Chapter 727 Incident
"Sorry, Sister Osvia, I really want to accept your invitation, but I must get my father's permission to leave the province of Karlas."
Shaking her head regretfully, Fiona politely declined the invitation.
"That's a pity, but if you want to go out for fun one day in the future, I can help you mention it to His Excellency the Duke."
The fourth princess nodded and stopped talking about this topic.
"By the way, have you heard about it? It's the constructed network headband promoted by the Federal Parliament. It seems to have been circulated in a small range in the empire recently."
Seeing that the scene was a bit cold, Catherine Alfred, the seventh daughter of the head of the Alfred family with blonde hair and purple eyes, spoke up and brought the topic to a new direction.
"I have tried it before. There are indeed many interesting gossips and local legends on it, as well as some special games that allow you to simulate the life of a high-level professional. It seems that it is so popular among civilians for a reason."
"The empire has been strictly prohibiting the spread of such things. Those headbands you mentioned may have been spread through some special channels that are not visible to the public.
Also, that thing is actually very dangerous. It is best not to touch it lightly."
Hearing her words, Osvia shook her head and her face became serious for the first time.
"The previous incident of the Lord of Dreams that shocked the entire Yar Continent, and the birth of the contact group, if we look into the reasons, the constructed network headband played an indispensable and key role in it.
In that incident, many professionals who wore the headband fell into a deep sleep, but never woke up again.
Although they have now removed the ability of the network headband to directly connect to the network, according to the research of scholars from the Royal Institute, these headbands are still absorbing the scattered mental power of professionals and injecting it into the constructed network to maintain the operation of the network.
In addition, behind the constructed network are many high-level prophet of the Federation. Under their control, it is difficult to ensure that there will not be another disaster similar to the Lord of Dreams coming before."
"Is... is that so? Thank you for your advice, Your Highness."
Catherine's smile was a little stiff. She had prepared several high-level constructed headbands to share with everyone at the tea party, but now it seems that the original plan is going to fail.
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When the 'girls' held a tea party, Anvis found the head maid Annie who was on standby at one side of the garden. She was directing many maids to work in an orderly manner and was ready to remedy any problems that might arise.
"Miss Annie, have there been any unusual personnel changes or situations in the City Lord's Mansion recently?"
"Abnormal personnel changes and situations?"
Annie looked at him with some doubts. As the adjutant of the City Lord, do you need to ask me about these news?
"I got some news that there may be powerful beings attacking City Lord Fiona in the near future. I need to make some defensive preparations in advance.
But if I only use my own sources of information, I may miss some key factors, so I am ready to hear your opinion."
In response to Annie's question, Avis explained half-truthfully.
"A powerful being attacked?!"
Hearing Avis' words, Annie was shocked.
"Well, according to what I know, there have been no personnel changes in the castle recently, and no special events have occurred. Everything is normal."
After thinking for a moment, Annie finally shook her head.
"And, with the ninth-level guardian of the limit, we don't need to worry about the safety of the lady, right, Lord Boli?"
... The ninth level is not omnipotent after all.
Seeing Anne's indifferent look, Avis sighed in his heart, but he also knew that this was not the level she could touch.
"Nothing, don't worry about it, I'm just asking."
Turning away under Anne's puzzled eyes, Avis decided to temporarily make some arrangements around Fiona, waiting for the enemy to be impatient and act.
As a top child of destiny, Fiona's own power is actually quite strong. As long as she can create some opportunities, the power of destiny will most likely help her turn danger into safety.
When the attention was focused on this side, the invisible premonition became stronger, which also made Avis sure that he was not looking in the wrong direction.
Although according to the Duke, Fiona, as a creation of magic experiments, has no blood relationship with him.
But because his special double blood structure was referenced during the modulation, there is actually a special fate connection between him and Fiona that is different from blood relatives.
Even if the web of destiny is temporarily obscured by the power of the outer gods and cannot predict related things, it can't completely cover up the hazy premonition brought by this connection.
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Two days later, to Avis's surprise, Duke Carrot still did not return, but Pomona showed up alone with injuries.
Avis originally thought that neither of them would be able to return for the time being, but he did not expect that one of them actually returned.
In any case, this is a good thing, as there is one more ninth-level combat power, and we can also understand what happened at that time.
According to Pomona who returned to the family, he was careless and was ambushed by the enemy and trapped in the divine flame. In order to save him, Duke Carrot fought with the alien god priest.
As a result, when the battle was the most intense, he was suddenly teleported out by the divine flame and landed directly in a primeval forest near the west coast of the Federation.
When he rushed back to the battlefield, Carrot had disappeared, and only traces of their battle remained at the scene, and the tracing spell did not work.
The family members did not doubt Pomona's words, because the Duke's location could not be determined at present.
Considering the safety issue, the family guardian decided to personally go to the battlefield where Carrot disappeared last to investigate, and let Pomona come back to recuperate, and temporarily replace him to take care of Fiona for a while.
No one objected to this development.
Although Avis always felt that something was wrong, he couldn't tell.
That night, out of a strange feeling of irritability, Avis did not continue to deal with daily affairs, but walked aimlessly to the terrace on the top of the city lord's mansion.
The summer night sky was very clear, and the silver and purple moons were in the sky, casting bright two-color moonlight, which made the mental power seem to be a little more active.
And under the terrace, the Silver Gull City in the night showed its wonderful other side. The light from the windows of countless houses was like a reflection of the stars in the sky, quiet and dazzling.
"Hmm?"
However, it seems that Avis is not the only one who appreciates it. On the terrace, there is a dark figure standing there for a long time.
"Who are you?"
He approached with some doubt. Although he had recognized Pomona, as an ordinary fifth-level lieutenant 'Levin Boli', Avis still pretended to be confused and asked.
"...You are a fool."
However, to Avis's surprise, Pomona slapped him when he saw him.
Under the power of rules, Avis's clone turned into a pile of ice crystal dust on the spot!