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Furthermore, it can be confirmed that since Prince Raymond is so certain, the argument is most likely true.

But does this mean that the eldest prince was unaware that the old king's soul had long since disappeared? Otherwise, why would he argue with an empty shell without a soul?

No, it's not accurate to say I didn't know.

Ella suddenly remembered what Skadi had said to Ye Xiao before—"I don't know why, but even though I knew before that my father's soul had disappeared, I only realized it after the duel with the saintess ended."

At the time, Ye Xiao was still thinking about how to get rid of the eldest princess, and didn't think deeply about these inexplicable words, assuming that the eldest princess was confused.

But considering what Prince Raymond said, it seems that the perception of some members of the royal family may have been influenced by something.

Wait a minute, how did Prince Raymond escape from this influence?

Or rather, has he truly escaped the influence?

Ella was stunned for a moment, because she suddenly remembered that in her previous life, Prince Raymond had been arrested and imprisoned as the murderer who attempted to assassinate the king.

Does this mean that Prince Raymond in his previous life did not successfully escape the influence?

What is the difference between these two lifetimes?

What caused Prince Raymond to be different in this life compared to the previous one?

—The Second Prince, Ken Betis.

The name flashed through Ella's mind.

He, who was able to become a king in his previous life, died in this one.

Looking back on his experiences in these two lifetimes, there was a special factor applied to the Second Prince in the previous life that allowed him to break free from some strange cognitive influence and win the imperial selection.

In this life, due to the death of the Second Prince, this factor came to the Fourth Prince.

It turned out to be the case.

At that moment, she felt as if she had seen a faint light through layers of fog.

Ella finally began to understand.

That "factor" is probably the deity she has been trying to find, the one manipulating things behind the scenes.

Now, because of the death of the Second Prince, the other party has stood behind the Fourth Prince.

So what she needed to do next was clear—kill the fourth prince, seize the troublemaking deity behind him, and drag him out of the darkness.

"Well, Miss Ella?" Prince Raymond asked softly, looking at the silver-haired girl who remained silent. "What is your decision?"

“This is indeed a very substantial bargaining chip.” Ella’s eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a captivating smile. “It seems that, following you, it’s only a matter of time before the Havil family falls under my control.”

"Hahaha, Miss Ella is so frank." Prince Raymond smiled with satisfaction.

"Of course, I'm always frank. I hope we can work together happily from now on, Your Highness."

"Haha, good. It's a pleasure doing business with you, Miss Ella."

Chapter Sixty-One: Inappropriate Uses of Spatial Magic

Having reached an agreement with Prince Raymond, Ella left the auditorium and returned to her villa in the manor district.

The foreshadowing laid by Prince Raymond will not be revealed until Prince Evans' coronation ceremony the following day.

Tonight, everyone is observing the situation quietly, a rare peaceful prelude before the storm arrives.

With her arrogant authority, Ella, who had come alone, casually found a secluded corner outside the hall, and with a flick of her finger, opened a spatial rift in front of her.

Stepping inside, one is immediately in their own bedroom within the villa of the manor complex.

Because she left a teleportation beacon array with Lucyville's wings, Ella can open a portal and return instantly, no matter where she is.

This convenient magic also made her much lazier, and the house was filled with beacons she had pasted up everywhere.

Sometimes, when she's lying in bed and wants a drink of water but is too lazy to ring the bell to call a servant, Ella will simply teleport to the kitchen to get a glass of water and then teleport back to her bed in the bedroom.

This action made the servant who was cleaning the living room on the first floor think he had seen a ghost the other night.

Meanwhile, Ye Xiao returned to his dormitory alone.

Princess Skadi would be practicing swordsmanship in the evenings under the guidance of the headmaster of the swordsmanship academy, so he did not need to accompany her.

The dark dormitory was empty; his roommates didn't seem to have returned yet.

Ye Xiao turned on the oil lamp on her desk, stretched, picked up the cat that was dozing inside her collar and tossed it onto the bed. Then she took two pieces of clothing and went out to find a bathhouse to wash up.

Since she was going to take a shower, Ye Xiao was too lazy to carry her key with her, so she left the door unlocked, washed up, and then opened the door to come back.

“You’ve been going to bed early lately,” said the kitten Greta, who was lying on the pillow with her paws tucked in, looking at Ye Xiao.

"My long-term adventure experience has taught me to go to bed early whenever I have the chance," Ye Xiao smiled, "otherwise, there might not be any time when I can sleep at all."

"Hmph, but won't your girlfriend be unhappy if you neglect her like this?" Greta stroked her cat whiskers. "You haven't contacted her for several days, and you've been getting so close to that eldest princess. Even I, a devil, think you're a truly sinful man."

"What the heck?" Ye Xiao patted the silly cat's head. "After all, Ella and the First Princess don't have a very good relationship. I have to be careful about my interactions with her in the academy. It would be bad if someone with ulterior motives saw us."

“But doesn’t your little girlfriend know Lucyville’s portal?” Greta said, spreading her paws. “When there’s no one else around, you can just teleport here for a date, like now.”

Uh, what kind of bizarre play is this? Using divine magic to arrange a secret rendezvous?

Ye Xiao's forehead creased with annoyance. He rubbed the cat's soft head and said, "What are you thinking about with that little head of yours?"

"Meow!" The kitten angrily slapped Ye Xiao's arm away with its paw. "What do you know? I'm just... concerned!"

She would never say that she felt inexplicably guilty because she was doing bad things every night.

"Hey." Ye Xiao looked at the kitten's puffed-up face and found it quite strange.

This little guy used to try to persuade me to stay away from Ella, but now he's acting as a strategist, giving me all sorts of weird and wonderful ideas.

However, there's no need for that.

Ye Xiao lay down on the bed and lifted the covers.

As an outstanding young person who prioritizes their career, there's no rush to indulge in romantic entanglements after finishing important matters; there's no need to find time for that now...

Is it really unnecessary?

Come to think of it, it seems like it's been several days since I last saw Ella, and now that I realize it, I feel a little strangely unaccustomed to it.

No, what am I thinking?

Ye Xiao patted his head. It's not like he can't see Ella's vision; he sees her in the mirror every day.

That's different.

Um, what's the difference? Aren't we both seeing with our eyes?

After Greta said those strange-sounding words, Ye Xiao began to feel inexplicably restless.

It seems like two contradictory thoughts are arising in my mind, constantly entangled and fighting each other.

As his tangled thoughts stretched on and on, Ye Xiao's mind drifted to Ella's lovely and alluring face.

Oh no, why am I thinking about this?

Ye Xiao tossed and turned in bed, like someone scrolling through videos and suddenly realizing that they hadn't opened their browser in a while, and then the thought just wouldn't leave their mind.

Greta, what kind of demonic whispers is that?!

Why did you suddenly bring up this?!

Ye Xiao rubbed her forehead, Li Cheng's words from before resurfacing in her mind—"You guys haven't done 'that' yet? Why is that?"

Why did this phrase come to mind right now?

While Ye Xiao was struggling with his thoughts, Ella, who shared the same origin in thought, also had the same idea.

This rare free evening felt like a delicate gift, as if it were specially prepared for them.

With just a thought, Ella could use her divine magic to teleport to Ye Xiao, who had already released the mark.

Ye Xiao didn't know when he made up his mind. Anyway, when he realized it, the silver-haired girl with a blush on her face had already appeared in front of him after a slight spatial fluctuation.

"Ah, this woman actually came for a night raid!" The kitten beside the pillow raised an eyebrow. "Is she so eager to be alone? How shameless!"

Greta, you bastard!!!

Ye Xiao was speechless. His heart, which was already somewhat restless, began to heat up rapidly after seeing Ella's devastatingly beautiful face.

Not to mention that when the silver-haired girl came down, she landed perfectly on the edge of the bed, her slender legs wrapped in snow-white silk wrapped around Ye Xiao's waist.

His gaze swept upwards over her slender waist and slightly full figure. The girl's rosy eyes were dreamy, and her trembling little hand covered one side of her rosy cheeks and her pink lips, which she was gently biting with her pearly teeth. She seemed to be both alluring and shy.

Holy crap, this is killing me!!!

Ye Xiao really couldn't understand it. Logically speaking, Ella was himself, but only when facing this guy did his inner impulses become like a flood that couldn't be stopped.

I've seen plenty of beautiful girls before, and I've never felt this agitated. Why am I, who shouldn't feel anything, suddenly so incredibly agitated?!

Ye Xiao couldn't understand it. He looked at Ella's rosy, adorable, and exquisite face, which was as cute as a work of art, right in front of him, and he almost couldn't resist.

No way! Greta is right here. Even if we were going to do *that*, we couldn't do it in a weird place like this dorm!

Ye Xiao glanced at the kitten out of the corner of her eye, only to see the little guy cover its big, bell-like eyes with one paw: "I...I won't peek!"

Chapter Sixty-Two: It's the Devil's Fault

What the hell are you looking at?! Stop them!

Ye Xiao didn't know why, even though he was on both sides, he still asked others to stop him, his brain was getting a little too hot.

Although Ella, who shared the same origin, was also filled with restlessness because of Ye Xiao's emotions, even though it was clearly just herself, her fingertips, clad in white silk gloves, couldn't help but trace small lines on Ye Xiao's flushed face through the blanket.

Fortunately, her more acute divine senses suddenly detected a subtle fluctuation in the room.

what?

As if she had a sudden realization, Ella flicked her finger, and a black tentacle grew out of the ground, curling up from under the bed near the other side of the wall to pull out a wooden box with an antique feel.

The brass lock on the box was casually knocked off by the tentacles, and a faint aura leaked out from the gap between the lid and the box, which also attracted Greta's attention.

The chubby kitten immediately jumped off the bed and pried open the lid of the box with its paws.

Inside was the same oilcloth with the magic circle drawn on it and the strange statue wrapped around it that Ye Xiao had seen when he first met his roommate.

Greta took the statue out of the box, pulled back the oilcloth, and the strange statue with bull horns, an ugly face, a resolute face, and a full chest was revealed to the three of them.

"A statue of Asamonte's little devil?" Greta's voice held a hint of surprise. "How did this get here?"

"Uh, could this be one of your good friends again?" Ye Xiao's attention was diverted by the sudden appearance of this thing, and the heat in her chest finally subsided.

However, it might be more important to try not to focus attention on Ella.

Ella had previously been secretly mocking herself, thinking that when Prince Raymond looked at her during the meeting on the terrace, his eyes were practically glued to her, and that a prince was nothing special.

Looking back, it seems that Ye Xiaoshi himself wasn't much better off.

He really thought that if Ella simply used her beauty to her advantage, she might be able to sweep through the Loren royal family.

“What good sister!” Greta insisted on maintaining her servant demon persona. “This is… a statue of a demon under the command of Lord Slaanesh.”

"Holy crap, Slaanesh??" Ye Xiao was speechless. What on earth was his roommate worshipping? "I was wondering why I felt like something was off. Was it because of this thing?!"

"However, there's only a tiny bit of divine power fluctuation above it, enough to have a slight effect on the emotions of ordinary people." Greta raised her cat head to look at Ye Xiao. "I think your current state is more due to your own actions..."

"Don't talk nonsense, it's clearly Slaanesh's fault!" Ye Xiao immediately rubbed the cat's head, which made Greta bite his hand. "Ouch!...By the way, why didn't you recognize this thing last night?"

“Hmm… I slept inside your clothes last night, and this thing didn’t have any divine power on it then, so I probably didn’t sense it.” Greta rubbed her chin with her paw. “It’s strange, how did this thing suddenly become imbued with divine power?”

"Hmm..." Ye Xiao took the small demon statue in his hand, trying to focus on his thoughts and not think too much about Ella sitting next to him. "It might be because..."

Before he could finish speaking, Ye Xiao suddenly noticed a shadow abruptly stop below the dormitory entrance not far away.

The door was then flung open, and Princess Skadi strode into the room, her voice tinged with anxiety: "Ye Xiao, I just... Hey? What's wrong? Are you sick? Why is your face so red?"

Holy crap!

Ye Xiao's heart almost stopped beating.

At this moment, he was wrapped in a bulging quilt, with only his head showing, like a larva that had just emerged from its cocoon.

If he hadn't seen the shadow under the door a second earlier and, with his master-level reflexes, pulled Ella into bed in that instant, he couldn't even imagine what would have happened next.

"Your Highness, this is the boys' dormitory. You should at least knock before coming in!"

Ye Xiao never imagined that not locking the door after taking a shower would lead to such a terrifying situation.