After I died, my personal maid rebelled.

The day after the meeting ended, Oswald's application to go home was approved, and it even had the teacher's stamp on it.

[Six months, at most six months, you have to come back. If it weren't for your high kill count... Sigh, the test brought by the God of Machines is enough to make us stop and think carefully.]

Tongzi sighed softly. Strictly speaking, the God of Machines is not an evil god. It even possesses rationality and justice far exceeding those of other gods.

But the universe is too small and life is too crowded. In an era where intelligence provides for production needs, a huge population is the heaviest burden on society.

Therefore, it doesn't need to show itself; simply presenting its future to everyone is enough to overwhelm these powerful individuals.

Unwilling to ponder the complexities of the matter any longer, and dragging his weary soul, Oswald embarked on his journey home.

The journey was short, and Chu Guang was the first to notice something amiss. At that moment, she was injecting some kind of potion into Oswald's body at the temple in Kuogu City when she suddenly sensed a certain energy fluctuation.

Before long, this powerful body actually stood up from the giant python throne, making a deafening sound.

The temple kept shaking, and fearing something might go wrong, Chu Guang quickly transformed into an energy body and went inside, only to find himself staring blankly at the returning system.

[Are you...feeding me?]

The tube extracts the pale red liquid from the mixture, examines its ingredients, and discovers it is a highly concentrated plant extract with extremely vigorous vitality.

"Well, the effect is pretty good. The transmigrator has gained quite a bit of weight recently."

Oswald, who had been inexplicably dizzy after activating his psychic vision, looked down at the people prostrate on the ground and his smile vanished instantly.

Okay, okay, while I'm not home, you're treating me like an idol on a sacred altar, huh?

By suppressing the magic of immortality, guiding the flow of life, and reshaping his natural body, Oswald continuously shrank his body, returning from thirteen meters tall to a normal size of about two meters.

After stretching his limbs, Oswald suddenly stopped moving his neck and inadvertently sensed the unusual power within his body.

Kate and High Sister Arabella set a trap. Oswald had heard from Eleanor about the Undead King devouring the Hunger Curse, but he never expected that this body would actually gain a portion of Nicole's powers.

"What are you all kneeling here for? Living a good life is more important than anything else."

After dispersing the crowd, Oswald strode away, glancing back at the exquisite temple and the neatly lined-up undead beside it. His brow furrowed slightly, and he quickened his pace south toward Ice City.

When the First Division Commander, Brenhar, heard the news of the Duke's return, he rushed over in a hurry, but he didn't even see the Duke's back.

With time running out and the task at hand, and with the goddesses already on the move, Oswald must make the most of this hard-won vacation and do as much as he can for them.

Half a year sounds like a long time, but it actually passes by in the blink of an eye.

"It's good that you're back. I got the Bone Hand of the Goddess of Nature from Nicole. Perhaps we should try using the psionic space to travel."

Chu Guang presented the bone hand like a treasure, and Oswald nodded. He took out the miniaturized bone hand from the system space. Before he could even begin to study it, the bone hand illusoryly burrowed into his arm and forcefully merged with him.

"You're welcome, it's what I should do."

Chu Guang chuckled. She had put in a lot of effort to continue strengthening Oswald's physical body.

(Next time you do these things, you must report to me first.)

Oswald felt no surprise at all; instead, he was somewhat worried about what kind of mess Chuguang would make of him when he returned next time.

With a gentle flick of his finger, Oswald cleaved through the barriers of space, entering the psionic space that originally belonged to the Goddess of Nature. Since taking away the First Light last time, this place had literally become a true void.

Chu Guang looked around and, noticing that the Bone Hand's access had been revoked, said, "It seems the Goddess of Life is already on guard. Let's try again next time and see if we can open the Goddess of Law's space."

……

Luna is having a lot of headaches lately at the Duke's mansion in Ice City.

A curse broke out in the Elf Kingdom for no apparent reason, and the whereabouts of heroes and the embodiment of the curse were also discovered within its borders.

The goddess has already begun a new scheme, but she knows very little about it. She can only send Ereon to lead the loyal legion to support the Elven Kingdom, and order Federico to lead his troops to advance south of the central district, creating a situation where the army is pressing on the southern duchy.

Luna never expected that, after letting Lilith go, she would immediately arrange for people to deal with them.

It's a good thing that the goddess has to reveal her intentions, but the three S-class adventurers from the Special Forces Department and Ereon alone are no match for these powerful curse incarnations. At most, they can hang Thorne up and beat him up.

Two of Luna, Paul, Jenny, and Elena must be sent out to barely restrain the Warrior Squad's movements with the help of the army.

After writing down her own name, and then Paul and Lisa's names, Luna rubbed her face with her fist, a hint of hesitation flashing in her eyes.

Paul's wife, Leia, had recently become pregnant, and given Paul's personality, she found it difficult to bring it up.

Lisa didn't care. This girl said she was in seclusion to cultivate, but who knows where she's slacking off right now.

Have my siblings and I ever gone on an adventure together?

Luna heard her older brother's voice beside her and instinctively retorted, "Brother, you only ever use me as a tool. I'm clearly a member of the Charles family..."

The words stopped abruptly. Luna turned around in a daze, a look of surprise on her face, which then turned into ecstasy.

"Brother!"

She jumped over on a chair, wrapped her arms around Oswald's neck, and clung to him.

Oswald smiled helplessly, patted her head, and spoke in his usual tone.

"This girl just won't grow up. She'll be a grown woman in the blink of an eye, but she still hasn't gotten rid of her habit of acting cute."

"Brother, you should be secretly happy. When Octavia grows up and becomes more distant from you, you'll realize how good your little sister is."

"I'm not that reluctant to part with the child." Oswald bent down, put Luna on the ground, and sighed, "After being exposed to so many things, it feels a little strange to look at a child. I can only say, cherish the present."

Luna didn't understand what her brother meant. As soon as her feet touched the ground, she seemed to become that unruly young lady again, skipping and hopping to another room to loudly report the good news to all the members of the Duke's mansion.

Oswald listened to her chatter, a smile returning to his lips. He sat down at his desk and picked up the documents Luna had put down.

Perhaps he should see for himself just how outstanding the successor he personally chose truly is.