“Of course I’m going to your room to play a little game with Your Highness~”
Hearing Qiansitelin’s suggestive words, Muxuan felt his face burn and quickly turned his head away.
“Stop messing around!”
The experience of the last massage was still vivid in his mind.
Who knew what other strange things Qiansitelin had up her sleeve?
He glanced inconspicuously at the ring on Qiansitelin’s finger, feeling an unspeakable sense of envy.
A space ring… both Qiansitelin and Lutherch each had one.
“What? Does Your Highness want this?”
No matter how stealthily Muxuan peeked, Qiansitelin still noticed.
She broke into a smile and playfully waved her hand, a teasing look on her face.
“No… I don’t…”
Caught by Qiansitelin and having it called out so bluntly, Muxuan lowered his head and coughed twice, trying to hide his embarrassment while stammering a denial.
‘Hiss… No, I was so discreet. Why did she still notice me?’
“Unfortunately, even if Your Highness wants it, I can’t give it to you~ This requires stripping a soul fragment… It’s very painful~”
Seeing the playful smile curling at the corner of Qiansitelin’s mouth, Muxuan couldn’t help but shrink his neck.
He always felt like Qiansitelin was up to no good.
However, her words did dispel Muxuan’s idea of asking for a space ring.
After all, if it required stripping a soul fragment, it likely had to be forged on the spot.
At the thought, Muxuan lowered his head in disappointment.
‘I really want one!’
“Alright, Your Highness, there’s no need to be so sad. Haven’t you realized the function of your Crosier yet?”
Qiansitelin’s tone shifted slightly as she stepped closer to Muxuan, her finger lightly tapping twice on the Crosier he held.
‘The function of the Crosier? Could it also have a storage function?’
‘Wait?’
It seemed it really did have a storage function!
He hadn’t noticed it before, but with Qiansitelin’s reminder, Muxuan re-examined the new functions the Crosier had gained after his promotion to the Deep Sea rank.
Inside the Crosier, an extremely blurry space had appeared.
Unlike the space where the Goddess resided, this blurry space seemed to be filled with a viscous layer matter, making it airtight.
However, when his consciousness delved into it, this viscous matter would dissipate, leaving behind a sufficiently wide space.
‘Good grief… This is so advanced?’
The matter in this space could continuously dissipate according to his consciousness.
In other words, he could store many things inside!
As of now, Muxuan couldn’t even find the boundaries of this space.
“Your Highness, yours is much more advanced than a space ring~ The ‘layer matter’ inside can even fix the state of items placed within~”
As she spoke, Qiansitelin even showed a look of envy.
“I should be the envious one here…”
‘Hiss… Putting it that way, this Crosier of mine really does seem more advanced than a space ring…’
‘I knew it. This Crosier is a Divine Artifact after all. How could it be so shabby!’
“Alright… we still have serious business to do!”
Unable to stand Qiansitelin’s slightly exaggerated fanatical expression, Muxuan quickly changed the subject.
If this continued, Qiansitelin would surely find another excuse to tease him.
He couldn’t let her keep going; he had held the Crosier for so long without knowing these things, and he really couldn’t afford to lose face like that.
However, the reason Qiansitelin knew these things was probably thanks to the several Popes who served before the Calamity.
“Alright, let’s get back to the point.”
Seeming to take Muxuan’s words to heart, Qiansitelin also shifted her attention to the serious business at hand.
“My suggestion is to first make the foundation of the settlement more solid and replace the original Nodes as soon as possible.”
Muxuan pondered for a moment, letting out a hum from his nose as if thinking about something.
Then, he couldn’t help but ask curiously, “Can you tell me the reason?”
“Because if it doesn’t absorb Lightforce soon, [Lyrasil] will fall into a slumber…”
Qiansitelin’s tone turned from lighthearted to solemn.
Muxuan nodded thoughtfully.
Without needing too much explanation from Qiansitelin, he quickly understood the key point.
Qiansitelin had said that [Lyrasil] would quickly absorb a large amount of Lightforce to replenish itself, but this Lightforce couldn’t appear out of thin air; it was all converted from the Faith Power within the Nodes.
If [Lyrasil] were really allowed to suck it dry, it would probably return the settlement to darkness in an instant.
“So… why can’t I just infuse Faith Power directly?”
After thinking quickly in his mind, Muxuan looked up and asked tentatively.
Qiansitelin’s eyes slowly swept over Muxuan, her face full of a somewhat speechless expression.
Her little Highness didn’t even quite understand what Faith Power was like.
“Faith Power is not Lightforce. Faith Power needs a medium to be converted into Lightforce!”
“Ah, I see…”
‘Right… it seems it really is like that…’
His mind hadn’t quite caught up yet, and Muxuan asked again almost instinctively, “Then—”
But before he could say another word, Qiansitelin interrupted him.
“If you want to be sucked dry, you can certainly do that~”
After saying that, Qiansitelin took two steps outward and looked at Muxuan with amusement.
Muxuan hurried to catch up, scratching his head.
‘This mouth of mine! Why did I speak without thinking first!’
But why would it suck him dry?
“Your Highness, [Lyrasil] will judge the concentration of the surrounding Lightforce on its own. It’s just that too little can’t satisfy it, and too much will only increase its appetite.”
As expected, under Muxuan’s slightly confused gaze, Qiansitelin explained with a smile.
“Your Highness should know the purity of the Lightforce within your own body, right?”
Muxuan certainly knew.
Faith Power could only be temporarily converted into Lightforce of the purity he possessed.
Once sensed by [Lyrasil], which was about to fall into a slumber due to its exhausted power, he would likely be sucked into a dried-up husk.
Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, Muxuan looked at Qiansitelin with a stiff face and asked uncertainly, “Then if we strengthen the settlement, it won’t be sucked dry?”
Seeing Muxuan like this, Qiansitelin covered her mouth and giggled.
It took a long time before she responded.
“Of course~ [Lyrasil] will know when to stop.”
After thinking it over several times, Muxuan finally nodded.
He suddenly had a new idea.
He could connect each Node to the Chapel.
Whenever Faith Power was insufficient, he could quickly replenish the Nodes through the Chapel.
This way, even if he wasn’t at the settlement, he could judge the safety of the base through the Nodes.
“Alright, let’s go quickly!”
As he spoke, Muxuan suddenly ran outside.
The sooner he finished, the sooner he could rest easy.
Qiansitelin was stunned for a moment, then followed behind Muxuan at a leisurely pace.
Looking at Muxuan’s back ahead, a meaningful look flickered in Qiansitelin’s eyes.