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Regardless of strength or weakness, she's willing!
However, she had a premonition.
An Yi will definitely become stronger than her during the battle against the demons.
In just this short decade.
From Irene's perspective, An Yi is undoubtedly the strongest hero in the world.
If even he cannot grow to the point where he can stand before the Demon King.
Is there anyone else in this world who can do that?
The battle was over, and An Yi had a little free time. His two junior sisters had also gone out, so he thought he would spend some time with his master.
After all, even if I wanted to be with you in my past life, I couldn't.
He could avoid the topic for other reasons, such as fighting the demons, but if there were no other reasons, he would like to spend more time with his master.
An Yi: "Master, did you know that I can actually cook?"
Irene: "Oh? I didn't realize!"
"By the way, now that the battle is over, how about you cook for me?"
An Yi: "Okay."
Do you eat spicy food?
"what is that?"
“You’ll know after you try it.”
……
Meanwhile, in District Six of the Silvermoon Fortress, which was assigned to the Aldrich Theocracy, Lycorina was attending a meeting invited by the Theocracy. →♀
After a few celebratory remarks, the believer handed a document to Lycorina.
"Your Highness, please take a look."
Lycorina accepted it: "Okay."
Because Annie pointed out their "wasting time" problem back then, they now prepare everything for Lycorina to review so she can see it herself.
They realized that the saint's time was precious! It couldn't be wasted on their reports!
There aren't many things to see, but there's not a small amount either.
For Lycorina, defeating the demons was paramount, as she herself was a warrior who fought against demons.
Secondly, there are her duties as a saintess.
As a saintess and the world's first hero, she needs to step forward to inspire believers, heroes, and the people, and ignite their passion to fight against the demons.
For example, she had spoken out before this battle.
It's not a complete victory yet, so there's no celebration ceremony.
However, there is another matter that requires her attention.
That was the initial proposal she made to the Pope regarding the protection and preferential treatment of the hero's family.
This matter has been going on for some time now, and a large number of the heroes' families have gathered in the heart of the Aldrich Theocracy.
The matter itself went smoothly; the family members were settled, but…
Even the bravest warriors inevitably suffer losses.
Even though An'i's direct or indirect influence greatly reduced the death rate of the heroes, this is a war, and sacrifice is inevitable.
The families of the "living heroes" had no complaints, as their basic needs were met with stability and security.
But the families of the "deceased heroes" are a different story.
The family's hero has died. What should the National Assembly do next?
The heroes, as their family members, died at the call of the theocracy—is this the end of the matter?
Will they drive them away just because their hero died?
Some act out of greed, while others are driven by insecurity and doubt. (II)
Because if the Church did that, they would be like cargo, moved here and then moved back after important family members died in the war. (Alcohol)
It's like going on vacation somewhere for two or three months, and then a family member dies. *Hiss*
After going through a pointless, endless detour, his family was gone. (Ling)
Well... in the first place, it would have been better not to send our own heroes to fight at all!
At least they won't die if they don't fight the demons!
Lycorina was the one who proposed this; now, it's time for her to make a decision.
It's not that the high-ranking officials of other theocabulary states can't make the decision, nor that the Pope can't make the decision; rather, Lycorina is the ultimate decision-maker.
Whatever decision she makes, the Holy Kingdom can only support her. *Hiss*
Unless she voluntarily relinquishes the decision-making power and personally allows the higher-ups or the Pope to decide, she is the only one who can make the final judgment on this matter.
However, how could Lycorina possibly relinquish the decision-making power over this matter?
This concerns the future of the hero's family!
After reading the documents, Lycorina placed them on the table and fell into thought.
A believer stepped forward and placed another document on the table: "Your Highness, these are some of the solutions we have proposed so far."
If you don't use these options but have other ideas, you can do it your way.
However, whatever decision is made, we urge you to personally go to the city to reassure the people.
Lycorina nodded, then looked at the plan on the table.
She knew, even without the believers reminding her, that she had to personally step forward.
Whether as a saint or a decision-maker, she must personally convey her thoughts clearly.
Given her status, it would be far more appropriate for her to meet the public than to let other believers do so.
Lycorina frowned after reading the first proposal.
The first proposal stated that, in order to save costs, the families of the deceased heroes would be sent back, and then the families of the next generation of heroes would be brought over to replace them.
"How can this be?!" Lycorina exclaimed angrily. "Take it away! Absolutely not!"
The believer standing nearby, sweating profusely, nervously took the plan away.
They had actually anticipated that Lycorina would react this way; they were just trying their luck.
Of course, in reality they wouldn't really be that shameless.
They might reduce the subsidies and arrange slightly less desirable accommodations, but they won't actually send people back.
【Heroes of the Holy Land: An Yi, Miluco, and Mr. Layton, could you please come to the Hero Alliance meeting room? There are some things I'd like to discuss with you in person.】
The Shield Hero: Alright! Coming right away!
Hero of the Assassins: 1
Sword Hero: Miss Miluko, come to the fortress kitchen first. I'm cooking for my master and need a legitimate reason to leave.
If I just leave like this, the chef will think that I deliberately didn't want to cook for her.
Saintly Hero: An Yi, you can cook?! I've never eaten your cooking before!
Hero of the Assassins: ...Go.
On the other side, Milu, who had finally been able to enjoy some time alone, let out a long sigh.
"Ugh……"
More trouble is brewing!
Why don't you call him Mr. Layton?!
Chapter 183 You feed me!
In the fortress's kitchen, it was exactly three hours after lunch. The heroes had eaten their fill, but it wasn't quite dinner time yet.
Taking advantage of the moment, Annie decided to "show off her skills" using the kitchen utensils here.
Irene sat backwards on the chair next to her, her chin resting on the back of the chair, her arms crossed, her legs wide open without much regard for her image, watching Annie's cooking with great interest.
"By the way, what did you gain from the battle with the Sword Demon?" Six-Elf asked with a smile.
"Yes, I acquired a four-handed sword."
"Now I can wield three swords simultaneously with two invisible hands," Annie said.
Item: Four-Handed Sword Lv99
Item Description: Gain two freely controllable [invisible hands] and the ability to use two additional weapons.
Actually, for An Yi, this reward did not meet his expectations.
That makes sense; the opponent is just a sword demon from the border, so it's impossible for him to be given a [Demon Sword] right away.
If I had to rate it, I'd say...it's useful, but not entirely useful.
If something is useful, then it is useful; now he can legitimately use multiple weapons.
It's useless because he could have used multiple weapons anyway.
But it's fine, it'll be useful as a decoy when I use the [Sword Control Technique] later.
"That's not what I meant by that!" Irene laughed and scolded. "Your opponent was also a skilled swordsman, wasn't he? And he had more arms than you. Didn't you learn anything from fighting him?"
"Experience..."
An Yi suddenly remembered that she was still a "disciple". Although Irene knew that she was very talented, it did not mean that she could not teach her anything.
but……
“I don’t have much experience,” Annie said.
"Hmm... I wonder what your master hopes you can learn from this." Irene smiled.