Chapter 50: Just Like That, I Became the Queen's Knight

Time rewinds a few minutes.

Inside the Dream Garden.

A woman with dazzling, gold-like hair and narrowed, jewel-like red eyes picked up an exquisite, elegant teacup and chuckled softly.

"It seems Baiye's new retainer isn't a settled sort, either."

"Is he already preparing to continue observing other worlds so soon?"

Beside the blonde woman, a woman in a butler's uniform with a cold expression stood without a word.

At this moment, the blonde woman picked up a photograph, looked at the handsome young man with black hair and black eyes and the smug kimono-clad loli riding on his back, and said playfully.

"Although it is a rational choice, choosing to be under the White Night King while possessing a Boundary-type Spirit Status truly displeases me."

"Scathach."

"Yes, Queen."

"This little fellow seems to be heading to another world again; wait for him to return, then take him in as a student."

The Halloween Queen took an elegant sip of black tea and laughed brightly.

"Invite him one more time while you're at it; it's a bit of a waste for such a hero to stay under Baiye."

"I understand."

Watching her Knight depart, the Halloween Queen held the teacup in one hand and cradled her face with the other, looking at the photo on the table.

"If I were to snatch away the person who makes Baiye lose her composure and care so much, that woman's expression would surely be interesting, wouldn't it?"

Accompanied by a soft laugh, the black-haired, black-eyed man in the photo gradually became tinged with a layer of gold amidst golden flames.

And the photo changed into a scene where the blonde man was swearing allegiance to her.

"I really wonder what kind of expression Baiye will make when she sees her retainer become my Knight?"

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Meanwhile, on the other side, in the endless darkness, chaos, and void.

Su Nian, who was walking outside the endless worlds and endless universes, could not help but have a drop of cold sweat slide down his forehead.

"It's over, what should I do now?"

Unlike his previous black hair and black eyes, Su Nian's black hair had now transformed into golden hair resembling a lion's mane.

Even his original pair of black eyes had, under the influence of the Spirit Status, transformed into azure eyes that seemed to contain the entire sky.

Su Nian somewhat helplessly took out a discount card—yes, the Boundary Gate discount card the Halloween Queen had given Su Nian at the time, which allowed free use of the Boundary Gate to go anywhere.

With a slight force, this discount card turned into ashes and drifted into the endless void.

"I knew it, the Halloween Queen isn't that easy to fool or give up."

Su Nian let out a deep sigh, gathered the power of his Spark, and looked at his Spirit Status, which had already changed its appearance.

Hardening his heart, he used his intent as a blade and simultaneously quickly crafted this Inheritance Spirit Status of Arthur into a special Planeswalker Card.

Who could have guessed that the Halloween Queen would resort to force when poaching failed?

It was supposed to be a discount card that Baiyexha mocked as being for beggars, but who knew it hid an Inheritance Spirit Status of Arthur inside.

There is an Arthur in Little Garden; he was the Knight the Queen summoned back then.

And when summoning Arthur, she accidentally summoned Kasukabe Takaaki.

However, this does not mean King Arthur was weak; on the contrary, the Arthur in Little Garden participated in the crusade against the Dystopia Demon King.

After achieving some Merit, he was killed by Dystopia.

His Spirit Status was then crafted by the Halloween Queen into an Inheritance Spirit Status; whoever inherits the Arthur Spirit Status will become the leader of her Community, Avalon.

It is just that, currently, she has always held the position of leader herself.

As for Avalon, it is a Community that inherits and passes down its name and Gifts in the name of the Round Table Knights.

And every Knight within the Community is a Four-digit Elite level hero.

It is the training base for the Halloween Queen's Queen's Knights.

And the most famous and strongest among them is the Arthur Spirit Status; at least Su Nian has never heard of the Halloween Queen letting anyone else hold Arthur's position.

Even the records in Laplace's lenses state that because the Merit achieved by that King Arthur was too astonishing, the Queen did not intend to let anyone else inherit his position.

It can only be said that even compared to Kasukabe Takaaki and Canary, he is not inferior in the slightest.

The only pity is that as Canary modified History to defeat Dystopia through clever means, the modification of History covered up too many things.

But even now, King Arthur is still sung about, which shows his Merit.

Su Nian shook his head; he did not want to inherit this Spirit Status and become a toy for the competition between the Halloween Queen and Baiyexha.

The Halloween Queen might cultivate him well, but Boss Baiye treats him even better.

He absolutely could not betray Baiyexha.

"Tsk, can I only say that she is worthy of being the Halloween Queen?"

Su Nian looked at the Planeswalker Card in his hand, made from the Arthur Spirit Status he had cut away, and narrowed his eyes.

A piece of information emerged in his mind.

"Playing dirty, actually using the help to repair the Spark to tempt me."

The Spark was incomplete; this was something Su Nian realized when he attempted to promote to Four-digit.

However, Su Nian had no clue how to complete the Spark.

And he had only met the Halloween Queen once, yet the Halloween Queen had already discovered his problem.

Tsk, worthy of being the Problem Child who thrives best in Little Garden.

"Was this counting on me refusing?"

The Halloween Queen said everything, yet said nothing at all.

"But if it's like this, I really can't refuse."

Su Nian lowered his head helplessly and muttered in a low voice.

The Halloween Queen had truly offered a price he could not refuse at all.

But he also could not truly commit Betrayal against Shiroyasha and stand completely on the side of the Halloween Queen.

"Sigh, what a headache. It looks like this is the only way."

Su Nian sighed and pinched the Planeswalker card in his hand, which had been crafted from Arthur's Inheritance Spirit Status.

To him, the Planeswalker card was like another account of his, verified by the White Night King.

Even a Two-digit could not discover the connection to him after he switched accounts.

"At worst, I'll just tear up a card."

Su Nian's idea was very simple: his main account as a Planeswalker would continue to hang out with Shiroyasha.

Since he was a Retainer of Shiroyasha, he had to be loyal from beginning to end.

As for the alt account created using Arthur's Spirit Status, he would just go to the Halloween Queen and become a Knight of the Queen.

However, there were risks to this; he could only hope that the capricious Halloween Queen would tacitly approve of this matter for the sake of having more fun.

The worst-case scenario would be nothing more than a complete falling out with the Halloween Queen and clarifying things with Shiroyasha.

It would be best to tell the boss in advance.

Then, Su Nian randomly picked a world and traveled into it.

Finally, he caught Sakura as she fell and cleared away those bugs.

(End of chapter)