The soundproof enclosure surrounding the entire lounge was removed, and the door opened from the inside. Eileen walked out of the room with her head down.

Aldridge, who had been standing in the doorway, turned around immediately upon hearing the sound and stared intently at Eileen.

But before he could speak, Eileen turned around and closed the door. She even formed a hand seal, leaving a light element mark to seal the door and prevent him from seeing what was inside.

Then, Eileen turned to Aldridge and said, "Dolores has woken up, so you don't need to worry, Aldridge, but she is still not fully recovered and needs to rest."

"Although the battle with the bishop just now did not injure her bones, she was still exhausted and her body was damaged. It is probably not possible to resolve the situation here."

"I need to contact the Church of Light now, and through the Saintess's connections, arrange for a few mages skilled in light elemental healing magic to help. You go find Lucas."

"Lucas?"

Aldridge countered, looking at Eileen as if he didn't quite understand her meaning.

Eileen continued, "The Lancaster family was kept out by the royal family. After all, the Church of Light was allowed in only because they were one of the organizers."

“If the Lancaster family were to have someone follow them, it would be somewhat illegitimate, so Lucas should be outside keeping watch right now. Go and inform him, Aldridge.”

After saying that, seeing that Aldridge still hadn't moved, Eileen kept urging him. Seeing that he seemed finally persuaded, she turned and left—

Eileen breathed a sigh of relief, then quickly circled around to the side and back of the lounge from another direction. After confirming that she could not see Aldrich, she took out a black bird whistle again.

Looking left and right, and confirming again and again, Eileen finally blew the bird whistle with trembling hands.

Strangely, after the bird whistle was blown, no sound was produced. Instead, it stirred the surrounding elements and then spread outwards in a peculiar wave.

After blowing the whistle once, Eileen placed it in her palm, activated light elemental magic, and shattered it in her hand, leaving no trace.

Half an hour later, as Eileen waited anxiously, she finally saw a man dressed in royal attire rushing over, holding a black flute in his hand.

"Seventh Prince, it can't be you?!"

"...I never expected that it would be Saintess Eileen who summoned me."

When the two met, they were both shocked by each other's identities, and the Seventh Prince immediately asked, "Are you also one of those envoys' people?"

Eileen nodded and explained, "He told me that during the ambush on Dolores, there was a member of the royal family who could help. I wonder how things are going now, Your Highness the Seventh Prince?"

"Just as the envoy predicted, Lucas was waiting outside with the Lancaster family at the very beginning of the exchange meeting to ensure Dolores' safety, but—"

The Seventh Prince paused, then said, "As instructed by the envoy, Lucas and his group were kept outside because the Lancaster family had neither the right nor the authority to enter."

"Because of my previous self-recommendation, I am in full charge of this exchange meeting. Without my approval, it would be impossible to let them in. As for my father and the others—they have long been dissatisfied with the Lancaster family."

Hearing this, Eileen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: "That's great. As long as we listen to him, nothing will go wrong."

"To get rid of that idiot Aldrich, I sent him to find Lucas. Once he goes, there will definitely be a dispute over the royal family not allowing Lucas and his group in, which will delay things."

The Seventh Prince nodded. Although he wasn't worried that Aldrich, that fool, could be of any use, his presence was still a potential threat.

Now that the Lancaster family has blocked their way and Aldrich, who was in the way, has been sent away, the only troublesome one... is Dolores, who is the target.

The Seventh Prince countered, "By the way, Saintess Eileen, have you taken care of things with Dolores?"

Eileen paused, recalling her previous confrontation with Ruan Qing'an, and her hand trembled slightly: "It's done... It's done... There's no major problem, Your Highness the Seventh Prince."

"I have already trapped Dolores there as the messenger instructed. Now we just need to continue setting up the magic circle in the lounge."

The original plan was to find a way to get rid of everyone around Dolores, then control her, and use a forbidden technique that had long been lost to switch Irene and Dolores.

This exchange is not a soul swap, but rather a process of replacing blood and bones, allowing the elements that were originally compatible with Dolores to barely adapt to Irene, who possesses her aura, making it indistinguishable from the real thing.

Such forbidden techniques were explicitly prohibited after their creation due to their excessive cruelty and bloodshed, and even disappeared from the annals of history for a time, so their success rate is unknown.

The magic circle they set up at this moment was a light element healing magic circle that could enhance life force, in order to prevent the death of either Dolores or Irene during the use of forbidden magic.

At the same time, this magic circle is not only used to enhance vitality, but can also forcibly start the process of forbidden techniques. Once the time is up, the person who enters will be forced to undergo a blood and bone transformation.

This was also a special contingency plan in case Dolores suddenly started to resist or Eileen couldn't hold on during the process.

The setup of this magic circle was prepared well in advance.

The Seventh Prince took out a black disc covered with countless strange symbols drawn in black lines and placed it in the corner of the lounge.

The two formed hand seals together, and more and more black light spots, as if drawn from the sky, converged into black lines and then poured into the black disc.

The next moment, black lines began to move again, covering the entire ground of the lounge. However, to avoid being seen, only the Seventh Prince and Eileen could see what was happening.

Black lines, like those of a magician, outlined a magic circle on the ground, then rapidly absorbed light elements, with the light element magic circle at the center of the black array.

Upon witnessing such a bizarre scene, the Seventh Prince and Eileen exchanged a glance, both seeing the surprise in each other's eyes.

This method is simply divine!

The Seventh Prince couldn't help but say, "As expected of the envoy, how can we resist such divine means?"

Seeing this, Eileen felt relieved: "Yes, Dolores is still too arrogant. Today—she will pay the price for her arrogance!"

"Actually, Dolores was already awake when I started doing it, but she was so confident in her strength that she was not afraid at all and let me do everything. It was utterly ridiculous."

Eileen sneered, her saintly demeanor completely gone, and coldly mocked, "Too bad, while I was getting rid of Aldrich, she had already lost her bet completely!"