Chapter 59: Arrangements

Sotos Town.

Awa suddenly felt that something was wrong with the surroundings.

In the butcher shop nearby, the butcher was staring at the piece of meat in his hands with a look of greed.

On the road, a man and a woman walking by merely exchanged a glance before they impatiently held hands and ducked into the small woods nearby.

On top of a wooden fence, a small cat was letting out a mating call that sounded like a crying infant.

Below, two stray dogs that had appeared from who knows where had their hind legs already locked together...

"What... is going on?"

Awa looked at Bill beside him and suddenly felt that this kid looked quite delicate and pretty.

Desires surged in his heart, yet he was at a loss as to what to do.

What terrified him even more was that he saw the same flames in Bill's eyes!

"Ahem!"

The next moment, a cough came through, like a basin of ice water in winter, making Awa and Bill shudder and break out in goosebumps.

"Grandmother, why did I have such thoughts just now... Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey!"

Awa turned his head to the side, nearly vomiting.

Bill's face was pale, but he still performed his duties as an attendant: "Baron, we have arrived at the town."

"Very well, drive straight to the castle!"

Aaron's voice came from inside the carriage.

At this moment, Aaron was looking at his own hands, as if he could directly see the extremely powerful Red Spirituality flowing within his blood vessels!

'The sacrifice of physical objects, after the interval of two worlds, was still mostly worn away, leaving only pure Spirituality?'

'That is fine too; at least I won't have to deal with the negative effects of a Strange Object...'

Thoughts raced through Aaron's mind.

At this moment, based solely on the sheer volume of this terrifying Red Spirituality, he was comparable to a Second-tier or even Third-tier Extraordinary!

'However, there is no need to hold a Ritual; it will fall away sooner or later anyway...'

'Therefore, I still need it!'

Aaron touched his heart, feeling it like a block of ice, even freezing his surging desires.

A tiny bit of Red Spirituality before had almost made him lose control; now, this amount was even more terrifying and would inevitably bring about shocking influences.

The changes in the outside world just now were a manifestation of the overflow of Spirituality!

Fortunately, Aaron had been prepared and had Olivia and the others sacrifice that piece of Pure White Ice.

'The Pure White Ice left behind after the High Priest died is the best sealing object. Using it as a foundation to set up a Secret Covenant Ritual can form a powerful seal within my body. I feel... it could even last for over a decade, or even several decades...'

'But... even if I hold the Ritual and become an Extraordinary of the Red path, will I still turn into an ordinary person after several decades?'

'Then there is no need to fix the path first; it is useless to solidify it anyway...'

'Besides, with the contradiction between Darkness and Red, I can use it to balance my desires so I don't lose control...'

'Facts have proven that, aside from a small accident at the beginning, everything is going smoothly.'

Aaron stepped off the carriage and looked at the familiar silhouette of the castle, his expression inevitably complex.

"Aaron, my brother, you have finally arrived."

Colin stepped forward and embraced Aaron: "Father... Father is still waiting for you!"

Aaron glanced at the elite soldiers and Mokeduo following behind Colin, as if he hadn't seen them at all, and walked into the castle on his own: "I will go pay a visit."

"Of course..."

Aaron came to Theodore's sickroom and saw the unconscious Theodore.

Beside Theodore were the weeping Lady Sonia and Sean: "Oh... my husband, he is as strong as a bear, but he loves his body too little..."

Lady Sonia was crying very sadly: "The scholar is already helpless; what should I do?"

Aaron stepped forward and took a glance.

It had to be said that the secret medicine of the Kajashi Kingdom had good effects; at least Theodore did not look poisoned and truly appeared to be suffering from a serious illness.

"Sigh... I am also very sad that Father is like this, but the responsibility is here, so I can only reluctantly take it over..."

Colin sighed: "Aaron, go wash up and rest first, and change into your formal attire. I have prepared a welcome banquet tonight to welcome you and the other lords."

"As you command."

Aaron agreed and returned to his former room, looking at the familiar scene, and could not help but let out a long sigh.

"Tonight will decide everything."

Colin stood in the center of the banquet hall, looking at the various bright flowers and the beautiful tablecloths on the dining tables, his expression becoming somewhat strange: "When we were young, Aaron was always very silent and unsociable... but we never quarreled. He rode a horse for the first time because I taught him."

Feili appeared behind Colin at some unknown time: "Everything is ready. Do you still wish to stop, my lord?"

"No, I am just lamenting how much more I have to give up in order to sit in that position..."

Colin sighed softly.

After he left, Feili looked at his back, his gaze deep.

"My lord!?"

An attendant came to his side: "What do we do next?"

"Watch Colin sweep away those who refuse to submit and truly sit firmly in his position? Are you joking?"

Feili laughed softly, looked at the empty surroundings, and instructed: "No matter who wins, the Count will die suddenly tonight, and by tomorrow, the rumors of Colin murdering his father will spread in all directions! Hmm... we cannot let Colin win so easily. You go find someone to leak the news to Aaron. Don't use our own people; use the people who once belonged to Lady Sonia!"

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At this moment, Aaron was walking along the castle corridor, pondering what he had seen and heard inside the infirmary.

"Lady Sonia... has she joined forces with Colin?"

He did not find this surprising; she was a clever woman who would choose the plan most advantageous to herself.

A maidservant walked toward him and suddenly bumped into Aaron's chest.

"Apologies, my lord!"

Frightened, she hurriedly knelt on the ground, sincerely begging for mercy.

"It's fine, be more careful next time."

Aaron waved his hand, let the maidservant leave, walked to a corner, and opened his palm.

On his palm, there was strikingly a slip of paper with a line of text written on it.

"Blood Banquet?!"

He curled his lip and casually stuffed the paper into his pocket: "How truly... unoriginal..."

Possessing Spirituality, after walking a lap, he had more or less sensed Colin's arrangements.

An awakener of Red Spirituality is very sensitive to things like flesh and blood.

Aaron could feel that in the castle's dungeon, there seemed to be many people with torn skin and mangled flesh, with blood flowing everywhere.

Besides this, the soldiers at several key positions had also been replaced.

Everything, every single thing, pointed to the approach of a conspiracy.

The reason he was waiting was merely to give Colin a chance to repent.

"Sometimes, I really am a bit pretentious..."

Aaron shook his head, gave a bitter smile, and mocked himself.