Chapter 7

Noon.

Harbor District.

Luosen continued to carry Selena as he walked along the muddy road.

He didn't speak, because Laifu was playing back an image, a report from the Detect Guard spell.

The first key image came from the Duke's study.

One party in the conversation was the Dawn Duke, the other was the Allen Kingdom ambassador, Sir Yalak.

"Lord Duke, you clearly brought the king's marriage decree, yet you allowed the Dawn Princess to marry the bird‑shit baron—what is the meaning of this?!"

"I'm sorry, but that was my sister's decision. I know my sister; if overly pressured, she would rather die than agree."

"This is a great disgrace! Only blood can wash away this disgrace!"

"I agree with part of your view."

"As compensation, for the next three days, the Aaron Night Guard may operate freely in Dawn City."

"During this time, you can drag out that bird‑shit baron and hang him from the lamppost on Glory Square."

"Of course, no matter what, you must guarantee my sister's safety."

"Thank you for the Duke's proposal; we will do that!"

The second image showed Sir Yalak and a mysterious figure wrapped in a black cloak.

"Before sunset, find the bird‑shit baron, in front of the princess cut off his toy, strip his clothes, drag him all the way by horse to Glory Square, and hang him from the lamppost."

"Ambassador, should he be hanged alive or dead?"

"Reinforce the lamppost, hang him alive, give him a bottle of healing potion so he can howl all night."

"Understood."

Besides these two key images, there was a large amount of additional information, each coming from Luosen's Detect Guard seals placed at the city's main thoroughfares.

These details were rather trivial, and manually reviewing them would consume a huge amount of time.

Luosen didn't examine them closely; he only looked at the summary Laifu had distilled for him.

After a quick skim, he chuckled to himself.

"Duke, you may act high and mighty today, but don't blame me when I turn the tables later."

In silence, he carried Princess Selena into a deserted side alley.

Selena grew wary: "Luosen, where are you taking me?"

Luosen focused his thoughts, his inner qi flowed, and a wavering light like heat waves from fire appeared on his body's surface.

This light enveloped both of them, then twisted a few times and dissipated like ripples in water, taking with it the bodies of Luosen and Selena.

Among the six travel techniques of mages, the Invisibility Spell is the primary skill for avoiding danger in the wild.

Luosen's version of the Invisibility Spell, which he painstakingly refined, is an exceptionally powerful variant—not only does it grant invisibility, but it also grants immunity to most tracking spells.

After becoming invisible, he explained: "Madam, Ambassador Aaron surely already knows of this; he will certainly regard it as an insult to the king."

What do you think, given the Aaron people's pettiness, they might do to us?

Selena blinked: "I doubt it would go that far; even if Ambassador Aaron is dissatisfied, my brother hasn't yet accepted the marriage decree from Dang."

Besides, this is Dawn City; since my brother promised me, he will surely stop them.

"Well, it seems the princess still harbors illusions about her brother."

That's normal, after all, being siblings, one views kin through a loving filter.

He carefully controlled the Invisibility Spell, making himself and the princess hover ten centimeters above the ground, gliding swiftly through the alley.

He had no proof, but since the princess didn't believe him, he went along with the conversation: "The Duke will indeed stop them, but the Aaron folk are sneaky and deceitful, so we should still take precautions."

Selena agreed: "That's also true."

She then carefully sensed Luosen's magic and was astonished: "Luosen, you know both Invisibility and Levitation—your casting ability is quite good."

"Madam, if you devoted ten years to focused training, you'd be quite good as well."

"That's also true."

Selena felt this was reasonable, she sighed, quite moved.

"You may know few spells, but you have practiced each one far longer than I have."

"Unlike me, I learn a spell and immediately move on to the next, so each remains only superficially mastered; in the end, the only thing I can really show for it is a decent amount of magical power."

She is 23 years old, already at the high‑peak level of magical power, just a step away from touching the Fourth Magic Ring and advancing to Arcane Master.

Setting aside casting technique, speaking solely of her magical cultivation, she is indeed a genius.

He paused, then asked: "Luosen, how much money do you have left?"

"I have five ogres and six klens left."

"It should have been 405 ogres, right?"

"Roughly, but you know I must repay this sum to my mentor to prove my sincerity in repayment."

"Oh right, I almost forgot—you also owe Anna over 1,600 ogres, to be paid back over 20 years."

She let out a light sigh.

"A few days ago, I was lamenting with Anna that you couldn't find a good wife, never imagining that the one who would become your wife would be me."

"This is probably Mother Nature's arrangement."

"Madam, you're saying this isn't regret, right?"

"Of course, I'm just feeling sentimental."

Saying this, her imperial‑green jade eyes gazed at Luosen's face from the side.

"Luosen, I am truly grateful that you accepted me, and I don't wish to deceive you falsely, so I will honestly tell you my thoughts."

"The fact is, I currently have no special feelings for you; I merely regard you as a familiar friend."

Of course, since we have become husband and wife, I will strive to adapt to this change in status, but but this might take a little time.

What I mean is, regarding the basic duties of a wife, I might need some time before I can fulfill them, at least at least not tonight.

Having said that, Selena's cheeks were already red, and Luosen could clearly feel her heartbeat quickening on his back, obviously she had mustered the courage to bring up this topic.

Luosen chuckled inwardly: 'Hey, turns out the Princess is also shy.'

Clearly I had already taken a liking to him, but my mouth is very stubborn.

His main purpose is to use the Princess's noble status to rise, but he also does not want to make the future family atmosphere cold and icy.

So, he plans to gradually train her.

Thus, he lightly nodded: 'As you wish, my lady.' Selena breathed a sigh of relief, then continued: 'Besides, I also don't want to spend the second half of my life as poor as a beggar.'

'Once we return to the island, we need to think of ways to develop the island, at least increase income, as much as possible make life a bit better, what do you say?'

Luosen nodded in agreement: 'That's exactly my idea; I absolutely do not want to be idle like my father.'

Selena was very satisfied.

'Very good. Although I, like your mentor, think you lack sufficient talent, don't worry, I will do my best to help you.'

'Also, don't feel pressured; just take it slow.'

Having said that, she suddenly changed the topic: 'I'm a bit hungry, let's find a clean restaurant.'

'If possible... well, in short, just as clean as possible.'

Luosen fully understood Selena's thought, smiling: 'My lady, you need not worry about lack of money; once we fill our stomachs, I will take you to make a big profit.'

As a noble lord, lacking money is absolutely unacceptable.

Originally in the plan, Luosen intended to earn a big sum in Dawn City before leaving.

Now having unexpectedly obtained a princess wife, the situation has undergone a completely new change, so the money-making plan naturally also needs some adjustments.

We must make as much money as possible!

Selena blinked: 'How to make money?'

Luosen sold a hook: 'Let's talk while we eat.'

He had done a very detailed and thorough understanding of the Harbor District's situation; after a brief recollection, he thought of a decent restaurant.

Soon, the two sat in a private room on the top floor of a restaurant called 'Seagull House', enjoying expensive food priced at 12 klun per meal.

If converted by grain purchasing power, one klun silver coin equals 100 units on Earth, and about 15 klun exchange for one Gold Ogre.

So, this meal for two cost 1200 units.

It can be seen that Selena also finds this place acceptable, as her brows are relaxed.

Luosen held a silver dinner knife, while cutting the tender lamb chops on the table, he used Spiritual Whisper.

'Your Highness, first I must declare, my money-making method may be somewhat contrary to convention, even illegal.'

I originally thought Selena would frown, but instead her eyes lit up sharply.

'How illegal? Is it about killing people?'

Her tone was enthusiastic, with no hint of condemnation.

Luosen was quite happy inside, for if Selena were a rigid moralist, then this money could not be made.

He laughed: 'Of course not, how dare I do such a thing?'

He paused, then explained his idea: 'Actually, I have already mastered some first-ring spells; one of them is Transformation Technique.'

'You know, although my learning speed is slow, the ultimate limit of my ability is far above that of an ordinary mage.'

'As for Transformation Technique, that's the case. I can proudly say I am highly skilled at transformation, even able to do it flawlessly.'

Selena raised her eyebrows, becoming even more interested.

'Go on.'

'My idea is to use the remaining money on hand to buy a sheep at the market, then use Transformation Technique to turn it into a beauty, and sell it at a high price to wealthy merchants who like beauties.'

Selena listened, her eyes sparkling: 'So it's about swindling money, I like this!'

'But I have two questions.'

'First, turning a sheep into a person is a full cross-species transformation; we don't have a staff on hand. I highly doubt your ability.'

'Second, the effect of a first-ring Transformation Technique lasts only one day and is easily dispelled. This scam would be easily exposed, right?'

Luosen nodded: 'My lady is absolutely right; to ensure success, we need to cooperate.'

'I will handle the transformation; if you think my transformation effect is sufficiently perfect, you will be responsible for stabilizing the spell effect. Do you know stabilization technique?'

Although Selena was full of doubt, she still nodded.

'I know stabilization techniques at the weak, medium, and strong levels. The strong stabilization technique's effect can last up to five years, and it has extremely strong resistance to dispelling.'

'Very good, then after we fill our stomachs we will begin action.'

Selena immediately asked: 'How to act? I mean, explain your plan?'

Luosen immediately said: 'I have already identified a client, named Dalete, who is the captain of a giant cargo ship and also a knight of the Kaowangguo Kingdom.'

'This guy is very wealthy, full of energy, and especially likes teenage ladies aged thirteen or fourteen; don't look at me like that, I know this is a very evil fetish, I also despise him greatly, but we are selling only transformed sheep.'

'To some extent, this can also be considered a punishment for his evil preference.'

Selena narrowed her eyes and smiled: 'No need to explain; in terms of experience in this area, I far surpass you.'

'I know many prestigious temple priests have this fetish, even the temple's great divination, anyway this world is very dirty.'

Having said that, seemingly worried that Luosen might doubt her character, she added another explanation.

'I only heard this from those noble ladies at tea parties; those noble ladies' mouths never have a moment of idleness. But this has nothing to do with me. I devote all my energy to studying magic, I have no time to fool around.'

Luosen narrowed his eyes and smiled: 'My lady, no need to specially explain.'

'Perhaps we don't understand each other's personalities, but through Lady Agneth's connection, we actually both know each other's pasts very well, right?'

Selena snapped her fingers: 'Exactly right.'

She looked at Luosen again and felt even more affectionate than before.

Luosen returned to the main topic again.

"I know the inn where Knight Dalete is staying, and I understand his personality and habits. As long as we bring the transformed sheep to him, we should be able to earn a handsome sum."

Selena tapped her knife and fork lightly on the plate, then began discussing specific action details.

"Finally, there's still a problem: even if you make the sheep perfect, how will you solve the fact that the transformed sheep can't speak and still likes to eat grass?"

Luosen smiled faintly: "Among the mage's three techniques, the Spiritual Whisper technique, I have developed a powerful extraordinary version called 'Spiritual Imprint'."

"Through this spiritual technique, I can make the transformed sheep change its sheep-like habits, making its behavior more human, and change its diet from eating grass to eating vegetarian."

"By the way, he happens to be mute as well."

"Believe me, those eccentric rich folks prefer a mute, because they won't go around blabbing."

Selena nodded in agreement, she couldn't wait to witness Luosen's abilities.

"I understand, let's act right away."

(End of chapter)