"THUD!!!"
Looking at the heavy doorway being slammed shut, the Lord of the Heavens coldly grunted. Just now, Vito almost burst into the Tower of Heaven in a fury, almost crazy to ask questions that made the Lord of Heaven also a bit overwhelmed. It is only to question why the Academy Council did not protect their own daughters, and at the same time demanded that they must make amends to ... take what amends? Can you return a Kylie again?
"Woo Meow ..."
Kura, who had been curled up on the couch, lifted herself up, rubbed her eyes, and looked around in a daze.
"Has the uncle left?"
"It's the first time I've seen the Minister of Magical Affairs lose his temper like that ... if he really did."
The Lord of the Heavens still wrapped himself up tightly, without the slightest intention of revealing his true colors. Kula climbed up and stretched comfortably.
"So, Bellucoline-sama, what do you think Vito will do next?"
"Kula don't know yo ... Kula ain't interested in knowing yo ..."
"... well..."
The Lord of the Heavens had no choice but to stop talking, since Kura had already made it clear that she wasn't interested, even if she were to hear it, she'd probably fall asleep after half a minute. Moreover, Kura was the youngest of the five, but at least half of the Academy Council's intimidating power came from the Tower of Darkness. Without Kura's support, Euphoria would have to think twice before acting on anything she wanted to do.
"Then on a different topic, Lord Berukelin, do you want Jared and Caroline to be your guardians? From the information received from Wendy, since they have the power to be able to wipe out four of the ten Great Sword Artists of the Federation in an instant, it can be seen that the power of the two of them has already surpassed all of the fighters in the entire empire, or are they simply ... Legendary Sword Artists?"
"Woo meow?"
Hearing the word, Kura frowned slightly, but she merely made a noise of uncertainty before tilting her head to gaze curiously at Euphoria.
"Kura didn't want her brother and sister to protect her, yo? Kura is strong herself!"
Saying that, Kura deliberately lifted up her small breasts and said proudly to the Lord of the Cang Heaven. But her reaction made the Cang Tian Lord cry and laugh helplessly.
"Please, be serious, I'm talking about something important here. What do you think of the two of them ..."
"Brother Jared and Sister Caroline will not bring danger to the Empire, yo? That much Kura can guarantee."
After Kura finished speaking, as if she had already come to a conclusion, she pulled up the doll that was lying beside her, hugged it tightly in her arms, and walked towards the door with the same shaky movements. The Lord of the Heavens reached out his hand to stop her, but in the end, he just sighed and let it go. She didn't understand why Kura was so attached to them, after all, according to Kura, Jared and Caroline were just friends she had met on her travels. Originally, the Lord of the Heavens thought that Kula had recognized their powerful strength and had taken them in as her protectors, but Wendy's judgment had confirmed the Lord's suspicions. You know, even the five guardians of the Aria Envoys could not face the four Great Sword Warriors of the Federation so easily in the absence of the Aria Envoys, not to mention moving them around like monkeys.
Plus the final Forbidden Chant ...
The Lord of the Heavens' white fingers twitched, as if recalling some terrible memory .
The Federation's not acting normal. Have they found the thing?
White rays of light converged in an instant, and then a solid-colored unicorn appeared at the side of the Lord of Cthulhu.
"Go inform Eganor and Xarumus."
The Lord of the Heavens looked squarely at the unicorn, his tone serious and earnest.
"The seal may have been opened, from now on they can act as they wish, all responsibility will be borne by the Empire, remember to pay special attention to the Federation's movements."
The white unicorn nodded, then raised its neck and gave a long cry, the white light was as brilliant and eye-catching as a comet rising from the ground, and then flew away and disappeared.
And the Lord of Cthulhu turned, gently caressing the ring on his hand.
"It seems that I must care a little more."
She said to herself .
The melodious sound of the piano floated in the night sky, in the silence of the stars and moonlight, Caroline's piano makes people feel more and more like a dream. Until the end of the last tone of the ups and downs, Serenity had been holding her breath nervously before she let out a long sigh.
"I've never seen a musical instrument that can play such a beautiful tone ... Miss Caroline, did you come up with this? According to my memory, there seems to be no country on the continent that has such a strange and weird instrument."
"This is the instrument our teacher used, and we don't know where it came from."
Jared continued to tell his rambling lies as if nothing had happened, and anyway, it was as easy for him as savoring the black tea in front of him.
"It's really a very rare instrument, and it's amazing that the spirits of magic are all gathered here ..."
Serenity reached forward, as if touching something invisible in the air, but then her eyes widened in surprise.
"It's strange why the Spirit of Magic won't come near Mr. Jared and Miss Caroline."
"Yeah?"
Jared looked around, but he couldn't feel anything. It was no wonder that up until now, Jared and Caroline hadn't known how the Spirits of Magic were constructed, and naturally, they couldn't understand their mode of existence.
"That's right, look at ..."
As Serenity spoke, a small blue ball of light suddenly gathered on her finger, and when Serenity pushed her hand forward, the blue ball of light floated forward. But when it got close to Caroline, it floated motionless, as if it wouldn't move forward.
"That's strange, I've heard of people who have a poor sense of magical spirits, but I've never seen anything like the two of you."
"We don't need them anyway, it doesn't matter to us if they're close or not."
Although at the moment in Jared's mind, there are already some clues about this, but he still does not care to open his mouth to answer. Serenity obviously did not pay special attention to the meaning, if a person who aspired to become a magician appeared this kind of problem, then she might still be interested in pursuing the root of the matter, but no matter Jared and Caroline never use magic, and the personal strength of the two people is even higher than Serenity, in such a case, the role played by the spirit of magic is simply irrelevant.
Caroline put the violin in its case, then went and sat down beside Jared and poured herself a cup of black tea.
And just then, Jared suddenly reached out a hand and grabbed Caroline's side.
And the very next instant after he struck, a petite figure appeared at Caroline's side, writhing uneasily while desperately tugging at her right hand, which Jared was holding tightly.
"Let go of me! It's not like I did anything bad!"
（Jared, it's not gentlemanly to pick on a child.)
"Who was the one who almost threw his teacup backward? You didn't forget that your cup was hot, did you, with all that elegance you've been talking about?"
In the face of Caroline's comment, Jared retorted in a defiant manner. In fact, while the girl was fast, for the two of them, speed was nothing. If Jared hadn't stopped the sneaky girl in time, she would have been covered in Caroline's tea.
"Leila! You're being rude!!!"
Just then, another voice, not too familiar and not too unfamiliar, came from the balcony door, and Jared looked back to see that it was the very same group of mercenaries he had met in the afternoon, and it was clear that they had been led here by the soldiers.
"Niinii, I just want to see the musical instrument this sister uses, the sound it makes is so beautiful, could there be a spirit living inside?"
"Get your ass over here!!!"
The beast-eared man looked furious, and Jared released his grip just in time, so the girl walked over aggressively and stood timidly behind the beast-eared man.
"I'm terribly sorry, Your Lordship. I'm sorry you had to see my sister in such a state of shock. ..."
"I don't care, but you should at least discipline your own men, this is the second time you've apologized to me on behalf of someone else."
Hearing Jared's sarcasm, the beast-eared man's face could not help but turn slightly red. Of course he knew that Jared did not mean any harm, but in fact, just based on Leila's reckless action, if it were an ordinary nobleman, I'm afraid that he would have already put all of his men in jail for the crime of assassination. And the hidden meaning of Jared's words was also very obvious: even if you don't have any problems, just with these people under your command, you can be dragged to death. So he nodded deeply, indicating that he understood Jared's words.
"Yes, I'm very sorry, Lord. I came here to express my gratitude to you, for if it were not for you, I fear my sister ..."
"Is the wound healed?"
"Yes, it's cured."
The beast-eared man looked up and replied, then he bowed solemnly to Jared, Caroline, and Serenity.
"Allow me to introduce myself, I am Yuri Gray, the leader of the Beast Souls mercenary group. I don't know if there's anything you can use us for, but if there is, please feel free to ask, we definitely won't refuse."
"Really?"
Jared leaned back in his chair, having seen through the man in front of him. He was impeccable as a person, but as a leader of a team, he had too many problems. As a former leader of a small group of people, Jared was suddenly ready to teach him a lesson.
"Well then, give me Leila, I'm short of a maid here and I think she'll do."
"This ..."
Yuri's face immediately turned white, while Leila's eyes widened in fear and her ears kept turning. In contrast, Caroline was helplessly holding her forehead with her hand, while Serenity looked at Jared with some confusion. In her opinion, Jared should not be so horny man, could it be that he has a special interest in this type of orc?
"This ... I'm sorry ... Lords, I ..."
"I know, I was just kidding."
"Eh?"
Yuri was frozen in place, this lord had nothing against him, he didn't need to play such a trick on him.
"As a leader, don't talk too much."
Jared put down the teacup in his hand and looked at Yuri with a sneer.
"Didn't you say you could do anything? If the other side really asks you to do something you can't do, what will you do? Even if you are willing to do it, will your companions be willing?"
"I ..."
It took Yuri a moment to realize why Jared had said what he did, and he opened his mouth, but nothing came out. But Jared clearly had no intention of letting him go.
"Another thing, you shouldn't apologize to me instead of your men."
"Why?"
That's a little confusing for Yuri.
"The one who offended me is him, not you. It's fine for you to be protective of your shortcomings, but have you ever thought that if you were the one who was offended by someone, would you forgive him just because he apologized to you instead of the other party? Even if it is a play, you have to scold him in front of me, or order him to apologize to me. At least you can reduce the risk of the other side to give you shoes behind your back."
"Bah! You fart! Trying to get me to take on a milquetoast brat like you ..."
The strong man didn't get to finish his sentence.
The surrounding temperature as if in an instant lower, obviously is the night of summer, but the people feel as if in the cold winter night like piercing, and the strong man swallowed his mouth, and finally did not continue to continue to say.
"Next time you interrupt me, I'll cut out your tongue."
Jared's face was so flat, it was as if nothing had happened.
Then he reached for the cup of tea, which was still hot.
"Since you say so, then leave it to Serenity ... Isn't Master Brician going to explore the minerals? Let these mercenaries be responsible for guarding his safety, just as we are now short of manpower."
"No problem, I got it."
Serenity nods, then walks over to the mercenaries.
"Please follow me."
"Ah, yes!"
As if coming to his senses,Yuri made a hasty gesture, and the group followed Serenity out.
(Is that good? Why are you suddenly interested in these people?)
Caroline asked, looking at Jared with some curiosity.
"Just bored."
Jared obviously wasn't telling the truth, because in the next sentence he revealed his true intentions.
"And, suddenly, I realized they didn't seem as innocent as they made themselves out to be."