As the sound of the explosion echoed, the sky over the entire city was covered by a powerful surge of golden magic.
She had clearly felt that there wasn't much magic inside the ore just moments ago.
If she hadn't teleported Will into the sky, the consequences...
With a grim expression, Furni looked at the creator of that magic bomb.
“Lin Ling, how much magic did you inject into that?”
“Um... about the capacity of one magic suppression stone?”
Lin Ling wasn't too sure herself. She had figured that since everyone in the Demon Realm needed that much Holy Light Stasis to compress, it should be about the same here.
Her original plan had been to detonate it inside the teleportation space with Will, allowing him to reunite with his family.
But in the end, Furni had intercepted her.
With that thought, a turbulent current surged through Lin Ling's teleportation channel, clearing out all the trash inside.
Clap—
While Lin Ling was managing the teleportation space, Furni appeared before her as if teleporting, placing both hands on Lin Ling's shoulders.
“Lin Ling!”
“Present!”
For some reason, Furni's tone had become extremely serious, snapping Lin Ling out of her spatial cleanup.
“Next time, you are not allowed to use bombs made of this kind of magic in Camillaya.”
“Eh? Ah, okay...”
Seeing Furni's dead-serious expression, Lin Ling nodded.
Lin Ling could even feel that the area where Furni had just patted her shoulders seemed to be damp with sweat.
But she hadn't broken a sweat herself.
Did that mean the Furni in front of her was sweating bullets because of the magic bomb she had just made?
Furni stared intently at Lin Ling for a moment after she nodded before slowly letting go, fanning her own face continuously.
Who would have thought that a Magic Crystal bomb, which didn't seem to contain much magic, could unleash such terrifying power?
As the guardian dragon, she had almost blown Camillaya's border sky-high.
If that had actually happened, the contract she signed with the founding Emperor would have subjected her to immense torment.
“Whew... Haa... Whew... Haa...”
Furni kept taking deep breaths to calm her panicked dragon heart.
“Bishop Furni?”
“Uh—cough, cough, cough!”
Ichikawa suddenly called out Furni's name, causing her to cough violently.
“Um...”
“W-what is it? Cough, cough—”
Ichikawa just watched as Furni asked him in a raspy voice, only to start coughing uncontrollably again.
Why did it feel like he was seeing a trace of Lin Ling in Furni?
Just as he had genuinely doubted whether Lin Ling was actually the so-called Saintess of the Demon Race, Ichikawa was now somewhat doubting whether Furni was truly the guardian dragon of Camillaya.
Seeing that Ichikawa had an important question to ask, Lin Ling gently used levitation magic to guide the bewildered maid out of the room.
Once the maid had left, Ichikawa finally directed his question to Furni.
“Just now, Will said... you are the guardian dragon of Camillaya?”
“Aren't you a bishop of the Holy See? Then why didn't Prince Kainster know about you...”
Before he could finish, Furni's slitted dragon eyes locked onto Ichikawa.
An extremely powerful dragon pressure radiated from Furni, striking Ichikawa directly.
The Hero's proof on his chest flashed continuously, as if warning him that the being before him was extremely dangerous.
Seeing Ichikawa's Hero's proof light up, Furni instantly retracted her dragon pressure.
“I can't deny my identity anymore, little Hero-chan~”
Having reverted to her usual lazy demeanor, Furni actually showed a hint of apology as she looked at Ichikawa.
“I'm really sorry for approaching you while pretending to be so weak and delicate back then~”
As expected... those weak and delicate bishops only exist in manga...
Ichikawa stared blankly at Furni, who had returned to her slouching, sluggish self.
He felt the very last shred of his illusions about the gentle Bishop Furni completely shatter in his heart.
If only I had some alcohol right now.
He had only wanted to confirm Bishop Furni's identity. Why did she have to personally crush the last of his fantasies?
“Here. You should probably have some water at a time like this.”
Lin Ling appeared out of nowhere, holding a cup of water and handing it to Ichikawa, who was staring blankly at the ceiling.
Right now, Ichikawa looked exactly like a guy meeting his online girlfriend in real life, only to find out she was actually a dude.
Indeed, water was exactly what he needed right now.
Staring as Ichikawa downed the cup of “water” in one gulp, Lin Ling nodded in satisfaction.
Smash!
“You jerk, this is clearly hard liquor!”
“Wait, no, it's definitely water.”
Remembering that he had been the one to tease Lin Ling first, Ichikawa quickly corrected himself.
“Cough, let's focus on the main business for now.”
Furni cleared her throat twice as she watched Ichikawa regain his energy after drinking Lin Ling's “water.”
“Right, right.”
Feeling Ivelia pull her back into her embrace, Lin Ling found a comfortable position to lean against.
“Um, wait a second. I have another question.”
Ichikawa raised his hand toward Furni again, indicating he wasn't done.
“Now that we've dealt with Will, what's going to happen to this place?”
Lin Ling also looked at Furni seriously when this was brought up.
Since Furni had organized everyone's movements, she ought to have a plan for clean-up.
But seeing Will's behavior at the border, combined with the revival of the slave trade due to a loophole in Furni's plan...
Ichikawa decided to ask about the next steps of Furni's plan.
“Don't worry, don't worry~ Of course I've arranged everything.”
Furni waved her hand dismissively at Ichikawa. She had been the guardian dragon for so long; how could she not have handled something like this?
Beep, beep—beep, beep, beep...
Just as Furni was about to explain her method, a faint sound of magic communication echoed from the broken table.
“Hmm...”
Hearing the noise, Furni walked over to the table.
A magic communication stone was glowing brightly amidst the wreckage of the table.
In Camillaya, this was considered the highest level of communication, rarely used unless absolutely necessary.
The moment she picked it up, a hysterical screaming voice echoed from inside.
“Will! Will! How on earth are you guarding the border?!
My territory is about to be destroyed by those wretched demons!”
Bam!
“So this is where you were hiding.”
“Will! Send some fucking—”
Crack—
Before the person on the other end could finish, the sound of the communication crystal being cut off rang out.
“Was that little Niya's voice just now?”
Hearing the cold tone in the transmission, Lin Ling doubted she would mistake the voice of her shy little maid.
“It is. She should be in the neighboring Viscount's territory right now.”
Ivelia stroked Lin Ling's head, answering the question on Furni's behalf.
“So that means everyone from the Demon Race has been dispatched to the neighboring territories?”
Based on Ivelia's words, and what she had mentioned earlier about the demons being reassigned elsewhere.
“Yes, but not all of them.”
“A few are still doing their primary jobs.”
“This kind of thing needs to be publicized.”
To spread the word of Kainster's return, they naturally needed manpower. Charis alone wouldn't be able to publicize it across the entirety of Camillaya.
“But these territories still need people to manage them, right?”
“Is Prince Kainster supposed to stay behind and manage them?”
Conquered territories couldn't just be left lawless, but Kainster obviously couldn't afford to stay behind.
He had to be present to confront Keith.
Ichikawa couldn't understand what would happen to these conquered lands.
They couldn't simply be absorbed into the Demon Realm either, because that would be seen as a demon invasion.
At the same time, humans would never accept being ruled by another race.
“There's no need to worry about that, little Hero.”
Furni waved her hand and looked out the window.
“Humans, naturally, must be managed by humans.”
“The person handling this should be arriving very soon.”
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