Chapter 484: Things After the Battle of Helrom

In the imperial capital of Helrom, at the northernmost side of the Protoss Royal School of Magic, the Redmond Administrative Building stands majestically.

The windows were lightly covered with an almost transparent film of leaves, through which the morning sunlight shone, softly and warmly, like a fine golden thread, into the room.

The whole office is filled with the fragrance of spring flowers wafting in from the window, which is a gift from time and nature.

The room now seemed a lot emptier than before.

Many bookshelves and documents were emptied, like an office whose owner was about to move out.

Lanci sat alone in his spacious office, gazing at the ancient Protoss book.

It is rare to see the hardworking principal leisurely killing time in his office.

More than ten days have passed since the election of the Bishop of Protoss, which caused great unrest.

These days will be his last days in the Protoss Empire.

"Hello."

With a slight knock on the door, it slowly opened and a fragrance poured in.

Pranay, dressed in a neat Protoss-style suit and holding a tray, walked elegantly into Lanchi's office.

"Hellrom's linden flower tea, please."

He gently placed the teacup with classical patterns in the perfect position next to Lanqi's hand.

Lanqi closed the heavy book in his hand, placed it next to the desk, and raised the teacup to taste it.

It seemed that Planai had added a little honey, salt and lemon juice to the linden flower tea, which did not bring sourness, but left a refreshing taste, which just suited his mood at the moment.

"Praanai, thank you. We are leaving in two days, but you are still bothering me to accompany me."

Lanci responded softly, a look of relaxation on his face as he leaned back in his office chair.

The three great demons have had less work recently. Every day, only one of them works as the principal's secretary at the Protoss Royal Magic Academy, and the other two can freely travel around the imperial capital Helrom.

In a few days, Lanqi will take them away from the Northern Continent, so in their opinion this is a rare vacation in the Northern Continent.

If it was Guardian Antanas who was accompanying Ranchi, he would chat with him all the time, just like having a sparrow around.

Shinora the Lawbreaker, on the other hand, is quite quiet but extremely reserved, and calling her name suddenly might scare her and make her take two steps back.

It is most natural to get along with the Prana of Truth. Whether it is work ability or etiquette and attitude, it will be impeccable.

The person in charge of being the secretary today happened to be Pranay.

"No."

Pranay shook his head. "I am happy to stay with you for as long as I want."

There was a hint of a smile on his handsome face.

The smile of the demons is often like this.

I can't tell whether it's a real smile or a fake one.

But no matter what, it is always more comfortable to get along with demons who can laugh than with demons who never laugh.

"Who did you think of, King?"

Pranay asked, observing Lanchi's satisfied expression as he tasted the tea.

"Take a guess."

Lanqi is very free today anyway.

"Talia?"

Pranay replied.

"……?"

Lanqi was stunned. He didn't know why Pranay guessed it right, and looked up at Pranay.

"There are probably only three women you might be thinking of, but your expressions are different when you think of them. If there is a hint of sarcasm in your smile, then it can't be the Second Princess whom you respect the most, and it's unlikely to be Miss Sigrid either. It's most likely Talia."

Pranay explains for Ranchi.

In fact, he discovered that if his inference was correct, then Wang thought of Talia very often, almost thinking of her once or even several times a day.

Although this may not be love, I always feel that Wang and Talia are like a pair of enemies.

The only thing that worries Planai is that given Talia's temper, the king's behavior might be a little dangerous, and she will sooner or later figure out what the king is thinking.

But it should be fine.

The king is very strong and it is unlikely that anything will go wrong.

Pranay couldn't imagine Talia and the king exploding together.

“…”

Lanqi drank the scented tea and remained silent.

He never thought that Pranay could deduce this.

Lanqi quickly adjusted his thoughts and decided to think of something happy. He coughed twice and asked Pranay:

“Guess who I’m thinking about right now?”

"Miss Sigrid?"

Pranay thought for a moment and asked.

"How did you deduce that?"

Lanqi looked at the glass of the bookcase, and saw his own expression reflected in it, not understanding where the flaw was.

"This time it's actually very obvious, and there's no need for reasoning because you smiled so naturally."

Pranay replied with a smile.

Sometimes people’s smiles are not even noticed by themselves.

But Pranai had never thought that the king would also have an expression that looked very human.

“Is that so?”

Lanci continued to sip his tea.

Pranay did guess correctly both times.

Of course, it could also be that the contrast between Talia and Sigrid is too obvious.

No matter how you think about it, Sigrid is a woman who will be extremely popular.

Lanci hadn't seen Sigrid in over a week.

The day of the episcopal election ended in the defeat of Duke Morotian.

Several strong men joined forces with Helrom to successfully intercept and kill Duke Morotian.

Although the pursuit by Duke Morotian that day caused some damage to the city, it was less than expected.

Duke Morotian didn't want to give the Protoss Empire any chance to capture him.

Correspondingly, if one must try to forcibly capture Duke Morodian, the eighth-order supreme being who possesses the original slate, putting aside the unpredictable success rate and prolonging the battle line, Helrom might no longer be around.

After Duke Morodian was executed, Sigrid, at the request of the Great Sage Isis, assisted the Protoss Empire military in launching a series of urgent investigations in the north.

In addition, Sigrid, as the Catholic Tyrant, has become a true partner of the Protoss Empire as she wished, and she will be extremely busy with future affairs.

The last time Lanqi saw her was on the afternoon of the day when the bishop election ended. She found Lanqi, asked him to wait for her, and then left with the great sage Isis.

And then some time later.

News about the Protoss Empire was flying everywhere.

But during this period of his fame, Lanci refused all interviews, and his attitude showed that he wanted to gradually fade out of the Helrom stage.

So he returned to his daily work at the Royal School of Magic in Protoss.

But the high priest Loren became the object of people's praise...

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Even the Helrom Broadcasting Company had a voting and scoring segment for Bishop Protoss, and the intrusive High Priest Loren became the only person who received a 10-point rating from hundreds of thousands of citizens, and many people began to describe him as the reincarnation of the Holy Emperor of Benevolence and Righteousness.

Lanqi remembered that Loren also admired this ancient emperor very much. If he heard others describe him like this, he would definitely be very happy.

Although the Protoss Empire still chooses to cooperate deeply with the Church of Resurrection, or more accurately it should be called cooperation with the Tyrant branch.

But strangely, this country has become less hostile to the Church of the Goddess of Fate. From the common people to the dignitaries, all of them show the highest respect to the priests of the Church of the Goddess of Fate.

"You don't look like you have much work to do today?"

Seeing that Lanqi finished his tea leisurely, Pranay poured him another cup.

"Yes, the work that needs to be done is basically done, and we can prepare for our trip back to the South Continent."

Lanqi took the cup and placed it beside him, thanked him and replied, "After returning to the South Continent, your main job is to protect Hyperion who lives in Boss Cat's restaurant. For example, if you see someone coming to the restaurant to cause trouble, just help stop them. Of course, eating and drinking for free is absolutely not allowed."

There was a case before where a killer chased to Cat Boss's restaurant and was stopped by Talia.

The blood clan and the Church of Resurrection of the Southern Continent all seem to have their reasons for killing Hyperion, and her Death Star will only become stronger each time.

Although I brought her to the Northern Continent for half a year, I might have been able to avoid one or two death crises for the time being.

But the accumulated Death Stars will not disappear, they will only come all at once.

Lanqi thought about it and still felt uneasy.

In the future, there will be four big demons in Cat Boss Restaurant, and they should be able to protect Hyperion.

And give her a homely feeling.

Hyperion had already taken the magic rail train back to Milford County in the Northwestern Province a few days ago.

Before returning to the southern continent, she had to go to Gedalia, the capital of the Kingdom of Aethertalan, to report the progress and results of the mission to her teacher, the Ice Witch. The Church of the Goddess of Destiny would then arrange a return route for her.

Even though Antanas could not be brought back to the Kingdom of Aethertalan, the Protoss Empire no longer had any inclination to go to war, and the two giant countries on the southern coast of the northern continent were preparing for peace talks.

In about a week, Hyperion will take a boat from the border of the Kingdom of Aethertalan to the southern coast of the Protoss Empire.

And at the appointed time, Lanqi will bring Boss Cat and the big demons to meet up with Hyperion and take a boat back to the southern continent together.

It seems like it's a bit over time...

Lanqi looked at the calendar and thought.

By the time he and Hyperion return, the semester at Ikerite Academy might be almost over.

When Dean Loren approved the project, he said that the two of them could delay their return for a maximum of two months. If they exceeded this time limit, they would be at risk of being expelled.

With two months of extension time and three and a half months of vacation, there is a total of five and a half months of allowed time for the project. Normally, it is enough even to go to the northern continent for an exploration.

Including the round trip journey, they estimate that it will take more than half a year.

However, he and Hyperion completed the project slightly beyond the target this time, so Dean Loren should be able to understand.

"I see. You can rest assured about the restaurant's security, owner."

Pranay saluted and responded.

"By the way, will there ever be a day when all seven great demons gather at Boss Cat's restaurant? It's almost halfway through now."

Lanqi held his chin and couldn't help thinking.

It is said that there were seven great demons who survived the demon world back then, and now four of them are living a comfortable life.

If possible, Lanqi hopes to find all of Talia's friends.

She will definitely be very happy.

"First of all, it's unlikely that Artemis of Ice and Snow would come to a restaurant next to a school. She is already the chosen saint of the Church of the Goddess of Fate. She probably wouldn't be free enough to put aside her official duties and come all the way to the southern continent for a tour."

Pranay shook his head, "As for the remaining two great demons, there is no clue at all."

"Who is the last great demon?"

Lanqi sipped his tea and asked thoughtfully.

The Ice Witch said that she was anti-war, Talia and her sister Ifatia were anti-war, and in addition to the three conservatives in the Imperial Prison, there was also a pro-surrender faction.

"He was the weakest general back then, and was mainly responsible for intelligence work in the rear. Although he had a good relationship with us, his true identity was unknown. No demon had ever seen his true face, and even his name might be fake."

Pranay seemed to have a headache just thinking about that demon.

"Then isn't he the strongest of all the surviving demons?"

Lanci was surprised.

After all, he is a general, not a civil official.

"If Princess Ifatia hadn't been so bad, she might have been better than him. The second princess is extremely talented, but asking her to study or work is more painful than killing her."

Pranay sighed.

“…”

Lanqi thought it was cruel.

The second princess has no interest, and the eldest princess has no talent.

But it doesn’t matter!

The eldest princess still has her merits.

Her good appetite means she is in good health and will definitely live a long life. Some time ago, I asked Antanas about Talia's real age and found out that her 800th birthday is almost here. We have to celebrate it for her.

“…”

Pranay was about to say something, but gave up.

(End of this chapter)