Rover, who knew Lucian's intentions, had a cold expression and clenched her fist, swinging it fiercely at Lucian!
However, Lucian seemed to have anticipated it and suddenly arched backward to dodge.
But Phrolova, huddled in Lucian's arms without any defense, wasn't so lucky.
The sandbag-sized fist slammed onto Phrolova's shoulder with a boom.
Phrolova, in pain, sighed. What did I do to deserve this?
Zani asked in confusion, "Why haven't we entered yet?"
Lucian waved his hand. "Wait, what about Phrolova?"
Rover pondered. "Hmm... how about bringing her in together? What if we leave her outside and she runs away?"
Lucian thought for a moment upon hearing this. He wasn't sure if Phrolova could escape from the Sonoro Sphere.
Recalling the scene where she had previously turned into petals and left that blood moon space directly, she must have some special ability.
To be safe, they still needed to bind her with the Immortal Binding Rope...
After deciding, everyone finally entered the Sonoro Sphere.
Zani and Phrolova curiously surveyed the surrounding environment. It was extremely spacious, as if it could hold several Ragunna Cities.
At that moment, a white-haired figure suddenly pounced over.
Caught off guard, Lucian was knocked to the ground.
Lucian focused and saw that it was Camellya.
She lay on top of Lucian, her hands wrapped around his neck, planting fierce kisses on his lips.
Rover: "?"
Zani: "...?"
Phrolova: "..."
As the saying goes, if you can't resist, enjoy it. Lucian reacted and hugged Camellya's slender waist in response.
Just as Rover was about to make a move, Changli's teasing voice rang out. "It's only been a few days, and you're already this impatient?"
Zani focused and saw four girls with distinct characteristics slowly approaching.
The two on the left were the current Magistrate Jinhsi and Counselor Changli, whom she had seen in the live broadcast before.
The two on the right she hadn't met: one wearing a blue headscarf with a calm expression, the other wearing a black hat and appearing somewhat icy.
Now Zani truly experienced firsthand why Lucian was called the God of Universal Love.
This life was truly luxurious...
With his lips kissed a bit swollen, Lucian held Camellya and stood up.
He conjured a round table with a wave of his hand, gesturing for everyone to sit.
Lucian waved his hand grandly. "I declare, the first Round Table Conference officially begins!"
The Shorekeeper asked curiously, "Round Table Conference?"
Changli chuckled lightly. "It must be that after going to Rinascita, you encountered some matters, so you want to discuss with us, right?"
Lucian redeemed noise-canceling headphones from the system shop and put them on Phrolova. She didn't need to hear what came next.
Only a man's voice came from the headphones:
"...Never gonna give you up."
"Never gonna let you down."
"Never gonna run around and desert you..."
Phrolova: "..."
Seeing this, Changli laughed. "I just didn't expect that on this trip, you'd actually capture Phrolova."
"Why not lock her in Jinzhou's prison to keep Scar company, and have them pedal the sewing machine together..."
"And who might this be...?"
Changli looked at Zani. Lucian then introduced her to everyone.
After greeting them, Zani felt a bit awkward. The people at this table all had high statuses...
She was just a small employee of the Montelli family...
Hmm... I need to leave a good impression on them.
Jinhsi smiled slightly. "Alright, tell us. What exactly happened?"
Then, Lucian, holding Camellya who leaned comfortably in his arms, recounted in detail what had happened in Rinascita.
Jinhsi pondered for a moment, then nodded slightly and smiled. "Looks like Jinzhou's Intelligence Officer is quite competent."
Zani fell silent upon hearing this. So you're a spy sent by Jinzhou?
The Shorekeeper furrowed her delicate brows and thought for a moment. "So that's what happened..."
"But I still don't quite understand why Rinascita hasn't been interfered with by Threnodians?"
"And where is Rinascita's Sentinel Imperator? Why has no one ever seen Him..."
Changli pondered for a moment before chuckling lightly. "That's not necessarily true."
"Perhaps Rinascita has already been infiltrated by Threnodians..."
Rover asked curiously, "Did you think of something?"
Changli propped her chin, her beautiful eyes narrowing slightly. "Since no one has ever seen the Sentinel, naturally they don't know the Sentinel's true appearance either."
"Could a Threnodian exploit this to twist people's faith and cognition?"
"Of course, this is just my guess..."
"The real truth can only be known after contacting the Sentinel."
Lucian nodded slightly. "Changli's thoughts are somewhat similar to mine."
"Phrolova said before that Rinascita's Threnodian represents plague."
"The characteristic of plague is transmission, so I've been wondering if the faith of Rinascita's people has already changed."
"Or rather, what they truly worship isn't some Sentinel at all, but their own desires?"
"In that case, the Threnodian can absorb these desires and strengthen itself."
Zani's beautiful eyes widened slightly. "Does Rinascita really have Threnodians?"
"Whether in the Seven Hills or Ragunna, I've never heard of Threnodians..."
"If that's really the case, it might be quite tricky..."
"But you could actually cooperate with the Montelli family."
"Apart from the Order of the Deep and the Fisalia Family, the Montelli family is at least the side showing goodwill toward you."
"I believe you can feel this from the sights along the way."
Rover nodded slightly upon hearing this. "Indeed, from beginning to end, Montelli has valued us greatly."
"While the Order of the Deep, Fisalia, and Fractsidus have joined forces— with just the two of us, Lucian and me, trying to intervene in so many factions would make us too insignificant..."
"The best way right now is to seize the Laureate at the Carnevale."
Zani hurriedly said upon hearing this, "Tomorrow happens to be the day of the auction at the Averardo Vault."
"All the family's upper echelons will be present."
"We can tell them about these factions' conspiracies. The family won't ignore threats to them."
At this moment, Changli's fingertip lightly tapped the table. "To be honest with you..."
"Actually, I have some personal ties with the head of the Fisalia Family."
Lucian asked curiously upon hearing this, "The head of Fisalia?"
"There are quite a few rumors about Fisalia in Ragunna."
"But so far, we've only contacted one Fisalia person, Gilberto."
Changli pondered. "Hmm..."
"Based on my understanding of her, the Fisalia Family might not be as rumored in the populace..."