The Little Swan asked, "Did it work?"

Louis said, "Yes, it did!"

The Little Swan asked again, "Really?"

Louis replied once more, "It really did work!"

"Hiss!"

The Little Swan pinched her cheek, momentarily unsure of what to say.

Her own mother was a Jade Phoenix Mage, or rather, a former one, which allowed her to oversee the ceremony.

But her mother couldn't help her inherit the position of Jade Phoenix Mage.

Because after her mother's passing, the position had already transferred to the next Jade Phoenix Mage.

The Little Swan managed to find the falling Jade Phoenix Mage of the Empire especially, completing the job transfer successfully.

In other words, the 13 positions for Jade Phoenix Mages are fully occupied now.

Yet now, seeing the Emerald Fire in Louis's hand, she felt a distinct warmth emanating from him.

This was the tacit understanding passed down through generations of Jade Phoenix Mages.

Oh dear, this description feels so strange!

The Little Swan's eyes suddenly lit up.

Running over, she shook Louis's hand, saying:

"Louis, Louis, come play with me for a while!"

Louis: ???

The Little Swan, hands on her hips, said:

"Do you remember the Jade Phoenix Alliance?"

"Of course, I remember."

"The Jade Phoenix Alliance created something fun a few years back. By virtue of the alliance's contract, one can enter a specific half-plane in the outer realm as a spirit form."

"I visited last night; it had a secret society vibe. Judging from the messages inside, there seems to be a small Jade Phoenix Mage meeting tomorrow."

"Tomorrow, accompany me inside, will you?"

As the Little Swan spoke, she continued to shake Louis's hand.

It was as if he wouldn't be let go if he disagreed.

After pondering for a moment, Louis said:

"The secret society members should know each other, right? What if I reveal myself as not part of the 13 members?"

The Little Swan pouted and said:

"No worries, I learned from previous Jade Phoenix Mages that once inside, everyone is empowered with consciousness-twisting magic."

"Not only do they not recognize each other, but many Jade Phoenix Mages inside are also strangers to each other."

"In fact, many haven't even entered the half-plane until now."

Suddenly, Louis's eyes shone with realization.

Could this be the state of today's internet?

Jade Phoenix Mage A: Dark Tyrannosaurus Warrior, I've traveled to Tino City today. Want to meet up offline?

Jade Phoenix Mage B: What are you saying? The signal here is bad; I'm hanging up!

Meanwhile, Jade Phoenix Mage C is covertly lurking, not saying a word in the group chat.

It all seems very plausible!

This mutual unfamiliarity makes it convenient for Louis's secretive plan.

"Let's do it!"

He agreed without hesitation.

An entertainer loves watching entertainment.

Lumi coughed once:

"His Highness Louis, it's late."

—In other words, since things are mostly resolved, wouldn't he leave quickly?

Louis nodded, satisfied, and jumped out of the window to leave.

The Little Swan only felt a slight twitch of her forehead blood vessel.

"Use and discard, treating me like a grime cloth!"

Despite being angry, she couldn't help feeling a bit defeated inside.

After Lumi left the room, the Little Swan stood before the full-length mirror and gently lifted her shirt.

Looking at her fair skin and her flat abdomen without an ounce of extra flesh, she murmured:

"A person who doesn't know how to appreciate!"

Thinking about it, she got even angrier.

And it's not like she doesn't have anything at all!

Tracing her finger over undulating hills, she hummed a tune and said:

"Tomorrow, let the kitchen prepare more papaya dishes, and drink an extra glass of milk at breakfast."

...

[Location: Tunisian Republic Border]

"Black Swan" Olivia holds the large magic staff in the gesture of gripping a gun with both hands.

Before her, layer upon layer of magic arrays magnify distant scenes to her view.

Her gaze remains as calm as still water.

Rays of light morph into spinning cones before her. She is fine-tuning her shooting direction using other remote detection spells.

On the light screen before her, tens of scenes from five kilometers away in the forest are displayed.

Like surveillance screens, these scenes converge before Olivia.

She quickly noticed a group of people in black moving fast through the forest.

"This way, the Rudelson from Ense to the Tower of Eternal Daylight is almost cleared."

In the next moment, the light cone before her blossomed like petals.

Seven-ring evocation spell: Radiant Burst.

Aided by the metamagic feat 'Spell Reach,' the spell turns into an unstoppable torrent of light shooting far away.

Five kilometers away.

A group of people is fleeing in panic.

"Monster! There's a monster!"

"Why are we targeted by such a creature?"

"The typical squad from the division met its end after a few encounters!"

"Enough, stop talking. Let's first escape to outside the Tower of Eternal Daylight. The rigid mages in Tunisia surely won't tolerate such madness..."

His voice hadn't even fallen before he shuddered forward.

The person beside him hadn't urged him to hasten when they saw the scene of his partner's skull being lifted.

—Unaware of when, his companion had turned into a Headless Knight.

The corpse staggered forward a few steps as if just realizing, swayed, then collapsed into the dirt.

"Ah! Ah! That devil is here!"

He cried in terror.

Suddenly, his upper body inflated like a balloon, swelling instantly.

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