Franca was dumbfounded. âIs that even possible?â
This can be recycled?
Itâs not like itâs water!
Iâve already digested a lot of my Pleasure potion because of Moran AvignyâŠ
âWhy not?â Lumian said with a smile. âItâs like wanting a powerful target to experience pleasure but needing my help to get close enough.
Pleasure doesnât have to be one-on-one, otherwise Browns Sauronâs female orgies wouldnât make sense. What weâre doing is like dealing with Moran Avigny while also affecting another target.â
âThis⊠butâŠâ Franca had to admit that Lumian had a point, and it was possible, but it felt like exploiting a loophole, like using a bug ina game.
At the same time, Franca complained to herself about Lumian, Have you been reading too many illegal books or watching too many orgies?
How can you talk about one-to-many so naturally⊠Also, borrowing your help for other things is fine, but when it comes to pleasure, this description is just too strangeâŠ
Under the watchful eyes of Anthony and the still somewhat puzzled Jenna, Lumian turned to Franca and asked, âLetâs imagine a scenario:
Youâre experiencing pleasure with someone, and another person passes by and sees the scene, getting strongly aroused and experiencing pleasure themselves. Would that help you digest your Pleasure potion?â
âYes,â Franca answered with some certainty.
Based on her experience, pleasure didnât have to involve direct contact or a fixed method. As long as it met the basic condition of the target experiencing pleasure because of her, it worked. It was even better if it left the target deeply immersed and unable to extricate themselves.
Realizing this, Franca suddenly paused.
If this were my world before I transmigrated over, as long as one could abandon decency, shame, and morality, digesting the Pleasure potion would be incredibly easy. After the preparations, it might only take a few days or even hours to fully digest it.
Lumian responded with a smile, âWhatâs the fundamental difference between the scenario I described and transferring Moran Avignyâs fate fragment to a Pirate Admiral, causing a lust outburst?â
âNoneâŠâ Franca was convinced.
She then sighed and said, âYouâre really good at exploiting bugs.â
âWhatâs a bug here?â Jenna asked, confused.
Lumian, having heard this strange word from his sister Aurore, helped explain, âExploiting a bug means taking advantage of a loophole.â
Franca clicked her tongue and nodded.
âYou know, sometimes I think youâd be better suited for the Error pathway.â
âThen Iâd probably become an Amon by now,â Lumian replied with self-awareness, laughing.
Franca, being an individual of actionâotherwise, she wouldnât have drunk the Witch potionâimmediately asked, âWhich Pirate Admiral should we target?
âIsnât it too dangerous? Each Pirate Admiral has their own fleet with many Beyonders and backing from powerful forces.â
âWeâre just giving him pleasure, not doing anything else. Whatâs there to worry about?â Lumian replied casually. âEven if we canât hold back and kill him, so what? Weâve already offended plenty of powerful forces.
These Pirate Admirals arenât exactly law-abiding citizens.â
Seeing Franca still wanting to say something, Lumian added, âThis will also be a good test for our team. Trust me, the few of us together are as good as any Pirate Admiralâs crew. Plus, we can find opportunities for Jenna to digest her Witch potion and for Anthony to digest his Hypnotist potion.â
âAlright.â Franca nodded. âLetâs gather intelligence on the Pirate Admirals and see who we can locate.â
First, they needed to find someone!
Having settled that, Franca once again commented on Lumianâs Underworld trip, âThat ended so quickly. I couldnât contact 007 last night to give him Jennaâs messenger summoning method. I thought Iâd return to Trier tonight to complete this task. Who knew the whole mission would end so soon? We donât need to go to the Southern Continent or give 007 the summoning method.â
She had expected the mission to last several days, maybe a week or two, but it was done in one morning.
In Saint ViĂšve Cathedral.
AngoulĂȘme, wearing a brown wool coat, stood at the door of the room, gazing up the stairs leading to the higher floor.
Yesterday, he and several colleagues were ordered to stay on night duty without being given a reason.
AngoulĂȘme could vaguely guess the reason, as he had provided the relevant information to the higher-ups.
As time slowly passed, a middle-aged man in a white robe with golden threads came up the grand staircase.
The man had black hair and brown eyes, an authoritative presence, and neatly trimmed mustache.
AngoulĂȘme recognized him. They had interacted a few times while handling some occult cases in the Trier region.
This was Peacock, Senior Deacon of the Purifiers and one of the heads of the Inquisition.
He wasnât AngoulĂȘmeâs direct superior, as he was in charge of the surrounding areas of Trier, essentially the entire Trier district except for Trier itself.
He was not a demigod of the Sun pathway but a Sequence 4 of the Lawyer pathway, a Earl of The Fallen.
Seeing Peacock, AngoulĂȘme averted his gaze and retreated further into the room.
He suspected that Peacock was a core member of April Foolâs outside the Curly-Haired Baboon Research Society, who had orchestrated the release of the humanoid Sealed Artifact 1-147 from church control.
AngoulĂȘmeâs reasoning was simple: The April Foolâs core member within the church had used a Brokerâs Under the Table transaction to get other Purifiers to release 1-147 for various purposes. The Lawyer pathway was similar to the Broker pathway, adept at twisting terms in deals and agreements to achieve their goals.
This pathwayâs demigods had been involved in numerous shady transactions, making them most likely to come into contact with or be contacted by a Broker.
Before Overseer Perle was discovered, Peacock wasnât on the Eternal Blazing Sun Churchâs investigation list because 1-147 wasnât in his jurisdiction, and he hadnât left his Inquisition during that time. Despite knowing the location and information of most Grade 1 Sealed Artifacts as a Senior Deacon, he wasnât suspected.
Today, Peacock was at Saint ViĂšve Cathedral for a meeting.
The official reason was to discuss disrupting the Mirror Peopleâs plans and eliminating these hidden rats. The demigods of the Trier district needed to meet face-to-face to finalize their strategy.
After Peacockâs figure in the white robe with golden threads disappeared up the stairs, AngoulĂȘme slowly exhaled and became more vigilant about what might happen.
A minute or two later, AngoulĂȘme felt the whole cathedral gently tremble.
This lasted only a few seconds before stopping. Few noticed except those already on alert for such occurrences.
In a sunlit room near the dome.
Cardinal of the Eternal Blazing Sun Church and Archbishop of Trier, Plessy, with high cheekbones and blond hair turning white, stood beside a woman in a white robe, beautiful yet sacred.
She was Saint ViĂšve, Trierâs guardian angel!
Opposite them, near the door, Peacockâs body twisted, mostly melted, revealing an interior seemingly filled with white wax.
The Senior Deacon of the Purifiers laughed heartily. âThe Overseer informed me immediately that she was compromised. Iâve been using this wax figure to act for days!â
His real body hid in the shadows, observing without interacting with anyone from the Eternal Blazing Sun Church.
âJust as expectedâŠâ Trier Archbishop Plessy sighed.
This had been anticipated. The Overseerâs escape made this development inevitable.
Though the church had kept the Overseerâs escape secret, they hadnât held much hope.
The wax figure of the Earl of The Fallen Peacock quickly melted. Looking at Saint ViĂšveâs impassive face, his voice turned sharp as he laughed again.
âI made the only right choice.
âThe Crimson will come. Only by submitting to the great existences can we Survive the apocalypse!
âThe Crimson will come!â
After shouting, Peacockâs wax figure completely melted into a half-solidified, half-liquid mess.
Saint ViĂšve, dressed in a white robe with golden threads and no other ornaments, watched silently before speaking a few seconds later, âWho made this wax figure for him?â
âProbably acquired through a Broker,â Trier Archbishop Plessy replied gravely.
Saint ViĂšve, Her tone unchanged, said, âFew Beyonders can make such a wax figure.â
âYes, thatâs a lead to follow.â Plessy nodded.
A wax figure that could initially fool an Angelâs senses wasnât simple.
Finding its maker might lead to uncovering the Broker and the hidden Overseer.
Saint ViĂšve continued, âInform all bishops, padres, and Purifiers about Peacockâs fall, but donât issue a wanted notice.â
âYes.â Plessy agreed that a wanted notice for a demigod would be useless and might damage the Churchâs image among the public.
A few days later, Franca, Anthony, and the others used different channels to gather the latest sightings and rumored whereabouts of the Pirate Admirals.
Looking at the information, Franca patted the top sheet and said to Lumian, âHow about this one?â
Lumian glanced at the name and read it silently: Admiral Deep Sea, Howl Constantine.