The next day.

Louis got up early and headed to the Adventurer Guild.

It seems something's up with William's family today, likely some wrap-up work after Lord Rudolph's funeral.

He initially planned to come over as soon as he finished handling things at home.

But Louis advised him to stay put for now.

Since they're within the teleportation range of the Iron Guard in Tino City, he won't need to leave home for a while.

It's better to accompany the elders during their final journey.

So, today he came to the guild primarily to meet Alice.

...

"Hey, busy guy, you finally decided to come out today."

At the partition door, Alice, who was teasing the receptionist with her legs crossed, tilted her head and said with a mischievous smile, clutching a wooden tankard.

Her tone had a bit of that noble-family's-son teasing the small household feel.

Louis patted the teary-eyed receptionist and said:

"You can leave for now; I'll handle this character."

Then, with a squeeze of his arm, Alice started howling.

"Title-holder adventurer oppressing poor female newbie!"

Someone from the neighboring partition poked their head out and cursed:

"Alice, you're no newbie, you're not even a woman!"

After saying this, he abruptly withdrew his head.

Just as he withdrew, a curved saber was embedded in the partition wall.

"If you want to fight, just say so."

A receptionist from downstairs shouted from afar:

"Miss Alice, remember to come down later to pay compensation for repairs!"

Alice waved her hand to show she understood.

Louis chimed in:

"Don't fight, don't fight, you won't kill anyone like this."

—Then Alice grabbed his arm and performed a shoulder throw.

"Do you yield?"

Alice grinned fiercely, exposing her white teeth.

"I yield, I yield, so will you help me up?"

Alice snorted, grabbed Louis with one hand, and placed him on a chair in the partition.

Louis looked at her in surprise and said:

"You got promoted?"

Considering the weight of his armor and himself, it wasn't light.

Alice had lifted him effortlessly, perfectly showing her improved strength control.

Alice smiled and said:

"You guessed it!"

Louis shrugged and said: "You were always a genius; it's only natural for you to advance quickly."

Not to mention she's currently in a state of building on solid foundations.

Although this world isn't structured like the realms in martial arts or immortal cultivation stories he read in his previous life, similar concepts do exist.

Including his current fusion with the Sin Dragon Armament as a Soul Mage, which rapidly grows in profession level through mental honing.

The Steel Soul flow speaks for itself.

The Steel Soul flow of Nine Blades involves a strong spirit and tempered will impacting the real world.

The more one refines their mind, the easier it is to reap benefits from accumulated efforts.

After killing the living corpse of a sapphire young dragon on Dragonbone Prairie, Alice resolved her mental knot, and will likely experience accelerated growth for a considerable period.

Promotion now is reasonable… not!

Louis looked at her with helplessness and said:

"Are you sure you weren't provoked by me? I just leveled up, and you all start leveling up one after another."

Alice giggled but didn't respond.

Louis looked at her and said:

"Grace will be going to the church for training soon; I haven't seen her active after her return. Did she head to the church?"

Alice shook her head and said:

"She's probably out in the outer city healing people now."

"Huh? The outer city isn't very safe. Let's go find her."

Alice said: "Alright, but it's unlikely any harm will come to her."

"Recently, Tino City has cracked down on crime a few times, and no one in their right mind would bother the church's healing team!"

Louis understood her implication.

Numerous factions' spies infiltrated Tino City earlier; clearly, they weren't new to the city.

But previously, in an attempt to probe the emperor, he and Beatrice played them, wiping out most of them.

Now, they're all withdrawn, licking their wounds in the dark.

Expecting them to emerge is a bit of a stretch.

Even the lesser minions from the gray and black zones below are quiet.

Although they didn't know what exactly transpired, they could tell things were off.

Now they are behaving as docile as Jerry cornered by Tom.

They have completely lost the desire to act.

Even the Thief Guild, which operates between the white and gray factions, is now stable.

Louis didn't dwell on it and quickly followed Alice to the outer city to see Grace's situation there.

Soon, he found Grace dressed plainly in clergy attire, holding a fruit basket, distributing items in the most desolate area of the outer city.

...

"Grace."

Grace, who was giving out apples, tilted her head to look at a colleague from the healing team.

She was a female priest who joined the Church of Glory and Justice alongside her.

She rushed over and hugged Grace's slender waist:

"You're handing out apples and coarse bread to those kids again."

Grace didn't reply. She carefully wiped the apples in the basket with a white cloth and handed one to a grimy boy from the outer city.

The boy took the apple and bread, cheered, and dashed away.

After distributing this batch of bread, she turned to her companion and asked:

"Did your side finish distributing?"

The female priest smiled and said:

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