Chapter 731 Lanqi's Wonderful Plan for a Peaceful World

As night fell, Lanqi returned to the dwelling arranged for him at the Saint Crety Monastery.

The classical-style two-story building, with its milky-white walls, appeared particularly warm under the soft glow of the streetlights, contrasting with the azure roof tiles and dark brown windows.

"Autumn has arrived, but the journey home is still far away."

Lanqi gazed north and sighed.

As far as the eye could see, the monastery's unique architectural style was fully displayed. Marble towers and flying buttresses dotted the landscape, and lush tree-lined paths meandered through the grounds. A clear stream flowed gently within the monastery, its sound particularly soothing in the quiet night.

Every day since arriving in the Crety Empire had been fulfilling.

However, this chaotic world made him unhappy.

"I know it must be tough for you, alone in a foreign land with a heavy mission on your shoulders, but I'm here with you. You can tell me anything that's on your mind," Talia told him in her heart.

Whenever she saw Lanqi full of vigor, she wanted to tease him, but whenever she saw him down, she couldn't help but be nicer to him.

"Really? Anything?"

Lanqi's mind immediately perked up, and he became a little nervously eager to try.

Talia felt her blood pressure surge. "Maybe you shouldn't say anything after all."

She was afraid that if she heard what he had to say, she wouldn't be able to stop herself from dragging Lanqi into the entrance hall and beating him to the ground.

"Then I won't say anything."

Enveloped in a chill, Lanqi became much more obedient and quickened his pace in the courtyard.

"Back in South Wantina Territory, when I first watched you create those two cards, I realized they were perfect for you. One could make you kneel and apologize, and the other could make you talk less."

Talia recalled the [Basic Etiquette] and [Friendly Exchange] cards and realized that she hadn't recognized at the time that they were perfectly tailored for Lanqi.

"Then why didn't you use them on me?"

Instead of being afraid, Lanqi asked curiously.

"Do you think I would stoop to using your magic against you? My own spiritual magic will eventually be enough to tame you until you willingly obey me one day," Talia warned him with particular pride.

With both mind-reading and magic sound abilities, she was the strongest Demon Lord.

"Talia, you really are beautiful."

Lanqi responded.

"...Why are you suddenly acting crazy?"

Talia wasn't sure what Lanqi meant and only felt a little flustered.

"Your wishful thinking is beautiful too."

He chuckled.

A mere loan shark Demon Lord was actually talking about taming him.

"If you say I've got you under control, does that mean those six imprints are mine? Is it a loan if I don't have to pay it back? That's called net profit."

Talia was stunned for a moment, then understood the situation and retorted with a hint of shyness and anger.

"What robber logic."

Lanqi seemed unable to refute it.

"It's called demon logic," Talia corrected him.

"...Marrying a genuine demon wife, enjoying the life of a Duke of Mikaiah."

So, it was safer to find a reasonable human woman to play the role of a fake fiancée.

Lanqi pushed open the heavy door of the mansion and stepped into what was now his home in the Crety Empire.

Next to the cream-colored sofa was a bouquet of delicate Phalaenopsis orchids, adding a touch of vibrancy to the living room.

"Meow meow! Divine Beast has arrived!"

Cat Boss meowed happily, popping out of the shadows first, rolling around on the sofa, eager to enjoy his home life.

Spending a day in Lanqi's shadow had stifled him, but he was now very excited every day. Lanqi's talk of a national divine beast and a divine spirit beast filled him with anticipation.

Of course, before that, he had to make dinner.

Through the French windows, one could see the meticulously manicured garden. Warm yellow ground lamps dotted the paths, like strings of bright pearls, marking the route they had just taken.

"Lanqi meow, buy some ingredients. I remember the supplies at home are running low, meow," Cat Boss said, resting for a moment, lying comfortably on the sofa, and waving his paw at Lanqi.

He climbed off the sofa again and strolled towards the kitchen to make preparations.

"Okay."

Lanqi glanced at the direction Cat Boss was heading in the kitchen and then went upstairs.

In addition to the relatively small living room on the first floor, the layout of the second floor was more residential. He entered a study with bookshelves on all four walls. A very comfortable leather chair sat in front of the desk, and through the window, he could take in the night view of the Saint Crety Monastery.

After Lanqi sat down, he began operating the faculty and staff ordering system embedded in the magic crystal screen on the wall. He could find the in-school branch of Brillda's Box Fresh Produce, a chain of ingredient stores.

He had been at Saint Crety Monastery for four days, and he was no longer as unfamiliar with the school as he had been when he first arrived, when he needed Secretary Nala to place orders for him.

Talia had unknowingly appeared behind Lanqi, her arms crossed as she watched his skillful ingredient selection.

Each time she prepared to say something, her slightly parted lips stopped, and she watched again.

This Lanqi was like a tapeworm in her stomach, knowing exactly what she wanted to eat tonight.

This was actually very abnormal.

If it were Xiu Bao, having lived with her, Talia, for a long time, he would naturally know her food preferences.

But Lanqi not only understood these things but could even accurately guess her preferences at different times and in different situations.

"Sorry for letting you go hungry all day, Master," Lanqi said, turning back to look at Talia after finally completing his order two minutes later. "You don't have to specifically feel sorry for me in this kind of thing."

Talia crossed her arms in front of her chest and averted her eyes uncomfortably.

Lanqi was always concerned about whether she had eaten enough, which was both good and damned, and if he was just a little bit nicer to her or a little bit more damned, she wouldn't be so embarrassed.

"I'm going to make dinner."

Talia said this and prepared to leave the study to go downstairs and cook with Cat Boss.

"Wait, Tata, let's study Landry's communication magic cards together first."

Lanqi called out to Talia.

She hesitated and stopped.

"Are you planning to contact that organization?"

Talia returned to his side and sat in another chair in front of the desk.

"Miss Unity from the Allied Forces only said she would try her best to help me find someone, but she didn't give me a definite answer. I'm not familiar with the Crety capital, so the only way I can find someone from Nicxasender Territory on the northwestern border is to hope for this organization or the liaison left by Nigel in the Posen Kingdom," Lanqi replied, taking out a stack of magic cards.

He held Landry's relics in his hand. In order to perfectly play the role of Landry without leaving any loopholes, he now carried Landry's own magic cards with him every day.

The most obvious of the glowing magic cards was the pink, translucent card – the Sacred-level communication magic [Super Remote Communication Program-7] that neither he nor Talia had ever seen before.

"Is it okay for you to look for this organization?"

Talia looked at the magic card from the side and still felt that a pink, Sacred-quality communication magic was too extravagant. This organization must be extraordinary.

"I won't look for them in the group chat. I'll just ask Number 1 for help."

Lanqi remembered Number 2 saying that everyone in the organization would try their best to help each other.

Apart from the group chat, only Numbers 1 and 2 had private chat privileges.

That is, while trying not to reveal his identity, the organization's purpose was to conduct some mutually beneficial transactions. From the pink, Sacred-level special communication magic card, it could be seen that the organization's resources might be quite abundant, and many things could be exchanged. A female identity from Nicxasender Territory on the northwestern border should be something they could get.

As for matters related to his fiancée, he didn't have to worry about others knowing his identity if he looked for Number 1.

Number 1 should be the only one in the organization who clearly knew Landry's identity.

Without much explanation, Number 1 would definitely understand his situation.

Just as the two of them were chatting unhurriedly, the translucent card suddenly rippled with a breathing-like pink glow.

"What's wrong?"

Talia's gaze also shifted from Lanqi's face to the magic card in his hand.

"It seems like someone in the organization is talking."

Lanqi touched the Sacred communication card.

This time, it wasn't Number 2 privately messaging him, but a message in the group chat.

They hadn't encountered a message in the group chat before. It seemed that they wouldn't chat idly during the workday to avoid disturbing others, or perhaps everyone was very busy, and no one's real identity in the empire was that of an unemployed person who could be idle enough to do nothing during the day.

Information gradually poured into their minds.

[Mercy (Number 3): Can any of you get information about the principle of magic energy fission from Saint Crety Monastery? My boss is interested, and I can help you with something later.]

Just such information appeared before their eyes, visible only to them.

"Isn't this a job coming to us?"

Talia said in surprise.

As Talia, who had inherited the characteristics of the poet of great love, she could share Lanqi's magic cards after Lanqi gave them to her.

"Number 3, I'm seeing this person for the first time."

Lanqi also scratched his head.

This Number 3, codenamed [Mercy], should be a veteran member of the organization who joined quite early.

In Landry's mysterious communication magic card, the contacts were not noted with their real names, but only with a title.

Landry's title was "Justice," the default Number 7. This communication magic card could also be used to mark notes for contacts, but Landry had not changed the notes for any contacts.

The communication card of the person who had just spoken should have had the suffix -3, and judging from his speech, he himself was still working for other forces, and there was also his own boss above him. This behavior was actually condoned by Number 1.

The organization's flexibility was higher than Lanqi had expected.

"Do you want to sell this information? Anyway, you've already given the information to the Allied Forces. The more smokescreens, the better for you," Talia asked Lanqi.

"I'll consider it. After all, sending it out will make others in the organization more easily associate me, Number 7, with the people at Saint Crety Monastery," Lanqi said thoughtfully.

He didn't want this mysterious organization to discover too much of his information at the moment.

Apart from Number 1 and Number 2, no one could chat privately, and even if someone could provide information, they could only post it online in the group chat, where everyone could see it, without exposing their offline identity.

Because he was a fake Landry, the more he said, the more mistakes he would make before figuring out the rules of the organization, so even if he wanted to participate in the organization's dialogue, he decided to do it later.

The magic card lit up again with a translucent pink light.

[Hope (Number 9): I'm also very interested, although it's not very practical for me.] Someone immediately replied with a message.

[Mercy (Number 3): You don't even have it?][Hope (Number 9): Please, if I dared to inquire about this stuff and then buy and sell it, the Imperial Special Operations Department might come to my door within two hours.] "Number 9 is an information dealer?"

Talia looked at the quickly scrolling messages and chatted with Lanqi.

"It feels like a relatively neutral type. The magic energy fission principle is not practically useful to him, which means he's not on the Allied Forces' side, and he's afraid of the Imperial Special Operations Department, so he shouldn't be on the Empire's side either," Lanqi deduced.

"Then this guy's business ability isn't very good."

Talia spread her hands.

[Hope (Number 9): Unless you give me a particularly fair price, I'll go get you the complete version today.] Number 9 quickly sent another sentence.

"...." ......It seems that business ability is indeed okay.

But it costs more money.

Next, Number 3 was silent for a long time, probably going to ask his boss.

Lanqi thought for a while and added notes to both Number 3 and Number 9 first.

After a while.

[Ardor (Number 4): Is your boss planning to resell it or study it himself?] Someone else sent a message in the group.

[Mercy (Number 3/Buying Information): For personal use. Do you have a way to get it, Number 4?] Number 3 replied in seconds.

Clearly, Number 9's side would be very expensive.

Moreover, Number 3 seemed not to be very convenient to use funds.

If he had to spend so much money to buy it directly, he wouldn't need to ask for help in the group.

[Ardor (Number 4): I can't get it. I'm just purely curious about what your boss wants that thing for. Don't blow up the capital.][Mercy (Number 3/Buying Information): Don't worry, we're not a terrorist organization.] "Number 3 and Number 4 seem to know each other?"

Talia asked Lanqi.

"Possibly. They seem to be quite familiar when they talk," Lanqi agreed.

The smaller the serial number, the earlier they joined.

Low serial numbers, as relatively veteran figures, may know a little about each other's backgrounds, so they chat more like acquaintances.

But it made sense.

He had heard Number 2 say before that everyone in the organization except Number 4 was in Brillda. Number 4 was not in the capital at all, so even if he had channels, he couldn't operate.

Lanqi tentatively added a note to Number 4, [Ardor (Number 4/Person Not Returning to the Capital)].

As the two of them chatted in the study, the messages in the communication magic card were still active.

[Struggle (Number 5): I can try to help you, but there's a risk.] Another member who had just joined the conversation.

[Mercy (Number 3/Buying Information): No, no, don't go if there's a risk.] Number 3 replied quickly.

[Struggle (Number 5): If it's particularly important to you, I'll definitely go and try.] "Number 5 is so nice. He looks like someone who's easy to talk to," Talia analyzed, holding her chin.

Moreover, he even had permission to enter Saint Crety Monastery.

But he might be quite noticeable. Once he came to Crety Monastery, went to classroom 4-21 in Eliot Hall, and the principle was immediately stolen, it would be easily tracked by the Red Hawk Nicholas and those agents.

Even so, Number 5 still wanted to help his companions, making the entire mysterious organization feel loving.

"This organization's atmosphere is strangely good."

Lanqi marked [Struggle (Number 5/Little Angel)] after Number 5's note.

"It seems that this organization really has the ability to help you get a fiancée. It's clear that the relevant information about the magic energy fission principle has been blocked by the big shots at the top of the empire, and there are still people who can go against the wind and commit crimes."

Talia felt that this organization's connections were indeed good.

At this time.

[Loyalty (Number 6): Wait for me to upload the information.] Along with this message, there was a record crystal result in the form of a document.

"..." .....Lanqi and Talia looked at each other.

There was still an expert? The recorded result that came into view was the original version from the classroom in Eliot Hall, which was different from the one Lanqi gave to the Allied spy, Unity.

The version given to Unity was more streamlined and also added some extra annotations.

"This Number 6 wouldn't be by our side, would he?"

Bearing the name [Loyalty], but doing things that decisively betrayed imperial secrets, it was simply worthy of being called loyalty.

Based on this deduction, Number 6 was likely also in Saint Crety Monastery, or at least a person with permission to enter the monastery.

"The timing of his reply is also very subtle. Most likely, he was also diving with us earlier.... Number 6 may be trying to sell Number 3 a favor, or he may be stopping Number 5 from doing something stupid," Lanqi analyzed, murmuring.

Now interpersonal relationships depended entirely on speculation.

But in the near future, their offline encounters might be inevitable. After all, today's conversation had made him discover that the organization members were all in this city, constantly trying to touch the core of the empire's operation, and there would always be all sorts of subtle connections and convergences.

"What are you going to mark him with?"

Talia knew Lanqi was thinking about how to add a note to Number 6.

"Like this."

Lanqi quickly made a decision and marked Number 6 as [Loyalty (Number 6/Loyalty!)].

"..." Talia didn't comment.

[Mercy (Number 3/Buying Information): Thanks.][Hope (Number 9/Information Dealer): I didn't expect there to really be one.][Struggle (Number 5/Little Angel): I'm relieved now.] After that, Number 6 was no longer heard, seeming quite aloof.

The others chatted for a few words and didn't send any more messages.

Lanqi leaned back in his chair and thought for a while.

This was the first meeting he had witnessed after joining this organization in place of Landry.

The organization was really quite free. It was also true that everyone wanted to stir up trouble in the empire. Openly exchanging the empire's latest secret intelligence like this, each participant was starting at eighty years.

Lanqi didn't think too much, sat up a little straighter again, placed his hands on the desk, and began sending a private message to Number 1 using this communication magic.

This was the main event tonight.

Even if he just dived and did nothing while staying in this organization, there were not small benefits. It was an excellent natural source of intelligence.

[Justice (Number 7): Can you do me a favor? Today I met with Dex, and my research may be supported by the empire, but I need a fake fiancée. She must be from Nicxasender Territory on the northwestern border. It would be best if there was a smart woman who could play this identity well. If you're not comfortable with it, I'll just take the identity and not the person.] Lanqi sent a message to Number 1 using [Super Remote Communication Program-7].

[Friendship (Number 1): This is really a difficult problem.] The Number 1, codenamed "Friendship," didn't make Lanqi wait long and replied with a message.

When the group was active just now, Number 1 was definitely also diving, watching the content of the members' conversations.

Number 1 certainly knew that Professor Landry Washington, the creator of the magic energy fission principle, was in the group, and he was Number 7.

But Number 1 wouldn't expose it, maintaining fair game rules.

Asking in the group might give more members a way to get this female identity from Nicxasender Territory on the northwestern border, but Lanqi didn't want to reveal his identity and only had Number 1 as an option.

As the most mysterious organizer, his connections would certainly not be small.

[Friendship (Number 1): I'll help you look for one. I'll get it done for you in about a month at the latest. You don't mind a woman from the Rebirth Church, do you?] After a while, Number 1 sent another message.

Lanqi and Talia were both very surprised.

Number 1 actually had connections with the Rebirth Church.

"Worthy of being a veteran powerhouse... the Rebirth Church is everywhere," Lanqi muttered to himself.

"Have you thought about it? The female spy from the Allied Forces is, for the time being, okay to talk about. At least she's essentially one of us. I think it's best not to touch a female cultist from the Rebirth Church," Talia grabbed Lanqi's wrist and advised him.

"There are also good women in the Rebirth Church. As long as they can help, the Rebirth Church is the same as the Allied Forces," Lanqi shook his head and typed in the information again.

Seeing him so determined, Talia couldn't do anything about it.

[Justice (Number 7): As long as she's well-trained and can cooperate well with me in acting, I won't touch her.][Friendship (Number 1): Then rest assured.] Number 1 left such a light and breezy reply and stopped talking.

Lanqi put away the Sacred communication magic card, and the conversation of the mysterious organization came to an end.

A few minutes later.

The second-floor study.

"Meow meow, dinner's ready!" Cat Boss knocked on the door, calling Lanqi and Talia downstairs.

But after he gently pushed the door open and saw that Lanqi and Talia were still talking about things, he sat obediently on the carpet to listen.

"I don't know if Number 1 is reliable or not. I always feel like I have to make another preparation," Lanqi said seriously to Talia, planning and strategizing, especially confident.

"Then go find the Posen contact, see if Nigel has a way to get you a female spy identity. If the Allied Forces and the organization are not working, at least I can help you back up," Talia nodded.

If you want to find the intelligence agent from Posen Kingdom, it's easy to contact them by sending a notice in the Crety Central Daily. As long as Lanqi confirms that he wants to use the intelligence support personnel prepared for them by Nigel now.

There is no need for an offline meeting with the liaison from Posen. Information can be transmitted through secret reports. They are also not suitable to take the initiative to meet the liaison from Posen Kingdom at the moment unless necessary.

"Wait..." Cat Boss tilted his head.

He probably understood that Lanqi had just sought another fake fiancée spare from the organization where Landry was.

You can never have too many fiancées.

Lanqi's goal was to have at least one candidate who could play his fiancée.

But it's better to be safe than sorry.

"Don't end up with three wives. Wouldn't they fight if they stayed at home, meow!"

One from the Rebirth Church, one from the Allied Forces, and one from the Posen Kingdom.

Cat Boss was afraid that Lanqi's wonderful plan would bring peace to the world, but he would lose his wife and lose his troops! "It's okay, they're all lurking for the sake of faith. How could acting cause a fight? Do you really think they're all sending me real wives?"

Lanqi bent down, reached out and stroked Cat Boss's head, and laughed happily.

He felt that this wave was really stable. Asking for help from three parties, one of them could always help him, and the probability that all three sides would send him wives was not high. According to the probability, it would be good to arrange a suitable person.