Dear Broom Knight.

Chapter 656 There are bad people in the royal palace too.
Lowry glanced at the shadow spirit in the mirror again... this was the one he needed to focus on.

Shadow Spirit Golems are not something that can be created simply by having outstanding alchemy skills.

Otherwise, they could only be called thieves who can blend into the shadows.

What's truly terrifying is speed and weaponry, or the ability to use poison, but not the ability to envelop oneself in shadow with a single thought, like a shadow puppet... This is more like a magical talent than a skill cultivated through practice.

If the person standing opposite him wasn't Evelyn Costa, a heroine who could use the vibrations of her weapon to force him, shrouded in shadow, to fight back... he would never have been able to fight back using only agile combat skills as he is now.

This kind of shock is more akin to a shock at the level of laws, something only someone like Evelyn Costa, a voter, could unleash.

Even for Lori, it would be difficult to guarantee that a being like a Shadow Spirit would give up using the protection of the shadows.

After all, the sky was gradually darkening, and the sun was only leaving its afterglow.

Lowry turned to look out the window and raised an eyebrow slightly: a crescent moon, like a wisp of smoke, was already hanging over the mountaintop.

By the way, the Silver Moon's annual quiet days have ended, and her most dazzling time is about to arrive. If you look closely, you can even see her at dawn and dusk.

No matter what world it is, the autumn moon always seems exceptionally bright!

"Does the Goddess of the Night know any clues related to this Shadow Spirit?" Lori asked softly. "What I can confirm is that this is not the behavior of the Mechanical Realm."

Lowry was well aware that although the Storm Lords and the others had acted very kindly towards him, they had been trying to uncover his secrets.

Even knowing that Lowry already belongs to this world and has deep feelings for it, they will still be wary.

After all, even disregarding Lori's dragon bloodline, he would only side with humans.

Right now, however, there is no fundamental conflict between humans and gods; they are working together to deal with those foreign enemies.

But that doesn't mean they can continue like this forever.

It's nothing, just like Lowry and the person he portrays have many differences.

Everyone here is sensible; no one would lay bare their entire identity to strangers.

As long as we can get along amicably when our interests and positions are roughly the same, that's enough.

Even His Majesty Travis, who currently believes he will only fight for humanity, may gradually stray further and further from this path, eventually becoming a true god who only considers the interests of the gods.

But these things, which might happen many years from now, are not something Lowry, who is not yet used to the unpredictable pace of time, needs to consider.

Even if a certain feeling occasionally arises in his mind, he can quickly ignore it... A century-long plan is a bit too incredible for him.

Even so, he had already spent twenty years completing a plan that was originally intended to take half a century.

The gods have always wanted to know where Lori’s distinctive Outland-style equipment came from… Even dragons, beings that have lived for tens of thousands of years, rarely have the time to calmly study these small things.

Even Travis wasn't entirely clear about the existence of humanoid dragons, so it was even more difficult for the gods, who only knew some information about dragons from the sidelines, to comprehend them.

Even though they believed in Lowry's character, they were also worried that Lowry might suddenly become someone they didn't recognize at all.

So, his friendliness towards Lowry was genuine, but so was his wariness of him.

Since accepting his identity as a descendant of dragons, Lowry's intuition has become increasingly sharp.

Even though the Lord of Storms was an avatar whose expression was completely unreadable, he could sense some subtle changes in emotion.

After experiencing a surge of excitement upon first confirming that he sensed the subtle warning from the gods, Lowry realized that his bloodline was probably quite insane.

Although outwardly they resemble some of the characteristics of a Seraph, deep down they get more excited when things are dangerous.

If Lori hadn't known that humanoid dragons existed long before the God of Order conquered Paradise Mountain, she would have suspected that the angelic side of her bloodline wasn't a seraphim, but a battle angel.

However, angels are a unique species that can only reproduce with other beings.

Perhaps it's because their attributes are too pure, so even angels whose attributes don't conflict can't merge with each other.

Since the humanoid dragon already possesses the bloodline of the Seraph, it can no longer incorporate the flesh and blood of the battle angels of Paradise Mountain.

But, Seraphs... Lori couldn't figure out which bloodline was so fond of provocation.

It couldn't possibly be a fallen seraphim. Those things, once they fall, have no senses at all, and are even more devilish than demons.

However, it's not normal for a seraph to be attracted to a dragon.

So, unable to come up with an answer, Lowry simply gave up.

But he didn't want to let these strange emotions run wild... so he started to avoid reality.

In this situation, Lori didn't need to create any gaps or misunderstandings between herself and the Lord of Storms; she could simply state directly who the artifact fragment once belonged to.

After all, the death of the Mechanical Realm's chief god was extremely conspicuous, and even the less informed gods of this world would know something about it. Furthermore, many things in the Mechanical Realm are completely unknown to those not directly involved; outsiders only know that the deceased, even the chief god, was a broken machine, never to be restored to its original state.

Therefore, the secondhand gadgets produced by Mechanical Realm are the most reliable.

After all, the previous owners must be dead; they couldn't possibly come back to life suddenly.

Upon receiving the information, the Lord of Storms was clearly delighted: "So yours is from the Mechanical Realm! No wonder you could use it at such a young age."

Lori smiled helplessly... The Lord of Storms never doubted that he was lying.

Of course, the reason why the Lord of Storms was so open was mainly because the time they spent together had given them a good understanding of each other.

However, such trust is also precious enough.

Lowry, naturally, had no way to feel dissatisfied because the other party avoided the issue of identity and position.

He could only be thankful that he had avoided 99% of the social interactions in the world and didn't need to consider countries, powers, or churches... If anything happened, Lowry could directly contact his master on the other side.

Lori suddenly sat up straight: "What? Can't we use artifact fragments from a young age?"

"It's probably because you're a mage with enough mental power that you weren't affected much," the Lord of Storms readily replied. "If you were a knight and activated an artifact fragment when you were young, you would almost always lose a part of your soul."

Rosalind of the Travis family completely lost herself for this reason.

Those who can break free from the control of the artifact fragments are basically adults... no, people with a professional level of 10 or higher.

Lowry looked at Travis in surprise: "Then... the palace's magic array didn't react?"

This is damage to the soul!
Logically speaking, a magic circle that has a responsibility to protect members of the royal family should not remain unresponsive.

"What else is there to say? There are bad people in the palace!" Travis replied casually. "That's nothing new."

If the magic circle could solve all the problems, there wouldn't be so many kings making inexplicable stupid mistakes.

Sometimes, without magical means, it's impossible to detect.

“Don’t avoid reality,” Lowry asked directly. “I just want to know why.”

This is also important to me, since my castle is entirely controlled by magic circles.

“Look, Lowry…” Travis thought for a moment and then reluctantly told the truth, “The simplest way to prevent someone’s soul from being lost is to use streams flowing from other places to make up for the loss.”

The magic array cannot monitor everyone at all times. It can only detect them when they enter certain key nodes, and even then, it will only be a quick scan.

Although the pool was dilapidated, it was full after all!

As long as Rosalind keeps quiet, it won't be that easy to find out.

“Oh? Oh… that’s true,” Lowry finally realized, “This problem usually doesn’t occur except for your children.”

In order to avoid attracting attention, the mastermind certainly cannot use the soul power of a few people to help Rosalind.

Therefore, Travis's neglected sons and daughters, as well as their descendants, may have all been involved in this affair.

This is indeed not something that others need to worry about.

Ordinary people don't have that many direct descendants to use to deceive others.

Lowry thought for a moment, then suddenly shook her head and smiled: "So, your final choice of Leon was also because you were certain that he was the one with absolutely no connection?"

Travis scoffed: "No. It's because only he would be able to escape the hurricane and suffer no damage after I thoroughly cleaned the palace."

Lowry blinked: "That's true. His mother and that brother are probably just used by the mastermind at most, but not taken seriously."

Then, he leaned slightly closer to Travis: "So, who is it?"

I'm really curious.

This is the royal palace that you control. Throughout history, no king has ever held such absolute power as you…

“So, they have no choice but to resort to external forces,” Travis interrupted him, saying decisively, “If it were before, they would have done it themselves!”

"Oh...inside the Star Fortress?" Lowry understood immediately.

"Tsk... People who are too smart are really annoying!" Travis clicked his tongue.

“After all, this makes more sense,” Lowry said with a smile. “The connection between the Star Fortress and the earth can’t be completely severed.”

(End of this chapter)