Defying the Fate of Beheading

The Fallen Shadow Nether Realm destroyed by the emperor.

The little swan easily drawn into the Fallen Shadow Nether Realm.

The half-plane passage hidden within Saint Louis Academy.

The legacy of the Hero Squad that once battled the Demon King.

Louis now instinctively feels a bit of PTSD.

Could it be the old Silver Coins plotting again?

The last ones who pulled such a stunt were the Supreme Forest, the Am Empire, the Abyssal Church, the dark side of the Love God, and those five big guys from Rudelson!

Perhaps sensing Louis's doubts, Beatrice laughed and comforted him:

"Don't worry, my good prince, this time it will be a thrilling adventure, but merely just an adventure."

"You won't encounter a real crisis; it's all something you can solve with a bit of brainpower."

"As soon as I mention using my brain, my head starts itching,"

Beatrice teased with a joke:

"For you and Olivia, it won't be an issue. Haven't you heard what people outside call you? The Imperial Wisdom!"

Louis didn't want to speak and even found it amusing.

It always felt like such words weren't really praise; the more they said it, the more it seemed to lower one's intelligence.

Holding onto a heart full of doubts, Louis prepared to leave.

Just as he was leaving, Beatrice did something very over-the-top.

She grabbed Louis's tail and lightly scraped it with her fangs.

Watching his body twitch as if shocked with electricity, she leisurely let go, smoothing the dimensional bag at the bottom of his tail, and snorted:

"Letting other girls enter Saint Louis Academy, aren't you afraid I'll get angry?"

Only then did Louis understand why Beatrice had been hesitating from the beginning.

He turned back and said with some amusement:

"If it's because of this, I'd actually be very happy."

"Hmm?"

"Because it means Beatrice has always been watching me."

Louis said calmly, "Just knowing that gives me even more determination."

Beatrice pursed her lips and whispered "smooth talker," but the smile on her face was brighter than the sun.

Here's a tip: when you clearly want to explain a reason to your girlfriend, don't rush to tell her "it's for your own good."

First express "you are important to me," and then explain why doing so can significantly ease communication-induced quarrels between both parties.

Seeing her mood brighten, Louis continued:

"You'll still need to help keep Grace's affairs confidential."

He explained to Beatrice the anomalies he felt after encountering Grace.

He also went over the plot involving these forces conspiring within the empire, as noted in a diary, with Beatrice in advance.

Finally, he broached the topic of Grace's identity.

After a moment of contemplation, Beatrice said:

"I see, could she be a candidate saintess of the God of Glory?"

She seemed pensive and eventually nodded, saying:

"If that's the case, your judgment is correct. Letting her grow wildly at Dragon Bone Ranch is not as good as bringing her to us for professional cultivation."

"She can participate in the Fallen Shadow Nether Realm affair."

"Although we're not allies with the Church of the God of Glory, we share common ground on fighting evil."

...

After leaving the office, Louis hurried to the outer city district.

Before departing, Louis specifically changed back into armor.

He had arranged to meet Alice at a tavern on the other side.

It's worth mentioning that this tavern belongs to the Mayer Commerce Association.

It's actually quite amusing; Mayer Commerce Association was complained to the City Lord's Mansion's subordinate commercial office.

The reason was that the range of goods Mayer Commerce Association applied to sell did not include beverages and food.

Afterward, Louis tasked someone to investigate who was bored enough to report to the commercial office.

The findings were quite surprising.

It wasn't one of those luxury clothing stores with reduced sales as Louis imagined.

The complainer was an old-fashioned dessert shop near Mayer Commerce Association.

Louis had several plans to tie high-end clothing brands to the Imperial Capital with some flashy maneuvers.

But he didn't even have a chance to show off before being blindsided by a dessert seller.

Louis, utterly baffled, only understood later from Rom, the acting executor of Mayer Commerce Association, that it was because Mayer Commerce Association encroached upon the core clientele of the old dessert shop.

The desserts from Mayer had already become popular among the food connoisseurs of the Imperial Capital,

Things like milk tea and roasted milk weren't worth mentioning, as they were initially just to win over customer goodwill.

Other things such as Tiramisu, Italian cream, Affogato, blueberry Mojito, cream puffs, and waffle honey ice-cream platters, were purely because Louis craved them.

In his previous life, Louis was something of a gourmand himself, making travel plans based on famous local food streets, old shops, or classic specialty sales points.

In this life, finally having some money, he wouldn't be Louis if he didn't try to satisfy his culinary desires.

This was actually Louis's biggest personal expenditure since coming to the Star Continent purely to fulfill his own desires.

For this purpose, he took on the identity of Mayer and spent money specifically to hire a few dessert chefs.

The purpose was to use them to replicate some of the desserts he had in his previous life.

In fact, even the meals at Louis's Prince's Mansion have been adjusted to favor Chinese cuisine in style.

There was also another layer of meaning to this—

If possible, yes, only if possible, on some future day, ghosts from his homeland might drift to this land.