After confirming that Gars wouldn't be making any complaints anytime soon, Liens temporarily relaxed.

As for the remaining three, he could only hope that none of them would act foolishly.

Mainly, he wasn't familiar with those three on the surface, and approaching them rashly would only make him suspicious.

However, they were all his accomplices; surely no accomplice would report their own companion, right?

But if they really caused the failure of this Instance plan, then next time, Liens would have to consider eliminating interference first.

"I sincerely hope they don't mess with their own Life," Liens muttered to himself.

After some more time, Liens and his team finally returned to the city.

The residents in the city were very surprised to see them all covered in blood, with some soldiers even carrying the corpses of monsters.

The monsters had been attracted by the bloody smell of the Goblin stronghold and were then killed one by one under the siege of the soldiers.

From all indications, the residents realized that this army had gone out to hunt monsters.

The residents weren't very clear on how long ago such a thing had happened last.

But it was definitely a long time ago, otherwise, the area outside the city wouldn't be so dangerous now.

If it weren't for Adventurers constantly hunting monsters, suppressing the number of monsters outside the city to a certain extent, there would probably have been monster sieges.

So upon realizing that the army had finally started doing its proper job, many residents' faces broke into smiles.

Although these soldiers were usually a bit arrogant and overbearing, as long as they could clear out the monsters outside the city, their arrogance was irrelevant.

Once the area outside the city became safe, they would be able to go out and cultivate more land, plant more food, and then everyone would be able to eat their fill.

Moreover, after the area outside the city became safe, it would be easier for both local merchant caravans to leave and foreign merchant caravans to enter.

Then, the prices in Kara City should be able to drop.

With fantasies of a better future, many residents applauded the returning army.

And upon hearing the residents' applause, many soldiers' tired faces broke into smiles.

Perhaps this was the true meaning of their uniform's existence.

...

In the afternoon, at the Military Fortress, in Lucrezia's room.

After returning to the fortress and taking a rest, Liens, who had been silently waiting, was finally invited into this room, which many soldiers dreamed of.

Liens was currently in the living room, which could also be called Lucrezia's study.

Because besides two opposing sofas and a coffee table in between, the rest were bookshelves and some desks with official documents placed on them.

The floor was covered with a red carpet, and a few green potted plants were placed in the corners of the living room.

The living room was not large, nor did it have much decoration; such a layout was a bit out of place for Princess Lucrezia's status.

It was far inferior to the rooms of the noble lords he had seen in the Glenbagen Family.

However, he wasn't here to look at the room.

So after a brief glance and constructing a battle space in his mind, Liens focused his gaze on the beautiful figure sitting on the sofa.

At this moment, Lucrezia was brewing tea, her graceful movements like an artistic performance.

Unfortunately, Liens didn't understand tea culture, let alone what brewing tea entailed.

However, he knew that interrupting someone while they were concentrating was very annoying.

So Liens waited silently until Lucrezia had poured the tea before speaking.

"I wonder what Lady Lucrezia thinks of my strength?" Liens asked Lucrezia earnestly while sitting on the sofa.

"Very strong!"

"Your performance in the morning's battle to clear the Goblin stronghold truly surprised me."

"To achieve such swordsmanship without even touching the Extraordinary domain..."

"Even by my standards, you are a true genius."

"Even looking across the entire country, examples like you are very rare. Besides that one, you are the only case I have ever seen."

Lucrezia took a small sip of tea, then praised Liens directly.

"Thank you for your praise, Lady Lucrezia, but compared to you, I am merely a firefly's light."

Liens replied modestly.

Lucrezia glanced at Liens indifferently, saying nothing, waiting for his next statement.

"However, although I am a firefly, I also yearn to merge into a greater radiance."

"So I hope to become a humble light by your side, Lady."

"I want to exhaust myself for you, Lady. Whatever you ask me to do, I will do it. If you tell me to go east, I will absolutely not take a single step west."

Liens continued directly.

The meaning of these words was obvious; Lucrezia naturally understood Liens' thoughts.

"You want to pledge allegiance to me?"

"Why? Are you interested in me?" Lucrezia said jokingly.

"Lady, you jest... Your beauty can even captivate gods, so how could a small person like me aspire to it?"

"I have only one extravagant hope: to become an Extraordinary One."

"Therefore, I hope to receive a bottle of Elemental Baptism Potion from you."

"For this, I am willing to pay any price."

To prevent Lucrezia from veering the conversation in other unspeakable directions, Liens directly stated his request.

"Elemental Baptism Potion? You want to become a Knight?"

"Indeed, it's a bit late for you to learn magic now, and with your swordsmanship, becoming a Knight would be very suitable."

"As for the Elemental Baptism Potion, I have it, and I can give it to you."

"But a few words of loyalty from you are not enough for me to confidently hand it over to you like that."

Lucrezia said indifferently.

Upon hearing this, Liens' face lit up with joy.

Things were going very smoothly; Lucrezia really had the Elemental Baptism Potion, and she was willing to give it.

With the long-desired item right before his eyes, Liens quickly said, "What are your requirements, Princess? As long as I can do it, I will do my best to complete it."

At this moment, no matter what the requirement was, as long as she dared to propose it, he would immediately agree.

Even if her demand was to go to his death, it was no exception.

As long as she could give him the potion on the spot, he would even commit suicide.

Lucrezia stood up and walked gracefully to the desk with her long legs.

Liens watched her take out something resembling a parchment scroll from a pile of documents.

Then she wrote something on it.

Finally, Lucrezia walked back and placed the parchment scroll and the ink-stained pen on the coffee table in front of him.

"Sign your name, and I can give you the Elemental Baptism Potion you desire," Lucrezia said calmly to Liens.

Upon hearing this, Liens did not hesitate. He picked up the pen, unrolled the scroll, and was about to fill in his pseudonym.

Then, he saw an unexpected yet very familiar item appear on the scroll.

A balance scale pattern.

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