The more they oppose, the more it shows that I am doing the right thing-Chapter 264 - 199: A Fine Line of Marriage Fate (Two in One)_2

If soft approaches won’t work, they’ll resort to force, huh...

An Su trusted Miss Enya’s judgment as a professional assassin.

"For your safety, I suggest we share a room tonight so I can guard you at all times," Enya said, seemingly obedient on the surface, but with rebellion already brewing in her heart.

An Su trusted Miss Enya’s judgment as a professional subordinate woman.

"...I won’t be staying at home tonight," he was silent for a moment before adding, "His Excellency Merlin is forcing me to cover his shift."

"That’s truly regrettable," Miss Enya said evenly, her pupils showing no hint of turmoil, nor any sign of disappointment or regret. She paused, then changed her tone to a serious one, "Do you need me to assassinate Merlin?"

"...You’re too extreme."

An Su shook his head, smiling, his youthful smile pure and bright as moonlight, "Don’t worry, His Excellency Merlin will have a day worse than death tomorrow."

Seeing the smile on her young master’s face, Enya knew that the Magic God Merlin would have a colorful day tomorrow, so she said nothing more.

What An Su was more concerned about now was how to convincingly play the role of a powerful demigod without giving himself away,

Although Merlin had assured him verbally that it was completely safe and that no one would check on him, An Su was still worried.

"Oh, young master, there is also a forbidden book that you didn’t get the chance to read last night," Enya seemed to recall something and turned to retrieve another scroll.

Last night, the cultists brought two books in total, one being the human-skin scroll [Banned Publications of the Chaotic Empire], listed as a ’Silver-Grey Publication,’ so taboo that it was forbidden. The other, originating from the Life Ecclesia but due to An Su being pressed for time, had not yet been perused.

This book also had a sense of age to it, too, unearthed from thirty thousand years ago and carrying an aura of taboo and strange high-rank knowledge. The title on the cover had an imposing feel about it, called [Gods’ Mysterious Records], containing secrets and evil intrigues from the Ancient Era.

An Su’s horizons were broadened upon reading it.

Take Chapter One, for instance, on Demigods.

How to speak like a pretentiously mighty demigod: replace ’I’ with ’I,’ ’you’ with ’thou,’ saying ’I am taking a noon nap’ becomes ’I awaken from a long slumber,’ and ’I ate a bowl of noodles for dinner’ becomes ’I consumed the chaotic strands at night.’

An Su flipped straight to the end to check out the author and saw ’Written by the Azure Sorceress’ emblazoned on it, and he understood who was behind this thing.

No wonder Miss Bones was speaking so oddly yesterday; it turned out she had awakened such embarrassing memories!

He filed the book away and left home to cover for His Excellency Merlin.

Outside, the sky might have grown dim, but the Saints District was still brightly lit.

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With less than a week to the deacons’ promotion examination, saints who wanted to advance further had to pass the deacon exam—only then would they truly step into the Church’s managerial hierarchy.

The deacon exam, like the previous saint exam, lasted three days and consisted of three parts, with the first being a written test.

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Saints from out of town had to first register at the Magic Association, show their saint insignias, record their personal information, and finally, the Church would allocate them dormitories—those with ample resources at home would rent hotel rooms in advance, but every year at this time, hotel prices would skyrocket.

Of course, as per annual tradition, some saints would lose their saint insignias, and when that happened, they could only report to the Order Church to apply for a new one.

All the saints looked anxious on the surface, their eyes filled with excitement and nervousness, and many of them wore proud expressions. Although being a deacon was the lowest-level position in the Church’s administrative layer, it was still a management position. Passing this test meant they could rise rapidly in status.

Saints from all corners gathered together, with those from the imperial capital at the core, speaking in hushed voices about the latest hot topics,

"Have you heard, a borderland lad has offended Her Excellency the Princess..."

"The princess from... the Radiant Holy See, Saint Cersei?"

"They’re bound to meet in this exam, right?"

"The imperial family has already expressed dissatisfaction with the Magic Association."

"Indeed, for the royalty, being compared with borderlanders is already a disgrace, especially with Her Excellency involved."

"I heard that Her Excellency Seresi is going to visit the Magic God again tomorrow to raise objections regarding this matter..."

As An Su walked among them, he felt as though he was clad in silk, traveling by night. As the rotator in charge of Heaven, An Su saw himself as the true master of Heaven, approvingly observing the students around him as if admiring the realm he personally conquered, thinking to himself that all his subjects were coming to work for him.

That’s right, speaking of the current rotator in charge of Heaven...

Doesn’t that position have the privilege of previewing the examination papers?

After all, Merlin had once boasted to An Su that there was no one above him.

If there’s no one above Merlin, then by covering for him, An Su himself would have no one above him either, right?

At the thought, An Su’s pupils shone even more brightly.

It wasn’t just about previewing the exam questions; with Merlin’s status, even if An Su wanted to change the questions himself, no one would dare object.

Upon this realization, An Su thought of many amusing ideas, and just like that, helping out Merlin for a day seemed completely acceptable.

His mood lifting with thoughts of expanded possibilities, An Su briskly made his way to the Magic Association. The walk from the Saints District to the Magic Association was short, and with all the surrounding saints, An Su wasn’t worried about being attacked by cultists.

A few covert shadows watched An Su intently, none daring to make a move.

This kid is truly wild in his ways.