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At that time, he also told his secretary Elm that what he needed was an experienced bodyguard and public relations person who could take him through the Land of Eternal Night secretly and smoothly and deal with all possible troubles that might be encountered, but Sieglie seemed too young.
As a result, this one sentence made Sieglie unhappy. She waved her hand and left on the spot, refusing to suffer injustice for a little money during the war.
"So you didn't see it last time."
Siglei was not angry about Lanqi's evaluation of her, because she was very confident that even if she was a boy, the Son of God would like her. The bond between them had long surpassed gender.
"Twelve years ago, I didn't like others wasting my time. Of course, I didn't like your contemptuous attitude. If it weren't for the high price, I wouldn't have come to see a client like you after several introductions, Master Rocky—"
Sigley confessed to Lanci what she was thinking at the time, her voice deliberately drawn out.
"If you knew I was the Prime Minister, would you still be so rude to me?"
When Lanqi started reminiscing about the past, he couldn't help but chat with Sigrid more.
After these twenty-one days, I may never see you again.
More than a decade later, Sigler has become a little different, but still very interesting.
"Same, why should I live like a beggar? I won't be humble to anyone, unless, there is no unless."
Sieglie folded her hands like a strong person and spoke with great pride.
The half sentence she added had no context, as if the situation didn't exist at all.
"It can be seen that you have no respect for me as the Pope."
Lanci sighed and shook his head.
When he was the Prime Minister of the Polant Empire, Siegler could treat him casually without any courtesy.
Now that he's the Pope of the Holy Roman Empire, it's almost the same.
"You know what I like most about you?"
Sieglie asked suddenly.
"what?"
Lanci asked Sigray.
"When you were in a high position, you didn't act like those big shots, but you were able to get along with me. I could always get along with you as an equal, just like another self."
Sigley revealed the answer.
"So we are just friends, do we need to follow any rules?"
She grinned and leaned over, bumping Lanky with her shoulder before sprinting away, motioning for him to follow.
Lanqi touched his shoulder, tilted his head, and followed.
……
That night.
The few hours of travel flew by.
On the snowy plain in the northern border of the Polant Empire in the dark night, a girl wearing a beret was driving a sled. Her posture was calm and capable, blending in with the beauty of this cold world.
In front of the sled, three snowfield deer were running fast on the snow, their hooves raising pieces of snow mist on the thick snow, as if they were drawing a road map of nature on the snowfield.
After Sigley set out with Lanci in the afternoon, they quickly arrived at the northernmost part of the theocracy via the air route of the Church of Saint Polante.
Everything is familiar.
The northern border has changed a lot since twelve years ago.
But when the two of them embarked on the same journey again, they felt so familiar with it, as if it was not just the second time they were traveling together.
After renting the fastest magical beast that could move in the Land of Eternal Night, Siglei left the border of the Holy Spirit Kingdom with Lanci and Kaliela who was waiting for them as promised.
Sieglie remained calm in the cold wind, and the deer-controlling whip in her hand was waved gently, making intermittent sounds.
Behind her, Lanqi and Talia sat quietly in the back seat.
Talia had fallen asleep leaning back in her chair after finishing the burger Lanky bought for her.
In the moonlight, Lanqi stared intently at the newly edited small handbook map in his hand.
The map was blown up by the wind, and the corner of the book swayed slightly, but it did not affect Lanqi's thinking about the journey ahead.
With the adult Sieglie and the long-adult Talia, he didn't need to worry about being unsafe while traveling at night in the Land of Eternal Night.
"We need to get to the Demon Realm as soon as possible. Since we set out very late, we may not arrive at our first stop, Little Rock, until tomorrow morning. The first thing we should do when we get to Little Rock is stay at our old place."
Lanqi's brown hair fluttered in the cold wind, and his face was full of anticipation for the Purgatory City of Pascual.
He had dreamed of returning to that place countless times.
Not only that, every scenic spot in the Polant Empire leading to the Demon World is also full of memories.
"Or should we buy the ingredients and let the little black cat cook?"
Sieglei tilted her head and asked.
Once raw, twice cooked.
This was her third or fourth time stepping into the snowfield with the Holy Son.
"Yes, but now it is possible that the little black cat has been optimized."
Lanqi looked at the shadow under his feet and answered.
“Who has been optimized, meow! This divine beast has only reached a certain level. Have you ever seen an eighth-level divine beast cook by himself?”
The cat boss jumped out from the shadow in defiance, climbed onto Lanqi's knees and struggled with him.
"Ah? It's level eight?"
Before Lanqi could reply, Siglei turned around in surprise.
She noticed that the little black cat had become a little stronger, but she didn't expect it to be at level eight.
"Meow……"
Boss Cat lowered his head in frustration and jumped back into Lanqi's shadow.
Perhaps only when it becomes a cat, it will be regarded as an eighth-level being by others.
In other cases, the improvement from level 7 to level 8 was negligible in Siglei's opinion.
The sled left a clear track in the snowy area at night, accompanied by the sound of the running of the Hades deer and the slight sliding sound of the sled. Only the lights built by the Holy Spirit Kingdom pointed the way forward.
"Uh."
Sigra placed one hand on the backrest and looked back at Lanqi.
She seemed to have made the little black cat autistic.
She didn't mean to.
"It's okay. It will be cheerful after a while."
Lanci replied.
Boss Cat can only perform simple memory storage.
"But could you please hold the reins with both hands and look ahead? It's night now."
He raised his hand and pointed forward.
"Oh, all right."
Upon hearing this, Sigley turned half her head back and fixed her eyes on Lanqi.
As a top-notch warrior, she could actually see more clearly with her mind's eye than with her naked eyes, so it didn't matter if she didn't look at the road.
"You need to change your driving habits. This is not in compliance with traffic regulations."
Lanqi felt helpless. After all these years, she still hadn't changed her bad habits. She felt uncomfortable if she didn't chat with the passengers while driving.
The only thing that comforted him was that Sigley would no longer swear.
"And look at this road, isn't it..."
He kept looking up, comparing the map with the height of the mountains, and always felt that something was wrong.
"Don't be afraid, baby, I'm here, nothing will happen."
Siglei still wasn't concentrating on the road ahead, and said to Lanqi.
She taught Lanqi how to quickly pass through the land of eternal night.
"Um……"
Lanqi thought about it for a while and always felt that Sigley's way of addressing him was a little strange.
"Wait, Sigley, do you want to look at the map?"
He still came forward and showed the map to Siglei in the front row, pointing out to her what he thought were the problems with the map.
"Look, the latitude of this place is obviously different from where we are. We should go northwest instead of going straight, otherwise we will fall off a cliff..."
Lanqi's voice became more and more hesitant because he felt that Sigley didn't seem to listen to him.
When he raised his head again, he met Siegler's purple eyes that were as bright as night pearls, and found that Siegler had never cared about the map, but had been observing his face.
"What happened to my face?"
Lanqi stroked his cheek, feeling that there were no snow seeds, and asked Sigley.
"Sure enough, the moment our eyes met..."
Sieglie then slowly shifted her gaze to the map and muttered to herself.
She had to control herself.
"..."
Lanqi looked at Sigley's absent-minded look at the map. He didn't understand what Sigley meant.
He looked into the distance again.
An ominous premonition arose in Lanqi's heart.
First of all, in these twelve years, the topography of the Land of Eternal Night has changed a lot.
Secondly, ever since Sieglie was taken by him to study in the Demon Realm for a few years, and Hui Polant worked in the church for a few years, she has not worked as a guide in the Land of Eternal Night for a long time.