"Qian, where do you think the problem lies?"

Qian thought for a moment and said:

"A few days ago, when we were investigating the dark side of the Love God, we discovered something inexplicable."

"Firstly, both the God of Love Church and the Secret Guard know that the dark side of the Love God began to sprout in the Ense Empire."

"But strangely, neither the Ense Empire nor the God of Love Church has kept specific intelligence records on this matter."

"This is very unusual."

"The trouble caused by the dark side of the Love God isn't small, especially when it involves the legitimacy of the God of Love Church."

"Their inquisition would love nothing more than to crush the dark side of the Love God, so why can't they find specific information?"

"It's abnormal on our side too."

"The dark side of the Love God was active a hundred years ago."

"Logically, our records shouldn't have such an obvious incompleteness."

"But our data is missing as well."

"Your Highness, if this situation is man-made, I suspect there might be a mole secretly deleting the records of the dark side of the Love God."

"And this mole, being able to simultaneously affect both the God of Love Church and us, isn't something an ordinary organization can do."

"I suggest we investigate whether a rat has infiltrated."

Beatrice nodded and said:

"What you say makes a lot of sense, of course, there might also be another situation."

Beatrice showed a mysterious smile:

"It may not necessarily be a mole."

Qian was stunned.

She knew Beatrice had more intelligence than she did, perhaps more easily able to give answers from a higher perspective.

But if it's not a mole problem...

Oh no!

She instinctively lowered her head, hiding the confusion in her eyes.

Beatrice chuckled and said:

"Why bow your head? Did you think of some disrespectful thoughts?"

Qian's brows twitched: "I wouldn't dare."

Beatrice calmly said:

"One thing is certain, the information related to the origin of the Love God's dark side here in the Ense Empire, was deleted by ourselves."

"As for why the God of Love Church deleted theirs, it's unclear."

"Perhaps this time, we can truly uncover the mask of the dark side of the Love God."

She sighed softly.

Recently, the continent has been quite unsettled.

Major events that were hard to come by in decades or even centuries have been erupting frequently over the years.

In the continent's most peaceful times, it might take centuries for even half a Demigod war to break out.

But in the past hundred or two years, the frequency of Demigod wars has reached a frightening level.

The core left by [Love] was swallowed by the Sin Dragon Armament, and Louis figured out a way to extract the core from the Armament.

All the powers of the Sin Dragon Armament were controlled by Louis, some of the powers were isolated, which was manageable.

Originally, in the beginning, he directly gained the ability to extract part of the core memory and assumed the related memories were complete with just that.

But the Secret Guard found that the remaining data in the [Love] core was too little, something was off.

So Louis separated it, and the accompanying mage conducted a precise examination.

Finally, they discovered other encrypted information deep within the [Love] core.

That information needed to be sent back to Tino City for the academy and the White Tower to jointly decipher.

The good news is, perhaps after passing through the sieve of the Sin Dragon Armament, most of the outermost level's contamination had been reduced significantly.

The White Tower planned to use some abandoned tower spirits as purifiers to sift through and decode the final encrypted information of [Love].

It just seemed that the residual contamination in that information was greater than imagined.

Even though the White Tower had mentally prepared in advance, many accidents emerged during the actual information analysis.

Fortunately, progress was indeed made.

Now that the time has come, it should have concluded shortly.

A short time later, the latest news arrived.

After receiving the intelligence, Qian frowned and said:

"Your Highness, this matter probably requires you to arrange for someone to investigate."

Beatrice glanced at the messages sent via the communication crystal.

The final dynamic projection left by [Love] was input into it.

What caught her eye was a woman frozen in the void, a scene sealed by Andas with great power.

In the image, Andas hardly retained any human form.

To suppress the avatar of the dark side, his body had become almost fully mechanized.

Even the energy possessed by [Love] itself was implanted into Andas' body.

The final result was that Andas relied on his own sub-plane, utilizing mechanical external force to forcibly block the gate.

Beatrice watched the veiled woman in the image:

"Is this the dark avatar created by those madmen of the Love God's dark side? How strange, why does it seem so familiar?"

Suddenly, she seemed to remember something, turning to Qian and said:

"Go and invite Viscount Anzi over."

...

A dozen minutes later.

Viscount Anzi, who was still under house control, was brought over by the Secret Guard.

"Greetings, little sun of the Empire."

"No need for formalities, I called you here today to learn about Lady Xilin."

Viscount Anzi raised his head proudly and said:

"As long as it pertains to Lady Xilin, throughout Star Continent, I wouldn't dare say I'm the most knowledgeable, but I am at least among the top three."

Beatrice handed over the Crystal Ball:

"Take a look at this lady, is it the Lady Xilin you spoke of? I have a vague impression, but I can't be certain."

Viscount Anzi's eyes lit up, carefully taking the Crystal Ball for inspection.

Moments later, he emitted painful cries.

Qian stepped forward to restrain him:

"Viscount Anzi, what's wrong?"

Viscount Anzi sobbed bitterly:

"Blasphemy, such blasphemy! Who has turned Lady Xilin into such a pitiful state."

"I must report this to the archbishop, rally the believers to destroy him!"

Beatrice's expression turned serious:

"Are you certain the person you interpreted is Lady Xilin?"

Viscount Anzi's words were filled with sadness and rage:

"I am certain, there's absolutely no mistake."

"If those people didn't use trickery, then the person in the Crystal Ball has the same face as Lady Xilin."

"What is this? Why has Lady Xilin been turned into a succubus?"

"But we've never heard of Lady Xilin having succubus blood."

"It's false, it must be false."

"Lady Xilin was buried as a human, there's no doubt about that."

Beatrice nodded and said:

"As long as it's confirmed to be her, then it's fine."

"Apologies, we may need your help to keep this matter under wraps; we are quite certain that the entity is not Lady Xilin."

"So don't worry, let us handle it."

Viscount Anzi sat on the ground, despondent.

Meanwhile, Qian could feel her scalp prickling.

She too had heard of Lady Xilin's stories.

Such an master of art, not only was her life-long work of love utterly defiled,

but she herself was also shrouded in a layer of shadow.

This could not help but surprise her.

After sending off Viscount Anzi, Louis received the news and approached:

"The dark avatar is Lady Xilin? Could it be the Love God's dark side is attempting to steal Lady Xilin's power?"

Saying it might sound unpleasant, but these genius-crippers are the pitiful ones unable to handle the divine authority.

How could one steal divine power with a mortal body without paying the price?

But... if the thing residing in Lady Xilin truly is the dark avatar, then it might exert the true strength of the authority.

The terror of that mythic sculptor from back then would only be surpassed by the dark avatar wielding Lady Xilin's authority.

For the dead have no consideration of cost.

Something else would bear the burden.

"Seems this trip to the City of Art may require us to investigate some past information on Lady Xilin,"

Louis murmured:

"The Love God dark side... and the previous mutation of the God of Love Church in Tunisia, could it be..."

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