"Regarding these powerful ministers, what are your plans?" Silas asked Vanas.
Vanas pondered for a moment and said, "I want to resolve it peacefully as much as possible. If that doesn't work, then I can only have Grandpa Mir deal with all of them."
Speaking of this, Vanas's eyes were filled with determination and coldness.
"However, I first need to find replacements for these people. This is also the reason why they are still alive now," Vanas added with a slight smile.
Silas felt that this smile was inexplicably strange and horrifying, but he didn't feel scared; instead, he had a feeling of liking and appreciating it.
"Wait! Why do I have this feeling towards such an evil smile?" Silas's heart suddenly jumped.
"Could it be that my aesthetics and values are quietly changing?"
Elaina then said, "Next, you all stay here and rest for a bit. For some time in the future, we will all need to support each other and advance together."
Helles nodded with a smile, having a natural fondness for this older demoness sister.
After the group discussed for a while longer, Silas suddenly said, "We need to assign more people to protect Connor. If those people have spies, they are very likely to send someone back to assassinate him."
Hearing this, Vanas's heart jumped. She immediately stood up and said, "Elaina, you will be personally responsible for this matter."
"Yes! Your Majesty!"
With that, Elaina left quickly without delay.
Mir stood up along with her and said, "Silas, you first deal with your related matters, and come to my mystical workshop a little later."
"Alright, Master," Silas said with a serious expression.
Silas was not an arrogant person. He would sincerely respect everyone who possessed profound knowledge, regardless of whether they were human or ghost, old or young.
"By the way, if Your Majesty is going to deal with those people, Jimmy, as a guard, probably won't be trusted either. At that time, your safety will be greatly threatened," Silas said.
Vanas nodded in deep agreement and then asked, "Does Mr. Sotos have any solutions?"
"If you trust me, I can temporarily assign Virginia to be your personal bodyguard. Virginia was previously an expert-level mystical knight of the Radiant Church's temple, with extraordinary strength. Moreover, she is female and can protect you closely at all times."
Hearing this, Vanas said without any hesitation, "If that's the case, that would be wonderful."
"Ah! Beautiful, noble, and aloof Queen of the Night, it would be my honor to be your guard," Virginia, having woken up at some unknown point, removed her helmet, revealing her striking blue hair.
If she hadn't raised her hand to wipe the drool from the corner of her mouth, what a heroic and valiant female knight she would be!
Vanas thought to herself.
"However, this armor of yours is too unsightly," Mir said.
Virginia immediately said, "That's not a problem; I just need to take it off. If I weren't constantly encountering men around, I wouldn't bother wearing this kind of thing!"
"What do you mean?" Vanas blinked, bewildered.
Helles briefly recounted Virginia's past, instantly earning Vanas's deepest sympathy and affection.
Mir didn't stop her and stood up. "In that case, I'll leave the arrangements to you. I'll be going first."
Mir left, and Silas and Helles left with him.
Virginia very generously stayed behind, showing no lingering thoughts for her Barren Evil Dragon Envoy companion, which made Helles quite dissatisfied.
"Prioritizing romance over friendship!" Walking back to the Sunlit Room, Helles pouted and muttered in a low voice.
Silas smiled, reached out, and patted her hair. "What prioritizing romance over friendship? Both are women."
Subsequently, Silas brought Helles back to his noble and luxurious residence. Helles was instantly wide-eyed, unable to regain her senses for a long time.
This room, comparable to a detached villa, had three bedrooms. After Silas arranged a place for Helles to stay, just as Silas sat down to analyze the situation, the doorbell rang.
Helles, having changed into a black, tracksuit-like outfit in the bedroom, ran over lightly and opened the door.
"Is Mr. Sotos in?" a resonant female voice came from the doorway.
Silas walked over and saw a female soldier in close-fitting armor standing at the door.
"Mr. Sotos, Chief of Staff Lady Elaina needs your help," the female soldier saluted first and then spoke again in that resonant voice.
Silas nodded. "I happen to have time. Let's go!"
Subsequently, the three quickly left this place, passed through two long corridors, and arrived at the sickroom on the third floor near the west side of the castle.
As soon as he reached the sickroom door, Silas smelled a scorched odor.
In the sickroom, Elaina, with a suspicious expression, frowned tightly, carefully examining the surroundings.
"What's wrong? Was there an attack?" Silas stepped forward and asked.
Elaina shook her head. "No, I just keep feeling like something is peeking at me. Then I found a strange thing under the bed."
"What thing?" Silas asked.
Elaina said, "A rather large rat. It was lying under the bed at that time. It was so big. What's strange is that no one else could see it."
"I wanted to catch it at that time, but this fellow ran very fast, swished out in an instant. I wanted to burn it, but I missed," Elaina said, scratching her head.
"Where did it run off to?" Silas asked.
Elaina pointed to the corridor. "It ran off in that direction. I couldn't catch up either. The soldiers didn't seem to see it."
"In that case, it wasn't a rat," Silas said.
Elaina blinked. "You mean…"
"Yes, it's a kin," Silas said with certainty.
Elaina shook her head. "That shouldn't be possible. The entire imperial palace has a very complete mystical defense system. Due to issues with the Spirit Vision system, this system has specifically strengthened defenses against all kin creatures. If a kin entered, Master Mir's side would definitely be able to sense it."
Silas shook her head. "There is nothing absolute in the world. Those kin from beyond the world have been continuously crawling from the abyss to the human world since ancient times. There are thousands of types. What we know and have incorporated into the spiritual body system is merely the experience gained by our predecessors, not true knowledge. Perhaps what we know is only a very small part of it."
Hearing this, Elaina nodded slightly. For humans, there seemed to be no end to the unknown.
Mentioning this topic, Silas sighed, "Human cognition in this world is like a circle. When you know everything within this circle, you will find that outside the circle is still a dark sea of the unknown. We have only known a drop of water in this ocean."
"The more you expand your circle of knowledge, as the circumference of the circle lengthenens, the more unknown things you will come into contact with. This process has no end, eventually leading to a fall into the abyss of fear and despair."
The entire atmosphere became heavy. Everyone felt as if a stone slab had been pressed onto their hearts, and breathing became difficult.
"You just said that thing looked like a rat, right?" Silas suddenly asked.
Elaina nodded.
"Did you see what its head looked like?" Silas asked.
"I didn't see clearly, but I vaguely saw that its face seemed to be round, different from other rats," Elaina said thoughtfully.