Chapter 106: Daydreams
“His Holiness the Pope has come out of seclusion, she wants to remove me from the position of Holy Son. It’s so hateful, can this matter be blamed on me? If you guys had been more competent, would I be in this situation?”
Joseph complained as soon as he received the summons from the Temple.
Justin sneered: “This can’t be blamed on me. Your Holiness the Holy Son doesn’t know that the Saint shot arrows at us together with Kailun. Because of her contribution, the Second Prince died on the battlefield without even a body to collect.”
Justin, who had already given up and wanted to retire, desperately hoped that someone would kick him out of the Temple of the Heavenly God.
Joseph: “I’ve said it’s not Chrissy’s fault, she must have been coerced by Kailun.”
Harry and Paul didn’t participate in this conversation. They looked at each other, excitement hidden in their eyes.
With the Holy Son’s holy water and Justin’s healing magic, Harry had recovered more than half of his strength, and now he could walk on his own.
In Harry and Paul’s view, the removal of the Holy Son was giving Paul an opportunity in advance.
With Paul’s qualifications, it was very likely that he would obtain the status of a Holy Son candidate.
If he could establish a good relationship with the Holy Son and make the people behind him bet on Paul as well, then Paul would definitely soar because of succeeding the Holy Son.
The most important thing was that in their plan, they could completely devour the Holy Son’s strength through special methods during the succession ceremony.
According to the previous plan, Paul needed to replace the Holy Son’s soul and live as Joseph.
But now, Paul only needed to devour the Holy Son’s soul.
The source of the taboo scroll that Harry gave to Paul was the Temple of the Heavenly God. It was said to be related to the secret of the Pope’s succession, but only the Popes of all generations knew the secret.
Although Harry didn’t know what the secret was, he instinctively felt that this taboo scroll was related to the dark side of the Temple.
“Damn it, if I lose the position of Holy Son, how can I get close to Chrissy? If I can’t achieve my goal, those old guys…” Joseph kicked a tree and stopped complaining halfway.
Judging from the order issued by the Temple of the Heavenly God, the Pope was determined to remove him.
Joseph turned around and looked at Justin and the others: “Change direction and go to another place now, we’ll go to the Temple later.”
Harry reminded: “But Your Holiness the Holy Son, the Temple asked us to go back within a week.”
“Harry, are you eager for me to be removed so that Paul can take over in advance?”
Joseph looked at Harry with dissatisfaction: “Whether Paul can get a place as a Holy Son candidate still depends on me. If he can’t get the approval of those old guys, even if I’m removed, I won’t give him this opportunity.”
The thought of his power being divided in half made him feel very distressed.
He was about to reach the eighth rank in a few years, but he was removed at this time, he felt very heartbroken.
If he couldn’t reach the eighth rank during his term, whether he could reach the eighth rank within the next hundred years was still unknown.
“Your Holiness the Holy Son misunderstood, I’m just worried that His Holiness the Pope will overthink it.” Harry quickly cleared himself.
“At this point, it’s no longer up to me. Harry, the position of Holy Son is not as simple as you think, the water is very deep, Paul can’t handle it yet. I’ll take you to meet those people. If they all take a fancy to Paul and let him join in, then we will be true teammates.”
Joseph glanced meaningfully between Harry and Paul.
No one was willing to give up their power easily, not even him.
But his own power was too weak to resist the Pope, who held great power, so he had to rely on others.
To be honest, he hated those former Holy Sons. Every time he attended a gathering, they looked at him strangely.
It was like… looking at a growing food.
Even though they were from the same camp, Joseph didn’t feel the slightest bit of kinship.
Especially the former Holy Son who had already reached the ninth rank, he gave Joseph a very evil feeling, almost as evil as Kailun.
Instinct told him that the other party was a dangerous existence, and he should avoid contact as much as possible.
“Thank you for your recommendation, Your Holiness the Holy Son.” Paul bowed to the Holy Son under Harry’s eye signal.
Thinking that he had the opportunity to become the next Holy Son and gain the status of a superior, Paul’s heart became fiery again.
Since he couldn’t fight Kailun alone, what about with the entire Temple?
It couldn’t be that even the Pope was afraid of Kailun, right?
This was simply unrealistic. In Paul’s view, as long as he could obtain the status of Holy Son, he would be able to suppress Kailun from all sides.
To the powerful Temple of the Heavenly God, the so-called Kingdom of Xiya was just a small country that could be destroyed at will.
……
In the courtyard of Kailun’s manor, Phils and Anna were sitting in the back garden, drinking tea.
Phils poured a cup of black tea for herself and Anna and said, “I heard that Kailun and the others are coming back, they should be back in the royal city in about three days.”
“Hmm, that’s good.” Anna held the teacup with both hands and took a small sip.
Phils: “Don’t you have anything to say? I often see you sitting alone in the back garden, lost in thought, like a little dog waiting for its master to come home.”
Anna rolled her eyes at Phils: “I don’t, I just don’t know what to do. I’ve been having insomnia these past few nights, I can’t fall asleep no matter how hard I try, it’s like I’m missing something important.”
She touched her chest, feeling like her heart was empty, needing something to fill it.
Phils drank half a cup in one gulp: “I think you’re just too idle, it’s not difficult for you to just handle some simple intelligence. Why don’t you learn from your aunt Ella? She’s so busy every day now, holding a large sum of money and living a carefree life.”
Because of Kailun’s plundering of the ministers and nobles, the Kingdom of Xiya had already overcome the period of financial emptiness. This plundering had yielded a total of 1.5 million gold coins.
Half of it was allocated to Ella’s chamber of commerce, and the rest was used to fill the national treasury, recruit troops, expand academies, expand infrastructure, open up trade routes…
With the implementation of a series of plans, the entire Kingdom of Xiya’s economy became unprecedentedly active.
For ordinary people, as long as they were willing to work, they didn’t have to worry about starving to death.
The current basic salary had increased a lot. Not only could they eat their fill and wear warm clothes, but if they worked a little harder, they could even have some savings.
It was completely transferring the blood sucked from the nobles in the Kingdom of Xiya back to the people.
Moreover, Kailun wasn’t worried that this situation would be interrupted. After spending this part of the gold coins, there was still the supply from the mine, and if the mine wasn’t enough, there was still the supply from the chamber of commerce.
In his future plans, Ella’s chamber of commerce was the real money-making machine.
Spending money was not the goal, the goal was to influence the whole world through this method.
To become the third pole of the world, the Kingdom of Xiya still had a long way to go.
There was a side of prosperity, naturally there was also unrest, but the unrest that occurred was often quickly suppressed. Tracing back to the source, Phils found that the source of these unrests all came from the Rose Kingdom.
As Kailun expected, if this war with the Kingdom of Malaga lasted for a month, the consumption of the war would lead to the domestic funds being exhausted in advance.
The breaking of the capital chain would bring the Kingdom of Xiya back to its previous state. Coupled with the internal emptiness, a little bit of unrest could turn into a prairie fire.
But all this was over, Kailun had finally won.
Even in Phils’ view as a bystander, this was a gamble, only a madman would be willing to gamble like this.
“Although my aunt has a lot of money, her large expenditures have to be approved by you. She has complained to me about this several times.”
Anna raised her beautiful eyebrows, she stirred the black tea in the cup with a spoon, and through the ripples inside, she seemed to see Kailun’s figure.
“This has nothing to do with me, I just do as Kailun asks, after all, your aunt is not devout, I heard her complain about Kailun many times behind his back. Saying things like bull, vampire, devil… I will definitely tell Kailun about these words later.”
Phils finished the rest of the black tea in one gulp.
“Alright, today’s tea party ends here, I have to go find that stubborn dean of the Magic Academy. The deans of the other two academies have agreed to Kailun’s proposal, only she is being stingy.”
Thinking of this, Phils proudly straightened her chest and raised her head.
Half a month ago, she was still a student at the academy, only able to look up to a big shot like the dean.
But now she could “call the shots” in the Kingdom of Xiya under Kailun’s orders, and even make arrangements for the former dean.
This feeling made her scalp tingle.
However, she had a clear understanding of herself and never messed around. She did everything according to Kailun’s requirements, and if she didn’t understand something, she would have someone write a magic letter to ask Kailun.
It was precisely because of this humble attitude that she managed the Kingdom of Xiya in an orderly manner during Kailun’s absence.
As the former princess’s think tank, Phils’ talent in management was not weak, it was just a pity that she met the princess, that good-for-nothing, in her previous life.
“Didn’t you say that the dean was acting very strange?” Hearing about the academy, Anna thought of Phils’ complaints.
Phils said confidently: “She is indeed a little strange, I feel like she wants to run away, but I’ve already had people surround her residence. Even if she’s a seventh-rank, she might not be able to escape.”
Anna: “… Who did you learn this from? So shameless.”
Phils said matter-of-factly: “Of course I learned it from Kailun.”
……
“Achoo!”
Kailun, who had just finished teaching Carol magic, sneezed: “Someone must be cursing me behind my back, I can feel it.”
Rubbing his nose, Kailun felt that the person cursing him was very likely Hilna.
After all, he could even hear the coquettish cries from Hilna’s room in the living room, it seemed that she had already experienced social death once.
“Can I lie in your arms and sleep for a while? I’m a little tired.”
Seeing this, Carol made her request.
Magic and all that didn’t matter, she just wanted to quietly enjoy this moment of peace.
“Sleep, you’ve understood such a complex magic circuit, you can naturally rest.”
Kailun stroked Carol’s white hair, which had become quite smooth.
Compared to the Carol he first met, she had grown a lot, and she was no longer as skinny as a stick when he held her in his arms.
Even her breasts had obvious curves. Kailun put one arm around Carol’s exposed shoulder, and the other hand slowly climbed towards her chest, gently measuring it with his hand.
The girl’s skin was delicate and soft, she couldn’t compare to Chrissy’s grandeur, even compared to Afra, she was far behind, probably just over two fingers high, with a lot of room to grow.
“Hmm~”
She leaned against Kailun’s arms and hummed softly, her two slender legs swinging excitedly.
Carol didn’t show any discomfort with Kailun’s caress.
She had a favorability rating of 95 towards Kailun. Even if Kailun asked to eat her now, Carol would happily welcome his favor.
This was a kind of obedience from the heart, completely different from Winnie’s passive acceptance.
Now Carol could already act as a pillow, she was very comfortable to hold, warm and soft, with excellent feel.
However, she hadn’t reached the perfect state that Kailun envisioned, now was not the best time to eat her.
Playing, touching, and kissing were fine, but going all the way felt like something was missing.
He had always treated Carol with sincerity, but it was undeniable that his sincerity was mixed with impurities, not as pure as his feelings for Afra.
Therefore, he maintained his bottom line when facing Carol.
Kailun felt that what he lacked was probably the key to reaching 100 favorability.
Therefore, they still had a long way to go and had to become more intimate.
For the few special people, Kailun was willing to treat them with sincerity.
After Carol fell asleep, Kailun didn’t continue to tease her. He first took out Kailson’s communication device and sent a magic letter, urging his family to come to the Kingdom of Xiya as soon as possible.
In the letter, he clearly requested the whole family to move, making sure to bring all their property and magic scrolls to the Kingdom of Xiya.
And he once again warned Kailson’s family not to believe the information from the Temple of the Heavenly God.
After doing the psychological preparation for Kailson’s family, Kailun turned his attention to the Madden and Kaz Kingdoms.
After a period of negotiation, the two kings were forced to agree to Kailun’s request. Because they didn’t have enough gold coins, they used a lot of valuable magic scrolls and materials as collateral.
For them, as long as they could withstand the attack of the Rose Kingdom and not be destroyed, it was fine.
In order to let them consume more of the Rose Kingdom’s national strength and resources, Kailun told the two kings a few key pieces of information.
The peace treaty between the Kingdom of Xiya and the Rose Kingdom still had half a month left. During this time, the Rose Queen would clearly realize Kailun’s evil nature.
Because of the twenty attribute points given by the Pope, Kailun could do more things.
If he wasn’t afraid of the Pope directly coming over with her staff to kill him, he would even want to brush more points remotely.
These were ninth-rank attributes, it was no longer something that could be described as “a little bit”.
One-fifth of the Pope’s strength, although it couldn’t reach the ninth rank, could still be considered half-step ninth-rank.
Coupled with the attribute points Kailun himself had accumulated, and then through extreme point allocation, then he had the possibility of touching the ninth rank.
This feeling was quite wonderful. It was just a pity that he lacked the relevant knowledge, otherwise his combat power would increase even more.
As a mage, he had a dream of close combat.
As a melee fighter, he had a dream of standing in the distance and throwing ninth-rank magic.
Extreme point allocation gave him unlimited possibilities, he alone could encompass all professions, and achieve certain results in each path.
And this wasn’t the most interesting part, the most interesting part was that if he alone reached the ninth rank, it meant that everyone around him could temporarily reach the ninth rank.
When the chamber of commerce opened, what would be presented to the world would be a terrifying kingdom with multiple ninth-ranks.
The more Kailun imagined, the more excited he became. There were simply too many tricks he could do through this method, so much so that an evil smile appeared on the corner of his lips.
……
The return journey took three days, these three days weren’t boring for Kailun.
During the day, he dealt with some intelligence, remotely guided Phils in handling internal affairs, and then held Carol and guided her in her studies.
In the afternoon, when Carol sat beside him and absorbed magic crystals, he studied magic scrolls above the seventh rank. The sea of learning was boundless, he was still far from reaching it.
He was able to reach the sixth rank before thanks to the Fox Spirit, she was Kailun’s teacher in every sense of the word, her role was no less than Vivian’s.
At night, he would fight side by side with Chrissy. In just three nights, he raised Chrissy’s favorability to 98. After that, no matter how much he filled her up, it wouldn’t go up anymore.
Winnie’s favorability increased a little bit, reaching 30 in three days.
However, the nights weren’t always smooth sailing. If Kailun dreamed of Hilna, then it meant that she would be conquered by him again at night.
This made the latter feel extremely aggrieved. Kailun not only barged into her dreams, but also maliciously whipped her in reality.
What was even more excessive was that the next night, even though she didn’t dream of Kailun, she was still whipped for a long time. The reason Kailun gave was that he was used to it.
Because of Kailun’s ruthlessness, Hilna’s favorability didn’t increase, it remained at -80.
On the other hand, Vivian’s favorability often increased inexplicably at night, which Kailun couldn’t understand. After three days, it had already reached 70 points.
This favorability was already not low, and she could even do some slightly excessive physical contact.
Only Isabella had been acting as an observer, occasionally acting as Kailun’s exclusive diviner.
It was worth mentioning that in these three days, the Temple of the Heavenly God not only didn’t take any further actions, but even planned to send someone to negotiate with him about redeeming the Saint.
This made Kailun very puzzled, but according to Isabella’s divination results, this was clearly good news.
Another thing to note was that the abyss and the Temple of the Heavenly God had gathered their main forces at the second mine, but both sides maintained restraint and hadn’t fought yet.
For Kailun, history had indeed changed.
Because of his appearance, the history of the world had undergone a huge deviation. In Isabella’s words, the fate lines had changed, and the world was focused on the Kingdom of Xiya.
However, because of the hype of the war and the increasing attention the Kingdom of Xiya was receiving, the Loya Ball’s actions to hype up magic crystals had begun to show results.
Many kingdoms realized that the world wouldn’t be peaceful in the future, so they increased their reserves of magic crystals. During this process, only the Rose Kingdom and the other two kingdoms were constantly consuming them.
……
On the evening of the third day, they were fifty miles away from the royal city.
Kailun and Afra sat on the roof of the mobile palace, looking at the night sky above. Around the mobile palace, the elite of the Silver Moon Knights were guarding outside, escorting the mobile palace as it moved forward.
“I had a nightmare last night.” Afra leaned against Kailun’s shoulder and said.
“What kind of nightmare?”
At first, Kailun didn’t pay much attention. He rubbed Afra’s hair with his cheek and asked.
“I dreamed that you were captured by the princess and locked up in prison. Madam wanted to come and check on you, but she encountered the princess’s assassins and was ambushed and killed. After learning about this, Uncle Kuhl went crazy, and I didn’t know what to do. I was so scared, I was so scared that this dream was real.”
This time, Afra’s usually cold face was no longer calm, there was fear on her face, as if there were still traces of terror.
She was a knight, she should be fearless, but the real dream was like a knife cutting into her heart.
Lost and helpless, this was the most desperate emotion she had ever felt.
Especially when she woke up from the nightmare and found that Kailun wasn’t by her side, she became even more panicked.
It wasn’t until she went to the next room wrapped in a quilt and heard the sound of Kailun bullying the princess that she felt relieved.
If she wasn’t afraid of disturbing Kailun, she would also want to bully the princess hard.
Kailun: “…”
Hearing Afra’s narration, Kailun was stunned.
He suddenly realized that the dreams at night weren’t simple, the scenes from his previous life didn’t only appear in his dreams, but also in theirs.
Recalling Vivian and Hilna’s abnormal behavior, Kailun suddenly thought of a lot of things.
[Reminder: Your resistance to destiny magic has increased again.]
The timely reminder was like a dull alarm bell ringing in Kailun’s heart. He realized that there were things in this world that were beyond his knowledge.
His rebirth might not be a coincidence, the word “destiny” ran through it all.
The dreams at night might not be just simple dreams, they should contain something important, he just hadn’t discovered it yet.
A huge amount of information flooded his mind, making him unable to come up with an answer.
Feeling Afra’s trembling body, he abandoned his unnecessary thoughts.
Thinking could be left for later, what he needed to do now was to cherish the people around him.
Putting his arm around Afra’s shoulder and pulling her into his arms, Kailun said to her in a calm voice:
“Just treat it as a dream, everyone has nightmares sometimes. When you wake up from the dream, you will be glad that it was just a dream. I will always stay by your side, the things you worry about will never happen, even if there are any desperate things, I will block them for you. If you are still feeling bad, let’s go bully the princess, who told her to barge into your dream without saying anything?”
“Okay, I want to tie her up and write tally marks on her legs.” Afra nodded seriously.
Kailun: “You’re too kind, just writing tally marks is not enough to relieve the hatred in your heart. I think we should tie her to a cross and bully her hard. Not only can we feed her a lot of water, we can also write tally marks all over her body, and finally bully her in front of Shirley.”
Hearing Kailun’s narration, Afra’s eyes sparkled. For some reason, hearing Kailun bully the princess like this made her feel very happy.
For her, it was enough to just squat aside and watch the princess being bullied.
…….
“Splash!”
Princess Hilna, who was taking a bath in the bathroom, suddenly shivered.
For some reason, she suddenly felt that the forty to fifty degrees Celsius hot water was colder than Kailun’s heart.
The poor princess curled up in the bathtub. Not only was her sweet dream interrupted by Kailun, but she also had to be bullied by him.
Now even the freedom to have sweet dreams was gone.
“My life is really too hard…”
Looking at the rose petals floating in the bathtub, Hilna’s face was filled with sadness.
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