Chapter 484: A Few Things After the Battle of Helrom

In the imperial capital of Herom, on the northernmost side of Protos Royal Academy of Magic, the Red Mondstadt Administration Building stands majestically.

Its windows are lightly covered with an almost transparent film of leaves, and the morning sunlight shines through them, softly and warmly falling on the interior like thin golden threads.

The entire office is filled with the fragrance of spring flowers floating outside the window, which is a gift from time and nature.

The room at this moment seemed much emptier than before.

Many bookshelves have been cleared of documents, like an office whose owner is about to move out.

Lanci sat alone in his spacious office, staring at the ancient book of Protus.

A hard-working principal, it is rare to see him spending time in the office in a leisurely manner.

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

These few days will also be his last days in the Protos Empire.

"Hello."

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

Pranay walked into Ranchi's office elegantly, wearing a neat Protos-style suit and holding a tray in his hand.

"Helrom's linden flower tea, please use it."

He gently placed the classically patterned tea cup in the right place next to Lan Qi's hand.

Lan Qi closed the heavy classic in his hand, placed it next to his desk, and raised his tea cup to taste it.

It seems that Pranay added a little honey, salt and lemon juice to the linden flower tea, which does not bring any sourness, leaving only a fresh taste, which is exactly in line with his mood at the moment.

"Pranay, thank you. We are leaving in two days, so why bother to accompany me?"

Lan Qi responded softly, with a relaxed expression on his face, and leaned back on the office chair.

The three big demons have also had less work recently. Only one big demon works as the principal's secretary at Protos Royal Magic Academy every day, and the other two can freely play in the imperial capital Herom.

In a few days, Lan Qi will take them to leave the Northern Continent, so in their opinion, this is a rare Northern Continent vacation.

If Antanas, the Guardian, was accompanying Lan Qi, he would chat with him non-stop, just like having a sparrow by his side.

Sinora, the lawbreaker, will be quite quiet, but extremely reserved. Calling her name suddenly may scare her back two steps.

It is most natural to get along with the Pranay of truth. No matter whether it is work ability or etiquette, it is impeccable.

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

"No."

Pranay shook his head,

"I'd be happy to stay with you for however long it takes."

There was a slight smile on his handsome face.

The smiles of demons are often like this.

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

But no matter what, it is more comfortable to get along with a demon who can laugh than with a demon who never laughs.

"Wang, are you thinking of someone?"

Pranay asked, observing Lanchi's satisfied expression while drinking tea.

"Guess what."

Lan Qi is very free today anyway.

"Thalia?"

Pranay replied.

"...?"

Lan Qi was in a daze. He didn't know why Pranay guessed it correctly. He looked up at Pranay.

"There are only three women you may be thinking of, but the expressions when thinking of the three are different. If there is a hint of sarcasm in the smile, first of all, it cannot be the second princess you respect the most, and secondly, it is not the second princess you respect the most. If it’s Miss Sigrid, then it’s most likely Thalia.”

Pranay explained for Ranchi.

In fact, he discovered that if his inference was correct, then the frequency of Wang's thoughts about Thalia was really unusually high. He would think about Thalia almost once or even several times every day.

Although this may not be love, Wang and Thalia always feel like a pair of enemies.

The only thing that worries Pranay is that according to Thalia's temper, Wang's behavior may be a bit dangerous. Sooner or later, she will understand what Wang is thinking.

But it should be fine.

Wang is very strong and is unlikely to get into trouble.

Pranay couldn't imagine the scene where Talia and Wang exploded together.

"..."

Lan Qi drank scented tea and remained silent.

He never thought that Pranai could reason out this.

Lan Qi quickly adjusted his thoughts and decided to think of something happy. He coughed twice and asked Pranai again:

"Guess who I'm thinking about right now?"

"Miss Sigrid?"

Pranay thought for a moment and asked.

"How did you reason it out?"

Lan Qi looked at the glass of the bookcase and looked at his expression reflected in it, wondering where the flaw was.

"It's actually very obvious this time. No reasoning is needed because you smile so naturally."

Pranay replied with a smile.

Sometimes people's smiles are invisible to themselves.

It's just that Pranay never thought before that the king would show such a human-like expression.

"Is this so?"

Lan Qi continued to sip the tea.

Pranay did guess right both times.

Of course, it is also possible that the comparison between Thalia and Sigrid is too obvious.

No matter what she thought, Sigrid was a woman who would be extremely popular.

Lanci has not seen Sigrid for more than a week.

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

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

Although the pursuit of Duke Morotian on that day brought some damage to the city, it was less than expected.

Duke Morotian did not want to give the Protos Empire any chance to capture him.

Accordingly, if they had to try to forcibly capture Duke Morotian, the eighth-level strongest man with the original stone tablet, and put aside the unpredictable success rate, and dragged out the battle line, Helrom might not be there.

After Duke Morotian was executed, Sigrid, at the request of the great sage Isis, assisted the Protos Empire military in starting a series of urgent northern investigations.

In addition, Sigrid, as a hegemonic Catholic, became a true partner of the Protos Empire as she wished, and she was even more 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 and asked Lanqi to wait for her, and then left with the great sage Isis.

For a period of time afterwards.

News about the Protos Empire was flying everywhere.

But during this period of great success, Lanqi refused all interviews, and used his attitude to show that he wanted to gradually fade out of the spotlight on the stage of Helrom.

So he resumed his daily work at the Royal School of Magic of Protoss.

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

There was even a voting and scoring session for the Protoss bishops in the Helrom Broadcasting Company. The intrusive high priest Loren became the only person who received a 10-point rating from hundreds of thousands of citizens. 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. 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 Resurrection Church, or more accurately, it should be called cooperation with the Tyrant Branch.

But this country has also strangely become not excluding the Church of the Goddess of Destiny. From the people to the dignitaries, they all give the highest respect to the priests of the Church of the Goddess of Destiny.

"You don't seem to have much work today?"

Pranai saw Lanqi finish his tea leisurely, and 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."

Lan Qi took the teacup and put it beside him, thanked him and replied,

"After returning to the South Continent, your main job is to protect Hyperion who lives in the Cat Boss Restaurant. For example, if you see someone coming to the restaurant to make trouble, just help stop them. Of course, eating a free meal is absolutely not allowed."

There was a case before where a killer chased the Cat Boss Restaurant and was stopped by Talia.

The blood clan and the resurrection church in the South Continent seem to have reasons to kill Hyperion, and her death star will only become stronger each time.

Although she has been brought to the North Continent for half a year, she may have temporarily avoided one or two death crises.

But the backlog of death stars will not disappear, but will only attack at once.

Lan Qi thought about it and still felt uneasy.

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

And give her a home-like feeling.

A few days ago, Hyperion took the magic rail train back to Milford County in the Northwest Province.

Before returning to the South Continent, she had to go to Gedalia, the capital of the Kingdom of Esertlan, to report the process and results of this mission to her teacher, the Ice Witch, and then the Church of the Goddess of Destiny would arrange a return route for her.

Even if she failed to bring Antanas back to the Kingdom of Esertlan, the Protos Empire no longer had the tendency to go to war, and the two giant countries on the south coast of the North Continent were preparing for peace talks.

About a week later, Hyperion would take a boat from the border of the Kingdom of Esertlan to the south coast of the Protos Empire.

And Ranchi would also take Boss Cat and the big demons to meet Hyperion at the appointed time and take a boat back to the South Continent together.

It seemed a little over time...

Ranchi looked at the calendar and thought.

By the time he and Hyperion returned, 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 up to two months. If they exceeded this time limit, they would be expelled.

Two months of extension time, plus three and a half months of vacation, a total of five and a half months of project time is allowed. Normally, it is enough to go to the northern continent for exploration.

In fact, including the round trip, they expect to spend more than half a year.

However, he and Hyperion completed the project a little bit more than the target this time, and Dean Loren should be able to understand.

"I understand, you can let the restaurant owner rest assured about the security of the restaurant."

Praenai saluted and responded.

"By the way, will there be a day when all seven great demons gather at the Cat Boss Restaurant? This is more than half of it."

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 have lived a comfortable life.

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

She will definitely be very happy.

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

Praana shook her 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 an anti-war faction, Talia and her sister Ifatia were anti-war factions, 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, mainly responsible for intelligence work in the rear. Although he had a good relationship with us, his true identity was unknown, and no demon had ever seen his true face, and even his name might be fake."

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

"Then wouldn't he be the strongest among all the surviving demons?"

Lanqi was surprised.

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

"If Princess Ifatia didn't give up, she might be stronger than him. The second princess has an exaggerated talent, but asking her to study or work is more painful than killing her."

Planai sighed.

"..."

Lanqi felt it was cruel.

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

But it didn't matter!

The eldest princess still had her merits.

Her good appetite means she is healthy and will live a long life. I asked Antanas about Talia's real age some time ago and found out that her 800th birthday is coming soon. We have to celebrate her well then.

"..."

Pranai was about to say something, but gave up.