The weather in January was slightly cool.

Beatrice handed Louis a note, which detailed the investigation results sent from Tunisia.

Upon seeing the information about the dark side of the Love God and Winston's situation, Louis felt a chill run down his spine.

Uh-oh, this wasn't recorded in the future diary.

Coming to Tunisia this time, he thought there were only three crises to deal with.

The first was the attack by the Tunisian Brotherhood.

The second was the death of Duke Prime Minister during the meeting between the two countries.

The third was to retrieve the mysterious Jade Phoenix Mage who was about to die in Tunisia.

The first two were recorded in the future diary.

Especially the first one, which was practically considered minor skirmishing.

Louis and the others were not only not angry, but even quite happy.

This essentially gave Ense leverage on Tunisia, and the Ense Empire could use this opportunity to gain more say in the meeting.

In fact, Louis and the others indeed did just that.

"Is this situation because of a problem with the Love God?"

Louis hesitated slightly.

Beatrice shook her head and said:

"Not really, it seems more like someone is using the dark side of the Love God to divert some of the Love God's faith to other entities."

Without thinking, she said directly:

"This kind of operation has the vibes of the Abyss Four Gods, they love tearing apart the beauty of others and tainting pure beliefs."

Louis nodded his head.

"This move feels a bit like the craft of the Slaaneshi Cult."

Among the Abyss Four Gods, Slaanesh is typically the one toying with people's hearts.

If the Love God's ideology is fundamentally positive, then Slaanesh is the one throwing the pure warrior of love into the mud, not forgetting to stomp hard.

Its approach is a bit too extreme.

Beatrice nodded and said:

"It should be them. There have been rumors on the way that the Love God and Slaanesh are two sides of the same coin."

"Although the top echelons know it's not true, they can't stop the rumors being spread, and some at the lower levels might believe it's true."

"Slaanesh is the youngest among the Abyss Four Gods, but not much less troublesome than the other three gods."

Louis sighed:

"I fear it's more than that. Slaanesh dares to let its followers preach that it and the Love God are two sides of the same coin, using its own divine role to gamble against the Love God."

A hint of gravity flashed in Beatrice's eyes:

"Yes, this approach can mislead some of the Love God's naive, superficial followers to believe it's true, diverting the direction of faith, but it can also reflect back to the Slaaneshi followers."

"But for Slaanesh, as long as the outcome is greater than the input, this tactic is worthwhile."

For a moment, Louis thought these deities were really quite ruthless, especially the Abyss Four Gods.

These guys just don't play by the rules!

They're just bullying the honest god, aren't they?!

"We should strengthen our cooperation with Tunisia. From Ense to Tunisia, if we don't take care of it, it'll be riddled with holes."

Louis and Beatrice suggested this.

In certain specific fields, the development speed of Star Continent far exceeded that of previous generations.

But things like internal and external monitoring still largely rely on human resources.

This is an inherent flaw in the current world system.

What's more problematic is that personal martial power exacerbates this flaw.

After all, neither Ense nor Tunisia can protect an entire city through exemplar-level means.

This means that as long as the opponent has exemplar-level power, vulnerabilities will inevitably appear in defense.

If there are legends, it's even more troublesome.

Even if you have legends on your side, it's no easy task to play defense.

But this matter can be thought through later.

Beatrice looked at Louis:

"I didn't expect you to come so early today."

Louis chuckled:

"Knowing you miss me, how could I not come early?"

Beatrice sat in the carriage without moving, seemingly very calm.

The light of the magical lamp cast on her delicate, cold white skin, carrying an indescribable beauty.

This was a beauty rarely seen in the previous life's reality.

Beauty is generally cultivated.

Even an ordinary-looking girl can amplify her charm by 200% with the help of money, and it doesn't require surgery.

In his last life, Louis saw a girl from a wealthy family. Her childhood photos looked plain, but later her family hired a professional body coach for her and she frequently received various services from beauticians.

After a few years, her overall attractiveness increased by at least 20 points.

Going from plain to admired by many.

Beatrice was even more so.

In fact, software like Beauty Plus, the biggest Photoshop part isn't slimming the face, waist, or legs, but rather the seemingly ordinary skin smoothing.

It's no exaggeration to say that even an ordinary person would see their overall attractiveness rise by eight or nine points after skin smoothing.

Skin smoothing surgery in reality is precisely to achieve this effect.

Yet Beatrice, without undergoing skin smoothing surgery, had such delicate, fair skin.

It just... made him want to take a bite.

In fact, he had already taken action.

Without any hesitation, he took a taste.

Cool to the touch.

Colder than the temperature of his face.

Louis leaned closer to her and said:

"We're about to reach the commercial district here. Want to take a walk with me later?"

Beatrice hesitated for a moment, wanting to refuse.

But Louis continued:

"Take a stroll with me?"

Beatrice didn't respond.

"Walk with you on Central Avenue. I hear people here say it's covered with golden leaves, lining the entire path."

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