Chapter 44

"A week has passed, meow. Today marks your forty-fourth day in the Krytean capital, Brielda."

Lan Qi sat in the dining room on the first floor of the mansion, reading the newspaper early in the morning, not bothering to stop the ninth-level divine beast from its favorite morning broadcast.

Don't ask him why he doesn't stop it.

It's because he can't win.

"These days, Captain Maguire often seeks your help, and his dark circles are getting heavier."

"And Red Falcon Nicola, through your unintentional hints, has also discovered Maguire's suspicions and reported to Director Dykes about Maguire's recent movements in investigating the director."

"You see Dykes' attitude towards Maguire becoming more and more amiable, and you reckon the Imperial Special Operations Division is about to be wrapped up nicely, meow."

Cat Boss, perched on the dining table, said this and looked again at the wall—

[Loyalty First, Iron Blood Protects the Country]

It vividly remembered that since Lan Qi came to the Krytean Empire, he had been doing things like a Krytean loyalist.

After discovering that Maguire was disloyal to the Empire, Lan Qi immediately began to help the Empire eliminate Maguire.

He was worthy of the words on the banner.

The Imperial Special Operations Division is now undergoing drastic changes every day.

If these seven days were to be explained in detail, it might take several chapters, so Cat Boss directly summarized it.

"Lan Qi, meow, are you taking this banner back to Iklyte in the future?"

Cat Boss tugged at Lan Qi's sleeve with its paw and asked.

"Take it back and hang it in Cat Boss Restaurant?"

Lan Qi looked at the banner, a little reluctant.

The official honorary banner awarded by the Krytean Imperial Special Operations Division is a rare and highly sought-after item in the northern countries, full of romanticism.

"I don't want the restaurant to be shut down, meow!"

Cat Boss quickly shouted.

Hanging this banner in Cat Boss Restaurant is a very bad idea; it's practically a war criminal cat.

And if Hugh saw this banner, he probably wouldn't be able to hold back.

To be presented with this banner by Special Agent Nicola of the Intelligence Division can be said to be officially certified. For more than a month, the Saint Krytean Monastery has been spreading the idea that patriotism should be learned from Professor Landry, praising Professor Landry for being a pioneer, standing at the forefront, and possessing both virtue and talent.

"Hahaha!"

From the distant sofa, Ifatia seemed to see something funny, giggling and tapping her legs on the sofa.

"Kitty, kitty, can you pass me the potato chips? I want the lime flavor."

Ifatia looked up towards the dining room and asked.

She was lying on the sofa, watching the Imperial program on the mana crystal screen, engrossed in it, and didn't want to get up and move. Suddenly, she realized there was an elf cat at home who was good at telekinesis.

"No problem, meow."

Cat Boss wagged its tail, and the door of the cabinet in the dining room opened. A bag of snacks placed inside slowly floated towards Ifatia, who caught it in the air.

"Thank you!"

Ifatia happily thanked her, opened the potato chips, and leisurely picked up a piece to put in her mouth.

Cat Boss found it hard to imagine that this was the legendary Duchess of Alanzal.

Ifatia has now also used a new transformation card to change her appearance, making her look like a low-grade student commonly seen in Saint Krytean Monastery.

"Ifatia, you haven't recovered from your injuries for long. It's better to eat less snacks during this time. If you want to eat dietary pastries, your sister can make them for you at any time."

Lan Qi shifted his gaze slightly from the newspaper and said to Ifatia on the living room sofa.

Talia had already gotten up early and was preparing breakfast in the kitchen. Talia could also make any snacks Ifatia wanted to eat.

The long-term erosion of the Blood King Divine Fire is actually equivalent to a serious illness. After finally recovering, she should need a longer time to recuperate.

"Okay, Brother! Just this one bag!"

Ifatia promised obediently.

She was eating snacks every day even when she was eroded by the Blood King Divine Fire, so now that the fire poison is gone, eating snacks shouldn't be a big problem.

Moreover, she hasn't gained weight even eating like her sister, so she doesn't need to worry about getting fat from eating so little. The genes of their demon royal family are really too strong.

Cat Boss on the dining table in the dining room seemed to sense something.

"Wait, Lan Qi, why do you sound so much like her brother when you talk, meow?"

Cat Boss realized that after spending a week together, the way Lan Qi and Ifatia interacted had unknowingly changed.

It was as if Lan Qi had been assimilated and led astray by Ifatia.

"Hiss."

Lan Qi put down the newspaper, thinking deeply about his words just now.

That's not right.

What he was thinking was that Ifatia had moved in, so he had to make her understand the seniority relationship, that her seniority was higher.

But as they talked, it turned out like this.

"Lan Qi, why don't you think in advance about how to explain it to Hugh, meow?"

Cat Boss suggested, feeling there was no saving him.

It was all Ifatia's fault for having too much little sister energy, and Lan Qi had always been a headmaster-like character who cared for his students.

It was difficult for the two of them to interact without turning into little sister and older brother.

"Don't joke around, Cat Boss."

Lan Qi grabbed the little black coal ball, shook it, and told it.

Cat Boss not only didn't help him think of a solution but also directly started making the worst-case scenario.

Now he felt that only the cat was reliable at critical moments.

"Meow meow, Lan Qi, you have to think of a way yourself, meow."

Cat Boss originally thought that Lan Qi was ungrateful, but since he tried his best to save Lan Qi last time, Lan Qi had never stopped it from broadcasting again.

This kid still has a "heart."

"Dinner will be ready in a while."

Talia began to send the prepared baked meals out of the kitchen first, placed them on the dining table, and said to Lan Qi, Cat Boss, and Ifatia on the distant sofa.

"Kitty!"

Ifatia raised her hand high.

Cat Boss nodded, understanding, and sent a hot bacon and egg yolk pastry sprinkled with chopped green onions and cheese from the iron plate towards the sofa using telekinesis.

"Sister, you are so amazing!"

Ifatia took a bite and praised Talia's freshly baked goods.

"Eat slowly, there's still a lot; it's still being made in the kitchen."

Talia showed a faint smile when she saw Ifatia so happy.

If she lived alone, she might not cook so seriously and would buy ready-made products more often. She would only truly put her heart into cooking when cooking for important people.

"By the way, how exactly did Maguire's ID get lost?"

Talia lowered her head and asked, looking at the newspaper at Lan Qi's hand.

She had vaguely heard the conversation between Cat Boss and Lan Qi when she was in the kitchen just now.

It was only later that she found out that Maguire had actually also lost his wallet, which made it seem more like Dykes was messing with him.

Since Talia no longer possessed Lan Qi, sometimes Sid accompanied him to work. The two of them took turns sending their husband to work, and Talia didn't know everything that happened to Lan Qi on a weekday.

"Tolyado did it."

Lan Qi shook his head.

Actually, after he heard that Maguire had lost his ID, his first reaction was to guess that Tolyado had taken it from Maguire after being taken away by the Imperial Special Operations Division's action team.

Maguire probably never dreamed that the person he caught that day was Dimensional Bishop Tolyado.

Tolyado probably also had a stomach full of fire.

It wouldn't be right for Tolyado not to cause Maguire some trouble.

"He really does have this kind of petty theft spatial art…"

Talia pondered for a hundred years, agreeing.

Back in the demon world, Yapo always said that using a little spatial trick was easy for borrowing things.

Using large-scale spatial spells would definitely be noticed, but with low-level spatial tricks, with Tolyado's level of magic control, unless there was a stronger mage nearby, he probably wouldn't even realize he had used magic.

"This morning, there are fewer Imperial Special Operations Division spies around Saint Krytean Monastery, and almost all the main force of the Countermeasures Division has been withdrawn. It seems there's a big operation."

Talia glanced at the clock, feeling that she didn't need to go back to the kitchen to manage the stove for the time being.

She could probably chat with Lan Qi for a minute or two.

She had been sensing the situation around the mansion and even further away on campus.

Although it didn't pose a threat to their home with an eighth-level powerhouse from the beginning, she would still inform Lan Qi of the situation.

"It's estimated that the Countermeasures Division is going to take action against Maguire."

Lan Qi analyzed.

Red Falcon Nicola was also not a kind person. He arrested people in the Empire every day, and now he seemed determined to catch the grotesque murderer suspected to be Rotten Bishop Farmer.

Nicola, who dared to investigate suspects even suspected of being Rotten Bishops, would definitely not let Maguire go if he found the opportunity.

"Alas, who would have thought that you are the one who truly passed on the Empire's research intelligence? This kind of thing doesn't make sense at all."

Talia sighed.

Yesterday afternoon, after Lan Qi distracted Duke Dykes and Red Falcon Nicola, he knew that Maguire would definitely take the opportunity to go to Director Dykes' office to investigate.

And Director Dykes' office contained a new mana research result that Lan Qi had just submitted yesterday.

Then, Lan Qi contacted Tolyado in the evening and asked Tolyado to use his thief skills to hide a copy of the new research results in Maguire's home.

This morning, he was probably going to be caught red-handed.

The two people and a cat were chatting in the dining room, and the sound of slippers dragging on the floor came from the distant stairwell.

"He's really unlucky to have run into you two."

Sigrid yawned as she came to the dining room. After hearing their conversation just now, she picked up a bottle of purified water, took a gulp, and evaluated Lan Qi.

She had long understood the harm of Lan Qi and Tolyado.

Similarly, the victim was Duke Morodian, the holder of the [Primordial Stone Tablet - Undead] of the Proto Empire of Northern Continent.

He was also tricked by Sid and Rocky together.

Even the Empire's ambitious Morodian couldn't stand it, let alone this action team captain, Maguire.

"Don't underestimate our bishop bond; Sid, you also did it."

Lan Qi always believed that the best ally was Sigrid.

In terms of damage and taking damage, Sigrid was in a league of her own.

"Hooah, anyway, if I were to vote for the best ally, I'd vote for you."

Sigrid praised her Holy Son.

She was still sleepy.

It had been a long time since she had slept so comfortably.

In the past, she not only always had nightmares but also was on the sea route, so she didn't sleep so peacefully.

"Sid, go wash your face; you can come and eat in a while."

Talia said to Sigrid.

She got up early every day, and Sigrid slept until she woke up naturally every day. As for Ifatia, she might not even be asleep yet.

"Tata!"

As soon as Sigrid saw Talia, she ran behind her, put her hands on her shoulders, and hung on her.

"Let me absorb some."

She blatantly smelled Talia's fragrance.

"I'm going to sue you."

Talia warned as she walked towards the kitchen.

Although she didn't dislike Sid's unauthorized closeness, sometimes she didn't care about the occasion or whether she would be seen by people around her.

"Hee hee, you can't sue me. According to Imperial law, my behavior is very measured."

Sigrid just wouldn't let go.

"…"

Talia couldn't twist her arm, so she could only let a large pendant be added to her back and continue making breakfast in the kitchen.

It was really helpless.

This week, if she didn't look at Sid and only listened to her voice and had contact with her, she would feel that this was her Sigre.

"Um, sister, you really smell good."

Sigrid savored it, vaguely about to fall asleep again.

It felt like being carried to sleep by her mother.

If it was that special floral fragrance smelled during the Blood Moon Bad World era, it would definitely make her sure that this was Kaliella.

"Why are you more perverted than Lan Qi!"

Talia couldn't stand it anymore and asked Sid in surprise. Even Lan Qi was much more restrained than Sid.

"Oh? What did he do to you?"

Sigrid sobered up a bit and asked Talia.

Although she had to say that the Holy Son had taste, she now wanted to punish the Holy Son a little.

"No, nothing."

Talia drooped her head.

If Lan Qi dared to hug her from behind like this and smell her, then she, then she…

Talia didn't dare to think about it.

She didn't know if she would react defensively or completely lose resistance.

The two chatted and joked as they returned to the kitchen.

"Don't you feel like the big gray cat and the big wolf dog in the house are fighting, meow?"

Cat Boss evaluated, looking in their direction.

"Why does it feel like the house is becoming more and more like a zoo…"

Lan Qi also had this feeling when Cat Boss said this.

"Lan Qi, your passive skill of attracting small animals has never failed, meow."

Cat Boss was very pleased.

These days are becoming more and more harmonious, not inferior to those days in Iklyte.

Sigrid and Talia, who were originally thought to be the most incompatible at home, were surprisingly harmonious.

It still had to be Grand Teacher Lan's miraculous rejuvenation.

At first, it questioned Grand Teacher Lan's strength, but now it believed that anything that couldn't destroy Teacher Lan's shura field would only make him stronger.

"Today is November 12th, meow. The Saint Krytean Monastery's Moon God Festival should be soon, right?"

Cat Boss thought for a while and asked Lan Qi.

If Cat Boss remembered correctly, the Moon God Festival was in the middle of the month, which was November 14th.

"Yes, it's the day after tomorrow."

Lan Qi looked at the calendar.

Violet, the principal and high priest of Saint Krytean Monastery, would be very busy that day.

And in recent days, even Principal Secretary Nala has been so busy that she has almost become Violet's avatar.

Lan Qi was too embarrassed to disturb Nala.

Secretary Nala helped him when he was brought to Saint Krytean Monastery from Brielda First Station and when he was integrated into Saint Krytean Monastery quickly.

However, Secretary Nala still helped Lan Qi schedule a separate meeting with Principal Violet.

Third Princess Alexia has been out of contact for a few days, just like Miss Chloris, the Duchess who was imprisoned in Northern Continent back then, making people worry about her safety.

Maybe he could get some news about Princess Alexia from Violet, the Water Azure Seat of the Sixth Army God.

"The national day decisive battle at the end of the month is also near."

Lan Qi's emerald green eyes reflected the few remaining dates in November on the calendar, adding.

After the Moon God Festival, it would almost be time to say goodbye to the vampires.

"This Imperial journey is long and short, meow. Unknowingly, it's coming to an end."

Cat Boss followed Lan Qi's gaze, agreeing.

It was like the final exam always arrived unknowingly.

In the first half of the exam week, besides being nervous, you must also look forward to the relaxing vacation after the end.

But Lan Qi wasn't nervous, so he was in a good mood now, always maintaining his best condition.

"Yeah, my vacation is getting closer and closer. Looking back at this journey, it's really been long. I didn't expect it to be coming to an end soon."

Lan Qi believed that his principal holiday was not far away.

"Meow."

Cat Boss comfortably lay on the table, waiting for breakfast.

This eve of the decisive battle, on the contrary, made it feel at ease.

There was no feeling of an impending storm around Lan Qi.

(End of this chapter)