Crack.

The villa door suddenly swung open, and a blonde man in casual clothes walked in with grocery bags. His long golden hair was casually tied and draped over his shoulder, sleeves rolled up to reveal his slender forearms, and his shirt collar undone to show a swan-like neck and elegant collarbone.

Ash glanced at him and strangely asked, "Why are you disguising yourself as Felix?"

"How else am I supposed to go out and buy things if I don't disguise myself as him?" Igula locked the door, drew the curtains beside him, and with a casual swipe of his hand, his appearance instantly reverted to his true self.

"You think disguising yourself as him means you won't be found out?"

"Even if we are discovered, he'd be in trouble first, giving us some buffer time."

Igula finally noticed the necromantic wonder of insects and ants swarming in the first-floor hall and couldn't help but frown. "This is someone else's house, Harvey, what are you doing?"

Great!

Upstairs, Felix let out a huge sigh of relief. Hearing Igula's scolding, she was delighted enough to forgive Igula for disguising as her, thinking at least there's one normal person!

That's right; she remembered that Igula went straight to wash up for two hours after coming in, clearly a germaphobe, so how could he endure Harvey's filthy, decaying necromantic rituals?

Quick, insult him, stop him, trample him, start a fight for all I care!

The Swindler strode over, stepping over centipedes and spiders, and slapped the Necromancer on the back of the head.

"If you want breakfast, eat at the dining table. You're scattering crumbs everywhere, and who's going to clean them up? This isn't our place, so mind your manners," Igula advised seriously.

Felix was furious, feeling the anger burn from her heels to her skull, her toes curling sharply against her slippers, unable to voice the silent curses stuck in her throat—who asked you to notice such trivial details!

Harvey was somewhat impatient but still picked up his meal tray and went over to Ash's place, throwing a sunny-side-up egg into the coffin as he passed by, saying, "Felix made this for you."

The sunny-side-up egg was devoured by the vortex of insects and ants within a second, and the shadowy figure inside the coffin slowly raised a right hand, with countless maggots, centipedes, and cockroaches entwining and devouring each other within the limb, waving friendly towards Felix on the second floor.

Snap.

In a daze, Felix felt a string snap in her mind, losing control of her body, watching helplessly as her flesh rapidly lost elasticity and tension, her pupils dilated, bladder and bowels emptied, her muscles stiffened, and discolored livor mortis stains appeared on her skin, forming eerie corpse spots with a macabre beauty...

Igula went upstairs to pick up breakfast, seeing Felix's pupils lose focus, her whole body exuding a gray-white tone, leaning against the railing in a daze as if her soul had been pulled into another chaotic world. The Swindler wondered if he had gone overboard, considering she at least made them breakfast.

"Eh?"

As Igula sat at the dining table on the first floor, the three were immediately drawn by an urgent notice on the Light Screen.

A wanted notice popped up on the news channel, unrelated to the three of them.

"...An intruder is roaming in the eastern region of Jiale City. If anyone discovers clues, please do not pursue or explore and immediately report to the police authorities. Specific information about the intruder is not yet available, but the intruder is a Legendary Mage with extreme danger. A reward of 500 gold coins for effective information and a bounty of 100,000 gold coins has been offered. The Starshoot Guard has already been dispatched, and citizens are urged to reduce outings and be aware of their surroundings. If encountering a criminal, do not resist and protect yourself by compromising..."

Legendary wanted notice!

Apart from the three of them, there was actually another Legendary Mage who broke into the Kingdom of Stars during this time!

"Is it Vishi?" Ash immediately recalled this source of all evil, resurrected monster, scummy demigod.

"According to you, the combat power exhibited by the Ghost Prophet is only in the Holy Domain, right?" Igula said, chewing on Pavni, "But for a monster like this to climb back up Ruby Mountain in a short time wouldn't be surprising."

"If I must say, I hope it's not the Ghost Prophet, and in fact, the more invaders the merrier."

"You mean to divert the Kingdom of Stars' attention from the three of us in the Holy Domain?" Harvey asked.

"No, it's to force the Kingdom of Stars to change national policy," Igula said, waving his fork. "All policies depend on enforcement costs. When enforcement costs far exceed benefits, there's no reason for the Kingdom of Stars to continue maintaining it."

"If enough high-ranking Mage invaders appear, the Kingdom of Stars will certainly realize that the Great Traversal Era is an unstoppable historic trend, and the official stance will naturally shift from 'there's no room for negotiation' to 'peaceful development and win-win cooperation.'"

Igula glanced at Ash, "By then, maybe you'll have a chance to become an honorary Starians and gain a permanent residence permit in the Kingdom of Stars. Isn't that exciting?"

"Not really..." Ash mumbled, a bit shyly, "I'm currently still a Legendary Mage, so how could I be so unrestrained to insist on becoming a citizen of the Kingdom of Stars? It should be the Kingdom of Stars begging me!"

"If the Kingdom of Stars issues a pardon and all you need to do is turn us in to become an honorary citizen, what would you do?"

"What do you mean by that, Igula!?" Ash got angry, "Do I look like someone who would sell out my friends for glory!? Our unbreakable friendship was forged in a jailbreak!"

Igula chimed in, "So..."

"So you guys haven't forgotten your specialties, have you?"

Ash blinked, "I don't mean anything else; it's just that since you've stayed at Blood Moon Prison, Gospel Prison, and Senluo Prison, if you don't challenge Starry Prison, your adventure seems kind of incomplete..."

Harvey jabbed another piece of the sunny-side-up egg and swallowed it whole, nodding heavily, "Indeed, prison and the Four Pillars God Sect are the two indispensable achievements of our journey."

Ash saw that they had eaten more than half of their breakfast before grinning and saying, "By the way, your breakfast was made by Felix."

"Oh?"

"But I forced him to make it for you. He said even if he didn't dare to poison it, he might have spat in it."

Harvey glanced at him, then ate all the remaining breakfast without changing his expression. Igula leisurely sipped coffee, saying, "I took the breakfast Felix prepared for himself."

Felix, on the second floor, was just catching a breath after recovering from the fear of death, eating breakfast in the kitchen. When she heard this, she paused, pursed her lips, and looked a bit sullen.

Igula snapped his fingers, a Miracle of Silence spreading like ripples to cover the dining area, these essential everyday miracles for killing and arson were mainly part of the Swindler's expertise, "Enough chatter, Ash, what's your plan next?"

"Well," Ash offhandedly said, "The Sword Maiden will meet me tonight, and three days later, I'll send you back to Gospel. As for why I can send you back to Gospel, don't ask; you'll understand when the time comes."

"Oh?" Harvey suddenly turned to look, "She's called the Sword Maiden?"

"She'll meet you tonight?" Igula raised an eyebrow.

"Shouldn't your focus be on returning to Gospel in three days?" Ash said, "So we won't be entering Starry Prison nor continue entangling with the Four Pillars God Sect. We'll return to a peaceful life together; everyone in the Kingdom of Gospel is waiting for us to return."

"Those minor details are fine either way." Igula tapped the dining table heavily with his index finger, "The main point is your meeting tonight!"

"What's wrong with the meeting tonight?"

"Before tonight, have you ever met her in reality?"

Ash was taken aback, "…No."

"So tonight is your first real-life date with her?"

Igula glanced Ash over contemptuously, "Can you tidy yourself for once? Do you really plan to meet her for your first date looking like this?"

Ash stared wide-eyed at Igula, feeling as if his heart was being tightly squeezed, suffocating him, endless injustice and bitterness welling up inside, too hurt to speak.

How could Igula say that to him? That was too much!

He clearly had tidied himself up!

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