of them would never have any intersection again. So what did it matter if the contract had many restrictions?

Hainuo just wants to get the Pot of Greed back!

"Okay, let's sign the contract."

"Great God of Order, guardian of all justice in the world,

With your infinite wisdom and power, you bring justice to all things, balance and harmony..."

Hainuo personally read out the sacrificial words of the Order Contract. As the blood of the two dripped onto the contract paper, an invisible force appeared. The contract paper was burned by flames, and the contents were engraved into each other's souls.

"Huh~ Alright."

Hai Nuo breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "Count Ryan, you don't have to worry about it now, right?"

"Yeah, I feel relieved now."

"Then I look forward to hearing good news from you."

After achieving his goal, Hainuo removed the barrier and left quickly.

After all, she didn't want to be seen getting into Ryan's car.

"Goodbye, Ms. Heino."

Ryan smiled slightly.

His purpose was also achieved.

According to the terms of the contract, Hainuo cannot even show any hostility towards him, which means that no matter what Ryan does to Hainuo, it can basically only increase his favorability.

what does this mean?

Classic butter operation!

"The vice president is still too naive."

"As you can see, she signed it herself. I didn't force her."

Let's talk about Hainuo's matter in two days. By then, he will prepare a place to have a good talk with the vice president.

...

After returning to the camp, Ryan originally planned to talk to Maganna about dealing with Karkat. He had just finished talking with "Weine", so naturally he had to come back and report to the Grand Duke.

"Just handle it yourself!"

Magna's voice came from the tent, not letting Ryan in at all.

Ryan wondered.

What happened to the Grand Duke?

Are you sad because you found out that you are actually less than 1.5 meters tall?

Shaking his head, Ryan returned to his residence and sent a magic letter to Karkat, agreeing on the time for the attack tomorrow.

Everything is ready.

The next day, Ryan stayed in his room playing games and keeping an eye on what was happening in the Kingdom of Lot.

It is worth mentioning that 'Ina' has arrived in Barron from the West. She went directly to the castle early this morning. 'Weine' arranged a job for her as the Minister of the Interior.

The new emperor ascended the throne and reshuffled the cards. Wei Nei had no intention of re-employing the old emperor's people.

Oh, Old Joe can still continue to stay in the Fire Covenant and shine.

In the afternoon, Ryan changed into the dress specially prepared for the engagement party. When he walked out of the tent, he saw Maganna coming towards him.

The Grand Duke was wearing the outfit that was matched yesterday, a black skirt and white stockings... Oh! White-haired Loli, this Grand Duke is so great!

"What are you doing?"

Being stared at by Ryan, Magna felt the same fluttering feeling in her chest as she had yesterday.

"What are you looking at? It's not like you haven't seen it before."

Ryan laughed and said, "No one else looks good in it. The Grand Duke looks best in it."

"Is that so..."

Is it really that beautiful? Magna didn't know, but she felt happy that Ryan liked it.

Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta.

At this time, a carriage came over.

"Let's go Ryan."

Magna walked over to the carriage and extended her hand gracefully.

"Yes, Grand Duke." Ryan walked over, took Maganna's hand, got on the carriage, and headed towards the castle.

...

Second update! Sorry it's a bit late, I accidentally slept until the evening, had dinner and quickly got back to writing. Another busy day, please give me your votes! Go for it at the end of the month!

Is there anyone with high AI skills? I want to make some character design pictures but I don’t know how to do it. I’ve been working on it for a long time but it’s not satisfactory.

Chapter 120: New Character 'Avril' Enters the Magna Plot Line! [8k5]

It's approaching evening.

The streets of Barron were bustling with people, and luxuriously decorated carriages were traveling on the main road, attracting the attention of passers-by on both sides.

"So many carriages! Is there anything going on at the castle today?"

"Isn't it that the new emperor is about to take the throne?"

"Are you stupid? Today is Grand Duke Maganna's engagement party!"

"Engagement party? With whom?"

"Lord Ryan."

"Is this really an engagement party?"

Who is Maganna?

She is the biggest threat to the throne now.

The main force of the imperial army has not withdrawn, and hundreds of thousands of troops in the west are eyeing it covetously. The nobles of Augustus are scratching their heads and wondering why Maganna doesn't take the opportunity to seize the throne at this time?

As for fear of the Janus Gate, Maganna wouldn't seem to mind it, right? But if a fight really broke out, it would surely be another bloody battle. At least Barron was impregnable right now, and it certainly wouldn't be that easy to break through.

but...

The people of the empire are now a little confused - is Maganna really not a spy arranged by "Vine"?

Whether it was the previous battle for the throne or the subsequent Iron Blood Army stationed to assist in defense, or the promise of the position of High Lord of Maganna at the Imperial Conference not long ago, it seemed as if the two had discussed it long ago.

Of course, speculation is always speculation. As I said before, anything involving Maganna is reasonable no matter how outrageous it is.

Ryan sat in the carriage, seemingly looking outside, but actually he was staring at what was happening over there with Charlie.