Of course, it was Desmond himself, not Evander, who should have accepted this request.After all, this request was ‘non-political.’ It was not requested by an empress who wanted it to be definitive, straightforward, and almost ceremonial, but rather by a sister who wanted nothing more than to see her little brother.This meant that, under the imperial law on ‘Agreements and Contracts,’ the emperor was merely an intermediary, and the actual permission would come from the person to whom the request was sent.That person was Desmond himself.If Desmond refused this request, every clause of the agreement would be deemed invalid, and the friendship agreement between the two great empires would be nullified.Of course, Desmond himself also wanted to see his sister, so he gave his direct permission, and thus the agreements were signed and sealed by five people, including Desmond's signature.Emperor Evander, Empress Alissa, Duchess Estella, Duke Desmond, and Grand Duke Castiel.Furthermore,

“Lydia,” Desmond called out.Lydia, who was still trying to make sense of those still in the dungeon, heard Desmond calling her and looked up from the dungeon encyclopaedia she had opened in front of her and replied, “Yes?”Desmond frankly felt the world slow down for him at that moment.When they left the dungeon, kissing Lydia on the cheek and telling her he would take her out to dinner had seemed so easy before, but now it felt incredibly difficult.Still, he was not a coward, and if he could kill a Wyvern and throw himself into a fire hundreds of metres long, he could manage this too.How hard could it be to ask a girl out for dinner?The young man swallowed, trying to calm himself, and then asked, "Do you have any free time at the moment?"Lydia, or Penelope, understood where this question was going the moment she heard it and, without pausing for a second, said, "I'm free the whole month!"The young woman's voice sounded a little excited and naturally loud, and she immediately s

"It was very clear that he knew nothing about such things, that he was learning everything for the first time. Even when he tried to pull out my chair at the dinner table, his hands trembled. He couldn't look me in the eye, and when he did, his ears turned red. He's such a sweet person... There's a world of difference between how he is when he's fighting in the dungeon and how he is when he's brewing potions in class..." the young woman added to her own words.Today had truly been one of the happiest days of Penelope's life."It went so well, huh?" Adara said, swinging her legs from the chair she was sitting on and smiling so broadly that her eyes narrowed.Penelope took one of the soft cushions from the sofa and hugged it tightly as she replied, "It went very, very well..."Estella smiled after hearing all this, but that familiar unease still lingered in her mind."Desmond is very determined to go to the western continent... Let's hope he doesn't meet the real Lydia," said the middle

Desmond calmly told Persephone to sit down and then sat down himself at the other end of the table.He then reached into his inventory and pulled out a book containing four techniques.As he did so, a powerful sacred energy spread throughout the room, and Desmond said:"Three of these books contain techniques for you to learn and teach to those striving to become cultivators. This one, however, is a technique bestowed upon you by Ares. Use it well."Upon hearing Desmond's words, Persephone picked up the four books on the table one by one, and as she read the titles on them, her body trembled."It will take me a while to master these. Are you sure there won't be any problems?" Persephone asked, the greed for power in her eyes incredible."No trouble at all. Do your best," said Desmond, then turned to Castiel, who was watching with great astonishment, and asked, "What's wrong?"Castiel kept pointing at the techniques and at himself.Desmond smiled and silenced his brother in an instant,

As he leapt from level to level, Desmond glanced back and saw that the goblins following him were still numerous, but at least the ones climbing the walls like spiders had vanished.The goblin champions continued to follow him as if everything was normal and they were unaffected by the traps.With that quick glance, Desmond saw that there were nearly thirty goblin champions.Still, the traps were not over.There were still nearly four hundred traps standing, and these traps were divided into seven separate corridors.This meant only one thing.The sound of the explosion here would draw the goblins here, and the goblins coming from the other corridors would be caught in these traps, which were invisible to them.Desmond had only levelled up three times and had finally reached level nine, and this level would increase further.Still, Desmond had a strange sense of danger in his heart.This feeling was not serious enough to kill him or injure the other group members, but Desmond could se