Aegon couldn't argue against Liliana's logic, since now even he was concerned after learning about the past. The demons hated the Valerians for some reason and wanted them dead.

He couldn't understand it, as House Valeria rarely interfered between demons and humans.

'Were they afraid that descendants would come from humans so House Valeria would side with them?'

It was plausible, but he had a feeling that there was more to this. And he trusted that feeling because of [Fated]. But that only confused him further, making him question what the Demon King truly wanted.

Shaking those thoughts off, he said to Liliana, "Fine. At least I'll have a normal companion, unlike them."

[Shadow Realm is most comfortable for us, Boss.]

"Claire is a bit clumsy at times, but she works hard so be lenient on her," Liliana smiled faintly. "She'll make fine company for you as long as you don't mind her bad luck."

'Bad luck... I guess I'll have to stay away from her when I sign in.' Aegon thought before shrugging. "Not a problem. I'm surrounded by weirdos anyway. One more will not hurt."

"I guess I'm one of those weirdos now," Liliana hummed and said. "Do you want to review the journal first or rest?"

"As much as I'm excited to complete this, Xiu would kill me if I didn't take rest after all this," Aegon said, scratching the back of his head. "So how about we meet in the Lotus Palace in the evening?"

"Am I permitted inside?" Liliana asked.

"Don't worry. I'll talk to Kai," Aegon waved his hand and said. "In any case, let's meet up later. I'm gonna go and sleep this whole afternoon."

Liliana ruffled his hair and said softly, "You worked really hard this last month, so give your head good rest."

"I will."

Liliana nodded in satisfaction, then took out a beautiful red lily out of nowhere and put it on his shirt pocket. "This will protect you too."

With that, she smiled and waved her hand as crimson petals arose around her, then scattered away, leaving nothing behind.

'Dangerous, my ass!' Aegon rolled his eyes, seeing how casually Liliana used teleportation.

[Host shouldn't compare himself with her.]

'Oh, you're back. I thought you shut down because you didn't talk much in the last month.'

[A good system does not disturb its host when they're working on something.]

'Ah! You're working on your narcissistic side.'

[Naturally, since Host also gave me many compliments.]

'You cheeky—' Aegon shook his head and left the hut.

He still had a chance to enter the treasury again, since he hadn't chosen anything to take from the Fifth Level. He delayed it, considering he might need some rare materials for his new project.

Aegon didn't stay there long and went to his dormitory room, where he slept the whole afternoon. Though, that made no difference outside, considering the sky remained the same throughout the year.

Stuck in that single moment.

When he woke up, he took a long, deep bath in the hot springs. That cleansed his whole being and erased all the exhaustion and fatigue piled up over that one month.

It was so refreshing that he didn't even want to move from it.

'This is still my best invention in this world. Thank whoever created this on Earth. Was it Japanese? Or someone else?'

He couldn't remember, since his knowledge came from anime and novels. Still, he was grateful to them.

As he basked in the relaxation, he felt his communication stone vibrating and took it out. Picking it up, he thought, 'Guess this is better for communication. Waterproof, because it's fucking stone. Wait! Earthlings should have used earth to make phones.'

[Miss me? I bet you did.]

"Nope!" Aegon grinned in reply. "I had much better company. I'm thinking of ditching you for her."

[Ha! Ha! It's impossible. Tell something that I can believe.]

"Hmm, so confident in yourself?" He asked, amusement clear in his voice.

[No. I'm confident in Sis Lily.]

"Huh?"

[Little Sun, you won't survive without good food for long. And Sis is awesome at everything except cooking. Gods, that's awful.]

"Hey, it's not that bad."

[You didn't try teaching her, that's why you think like that.]

Aegon's lips twitched at her confidence. "So the reason you made me a foodie is so that I don't run away?"

[Oh my! Am I being exposed? How did you guess?]

Aegon chuckled and asked, "By the way, did you know cooking before I was born?"

[A little, but Mom never let me make anything since she liked feeding everyone to the brim. I guess I inherited this from her.]

"I think there's another reason," Aegon said.

[Oh, nothing much. You see, I always brought Sis along with me. And let me tell you, Liliana and a kitchen, if put together, spelled disaster. Mom knew it well.]

"And you still brought her along despite knowing it," Aegon pointed out.

[I couldn't help it. She always gave in to my strange demands and kept my secrets, even though she was punished for it many times. Her only request to me was being taken to the kitchen, and well, that never happened.]

"What an irony!" Aegon couldn't help but laugh. "My blood mother can't cook, while my real mother can cook the best. Opposite."

[That reminds me, did you cook for her?]

Her voice sounded hopeful, which surprised Aegon slightly as he answered, "Yes, I cooked all the days. As for whether she liked it or not, you can guess it since she ate more than me."

[Umu! You didn't let me down, Little Sun. I'm proud of you. She didn't eat my food, but she ate my protégé's food.]

"You're in a good mood. Something happened?" He asked.

[You guessed it right. There's good news.]

"I'm all ears."

[That's something your girlfriend should say.]

Aegon was speechless hearing that. It was such a poor joke on elves that he wondered how she wasn't embarrassed at all for saying that.

'Then again, shame and Xiu don't exist together.'

[Tsk! Looks like a month with her dulled your humor. Anyways, the good news is that Cali broke through and is now a Rank 6 Knight. A true and fearsome Rank 6 Knight.]

Aegon was pleasantly surprised to hear the good news. Cali had been struggling in Rank 5 for over a year, so he was glad for her. She finally achieved something she had been striving for a long time.

'With this, she entered the top echelon of her kingdom, and even in the Empire she'll be respected.' Aegon smiled thinking of that.

"Seems like your training worked," he said. "Thanks. And give her my congratulations."

[Do it yourself.]

Aegon sighed, as he expected such a response.

[So, did you find something?]

"Yes, I have a lead now. If everything goes smoothly, I'll soon have a theory ready. As for experiments, I don't know about that. It depends on the theory itself," Aegon replied. "Overall, it was worth it. I learned many things."

[I'm guessing about the past too.]

Aegon paused and then sighed. "Yes, that too. Though I wish I hadn't asked her."

[No, you did right in asking her. She needed this too. That's why I didn't stop you.]

"I see."

[I'm curious about a lot of things, but I'll wait till we meet. It's better to talk about this in person.]

"I was thinking the same," Aegon nodded. "I need to discuss many things too. Well, they can wait."

He stared at the communication stone and said, "Thank you for choosing me, Xiu."

[Aye! Are we getting emotional now? For that, you'll need to come in person.]

Aegon chuckled. "I'll visit you tomorrow. How are others? What about Opa?"

[Everyone is fine and busy with their training. Cali advanced to Rank 6 and immediately went to consolidate her new strength, and if you're curious, she went to kill some demons.]

"I'm not surprised to hear that."

[El is still busy with the goblin, so you'll have to contact her yourself. Though I'm warning you, the goblin might suspect you of a few things, so act well.]

Aegon raised an eyebrow, a little confused. But then he remembered something and said, "You did something?"

[I was a bit busy, so not much. But I'm sure he's suspicious, so be careful. I'll tell you about my plan later.]

"Gotcha!"

[Rosa didn't spend long with Rovan, by the way. All of a sudden, she had some emergency and left for some unknown place.]

Aegon's body straightened hearing that as he asked hurriedly, "What emergency? Is she safe?"

[She is, so don't worry. Besides, she also left behind a message for you saying she'll wait for you in Slyvanna.]

Aegon relaxed and thought, 'Thank God!'

[In any case, Xav is still there with Mike, though he did contact us a few times. He's living well there. As for our dear Elder Old, well, he lost his brain.]

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