Hello, is this a letter addressed to Demon Fortress?

[System weekly task completion rate → 100%]

All messages destined for the Gloomwood have been received.

[Ding! Weekly assignments have been completed!]

[Completed: 89 letters successfully delivered to the recipient in the Glowing Forest.]

[Source of the letter:]

[Blackwater City: 53 letters.]

[Shitan Town: 9 sealed off.]

[Changqiaobao: 5 letters.]

【….】

[Intersection: 1 blockade.]

[Delivery Progress: 89 packages delivered (Current Progress: 100%)]

[Rewards being distributed...]

You have successfully delivered 89 letters and received 89 random beginner-level spells.

Repeated spells will automatically convert into the corresponding proficiency.

[A spell with full proficiency can be cast without chanting.]

[Congratulations, host, you have obtained:]

[Elementary magic of the magic system: Magic Eye*30→Magic Eye lv MAX]

(Proficiency is maxed out; spellcasting can be done without chanting.)

[Basic Soul Magic: Soul Attachment Spell *21 → Soul Attachment Spell Lv6]

[Basic Spatial Magic: Spatial Marker *14 → Spatial Marker Lv3]

[Wood-type beginner magic: Flower Blooming Spell *14 → Flower Blooming Spell Lv2]

The following new magic has been added:

[Earth-type basic magic: Smoke Spell *20 → Smoke Spell Lv2]

[Bonus Reward: Mana Reserves +100]

[Host: Lin Gui]

[Rank: High-Rank Mage]

[Magic Reserves: (10000/10200) 9800 magic points away from the next rank breakthrough]

[Ding! Mail retrieval initiated...]

[There are 7 days left until the search period ends.]

[Do you want to end the search early?]

No need to.

Lin Gui replied in his mind.

At this moment, he was piloting the flying boat, speeding towards Blackwater City.

Eve gently hugged his waist from behind and rested her face against his back.

"Well……"

She let out a weak, kitten-like hum.

"My head is so dizzy...and my wound hurts too..."

"Mr. Lin Gui, could you please fly a little slower?"

Her injuries haven't healed yet.

At least, that's what she claims.

But Lin Gui strongly suspected that this saintess was "faking illness".

The evidence is very strong.

First, just now, when Lin Gui decided to set off back to Blackwater City.

Eve's reaction was to freeze for two seconds.

Then, a layer of "weak" watery light quickly surfaced in those purple eyes.

"oops……"

She immediately clutched her chest, her brows furrowed, and her voice became barely audible.

"My injury... seems to have suddenly worsened."

My heart hurts so much, and my whole body aches.

"It will take a lot of, very attentive care from Lin Gui's mother... to get better."

The acting was so exaggerated that even Claudia, who was hiding in a glass bead, couldn't stand it.

Secondly, Lin Gui noticed.

Whenever I turn around to organize supplies or check the route...

Eve's "sickly" expression would instantly disappear.

It turned into a sly, slightly smug smile.

When he turned around, she immediately reverted to her pitiful appearance.

The transitions were so smooth, they were truly Oscar-worthy.

"..."

Lin Gui controlled the flying boat with a blank expression.

Feeling the "weak" yet tightly embracing force from behind.

In the end, he slightly reduced the power of the wind pressure cannon.

The speed of the airship slowed down.

"Huh?"

Eve looked up, somewhat surprised.

"It's really slowed down?"

"Um."

Lin Gui looked at the churning gray mist ahead, his voice calm.

"I'm afraid some seriously injured soldier... will get seasick and vomit all over me."

Eve blinked.

Then, he buried his face even deeper into the back of his robe, his face full of smiles.

The airship swept across the wasteland, leaving the glowing fireflies of the dark forest far behind.

Nearby, Clotina's glass beads floated in mid-air.

Looking at the rapidly receding gray fog and ruins around her, she couldn't help but sigh:

"This flying boat... is so fast."

Then, her gaze fell on Eve, who was intimately embracing Lin Gui.

After hesitating for a moment, he asked in a low voice:

"Are you... a couple?"

Eve heard this and a sly smile crept onto her lips.

"No, that's not it~"

Her voice trailed off, with a hint of amusement.

"I'm his mistress, whom he's keeping."

Clotina's spirit image froze instantly.

She suddenly turned to Lin Gui, her eyes filled with undisguised contempt.

"Scumbag!"

Her voice rose, carrying the unique, unwavering faith in pure love characteristic of elves.

"An elf loves only one person throughout her life, until death do her part!"

"You actually betrayed your wife and kept a mistress?!"

Lin Gui glanced at her speechlessly.

"First of all, I don't have a mistress."

"The person behind him... is talking complete nonsense."

Secondly...

He paused.

"My wife is also an elf."

Claudia's expression changed.

"An elf... a slave?"

"no."

Lin Gui spoke in a flat tone.

"A perfectly normal relationship."

Claudia stared at his face suspiciously.

"But you're so ugly..."

"How could an elf be willing to marry you?"

"And even if you did, you shouldn't have betrayed her!"

Lin Gui sighed.

"First of all, I did not have a mistress."

Secondly, please don't judge a book by its cover.

"My elven wife... she was the one who pursued me."

"at last....."

He glanced at Eve, who was smirking behind him.

You might not believe it if I told you.

"She wants me to 'win over' the one behind her."

Claudia's spirit image flickered violently.

Clearly, they didn't believe a single word.

"Ugh."

Lin Gui shook his head.

"If you don't believe me, go ask him yourself when you get to Blackwater City."

"About me and my elven wife..."

His tone revealed a deep sense of helplessness.

"I bet some bored little guy already..."

"Catch a spirit and repeat it once."

"Now... even your father probably knows."

He looked up at the sky, his eyes lifeless.

"You can't imagine..."

"A ghost that's been holding back for sixteen years."

"When faced with such an 'explosive' situation..."

"That terrible desire to share."

The airship swept through a misty fog, the wind whistling.

It carried the lingering echo of Lin Gui's despair.

Nine hours later.

Above the gray fog in the sky, the pale sun that was barely visible finally sank completely.

Night fell once more over the land.

The airship pierced through the deepening night and returned to the largest city-state in the Blackwater Forest.

Above Blackwater City.

The ruins spread out below, far larger than the Deep Forest Sentinel and the Dark Forest.

The dilapidated buildings, like the skeleton of a giant beast, lay silently in the darkness.

Clotina's glass bead was pressed tightly against the edge of the airship.

She stared blankly at the ruins of this unfamiliar, colossal city.

The soul light flickered slightly, revealing a clear...

apprehensive.

Sixteen years have passed.

Is Father... really still here?

What has he become?

Could it be that... you no longer recognize yourself?

I feel apprehensive as I get closer to home.

This is also true for spirits.

Lin Gui didn't give her much time to overthink.

He hovered briefly in the air, his demonic eyes sweeping across the area.

The location of "7 Copper Coin Post Office - Blackwater City Branch" was quickly pinpointed.

The building, constructed by the ghosts themselves, stands out prominently among the ruins.

The airship adjusted its direction and lowered its altitude.

They sped off towards the post office.