Lin Ling got out of bed the next morning, looked at the dozens of layers of soundproofing magic set up around the room, and rubbed her head.
Last night had really gone a bit too far.
She wondered how Ichikawa and the others were doing.
Just thinking of Karl grabbing Ichikawa to unseal that wine... although she had really wanted to drink it at the time, too.
But no matter how you looked at it, he had clearly been looking for a scapegoat, hadn't he?
Besides, the only person Bishop Karl knew who could provide that kind of wine... had to be Furni, didn't it?
That was why last night she had chosen to conduct a grand experiment—the double-slit experiment—with Ivelia, rather than take part in opening that bottle of wine.
At the thought of alcohol...
Lin Ling hurriedly threw on her white Saintess outer garment. This was the perfect time for her to scavenge whatever was left!
That bottle hadn't even been opened yesterday and it had already smelled so divine.
What was more, Ivelia was still resting, exhausted from last night.
The time, place, and stars were aligned. Lin Ling tiptoed out of the room.
“I hope it won't be like yesterday with a whole crowd gathered down there.”
Standing in the hallway, Lin Ling shuddered at the memory of walking downstairs yesterday to find a whole mob waiting.
“Phew~ Thank goodness.”
Downstairs, there was only a passed-out dragon and Ichikawa, who was wearing an anime T-shirt.
Bishop Karl was nowhere to be seen.
Bang!
Just as Lin Ling was wondering where Bishop Karl had gone, Karl shoved the tavern doors wide open.
Stepping inside and seeing the two figures still lying on the floor, Karl gestured behind him.
Two demon soldiers nodded to each other.
They hoisted Furni and Ichikawa off the floor and cast a sobriety spell on them.
“Whaz going on...?”
Though Ichikawa was woken up by the sobriety spell, his speech was still slurred from being drunk.
However, when he looked beside him, a snot bubble was actually inflating and deflating from Furni's nose after receiving the magic.
It was clear that the dragon was sleeping even sounder now.
“...”
Seeing Furni like this, Karl's face instantly filled with absolute disgust.
“How about I give it a try?”
Seeing that the sobriety magic had no effect on Furni, Lin Ling came down from the second floor and lightly patted Karl's shoulder.
“Hmm... alright.”
Meeting Lin Ling's gaze, Karl found it hard to believe this was the same person who had been deemed a useless former Hero back then.
During his time with the demon race, he had heard the demon people praising Lin Ling's deeds almost every single day.
Even the demon children he interacted with looked full of admiration whenever Lin Ling was mentioned.
“Though, do you really know how to use a sobriety spell?”
This Hero hadn't even seen a spellbook before, had she?
Her ability to solve the demon race's crisis was due to her Unique Skill, which was likely brought over when she transmigrated.
“After watching it once, I think I can do it!”
Lin Ling nodded, her eyes shining with confidence in her magical abilities.
As if wanting to demonstrate for Karl, Lin Ling's hands began weaving the structure of a sobriety spell.
The only thing was... why did her sobriety spell look... somewhat dangerous?
Nevertheless, that thing resembling a magic sphere was already thrusting toward Furni.
The unconscious Furni felt a surge of pure magic energy rapidly approaching her.
The magic within it was so pure it felt as though it was about to purify her entire draconic existence.
A powerful instinct for survival forced Furni to instantly snap her eyes open.
The moment she opened her eyes, she saw the magic sphere in Lin Ling's hands moving closer.
“Nooooo—!”
Wrenching herself free from the demon soldiers holding her, Furni wrapped her whole dragon body around a support pillar in the tavern and scrambled frantically upward.
“Looks like she really is wide awake.”
Although he didn't know what had transpired between the two, it appeared Furni possessed an inexplicable fear of Lin Ling's magic.
Well, now was not the time to dwell on that.
Early this morning, Kainster had already taken a portion of the maids to coordinate with other territories.
Seeing the magic in Lin Ling's hands vanish, Furni slid down from the pillar.
She smoothed out her somewhat disheveled clothes and looked at Karl, who had somehow put his sunglasses back on.
“Hey, old man! Has the task assigned to you begun yet?”
“Naturally.”
Karl nodded. A subtle trace of magic flickered across the storage bag at his waist, and the tavern floor was suddenly blanketed with a massive pile of Magic Crystals.
“The Magic Crystals here are almost enough for us to blow up the capital.”
At this moment, Karl was the very definition of loaded.
“What do we need so many Magic Crystals for?”
Lin Ling watched Karl continuously pull out these local demon specialties with confusion.
Were these two planning to head straight out and blow up that guy named Keith along with the capital?
If that were the case, wouldn't it be easier to just let her cast a few skills?
“Little Hero, are you thinking about something improper in your head?”
“N-No, of course not.”
As if caught in the act, Lin Ling instantly snapped into a stiff, upright posture.
“These Magic Crystals will allow us to quickly establish trade across the occupied cities.”
Karl picked up a few Magic Crystals and handed them to Lin Ling.
“These Magic Crystals hold months of hard work from the demon race, and you contributed to them as well.”
“Me?”
Lin Ling pointed at herself. Over the past few months, aside from making the modified version of the magic suppression stones, she hadn't done much else.
“Heh, while your method of engraving magic into stones is indeed somewhat difficult for humans...”
“...it turns out to be exceptionally well-suited for the demon race.”
Karl chuckled. Over the past two months, he had conducted research alongside some demon residents, and they had finally accomplished it.
“By injecting just a tiny bit of mana to activate these Magic Crystals engraved with teleportation magic, humans will be able to utilize mana teleportation as well.”
Although slightly different from the teleportation stones humans made themselves, this method was clearly far more convenient and efficient.
As expected of a former bishop—his knowledge really is vast.
Lin Ling felt genuine admiration for this accomplishment.
If they could use these stones to stabilize the territory's economy, there wouldn't be as much turmoil during Kainster's power transition.
“Therefore!”
Furni suddenly cut into their conversation.
“The next destination for our two Heroes has already been decided~”
“You two should head over to the Duke of Enridel's domain first to check things out.”
As she spoke, Furni winked in the direction where Kainster had headed.
“Wait, this involves me too?”
“Enridel? That is indeed a fine choice.”
Karl pondered for a moment. Among the most powerful nobles today, Enridel—who was still willing to do things for the commoners—was truly a good choice.
If Kainster succeeded, he would also require a powerful noble family to support him.
The former bishop nodded to Ichikawa and Lin Ling, silently agreeing that Furni's decision was sound.
“Enridel seems to be going through some troubles right now. If the two Heroes head over now, you should arrive just in time.”
Miraka, now dressed in the attire of the tavern's landlady, walked toward the conversing group with Lina in tow.
“I hope this information proves helpful to you.”
She handed over a compiled report to the group. But when she reached out to hold Lina's hand, her fingers caught only thin air.
“Lina?”
By then, Lina was already being cradled in Karl's arms.
“What an adorable child. Would you like to learn magic from Grandpa?”
Karl cradled Lina with a warm, grandfatherly smile.
“Before he became a bishop, old Karl actually wanted to be an academy teacher.”
Seeing the lightning magic beginning to surge in Lin Ling's and Ichikawa's hands, Furni hurriedly offered an explanation.
She quickly cast a teleportation spell on them.
“Phew~ That was close. Our hard-won management assistant almost got fried by lightning.”
Wiping a bead of sweat from her forehead, Furni generated an even stronger electric current on her own hands.
“You damn old man, get to work already!”
After casting a protective spell over Lina, Karl himself began radiating intense sparks of electricity.
Ding-ling—
“We finally found it! I'm completely exhausted.”
“But didn't you ride on my shoulder the entire way here, Danasuo?”
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