Chapter 705 : "Morning Star"

Felyn stood beside the Demon Lord's daughter, facing the knights of the Empire.

He had to admit, being the bad guy was pretty refreshing.

The knight captain had just opened his mouth to demand their surrender, but Felyn beat him to it.

"Knights of the Empire, if you get out of the way now, you can still save your lives."

"The two of you are trying to make us surrender?" he snorted coldly.

A full company of knights was stationed here, with members of the Church of Reincarnation and mercenaries from the Silafiel family behind them.

He had never fought a battle with such overwhelming numbers. The other side had only two people. The advantage was his.

But he didn't let his guard down, continuing, "If you give up resisting, we can at least grant you a quick death."

In his eyes, the other side was just a hot-blooded youth saving his beloved maiden.

The story was touching, but this was reality, not your novel world.

If you could just slaughter everyone by shouting about love and bonds, then what was the point of all our training?

However, he had guessed wrong.

This was not a hot-blooded story of a boy saving a girl.

It was a story of a boy lying flat and living off a woman.

"Felyn, I finally understand what you meant by hiding your strength, waiting for the opponent to provoke you, and then striking back hard," Eitani said, taking two steps forward. "Shouldn't he curse at me a couple more times? That way I'll be angrier, and it'll be more satisfying when we fight later."

"There aren't that many cursing scenes. He doesn't even know you. Why would he curse at you?"

The daughter of the Demon Lord was already eager to try.

And at this moment, the knights also sounded the horn for attack.

"Attack!"

Eitani raised her hand, and purple magic runes covered the entire passage in an instant.

Waldrick, standing at the very back, couldn't believe what he was seeing.

"Wh-what is this?"

He took two steps back, accidentally tripped on a step, and fell to the ground.

Whether it was the knights or those high and mighty church members, they were all instantly annihilated before the red-haired girl.

There were no explosions, no flames, not even any screams, only a deathly silence.

The church members from the rear kept rushing over, but after seeing the magic Eitani released, they turned and fled.

Such complex magic runes could only be cast by high-level demonic beasts.

But they could no longer escape.

For a moment, the only sounds in the entire passage were those of weapons and bodies falling.

No matter how high their level, no matter how fine their equipment, everyone was equal before Eitani.

Eitani clapped her hands, very satisfied, but after seeing Felyn's surprised gaze, she quickly asked, "Felyn, was I too violent?"

"Not at all. I want to learn this magic."

"Hmph, if you call me 'teacher' a few more times in the future, I'll teach you."

"You'll teach me just for calling you teacher?" Felyn was a little surprised. The magic Eitani created herself was priceless; no amount of wealth or land could be exchanged for it.

"You look so pleased. Do you feel like my conditions were too low?" Eitani pondered, chin in hand. "Then let's add that you'll be in charge of all my meals from now on, and my bedtime snacks."

"Eating sweets before bed will make you fat."

"Can't you just eat half for me?"

The two chatted casually as they stepped over the corpses.

"Felyn, there's still a human here," Eitani said, spotting Waldrick hiding in a pit and tugging on Felyn's clothes. "Can I kill this one?"

Waldrick was completely numb.

This delicate-looking, seemingly gentle girl was actually talking about killing someone so matter-of-factly.

And despite being so powerful, she still had to ask for the opinion of the boy beside her.

Who on earth were these two?

"Don't kill this one." Felyn squatted down in front of Waldrick. "You're Uncle Waldrick, right?"

"Un-uncle? Are you from the Silaphael family?!" Waldrick's eyes suddenly lit up with hope. "I-I am Waldrick, a relative of the Silafiel. Who is your father? Maybe we're good friends."

"I'm not from the Silafiel family." Felyn waved his hand and didn't say anything more to him.

He had already notified Viloti. Someone would come to take Waldrick away later.

"Let's go, Eitani. There's still good stuff inside. It's the treasure hidden by the Demon Lord... ah, sorry, I didn't mean to talk about the Demon Lord."

Felyn slapped his own mouth. He had subconsciously brought up Eitani's father.

The two walked down the long flight of stairs.

People still kept trying to stop them, but they were all easily dealt with by Eitani.

The two arrived at the final room. The environment here really did resemble a demon lord's lair.

After pushing open the door, even Eitani was a little stunned.

The room was filled with Morning Stars, which glittered like gems under the light of the illumination spells, dancing on the walls.

"Wow, so beautiful."

Eitani had naturally seen Morning Stars before, but she had never seen so many at once.

"Felyn, Felyn, come here quickly." She trotted around excitedly, her long red hair flowing beautifully behind her.

Albert had long since fled with a small group of knights. He wasn't foolish enough to go head-to-head with the Demon Lord's daughter.

"Felyn, do you want these Morning Stars?"

"Yes. How about we split them fifty-fifty? Or you can take most of them, and I'll just take a little, is that okay?"

Felyn wasn't arrogant enough to think he could take them all.

Eitani thought for a moment, then finally shook her head. "I only want one."

"Huh?"

"It's no use for me to have these. I might as well give them all to you. But... but you have to give me a Morning Star ring."

"There's no such ring..." Felyn didn't understand what Eitani meant.

"Hmph, it's the kind you can wear on your hand, for the princess and the hero... the one used for... for getting married..."

A token of love.

"Oh, oh, you mean that kind. It might be a bit crude..." Felyn picked up a Morning Star and secured it with a piece of iron wire, fashioning a simple ring. "Is this okay?"

"Yes, yes! This is it!" Eitani nodded, walked up to Felyn, and held out her hand. "Quick, put it on me."

Felyn placed the simple yet priceless ring on Eitani's left index finger, then tightened the wire with his hands to prevent it from falling off.

Eitani covered her mouth, accepting the ceremony Felyn was performing for her.

"Is it pretty?"

"Yes! It's beautiful!" Eitani held up her hand, examining it carefully under the light of the illumination spell.

Felyn's body heat seemed to linger on the ring. Her lips were slightly parted, her pupils quivered, and her eyes were full of anticipation.

The ring was important, but the person who put it on was just as important.

Seeing this, Felyn's lips parted, but he couldn't bring himself to say the words.

Saying it now would ruin the atmosphere too much.

The Morning Stars were created by Lianlors's power. Once the Hero's Festival ended, the Morning Stars would also disappear.

All of this was an illusion, none of it was real.

But as long as Eitani was happy now, that was enough.

Seiwa, 17 Mist Street.

Fiorella, who had been staying at home, stood frozen in place as she watched countless boxes of Morning Stars suddenly appear in her house.

There were so many that even the courtyard and the nearby street were piled high.

She knew these were probably Felyn's things, so she quickly went out to the street, not wanting them to be picked up by passersby.

But as more and more boxes arrived from Eitani's large-scale teleportation magic, Fiorella couldn't possibly watch over them all by herself.

Seeing that nearby passersby were already looking on with curiosity, Fiorella could only call for Lina to help her guard the ever-increasing pile of Morning Stars.

"Hello, these are all Mr. Felyn's things, just being stored here temporarily."

"This is my dad's! Don't you put it in your pocket!"

But with limited manpower and too many things, it was impossible.

Fiorella wiped the sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand. Seeing more and more people gathering around, she gritted her teeth and climbed onto a box.

Just as she was about to shout at them, Fiorella saw nearly a hundred guards appear at the end of the street.

The guards ran along both sides of the street, quickly driving away the surrounding passersby who wanted to pick up some freebies.

Fiorella recognized the emblem on the mercenaries' uniforms.

It was the famous Claude family emblem, and... and the emblem of the Empire's wealthiest family, the Silafiel.

Why were the mercenaries of these two great families here?

Fiorella watched as a luxurious spell-inscribed car drove down the street, her gaze fixed on it.

"This is..."

Two young ladies, as beautiful as people from a poster, stepped out of the car.

(End of Chapter)