Subaru Natsuki, who returned from the new Three Kingdoms

A black-haired figure carrying something walked in through the night.

The man raised his hand and said to the owner behind the bar:

"Boss, give me a big jar of wine, to go!"

"The wine is on the right side of the counter, please help yourself..."

The boss answered instinctively, but when he looked up and saw the man's face clearly, his eyes widened immediately.

Before anyone could react, he pointed a trembling finger at the man in the doorway and said incredulously:

"You...you're still alive?"

"You... came from the Tower of Sages?"

"What?!" Reinhardt and the others were shocked upon hearing this!

Subaru! You've already been to the Sage's Tower!

Natsuki Subaru scratched his head, slightly surprised by the scene before him, and then burst into laughter!

"Of course! If you climb the tower, I'll climb the tower too!"

"You climb the tower to find the Great Sage, I'll climb the tower straight to the top of the trial! I'll take Frugel too!"

Chapter 108: Updating the Rules

While I was typing this, my heart pain progressed to numbness in my back.

I was sweating profusely, along with a loss of appetite and nausea.

This is essentially a warning sign of sudden death.

My body is telling me I have to stop.

If this continues, we'll be going to win over that line from Zhao Benshan's old man skit.

The money wasn't spent, and the person is gone.

From now on, I will set a stop valve for myself, which will also be an ironclad rule for the rest of this book.

If I haven't updated by 8 PM, it means there won't be any updates for today.

I will force myself to shut down my work computer at 8 o'clock.

Health is more important than anything else.

Please take good care of yourselves, everyone...

No update today, no update today, no update today, no update today.

No update today, no update today, no update today, no update today.

No update today, no update today, no update today, no update today.

To prove I wasn't lazy or making excuses, here's a screenshot of my word count for today.


Chapter 109: 104. Red Astraea!

"You climb the tower to find the Great Sage, I'll climb the tower straight to the top of the trial! I'll take Frugal too!" A haughty voice came from Subaru Natsuki's mouth.

Everyone present was stunned.

Julius was the first to be affected.

"Flugel?"

Julius was taken aback, his hand holding the wine glass freezing in mid-air.

His purple brain almost crashed from that sentence.

The man said—

To take down Freuger?

His brows furrowed even deeper.

But isn't Flügel the man standing right in front of me?

Yesterday in the capital, Anastasia told him personally that the white-haired man who did the accounting, drank, and returned his sword at the Hexin Merchant Guild was none other than Subaru Natsuki after changing his appearance.

Now Subaru Natsuki says he broke into the Sage's Tower and took Frugal along with it?

what does this mean?

I'll use myself?

Could it be that the connection between Subaru Natsuki and Flügel is not simply that the same person disguises himself and uses two faces?

Julius's expression was unpredictable.

I've heard of schizophrenia before...

Could it be...?

While Julius was still processing the sentence, Russell Ferro, sitting a little further away, suddenly straightened up.

Vegetable! Moon! Subaru!

What's that kid doing here!

Before leaving the capital, he should have left people to keep an eye on this kid!

Even if he secretly slipped away, how could he possibly arrive at the Sage's Tower before them?

It's important to know that their Sage's Tower expedition team was working to reach their destination as quickly as possible.

They squeezed the coordination capabilities of the chambers of commerce and rest stops along the way to the extreme!

Along the way, each of them changed several earth dragons, squeezing each one until it was foaming at the mouth, before finally arriving at the tavern before dark.

How could this kid be faster than them?

Even according to the boss? This guy arrived last night!

How can it be!

Last night, in the middle of the night, he received news that Natsuki Subaru, carrying Lord McCrotoff's order, went to the prison to rescue the Aiko organization members they had captured!

It can't be that after rescuing people from prison, he strolled around and arrived at the Sage's Tower earlier than their fully armed expedition team riding the most elite earth dragons!

Impossible! Absolutely impossible!

Russell Ferro turned sharply to stare at his boss, trying to find any trace of lying on his face, but the other man's ghostly expression revealed no flaw whatsoever!

Russell Ferro's gaze returned to the dark-haired youth, his eyes landing on his back.

There is a shadow.

It wasn't easy to see clearly from Reinhard and the others, but he was sitting close to the door, so he easily recognized the dark figure.

It is the Bishop of Lust, Capella.

These days, Six Tongues has arrested quite a few members of the Love for Children organization.

There are always a few people who aren't tough enough and spill out what they know in the interrogation room, including Capella's ability to freely change her body and transform into other creatures.

Could it be that Capella transformed into a dragon and flew here with Subaru Natsuki?

It's understandable that flying dragons are faster than earth dragons.

Could the speed difference between the two be that great?

Russell Ferro had not witnessed the speed of the dragon firsthand, so he could not make a judgment for the time being.

And isn't Capela's current state, being carried on Subaru's back by Natsuki, a little strange...?

Before Russell could glean any further information from the cloak, Reinhard had already put down his wine glass and stood up first.

He knew just how fast Subaru was and how strong his stamina was, so he wasn't as shocked as the others. Instead, he asked another question that had been on his mind:

"Subaru, why did you come to the Sage's Tower even after being rejected?"

"There's absolutely no point in you doing this!"

Reinhard's smile concealed nervousness.

In his opinion, there was absolutely no need for Subaru Natsuki to come to the Sage's Tower to treat Lord Myrotov or anything like that; it was simply not Subaru Natsuki's style.

Unless Natsuki Subaru's arrival at the Sage's Tower was not his own intention, but rather a result of him being controlled.

With this thought in mind, Reinhardt clenched his fist slightly.

"Didn't we agree before that you would wait for me in the capital..."

"Hahahahahaha!"

The black-haired youth's laughter completely drowned out the rest of his sentence.

He put his hands behind his back, supporting Capella's buttocks, and at the same time, the look he had just been scratching his head suddenly became more inscrutable.

"Before answering your question, I also have a question for you."

Reinhard's lips twitched slightly, a hint of difficulty in maintaining his composure...

Is Subaru going to repeat himself again...?

However, while it was difficult to stay calm, it also put him at ease.

This at least proves that Capela's control over Subaru is not that deep, after all, Subaru is still so amazing!

Perhaps Subaru came to the Sage's Tower for a special reason.

As expected, Natsuki Subaru said:

"Just as you just said, why did you climb the Sage's Tower?"

"Of course I want treatment..."

Reinhard was about to answer when his pupils suddenly contracted.

Standing at the bar, he finally saw what Subaru was carrying on his back in the dim light.

A blonde girl's face peeked out from his shoulder, her arms still intimately wrapped around his neck.

The body that should have been incomplete had been restored to its original state and was now perfectly attached to the back of the black-haired youth.

It is the Bishop of Lust, Capella.

How...how is that possible?

Why did she return to her original state?

Reinhard had personally witnessed the blonde, spiral-tailed, young elf in the metal vault seal Capella.

But now that Capela has fully recovered and is lying on Subaru without any resistance, he has no resistance whatsoever.

Reinhard realized that he had probably been too optimistic.

Subaru's submissive demeanor clearly indicates that he has completely fallen under the control of the Bishop of Lust.

Natsuki Subaru noticed that Reinhard had stopped halfway through his sentence and pressed him for an answer:

"Hey? Why did you stop? Keep going! How do you plan to heal? How do you plan to climb the tower?"

"Whose lackey are you? And what are you doing...?"

Natsuki Subaru got more and more carried away with his words, but was interrupted by Reinhard halfway through.

"Subaru, wake up!"

Reinhardt took a step forward, his tone no longer carrying the composure he had before.

"Come over here first! Whatever you're planning to do, stop now!"

"Julius! Lend me your sword!"

As Reinhard turned to borrow a sword from Julius, he stared intently at the figure behind Subaru Natsuki with eyes that seemed to want to devour him.

"You despicable archbishop of sin, I will deal with you now!"

Seeing Reinhard's sudden surge of excitement and his poised, ready-to-go aura.

Subaru showed no fear on his face; in fact, his smile deepened.

From the moment he first saw Reinhard here, he knew very well that the other was his rival in the search for the Great Sage.