Subaru Natsuki, who returned from the new Three Kingdoms

Subaru Natsuki then opened his eyes even wider.

Xia Wula noticed his reaction, and the blush on her face became even more pronounced. She tossed her cloak behind her and deliberately puffed out her chest, as if she had finally received her master's approval.

"Master, you've been staring at Xia Wula, you're planning to do something to her, aren't you!"

"Come on! Xia Wula's body has been prepared for Master for four hundred years!"

As she spoke, Xia Wula hugged Natsuki Subaru.

"Go back, you're too old!"

Natsuki Subaru quickly waved his hand, stopping Shaula from getting any closer to him.

Xia Wula had no choice but to obey, standing back in her original spot with a look of resentment, her eyes occasionally glancing at Natsuki Subaru.

Subaru Natsuki looked at Shaula for a while longer and found that the more affectionate his gaze was, the faster Shaula's virtue points would increase.

This once again shattered Subaru Natsuki's worldview.

So what this girl longed for was actually so simple?

As long as her master glances at her, as long as her master is willing to focus his attention on her, she feels that she has received the greatest blessing.

Unfortunately, I am not her master.

It's just a meal replacement...

But since we need her help next, we should try our best to make her happy.

Natsuki Subaru sighed, and after mentally preparing himself, he walked up to Shaula and gently patted her head.

Xia Wula's body trembled violently.

Subaru Natsuki's gaze alone was enough to slowly increase the amount of benevolence accumulated in Shaula.

Now that Subaru Natsuki has truly touched her, his growth rate has plummeted.

"Sure enough."

Natsuki Subaru continued to rub the area thoughtfully for a couple more times.

It's no exaggeration to say that Xia Wula is the one who can most easily increase his virtue points.

"Master, you've finally started touching me on your own initiative."

Under Subaru's gentle head pat, Shaula's eyes narrowed to slits, and he looked like a large magical beast being stroked, nuzzling his head against Subaru's palm.

"Master, you can touch it a little longer, okay?"

Her voice was so soft it was almost sickening.

Natsuki Subaru felt a strange mix of emotions welling up inside him.

This child waited for four hundred years, and in the end, all it took was a few words of praise and a pat on the head to make him so happy.

Unfortunately, he was not Friguel.

“Flugel, that great sage, is a real scoundrel.”

Subaru Natsuki sighed softly.

“He ran away and left such a good disciple in the tower for four hundred years.”

As expected of a scholar, building such a huge library in his Tower of Sages is clearly just a piece of rotten stinky tofu.

Natsuki Subaru thought to himself again with a vicious rage.

Just as he was preparing to fully fill Xiawula's Benevolence Gauge.

But once Xia Wula's benevolence reached a certain level, that accumulation, like Capella's, came to a halt.

Subaru Natsuki touched it a few more times, but the accumulation he sensed remained unchanged.

He turned his head and looked at Elsa, Melly, and Clarissa, who had just entered and were walking behind Xia Wula.

A new goal of benevolence and virtue has emerged.

Only the virtuous and wise can win people's hearts.

Subaru Natsuki felt like he was relying on the same path again, so he walked straight up to Elsa and Clarissa and placed his hands on their heads.

After a brief moment of surprise and confusion, Elsa and Clarissa quickly revealed expressions of either shyness or happiness.

These two really have a long "benevolence" meter...

Natsuki Subaru was no longer happy at this point; he even began to frown slightly.

"Could there be something wrong with our family's Benevolent Twin Swords?"

He looked down at his hands, then at the three girls in front of him.

"Why is it that when someone pats them on the head, just a pat on the head, they feel benevolence?"

What exactly are they craving?

Natsuki Subaru felt that he was drifting further and further away from Liu Bei's benevolent way of life...

Capella had already sat up from the stone bed.

Her red eyes were fixed on Subaru's hand, watching as it moved from her head to Shaura's head, and then to Elsa and Clarissa's heads.

Capela's eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

"Natsuki Subaru..."

Her voice held a dangerous rage.

Subaru actually touched another woman right in front of her.

Even if those two are their children, this is still unacceptable.

She adopted the two children to be her helpers, not to have them compete with her for men.

What a treacherous son!

Do you even know what filial piety is?

Natsuki Subaru was completely unaware of Capella's murderous intent.

He was just thinking quietly.

Is one's own benevolence simply patting someone's head?

Never mind, it will increase my virtue points anyway.

Who's next? Merry, right?

Natsuki Subaru turned his gaze to the only one who had slipped through the net within the entire Sage's Tower.

Since entering the room, Merry had been hiding in the corner. When she saw Subaru Natsuki looking at her, her body trembled violently.

He had just seen Natsuki Subaru caressing Shaula and the other two, and now it was Merry's turn?

The image of... appeared in Meryl's mind again.

She swallowed nervously, watching Natsuki Subaru's footsteps gradually approach her.

However, just then, a gust of wind suddenly came from outside.

The magical light from the ceiling of the green room dimmed slightly.

Sensing something, Subaru Natsuki also looked up and looked outside.

it's dark.

It's time for the "Starry Night" event; it's time to pick up Reinhard and the others.

Natsuki Subaru glanced at Merry, who was standing at the very back.

Merry's body was already tense, and she was carefully waiting for Natsuki Subaru to walk up to her.

But Natsuki Subaru withdrew his hand.

"Never mind, the important things come first. We can talk about Meryl later."

Mary's expression froze.

"Huh?"

Merry looked down at her own body, then at Subaru Natsuki, who had already turned away.

"Why is it that when it's Mary's turn, it has to be a little later?"

Natsuki Subaru didn't hear her whispered complaint and waved his hand at the crowd.

"Our family needs to go out for a while."

"I'll be back later. You guys wait here."

The next moment, starlight rose from beneath his feet.

Subaru Natsuki's figure transformed into a streak of light and vanished from everyone's sight in an instant.

Capela stared at the empty stone bed, his chest heaving violently.

Shaula was still basking in the joy of being patted on the head, while Clarissa and Elsa were also touching their own hair.

Only Mary pursed her lips, feeling quite conflicted by the differential treatment she received.

Meanwhile, in the desert outside the Sage's Tower, Reinhard and his group continued their journey through the sandstorm.

They have been trapped for far too long.

All they could see was the same endless expanse of yellow sand, and the road beneath their feet seemed never to have changed. Time and again, they left their marks, only to see the same marks return to their feet each time.

They were like a swarm of army ants that had lost their way, endlessly circling in the boundless sandstorm.

Felix's lips were chapped and his face was paler than before.

He stared at the red-haired figure that never stopped ahead, and finally gritted his teeth.

Since trying to persuade them like we just did is useless and will only invite criticism from the crowd, making us the target of everyone's ire.

So he started with what Reinhard cared about most and was most vulnerable.

Natsuki Subaru!

Felix walked up behind Reinhard and lowered his voice:

"Reinhard, are you so affectionate towards Subaru Natsuki because you consider him a friend?"

“Of course.” Reinhard nodded matter-of-factly.

But then he heard Felix retort, "But is he that much more affectionate towards you?"

【Ta-da!】

Reinhard paused for a moment, but did not stop.

"I believe in Subaru."

“I’m not asking whether you believe him or not. I’m asking about the facts,” Felix caught up, his voice even lower.

"If he truly considered you an important friend, how could he let you stand here in the desert, exposed to the wind and sand? It's been so long. Has he come looking for you?"

Reinhard slowed his pace.

The wind and sand brushed against his red hair, but the smile remained on his face, though the corners of his mouth were stiff.

Subaru probably knows that my blessing can protect me.

"So he just doesn't need to worry about you anymore?"

Felix pressed him for answers so quickly that he didn't have time to organize his thoughts.

"Let me put it another way. If Subaru Natsuki really considered you a friend, why didn't he bring you into the Sage's Tower with him? After all, in your mind, he's already inside, right?"

Rhine-Bahrut opened his mouth.

He himself couldn't give that answer.

Subaru Natsuki has indeed entered the tower.

Natsuki Subaru did not come looking for him.

With these two issues before him, even he couldn't explain them away with just "I believe in Subaru."

Seeing his silent demeanor, Felix finally felt a release for the anger that had been building up in his chest for so long.