Chapter 313

NoticeMight be numbered 314 in some sources

* Overview
* Characters

**Characters**
Chen Rui, Shea Lucifer, Athena, Paglio

Yankou Town incident is resolved.

Shea and Chen waltz.

## Return to Dark Moon

After arranging a series of placement work, Chen Rui, Athena and Paglio returned to the Dark Moon City. Old Gauss told Chen Rui that Shea had returned and was waiting for him in the garden behind the palace.

Chen Rui camouflaged into a servant's appearance and followed Old Gauss into the royal palace without obstacles. Old Gauss took him to the backyard of the inner courtyard, he then bowed and retreated.

Shea was still in her typical long white dress. Looking at this unfamiliar Great Demon, she was a little surprised at first, but she immediately revealed a knowing look, "This is the Demon Realm's genius mechanical master? The grand master's teachings actually have such a wonderful transformation skill."

"This is not the master's face..."

Chen Rui did not explain the grand master's inheritance. His original intention was to use this excuse. Now that Shea took the initiative to assume so, he naturally saved a lot of effort. His face changed again to the appearance of the ‘master', "This is the one. However, the whereabouts of this master is unknown now. He has most probably encountered an accident."

Shea nodded and did not dwell further about this. She also did not mention the topic like the Demon Realm's genius master. She directly said, "This time I went to visit Bailing Estate, Lord Sical gave me a lavish gift before leaving. There are a lot of luxury goods such as unique decorative crystals, colorful feathers, top-grade silk clothing and so on. Plus, there's a group of goblin and satyr artisans who are good at construction, saying that they want to help Dark Moon to repair the dilapidated palace."

Chen Rui shook his head, "This lavish gift is more like a gift to Princess Royal than the Dark Moon Estate. The luxury goods will not alleviate Dark Moon's current food shortage. Instead, those artisans will increase the Dark Moon's already-tight food load. Of course, if Dark Moon is just suffering on the surface... I suspect that Sical's move has a testing intent to find out the real bottom line of Dark Moon. Perhaps there is capital's permission or pressure behind it."

The so-called friendship in politics was mostly based on the interest and purpose. It was very likely that at some point when the interest changes or the goal was not achieved, it would not be surprising to fall out and become enemies.

There were very few people like General George who almost persistently supported Shea, who was a weak force, out of kindness and righteousness. In fact, Chen Rui knew that even his father-in-law was tempted before, so General George only requested to help Shea once without forcing Chen Rui and Athena to be permanently stationed at this precarious place.

The strongest would rule; this was the simplest and highest rule. People could not pin hope on others; they could only rely on themselves.

This was true for individuals as well as the entire estate.

"You're right." Shea nodded, "By the way, Sical seems to be interested in Kia whom I brought along."

Chen Rui frowned. His impression of Sical became even worse. Shea said, "I should have given Kia as a return gift to Sical, but I was afraid that when a genius master returned, he would secretly complain when he didn't see his maid. So, I sent a set of gifts from the Princess Retail Store to Lord Sical instead."

The last time Shea told Chen Rui that when she intended to send Kia to the Custer Family because of Dior's interest in her, Shea noticed Chen Rui's hidden discomfort. Naturally, she would not repeat the same mistake this time.

"I'm almost clear about Kia's affairs." Chen Rui sighed lightly, "She should not be a threat now. The Demon Restrictive Ring (禁魔环) can also be removed."

## Next destination

"This time I obtained the transformation technique of the grand master. The key plan of that step has been perfected. In the current situation, it must be implemented as soon as possible. I intend to go by myself."

Shea sighed, "As the lord and also the biggest beneficiary of this plan, I don't want to say anything hypocritical. But... since Mountain Xilang, you have been taking risks personally. This is obviously not what a sage should do. "

"I never said that I'm a sage. I'm also afraid of death, but this is the most critical part of our overall plan. No one other than me is qualified for this role. Plus... I have made up my mind." Chen Rui's tone was undoubtedly determined as if he was the lord, but this near-resolute determination did not disgust Shea. Instead, the coldness in her purple eyes began to melt.