Chapter 214: Angie Felt Capable Again!
Maotai Villa, Safe Room.
Many castles and manors have one or more secret rooms protected by extremely powerful protective magic arrays, using spatial magic to obscure their true location.
They even have rule-based magic that only allows entry within a time limit, leaving those inside to await rescue.
This can provide significant safety protection for Big Shots in critical moments.
Roger, involved in intelligence work, understood how rapidly the alchemical equipment of the Secret Society was progressing. He also knew that the creativity of mages was like Pandora’s Box; once opened, it couldn’t be stopped.
As the empire’s most hated minister, Roger took his safety seriously. Maotai Villa also had a similar secret room as an emergency Safe Room.
Inside the secret passage, after Roger carried Angelina in, the entrance automatically sealed. Various magical lights flashed, signifying the activation of its protective measures.
Although the battle above couldn’t be seen, the vibrations from the ground were faintly felt, indicating a very intense fight.
In reality, it was merely the Dark Night Guard, under Roger’s direction, creating a panic by bombarding the ground.
This further highlighted that it was a sufficiently safe, enclosed space, and that Angelina’s decision to have Roger enter the secret passage earlier was incredibly wise.
Angelina gradually recovered from her dizziness, feeling no physical issues. She pulled Roger, saying,
“Alright, you can put me down now.”
“Sister, if you feel unwell, tell me immediately. After the battle eases up, we’ll go for a check-up with the Life Ritual.”
“Pfft… No need, I just fell!”
Angelina punched Roger. She hadn’t felt anything in the “urgent” situation earlier, but being carried bridal-style by her Brother made her blush inexplicably.
Although they were siblings, being the only two people in this completely sealed space made her feel a bit awkward.
In her Brother’s arms, she felt as light as a toy. She ordered him to put her down, and yet he dared to refuse!
So annoying!
Yet, she wasn’t entirely annoyed.
If not for this attack, the siblings wouldn’t have had this private moment together.
They might have finished their business long ago and gone their separate ways…
The short secret passage saw many thoughts flitting through Angelina’s mind.
Fortunately, they soon reached their destination. Roger placed Angelina on the bedroom bed.
Although it was Underground, Roger was wealthy and had connections, investing without regard for cost. The spacious room, with its ventilation, lighting, and decor, rivaled a five-star hotel.
He found a scroll for treating minor injuries from the room’s spare supplies, which healed Angelina’s superficial wounds in minutes.
He then used the automatic health detection device from the Life Ritual output for a comprehensive check-up on Angelina.
Apart from a slightly elevated heart rate, all other body indicators were normal.
“You do seem to be alright, but you still need to rest for a while to prevent any after-effects,” Roger said, pressing down on Angelina’s shoulder to prevent her from sitting up.
“I’m perfectly fine, I’m not made of porcelain!”
“Sister, if there was any harm to you saving me, I would be very upset and blame myself.”
“Tsk, you only say that. When else have you ever thought about your older sister?”
Angelina avoided Roger’s serious gaze, turning her face away while still expressing disdain.
Roger poured her a cup of warm water and naturally sat down on the edge of the bed.
Angelina took the cup and realized that here, the somewhat estranged sibling bond felt much closer.
Charles’s siblings had lost their parents early. Fortunately, Angelina grew up early and essentially raised Roger, who was just a child then, by herself.
She was his sister, but in many ways, she also acted like a mother.
Her personality inherently included a selfless side, and her excessive people-pleasing behavior stemmed from her fear of becoming useless to others.
It was like a mother watching her Child go to college, grow taller, mature, and become independent. While feeling proud, she might also find herself unable to understand her child’s thoughts and ideas.
Falling behind the times and being unable to help her child would be difficult.
This discomfort was unexplainable and hard to articulate, easily leading to friction in daily life, and mutual annoyance.
Some people enjoyed being served, while others enjoyed being needed.
Angelina was the latter.
Roger had grown from a little fellow who needed her care in everything to an independent, important minister of the empire, shining with a brilliance she couldn’t comprehend. Angelina was actually quite panicked.
She felt she was losing this brother.
Even though Roger had promised their sibling bond wouldn’t change, she remembered more vividly the times she couldn’t help her brother.
Sometimes, she even needed Roger to solve her problems.
This was why Margaret’s unintentional words had hit a sensitive nerve.
But after “saving” Roger just now, and only getting injured herself, with Roger accompanying her so obediently and patiently, she naturally felt much better.
Recalling that Roger had wanted to consult her about political matters earlier, she became even happier.
She could still help him and protect him, and he didn’t look down on his sister.
It was simply that they were too busy on normal days.
It was Margaret’s provocation that made her misunderstand her brother!
In short, the sky had cleared, the rain had stopped, and Angelina felt capable again!
In her joyful mood, she naturally found her brother more and more pleasing to the eye, handsome from every angle.
The “empty nest” elder sister, holding her water cup, felt warm in body and soul, displaying a happy and gratified expression.
Roger silently observed Angelina’s emotional changes, knowing a family emotional crisis had been averted.
Angelina’s emotional fluctuations were all part of the rhythm Roger orchestrated. Through these ups and downs, the gap between them had been bridged.
It was a bit manipulative, but it was the fastest way to resolve Angelina’s inner demons and bring them closer again.
Besides, he hadn’t laid the groundwork for so long just to close the distance; there were further plans.
Angelina’s happiness was momentary. As she returned the water cup to Roger, she couldn’t help but sigh with concern, “The work you do now is truly dangerous.”
Although she always said she hoped her brother would sacrifice everything for the country, she hadn’t expected that a defeated nation would actually come to retaliate against her brother, and his life would be threatened. Angelina couldn’t bear it.
“Today was just an accident. Under normal circumstances, even more Believers can’t harm me. I’m very powerful now too.”
“Bluffing. Both my Brother and I don’t have much talent for cultivation…”
“But I have the Magic Power lent by Your Majesty. Sister, you don’t know how tense it was when I commanded a real battle in the Sea Kingdom, directly blasting open the mermaid queen’s palace. It was much more intense than this.”
“You can’t even lie properly. How can you call it bluffing? Do you think I don’t know the Sea Kingdom is the mermaids? Attacking your own palace would be a blunder!”
Angelina pouted, playfully reverting to a childlike expression, and poked Roger’s forehead.
“Sister, the empire supported the mermaid Crown Prince. We helped him all the way to a successful coup.”
“Oh… I didn’t know about that…”
“It’s okay, Sister. I’ll tell you slowly whatever you want to know. This is all your Brother’s endeavor.”
Roger smiled gently and patiently.
“An endeavor, not just work?”
Angelina didn’t ask further about the Sea Kingdom. Instead, she pondered these two words repeatedly, as if truly seeing Roger for the first time. She gazed at him absently, “Do you like what you’re doing now? Don’t you feel it’s a hassle and just want to lie back and relax?”
“Of course, there are difficult and troublesome things, but I genuinely like it. And I feel happy as the empire and the World get better.”
“So, my Brother is also a very kind person?”
“Not exactly kind. I just never forgot that I’m just a small person. Even ordinary people can empathize.”
Roger paused, as if contemplating his own changes. He took his sister’s hand.
“While I’ve always thought the saying ‘with great power comes great responsibility’ is nonsense. However, some things do need to be done by certain people to allow more people to live comfortably without having to struggle for survival.”
“So, even if it’s hard, even if it risks your life, you persist?”
“Not persistence, but passion. So, I don’t feel the journey is long at all.”
“So that’s how it is… As expected of my Brother. Actually, Sister, I also love my current endeavor!”
Angelina’s eyes suddenly lit up, feeling that her brother, who could say such things, had become even more handsome!
He wasn’t pushed into politics by her or built the Dark Night Guard to revive the Charles family, but because of a calling he genuinely aspired to.
This made Angelina feel less guilty and even prouder of Roger.
Her endeavor and Roger’s endeavor complemented each other; the siblings were always working towards the same goal!
The distance between them hadn’t increased due to less time spent together. Instead, they were heading towards the same destination, both having found something worth pursuing eternally…
“Sister?” Roger asked, lowering his head in confusion.
“Nothing, your seal here isn’t good. I got sand in my eye.”
“Here, tissue.”
“Come over here, let me lean on your shoulder for a bit.”
“Okay.”
Angelina nestled against Roger’s shoulder, closed her eyes, and suddenly asked softly, “Honestly, did you arrange this attack yourself?”
“Sister, what are you talking about…”
“Too many coincidences. Your setup? Hmph, nothing to it!”
“Alright, it seems I still can’t hide anything from my clever elder sister.”
“Of course not. I raised myself, you know. Never try to deceive your sister, understand?”
Angelina lectured Roger, but without any blame. Instead, she sounded a bit like she was cooing him.
Although she had been deceived, without this situation, would the siblings have opened up and discussed these topics?
So, she was grateful for her brother’s growth, which had softened their relationship in this way.
Instead of the arguments and fights common in ordinary families, where they cared for each other but ended up unhappy.
Deception had increased her affection. How strange people’s hearts are!
Angelina fell asleep leaning against Roger.
She worried too much about the empire, and there was no one she could fully trust.
Moments of complete relaxation like this must be rare, right?
Roger gently helped Angelina onto the bed, covered her with a blanket, and looked at her sweet sleeping face, whispering softly,
“You are the Hero who has always protected those ordinary people. I am just a lucky conveyor.”
Roger knew very well that his successes were due to the system’s help, the era’s advantages, his transmigration, and much luck.
If he hadn’t stepped forward, Angelina would have used all her means to maintain the living standards of the empire’s ordinary people. That would have been true, admirable kindness and wisdom.
A skilled warrior achieves no great fame. When people speak of the empire, they always mention the Empress of Eternal Night’s unparalleled martial prowess.
They rarely remember that it was Angelina’s logistical management that allowed the Empress of Eternal Night to fight fearlessly on the battlefield.
So, if he did more, his sister would have less burden, wouldn’t she?
Thinking this way, he felt that what he was doing indeed had meaning.
“So, I’ve actually been changed by this World too… Is it a genuine pursuit, or just unyielding sunk costs?”
Roger chuckled self-deprecatingly, not feeling there was anything wrong with it.
He liked his current life, liked the endeavor he was currently engaged in.
Even as a small fry, one could choose their own life. If immortality wasn’t the only goal…
What of it, even if he had to fight the gods?
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…
In the void, Conqueror’s Canyon.
Nine golden dragons pulled a majestic chariot soaring through the sky. Tai Bella lounged lazily on the chariot’s wide seat, smiling as she watched countless “brothers” below engage in passionate combat.
Because the God of Hope was giving his all, the Four Gods Alliance had recently achieved considerable success, capturing multiple Planes.
As instructed by the God of Knowledge, some became farms for Faith Power, while others were shaped into void planes.
As one of the main combatants, Tai Bella also reaped a large amount of Faith Power.
Losing Believers in war and capturing new strong individuals would all become supplicants and holy spirits in their divine kingdoms.
The number of fighting “brothers” was increasing, and the size of their divine kingdoms had expanded by 30% under their bloody battles.
With such smooth progress in her endeavors, Tai Bella was naturally delighted.
“Hooray! The task of investigating the Azurevine Empire is suddenly completed!”
Suddenly, the little imp sensed a deposit of Faith Power in the void and couldn’t help but reveal a truly gratified smile.
Nalinal felt there was something suspicious about the Azurevine Empire and arranged for other gods to scout ahead. In the end, the Goddess of War and the Sea God jointly accepted the mission to investigate the Eternal Night World.
The Goddess of War didn’t put too much effort into it, arranging for Tasika to meet Nicole, believing their piety would yield good results.
As a result, they completed the mission themselves, satisfying Nalinal’s long list!
“Hmm, the beastmen fought the Azurevine, and the Azurevine supported the ocean, clashing with the Naga… Although they lost the war, they obtained intel that satisfied that vampire angel!”
Looking at the completion process of the task, Tai Bella couldn’t help but beam with a proud smile. “In that case, my Believers are more capable, easily achieving what those Naga couldn’t!”
Having gratuitously earned a large sum of Faith Power, Tai Bella was very satisfied with Tasika’s performance.
She reached out, drew 1% from Nalinal’s reward, and channeled it to her War God’s Temple in the Terra Kingdom as a reward.
Henceforth, all professionals who prayed in the War God’s Temple and received blessings would gain the “Military Weapon Mastery” specialty.
The level of proficiency would vary according to the contribution amount.
This was a Divine Power-based, directly infused combat experience from the “brothers” in Conqueror’s Canyon, with the highest proficiency reaching the legendary level.
It was undoubtedly very practical.
On the Sea God’s side, there was also a reward for Nicole.
As the rewards descended, the positions of the two saintesses became more secure.
Correspondingly, after receiving the intel, Nalinal’s gaze once again turned to the Eternal Night World.
