The more they oppose, the more it shows that I am doing the right thing

The following day.

The weather was clear and sunny.

The azure sky stretched along Radiant Avenue.

Having stayed within Heaven's Gate for three days and three nights without closing his eyes, An Su was utterly exhausted. He fell asleep as soon as he got home and did not wake up until the golden sunlight filled the entire bedroom and the day was well advanced.

He really did not want to get out of bed.

But he could not afford to be late.

Groggy with sleep.

Uh.

According to the agreement, he was supposed to return to the Chaotic Frontier with Luojia this morning.

This was a tradition of Nether, as the World Shaper has a one-year right to proselytize after conquering a world. On the second day following victory, it was his duty to return to the world as 'Nether Bishop' for inspection.

The fragments of the Nether World from the same era are often connected. Within one fragment, there are usually coordinates for other fragments which is also the significance of pioneering the Nether World.

Three days ago, after paying his fine at the Order Church, An Su had made arrangements with Luojia to go to the Chaotic Frontier together the next morning... Uh.

An Su yawned, rubbed his eyes still foggy with sleep, his thoughts slightly scrambled.

Uh, the agreement to go together tomorrow...

He had been in Heaven for three days.

The agreement to go together had been made three days ago.

An Su's eyes suddenly widened, wait, three days ago for tomorrow?

Hadn't that time already passed?

He was already late.

As soon as this realization came to him, the tension in An Su's heart instantly relaxed.

That was great.

He lay back down on his soft velvet bed, since he was already late.

Given the situation, it was best to sleep first.

It wasn't until the morning sunlight faded, the noon sun took over, and the evening sun set that An Su woke up groggily.

Strictly speaking, it wasn't a natural awakening, but rather, he was woken by the crisp tapping on the window. The youth lifted his head from the pillow and squinted outside.

Who had such a lack of manners, tapping on someone's window like this?

An Su would never do such a thing.

He didn't want to deal with it and simply turned over to continue sleeping, but the tapping didn't stop. At first, it was as gentle as a light drizzle on the roof, but seeing that An Su ignored it, the rhythm started to pick up, sounding like persistent raindrops on banana leaves, eventually turning into a rapid, light rain.

Seriously lacking manners.

An Su thought to himself.

Perhaps the person outside had tired themselves out, the light rain finally abating and peace returning as usual. An Su's mood relaxed.

Suddenly, he noticed the walls shaking violently, the bed trembling fiercely, and the window lattices rattling as if they were about to fall off. The noise was like a rapid drum beat coming from all directions, startling An Su and snapping him awake.

"Friendly Exchange"!

Who was this uncouth, using "Friendly Exchange"!

An Su would certainly never.

Fuming, he walked to the window and pulled back the light blue curtains to come face-to-face with a pair of eyes, cold as if frosted, chilling to the bone.

So cold they could almost freeze someone.

The Little Holy Maiden stood on the balcony, her delicate white hands resting on the window ledge. She had obviously climbed in from the outer wall, her pale pleated skirt still touched with traces of dirt, sweat beading at her temples, but her eyes contained only pure chill, like pristine mirrors of ice, coldly reflecting An Su's image.

"An," "Su," she bit her lip and spoke deliberately, "Mo," "Ning," "Si," "Ta."

An Su felt somewhat in the wrong.

After all, he was the one who had arrived late, and although it was a mere three-day wait for the young lady, it still counted as tardiness.

However, Luojia had actually picked up some bad habits.

She even started prying open other people's windows!

Even if I was late, but setting aside my tardiness, isn't there something wrong with prying into windows?

Wondering who she learned it from. Your next journey awaits at empire

"Why didn't you come in through the main door?" An Su asked.

"Your maid wouldn't allow it," Luojia's expression turned even colder, "saying something about Lord Ansu being busy with strange things in his room and telling me to leave quickly."

Enya... An Su's expression darkened.

"She wouldn't let me in?" Luojia tilted her head, speaking coldly.

"Please come in." An Su stepped aside and welcomed Luojia in.

Luojia's white shoes tapped on the hardwood floor with a lightness akin to a cat's.

"I can explain why I was late."

An Su felt it was better to explain his tardiness first, "The thing started like this."

"It's all because of Arthur and Lister, they insisted on me participating in some 'Magic into Campus, Mage outreach to the countryside' charity event."

"Then, because our work was too outstanding, the appraisers started fighting over the ownership of our work. It's all the appraisers' fault."

"And because I was exceptionally outstanding, Merlin absolutely wanted to invite me to Heaven for guidance and begged me to stay for three days before I could return."

"Blame that old man with cataracts and a bald head."

An Su spoke with great conviction, showing no reverence for His Excellency Merlin, the noble leader of the white eyes and the Radiant.

Luojia stared at An Su's cyan-blue eyes and his grayish-white hair, thinking to herself that this young man with cataracts and a grayish hue only knew how to spout nonsense.

She was very angry at the moment.

A whole three days!

With such flimsy excuses, An Su thought he could pacify her anger. He was severely underestimating her.

Luojia knew she was never one to be easily dismissed.

Seeing Luojia's eyes turn colder, An Su breathed a sigh of relief and sincerely added, "By the way, I actually bought a gift for you specially."

He took out a saucer from the magic refrigerated cabinet. Pale blue strawberries adorned the edges of a fresh cream cake, and a fine mist formed by the cold air shrouded over the silver dish, which was exactly the blueberry cake An Su couldn't finish and had taken from the Magic Guild's lounge.

"..." Luojia fixed her gaze on An Su, then glanced at the cake, quickly averting her eyes.

It was a 'Champs Elysees' pastry shop's sky-blue cream cake after all, a delicacy only enjoyed by top-tier nobles.

The cakes of the Magic Guild were top-notch, made with the best ingredients and craftsmanship. One slice was worth half a Gold Coin, and that's why the staff in the lounge didn't let An Su and the others indulge to their hearts' content.

Even Luojia could only afford to enjoy it occasionally, once a month.

But just one sky-blue cream cake to gloss over An Su's negligence was also grossly underestimating the dignity of the Radiant Holy Maiden!

"Right, there's also chocolate and cookies." An Su then took out a dozen chocolates, and the Radiant Holy Maiden's expression shifted slightly.

'Champs Elysees' liqueur-filled chocolates.

——

Miss Enya was in a good mood today.

Although her face was still expressionless, her heart was pleased.

Because she had chased away that annoying fly.

The young master was still sleeping, of course, he couldn't be disturbed by anyone; she efficiently prepared breakfast and lightly pushed open the bedroom door with the tray in hand.

"..." Enya looked at Luojia, who was eating with relish, her face expressionless.