"Viscount Anzi, I'm afraid I can't hand over this building to you just yet."

Louis looked at the pattern left on the wall, his expression exceedingly solemn.

Viscount Anzi was momentarily stunned and curiously asked:

"Mr. Julius, could you explain the situation a bit?"

Louis shook his head and said:

"My name is Louis Charles Julius."

Viscount Anzi didn't immediately understand why Louis mentioned his name, but in the next moment, he trembled and exclaimed in surprise:

"His Highness the Prince?"

"Yes, in the name of the prince, I need to temporarily take over Lady Xilin's residence."

Viscount Anzi hesitated for a moment, then reluctantly said:

"You won't harm Lady Xilin's residence, will you?"

"If not necessary, I certainly won't," Louis replied calmly.

Viscount Anzi hesitated for a moment and finally nodded begrudgingly.

"Then I'll have to ask you to leave temporarily and submit to the corps' jurisdiction."

He clapped his hands.

A flicker of light emerged from the shadows.

A dull sound of footsteps echoed, and two heavily armored Dark Crow guards appeared behind Viscount Anzi.

They were members of the corps who had quickly come to assist after Louis had sent the secret signal.

The chilling aura emanating from them made Viscount Anzi shiver subconsciously, but he still shouted loudly:

"Wait, you can take me away, but please step lightly, don't leave marks on Lady Xilin's residence!"

Such courage!

This viscount, mad for art, truly doesn't care for his life!

Daring to admonish the Dark Crows so directly!

But he likes people like that.

So, when the two Dark Crows looked at Louis, he chuckled lightly and said:

"Lady Xilin deserves respect; please tread lightly, as this isn't the place to unleash our powers indiscriminately."

The Dark Crows nodded and said:

"We follow your will!"

Then withdrew their team.

Louis waited for a while, noticing the mist swirling around his body.

Not long after, a Secret Guard appeared before Louis:

"Your Highness, I apologize for arriving late."

Louis glanced at him and said:

"You're much slower this time than before."

This Secret Guard who had arrived was the elusive one Louis had dealt with before in the Imperial Capital.

To be honest, he was quite useful.

But lately, Louis's plans hadn't required the assistance of a Secret Guard, so he hadn't seen him for a while.

Louis said to him:

"Raise your head and see if you recognize this thing."

He gently moved his hand towards the direction of the living room fireplace.

The somewhat gray fireplace instantly revealed a line of twisted ciphertext.

The Secret Guard's exposed eyes abruptly narrowed as he exclaimed:

"Duca cipher?"

Louis looked at him and said:

"It seems I wasn't mistaken; this is the Duca cipher used within our Ense Empire."

Duca was a member of the Ense Royal Family in the empire's history.

He had an unfathomable talent for research in the realm of ciphers.

On the Star Continent, due to the various magical effects possessing perception capabilities beyond common comprehension, even rare racial scripts could be directly deciphered.

A notable example being the magic "Tongues."

If information content isn't encrypted, a mere Tongues spell can drive an intelligence agent mad.

However, the cipher devised by Duca has an unimaginable priority for secrecy, capable of resisting known reading magic on the current market, thus protecting core intelligence.

Further, because Duca himself was a member of the Ense Royal Family, this cipher has been used for internal intelligence within Ense for over five hundred years.

After Louis completed his engagement with Beatrice, he swiftly gained many additional rights.

The basics of Duca cipher recognition were among the courses he had completed.

It's worth mentioning that neither Louis nor Beatrice currently know how to decipher the Duca cipher.

This method can only be read by the Emperor and special individuals among the Secret Guards.

The familiar Secret Guard that came this time was one of those who mastered the reading technique.

"I need to contact Her Highness the Crown Princess."

The Secret Guard said, "I've contacted the Crown Princess; next, we'll proceed to decrypt the cipher."

When he said that, a realization flashed in Louis's eyes.

Previously, the Secret Guard's information transmission capabilities were so strong that Louis couldn't comprehend them.

It was as if he could transmit information several kilometers away the moment he learned it.

Louis had previously speculated on what kind of operational model this was, but now realized he might have been wrong.

This Secret Guard... doesn't seem human.

"The highest level humanoid golem?"

"Yes, I am part of the Rosé automaton production mechanism; you may call me Number 14."

Louis finally understood why this Secret Guard possessed such enigmatic skills.

Rosé automaton technology originated from a master of golem creation rivaling the gods in human history.

The lifetime culmination of this golem master was the special humanoid golem known as the Rosé automaton.

The primary characteristic of this humanoid golem is that it transcends the category of objects and tools, being a truly life-endowed special golem.

As far as Louis knew, Rosé automatons even possessed a natural growth capability, allowing them to evolve over time.

Clearly, Ense Empire acquired this technology at some point, successfully achieving technological accumulation and completed technological enhancement plans.

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