Raise Joan of Arc to be an empress, then discard her.

"I didn't expect that person to be so troublesome! He kept us up until late at night!" Theo said angrily.

"I didn't expect it to be this late! I don't know if we'll make it!" another voice replied breathlessly.

"It's so late, we're definitely too late for anything, all we can do is know the result," Theo said helplessly.

The doors of the Giant's Tower swung open with a bang, and Theo and Elliott stood panting in the doorway. Sparse moonlight streamed into the tower, illuminating the smooth, mirror-like floor. A slender figure stood there alone, seemingly examining the scratches on the floor.

If any trial participants were standing here, they would surely be amazed by this magical scene. The battlefield, which was a mess at dusk, has now been mostly restored. Most of the bloodstains have been cleaned up, the stone pillars have been repaired, and the wounds on the ground have been smoothed out, just like the trial ground was before.

A woman wearing a wool shawl and a close-fitting dress stood in the center of the square, tilting her head to look at the two people standing at the entrance, and said, "Oh, you're back."

"What was the final result?" Theo couldn't wait to step forward. He knew Roland was the interviewer and knew the final outcome of the interview.

Roland blinked: "The result is... that guy named Aaron passed."

"It's approved!"

Theo and Elliott exchanged glances, their eyes lighting up with surprise. Theo pressed on, "How did he pass?! What was the process like?"

"How did it pass?"

Roland seemed puzzled by Theo's inexplicable enthusiasm, saying with a bewildered expression, "It's passed, it's passed..."

“That’s not what I’m asking!” Theo waved his hand, clenched his fist, and said with burning eyes, “I’m asking how he finally passed! What was the process like! Did they go through a tough battle? Was the process full of twists and turns? What ultimately led him to victory!”

“Twists and turns…” Roland thought for a moment, then said somewhat uncertainly, “It was quite… full of twists and turns…”

Chapter 188 After Everything Ended

“That’s not what I’m asking! What I want to know is whether the two sides went through a back-and-forth, counter-move process, but in the end, the more passionate side won?” Theo asked.

"I guess so..." Roland replied casually, seemingly uninterested in listening to Theo continue.

“I never expected him to actually win in the end…” Theo immediately turned to Elliott and said.

“That means he’s now a judge,” Elliott laughed. “He’ll come to report tomorrow, and then we’ll have a new companion.”

“That’s how it is…” Roland’s eyes were a little dazed. She hugged the book, yawned, and turned to walk towards her room.

Theo and Elliott were already used to Roland's behavior, and they excitedly discussed among themselves, "Then we should arrive earlier tomorrow, since we won't be there in person, we should come earlier tomorrow..."

While the two were having a heated discussion, in the MI7 building, in the office...

By this time, most of the people in the building had already left. Needless to say, the intelligence officers and agents of MI7 are also human beings and also need to go off work. Not only do they go off work, but after get off work they also go out drinking and having fun, or go to small restaurants to have a few drinks with colleagues and friends, just like ordinary people.

In the dimly lit office, Jane sat at her desk, took a deep breath, and once again flipped through the file hidden behind her uniform. She turned to the first page, which contained the file holder's information: Name: Aaron S. Brando, Gender: Male, Age: Twenty-three...

The archives didn't contain all of Aaron's information, but almost all of his important information was there. Even summarizing a king would only require a few pages of information, and Aaron was just an ordinary person, so how much information could he possibly have? Therefore, a few pages were enough; all the important information was concentrated in the parchment scroll in her hand.

All the important information about an ordinary person's life is contained in these few thin sheets of paper. As an intelligence officer of MI7, Jane should be used to this kind of thing, but holding these few pages, Jane is still a little excited.

From now on, the information here is considered a top-secret archive of the kingdom.

"Are you really going to continue investigating?" someone asked Jane from behind in the dim light.

It was Jane's boss. I didn't expect him to still be here so late, leaning against the office doorway smoking.

Jane is an intelligence officer with MI7. Unlike most intelligence officers, she is a woman and doesn't smoke. Otherwise, she probably would have wanted a cigarette at this moment. For a man, there's probably no better time to have one. But Jane doesn't want to. She's not surprised to see her superior standing behind her and nods excitedly, saying:

“Yes, I want to continue the investigation. Aaron is an important clue, and he is related to the Lucert spy. I believe that as long as we find out about him, we can find out the Lucert spy’s network in the Kingdom of Dok.”

“But the kingdom’s laws no longer support your continued investigation,” the superior said.

"If you continue investigating his case, you can only do so in your own name, without the King's authorization. You will not receive any assistance from MI7, and in a sense, continuing the investigation is a serious violation of the law. You may be court-martialed, and the King can directly try you. Moreover, this investigation is fraught with danger. You will not receive any reward or benefit. Even if you eventually uncover evidence, you will remain anonymous. This case may be related to a very important figure in the kingdom, the King's most powerful right-hand man, who will soon be involved in a royal marriage. Are you sure you want to continue investigating?"

"But I think we're very close to the truth."

Jane stubbornly replied, "Whether it's the recent Lusset spy case, the government building case, or the recent visit of Queen Lusset to the Kingdom of Dok, plus the several spy cases we've cracked before, I think we're very close to the answer. As long as we continue to investigate in the direction of Aaron, we can figure out a lot of things."

Jane suddenly stopped, as if she had suddenly realized something, and looked up at her boss, saying, "Are you trying to stop me?"

The office was silent except for the ticking of the clock. The boss smoked the cigarette, now only a butt, for a long time until he took the last puff. Then he threw the cigarette butt away and said coldly, "I won't help you."

Not helping her seems to be the best thing to do for her.

“But I’ll send a few people to you. They won’t have much to do for the time being. What they do is up to you.” The man’s cold, steely voice echoed in the dimly lit office after he tossed away his cigarette butt.

"We are MI7, a violent agency serving the kingdom and the king, not a weak organization that only little girls would persevere in..."

The Crystal is where Birmingham's elite hold their banquets. It is said that in addition to the luxurious banquet hall, there are also extremely extravagant bedrooms that only the most distinguished guests can stay in.

Aaron has truly witnessed this legend today. The room in question is on the second floor of the Crystal. It is said that it was built to the specifications of Princess Lucerne when the Rococo style was still popular. The room is decorated with intricate curves and soft colors, and the floor is covered with parquet flooring and imaginative scroll patterns.

The room is divided into two halves by a wave-shaped wall and a floor-to-ceiling mirror. The front half is a small study and a private living room, while the back half is a luxurious bedroom and a walk-in closet. An ivory bed is located in the center of the room, surrounded by layers of draped curtains.

The bronze bathtub is the highlight of the room, placed right next to the ivory bed. It's next to the window and faces a huge floor-to-ceiling mirror. Aaron didn't understand the designer's intention in designing it this way. Perhaps placing the bathtub next to the window and facing the huge floor-to-ceiling mirror was the designer's idea of ​​the Lucretian style...

Aaron came to the bathtub, took off his robe and hung it on the coat rack, casually threw his shirt and leggings into the laundry basket, carefully placed his scimitar flat on the huge Lucerne-style bronze bathtub, and walked naked into the bronze bathtub, slowly sitting down in the hot water.

Carrying a sword while bathing sounds cool and chivalrous, like Robin Hood, but Aaron did it because he couldn't put away Bai Yue, and considering that this light cavalry scimitar, which cost 176 gold coins in advance, was the most valuable thing he owned, more than all his previous wealth, it was understandable that Aaron would take it with him while bathing, he was practically sleeping with it...

However, all of this was worthwhile, not only because Bai Yue satisfied him in every aspect, but also because he possessed an elegant and beautiful curve like a beautiful woman's neck... More importantly, Bai Yue's performance also satisfied him.

Aaron knew nothing about forging and didn't know what metal Bai Yue used to forge it, but there was no doubt that the metal had the characteristic of "living" that craftsmen often talked about. It was very compatible with his spiritual power and almost perfectly absorbed the spiritual power he emitted, turning into its current white form.

He was pleasantly surprised to find that even after a fierce battle, Bai Yue had not suffered much damage. In fact, the active metal forged by spiritual energy was even subtly repairing itself, which made him even more delighted and very satisfied with the 176 gold flowers he had spent.

Moreover, things are different now. He is no longer the young man whose only valuable possession is his scimitar. He now nominally owns a property in Florian, holds Papal State citizenship, and is a respected citizen of the land. His wealth is no longer as meager as before.

Thinking of this, Aaron looked at the silver-white robe hanging on the clothes rack.

The robe not only fit him perfectly, but it was also made of the finest materials. The longsword and scales on the robe were woven with gold thread and were said to have been made by artisans from Florian. Aaron had no doubt about their skill, after all, Florian, outside the Papal States, was a country that worshipped the god of craftsmen.

These two robes even required a contract to obtain. When Aaron signed the contract, he glanced at the prices on the two robes. They were only cheaper than his light cavalry scimitar, but the price difference was limited. Even Aaron could only receive two robes.

Most importantly, those two robes would be the clothing that best represented his identity thereafter, and he would need to wear them as the formal attire of a judge. Aaron would even be obliged to wear these robes when attending important occasions in the future.

This is the price that must be paid to become a judge. Aaron doesn't mind, after all, he has obtained "citizenship of the earthly kingdom", has legal immunity, and has escaped the crisis of MI7. He no longer has to live in fear and trembling. He has nothing to complain about.

With this in mind, Aaron should start taking stock of his assets and income. After all, becoming a judge would mean spending money on many things, and he couldn't continue to live and eat for free at the Iron Earl's house. He needed to plan how to use his money.

Nominally, he now owns real estate in the Papal States, has an annuity deposited in Florian Bank that he can withdraw at any time, and a monthly salary of up to 40 gold coins. Moreover, as his judge rank and years of service increase, his salary will continue to increase. However, this is not money that has already been received, and it is not appropriate to regard it as property that he already owns.

After some calculation, he still owes Claire 176 gold coins. Claire said that this money would be deducted from his monthly salary. It would be more appropriate to pay off Claire's money in a year. Therefore, he can withdraw a little more than 24 gold coins from his salary each month.

It's still the beginning of the month. Although he can get an advance, he won't receive his salary until around next month. In other words, although he seems to have a lot of assets now, he doesn't actually have much money available for withdrawal.

Some might wonder, didn't he accumulate much wealth in all these years in the Kingdom of Dok? The answer is no.

He actually used student loans to attend Frisinhof University. Student loans are a very advanced policy in the world today, but the related facilities are not very complete. Frisinhof University is one of the best universities in the Kingdom of Dok, and the tuition is very expensive. He has to repay a considerable amount of money every month. In addition, he also has to rent a house, survive, and maintain a certain level of dignity. Although he can get help from Earl of Iron or Freya, he can hardly save any money. It's good enough if he doesn't go into debt.

Therefore, apart from the 1 gold flower, 2 silver snakes, and 12 copper coins that inexplicably appeared in his pocket, plus the pitiful few dozen silver snakes he had in the Dock Bank, he didn't have much money on hand.

Simon did agree to donate 2000 gold coins to him, which seemed like a huge sum; many minor nobles probably didn't even have 2,000 gold coins in their entire fortune. However, the donations came with conditions: Aaron could only get the money from Freya...

Simon, let's just say that Her Highness's move was a bit too ruthless... Aaron couldn't help but splash water in the bathtub.

Although he is nominally entitled to withdraw this huge sum of money from Freya and has the right to control it, he is still nominally Freya's fiancé. Heaven knows what price he will have to pay to get money from Freya...

It's not that Freya is unwilling to give him the money; on the contrary, Freya would be very willing to spend money on him. However, she would definitely ask him in detail about the intended use and would fully utilize her initiative as his wife. Therefore, he always felt that after withdrawing the money, he would have to pay a price far greater than the money itself. So, unless absolutely necessary, he was unwilling to withdraw the money casually and could only wait for the money to slowly flow into his account each month, as agreed.

But judging by the speed at which that money is flowing into his account, he'll probably have a child with Freya by then... At that point, whether he has an account or not won't matter much... The princess's move was too ruthless...

However, the princess still had a conscience and agreed to withdraw 30 gold flowers from the bank for him two days later. She also asked him to tell her his bank account number in the Kingdom of Dok. So, he now had about 4 gold flowers, 4 silver snakes, and 10 copper coins in cash.

This fortune is roughly equivalent to having tens of thousands of dollars on Earth. It's not a lot, but for an ordinary person, it provides a certain level of security, so they don't have to panic in case of trouble. Of course, if he were still an Earthling, this money, combined with his monthly salary, would be enough to live a very comfortable life. After all, he was just an ordinary person on Earth, but in this world, he is a superhuman, and he wants to continue to advance.

For a superhuman, this amount of money is not enough; if he wants to continue advancing, this money will be consumed very quickly.

He got out of the bathtub, dried himself off, put on a loose and comfortable women's bathrobe, and sat on the sofa in the bedroom.

He rolled up the sleeves of the woman's yukata, revealing his wrists.

On his wrist, a scale as hard as iron had not yet peeled off, and on the scale was a gigantic vortex that seemed to devour the entire world.

This is the real problem that worries him.

These are the things that grew on his body when he transformed into a monster. He still remembers the horror of that time, and the scales remain on his body just like the fear, leaving him with lingering fear.

Chapter 189 Mysterious Space

Something equivalent to the Book of Omniscience...

Aaron sighed softly.

On the bright side, at least he now has some understanding of what's happening to him, even though there's great danger involved, at least he has a direction.

What is certain now is that his body possesses two blessings, no... there might be three, and there's another ability he doesn't know what it is...

Having experienced World War I, he was certain that both blessings had taken effect within him. He was fully familiar with the blessing of omniscience, and needless to say, aside from not being able to wield a weapon, he could unleash 80% of its power.

But he still hasn't figured out the blessing from the god of nature...

It was certain that his bones and muscles had been strengthened, but the Blessing of Omniscience also strengthened his body. Did these two enhancements overlap? Aaron didn't know; he only vaguely felt that his body was slightly stronger than that of a Sequence 9 user…

So Aaron began to think about a serious question: now that he had the blessings of both the All-Knowing God and the God of Nature, how should he advance his cultivation?

Surely we can't upgrade both kinds of blessings, can we?

Aaron's face paled at the thought of the terrifying costs required to upgrade the two blessings.

He wasn't quite clear about the sequence of natural blessings, so he didn't think about it for the time being. But he was already aware of the blessings of the all-knowing God. He was now in sequence nine and was known as the Candlelight.

Fleeting, faint, seemingly extinguishable by a gust of wind, clinging to a physical form, yet its spiritual flame has been ignited, reflecting the mark of the all-knowing God, the "light of the all-knowing." This is the Sequence Nine Candlelight.

The blessings of the all-knowing God can stimulate a person's innate talents. Therefore, after receiving the blessing, each person discovers different abilities in addition to the enhancement of their physical abilities.

In addition to gaining increased speed and reducing his weight, Aaron, at the Candlelight level, also acquired a new ability: Sword Domain - Suppression.

The next sequence after Candlelight is called Mirror Light, which is the sequence he will attack next.

With each level of Omniscience Blessing, one gains at least one ability. Sequence nine of Nature's Blessing should follow a similar principle. Aaron's curiosity was piqued; he wondered what ability Nature's Blessing would grant him.

The information about Omniscient Blessing was almost transparent to him, since he had already gone through it once and knew exactly how to advance, and could avoid many detours. However, he knew nothing about how to upgrade to Natural Blessing and what precautions to take. He only hoped that the upgrade method was not too different from that of Omniscient Blessing.

Now that both blessings have worked properly, there's no need to worry for the time being. What remains is that thing that is equivalent to the Book of Omniscience.

Although terrified, Aaron decided to confront his fears.

If he's not mistaken, his resurrection might even be related to this dark power.

This thing was deeply connected to him from the beginning, and he couldn't escape it just by trying. Moreover, he could sense that if he wanted to, he could transform back into the monster he was back then at any time, and this transformation would be extremely dangerous. He could easily lose control, something he couldn't control in his current state.

Besides turning into a monster, does he have any other abilities? Aaron wondered cautiously.