Recently, Rastina has been very enthusiastic about doing business.

Mohe handed over the financial control of the mansion to Rastina. Of course, she also had her own little fortune. Operating the mansion's economy by herself, she just wanted to grow some ordinary grapes to brew wine. Maintaining her setting as the owner of a mansion in a small town.

But now Rastina is being bold and daring in her business dealings.

After all, there's nothing to worry about.

Is there anyone in the world with a background bigger than hers? Not having to worry about others' underhanded tricks is already a reassuring thing when doing business. In the realm of commerce, Rastina is confident she won't lose to anyone. But if anyone wanted to physically ruin her?

Are they courting death! I'm working for the Demon King and the Hero! Do they feel they've lived too long? Finding a place to hang oneself is definitely more worthwhile than offending the Demon King.

After all, in a certain sense, offending the Demon King makes dying difficult.

Of course, Rastina doesn't act rashly. While Lisidorwei and Doro haven't moved away yet, she always takes one of them with her when she goes out for business, ensuring her safety.

But Mohe gave her a business task.

"You should take a trip to the Elf Kingdom. By this time, the elves should be able to harvest the Life Dew. See if you can acquire some."

Life Dew.

No merchant could possibly have not heard of this item. Sword Saint Ah Xion can have the seemingly youthful power like the elves because he used Life Dew when he was young. Although, in essence, it doesn't make one truly eternally young. But it indeed can extend life and keep one youthful.

It sounds quite inferior to the Demon King's eternity... but who could covet the Demon King?

Life Dew is an extremely rare item, most of the time it never falls into the hands of other races. The elves use it themselves.

The elves rarely bring this item out for trade.

Even if they do, it certainly wouldn't be something Rastina could buy.

Rastina originally wanted to say this but seeing Mohe's eyes, she suddenly realized that whether she could buy it might not be so important. The important thing is what the Demon King wants to achieve with this. If she remembers correctly, under the Elf Mother Tree in the Elf Kingdom, there's a sunken organ of the Demon King at the bottom of the pond, something that symbolizes magic - the "liver".

Is this her objective?

Rastina doesn't dare to make wild guesses, after all, regarding matters of the Demon King... she can't guarantee her conjectures are correct.

Speaking of magic... regarding the Ice and Snow Kingdom battlefield, it seems—

This is somewhat inconsistent with Mohe's style. Looking at the events in Butuo City, if we broke it down beforehand, we would find that Mohe had already prepared thoroughly when she first went to Kenku Island alone. The subsequent developments were entirely within her expectations, the only difference was her change of mind.

But at this time, even though the war in the Ice and Snow Kingdom is about to begin, she is asking herself to go to the Elf Kingdom to do business. Just the time needed for the journey is too much, what is she really thinking?

"I'll try my best."

That's all she can say.

"Then I'll leave it to you."

...

Wise Adriana. Living in a place called the Tower of the Sage.

As a Mage Union where the "nobles" gather, this organization is wealthy beyond comparison, specifically building this great creation to seal the horn of the Demon King.

Moreover, the Mage Union's private land is even larger than Kenku Island. Mages are permitted to build their own residences here, bring their servants, and continue to live a comfortable life.

Many nobles come here, dedicating themselves to the careful study of magic after passing down their duties to their descendants.

At this very moment, lightning flashed and struck directly into the Tower of the Sage.

"Thunder Emperor, I remember you should be on your way to conquer the Ice and Snow Kingdom. What brings you suddenly to the guild, what do you want to do?"

Though he bears the domineering name of the Thunder Emperor, the person who appeared in Adriana's office with the lightning was a delicate-looking, even bespectacled, blond male.

Generally speaking, most mages possess this style.,

"Adriana, what are you thinking? Are you supporting the Snow Elves?"

Adriana put down the quill in her hand: "If you think I'm supporting them, then you need to provide evidence."

"I've already checked the preparations of those Snow Elves. Those magic arrays are not of the Snow Elf's tradition."

"A decade ago, when the alliance collectively crusaded against the Demon King, the alliance exchanged knowledge, and at that time, the Snow Elves shared the results of their magical research. What's so strange about others being able to use it?" Adriana refocused her attention on the documents in her hand, "If that's what you want to discuss, I don't have time to idle with you."

Arcs of electricity flickered around the Thunder Emperor: "Adriana, do you really believe yourself to be invincible in the world?"

"I don't know if I'm invincible in the world. If you think you're invincible, you can give it a try. Has the title of Thunder Emperor made you so conceited that you think you can overlook the Demon King?"

Almost in an instant, terrifying lightning engulfed the whole room like an ocean.

However, when the arcs dissipated, Adriana still sat calmly at her desk. The quill in her hand remained busy, flipping through document after document, making decisions: "Are you done causing trouble? If you're finished, do not disturb my work. There's a lot for the Mage Union president to handle, and much of it involves you all."

"You'd better truly have no dealings with the Snow Elves."

The Thunder Emperor snorted coldly and disappeared with the lightning.

Adriana paused her handling of the documents, her eyes showing seriousness for the first time, because outside her window, there was a black crow.

"Demon King?"

"Oh~ as expected of the Wise One, such keen intuition."

"A creature that can resurrect after being struck by the Thunder Emperor; I think only the Demon King can create such a being."

Adriana's demeanor changed from her previously dismissive interaction with the Thunder Emperor, now quite earnest.

"No need to be so wary. Besides immortality, this creature has no merits. If you're interested, I can give it to you for study. I heard you've set up a heavenly net, waiting for me to collect my horn? My arrival should excite you, shouldn't it?"

The crow tilted its head, its dark eyes seemingly revealing a hint of confusion.

"No matter how confident I feel in dealing with you, after Charlette and Adeline were defeated, I should at least have learned some lessons, increasing my vigilance against you, Demon King. If I were you, I wouldn't act so arrogantly smart."

"Ah~ Wisdom, intelligence, such things are hard to conceal. If you want to hide your cleverness, you have to pretend to be a fool, to gauge the thoughts of fools, and merge with them. Such a thing is quite painful. I am the Demon King; I wouldn't wrong myself like that."

"So, what brings you here?"

"I'm just here to take a look, and coincidently, I have a question I want to ask you. It's very important to me."

"Do you think I would answer?"

The crow nodded: "Perhaps? I actually want to know your reason for betraying A·Gedora. If Charlette, the Wise King, acted against A·Gedora for the benefit of humanity, and Adeline was half-deceived, Ah Xion made ridiculous actions due to his own stupidity, and Nephilim's situation related to the Curse Masters... what about you? Whether A·Gedora exists or not doesn't seem to affect you."

This person named Adriana, with or without removing A·Gedora, remains the president of the Mage Union, and the nature of the Mage Union — unlike the Alchemists' Guild with strong expansion needs — wouldn't change based on the presence or absence of the Hero.

The most crucial matter for this organization is stability; rather, as the president of the Mage Union, acting against A·Gedora was counterintuitive. This would merely introduce instability.

This question, in truth, was a probing question.

But Adriana's expression remained exceptionally calm: "Why act against him? Don't you know best, Demon King? The reasons are no different from removing you."

"Oh? Are you genuinely worried he'll become another Demon King?"

"It's not about fearing he'll become another Demon King... this matter is unrelated to his own will; he will inevitably become another you."

The crow laughed, raucously, unpleasantly, and piercingly.

"What an interesting answer, Adriana. You are far more intriguing than I imagined. By this logic, does it mean if Gedora and I die, you'll immediately act against Charlette and Adeline? After all, they too have frightening plans that would, sooner or later, turn them into another us."

"If they have the potential for success."

"I didn't see the Mage Union intervening in the Butuo City affairs."

"If she succeeded in Butuo City, I wouldn't let her have a chance to occupy other places."

The crow gazed deeply at Adriana, then transformed into a normal crow.

Adriana knew the Demon King had left the body of this crow.

She reached out, directly grabbed the crow, crushed it, and then watched as the crow reassembled.

Many small seals appeared, just as Mohe had mentioned, as she sent this crow to Adriana for research.

Within the residence, Mohe sighed softly: "So, there were such thoughts too!"

Her expression held a hint of loneliness.

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