You've found the Gusha-hime Knight, so put your hair up in a bun!

However, if it really came down to discussing these aristocratic rules, differing opinions could easily lead to lengthy debates, and Shilo didn't want to waste his time on that.

So Shiloh shrugged and chuckled, saying, "Our Wells family has been pursuing the mysteries of magic for generations, so you know, our interests lie in magic, not in marriage alliances with so-and-so."

"In addition, my parents respect my wishes, and they will not force me to do anything if I am uncomfortable."

After hearing this, Aria pursed her lips, somewhat at a loss. She instinctively felt that Shiloh was not telling the truth.

But when she tried to ask more questions, Shiloh interrupted her.

"Enough with the small talk. We didn't come here just to chat."

After saying that, Xi Luo walked up to Bishop Xili and solemnly dropped a bombshell: "Bishop Xili, I've come to tell you that a group of demons have already bypassed the Moon Goddess's senses and entered the city of Xifeier."

"What?! This... how is this possible—"

Bishop Siri was shocked. After all, the water city of Hifiel was protected by the Moon Goddess. Any demons that infiltrated would be discovered immediately. This was something that had never happened before in thousands of years!

"Heh heh... People in the capital say you're so smart, but I think it's just hype."

On the other side, Elvis, who was helping himself up from the long wooden chair, had a sinister look on his face and said with a mocking smile.

Seeing that Elvis hadn't learned his lesson after being beaten, Cecilia frowned and conjured another ball of light at her fingertips.

Upon seeing this scene, Elvis's expression changed, and he immediately turned to Aria, saying urgently, "Aria... Miss, I am your fiancé. Their wanton violence against me is tantamount to trampling on the face of the Wayne family!"

Arya was taken aback by what she heard, but then she keenly noticed the change in how Elvis addressed her.

Before this, Elvis always addressed himself by his full name, but at this moment he added a respectful title, the meaning of which was self-evident.

A strange feeling welled up inside her. Putting aside the fact that he was her fiancé, Aria felt utterly contemptuous of Elvis's behavior—that he had no power but still dared to provoke her, and then turned around and begged for protection when he was about to be beaten.

Especially since Elvis was her family's arranged fiancé, Aria felt even more ashamed.

But as he said, the fact that Wayne's fiancé was beaten so badly was a disgrace to the family.

So, Arya could only sigh softly, cast a pleading look at Shiloh, and whisper, "Um, Mr. Shiloh, could you... please..."

Before she could finish speaking, Arya was startled by Shiloh's sudden furrowed brows and stopped talking. She thought to herself that Elvis was insulting Mr. Shiloh like that, and she was even trying to stop Mr. Shiloh from punishing him. It was really a bit too unreasonable of her to not know right from wrong.

But, but there's nothing I can do...

Thinking of this, Aria lowered her head, feeling somewhat aggrieved.

But the situation took an unexpected turn. Just as Elvis was frozen in place, frightened by the murderous orb emanating from Cecilia's fingertip, Shilo sighed and said, "Well, it's Miss Arya's request. However, I'm not without conditions."

Arya looked up in surprise, and after hearing Shiloh's words, she nodded somewhat blankly and said, "Yes, you mean..."

Upon seeing this scene, Elvis's expression immediately changed.

The magical technology in this world is very advanced, so movies naturally exist as well.

To promote their establishments, they sometimes hire directors to produce videos for publicity.

The scene unfolding before Elvis right now is exactly like those "incompetent husband" stories in movies!

Chapter 64 Arya: Don't hurt Shiloh! (3k words, an ultimate, massive update tomorrow!)

"Wait! Aria, you absolutely can't say yes to him!"

Elvis shouted urgently, fearing that the innocent-minded Arya would agree to Shiloh's request, and then unknowingly be cuckolded one after another...

Elvis's face turned ashen with rage at the thought of this possibility. He glared at Shiloh and yelled, "You—if you have any dirty tricks up your sleeve, come at me! Don't go after Arya!"

Hearing Elvis's words, Shiloh frowned slightly, his expression clearly showing displeasure.

Aria was somewhat flustered. She glanced quickly at Elvis, whose face was full of anger, before turning back to Shilo and saying softly, "Mr. Shilo, please don't be angry..."

"Oh."

Shiloh didn't speak, but interrupted Arya's explanation with a faint, cold laugh, causing her to shrink back like a startled rabbit.

Arya is simply naive, but not stupid.

Looking at the anxious Elvis, Aria keenly noticed something: the other party seemed to genuinely believe that Shilo would do something detrimental to her.

Although she felt it was wrong to label people so simplistically, Arya intuitively sensed a hint of evil in Shiloh... He didn't seem as gentle and refined as rumored; he was perhaps more aggressive.

After suppressing the thought, Arya glanced at Shiloh's gloomy face, quietly chanted a prayer to discern lies in her heart, and then asked as if nothing had happened, "Mr. Shiloh, please tell me what you want me to do first."

Arya is a bit timid by nature, and although she tried to put on a calm expression, the tension on her face was not hidden at all, but it just so happened to make it seem quite reasonable.

Shilo didn't suspect anything was wrong. After turning her gaze away from Elvis, she said to Aria in an annoyed tone, "I want you to help me investigate the demons who entered the city, that's all... Also, your fiancé seems to enjoy slandering people, so you'd better be careful in the future."

"Shiro, you—?!"

Unexpectedly, Shiloh was openly setting a trap for him. Elvis immediately became furious, pointing at him and shouting, "With the protection of the Moon Goddess, no demon can enter this city silently! You fabricated this without even checking the information about the City of Sifir beforehand. Who do you think you can fool?!"

"Since there are no demons in Water City at all, what are your intentions in wanting Aria to go with you to investigate?!"

Elvis pointed angrily at Shiloh and launched into a righteous speech, his eyes filled with mockery. He thought to himself that he had exposed Shiloh's wolfish ambitions and would surely win Miss Arya's favor.

But to Elvis's surprise, before Shiloh could even speak, Arya spoke first.

“Mr. Shiloh, I... I agree to your request.”

Elvis froze, staring at Aria in disbelief, his body gradually stiffening.

He wondered if there was something wrong with his ears. Arya knew the history of this city, so why would she agree to Shiloh's request?

Ah, I know, she... she must have done it for me... worried that I would be made things difficult by Xi Luo, that's why—!

Thinking of this, Elvis's eyes filled with emotion, and his expression became even more resolute. He took two steps forward, flicked his hand, and looked at Shilo with a serious face, saying, "Miss Arya, I know you agreed to this person's request for my sake..."

"But it doesn't matter. For your sake, I will not be afraid, no matter how evil he may be tormenting me!"

At this moment, Elvis resembled a male peacock during courtship, its tail held high, displaying itself with great pride and a fierce expression, glaring at Shiloh as if he were some heinous criminal.

Elvis thought his speech would instantly boost Aria's favorability towards him, but after waiting for several minutes, he found the surroundings eerily quiet.

So he slowly lowered his hand, then looked stiffly toward Arya, only to see his fiancée's pale gold eyes filled with inexplicable embarrassment, while standing beside her, Shiloh was full of mockery, even laughing twice with a hint of sarcasm.

"Wow~ So this is your family's future son-in-law. Besides liking to smear others, he's also quite the clever one."

Upon hearing Shiloh's "slanderous" words, Elvis's face darkened. He wanted to continue to show his fearless spirit, but Arya's words cooled his enthusiasm.

"Um... I'm really sorry, Mr. Shiloh."

Apologize?

No, no, no, Arya, how could you admit to that?!

Seeing Elvis's anxious expression, he wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Aria's slightly displeased look.

Arya glanced at the fiancé arranged by the family and thought he was absolutely awful.

The Church of Tranquility here is slightly different from other places. Although the city of Hifiel is not large and has almost no reputation among all the cities in the empire, it is a "miracle" that is widely known among believers in the moon goddess.

The fact that the water city of Hifiel is the "divine homeland" of the Moon God in the human world is not to be deliberately spread by believers, because the Moon God prefers tranquility, and those who disobey will be punished, and in severe cases, they may even be directly stripped of their right to believe.

The serene church here is also one of the churches with the strongest remaining divinity of the moon goddess, so the effect of Arya's prayers here is even a level higher.

In this situation, if Shiloh has a detection-blocking item, Arya can detect him.

As for Shiloh's [Dust-Bound Rank] transcendent level, he had no ability to hide from my detection.

During the lie detector test, Arya confirmed that Shiloh did not have any shielding devices on him, and of course, he was not lying.

The feedback from her prayers told Aria that Shiloh truly believed there were demons in the city of Sifir and sincerely invited her to join him in exorcising them.

This is why Arya felt ashamed.

Although Shiloh was mocking Elvis, wasn't she also mocking herself?

Arya felt somewhat disgusted by Elvis's actions, but looking back, she realized that she herself had simply had a gut feeling that Shilo was not a good person and then doubted his intentions.

Although there has been no record of demons infiltrating the city of Hifiel for thousands of years, alarms are usually raised as soon as demons approach, and then the church members sense them.

But, but the demons have developed for so many years, maybe they really have something that can temporarily deceive the gods' perception?

Not to mention, as time goes by, the blessings that the gods directly leave behind in the world are constantly diminishing...

“I trust Mr. Shiloh. Besides, this mission was originally to investigate the situation of the demons near the city of Hifiel. Mr. Shiloh and I share the same goal.”

Feeling ashamed of misunderstanding Shiro, Arya hurriedly finished speaking, then looked at Shiro with a firm gaze and nodded.

To everyone's surprise, Arya agreed to Shiloh's request. Elvis was so angry he almost ground his teeth to powder. He took two more steps forward, trying to pull his "deceived" fiancée back.

Elvis's hasty actions caught Aria off guard. She never expected him to behave so rudely and inappropriately.

Was it a desperate act of fleeing, or... a revelation of one's true nature?

Arya frowned unhappily. Just as she was about to back away subtly, Shiloh unexpectedly stepped in front of her and firmly grabbed Elvis's wrist.

Snapped!

The atmosphere suddenly became tense. Shiloh narrowed his dark eyes and looked coldly at Elvis, saying, "Although I had anticipated your unyielding nature, I never expected you to be so rude."

Shiloh stood in front of Arya as if he were her fiancé, while Elvis was some stray dog ​​who seemed to have come from nowhere to disturb their happy life.

"you wanna die!"

"stop!"

Although Elvis growled like that, he still knew what crime it was to attack Shilo without permission, so he just wanted to use his strength to throw Shilo aside so that Arya could see his weak nature.

Interestingly, just as Elvis made a threatening move, Cecilia's Holy Light Ball arrived, but it was barely neutralized by the defensive amulet on his body. This caused the girl's expression to change, and just as she was about to quickly unleash a more powerful attack, a pure white moonlight suddenly burst forth!

Om-!

The moonlight swept across like a tide, and then all the strength in Elvis's body was drained in an instant, causing him to collapse to his knees, his body limp.

thump

Shiloh was still holding Elvis's wrist, making it look as if Elvis was kneeling down to beg for forgiveness from Shiloh.

Before Elvis could even feel a surge of humiliation, Shiloh sneered and delivered a powerful kick to the chest, sending Elvis flying like a stray dog.

Splash!

Looking at the flying wood chips after the wood was smashed, a look of helplessness flashed in Bishop Siri's eyes.

The difference in their ranks was too great, and although Shilo didn't inflict any physical damage on Elvis, the mental damage was immeasurable.

In particular, it was Arya who intervened to stop Elvis's attack, causing him to lose his strength and kneel down.

It looked as if Arya and Shiloh had executed a perfectly coordinated combo.

“Good teamwork. I think we can definitely become great partners, Miss Arya.”

Shiloh withdrew his gazing gesture, turned to look at Arya with a slight smile, and then gave an elegant bow.

Chapter 65 Xi Luo: Could it be that the Moon Goddess has taken a liking to me? (7k, 3.5 chapters combined)

"Huh? Oh... um."

Aria nodded, seemingly wanting to say something but then stopping herself.

On the other side, Elvis, who had climbed out of the pile of wood chips, was ashen-faced.

However, the biggest crisis right now is not that his fiancée agreed to Shiloh's request, but rather the deadly intent emanating from Cecilia.

Although Cecilia's pursuit attack was fast enough, it's hard to say whether Shilo would have been injured if Arya hadn't intervened.

Cecilia was filled with regret at the thought of this possibility.

If I can't even protect Xi Luo when dealing with a [Azure Flame Rank], then what right do I have to stay by his side?

"Master, I..."

Shame and unease filled Cecilia's heart, urging her to run quickly to Shiloh's side and whisper softly.

However, Shiloh did not blame her. He patted Cecilia's head and rubbed it with his large hand, then smiled and said, "Alright, I believe in you. Even if you act second, you are confident you can protect me."

"When you were still in the Holy Knights, you were the [Sacred Lily] that I admired."

Cecilia's unease melted away like ice and snow at Shiloh's tolerance. She pursed her lips, looked up with gratitude, and nodded, saying, "Hmm... then, what should we do with him?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Cecilia's smile vanished instantly, and her emerald eyes revealed a deep killing intent as she attacked Elvis without reservation.

The killing intent of a battle-hardened knight was far beyond what a noble academy student who had never left the ivory tower could withstand. Without even lifting a finger, Elvis's face turned pale, and his legs went weak. He stood up and then collapsed back to the ground with a thud.

Glancing at Bishop Siri who seemed hesitant to speak, Cecilia smiled slightly, stroked the bristling golden retriever, and miraculously, the intense killing intent vanished, revealing a sense of comfort and satisfaction in Cecilia's eyes.

Seeing Cecilia's drastically different attitude, Aria opened her cherry-like mouth speechlessly, wondering if this was the "love" the other party was talking about.

In a sense, it seems rather extraordinary...

Will I have something like this in the future?