Yes, Madam Prime Minister

The stone mask didn't speak again, but instead emerged entirely from the mist.

It turns out that this was not a stone mask, but a stone golem wearing a stone mask. The golem was nearly two meters tall, with a chain hammer in one hand and a giant sword in the other.

Bang! A gunshot rang out. Alice hit the stone statue with her shot, but only a few pieces of stone flew off.

This stone golem is exceptionally sturdy.

Just when Elena thought the stone golem was about to attack her, the golem swung its chain hammer, its target being Alice.

Alice stepped back to dodge the attack and reached the corner of the wall. She realized that in this narrow space, she would be hit sooner or later with her strength, and might even become a hostage used by the other party to threaten Elena.

With that in mind, Alice spotted the window to the side. With her strength and speed, she could easily break through the window in an instant.

“Idiot Alice, don’t go out!” Elena shouted immediately. “He attacked you to force you to go out.”

If Alice learned Ronan's ability to handle both official and personal matters, then she is the inheritor of Ronan's combat wisdom. That attack was meant to get Alice out. The moment Alice broke through the window, what awaited her was not fresh air, but that strange fog that could most likely take people into another space.

"Thanks." After thanking him, Alice pointed the gun at her temple and said to the stone man, "It's obvious that you can't capture Elena in a short time with this broken stone man, so you want to capture me as a hostage. So here's the question: can a dead person be used as a hostage? You can do whatever you want to Elena, but if you want to do anything to this incompetent little woman, I'll just shoot myself."

Would a seventeen or eighteen-year-old woman really dare to commit suicide?

The magician controlling the stone golem didn't believe it at all, saying that the talk of suicide was just a squirrel putting on a show when it's in dire straits.

The more you try to be strong, the more afraid you are.

The stone man took two quick steps at a speed that was not at all like a stone man, and then swung the chain hammer at Alice. In the controller's expectation, the little girl with black hair would only tremble and be unable to hold the gun when faced with the attack, and fall to the ground helplessly in fear.

But what he didn't expect was that just as the stone golem charged toward Alice, Elena, who was unarmed, slid to the side, forcibly twisted the stone golem's other hand, and at that moment used magic to draw out the stone golem's magic power, causing the magic-constructed stone golem's arm to suddenly become powerless, and finally, the stone golem's greatsword fell from its hand.

He never expected Elena to have this ability.

At that moment, Elena caught the greatsword that had slipped from her hand and slashed it down on the stone golem's head. "You have no skill but you try to dual-wield?" With a loud bang, the greatsword chipped, and half of the stone golem's head was smashed off.

Because of Elena's surprise attack, the stone golem's chain hammer failed to hit Alice and instead smashed into the wall.

At that very moment, Alice fired a shot into the fog.

She didn't commit suicide; it was just a scheme to make the other party think she was faking it, that she was actually terrified, and then launch an attack on her, thus creating a momentary opportunity for Elena to launch a surprise attack from the side.

Unfortunately, Elena's attack failed to break the stone golem.

Her shot had no effect; she was wrong. The enemy was not hiding in the mist controlling the stone figures.

"Damn it! We can't waste any more time."

Like master, like servant. The controller was furious and intensified the pouring of magic, instantly regenerating the shattered head of the stone golem.

He no longer intended to pay attention to Alice; he needed to finish his mission of taking Elena away as soon as possible.

Throwing away the chain hammer, the stone man opened his arms, and two iron chains appeared in his hands. Since magic alone couldn't bind them tightly or drag them away, then they would have to use manpower.

According to his calculations, there was still enough time.

Meanwhile, on the other side, in the sky.

Ronan and Dinah have switched positions and poses.

The wings made of tiny, tough mushrooms are not wings, so they can fly, but the speed is still too slow. In addition, one of the mushroom arms has to hold Ronan.

So, at Ronan's suggestion, the flying prop was transformed into Ronan's shield.

Ronan crouched on the large shield, maneuvering it through the air, while Dinia crouched behind him, her chest pressed against his back, one arm around his waist, the other constantly stuffing mushrooms into his mouth to replenish his mana.

Ronan's own magic was insufficient to control the shield to fly rapidly at high altitudes, but Dinia's magic could.

Furthermore, Dinia also releases magic power backward as a boost to accelerate.

"It's time."

Dinia said.

Ronan's mansion came into view in the distance. Elena could not be accurately located because she was wearing armor, but being able to locate Alice was enough for Dinia.

Chapter 101 Saving the Day, Acquaintances, Association

Inside the room, Elena was back to being unarmed. The greatsword was also a magical artifact, and her opponent used magic to erase it in an instant.

The stone golem's speed and strength were no less than Elena's. It should be noted that Elena, who possessed divine blood and was in armored mode, had physical attributes far exceeding those of an ordinary second-tier mage.

Moreover, the stone golem can freely switch between various melee weapons. While the melee weapons themselves are not much of an attack for Elena, the weapons give the stone golem an absolute advantage in attack range, making it almost impossible for Elena to hit the stone golem.

The most troublesome thing is that the stone golem itself is not afraid of any blows. Even if the stone golem is injured, as long as there is still magic power to support it, it can automatically repair itself.

In those few short seconds, the stone golem's attacks grew increasingly fierce. Elena took several hard blows, but her mindset became more relaxed. She taunted, "Useless thing, your attacks are getting faster and faster. You're really getting desperate."

He was indeed anxious because Dinia and Ronan arrived much faster than he had imagined.

It would be great if there were people to block him, but he knew it was impossible to arrange for them.

Since there are only a handful of people across the continent who have encountered Dinia and escaped being captured alive, arranging for someone to ambush her would be like handing her an intelligence source for nothing.

"No, we have to change our target."

If he can't win over Elena, he can only try Alice. Hopefully, she'll hold some weight in Ronan's heart.

Their real target wasn't Elena, but Ronan.

Although he couldn't be 100% certain, and although it was somewhat unbelievable, according to intelligence, he could decipher that special script.

This is what the leader has always dreamed of; with this, he can have everything in this world.

However, capturing Ronan is both difficult and has significant consequences. Becoming a third-tier mage is the ultimate goal for more than half of all tier mages, and the head of a city's affairs office is a position that most officials never reach in their lifetime. Of course, the biggest difficulty and serious consequences are because this scoundrel has been clinging to the coattails of Dinia.

He took Elena away because she was of great value to Ronan, but that might not be the case for Alice.

But I can’t control that much now.

With a whoosh, the stone man, chain in hand, appeared before Alice in a flash.

Alice froze in shock. Was this stone man going to tie her up? But she wasn't an important person to Ronan, nor did she have anything special about her.

Just as the stone man was about to succeed, a mushroom suddenly sprouted from Alice's body. In the blink of an eye, the mushroom swelled to a size larger than her head, and a fair hand reached out from the mushroom and grabbed the chain that the stone man had thrown.

The mushroom was still expanding rapidly. The stone man instinctively pulled the chains back, and in an instant, he used the force to crawl out of the mushroom.

As Dinia landed, she raised her leg and kicked to the side. The stone man began to crack from the waist where she was kicked, and the cracks spread all over her body in the blink of an eye, as if she was about to explode at any moment. Then, a violent magical force shook the stone man's entire body, and the next moment, the stone man had completely shattered into dust.

Retracting her legs and regaining her footing, Dinia charged without hesitation into the vortex of mist that filled the entire doorway. She wanted to see who was so audacious.

Unfortunately, the mist dissipated very quickly, and before she could break in, it had already vanished.

Do you think you can get away?

Dinia looked at the spot where the mist vortex had disappeared.

The moment the mushrooms sprouted on Alice's body, she had already cast a spell on the mist.

At the same time, on a deserted hill in Wright.

Ronan watched as a cloud of mist dissipated in the distance, revealing a man whose chest and half his face were covered in dense red mushrooms. Upon closer inspection, he smiled and said, "Oh ho, I didn't expect it to be an old acquaintance, Mr. Frederick."

Frederick was using his magic to resist the mushrooms' encroachment, but even though he was frantically pushing himself to the limit, the mushrooms were still multiplying little by little.

In the blink of an eye, countless tiny mushrooms on his body suddenly twisted together and grew wildly, turning into a giant mushroom. Then, Dinia grew out of this mushroom.

Just as Ronan was about to ask a question, a door suddenly opened, and Frederick was sucked in. In the blink of an eye, both the door and Frederick had completely disappeared.

Just like when he disappeared from that room in that alternate dimension.

This time, Ronan, undistracted, confirmed a fact he hadn't been able to ascertain in the "author's" room before: the magic that took Frederick away was not cast by him.

"How's Elena doing?"

Ronan inquired.

“It’s alright,” Dinia said. “When I arrived…”

Dinia also mentioned the stone man.

“This is interesting. Frederick just struggled with all his might to try to dissolve your mushroom, but the power he unleashed was only at the level of a second-tier mage. However, the stone golem was still stronger than Elena. For a mage of his level, a summoned creature of this strength should be like the large armored knight to Ares before, a summoned creature of his destiny.”

"But after you destroyed this summoned creature, it was clearly not affected at all. Only when cannon fodder is destroyed will the summoner not have any reaction."

"The truth is clear: the stone golem summon is not his either."

Ronan analyzed, stroking his chin.

After finishing his analysis, Ronan looked at Dinia, only to find her deep in thought.

"What's on your mind?" Ronan asked.

Dinia paused for a moment before shaking her head. "No, your analysis is very good."

Did he really think he could fool him with that kind of acting? But Ronan didn't intend to expose him, and just said "oh" to get by.

From Dinia's expression, Ronan was certain that she had clearly connected the dots.

Indeed, this was true. Dinia thought of one person, no, several people. This kind of remote teleportation portal was very similar to King Lucien's magic, but His Majesty's teleportation was not nearly as powerful. And that stone man was somewhat like the magic of the deceased Duke of Lois, Lucien's second brother.

But they are only similar, not at all.

Ronan had already made some connections. To be honest, the fact that they were cannon fodder but not at all as powerful as summoned creatures, plus the spatial magic of remote teleportation, made it easy to associate them with a certain family.

This family is the current royal family of the Kingdom of Phos, the Golden Eagle family.

Moreover, judging from Dinya's behavior, she must have made this connection to her own thoughts, which is why she fell into deep thought, yet she refused to admit that she had made that connection.

If Ronan remembers correctly, the only member of the royal family who wasn't a weakling, namely the current king's second brother, died twenty years ago.

Was the prince actually faking his death? Or was the current king's elder brother, who is still alive, actually pretending?

"It's troublesome."

For Ronan, there are two troubles: one is the mysterious organization behind Frederick, and the other is that he has been forced to get involved in the battle for the throne.

Both of these matters involve the royal family, so they might be connected, or perhaps they already are.

Chapter 102 Being Alone, Drinking, I'll Take You

The unexpected events that Elena and Alice encountered have come to an end.

At night, at the mansion where Dinia lives.

At this moment, it was just Ronan and Dinia.

Agustina and Yvette used to live here, but neither of them are here now.

As the future head of the city's police department, Agustina organized a large-scale training program to get to know her subordinates better, and also to let them get to know her, and incidentally, to satisfy her urge to beat people up. She estimated that she wouldn't return until the day before the New Year's holiday.

As for Yvette, she is no longer Dinia's private secretary, but the head of the Secretariat and Ronan's first assistant. Her main responsibilities are to arrange meetings of all sizes in the city hall, convey the city hall's instructions and decisions downwards, and compile and report various reports from below.

After the New Year holiday, there will definitely be an important meeting that brings together the heads of all departments. Because of this meeting, she is so busy that she doesn't even have time to eat, so she simply lives in the office.

I estimate they won't be back until the holiday starts in a couple of days.

Dinia led Ronan to the bar next to her living room, took a bottle of amber-colored absinthe from the liquor cabinet, and then washed two glasses.

He poured Ronan a glass, and then poured one for himself.

Ronan could tell from the smell that it was a strong liquor, definitely over fifty degrees. He looked at Dinia with some doubt, as he had seen Dinia drink before, but it was always the low-alcohol red wine.

“Once you reach a higher mage rank, you can barely feel low-alcohol drinks,” Dinia said, downing her drink in one gulp.

This cup is at least two ounces.

Indeed, as she said, the higher the level of a magician, the further their body is from the realm of humans. An ordinary person would collapse after taking a sip, but Dinya was completely unaffected, as if she had just drunk a glass of juice.

If the leaders drink it all in one gulp, how can the subordinates not drink it?

Ronan had no choice but to bite the bullet and drink it all in one gulp. It felt like he had swallowed a ball of fire and was hit on the forehead with a hammer.

"Good wine," Ronan said, though his words were not entirely sincere.

Dinia got up, walked to the side, took out a few candies from the jar, grabbed one for herself, unwrapped it, and popped it into her mouth. Then she handed one to Ronan. "A mint. It's nice to have with this."

"Thank you." Ronan took the candy and thanked him.

“After what happened on the ninth basement level of the obelisk, I didn’t ask you. Later, after what you went through with Ambrina and the others, I still didn’t ask you. Now, with this happening again, I feel I need to ask you,” Dinia said. “You know a language that none of us know, and you have a high acceptance of that kind of information, which means you are ‘special’ in yourself.”

"Are you asking me who I really am?"

Ronan asked.

“I don’t want to,” Dinia said. “I’m just your boss, not even a friend. You won’t tell me the truth.”

“Indeed,” Ronan said. “However, I can tell you one thing: I myself don’t even know who I am anymore.”

Was he just an ordinary time traveler, an android created by an advanced civilization, a creation of the Anti-Logic Race, or even an Anti-Logic Race member himself? Nobody knows, absolutely nothing.