I traveled through time and space as a villain and became her heart-stealer.

The soreness and swelling from the congestion continued to surge, and Richard soon began to feel blacking out and shortness of breath.

"I……"

He tried to struggle, but the beautiful woman's slender fingers were like iron clamps, motionless.

Richard began to regret it.

He thinks he's a jerk, a villain.

He took advantage of the girl's longing for beautiful love and used her as a cover to achieve his real purpose of invading the City of Beloved.

But he doesn't have a choice, does he?

Just like people cannot choose their own birth and cannot control their own destiny.

He also cannot choose whether to fall into depravity or pure love.

After all, he was born in that country.

Finally, with a crisp sound of broken bones, Richard's struggling arms slowly went limp.

The sounds around me gradually faded away, and the world fell into darkness again.

Before his consciousness faded, Richard suddenly thought of something.

It turns out that you can die again in the afterlife.

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PS: Here comes another long chapter of 3,000 words!

Chapter 73: Revolving Lantern

Richard shuddered and gradually regained consciousness.

He suddenly opened his eyes, looked at the scene in front of him, and stood there with a dazed expression.

The scene before my eyes changed again.

This time, Richard appeared in a large, empty conference room.

The silver-white magic lamp, like a beam of light, hung in the center of the round table, illuminating the profiles of the participants sitting in the seats.

Richard stood at the very end, looking at the eight beautiful girls under the silver light, and felt his mind was in a mess.

Where is this place?

After a brief thought, Richard realized that his brain was buzzing and he felt dizzy.

But one thing is certain.

This is not Lianna's home.

After he died of suffocation, he jumped to another place.

Am I... alive again?

Richard looked around with a dull expression, fear still lingering in his heart, and he was breathing heavily.

Experiencing two deaths in just one day would be too terrifying for anyone.

Richard felt his stomach churning and heaving non-stop. His body was convulsing, suggesting that his spirit was at its limit.

But in fact, it is not over yet.

Once again, he appeared in unfamiliar surroundings.

Richard suppressed his palpitations, took a few deep breaths, and looked around him again.

The large round table is neat and immaculate. The tabletop is made of sandalwood and is carved with intricate and delicate patterns. You can tell at a glance that it is very expensive.

There were nine seats at the round table, eight of which were occupied by various beautiful girls, and one was left vacant.

The beautiful girls present were either graceful, or quirky, or arrogant, or with sickly grins.

They all have one thing in common.

In the Empire of Joy, they all play an important role.

At this moment, Richard stood in the corner of the conference room, silent. He looked at the dark and huge conference room and vaguely remembered where he was.

A year ago, the top brass of the Joy Empire held a meeting.

The content of the meeting was to invade the Pure Love Kingdom.

But unlike previous invasions, the reason for this invasion is not as simple as spreading the doctrine of pleasure.

The eight beautiful girls present had other purposes.

"That guy has disappeared for a long time..."

At this moment, a beautiful girl at the conference table suddenly spoke with a meaningful tone.

Everyone stopped talking and prepared to get down to business.

Richard looked in the direction of the voice and saw the beautiful girl in a high position, and couldn't help feeling a little confused.

In his sight, there was not a single beautiful girl showing her true face.

Not only the beautiful girl who spoke, but everyone present had their faces covered by a layer of black gauze, making it impossible to see clearly.

It seems like it is intentionally covering up.

"It's been three months, right?" Another beautiful girl next to her spoke with a cold tone.

There was a faint smell of gunpowder in the air.

"Maybe he's dead."

"That's impossible. Although he doesn't have much fighting ability, no one can catch him if he escapes."

"He hasn't been back for three months. Is that bastard going there to attract attention again?"

"I must squeeze him dry when I come back!"

The women were furious and kept talking with gnashing teeth.

Richard struggled to remember who they were talking about.

Looking at the entire Pleasure Empire, there is probably only one person who can bring all the girls together and make them love and hate him.

The chief magician of the Empire of Joy and also the greatest alchemist in the empire——

Oatley.

The sudden disappearance of such an important figure for three months was a heavy blow to the Joy Empire.

The purpose of this meeting is most likely to discuss how to get him back.

"If this continues, our concealment of the truth from the public will soon be exposed."

"There are rumors flying everywhere now, right?"

"You have to know when to stop flirting with women. It's not good to hurt your body, hehe..."

As if some kind of switch had been triggered, the women's conversations were filled with hints of swords and sabers, and the smell of gunpowder filled the air on the conference table.

All in all, there are only two words to describe Hohenheim:

Scumbag!

At this moment, a Gothic Lolita suddenly spoke up, interrupting the conversation:

— "I know where Otley is."

The Gothic Lolita's light words acted like an alarm, silencing the entire meeting room.

Everyone turned their heads and looked at the Gothic Lolita.

The Gothic Lolita raised the corners of her lips slightly, and even when facing the other seven beautiful girls, she still did not lose out in momentum.

With a meaningful smile, the Gothic Lolita then slowly spoke:

"The Kingdom of Pure Love."

"If you still want him to come back, you should plan an invasion as soon as possible and find the heart-stealing thief."

Richard couldn't help swallowing.

This was the only beautiful girl whose face he could see clearly.

Gothic Lolita.

The other person was only about 1.5 meters tall, but older than him.

Richard usually calls her Sister Xue.

But in such a serious occasion, Richard could only address the other party by her position - "the boss lady".

At the round table, a beautiful girl lowered her voice and asked in a cold tone:

"What evidence do you have?"

The Gothic Lolita smiled calmly, as if she had expected such a question, and then slowly said:

"I am the minister in charge of the human trade of the Pleasure Empire. In the Pure Love Kingdom, I have as many spy liner items as I want."

"If you don't trust me, who else can you trust?"

As she spoke, the Gothic Lolita smiled smugly, as if she was showing off her achievements.

The women looked at each other and could only swallow their anger for the time being.

Gothic Loli was right. She was the only one present who could ensure that the evidence was correct.

"Okay, then what is the most critical means of invasion? What method should we choose?"

"As for the method, I have already brought it to you."

As she spoke, the Gothic Lolita smiled and glanced back in Richard's direction.

Richard felt inexplicably cold in his hands and feet, as if he were a specimen being displayed to everyone.

Richard coughed lightly and straightened his chest to show his loyalty.

"He is the key to this operation, Richard Plantarenay."

"Richard will appear as bait in our place to attract the firepower of the Pure Love Kingdom's inspectors."

"He has a fiancée, who I arranged nine years ago and can be used in this operation."

"They can be used as a cover, under the name of an engaged couple, to buy you some time to take action yourself."

"I believe that with your abilities, as long as Richard can hold up the Supervisory Detachment for a few months, it won't be difficult to find your sweetheart, right?"

The girls looked at the Gothic Lolita and each other, with a hint of surprise in their eyes.

Everyone present had heard of Richard's existence.

He was an orphan adopted by Gothic Lolita in his early years. He possessed a very high talent for magic and had learned almost all the common skills of pleasure magic.

Among ordinary people, he is one in ten thousand.

On the other hand, since Gothic Lolita personally takes care of his daily life, he is willing to become Gothic Lolita's loyal warrior and be loyal to her.

The beautiful girls all glanced over Richard's body, as if they wanted to dig out his insides and examine them carefully.

"Richard, are you really willing to be the bait and delay things for months?"

The beautiful girls looked at him with suspicion, staring at his eyes.

Richard couldn't help swallowing and his heartbeat quickened.

Will he?

How could that be possible? He just had to obey orders.

But, if it's for Sister Xue...

Yes.

Only for Sister Xue, he is willing to give everything.

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