The hero's gender is yet to be determined after rebirth.

“The prince and the princess…” Siruf wanted to say that the prince and the princess were a perfect match, but she held back when she saw Lorenwei.

Meilan retorted, "If even the Second Prince needs to be greeted so earnestly, then what would happen if the First Prince came? He'd be flying to the heavens!"

"That depends on whether the battle for the crown prince position in the Fate Empire becomes clear," Lorenwei said casually.

Lorenwei overheard Jason and Aisser discussing the situation on the continent. Although the couple lived in seclusion, their exceptional abilities meant they bore considerable responsibility and naturally needed to stay informed about political changes on the continent.

“Human politicians are all very opportunistic…” Siluf said, glancing at Lorenwei, “I came with you because I don’t want Kurara to become a bargaining chip for politicians.”

“Yes! That’s what I think too!” Lorenwei raised her right hand and clenched her fist tightly. “We have to protect our teammates!”

“Oh—” Meilan clenched her fists together with her.

Sylph crossed her arms and said disdainfully, "I think you, Lorenve, just... don't want her to marry someone else!"

Lorenwei: "Uh... Sylph, it's a good habit to see through things but not say anything."

“It’s perfectly normal not to want Kurara to marry someone else, right? At least not a human politician!” Meilan said, supporting Lorenwei.

“You understand me so well!” Lorenwei looked at Meilan with emotion. “It’s just that it’s normal for Sylph to say that humans are human, but it’s strange that you also call them humans.”

"Oh~ I come from the countryside, so I'm not used to the way city people talk," Meilan hurriedly offered an excuse.

"Okay, sure." Lorenwei thought to herself, "I have a good habit of seeing through things but not saying anything."

The three beautiful girls entered the street and attracted a lot of attention, making them the focus of attention.

"Hey, you pretty girls should be careful not to get snatched away as wives," an elderly carpenter said to them with a smile, stopping his hammering. "A few decades ago, this was a custom around here."

"Dare to snatch people? Beat them all away!" Meilan punched the wall decorated by the carpenter.

A fist print appeared on the wall, and the surrounding wall plaster crumbled and fell off.

The carpenter fell down with a thud, rubbing his backside and looking at the damaged wall: "Oh no, it's ruined! The wall..."

"Here, take your money..." Lorenwei neatly pulled out a money pouch, paid, and that was it.

"What a sensible girl!" The carpenter stopped himself from bursting into tears.

As she left the carpenter's place, Meilan protested quietly to Lorenwei, "I didn't do it on purpose, why should I pay? And they even gave me a silver coin and several copper coins, that's too much!"

Lorenwei explained, "We're not here for a risky shopping trip; we have serious business to attend to. Besides, we were in the wrong first, and we're outsiders here..."

"Do outsiders have to be bullied?" Meilan pouted.

Lorenwei patiently explained, "That's how it is in the streets, and we don't need to stoop to his level. Sometimes, things that can be solved with money aren't really problems at all."

Meilan scratched her head awkwardly and said to Lorenwei, "I'm sorry..."

"It's okay, everyone has to go through this eventually." Lorenwei thought to herself that she learned this lesson the hard way after suffering a loss herself.

Lorenwei walked around the city, not the whole city, but she visited the key places.

The royal palace gates, the knights' encampment, the most bustling taverns, and so on...

If it weren't for the fact that the three girls weren't suited to go to certain places, and that she didn't feel comfortable leaving them behind, Lorenwei might actually have gone there to gather intelligence.

Without revealing her identity, Lorenwei couldn't even get into the outer courtyard of the royal palace, let alone the inner courtyard. Even a grand duchy like the royal family still possessed considerable power and influence, and Lorenwei didn't want to easily offend her family, so she didn't force her way in.

No intelligence was found at the Knights' encampment.

At the tavern, even after asking the bartender, they got no information. Even after offering ten silver coins as a reward, the bartender still regretfully replied, "We don't know anything about Her Highness the Princess."

Could it be that she hasn't come back? No way... Lorenwei never imagined that Kurara was still dawdling on the way.

In her judgment, the news of Princess Kurara's return was likely deliberately concealed by the Percy royal family. It could be to prevent her from coming to demand her return, or perhaps Kurara had been in a bad mood since her return, or maybe they didn't want her to come looking for her again…

No! I must infiltrate the palace and find Kurara! Lorenwei made up her mind.

“Then, I want to enter the palace!” Lorenwei asked the bartender quietly.

This bartender was able to refuse the reward of ten silver coins and didn't fabricate any information, so he can be considered a fairly trustworthy source of information.

"Two silver coins! And I'll give you three clues!" The bartender was delighted to offer his price this time. "Considering how pretty you are, this is a special price!"

Lorenwei paid the money cleanly and efficiently.

The bartender, being a well-informed professional, didn't ask why the other person wanted to enter the palace. Instead, he gave a concise answer: "First, the Knights are recruiting. If you're capable, you can apply. However, the requirements for female knights are stricter, and the three of you don't have the physiques for that role."

Meilan almost smashed the table to show she was strong enough. But having learned from her earlier experience of losing money, she learned to restrain herself.

"The second clue is that the royal family is recruiting performers, and I think you have a good chance of getting into the palace and performing for the king. Of course, the most likely scenario is that you will perform at the banquet held to welcome the second prince of the Fite Empire."

Sylph whispered in Lorenwei's ear, "You're perfect for this."

"I don't want to," Lorenwei rolled her eyes and said to the bartender, "I want to hear the third one."

"The King hasn't had much of an appetite lately, and with a grand banquet to entertain guests from afar, the royal family is hiring a head chef," the bartender chuckled. "This clue doesn't seem to be of much use to you..."

Before she could finish speaking, Sylph and Melanie patted Lorenwei on both shoulders and said in unison, "This suits you perfectly!"

They found a quiet inn and booked a large guest room. While eating in the room, Lorenwei and the other two pondered their next move.

Lorenwei had already explained the main mission to Melanie, but she did not mention her Sevi tribe background.

Meilan was a little confused because she didn't understand why Kula was so angry and ran back to China.

However, she felt that she was not good at interpersonal relationships, so she did not ask any further questions.

"Understood! Our mission this time is to rescue Kurara and bring her back to the academy! To prevent her from being sacrificed in a political marriage!" Melan found the simplest answer to the mission.

"Almost there!" Lorenwei was very satisfied.

But when Melan went to the washroom, Sylph reminded Lorenvi to explain the characteristics of the Sevi tribe, that is, to make it clear to Melanvi that Loren and Lorenvi are the same person.

"Well... is it okay not to tell her for now?" Lorenwei shook her head, feeling it was best not to cause any trouble.

Sylph persisted: "You're always so hesitant and indecisive. You're even keeping it from her. Aren't you afraid of becoming the next Kurara?"

Lorenwei felt wronged: "I didn't take advantage of Meilan because I was a girl, she won't be angry with me."

"Don't you understand? Kurara's anger towards you isn't just about taking advantage of you!" Sylph tapped the table. "If a girl likes you, she won't mind being taken advantage of by you!"

"Really?!" Lorenwei exclaimed with a pleasant surprise.

"You, don't look at me like that!" Sylph snapped, pinching Lorenvi hard. "I think what makes Kurara angry is that you're pretending to be both Lorenvi and Lorenvi, which is deceiving my feelings!"

“…Yes!” Lorenwei thought for a long time and nodded vigorously. Although she had lived two lives, she was still very tough in this regard.

When Meilan came out of the bathroom, she was surprised to see Loren in the room.

"Hey? Loren, when did you get here?! Are you on a mission in the Grand Duchy of Posey?" Melanie asked in surprise.

"Long time no see..." Lorenwei responded weakly, her heart already wavering.

"Are you sure?" Siruf glanced at Lorenwei.

Lorenwei coughed and said, "Um... Meilan, I have something I need to tell you that I'm very sorry about."

She walked up to Meilan and pointed to her cheek: "Hit me first, a slap or something."

"Huh? Why?" Meilan asked, puzzled. "Did you secretly eat chicken legs behind my back? It's nothing."

"..." Lorenvi felt that hiding this from Meilan was a truly heinous crime! She took a deep breath and resolutely announced, "Meilan, actually, I've been hiding this from you all along. Loren and Lorenvi are actually the same person!"

As Meilan stared blankly at her, wondering if she had misheard, Lorenwei removed the boy's headband and the Weak Face Ring, then took off the schoolboy's outer robe she had just put on, revealing the girl's school uniform underneath, and even put the girl's hair accessories back on.

And so, in Meilan's eyes, Loren suddenly appeared as if she had been transformed into Lorenwei.

"Huh—?" Meilan exclaimed.

Fortunately, Lorenwei had already set up a sound-limiting barrier around them, so there was no worry about the screams getting out.

“I am a Sevi. Although I am human, I have a unique characteristic: I am born without a gender until…” Lorenwei slowly explained to Meilan.

Lorenwei explained the ambiguous gender characteristics during the two-year period of uncertainty, even mentioning the use of a kiss to define her gender.

She didn't actually tell Sylph at the time, but Sylph knew from reading the notes.

"Really? Is this all true?" Meilan rarely showed a surprised expression, and her little mouth remained open.

“It’s true. I’ve even read the headmistress’s notes; the Lorenve family does have Seville blood.” Sylph also corroborated this.

"Does your family all have Sevi blood?" Meilan asked curiously.

"The Night Elf chieftain Sylvie's ancestor was Lorenve's ancestor; her bloodline comes from her," Sylvie briefly explained what she had read in her notes. Of course, she didn't mention the Sylvie tribe's long-standing feud over their attempts to classify them as male, which they had consistently failed to achieve. Due to the incomplete information, she hadn't thought about it that deeply.

Meilan asked blankly, "Is Sylviasen the master who called himself the Dark Demon Child in the legends of the continent half a century ago? Her father was also the Dark Demon Child."

This is a record of major events on the continent, inherited from her demon king bloodline.

“Yes, she was my ancestor. She was my…” Lorenwei thought for a moment, “…her great-great-grandmother.”

“Loren, from the very beginning of entering the academy, she has been Lorenwei… a descendant of the Sevi tribe… the Dark Demon Child…” Melan’s mind was a little confused.

Lorenwei tried to ease the tension: "Um... I'm sorry, I didn't mean to lie to you, it's just that the situation is a bit special..."

"This...this is too much...I never imagined you'd been hiding this from me all this time..." Meilan lowered her head, and neither of them could see the expression on her face. "No wonder I've always felt something was off about you..."

Yes, ever since I met Loren when I entered the academy, I've felt that he was special. Now I know why...

Lorenwei saw that Meilan's body began to tremble, as if she was on the verge of an emotional outburst!

Even the usually gentle Kurara slapped me hard across the face. Meilan, who never knows her own strength, would probably beat me to death...

But I have a protective artifact on me, so I shouldn't die, right? But it must hurt a lot...

"Meilan, don't be angry. You can hit me once, just leave me some breath so I can recover with magic..." Lorenwei looked at Sylph guiltily.

Sylph reached out her hand: "If you have any healing scrolls, give them to me in advance so I can save you."

“…Thank you.” Lorenwei, with a mournful face, took out several scrolls and gave them to her.

Just then, Meilan suddenly jumped three feet high!

Lorenwei trembled with fear and closed her eyes to wait for the beating.

"Hahahaha—" Meilan jumped up and down happily, clapping her hands. "Why didn't you tell me sooner that you had such a fun bloodline?!"

Lorenwei and Sylph stared wide-eyed as Melanie happily bounced around the room...

Hmph, Meilan thought smugly to herself: Lorenwei has the blood of the Dark Demon Child? Good! Excellent! She's absolutely perfect to be part of this Demon King's harem!

Chapter 168 Lorenwei: I've been castrated, I can enter the palace now!

"Wow, this is the effect of the Weak Face Ring! You're already quite handsome, so don't hide your face." Discovering that Lorenwei could switch between male and female appearances, Meilan was having a lot of fun: "Come on, let me see you wearing this again."