My wife, who's in a vegetative state, please stop eavesdropping on my thoughts.

"So what should we do now? Send people directly to the Lunette family to arrest them!?"

"That won't work either. The previous head of the Lunette family was one of the three most powerful figures in the royal city's aristocratic faction. Any coercive action against them would require the approval of a three-star Night Patrol officer."

Upon hearing this, everyone present wore expressions of helplessness, a mixture of amusement and exasperation.

This won't work, that won't work.

It's obvious that once those unscrupulous newspapers, always eager for drama, release their urgent announcements tomorrow morning, the explosive news of Winter's defeat at the hands of the Lunette family members will completely ignite the entire royal city.

At a time when the conflict between the academic and aristocratic factions is extremely intense, this incident has dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the Night Patrol's officials.

Just when the entire conference room was at a loss, Miss Xing, who had been lost in thought with her eyes closed for the past few minutes, slowly opened her pure white eyes.

"Don't act rashly. Let's wait until Lady Xuehou returns before making a final decision..."

"I can sense that the cleanup operation in the North is over."

"The day she returns should not be long."

Upon hearing this, everyone's tense nerves finally relaxed a little, and they all showed expressions of surprise and delight.

Is the night patrol finally returning after the snow?!

You should know that since Xue Hou temporarily took over as the Zhenzhou Envoy to suppress the riots in the Black Realm, she has been staying in that godforsaken place for almost two whole months.

I came back once during the trip to apply for support.

They were so anxious that they even dragged in a clerical worker like Ruian.

They didn't even get to see the newly appointed guard, Bingfei.

Once the Snow Queen, representing the strongest force of the Night Patrol, returns, all the recent chaos and turmoil in the royal city can be brought to a complete end!

...

Meanwhile, inside the luxurious mansion of the Lunette family.

The atmosphere at the dinner table was slightly quiet and eerie.

Because they returned so late today, Aunt Bai had already eaten her specially supplied cat food, so only Weiss and Cassandra were sitting at the extra-long dining table.

They turned it all into a candlelight dinner.

Although the two did not speak to each other for the time being, the maids standing behind them all looked at each other with strange eyes.

Keep in mind that Cassandra and Westbrook left home one after the other, and were out for a full five or six hours before returning side by side!

This development naturally led the maids to have all sorts of wild thoughts.

Amidst the somewhat muffled clinking of cutlery, the young swordswoman Cassandra suddenly broke the silence:

"Weiss, since you chose to buy a large number of Tier 7 potions at this critical juncture, you must be planning to improve your ranking in this Snow Palace Trial, right?"

"Although you defeated Winter Duke today, it doesn't really prove anything. When Winter Duke first advanced to the 7th rank, his internal record in the Snow Palace Trial was less than 8 kilometers. Even the worst of the Ten Kings in history had the terrifying ability to climb to at least 20 kilometers."

"If your ultimate goal is to surpass Ice Queen, then you can consider her as being at the level of one of the Ten Kings from the outset..."

Upon hearing the Little Sword Saint's seemingly admonishing but actually cautionary words, Weiss nodded thoughtfully.

Even if the Little Sword Saint didn't speak, he was well aware of the Ice Consort's special status.

After all, the rich and pure white snow aura emanating from Bingfei was almost ten times stronger than that of Dongjue.

Could it be that the fragments of mystery bestowed by Snow White are of varying strengths, and Winter Duke just happened to receive the weaker one?

If Weiss were to take another look at the Snow Knight now, he might be able to draw some conclusions through comparison.

Unfortunately, when they met in Moonlit City, I was not yet a member of Snow White's kin and had no way of discerning the concentration of Snow White's aura on the Snow Knight.

I wonder how Winter Knight compares to Snow Knight...

After dinner, Weiss did not spend time alone with the young swordsman, but went straight back to Elune's bedroom.

At this time, Aunt Bai and Elune had already gone to sleep.

Almost as soon as he closed the door, he eagerly opened the book about the world.

After defeating Winter Duke, the exploration progress of the royal city has skyrocketed to 6.4%.

Now, we can finally unlock the first destiny choice for the Royal City region!

Unlike the settlement mechanism in Moonlit City, the Royal City unlocks a reward every time 5% of the progress is reached.

However, the progress was incredibly slow. Weiss had gone through a Snow Palace trial, advanced to the 7th tier of the Slaughtering Path, and then defeated Winter Duke in a direct confrontation before finally reaching the current 6.4%.

Soon, with a slight thought from Weiss, several lines of illusory characters radiating golden light slowly appeared in mid-air.

The Royal City Fate Option (Round 1) is now active.

Critical decision node detected

Please choose one of the following five options. The reward will take effect immediately after you make your final choice:

1. 3 Ice Coins

2. 30 Ice Coins (Very high probability that Snow White will detect the anomaly)

3. Erasing a Snowy Mystery

4. 140-year lifespan

5. Significantly increases kill count.

When Weiss's gaze fell on the second reward option, he almost choked on his own saliva.

Wait, what? There's a stolen reward too...!?

30 Frost Coins!!!

That's enough to buy a full 6 drops of Tier 6 Dream Potion, or 90 drops of Tier 7 Dream Potion, from Snow White's exclusive shop!!

If this amount of resources were poured in, it could practically create a storm on the spot...

However, this option also has extremely fatal side effects. If Snow White herself finds out that she is using a cheat engine, she will definitely ban her account on the spot, and having more than 30 Ice Coins will be useless.

Therefore, Weiss had absolutely no doubts about this option.

The third option, erasing a Snow White mystery, is rather intriguing.

Can this also be considered a reward option?

It's as if, within the world's understanding and judgment, accepting the enchantment of the Snow White's mystery is considered a side effect!?

In fact, Weiss had suspected similar conspiracy theories before.

However, with my current meager strength, it is impossible for me to explore the existence of the Seven Wonders. Therefore, I can only let nature take its course, take it one step at a time, and let things work themselves out.

He didn't make any definitive statements and decided to wait and see about this strange reward for the time being.

After looking at it from all angles, only the final 140 years of lifespan and a large amount of killing points are relatively clear and pure rewards. One enhances the basic values ​​of the natural system, and the other improves the killing system.

Although three Frost Coins are also quite valuable, even if you get just three, you won't have enough to exchange for the super reward.

On the contrary, the Paradise has been used too frequently recently, and its lifespan reserves have decreased significantly. Although it is still a long way from completely burning out its lifespan, the loss of lifespan has more or less affected the basic panel values ​​of the natural system.

As for the large amount of kill points...

He could have easily killed him himself.

There's no need to trouble the World Book with a reward that I can easily do in my spare time.

So, Weiss only pondered for a moment before decisively selecting the fourth option: a 140-year lifespan gift package.

"Shh-"

As the decision was made, an invisible and gentle breeze enveloped his body.

Weston immediately experienced an overwhelming sense of bliss.

Taking into account his inherently high lifespan as a natural system, he felt that his remaining lifespan at this moment should have completely broken through the 300-year mark!

In this way, even if he encounters another desperate situation where he needs to recklessly spend the amusement park to teleport, he won't feel too much psychological burden.

300 seconds in amusement park is enough time to take a caged bird to the ends of the earth...

After closing the World Book panel with satisfaction.

Without stopping, Weiss pulled out the 20 bottles of Storm Potion he had just received that day.

Without hesitation, he tilted his head back and frantically emptied the 20 bottles of Tier 7 Storm Potion in one go, one bottle after another, without stopping at all.

He downed 38 bottles in just a few hours!

If it were any other 8th-tier superhuman, they would probably have grown into giants by now, right?

Suddenly, a strong wind swept through the entire bedroom.

Countless visible silver whirls swirled wildly around Weiss, causing the nearby curtains and draperies to flutter and even lifting the blankets covering Elune.

Above the window, Aunt Bai, who had almost been blown off by the strong wind and turned into a cat-like mess, raised her head somewhat groggily.

what's wrong?

Who has upset him again...?

Soon, Weiss slowly subdued and suppressed the strange wind phenomenon, and somewhat guiltily covered Elune with the blanket again.

With a lifespan of 140 years and the terrifying boost from 20 bottles of Storm Potion, Weiss felt that the total wind power stored within his body had almost visibly doubled.

In this way, the limit of wind field expansion has definitely ushered in another qualitative leap.

And this was the most perfect, peak state he could forcibly achieve before the upcoming Snow Palace Trial...

At this moment, feeling the extraordinary power surging wildly within his body, Weiss couldn't help but slowly exhale a breath of scalding, turbid air, as hot as a raging wind.

I wonder what would happen if I encountered an opponent of the level of ten kings?

........

Family, I've discovered something amazing! I've been suffering from severe insomnia lately, often feeling fully awake even during my dreams. But after trying white noise to help me sleep, I slept soundly for a long time – I haven't slept this deeply in ages!

I overslept, please take a day off.

Sorry, everyone, I slept until now, and it's definitely too late to make it before 6 a.m.

I'll finish writing two days' worth of content during the day before posting it.

Sorry, sorry ...

Chapter 96: The Date (1.2 words)

—Night patrol of the royal city, Ice Cloud Extraordinary Academy.

Ice Cloud Extraordinary Academy is the top-ranked academy in the entire royal city.

This place is a gathering place for most of the family members of the major noble families in the center of the royal city, except for the first in line to inherit the throne. Rich and noble daughters and sons can be seen everywhere.

It is worth mentioning that the previous top student from the academy, Winter Duke, one of the eight Night Patrol Guards, was a graduate of this Ice Cloud Academy.

The previous chief snow knight came from the White Frost Academy on the other side of the royal city.

At this very moment, in a luxuriously decorated lecture hall at Bingxia Academy.

A middle-aged male lecturer with a refined and gentle demeanor, wearing a monocle, is standing on the podium recounting the glorious history of Bingxia Extraordinary Academy.

Below the stage, a few dozen young noble students sat scattered about.

Emily Lunette was among them.

She rested her chin on her hands, listening intently as the lecturer recounted the supreme glory that once belonged to the academic world.

"Hundreds of years ago, during the golden age before the Snow Palace Trials were closed, our Ice Cloud Extraordinary Academy consistently ranked first in the Snow Palace rankings almost every three sessions, making us the undisputed academic powerhouse of the time!"

"Furthermore, on average every few years, a top student from Icefall Academy will be dyed by Snow White, one of the Seven Wonders, and become a new generation of direct guards!"

At this point, the lecturer's tone suddenly became somewhat heavy, and a hint of regret flashed across his face:

"However, unfortunately... ever since that legendary hero ascended to the top of the Snow Palace, Lady Snow White's interest in all academic schools has plummeted."

"If it weren't for Lord Winter's sudden emergence a few years ago, our Ice Cloud Extraordinary Academy would probably have had an embarrassing record of not having a single member selected as a direct guard for a full 10 years."

Although the students had heard countless stories about heroes since they were young.

But this is the first time that Lady Shirayuki's interests and quirks have been discussed publicly.

Upon hearing the lecturer's words, Emily, sitting in the audience, fell into deep thought.

"Heroes, that is, the source of warlords..."