"Won't you come? See Amphoreus for her."
AR-214 had mentioned before that if there was a chance, she wanted to visit Amphoreus.
Although she no longer had that chance herself, having Firefly go as her proxy wasn't a bad idea.
To see the scenery that AR-214 couldn't last long enough to witness.
"If it's not too much trouble."
Firefly pursed her lips and agreed, thoughts churning in her heart.
The relationship between the two of them was intermittent.
When the thing sustaining their connection ended, she couldn't find a suitable reason to be involved with him anymore.
And the things sustaining the continuity of Firefly and Leon's relationship were all his identities.
Previously, he was the Immortal Stranger accepting Elio's commission to save the suffering; now, he was the Lord of Penacony who owed a debt to AR-214.
Regardless of which one, neither had much to do with "Firefly" herself.
The Immortal Stranger saved the suffering.
The Lord of Penacony helped AR-214, merely using Firefly as a substitute.
From beginning to end, it seemed there was no legitimate relationship between Leon and Firefly.
Perhaps after everything was settled, there would be no relationship left at all.
When acting solely as Firefly, she should ask this only remaining kin of hers in this world:
"Can we be friends?"
To openly and justly continue this relationship.
"Mm, then we'll meet in a bit."
Robin nodded, preparing to get busy with the preparations for filming the movie.
"I have to go ask the various Families to prepare the work needed for the film first."
"Mr. Gallagher, please come with me too."
"Let's go. Let this old dog stretch his muscles for the first time in a while."
Gallagher stretched his neck and responded.
"Then I'll get going first, Mr. Ranger."
Robin waved her hand, leaving with Gallagher.
Leon gave a shout, then said to Firefly:
"Let's go. We're leaving too. I'll lead the way."
Amphoreus, Castrum Kremnos.
Leon once again arrived in this world that he had personally upgraded from data to reality.
Amphoreus was a very charming world; that went without saying.
But to tell the truth, as the master of this world...
Leon had actually never seriously toured his own territory.
Little known fact: strictly speaking, he had only been to Amphoreus once.
Yes, once.
The last time he said goodbye to Cyrene at Castrum Kremnos.
That was the time he stopped by to check if the other Golden Progeny, who had struggled for thirty million eras, had received their deserved endings, and finally picked everyone up onto the Astral Express.
Only that one time did Leon roughly skim over the general map of Amphoreus.
He had never explored it in detail. This time, he could seriously explore it properly.
If he didn't get entangled in some trivial matters, that is.
"Arbiter Leon, when are you holding the wedding with our Cyrene?"
Leon's first stop was chosen as Castrum Kremnos.
Whether in terms of relationship or intensity, Cyrene was indeed worth him visiting first.
But this time, as soon as he arrived at the village entrance, he was surrounded by villagers. A large group of people enthusiastically brought him to a seat, serving tea, pouring water, and bringing snacks.
Nothing was missing; everything that should be there was there.
Hmm, last time Cyrene announced to these people in public that Leon was her lover, nothing happened.
It turned out it wasn't that nothing happened, but that there was a delayed reaction.
Now that the reaction had hit, things were happening.
'Arbiter...'
Leon listened to this title and felt it wasn't bad.
In the records of the Xianzhou Alliance, the word "Arbiter"—Si Ming—was used by them to nickname "Aeons." The "Aeons" who used Arbiter as a suffix were usually those inclined towards good.
Leon hadn't expected that one day he would actually be able to use this honorific.
"If possible, can this wedding be held in Castrum Kremnos?"
An elderly woman asked quite nervously. It could be seen that she had summoned up a lot of courage to make a request of Leon.
"Arbiter Leon, you are the savior of everyone, of Castrum Kremnos, and of Amphoreus. Leaving Cyrene to you, our whole village is quite at ease."
"This marriage is Cyrene's blessing. This child has been sensible and caring since she was small. I think her being able to form a bond with you is also thanks to this."
"It's just that the child Cyrene... we watched her grow up with our own eyes since childhood. She is not only the daughter of Castrum Kremnos but also our daughter."
A middle-aged man sat opposite him, the expression on his face quite serious.
"The people here are all her parents."
"So if possible... we all want to see her get married with our own eyes..."
The man lowered his head, not daring to look directly at Leon's face, and said no more.
Because the people of Castrum Kremnos knew better than anyone that, standing in an inferior position, they had no qualification to propose any conditions.
It was only because they knew he was a good person that they dared to step forward.
The entire Amphoreus was Leon's property, which also meant that Cyrene herself was his possession.
Regarding his own possession, couldn't he handle it however he wanted?
Just like the significance of the Titans to them in the past. If the Titans wanted them to do something, could they refuse? There was no room for refusal from the start.
And Leon was an existence far above the Titans; he was the Arbiter who controlled everything!
How could they dare to make demands of him here and there?
"Of course, if it makes things difficult for you, then forget it."
"We just hope that when you have the wedding, you can send someone to notify Castrum Kremnos. After all, Cyrene has no father or mother, so please, you must let us send two representatives over."
Afraid of making Leon unhappy, the man hurriedly relented.
"No, is it necessary for you guys to speak so seriously?"
Leon couldn't understand. Was he going to eat people or what?
"Where the wedding is held—isn't that a casual matter?"
Why did this group of people have this trembling attitude towards him?
Wait, didn't this group of people say it themselves? They are Cyrene's parents.
Hmm, although the number of people was a bit high, in terms of his relationship with Cyrene...
The people present here were all his fathers-in-law and mothers-in-law.
If they called him "Little Leon," there wouldn't be any problem.
It was true they didn't have the guts, but they were the people who could legitimately call him Little Leon in the truest sense.
Looking across the entire galaxy, who dared to say to Leon:
[Little Leon, do you think the water will come into my cup by itself?]
A bit outrageous, but there was no helping it.
Mainly, Cyrene really had no household registration and no parents.
Playing games, one never fears those "Invincible People" whose virtual assets disappear.
Just like himself.
However, unlike him, her food, clothing, housing, and transportation were all taken care of by the hundreds of households in Castrum Kremnos in turns—what is commonly called "eating the food of a hundred families."
From childhood to adulthood, it was always like this.
This resulted in these people of Castrum Kremnos truly being her nominal fathers and mothers.
"Rather than asking me, you guys might as well ask Cyrene."
No cap, Leon was a very pragmatic person and really didn't care about this kind of formalism.
It was fine to have a wedding, fine not to have one; he wasn't very particular about these things.
If Cyrene said she wanted to hold one, then exactly where it would be held would certainly be up to her.
"You are making Partner very troubled, you know."
Cyrene, walking over from not far away holding Mimi, spoke to this crowd of people squeezing around.
"Mm, didn't I say it? I will discuss this matter with Partner."
Cyrene obviously knew what they were surrounding Leon for, and her tone was somewhat helpless.
When she left last time, that sentence of hers:
[He is my lover.]
Because there was no follow-up after the hasty introduction, the people of Castrum Kremnos had all been worrying about this matter.
This time, having finally waited for Cyrene to return, they naturally launched a round of interrogation as soon as she came back.
After knowing that the two were going to get married soon, everyone in Castrum Kremnos was shocked.
"? What do you mean? What is getting married? When exactly did this happen?"
How could this be?
Even Phainon, who was Cyrene's childhood friend and had been with her so-called marriage partner all along, acted completely like an outsider.
He didn't know a single thing about this.
This couldn't be blamed on him.
Actually, on the Astral Express, it was usually only the women who could notice the extraordinary relationship between Leon and Cyrene.
This was their natural sixth sense.
As for Phainon, Anaxagoras, and Vandi—the three of them had their arms around Leon's shoulders all day long.
Leon wouldn't specifically go engage in romance stuff either, so how could the three of them pay attention to his relationship with Cyrene?
And most importantly, between Cyrene and him, there hadn't been any particularly intimate behavior at all.
Being ambiguous didn't count; there were plenty of people being ambiguous with Leon.
If you said March 7th, Phainon might still feel it was within reason, but hearing the word "marriage" come out of Cyrene's mouth, he was dumbfounded.
What do you mean, the first one to receive the wedding candy is you?
And as for the villagers of Castrum Kremnos, acting as parents, they naturally sighed with emotion over their daughter finding someone to entrust her life to.
And of course, they wanted to accompany their daughter on this final stretch of the road; after all, going forward, she would be someone else's person.
So they proposed holding the wedding in Castrum Kremnos.
Cyrene didn't refuse, saying she would talk to Leon later; barring any accidents, there should be no problem.
Hearing Cyrene's words, they felt they were prone to damaging the couple's feelings—perhaps Leon had plans already? This was also why they were here now.
"Cyrene..."
"Really, you guys think of Partner as too high and mighty. He is a human."
Cyrene stepped forward, and the crowd voluntarily opened a path for her.
"No need to treat him as some so-called savior; just communicate normally."
She took a seat beside Leon, turning her head to greet him with a smile.
"Right?"
"Yes. Whatever should be, should be. No need to add honorifics either; we are somewhat family."
Leon nodded.
Barring accidents, from now on, Castrum Kremnos might be the only place where people didn't use honorifics to address him.
"Arbiter Leon's great kindness—even if the genealogy gets messy, we absolutely cannot forget it!"
This sentence had a bit of a double meaning.
First, the great kindness would never be forgotten. Second, Cyrene was already his person, so how could the genealogy get messy?
Not far away, Firefly watched the scene unfolding before her eyes.
She was somewhat dazed.
"He actually... already has a lover?"
Firefly was quite surprised. She had never heard of Leon having any existence in a romantic sense.
But no one expected that this Heavenly General had already privately pledged his life to someone without anyone knowing.
"Young lady, your face looks unfamiliar. Are you also a new traveler?"
An auntie at the outermost periphery noticed Firefly and immediately shouted a question to her.
"Me?"
Firefly hadn't expected that in this moment, where everyone's attention was attracted over there, someone would still notice her.
"Could it be you had some entanglement with Arbiter Leon before?"
"No, why would you ask that?"
Firefly shook her head, not understanding why she would say such a thing.
"Intuition." The auntie smiled.
"...My relationship with him is innocent."
The young girl hesitated for a moment, then spoke thus.
Yes, innocent.
She had no relationship with him whatsoever, so wasn't that indeed so-called innocent?
"Innocent?"
The auntie suddenly laughed again, then let her gaze stop on Leon's face.
"Young lady, the look in your eyes when you look at him isn't innocent."
The auntie spoke meaningfully.
Firefly fell silent again. Not innocent?
Fine, she admitted it really wasn't that innocent. Or rather, how could it be innocent?
"If it's not innocent, then you have to find a way to make it innocent, no?"
Seeing this, the auntie laughed quite happily and spoke up again.
Existing in an improper relationship is being "not innocent."
But once this relationship is upgraded to an official one, then that is "innocent."
"Arbiter Leon looks like a man with plenty of luck with women. If you have a chance to succeed, young lady, then please take care of our Cyrene a little more in the future."
"..."
Firefly didn't know how to answer these words.
Plenty of luck with women—this was true. One could see some drawbacks just from Leon's popular face.
She couldn't personally experience it yet.
However, it wouldn't take long before she could experience it personally.
But to turn "not innocent" into "innocent."
Wasn't this a bit too fast? Were they going to skip the friend relationship directly?
But she hadn't even succeeded in becoming friends yet...
"Go for it. There are many opportunities in life; you have to grasp them."
Leon gave a satisfactory answer, and coupled with Cyrene's return, the people of Castrum Kremnos gradually dispersed, yielding the space to the young people.
"Sorry to trouble you."
"I suddenly feel you were just paying lip service about communicating normally."
Leon told her there was no need to be so polite. "Does this even count as trouble?"
These were all family. Could family trouble be called trouble?
"Mmhmm~"
The young girl ended the topic with a playful hum.
"But why did you come suddenly, Partner? I was just thinking about going to find you."
Cyrene expressed that great minds think alike.
"That's really a coincidence."
"Doesn't this represent even more that our hearts are in sync?"
Cyrene said with a humph-humph sound, then asked curiously, "So what's the matter, Partner?"
Leon explained briefly, saying they might stay in Penacony for a while longer.
Helping someone with something, filming a movie.
During this layover, they could stay in Amphoreus a bit longer.
"Filming a movie?"
Cyrene was slightly confused. "So sudden. Did something happen?"
"A little bit. It's hard to explain in a few words."
Leon thought of something and said he would tell her to watch the movie after it was filmed.
The movie was scripted based on the things she was curious about.
"Mm? Is Partner going to act too?"
Hearing his phrasing, Cyrene picked up on that meaning.
"I don't know. Maybe I'll act, maybe I won't."
God knows what Robin is thinking.
"If Partner is going to act, then can I go to the filming set together with you?"
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