He directly turned his head to look at Beatrice:

"Is it okay to have such a thing in the city?"

Beatrice glanced at the statue and said:

"I asked my father years ago, and his opinion was that it's fine."

Louis shrugged.

Alright then.

If the emperor says it's fine, then it's fine.

When he first entered the city, he noticed that the towering Love God statue was very similar to something he'd seen before.

Indeed.

During the battle of Shadow Country, the divine forged avatar left behind by the Dark Night Goddess Shire.

However, this statue's destructive power should be greater compared to the divine forged avatar of Dark Night Goddess Shire.

After all, the avatar of the night had been stacked with numerous debuffs.

For instance, the main body of the avatar had already fallen.

For instance, the avatar hadn't been maintained for many years.

For instance, part of the Dark Night Goddess's faith was stolen by the Queen of Shadow Country and ended up as the Black Swan's possessions.

In any case, the power that the divine forged avatar could unleash during the battle of Shadow Country was substantially restricted.

From this point of view, no matter what, that divine forged avatar couldn't compare to the power of this divine forged avatar in the City of Art.

It's just that he's not quite sure why the emperor would allow the Church of Love God to place such a top-tier demigod-like weapon within the city.

Alright.

Strictly speaking, he does understand.

Although the Ense Empire's imperial power is still supreme, there is quite close cooperation with various True God Churches.

According to the Greed Diary, when the original owner found it impossible to save the empire, they chose to entrust the future of the empire to the Church of Glory and Justice.

Unconsciously, he suddenly remembered a line written in the Greed Diary.

"Sin · Greed responded to his call, offering all its power and existence, the lingering echo of Ense Empire, and the authority of Libra Saintess as sacrifices, forging the final crystal of greed authority."

From these words, it seems Grace also became part of the sacrifice.

Louis would not foolishly think the original owner plotted against Grace, making her part of the sacrifice.

Clearly, the entry of the Church of Glory and Justice was the result of the original owner's consent.

After Beatrice's death, the emperor transformed into the Destruction Black Sun, and the empire's main forces were essentially buried in the Fallen Shadow Nether Realm, allowing the church to come in was the simplest way to preserve the last remnants of the empire.

Since the Church of Glory and Justice agreed to do such a thing, they couldn't possibly be unaware of the original owner's plan.

Considering their pope was a sin himself...

A subtle guess flashed in Louis's mind.

The final production of the original owner's "Greed Diary," its power technically exceeds any of Louis's current sin skills.

Many of his trump cards now are obtained through the Greed Diary.

Especially the Sin Dragon armament.

The Greed Diary's timeline consolidation seems to transform some powers originally lost due to his future changes into more controllable forces through the Greed Diary as a transfer device.

Moreover, since the original owner had already paid the price, the side effects Louis bears when using corresponding skills are smaller than expected.

He used to think Greedy Curiosity would turn him into a beast of knowledge.

But it turns out you only need ample knowledge to fill the void and suppress that agitation.

He used to think the Greed Dominator would make him an infamous slave master, trying to squeeze every last bit of value from others.

However, he scarcely felt any significant side effects from the Greed Dominator... no, is particularly enjoying squeezing Limuru considered?

He used to think the Mask of Greed would split his personality, but so far, the biggest cost of the Mask of Greed seems to be excessive mana consumption?

The price is really too low.

Unlike Beatrice's previous attitude of extreme caution when discussing sins.

...until he saw generations of Sin · Lust.

He finally understood, the issue was with him.

His mind was somewhat chaotic.

Judging from the current results, Grace in the previous life seemed to have willingly fulfilled the original owner's plan?

It's just unclear whether this was a requirement from the church or her own choice.

In a daze, he seemed to recall the final dialogue when he was pressed onto the guillotine, lifting his head to converse with Grace.

...

She said:

"Enough, proceed with the execution."

He said: "If I said this had nothing to do with me, would you believe?"

The saintess was silent, finally sighed softly:

"Goodbye, lightless emperor, may you find your worth in the world after death."

...

Reflecting carefully, Grace in the previous life had a somewhat peculiar attitude during the execution.

Louis suppressed the thoughts in his heart.

He took another look at the divine forged avatar of Love God.

Few know about divine forged avatars.

Even within the various churches, only a handful are aware of such a weapon.

Most of the time, this thing is used as a church's trump card weapon.

It's unknown what the emperor did to allow the Church of Love God to bring their divine forged avatar here, placing it in Robert City.

He looked at Beatrice and said:

"What's the main purpose of the visit this time?"

Louis and Beatrice's journey was not randomly chosen despite being a honeymoon.

For instance, Byron Territory in Northern Flower Capital, was to investigate whether the local magical creature ecosystem was overloaded.

Byron Territory has long suffered from monster invasions and is a northern city of concern for the royal family.

But the City of Art is relatively strange.

Though it has good artistic value, the location doesn't quite meet the requirements for this visit.

For an area to be listed by Beatrice, it generally has to meet one of three criteria, or contain all three elements.

1. Military stronghold

2. Northern economic hub

3. Cave area

Byron Territory meets the first condition.

However, for art, despite its value, transforming this into an economic hub with the current continental transportation situation is unachievable.

Robert City doesn't seem heavily guarded at present, and there's no portal to another world on the Ense Cave Map here.

Its inclusion on the candidate list, finally being chosen by him, was rather surprising.

However, upon arriving here, he quickly sensed something was off.

After all... If it's merely an art city, the Church of Love God wouldn't throw their trump card here.

Even Beatrice mentioned the emperor agreed.

That makes it odd.

"Beatrice, is there something wrong with this city?"

Beatrice fell silent for a moment, sighed softly:

"Father said, we'll know when it's time."

Louis: ???

The enigma person needs to leave!

He's having a PTSD episode.

Judging by the emperor's character, it's likely a plan has been completed beforehand, awaiting harvest.

Unknown if they are the ones meant to reap.

"Father didn't arrange for me to handle this; this visit is mainly to deal with a special treasure."

After Beatrice said this, Louis was a bit relieved and casually asked:

"What kind of treasure requires your personal handling?"

Beatrice looked at Louis and said:

"Strictly speaking, it also has quite a bit to do with you."

"Ah?"

Louis was bewildered.

Why is this linked to him?

Beatrice said:

"To be precise, you've already encountered similar treasures."

Louis paused for a moment.

Robert City is the City of Art, a gathering place for one of the empire's top three auction houses.

Because of its uniqueness, the auction here mainly deals with significant artistic treasures.

City of Art, artworks, auction, treasure...

This succession of keywords flashed through his mind, he cautiously said:

"Could it be Lady Xilin's world-famous painting?"

Of all the artistic knowledge he doesn't quite have, the most impressive work he's encountered is naturally Lady Xilin's work.

It's like the otherworldly version of the divine painter Ma Liang, a genius painter in a high-magic edition.

Beatrice smiled and said:

"Congratulations on guessing right; we're here because we need to purchase one of Lady Xilin's paintings, titled—"

"Snow Country Border."

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