[Belobog, Goethe Hotel]
Sitting on the bed, Stelle wrapped the blanket tightly around herself and looked toward March 7th by the open doorway.
She glanced at the door lying on the floor, then calmly looked back at March 7th without saying a word.
"Uh, well…"
March 7th slowly pulled her fist back, her expression awkward.
She hadn't expected things to turn out like this either.
She had wanted to wake Stelle up so they could continue searching for clues about the Stellaron, but who would've thought…
The sturdiness of this door could honestly be described as shoddy.
And the one knocking wasn't even Dan Heng, that big, strong guy.
It was just her, a weak girl, and after only a few knocks, the door broke completely.
Looking at the broken door on the floor, March 7th muttered, "They're not going to make us pay for this, right…"
"No need to think about it. You're definitely paying for it."
Fully dressed, Stelle walked over and patted March 7th on the shoulder, standing beside her as they both looked at the door on the floor.
"You should be praying that this isn't something the hotel deliberately designed to scam money."
"What happened?"
Dan Heng came out of his room after hearing the noise.
Seeing Stelle's door lying on the floor and the awkward look on March 7th's face, he immediately understood what had happened.
March 7th: femininity (MAX).
"Since everyone's awake, let's go see if we can find any clues about the Stellaron."
"So urgent? Ha~ I still want to sleep a bit more."
"Hey, once we seal the Stellaron, you can sleep all you want when we get back."
Dan Heng walked in front, with Stelle and March 7th following behind.
Suddenly, as they passed by a window, Dan Heng glanced outside and immediately stopped.
Looking at the large number of Silvermane Guards outside, an ominous feeling rose in his heart.
Likewise, seeing Dan Heng look out the window, the two behind him followed his gaze.
"…I knew things wouldn't go smoothly!"
Looking at the Silvermane Guards outside, Stelle, who still had a bit of sleepiness left, immediately woke up and covered her face with both hands.
"Don't say that yet. What if they found clues about the Stellaron and came to notify us…"
March 7th said this, but even she didn't really believe it.
If they were just here to notify them, would they need to station this many guards outside?
Dan Heng, who had been observing the situation outside, spoke up. "The hotel is surrounded by guards. We can't escape by jumping out the window."
That would be too obvious and would easily get them spotted and cornered by the guards.
Looks like they could only face this head-on…
"Haha… don't be so pessimistic… maybe it's just a misunderstanding?"
March 7th tried to comfort them.
Stelle didn't say anything. At this moment, she had already opened the chat group and typed "@Levi" into the chat box.
Just waiting, if something went wrong, she'd call for backup immediately.
———
[Luofu, Exalting Sanctum]
Levi was riding a star skiff headed toward the Divination Commission's grotto-heaven.
Holding his jade device with both hands, he chatted casually with Asta, who was far away at Herta Space Station.
"Asta."
In such a short time, the two had already reached the point where they could address each other by name.
"I've always been curious about Ms. Herta. I've heard that her puppets are extremely lifelike, but I've never had the chance to see them."
"You work at Herta Space Station and you're also Herta's student, so you should see her puppets often. Are they really that lifelike? Just like the rumors say, exactly the same as Herta herself when she was young?"
"The lifelikeness of Ms. Herta's puppets…" Asta touched her chin.
"According to Ms. Herta herself, those puppets are seven or eight parts similar to how she looked as a child."
"But I've never seen pictures of Ms. Herta when she was young, so I'm not really sure."
But for someone as extremely strict as Herta to say they were seven or eight parts similar, they were probably almost identical to the real thing.
"Still, Ms. Herta's puppets really are very cute. I've always wanted one, but Ms. Herta never agrees to my requests."
"However, after work, being able to secretly touch an idle Herta puppet does ease the emptiness a little…"
Only after saying this did Asta realize what kind of secret she had just revealed.
"Cold Feet… forget it, I'll just call you Shop Owner… You absolutely must not mention this to Ms. Herta!"
Asta warned him with utmost seriousness.
Being punished was secondary, the real worry was that if Herta found out, she might move the puppets to some unmanned secure location.
Then there would be nowhere left for Asta to watch the Herta puppets spin around.
"As long as you watch them together with me, I won't say anything!"
"Deal!"
And just like that, the two of them formed an evil pact.
Soon after, the star skiff arrived at the Divination Commission's grotto-heaven, and Levi got off.
He headed straight toward the grand Divination Commission.
On the way, he had already informed Fu Xuan about Herta Space Station's request.
Fu Xuan was generous and told him where the data was stored, letting him fetch it himself.
With Fu Xuan's approval, Levi swaggered into the Divination Commission.
Even if he was questioned along the way because of his unfamiliar face, a single call to Fu Xuan would solve it.
Extremely simple.
Every time he saw suspicion in someone's eyes, he struck first and called Fu Xuan.
He kept doing this until Fu Xuan got annoyed by all the calls and blocked him.
But by then, he had already reached the place where the Aeon data was stored.
The books were neatly organized. Following Fu Xuan's instructions, Levi easily found the materials on the two Aeons, the Reignbow Arbiter and the Plagues Author of Immortality.
But as he was leaving, his sharp peripheral vision caught sight of books scattered on the floor.
A sense of familiarity welled up in his heart.
Levi walked over and crouched down. His fingertips brushed over the cover, and he immediately remembered where he had seen it before.
"Qingque's Little Royal Uncle?"
Wasn't this supposed to have been taken back by Fu Xuan and destroyed? Why was it appearing in the archive?
Levi tilted his head, looking at the books scattered on the floor and the densely packed shelves in front of him.
A bold guess formed in his mind.
"Could this be…"
"The forbidden book archive!"
He casually picked up a book and flipped through a couple of pages, then decisively snapped it shut, went outside to find a faucet, washed his eyes, and came back in.
He glanced at the title of the book he had just read.
[The Reignbow Chronicles, A Thousand-Year Love Pursuit]
'No wonder it was the forbidden archive, nothing but…'
"Trash!"
'Has the Reignbow Arbiter spent a thousand years chasing love across the universe?'
'He's been chasing targets to kill!'
'The person who wrote this disgraced the Reignbow Arbiter's authority. Throwing them into the Shackling Prison would be getting off easy!'
'The best way to deal with them would be to tie them to the very front of the Xianzhou to clear the way!'
———
[Inside the Archive]
Levi stretched lazily. After spending a short amount of time, he finally memorized all the data on the two Aeons.
There wasn't actually much information. Most of it consisted of mortals' speculation about the Aeons.
There wasn't much truly useful or valuable content.
Relying on his practiced memorization skills, Levi easily committed the two Aeons' information to memory.
He took out his jade device and began contacting Asta.
"All done!"
"Now we should talk about compensation."
Asta, who kept work and personal life very clearly separated, didn't have any thoughts like, 'does he not consider me a friend?'
"According to Ms. Herta's requirements, as long as you can provide the Aeon data, you may freely choose one item from Herta Space Station's collection."
"If you're not satisfied with the station's collection, you may make another request, and we'll do our best to fulfill it." Asta said this solemnly.
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