Chapter 151: WTF

"Not at all, not at all," Brenna said, her eyes almost sparkling.

She hadn't expected to have dessert just after arriving, and such a luxurious, high-end dessert at that; she was too happy to be dissatisfied. Besides, pineapple was delicious too~ "Stupid old man, you're the one who's stupid. I could only move forward at that time, not Retreat!" After being lectured by Edward, Lita appeared somewhat unconvinced and said:

"If you want to overcome the strong with the weak, how can you do it without taking some risks?"

"I didn't say your combat strategy was problematic," Edward glanced at her and said, "It's just that before you sliced its neck, you should have prepared for a Retreat in advance."

"Regardless of whether the enemy possesses the ability of Self-Destruct, before swinging your sword, you should think about leaving yourself a way out."

"Don't look at those fabricated works of art; all that talk about there being no turning back once the sword is swung, or the belief of pressing ever forward, is nonsense."

"Swordsmanship is the technique of swinging a sword; it is not influenced by human intent."

Speaking of this, Edward seemed to think of something and paused.

He downed the rum in his glass and said, "Actually, that's not necessarily true."

"Hm?" Lita looked at him, puzzled, not knowing why he started contradicting himself halfway through his sentence.

Noticing Lita's expression, Edward spoke up: "This is my Swordsmanship after all, not yours; you will have to walk your own path one day."

He drank another glass of rum and said, "I once sparred with a Master whose Swordsmanship far exceeded my own. When I was defeated, he said to me—"

"'Your sword has too many misgivings.'"

"That is how he evaluated it."

"Hahaha, that was truly a crushing defeat; my sword was even knocked away," Edward joked, mocking himself.

After saying this, he looked at Lita, his eyes filled with a hint of expectation as he said: "To be honest, Lita, in my view, your talent for Swordsmanship far exceeds mine."

"If one day you can cross blades with that person, I hope you can accomplish what I once failed to do."

"Do it yourself if you want to; I don't want to help you fulfill any regrets or whatever," Lita said, speechless. "You're only 47 this year; you still have over a hundred and fifty years to live."

"Don't talk as if you're already too old to move!"

"Uh," Edward was slightly stunned, then burst into loud laughter.

"Hahahaha, you're right."

"Let's discuss serious matters," he said after finishing his laughter, looking at Brenna and Yun Mu.

"Mm," Yun Mu nodded, then looked at Brenna beside her.

"Hm?" Noticing everyone looking at her, Brenna paused for a moment, then silently popped the last spoonful of sundae into her mouth.

"Ahem." Gently putting down her spoon, Brenna said with a serious expression: "I have already understood the situation regarding Lita, and besides that, there is the matter of that group from the Church last night."

"Setting aside the possibility that they were lying, we can know that among the high-ranking members of the Church, it seems not everyone has been controlled by Bishop Land using a Parasite."

"I believe we can try to contact the other side, and the entry point is that Father Chelman."

"However, considering that Father Chelman and the people behind him might not be good people, I cannot expose my existence and identity when communicating with them."

"Wait," Edward interrupted Brenna at this point, saying: "I can understand not exposing the Princess's identity, but are those Church members we released last night really reliable?"

"Rest assured," Brenna chuckled and said, "I certainly wouldn't gamble on someone else's integrity in such an important matter."

"Before they left last night, I made a deal with them—the kind where a contract is signed."

She paused, and seeing no one ask about the contents of the contract, Brenna took the initiative to explain:

"The general content of the contract is that we release Father Yehua, and the price is that everyone who signed the contract, including Father Yehua himself, cannot disclose any information related to us to anyone in any way."

"And the witness to this contract is the thirty-two stars of the fifth constellation, Tianpingzuo."

"The fifth constellation of weighing, justice, balance, and trade, huh?" Edward nodded with satisfaction and said: "That is indeed a very suitable choice, but..."

"With the fifth constellation as a witness, the two sides of the scales must at least maintain a certain balance, but the terms of the deal you just mentioned clearly cannot be balanced," he asked, somewhat puzzled.

"It's very simple; just put a time limit on the deal," Brenna said triumphantly. "I set the time limit for the deal at two months."

"So the people from the Church only need to abide by the deal for two months; in that case, the scales are still very easy to balance." "Brilliant," Edward praised.

"..." Yun Mu felt very lost listening to the conversation between the two.

Oh no, why were there so many things she didn't understand! She secretly glanced at Lita and found that she was actually listening with great interest.

Could it be that she was the only one who didn't understand!

I'm sweating bullets, guys.

She knew about constellations because this stuff was considered common knowledge.

In the sky of this world, there are a total of 111 stars, and according to legend, these stars were all created by Elsa the Bright Moon.

And the first person to count, record, and map these stars into a star chart was the retainer of the Bright Moon, Yinyue zhi Ren Sufiya.

Through the faint connections existing between these stars, she divided them into six constellations.

These are Lijianzuo, composed of 16 stars; the Gunner Constellation, composed of 21 stars; and the War Hammer Constellation, composed of 13 stars.

As well as the Archer Constellation, composed of 7 stars, and Tianpingzuo, composed of 32 stars.

Finally, there is the Gemini Constellation, composed of 22 stars.

Among these constellations, the first constellation, Lijianzuo, is the most widely circulated.

Its status is like the Big Dipper on Earth, only the South-Pointing star that forms the tip of the sword in Sword Constellation points to the south, not the north.

Each star represents a deity.

So she knew that constellations possessed special power.

After all, among Lucy's own skills, there were skills directly labeled as Blade Constellation I and Blade Seat II.

And Lucy could often borrow the power of the stars to guide her way or something.

But could the witness of something like a contract actually point directly to an entire constellation? You have to know, Tianpingzuo is composed of a full 32 stars!

And 32 stars means thirty-two deities! What a super multiplier.

Hey, wait... Yun Mu suddenly noticed a key point.

Her title of Favorite of the Gods requires the recognition of fifteen deities in total, right?

And she already has the recognition of seven deities now.

Then, may I ask, how many Star Gods are there in the sky? There are a full one hundred and eleven!

Holy crap!

PS: No-prize trivia round, who is the swordsman that once defeated Edward?

A: God of Swords Reindot. B: Silver Moon Blade Sophia.

C: Wuming swordsman. D: Karin Sissilaya (Lita's mother).

——Previously, in the Writer's notes, I talked about matters regarding the stars.

But considering that many people don't read the Writer's notes, and there was also feedback before that the Writer's notes could only be seen for a small segment at the beginning, and the rest couldn't be seen.

So I have no choice but to repeat the explanation in the main text.

Sigh~ However, I said from the very beginning that the settings I wrote here.

Will still appear in the main text when they are supposed to.

After all, the word count here doesn't count as the real word count; when you saw it before, it didn't count as being seen in the main text's word count.

So when he appears in the main text for the first time, it won't count as filler, that's just how it is!

(End of this chapter)