Li Aili did not inquire about Albert's plans.

1,000 years ago, she thought Albert was just a charming but very capable prince.

But look at how fast Albert rose to power after his resurrection 1,000 years later—it's something that even a rocket couldn't catch up with.

The power that Arthur had built over 1,000 years was caught up with by him in less than a year.

Clearly, this man had laid many traps before he died 1,000 years ago.

Faced with such a person, Li Aili didn't think he would tell her his inner thoughts.

Clearly, Li Aili's judgment was correct.

Albert looked out the car window at the bustling streets of Hell and changed the subject.

"No wonder the devil returned Arthur's soul to you."

Looking at the demons radiating joy on the street and the newly built, magnificent buildings on both sides, Albert said, "It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it 'paradise'."

“But you need to be careful.” Albert turned his gaze away and looked at Li Aili.

"The Canon of Illumination states, 'The believers in God will dwell forever in Heaven, and the one who turns away from God will dwell forever in Hell.'"

He raised his chin towards the window with a half-smile, "And you've turned hell into a second 'heaven'."

Li Aili: "..."

She felt that Albert's research into the "Canon of Light" was more frightening than this.

"When I'm bored in the underworld, I also 'keep up with the times' and learn some new knowledge from some guys who have just died."

"That way, after being resurrected, I won't look like an old relic," he said half-jokingly.

Albert took an arcane pocket watch from his pocket.

"It's almost time. Miss Ellie, I'll take you home."

As he spoke, the carriage stopped.

Claude's red carriage followed closely behind Albert's black carriage.

The red carriage stopped shortly after, and Claude, barely maintaining his usual smile, stepped down from the carriage.

However, the veins on his neck were bulging and throbbing faintly.

Albert said to the devil, who was standing not far away, grinding his teeth, "Send us back, devil."

Claude: "..." He hadn't felt this frustrated in a long time since he became the Demon King.

Like a wronged wife, he opened the portal and obediently invited the two 'great gods' to leave.

...

Li Aili stepped out of the portal and stood directly at the main entrance of the city hall.

Just then, Joanna, who was on her way home from get off work, saw Li Aili. "Your Highness, welcome back."

Li Aili glanced at the sky. "Has Arthur returned?"

Joanna said, "I was just about to report to you that the beast tide in Tankar has become even more severe. His Highness the Duke sent word back that he will remain in Tankar for the next few days."

"He will return when Tankar's little prince is born."

Upon hearing this, Li Aili nodded.

Tankar's beast tide was mostly due to her use of life alchemy.

However, neither Jinlong nor Arthur encountered this situation.

All we can say is that this mixed-race baby may have undergone some kind of special mutation.

This is also the wonder of the alchemy of life.

Even a sage who possesses the Philosopher's Stone, the alchemy of life, cannot predict the life form of an alchemical life form with 100% certainty.

According to Li Aili's analysis, the current situation is temporary. Once Alice's child is officially born, the beast tide will likely dissipate automatically.

To put it more vividly, before this child was even born, it was like a rare and precious treasure in a fantasy novel to the monsters.

But once the treasure is born...

In short, if all else fails, she'll use the alchemy of life to "fine-tune" the child.

“There’s one more thing,” Joanna said. “Would you like to come to my house? I can report to you while we eat.”

With Arthur not home, and not wanting to trouble the household staff to prepare a large dinner, Ellie simply nodded and readily accepted Joanna's invitation.

Joanna immediately exclaimed happily, "That's wonderful! I'll write a letter right away to inform the cook at home."

After saying that, she took out a special devil summoning array.

After activation, the summoning array displays two lines of text:

There are 1,716,728 users ahead of you in the queue.

[We have detected that you are a valued member of the Devil's Club, and we have skipped the waiting line for you.]

Li Aili: "..."

Very well, the devil has thoroughly understood the business acumen she taught him.

"Won't the number of souls deducted from members be a lot?" Li Aili asked.

Joanna wrote a note and handed it to the devilish VIP waiter, "Please give this to the cook at the Marquess Martin's mansion on Downing Street."

The devil took the note, gracefully performed a human nobleman's salute, and then vanished with a 'bang'.

"Of course not. Even the lowest-ranking deliverymen know about 'sustainable development' now."

Li Aili: "..."

When the carriage arrived, the butler, along with male and female servants, lined up at the door to greet it.

They had already learned that the city lord was coming to their home for a meal.

The steward greeted the city lord with the highest level of courtesy.

Before preparing for dinner, Li Aili went to the study with Joanna.

The maid brought tea and some prepared snacks for the lord and his wife to have a little something to eat.

So Joanna brought up business first, "There are two things that are a bit urgent. First, we have an important guest coming to visit tomorrow."

"Who?" Li Aili picked up her black tea and took a sip.

She could vaguely smell rotten eggs.

It must be that I have been tainted by a little bit of the aura of hell.

Joanna took a deep breath. "Do you know Peter Hope of the Harp Society? He's the big shot who's scheduled to visit Emerald City tomorrow."

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