Huh? Are they all real?...

"But I think she might really be worth it for me to refuse your request."

Is that girl that special?

The moon goddess was still unwilling to give up, partly because she still wanted to give Lily as a gift to her king.

It was also because she felt she needed to know more.

Tell me why.

Rose Lorian reclaimed the throne of the Eternal King and said:

"Tell her first how she met your king."

Since it was a question that could be asked directly to the family member, after a brief moment of thought, Selene gave a straightforward answer:

"can!"

The elf's signature long ears perked up instinctively.

Rose Lorian felt she was very close to the truth.

After carefully listening to Selene's answer.

As Rose Lorian traced the connections between these elements, she asked the Moon Goddess:

"So she met your king outside the Seven Hills, and that's why she followed King Vlad into the Seven Hills?"

As far as I remember, that day was also the day when she and my emperor met.

"Yes."

"And then you said that you first met her when you returned to Seven Hills with your King Vlad? And at that time, she was carrying that moon-white longbow? Are you sure that was my bow?"

"Yes, and I'm quite certain of it, because it was with that bow that I discovered she was one of your kin."

Rose Lorian, who had already sat back down, didn't even realize that she had stood up again.

The fact that she carried the bow signified the end of her encounter with His Majesty at Qiqiu.

Just when the Moon King returns?

So, does the Moon King have some kind of relationship with His Majesty?

As the thoughts and inquiries within the palace deepened...

The goddess, hidden in the black veil, also stood barefoot on the branches of the sacred tree's canopy.

Round and smooth like a pearl, faintly visible, as bright and clear as the moon.

Undoubtedly a masterpiece born from original preference.

And right beneath her feet was the throne room of the old capital.

Here, the black goddess hidden behind the curtains can see the interaction between the two goddesses clearly.

It was also when the Shadow Sun was getting closer to the truth and was about to uncover the truth.

The goddess, hidden behind the veil, reached out to the treetop and carefully plucked a golden leaf.

After gazing at the leaf in his hand for a moment, the leaf, wrapped in gold and grace, drifted down.

Then it disappeared above the palace.

At the same time, Rose Lorian's understanding also completely leaned towards another reasonable inference:

The Moon King, the Sword and Shield King, the Eternal King—the great beings who had once passed away have all returned.

His Majesty, who should have appeared in the Seven Hills but appeared in Osai, and the Moon King, who should have had nothing to do with His Majesty but appeared in the Seven Hills.

A stranger who encountered the Moon King but whose occult connection with my Majesty led him to a point of intersection.

To this day, no one knows who summoned the stranger, the mysterious being, and the successive appearances of departed kings.

The foreign land that the two share is said to be the foreign land where they originally promised to return.

So, do my Majesty and the Moon King know each other? Or perhaps they are facing the same predicament?

Amidst the moon goddess's curiosity, she was somewhat astonished to hear the shadowy sun speak to her in surprise:

“Your King, the King of the Moon, He should know my Majesty, not just as a person, but as someone who has truly met face to face and had close interactions with me.”

Yes, that's it. The girl's connection with His Majesty didn't arise because she met him.

Her connection to His Majesty came through when she met the Moon King, who was related to the Emperor!

That's why my Majesty was at the Orsay instead of the Seven Hills!

This could even explain why the sacred tree appeared in Baratheon.

Sword and Shield King, who is also a Returnee, should also be involved!

Should the three of them be together?

After all, the return of the three of them remains a mystery.

Moreover, the Sword and Shield King has not appeared since his coronation.

A tremendous sense of crisis began to engulf the Shadow Sun.

She suddenly felt that she might be facing an unimaginably powerful enemy.

Selene, still bewildered, asked:

"What do you mean? How could my Majesty know the Eternal King?"

One is from the First Age, and the other is from the Second Age; they are from completely different eras!

Rose Lorian had stepped down from the throne and the steps, and stood directly before the Moon Goddess.

She asked that question again:

Has His Majesty already left your side?

The moon goddess, who had sensed a hint of fear in the elves' eyes, finally gave a direct response:

Yes, but I can't tell you more.

"So you know that the Sword and Shield King hasn't appeared since his coronation?"

Selene's expression also changed completely at this moment.

A deep chill spread from her back.

"What do you mean?"

"Your king, my king, the king of the goddess Ansa, are all returnees, returnees whose reasons for their successful return remain unknown. If I am not mistaken, they all appeared and then disappeared!"

"It was as if their presence was solely to resolve some major issue that required their attention."

"And this can even go further and include Saint Constantine, who had a brief moment of glory in Baratheon!"

Selene slowly widened her incredibly beautiful eyes:

"Do you suspect they're being manipulated by something?"

In that instant, Selene remembered the one who had made a deal with her Majesty.

The owner of that terrifying heartbeat.

"Is there anything you don't know?"

Noticing the change in the other party's expression, Youying Taiyang asked directly.

The Moon Goddess stared blankly at the mirror spirit before her and said:

“My king told me that he made a deal with a certain being, and if I’m not mistaken, that being is the source of the power of Sauron’s nineteen rings.”

"That is, the owner of the heartbeat from before."

The two goddesses looked increasingly horrified.

A moment later, they made the same decision—to go to Baratheon!

Yggdrasil, who had been watching the two goddesses depart from behind the curtain, silently returned to the water mirror.

All we need to do is get them off track of the truth.

Compared to the discovery of the truth, everything else is a trivial detail.

Moreover, she had things that concerned her even more.

As she pondered in silence, she sat down in front of an empty bed.

A moment later, she knelt down and began to rub against the air.

Finally, the goddess hidden behind the curtain cradled something as if holding it in her hands, carefully pulling out her knees while kissing the void.

When the goddess raised her head, both she and Moen stood there, touching their lips in a daze.

I'll resume two updates a day tomorrow, totaling 6,000 words; today, I'll only write 4,000 words for now. My mental state is completely ruined by my SIM card malfunction.

My SIM card, which I'd used for six or seven years, suddenly broke down, and to make matters worse, I was running errands at the time, wasting an entire afternoon of my time and energy.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Chapter 234 Rome's Restoration of Slavery (4k)

On the ocean ferry, Moen was sitting on the edge of the bed, intently looking at his pocket watch.

I've been away from Seven Hills for three days now, and I'm definitely far away from the goddess.

But the pocket watch did not show any indication.

As is customary, the pocket watch would usually bring him back to the Human Union at this time.

But there has been no response so far.

This made Moen a little uneasy.

He didn't know if the pocket watch was reminding him that things weren't over yet, or if the pocket watch itself had broken down after the previous rewind and was no longer able to take him back to the Human Alliance.

Neither of those things is something Moen wants to happen.

But the pocket watch remained silent, even though it had clearly helped him.

The only thing that comforted Moen was that the pocket watch would still automatically return to him, just like before, and if it went too far, it would reappear in one of his pockets.

This at least shows that the pocket watch wasn't completely broken.

After sighing, Moen carefully put the pocket watch away again.

This time, it was still held close to my heart, together with Ansa's hair ring.

But the reason is no longer to use it to block bullets at critical moments.

After putting away the pocket watch, Moen began to look at the two rings in his hand with a headache.

The Lord of the Rings is nothing special; you can just keep it with you.

However, he was a little unsure how to place Selene's hair ring.

It can stay in your hand now, but what if you meet another goddess?

Back then, you couldn't exactly wear it openly on your wrist, could you?

But when that time really comes, where will I put Selene's hair ring?

Ansa's hair ring is already placed on her chest!

Or, we could take off the Ring and put it in there as a secret item?

Or should I wear more layers of clothing, placing them inside and outside separately?

Moen thought it was theoretically feasible.

At the same time, Moen thought of something else, and he took out Ansa's hair ring as well.

After stroking the Ring for a moment, he put it on his hand.

And so, Moen now had three rings on his hands.

Moen also tried to sense the changes in his surroundings.

Nothing has changed; I was right.

If you are far from the goddess and do not keep the two rings together, you will be fine under the protection of the Ring.