Although the first wife often cheated on Little Swan in the past, she was never as bad as she is now.

It's silly to bully the little swan.

It really is... beautifully done.

Cough cough.

Do you think Louis would be unhappy because Beatrice cheated on Little Swan? You are overthinking! Beatrice cheated on Little Swan in order to leave enough private space for her and herself.

How could he possibly blame her for this? "How is the situation at your Chamber of Commerce going?" Beatrice said with a smile.

Louis said, "The preliminary preparations are almost complete. When we return, we can immediately send someone over to take over this branch."

He held Beatrice's hand and said helplessly:

"Now that you're finally back, let's not talk about work."

Beatrice says:

"Sorry, I'm just a little curious about what conspiracy the famous Black Fox will plot in Tunisia next."

Louis: ??? What is the first wife talking about? Why can't I understand?

Seeing Louis' bewildered expression, Beatrice couldn't help but burst into laughter: "So you didn't know yet? Now the outside world calls you the Black Fox of the Empire, and now the people from the Land of Merchants come here just to see you."

"According to them, there must be something fishy behind your sudden decision to cooperate with Tunisia."

"They are coming to see what you are up to in Tunisia."

Only then did Louis realize that the Amn Empire had interfered in the meeting between the two countries.

No wonder I saw other people wearing different clothes from Tunisia and Enser at the banquet.

It seems that those people are the ones who came from the Am Empire to cooperate.

Louis didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "What kind of a title is the Imperial Black Fox? Can't you give it a better title?"

"And this one is black and foxy, which makes me seem like I'm not a good person."

Beatrice smiled and said:

"You think too much. In the eyes of the people in the Am Empire, you are the same as them."

Louis was dissatisfied: "Are they still praising me?"

The first wife chuckled and said, "Obviously not. Those businessmen never claim to be good people."

Louis understood.

The people in the Land of Merchants know that they are bad people.

The merchants in the Star Continent are still too simple.

Louis quietly wrote down the names of these people in a small notebook.

This is not the first time!

You secretly gave me a nickname, didn't you? It would have been fine if you did, but it's so ugly.

If there is a chance, we must take advantage of this group of people.

The two had something to eat outside.

Louis bought a necklace for Beatrice, and she asked him to put it on for her.

Louis was no wimp either.

Walk directly behind her.

Looking at her slender and white neck, Louis always had the urge to take a bite of it.

He put the necklace on with extremely gentle movements, lowered his head slightly, and gently scratched her neck with his fangs.

Beatrice giggled, "What are you doing? It's itchy."

"I just feel that this necklace is not worthy of my fiancée."

Ever since unlocking new positions at the engagement ball, Louis has been becoming more and more aggressive.

The two people with double A in strength and speed collided with each other, and it was quite intense.

As long as Beatrice dared to provoke, Louis would dare to do it directly.

If he had just traveled through time half a year ago, he really couldn't imagine the current scene.

Beatrice, who was so cool, didn't even resist and let him enjoy the intimacy with her.

Louis's skills in teasing her also improved by leaps and bounds in the process.

In the past, when he heard Beatrice say, "What are you doing? It's itchy," he might have just said stupidly, "Nothing, I just think my wife is as beautiful as a fairy just by looking at her neck."

But now, what he said was "I just feel that this necklace is not worthy of my fiancée."

He skillfully grasped the scale, so that when a shy smile flashed across her face, she lost the idea of ​​resisting Louis.

Louis gently held the metal necklace between his teeth and slowly slid it along his neck.

Beatrice only felt the cold metal necklace and the sharp teeth sliding across her skin, bringing a tingling and electric sensation.

She wanted to say, "Don't do that."

But I also feel that this is too pretentious.

Although Louis's gentle action made her shy,...

I really like it.

Suddenly a carriage passed by the roadside.

The sound of the wheels hitting the stones woke up Beatrice, whose eyes were as clear as water.

“There are still many people.”

She said somewhat embarrassedly.

"I didn't do anything excessive."

Louis said slyly.

But the next moment, he changed the subject: "But since you feel embarrassed..."

He stepped back a little.

Beatrice felt the heat from his touch against her from behind slowly dissipate.

For a moment, she felt a little lost.

She spat at herself inwardly.

"Beatrice, what are you thinking about?"

Louis came up to her and held out his hand.

Beatrice didn't understand why, so she decided to put her hand on it.

Two hands overlapped, fingers clasped together,

She tilted her head to look at Louis, and found that he was also tilting his head to look at her, so she said curiously: "Isn't that what you mean?"

She thought he wanted to hold her hand.

Louis shook his head and said mischievously, "I just wanted to ask you for a reward. My fiancé is killing people in other battlefields and he came back to ask for a reward from my beautiful fiancée. Is that okay?"

Beatrice snorted, "You're thinking about something bitter, aren't you?"

Louis shook his head: "I just want to say..."

He lifted up Beatrice's hand and gently kissed the back of her hand: "I have received my reward."

Beatrice: ...

not good.

She felt her heartbeat quicken.

Seeing that she was about to fail, Beatrice coughed and said:

"Shall we go get something to eat?"

Louis suddenly laughed.

How could Beatrice not understand that he was deliberately teasing her?

Louis blinked and said, "Don't think I'm teasing you. I really like this reward."

Beatrice hesitated and said nothing more.

The two of them remained silent tacitly and strolled on the street.

What they didn’t know was that Qian, who was not far from them, was already extremely happy about the CP.

Boom, boom, boom~ a series of crisp impact sounds rang out.

People passing by looked at the man under the tree with strange expressions.

Whose general is so powerful?

William, who was hiding nearby, looked at Qian, who was banging her head against the tree, with a headache on his face.

Regarding the physique of the Iron Guards, even if a tree is knocked down, their defense will not be broken.

But he now suspects that his colleague may be seriously ill.

When seeing this kind of affectionate scene, shouldn’t you hide in a corner and smoke a cigarette to relieve the lemon smell that is lingering on your body?

Why is she still smiling so happily now? "You've never been in a relationship, so you're happy to see others in love, right?"

This is unreasonable!

William could only comfort himself in the end: "You are not a loyal guard at all, you are probably a mother who wants her daughter to get married!"

Mama Akane? Huh?!

It seems quite interesting.

William fell into deep thought.

Louis and Beatrice did not hang out for long.

They soon returned to their camp.

Of course, Louis followed Beatrice back to her station.

The two still had some work matters to discuss.

…

【Location: Ense Delegation Hotel】

Arriving at Beatrice's room, Louis stretched.

"I was very busy yesterday, but one thing is for sure, Shadow Falling Magic is more useful than I thought."

Beatrice glanced at him and said, "Compared to this, I am more curious about how Rimuru learned Shadow Fall Magic."

Louis said, "You don't need to learn. For slimes, as long as they digest enough monsters of the same kind, they will automatically acquire the magic they master."

Beatrice shook her head and said:

“Actually, this statement is not quite right.”

"Um?"

"Do you know the difference between magic and quasi-magic?"

Louis nodded.

He has studied relevant books.

Quasi-magic, also called quasi-spell.

Strictly speaking, spell-like objects cannot be called spells.

Seeing this, Beatrice said again: "Do you still remember the scorching rays you mastered?"

"Of course. That was the first spell I learned."

"Then did you know that there is [Scorching Ray] in both magic and divine arts?"

"I really don't know."

Beatrice and Louis explained the difference.

Spells generally refer to the spell effects produced by casting spells.

Louis once noticed that there were quite a few magic and divine arts skill names that were the same.

For example, the spell [Scorching Ray] that Louis obtained from Rimuru.

[Scorching Rays] also exists in the magic of the God of Glory and Justice.

But the [Scorching Ray] used by the priest is a divine spell.

The [Scorching Ray] used by the mage is a spell in the usual sense.

If we only look at the spell effects, the scorching rays of the mage and the priest have the same effect.

But the basis for their spells is completely different.

The former is to borrow the power of God, and after praying, use the power of divine magic to display the corresponding spell effects.

The latter is to learn the spell model, understand the spell model, engrave the spell through the spell slot, and then consume magic power to release related skills.

While the outcome is the same, the process is undoubtedly different.

Beatrice looked at Louis and said:

"Which of these do you think your scorching rays are?"

Louis said without hesitation:

"Neither."

He didn't believe in gods, nor did he become a priest, so it was impossible for him to have divine magic.

The same goes for spells. Although he consumes magic power when releasing the scorching rays, he has not communicated with the magic network.

Obviously, the effect of his spells is different from the above two.

"So my scorching ray is a spell-like?"

Beatrice nodded: "Probably."

"Medusa, dryads, bird demons, and all kinds of monsters can produce magical effects even without casting spells."

"We humans can also create magical effects by using magic items such as staffs and scepters, or even professional characteristics."

"Having mastered these magics, we just mastered the methods to release the effects."

Louis nodded.

In fact, it is the difference between knowing the fact and knowing the reason.

After Beatrice explained it to him, he finally understood the difference.

This kind of magical effect that can be mastered without learning is generally divided into two categories.

Spell-like and supernatural abilities.

The tree spirit's charm human and the demon's advanced teleportation are both spell-like abilities.

With the exception of a few exceptions, these spell-like properties have exactly the same effects as spells of the same name.

Spell-like abilities require no words, gestures, or spell materials, nor concentration; they can be activated directly as long as the user wants to.

This ability is more like a "youthful version of magical power" that comes with the blood.

Therefore, various fancy warlock professions have become a considerable source of spells.

Some creatures that have been blessed by higher beings will also possess this ability.

The counterpart to spell-like abilities is supernatural abilities.

The dragon breath of the sapphire dragon clan that Louis controls is a typical example of supernatural power.

The effect caused by Chaos Sonic Dragon Breath is similar to that of a spell, but it does not require blood to guide it.

Similar ones include Medusa's petrifying gaze and the ghost's energy absorption.

Oh yes, there is also a very special ability.

That is the [Energy Absorption] of the succubus bloodline.

The [Energy Absorption] released by the succubus in its normal state is a kind of spell.

But once Louis starts absorbing energy by kissing or biting with the succubus's tail, it does not belong to the category of spells.

That is a kind of supernatural ability of the succubus.

In addition to spell-like and supernatural abilities that can cause spell effects, there are some more special sources of spell effects.

The special abilities that are inherent to a profession or race.

For example, the rogue's [Reflex Dodge] and the troll's regeneration ability are both special abilities.

Unlike spells, this ability is not disrupted in combat and is not affected by dispel magic effects.

It is still effective even in the anti-magic field area.

Although these abilities somewhat violate the laws of physics, they are not magic.

Beatrice looked at Louis and said, "Which kind of magic do you think Rimuru absorbed?"

Louis thought for a moment and said:

"It should be a spell-like spell, right?"

Beatrice shook her head and said:

"A considerable number of monsters in the Shadowfall Underworld are just reflections, not real entities."

"Take the Fallen Shadow Beauty Snake that you have seen as an example. This thing is essentially a ball of shadow energy."

"Although their existence itself is part of ritual magic."

"Even when it activates its spell effects, it directly consumes energy to connect to the origin of the Shadowfall Underworld before casting the spell."

"But they do have real organs."

Louis was stunned for a moment, and said subconsciously: "That's even less likely to be a supernatural ability. This thing is closely related to biological organs."

Beatrice smiled and said, "It seems like you finally realized it."

"Yes, supernatural abilities are essentially abilities acquired based on the special structure of the body affected by magic."

Louis suddenly realized.

Some creatures have innate abilities, such as birds being able to fly.

Supernatural abilities are actually special abilities that are naturally formed by this race in order to adapt to the development of the world.

The [Blunt Impact Resistance] possessed by the Rimuru race is essentially a liquid body with magical power, which is a manifestation of a higher ability to withstand blunt impacts.

As the challenge level increases, Rimuru's supernatural abilities will continue to increase.

So Louis did experiments.

The so-called [blunt impact resistance] of slimes is actually the "non-Newtonian fluid" property brought about by their special bodies.

A non-Newtonian fluid is a fluid that “adapts to soft conditions but not to hard conditions”.

If you pour a non-Newtonian fluid into a pool of water and then accelerate and run over it quickly, you will find that when you step on the edge of the pool, it feels like you are stepping on mud.

As long as you are fast enough, you can run directly over the fluid and achieve the ability to float on water.

In 2021, a team from the Institute of Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences verified for the first time in the world that shear thickening colloidal materials have obvious effects in reducing blunt injuries caused by bullet impact on bulletproof vests.

After two years of research, they successfully extracted the FIAM-S03 impact-resistant factor from the shear thickening colloid and successfully injected it into the EVA (ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer) material to form a unique impact-resistant cellular structure.

This "hard and flexible" multi-layer composite structure can significantly reduce the blunt force damage caused by bullet impact to human organs such as the heart.

This is where special non-Newtonian fluids come into play.

Slimes simply transform their bodies into this material, thus achieving the effect of blunt impact resistance.

The same goes for Dragon's Breath and Iron Stomach.

The unique physiological structure of dragons allows them to generate special organs in their bodies.

The wonder and complexity of this organ is comparable to magic.

It can be said that most supernatural abilities are based on the body structure.

Louis frowned, and after a moment he said, "I don't have any special organs in my body, so Shadow Fall Magic can't be a supernatural ability."

Beatrice shook her head. "No, on the contrary, Shadow Fall Magic is a supernatural power."

"Have you not discovered that you have a special ability that allows you to exert supernatural powers without a corresponding organ?"

Louis was stunned for a moment, and then he said in surprise:

"Sin Dragon Armed?"

"Yes, it is the Sin Dragon Armed Forces."

Louis suddenly realized.

The Sin Dragon Armor allows Louis to possess the power of a dragon, the spells of a dragon, the supernatural abilities of a dragon, and even the durability of a dragon.

Dragon magic is fine.

Because dragons are born with bloodline inheritance, most of their spells are spell-like.

But dragon's breath is not.

If you don't have the special organs of a dragon, you shouldn't be able to breathe dragon's breath.

But the Sin Dragon Armed Forces did it.

Louis suddenly realized:

"In other words, the Sin Dragon Armor is equivalent to my living external organ?"

Beatrice says:

"It is highly likely that it is, and this external organ has extremely high plasticity and can accommodate other forms of supernatural abilities."

“Don’t forget, it was Rimuru who swallowed the baby sapphire dragon.”

Louis suddenly realized.

Beatrice didn't know about the future diary.

In her opinion, the Sin Dragon Armor is actually a special transformation ability that Rimuru gained after devouring the Sapphire Dragon Zombie.

So she saw the problem very clearly.

"You haven't fully utilized the power of the Sin Dragon Armor. Since it can use dragon breath, this thing should have a physical body."

"Study it when you have time. Maybe it will help you improve your strength further."

Louis nodded.

But unconsciously, he recalled the description of the "Cursed Dragon" written in the Future Diary.

"Cursed Dragon... What does this represent?"

He quickly suppressed his unnecessary thoughts and communicated with Beatrice about various matters related to this visit to Tunisia.

Most of the time she makes the decisions, and only when she encounters something that is difficult to judge will she seek Louis' opinion.

There are many operations involved, which involve Louis' blind spots in knowledge.

He didn’t know, so he just said “I can’t comment.”

It took them about an hour to sort out the situation over the past few days.

"Ah, I was so busy that I broke out in a sweat..."

Beatrice stretched herself.

"Wait a minute, I'm going to take a shower and wake up."

"good."

As soon as he finished speaking, Louis felt something was wrong.

No, Beatrice, are you so brave now?

You're taking a shower right in front of me. Aren't you afraid that I won't be able to hold back? Just as Louis was complaining, Beatrice suddenly poked her head out of the bathroom door.

"Louis, remember what I said...the reward when you come back."

(End of this chapter)