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 “Mom, I’m back!”

Stepping into the room, Illya showed a happy smile and threw herself at Ai Li, who hugged Ilia and stroked her hair. Feeling Ai Li's touch, Illya also narrowed her eyes and showed a happy smile.

 "How is it? Illya? Is it fun outside?"

“Well, it’s very interesting. An and Gu Leiya took me to many places, which was very interesting.”

 “Thank you.”

 “Ah, you’re welcome.”

Facing Ai Li's thanks, An smiled and waved her hand.

“We have nothing to do anyway…and Illya is also very cute.”

 “Then let’s take our leave first.”

Gulea replied in a low voice, then bowed to Ai Li and turned to leave.

 “Oh... Illya is such a cute and smart child.”

 Leaving Ai Li's room and coming to the corridor, An couldn't help but sigh.

 “I really want to give birth to a lovely daughter.”

 “Ah, um…”

Hearing An's emotion, Gu Leya just responded with a few words, but An obviously seemed dissatisfied with Gu Leya's answer. She turned her head and stared at Gu Leya again.

 “I, too, would like to give birth to a lovely daughter, son, ah!”

"Why?"

Hearing An repeat it word for word, Gu Leiya was stunned for a moment, and then she came to her senses.

 “Yes, but we are all women...”

"Of course it's not you! It's Mr. Knight, Mr. Knight!"

 Looking at Gu Leiya who was blushing, An sighed helplessly.

“We are Mr. Knight’s fiancee, shouldn’t we be more conscious? There are more and more women around Mr. Knight, and we also need to have a sense of crisis.”

 “A sense of crisis?”

“Yeah, just like Miss Leia and Miss Kanami...but Miss Mary, Miss Ellie and Miss Medea are all powerful enemies!”

What An said is not completely unreasonable. In their opinion, people like Leah and Kanami will only visit them when Duanmuhuai goes to their world. It's like a nobleman keeping a lover outside, so An doesn't particularly care about it. It's like border officials or royal city officials. It's almost obvious who gets more attention.

But as the number of girls around Duanmuhuai increased, An gradually developed a sense of crisis. Especially Ai Li and Medea - they are Duanmu Huai's followers, which means they will be with Duanmu Huai anytime and anywhere. And more importantly, the two parties also have a contract called "Command Spell", which makes An very jealous.

 In addition, Aili has a child named Ilia, which is a big killer in An’s eyes—a beautiful mother and lovely daughter will naturally make Duanmuhuai pay more attention to them. Although Ilia is not technically Duanmuhuai's daughter, who wouldn't like such a cute child? She is smart, cute and lovable.

Isn’t it the same in the palace? A princess who gives birth to a child is more concerned by the king, while a princess who cannot give birth to a child will sooner or later be relegated to the cold palace.

And An also felt that because of Illya's existence, Ellie also had the charm of a maternal aura.

This is something little girls like them can't learn from movies. This is really only available to women with children!

 Of course, apart from that, in Ann’s view, their biggest competitor is Mary.

　　Obviously, Duanmu Huai regards what happened in Mary's world as the top priority. This time too, it is clear that Mary only came to seek some reinforcements. If it were another planet, Duanmu Huai would directly send a team of night guards to solve the problem. After all, there didn't seem to be a particularly strong threat. However, as soon as Mary asked for help, Duanmu Huai went directly in person. In An's view, this was somewhat of a differential treatment.

In addition, Duanmu Huai almost always takes Mary with him, no matter what world he goes to, so that Ogis is jealous - this is normal. There are some worlds that Ogis cannot go to, but Mary can. Go...well, it's natural for Ogis to be unhappy.

Although An also knew that for Duanmu Huai, Mary's golden eyes were really powerful, and he would always wear them if necessary.

 But... love grows over time!

Even if Mary doesn’t have this intention for Duanmuhuai now, who can say for sure after a long time? Besides, Mary is also well-educated and well-mannered, and her manners are very good. Even from Ann's point of view, she is no worse than the eldest ladies trained by the high-ranking noble families in Manalia. She herself seems to be the same. I don’t hate Duanmuhuai…

"The length of time we spend together will develop deep feelings. Look, Miss Lumière...well, take a step back. Even if we believe that she and Mr. Duanmu did nothing in that future, they are We have been together for sixty years, almost like an old married couple! Do you understand, Gulea? "

 An stretched out his hands, held Gu Leiya's shoulders, and spoke earnestly.

As the princess of Manalia, although An has an innocent personality, she has also learned a lot about emperors. Therefore, An knows very well that in many cases, the harem is actually no different from royal politics. You have been with the emperor all year round, so the relationship between the emperor and you is of course better than others. A "frontier official" like Leah, even though his status is more important, but he is not in the royal city all year round, he does not need to be counted as an opponent at all.

However, even if they are new important ministers like Mary and Ellie, their influence and status in the center of the royal city are naturally different.

 An herself has always been very hardworking. For example, every time Duanmu Huai wants to do something, she will take the initiative to help.

 But the problem is...

 “Do you understand what I mean? Gulea?”

Looking at her friends in front of her, An felt like she hated iron. Originally, the two of them were Duanmu Huai's fiancées, the most legitimate ones. But Gu Leya was introverted and not good at communicating with others. Secondly, she seemed a little afraid of Duanmu Huai, so she gradually became alienated from Duanmu Huai.

This also made An anxious in her eyes. Of course she knew what Gu Leya was afraid of, because as a good best friend, Gu Leya had also talked to her about what Duanmu Huai said to her. Indeed, Gulea is not very good at dealing with the human supremacist tribunal.    Furthermore, Gulea's original personality was somewhat passive and she was not very good at taking initiative.

This may be okay in school, but working in the Inquisition is another matter.

“Listen up, Gu Leiya, the more this happens, the more proactive you have to be!”

"I, I know, so every time Mr. Knight asks me to do anything, I do it..."

"That does not work!"

 An shook her head vigorously, interrupting Gu Leiya's defense.

"Listen, you don't have to wait for Mr. Knight to tell you before you do it. You have to be more proactive and show Mr. Knight that you are willing to help! Whether Mr. Knight agrees to your request is up to you, but you must Show your attitude so that Mr. Knight will know that you are willing to help him. Otherwise, if he gives you an order every time and you do it, Mr. Knight may think that you don't like doing it and you won't do it in the future. I’ll take you with me again!”

"But...for the sake of human beings, annihilating other races is really..."

"Why………"

Hearing Gu Leiya's answer, An also sighed silently. The human supremacy of the Tribunal is indeed a problem. Of course, from the perspective of An, who is also a human being, this is actually not a big problem, but as a mixed race As for Gu Leiya...it seems to be a different story.

"Didn't we read the rules of the Tribunal? Aliens refer to other races that are completely other than humans, and we have seen it along the way. Whether it is the Covenant or whatever, as long as it is a race other than humans , will eventually betray humanity, so it is understandable that the Tribunal will have this attitude. I think Gu Leiya, you should not think too much. After all, aren’t you also recognized by the Tribunal? Otherwise, Mr. Knight will not agree with you. Let’s build a dragon city over there in the Duel City.”

"………Um."

Hearing An's answer, Gu Leiya thought for a moment and finally nodded. This made An relieved and smiled again.

“Okay, you have to be more proactive when facing Mr. Knight in the future, and I will help you.”

 “Okay, but…”

"but?"

Facing An's curious gaze, Gu Leiya blushed and her eyes wandered. Then she raised her head and looked at An uneasily.

"What if...I mean what if...the child we give birth to looks as fierce as Mr. Knight..."

　　　…………This is indeed a problem.”

At this moment, even An, who was optimistic by nature, couldn't help but feel troubled.

　　“Ah——sneeze——!”

Duanmu Huai sneezed violently, and at the same time he punched the wrong way, and the one-eyed ghoul's bone spurs also hit his head, and then turned into pieces like plaster hitting the wall. piece.

 “Hey? Mr. Duanmu, are you okay?”

 Seeing this scene, Mary was also quite surprised.

"Are you sick?"

“No, I guess some guy is arranging me behind my back.”

Duanmuhuai wiped his nose, and then looked at the huge ghoul in front of him again. Unlike the short stature of the green-haired woman, the ghoul she generated was extremely tall. Fortunately, there are no secrets in front of Golden Eyes. Mary can see through at a glance that the huge body of the ghoul in front of her is just her shell. In fact, the green-haired woman herself is hiding in this huge body, as if she is The driver seems to be controlling a biological robot.

 Now that you know what’s going on, it’s much simpler.

Duanmuhuai sniffed, then stretched out his hand again and grabbed the ghoul in front of him - at this moment, the entire lobby on the first floor of the Countermeasures Bureau had been completely evacuated, and other investigators also came after hearing the news, but in front of him They have no way to interfere in the battle before them. All I could see was Duanmu Huai and this one-eyed ghoul, punching and kicking each other like Ultraman fighting little monsters.

But fortunately, Duanmuhuai still has one more helper than Ultraman.

 “Drink——!”

Duanmuhuai punched away the bone spurs fired by the one-eyed ghoul again. Seeing more and more investigators around him, the one-eyed ghoul also tried to turn around and escape. However, Duanmu Huai took the opportunity to rush over, grabbed the one-eyed ghoul's body with both hands, and lifted it high.

 “Mary!”

 “Yes, Mr. Duanmu!”

Hearing Duanmu Huai's voice, Mary also hurriedly raised the staff in her hand, pointed it forward, and then pulled it back - with Mary's movements, roaring magic energy began to condense on the tip of her staff, and then Mary held Hold the staff tightly, aim forward, and push forward.

 Soul torrent!

 “Boom————!”

The shining magic beam directly penetrated the tall body of the one-eyed ghoul that was lifted up by Duanmu Huai, tore its head, and blasted a big hole out of the entire body of the one-eyed ghoul.

Immediately afterwards, the one-eyed ghoul struggled for a moment, and then completely dispersed, turning into a pile of tattered flesh and blood.

 “Phew, done.”

 Duanmu Huai threw away the mangled body, looked at the other investigators next to him, and then curled his lips.

“It seems that the security of your countermeasures bureau is not very good.”