Do you all know the future?

Chapter 141 Lady Terry's Loyalty

Under the magic lamp, the gilded plates on the long mahogany dining table reflected a ring of flowing, shimmering light.

The air was filled with the rich aroma of baked meat mixed with herbs, and the intoxicating fragrance of wine quietly wafted from the walls of the stemmed crystal glasses.

Upon arriving at the restaurant, Isabella, Lady Terry, Lady Eve, Lottina, and little Melu were all waiting for them. Queen Fafia was not present due to special circumstances.

"Although Queen Fafya sided with us yesterday, her purpose is still unclear, so I did not invite her. Today is a celebration banquet to celebrate Ms. Margarita's victory."

The Queen whispered to Diane, "These people are all Diane's current confidants, and their performance last night has proven their loyalty."

"Well, it's a bit awkward to invite her. She's interested, but we haven't won her over yet."

Diane nodded in agreement. This was clearly a family dinner setting, which was not suitable for Queen Fafya at the moment. It would be more appropriate when Diane got her pregnant.

"Loran also did a lot of work yesterday, directly rescuing me from Queen Fafya's clutches!"

Diane looked around but couldn't find any trace of Loran. Loran had done a great job this time.

"He was invited, but he didn't come, saying he was too weak, so he went off to cultivate."

Isabella reached out and touched her lower abdomen, telling Diane about the baby's brother's whereabouts.

Is it that urgent?

Just like Diane, she was devastated and decided to work hard.

"Yes, I feel that instead of protecting you from the enemy, you were forced to submit to them to avoid harming him, which is too humiliating for you, Prince."

Isabella recalled Lorraine's expression, that sense of humiliation—it was as if her own father had been arrested.

"Okay, okay, are you all waiting for me?"

Diane released the hands of the head maid and the Queen, walked straight to Melu's side and sat down, casually ruffling her blue hair.

"Of course we'll wait for you. How can we eat without the host?"

Isabella smiled, showing little reaction to Diane and the Queen's head maid arriving together, as if she were already used to it.

Mrs. Eve and Lottina were somewhat astonished by Diane's feat of holding one in each hand.

"Alright, let's eat. This is supposed to be a celebration banquet, since you all deserve credit."

Diane grabbed a chicken leg and stuffed it into the little mermaid's mouth, and the little mermaid took a big bite.

“I didn’t do anything yesterday, I didn’t help you at all, and I even made you take the initiative to step forward.”

Isabella's wine-red eyes were filled with apology as she touched her slightly protruding belly, feeling herself become weak.

"Getting pregnant is a great achievement, and I also want to get pregnant for my beloved."

The Queen, standing beside Isabella, was quite envious. Even being second would be fine, to have a child with Diane and be the mother of Diane's child.

"What credit is this? It's something you'll all be doing sooner or later. You can learn some experience first."

Isabella spoke calmly, without a hint of boasting. She genuinely believed that everyone present was part of Diane's harem, and that pregnancy was only a matter of time.

“How can it not be considered a merit? You protected yourself last night, which is to protect Prince An’s bloodline.”

Mrs. Eve smiled and, with her high emotional intelligence, took the initiative to extend goodwill to Isabella, while the girl beside her remained silent, merely rummaging through the dishes in front of her with her knife and fork.

"Alright, let's not dwell on the details. It's good that you all survived."

Diane recalled what the head maid and the Queen had said: everyone's safety was a cause for celebration. His gaze swept over the women, and he looked relieved.

"Don't be so impulsive next time. Don't let your child be born without a father!"

"Since the cards are already out in the open," Isabella reminded Diane, her tone overflowing with concern and care.

"Uh-huh……"

Having already been told off once by the head maid, Diane didn't want to argue a second time, so she nodded in agreement.

"It's not my fault, darling. We were too weak. You didn't want us to get hurt, but you had no choice when facing a demigod!"

The Queen's icy blue eyes turned to the head maid. Diane had just told the head maid that they wanted to improve everyone's strength, and she was getting impatient.

"Hmm... I'm too weak. It's because Xiao An had to sacrifice herself. I wish I were as strong as Ms. Margaret."

Isabella looked at the head maid with reverence, having heard of the head maid's glorious feat of defeating the two chief gods the previous night.

"Actually, my dear and Ms. Margaret have already prepared to raise everyone's level. Although reaching demigod status is still not as good as Ms. Margaret, it will be enough for us to have the power to protect ourselves."

The Queen looked intently at the Queen and Diane. She had just made up her mind that she was not going to stop, but was going to take a gamble.

"Why are you in such a hurry? You should at least wait until after you've finished eating!"

Diane picked up the soup bowl, scooped up a spoonful of the golden broth, and gently blew on it. It was clear that the Queen valued strength; he would be just as anxious in her shoes.

"Has the divine decided to accept us as believers?"

Isabella stared intently at Margaret. The relationship between Diane and the gods was hard to define, but the connection between the head maid and the gods was undeniable.

“No, it’s because we killed a lot of demigods last night. The laws they left behind are very suitable for you now. My master and I will be leaving Tudor for a while, and we must improve your strength first.”

Since the Queen had already spoken, the head maid would not hide it anymore; she had originally planned to find an opportunity to tell these people anyway.

"Little An is leaving Tudor? Where is she going?"

Isabella was somewhat excited, her rose-red hair trembling, and she was pregnant with Diane's baby. Diane was leaving.

"We need to go back to Ishtar to collect our debt. The current king of Ishtar has provoked us time and time again. If we don't retaliate, he'll think we're afraid of him!"

Diane cut off a piece of sausage and said in an unhappy tone.

"Bangdang..."

Mrs. Terry dropped her knife and fork. Mrs. Terry, who had been invisible all along, stared wide-eyed, unable to believe what she had just heard.

"Your Highness, are you returning to Ishtar?"

Different people addressed Diane with different honorifics. Those more Tudor would call him "Your Majesty," while those more Ishtar would call him "Your Highness." At least in Lady Terry's eyes, Diane had always been the prince of Ishtar, Queen Greta's child, and the rightful heir to Ishtar. "I must go back, I must take back what is rightfully mine. Now the time is ripe!"

Diane couldn't wait until she cultivated to become a demigod; she trusted the head maid's judgment, and now was the best time to go back.

"Then I am willing to be Your Highness's vanguard and fight against the disloyal!"

Lady Terry trembled with excitement. Finally, the wait was over. It wouldn't take as long as the diary had recorded. Diane was willing to return to Ishtar.

A surge of excitement coursed through her body; the female knight could already picture the scenes from the diary. This time, she was determined to participate actively.

"Then thank you very much, Lady Terri. In the current state of Istaya, I have no one I can trust and I need loyal subjects like you."

Diane expressed his gratitude, explaining that he hadn't actually figured out his plans for returning to Ishtar yet, and was simply responding to the head maid's suggestion.

"I'm just making up for my mistake. This time, I should have kept a close eye on the Shield of Radiance, but it was kept in the dark, which ultimately led to the Shield of Radiance falling into the hands of the Moon Goddess. I originally wanted to apologize to Your Highness after the meal, but now I'm just doing my job to atone for my mistake."

The female knight was stubborn and had a clear sense of right and wrong, feeling that she had let Diane down.

If it weren't for her, Diane and the others would have noticed the false king's conspiracy, and the Moon Goddess wouldn't have so easily obtained the Shield of Radiance.

"It's not your fault. If Queen Fafia hadn't reminded us, we might not have known that the Moon Goddess was going to deal with us. You did a good job, risking your life to get the message out."

Diane was deeply moved by Mrs. Terry's loyalty. After all, few people believed that Diane could win last night, and at this moment, simply standing by Diane's side was enough.

"It's my own fault. I was deceived again. I never thought that Joao and the false king could join forces to deceive me. If I hadn't noticed Joao leaving Tudor last night, I would probably still be in the dark."

Mrs. Terry gritted her teeth. Diane had no doubt that she could stab Joe dozens of times with a knife in front of her.

"Marquis Qiao has defected?"

Diane paused, then looked at Lady Terry's face; the female knight was furious.

Diane felt relieved; wasn't this just right?
"Yes, he was a treacherous opportunist. He... he made me fawn over His Highness. I thought he was already trying to get closer to His Highness, but I never expected him to betray His Highness."

The female knight hated her own naiveté. Despite having the notebook of the future, she should have known more about her husband's nature, yet she still made this mistake.

She knew he was fickle, two-faced, and said one thing to people and another behind their backs, but she still fell for his trick.

"What's past is past. Even the Breeze Church thought I was doomed. Only you guys trust me. Don't worry about him. We'll deal with him later."

Diane didn't care. The intelligence about tracking the Shield of Light hadn't really caught their attention. The head maid didn't care about the Shield of Light, which was her own equipment.

The Shield of Radiance was not difficult for the head maid, who possessed the laws of space, to break through. Diane was not a person who only cared about the outcome. He had personally heard and seen Lady Thaly's desperate struggle. If Queen Fafia had not appeared, Lady Thaly would have been dead.

"Deal with him? If it were before, he might have returned to Ishtar, but now that you gods have defeated the Moon God, he wouldn't dare go back to Ishtar."

"He may have gone to the spirit realm, or to other countries in the material world. We can't find him!"

Lady Terry pressed down on her heavy heart, feeling somewhat helpless. Even gods might not be able to find people, let alone mortals like them.

“I have a different opinion. If João were a guy who was content with mediocrity, he wouldn’t have come to Tudor.”

The Queen was insightful. João joined the Tudors for fame and fortune, and he betrayed the Tudors for the same reason. How could such a person possibly hide his identity?

"That's true. With angelic-level strength, he wouldn't be content to hide."

Mrs. Terry thought about it and found it made a lot of sense. She had already learned a lot about Joo through the notebook; he was not someone who could be content with solitude.

"Then let's hope to meet them in Ishtar and wipe them out in one fell swoop."

Diane didn't feel much about Jo's betrayal, probably because the impact of the betrayal wasn't significant. He didn't hate Lady Terry as much as he did, but he genuinely admired Lady Terry's loyalty.

"You'll always encounter him eventually. You need to have the strength to deal with him so you don't end up in such a sorry state as you were this time. This is the law I obtained last night when I killed a demigod who was subordinate to the God of Life."

The grayish-yellow crystal floated from the head maid's hand and then drifted toward Lady Terry. Lady Terry took it and, before she knew it, the law, like smoke, entered her body.

"this is?"

Mrs. Terry's eyes revealed surprise, but also a hint of confusion.

"There's no need to comprehend the laws anymore. This is a ready-made earth-elemental law that can help you become an angel-level powerhouse."

Normally, a paladin needs to comprehend the laws to become an angel. Apart from certain special laws, most laws are not specific, such as the law of force and the law of fire. This is also why gods can elevate the level of their followers. If a follower does not want to comprehend the laws, they can be made to follow the laws of the gods and become their vassals.

If you don't want to become a vassal of God, and you don't want to comprehend it yourself, then take someone else's Law Crystal. It's obvious that Lady Terry just obtained the Law Crystal.

Normally, people wouldn't give it to someone. Firstly, it's relatively easier for a paladin to break through to become an angel. Secondly, the laws one comprehends are the most suitable for oneself. Finally, laws are precious and better used to cultivate demigods and lesser gods.

"I...I'm unworthy...The laws are far too important!"

Terri felt unsure how to respond. She probably wouldn't need it, but now the head maid and Diane were giving it to her without hesitation.

"You have proven your loyalty. This is our reward to you. Please accept it."

For gods, loyalty is the most important thing. Without loyalty, nothing else, unless it is defying the heavens or like holy blood, will be of no use.

Why won't the goddess accept us as believers?

She didn't know how to return such a valuable item. Although she felt that her level of cultivation was too low, she had never thought of this way of improving herself.

The laws that can be bestowed by the gods should be the laws of the gods' origin, such as the wind law of the storm goddess and the blood moon of the moon goddess.

"Because you will become believers of the master who ascends to godhood, the goddess of victory does not need your faith, much less your efforts!"

The head maid couldn't say that she was currently a demigod and therefore couldn't share her laws with others; she had to wait until she ascended to godhood.

"What a merciful God!"

It felt strange, but everyone accepted the explanation, mainly because the head maid's next actions made it impossible for them to think too deeply about it.

“Isabella, Lady Eve, and Tatiana, these are the laws prepared for you.”

Seeing that Diane had almost finished eating, the head maid tossed a few crystals into her hand.

Freeze, the secret law.

(End of this chapter)