When Desmond heard this question, he pursed his lips and said, "She's a strange girl. We exchanged glances a few times, and the other day, even though there were plenty of empty seats, she sat next to me and kept staring at me. On top of that, she followed me to the carriage and asked, [Can we meet here tomorrow?]"Upon hearing Desmond's words, Estella and Minerva immediately turned to Penelope and smiled."She must have frightened you... like a young girl who fancies you," Estella said mockingly.Desmond chuckled when he heard these words and said, "It can't be said that I believe in love very much, Auntie. The love you, my sister and my brother have for me is quite enough for me. Well, not that I think my brother and sister love me too, but meh, Moon Family, right? You never can guess."He really thought so.Perhaps one day a woman would appear who could make him experience true love, a feeling beyond pure familial affection. Perhaps that woman was Penelope herself, but one thing re

Each of the eight wizards had signed the contracts within minutes, and the death oath spells had been cast.Meanwhile, Desmond had begun explaining each task to be carried out one by one.He explained everything in detail: that he was the leader of the system the Empire would establish, that this information system had to be extremely secret, and that the inner areas had to be expanded as efficiently as possible using Space Magic.Each of these eight wizards was clearly stressed when they heard these plans, but what could they say? They had already taken their oaths and agreed to serve under a member of the Moon family.There was no turning back now. The only option was to move forward.Just as Desmond finished explaining everything, a voice came from outside the hall:"Desmond, are you there?"The voice belonged to Estella.George jumped to his feet in seconds, and the eight wizards followed him.The hall door opened, and Estella Moon herself entered.Every wizard swallowed hard at t

Desmond smiled at these words and, unlike the others, did not even attempt to kneel. All he did was look at the copy of Nyx floating in front of him, perhaps a metre or two away."This time it really is not my fault, my lady, forgive me," said Desmond in as gentle a tone as possible.With these words, Nyx began to approach him. The Great Goddess's gaze was filled with love... she was proud of Desmond.Desmond had given the pills in his hand to his aunt, using Nyx's name to do so, thereby elevating Estella's faith, who already worshipped her, to an even higher level.Over the past ten years, Desmond had accomplished greater deeds in Nyx's name than the church had ever done.In Nyx's eyes, this was something to admire. Although Desmond was unaware, his name was reverberating throughout the sacred realm. He could not even imagine who was watching him, let alone stop thinking about it."You have grown stronger, well done," said Nyx, her body slowly approaching Desmond until she finally ma

When the old duke took the documents in his hands and read them, he looked directly at Claire with a strange and angry expression on his face and shouted, "Have you lost your mind? Do you realise what you're doing? This is a crime!"This time, Claire was the one who became angry. The young woman was more furious than her family had ever seen her before, and she then uttered these words:"Crime? Madness? I think you've forgotten. The Moon Family itself was what made the Ariadne Empire first a kingdom, then an empire. How dare you try to be their slaves, increase crime rates in our cities, and unleash their dog soldiers onto our streets?!"When Claire shouted, neither the former duke, nor the former duchess, nor Castiel himself could say anything."You ignored your own family, the sacred blood bestowed upon you by the Great Goddess Selene... You became slaves to the dogs whose lineage we delivered into our own hands, and now you question us?!" Claire shouted, more like a scream... a jus

When the lesson ended shortly afterwards, Lily looked at the students in the class one by one with a calm and smiling expression and said, "We won't have another lesson this week. This is necessary so that the students can fully prepare for their exams. Please study hard until next week so that you can pass your exams with ease when the time comes."Immediately afterwards, Lily said, "You may leave now."With that, Desmond stood up and turned to the blue-haired girl, saying, "I'm going to make a few potions. If you want to talk, we can go to one of the alchemy rooms."The girl accepted this immediately.Of course, Desmond did not know that this girl was Penelope herself.The pair left the classroom late and, realising no one was following them, went straight to one of the alchemy rooms at the far end of the alchemy building.Desmond reached into his inventory and took out some [Jade Water], [Powdered Blue Tear Coral], and [Phoenix Feather], placing the items on a table.He moved the c