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"It is my honor to serve you alongside my sister, young lady."

Girl 03 bowed slightly again, her voice even adopting a coquettish tone.

"Phew... Not bad, you're getting better and better, 03."

Amelie thought about it again:

“However, now that you have a human form, it’s not appropriate to call you 03 anymore. Besides, old man Langdon’s handwritten notes might mention you, and calling you 03 in front of outsiders might arouse suspicion… Hmm, it’s time to give you a human name.”

"The rename function has been activated."

03's eyes flickered, and she obediently said:

"Please name it, young lady."

"Mmmmmm..."

Emerald glanced at the small white flowers in the garden, then at the girl before her, and finally rested her chin on her hand in thought for a moment:

“Your original name was 03, a creation of old man Langdon, and your true form is a small white flower… How about your new name, Lily of the Valley? It sounds like 03, has the character 'Lan' from Langdon's name, and Lily of the Valley is also the name of a small white flower.”

"New name being recorded... Recording complete, renaming complete."

03...No, the AI ​​girl, now named Suzuran, blinked rapidly a few times like computer case lights, while making emotionless sounds.

A moment later, the empty, mechanical gaze regained its sparkle, and a radiant smile appeared on her face.

"Lily of the Valley greets Miss. I really like this name."

"I'm glad you like it~~"

Emerald then gently rubbed Lily's wonderfully soft cheeks a few times before waving goodbye:

"That's settled then. Linglan, you can stay here and get used to your new home. While you're at it, organize the technical documents I need and write them down."

"Yes, Miss, I'll take care of it right away."

Linglan nodded obediently and began her new job in her new role.

After settling Lily of the Valley in place, Emerald still didn't go to sleep, but instead rushed to that hidden, abandoned underground entertainment club.

There are still six elven maidens eagerly awaiting rewards and favors here, while the corpses and prisoners of the assassins are also here, waiting for Ameliete to deal with them.

Emerald never hesitated to reward her subordinates who had made contributions.

However, there were just too many things to do today, and Amelie wasn't really in the mood to do anything herself. So she used invisible ribbons to tie all the elf girls up in the air as a reward, and the elf girls didn't seem to mind at all. In fact, they seemed even more excited.

While rewarding Edith and the others, Amelie was not idle either.

She stood in the middle of the cell, with six elven girls behind her, bound in mid-air by invisible ribbons, receiving their rewards, and in front of her the only survivor among the assassins, along with the heads of the other assassins.

Although the elven girls had already used mental magic to gather information but found no clues, Emerald still wanted to take another look herself.

Then, the high heels encasing her black-stockinged feet lifted and stomped down, crushing an assassin's head like stomping on a balloon. Necromancy was activated, beginning to extract memories.

Chapter 205 The plan needs to be accelerated.

Snap snap snap snap...

As the sound of watermelons being crushed echoed, several assassins' heads were smashed by Amelie's high heels, including the one who was still alive.

The already advanced necromancy operated with ease. The memories of those assassins before their deaths were read by Amelie like data being transferred to a computer, and then quickly retrieved based on keywords.

Similar to what Edith and the others reported, these assassins didn't know the employer's identity or motives.

They were all professional killers who came for money, registered on a comprehensive bounty platform called "Rainy Season".

Amelie was no stranger to the organization 【Rainy Season】, and she herself had even posted bounty missions on the platform many times before.

The nature of the "Rainy Season" is somewhat similar to the dark web of Blue Star in Amelie's previous life. It is the largest underground commission intermediary platform in the Allen Federation.

It's not just assassination missions; all sorts of needs can be posted on [Rainy Season], including but not limited to item acquisition, material gathering, escort, kidnapping, intelligence gathering, finding people, recruitment, and all kinds of commissions, as long as you have money.

Such an organization naturally has a very strong backing. The operators behind [Rainy Season] are supported by various major powers in the Federation, including major financial groups, the federal government, the military, and so on. The Merson family also holds shares in it.

So, although she couldn't get the information she wanted directly from the assassin's mind, Emery wasn't in a hurry at all.

Before embarking on her entrepreneurial journey, Emerald had posted numerous commissions in the Rainy Season. She was quite familiar with and had a good relationship with the relatives in her family who were in charge of related business.

If it weren't for the fact that it was already late and it wouldn't be good to disturb other people's nightlife, Emery would have contacted that relative directly. But it wouldn't matter if she contacted them tomorrow morning; a few hours wouldn't make a difference.

Just then, Idelia and the others, who were receiving the invisible ribbon reward behind Emerald, were also exhausted and limp as mud.

Amelie retracted the invisible ribbon, instructed Viliana to take good care of the elven maidens, and returned to her residence, intending to spend the last few hours of the night meditating and practicing.

By the time the meditation ended, it was fully light.

Marcy, who had gotten up early, had already prepared everything. When she saw Emeralt open her eyes, she quickly came over to help Emeralt bathe and change her clothes. She even secretly stuffed the black stockings that Emeralt had taken off into her own clothes to hide them.

After changing into a gorgeous, landmine-themed dress made by Flora herself, Amelie stepped through the portal that Viliana had prepared and arrived at her office.

The blonde girl with twin ponytails, who had also gotten up early, was already waiting here, sitting on the sofa eating snacks and playing with her ponytail.

"Emerald~~ You look so beautiful today~~"

Upon seeing Emerald arrive, Julia immediately threw aside the snacks she was holding, pounced on Emerald's arm, and started chattering incessantly.

This scene is a common occurrence in the president's office of Blue Star Films. Amelie is also very skilled at teasing Yulia, and soon Yulia is blushing and acting coquettishly.

But today was different from usual. Emerald had just sat down in the Sulina chair, and Julia hadn't even flown out the window to do her good deeds, when there was a knock on the office door.

The person who arrived was the secretary. She said that someone had delivered a gift to Amelie early in the morning, and the gift had the Melson family mark on it.

Amelie raised an eyebrow slightly and then had her secretary bring over the gift.

It was a paper box like a birthday cake box, quite heavy, very pink, and wrapped with a very pretty ribbon tied in a bow, exuding a girlish charm.

Below the bow was a card with a very simple sentence written on it:

An apology for yesterday's incident

There is also a signature at the end, and the signer's last name is Merson.

Amelie recognized the notebook and signature; it belonged to none other than the relative in the family who was in charge of business related to the "Rainy Season."

Combined with yesterday's assassination attempt on Sulina, it's quite clear that [Rainy Season] is offering an apology before Amelie even has a chance to cause trouble.

Let's take a look at this apology first.

Emerald hadn't actually intended to do anything to [Rainy Season]. The existence of such an organization was beneficial to all the major powers. She just wanted to know who had issued the high bounty for the assassination of Sulina. That person who placed the bounty was the one who should really be eliminated.

Thinking this, Amelie decided to open the gift box to take a look, but just as her fingers touched the ribbon, the necromancy was triggered.

Emery stopped what she was doing, frowned slightly, and then looked up at the secretary:

"You can go and do other things now. You don't need to worry about this matter."

"...Yes, boss."

The secretary was clearly quite curious about the gift, but since the boss had spoken, she could only sway her hips and leave amidst the clatter of her high heels, no matter how reluctant she was.

After the secretary left the room and closed the door, Amelie continued, opening the girlish gift box.

Contrary to her youthful appearance, the contents of the gift box were rather frightening: a human head with its eyes wide open in death, which looked to be in its early thirties, belonging to a man.

"Wow~~"

The office was full of worldly women, so even if they suddenly saw a dead head, they were only slightly surprised.

Only Yulia, after her initial surprise, reached out her hand directly towards the dead man's head:

"What kind of novel and creative cake is this? It's shaped like a human head! It actually looks quite realistic. Let me try a bite of the ear first... Wait, wait, wait? Is this really a human head?"

"Idiot! 'Cake with human heads'... All you ever do is eat! You little glutton!"

Amélie pinched Julia's cheek in annoyance, and at the same time used her magical hand to grab the head by the hair and lift it up. Sure enough, there was a note under the head.

This note contained more information, which Amelie quickly skimmed through.

The gist of it is that the owner of this severed head was a salesman for [Rainy Season]. He was the one who handled the assassination of Su Lina yesterday, and he had all the employer's information in his head.

[Rainy Season] apologized to Amelie for what happened yesterday. In addition to executing the salesman and sending his head over, he also said that he would compensate Amelie. After that, when Amelie posted a commission on the platform, the commission fee would be 5% off.

The apology was somewhat sincere, but Emery didn't really believe the explanation; this unfortunate salesman was clearly being pushed to take the blame. An assassination of Sulina was definitely not something a lowly salesman could decide on his own; it would certainly require management approval.

Thinking this, Emerald noticed something wrong with the back of the note, so she flipped it over, only to find that there was nothing on the back.

However, this did not stump Amelie. After thinking for a moment, she used the decryption spell used when family members passed secret letters to cast a spell on the note.

Sure enough, the hidden text on the back of the note also appeared. The handwriting was familiar; it belonged to the relative in the Merson family who was in charge of the "Rainy Season" business.

His handwriting also explained what happened last night, but he described it in more detail, and it is most likely the truth.

In short, this was a failure in the timeliness of intelligence.

[Rainy Season] knew that Sulina was Emerald's pet, so why did it still dare to accept the commission to assassinate Sulina?

There are two main reasons.

Firstly, Emery's reputation regarding her private life is not very good; she has a notorious reputation for being a scumbag, having slept with many women, and she doesn't care about many of them afterward.

Secondly, according to the information from [Rainy Season], Sulina only became a toy after being defeated by Amelite in a battle against her. [Rainy Season] believes that Amelite probably doesn't care much about Sulina; perhaps it's better to have a toy she's tired of and die, thus eliminating one more problem.

With these two considerations in mind, and given the high bounty offered by the employer, [Rainy Season] accepted the commission after some hesitation and assigned the job to the assassins.

The professional assassins who take the orders are not actually considered official members of "Rainy Season".

The relationship between these assassins and "Rainy Season" is somewhat similar to that between food delivery riders and food delivery platforms on Earth in Amelie's previous life. The assassins earn bounties by taking orders through "Rainy Season," while "Rainy Season" profits from both the employers and the assassins through commissions.

So the mission those assassins received last night was roughly like this:

[Target: Su Lina, female, 25 years old, head of the Blue Star Dance Troupe, a Master-level mage, but only skilled in stage magic. Her direct combat ability is presumably low, making her assassination difficulty moderate to low.]

The difficulty was moderate to low, but the bounty was very high. Some cautious assassins sensed that there might be something wrong with this job and held back. However, many more assassins were greedy for money and rushed to Locke City from all over the Federation after accepting the job.

It wasn't until the life indicators of more than a dozen elite assassins all went out that [Rainy Season] realized that Su Lina might not be simple.

So the intelligence officer in the Rainy Season immediately conducted a detailed investigation into Sulina and quickly found out that Emeryte had taken Sulina back to her alma mater to give a speech and even helped Sulina get the graduation certificate that she had regrettably missed back then.

[Rainy Season] immediately realized that Sulina wasn't just any ordinary pet, but rather a rather pampered one. If he really killed her, he'd better prepare to face the young lady's wrath.

If Emerald were a mature and prudent middle-aged or elderly person, then even if her beloved pet was killed, the matter would be easy to discuss; an apology and compensation would suffice.

But it's hard to say how a young, arrogant, willful, unrestrained, and strong-willed young lady would react to such a thing.

It's important to understand that Emerald is not only a Fusion-stage mage, but also a powerful figure in her family who possesses the Melson Ring. If she really wanted to, she could mobilize the Federation's magical warships and Melson Security Company's S-rank ace mercenaries—a force that many powerful families couldn't withstand, let alone a mere intermediary platform.

That's why [Rainy Season] immediately cancelled the assassination mission against Sulina and sent the scapegoat and apology letter over early this morning, just so as not to anger Emery.

After all, the Rainy Season is a relatively old organization. According to internal records, a thousand years ago, the Melson family had a particularly strong and reckless young lady who single-handedly caused a bloodbath, and even now the Federation is helpless against her.

She explained everything clearly, didn't even shy away from admitting her mistakes, apologized sincerely, and even offered compensation... Emerald really had no reason to cause any more trouble for [Rainy Season].

So Emerald burned the note with magical flames and looked at the unfortunate salesman's head.

This is also a clever trick played by [Rainy Season]... [Rainy Season] promises never to proactively reveal the employer's information to anyone, but this does not apply to others digging information out of the dead.

In front of Julia, Emerald didn't want to appear too cruel, so she didn't stomp on the head with her high heels. Instead, she tapped the person's forehead with her index finger, and her already very skilled necromancy successfully read the deceased's memories.

The person who issued the order to kill Sulina was an old man who looked very gentlemanly. Amelie was familiar with his clothes, manners, and speech... Old Gate, who came to negotiate with her on behalf of the Arts Association, looked much the same.

"They're from the Arts Association?"

Amelie was quite surprised.

The Arts Association does indeed have many conflicts with her, but logically speaking, the Arts Association should now avoid physical conflict with her and instead try to annoy her within the rules of the game.

Because the members of the Merson family are least afraid of armed conflict, on the contrary, if the opponent only plays within the rules of the game, then in order to maintain the stability of the order they have established, Merson can only play according to the rules of the game and play with the opponent.

Most of Merson's competitors who are still around today are doing the same thing.

Besides, even if the Art Association were to have a violent conflict with Emerald, why would they want to kill Sulina first?

Just because Su Lina used her talent to give the Arts Association a resounding slap in the face during that opening ceremony performance?

But Sulina followed the rules of the game that time, and what benefit would the Art Association gain from killing Sulina besides completely enraging Emery?

An organization that has existed for hundreds of years shouldn't make such a basic mistake, right?

After much thought, Emerald concluded that the Art Association had ulterior motives. There must be something of great importance about Sulina that made the Art Association so wary of her that they were willing to take a huge risk to kill her.

What would that be?

Emerald was already very familiar with Sulina's body, inside and out. Her magical talent was quite good, but only at the level of an ordinary genius. Without special opportunities, she could try to break through to the Fusion stage between the ages of 35 and 40.

Aside from its incredibly flexible and fun-to-play-with waist, that body didn't seem to harbor any strange ancient power.

At least Emerald didn't find out, and Sulina herself knew even less... If she really had some particularly powerful hidden strength, then it's hard to say who was the one who served whom back then.