Xi De, Xi Nuo, Milia, Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta, and Eta have all turned 18.
Listening to Milia exclaim in admiration as she rattled off her collection like a menu, Xi De couldn't describe his current feelings. One word: awesome. Two words: super awesome. Three words: awesomely out of this world.
He had spent a great deal of time and effort collecting these items for his own flair, and now that someone had listed them all one by one, his heart was filled with ultimate satisfaction.
Xi Nuo also looked at Milia in surprise.
I only asked you to casually look into it when you had nothing to do.
How did she almost become an appraiser?
"Marvelous, absolutely marvelous! To be so knowledgeable!"
"Consider this my gift to you!"
Xi De condensed a ball of magic in his hand and transferred it all into Milia's body.
Milia's body couldn't absorb too much, only half of it. The other half was temporarily stored in her body, unable to be digested.
Milia felt her internal magic increase fivefold.
"Thank you, Lord Shadow!"
"No need to thank me. You have excellent judgment, and I admire you greatly! This is what you deserve!" Xi De said with a smile.
"Apologies, Lord Shadow, I am Lord Phantom's handmaiden. I am now, I will be in the future, and I will be for this entire life. I will never serve anyone else!"
Milia misunderstood Xi De's meaning, thinking he wanted to take her on as a handmaiden.
"What is she saying? I don't understand?" Xi De asked Xi Nuo, wide-eyed.
"Eh?" (Milia)
"Eh!" (Xi De)
"I didn't say anything!"
Realizing his lapse, Xi De turned his head and looked at the moon.
"The dark clouds obscure the moon; there must be a conspiracy afoot!"
When he was with Xi Nuo, Xi De would subconsciously disregard his image, as they knew each other inside and out.
As for his usual demeanor, he always maintained the mystery and power of an Eminence in Shadow.
"I have important matters to attend to; I'll be leaving now!"
Lord Shadow turned and flew into the sky.
"Lord Xi Nuo, what did Lord Shadow mean just now?"
"He simply appreciates knowledgeable people like you; he doesn't intend to take you on as a handmaiden!"
"Ah! So I overthought it. It's all my fault for being so narcissistic, thinking Lord Shadow wanted me to be his handmaiden!"
"Lord Phantom, please punish me... any way you see fit!" Milia said.
"But I didn't even scold you!"
"Lord Phantom, what are you saying? I did such an embarrassing thing, shouldn't I be beaten?"
This time, it was Xi Nuo and Milia staring wide-eyed at each other.
It seemed Xi Nuo had misunderstood... Nighttime, inside an underground facility.
A very ordinary-looking researcher in a white lab coat looked at a photo of Alexia.
"I found it, I found it! Princess Alexia has the exact same appearance as Freya, one of the Three Heroes. Her blood is the purest Hero's Blood!"
If Xi Nuo were here, he would realize that this researcher was the same one who had previously run away from under his command.
At this moment, a person emerged from the shadows.
"How certain are you?"
"70%!"
"That's enough. I will capture Alexia!"
The speaker was none other than Alexia's fiancé, Jeno Griffey.
The researcher present was actually the highest-ranking researcher at the research base that Xi Nuo's team had destroyed.
The madman with glasses was only the vice-director, while he was the director.
He was stronger in both strength and research.
He just had a bit of bad luck. If Xi Nuo hadn't asked him for directions but had killed him directly, he would have simply died for Xi Nuo to see.
But by a twist of fate, he survived and, through genetic comparison, discovered the truth about Princess Alexia.
And Xi De, our Lord Shadow, was currently above this underground research facility.
The casual words he had just made up had once again come true.
Xi De looked around.
"Where is this? I seem to be lost again!"