"..."
Faced with Leon's "Japanese-style negotiation," the shadow of the Aquarius Director was silent for a while. Afterward, instead of rebutting, he followed up with a question:
"But the similarly ranked and more complete [Watcher's Palace] has already been shielded by your ability. Can that broken [Ten Tribes Law Book] of the Slaughter King Association really hold you back?"
Ten Tribes Law Book... Is that its full na?
After firmly morizing the intelligence inadvertently revealed by the Aquarius Director, Leon, with an unchanged expression, bluffed:
"Of course, it can! Do you think sothing on the level of the [Watcher's Palace] is sothing you can forcibly shield just by hearing a couple of pieces of information and guessing blindly? How could that be possible!
For abnormal objects on the level of [Watcher's Palace] and [Law Book], the cost of trying to shield them is unimaginably heavy for you!
If you still don't believe it by now, then I can swear by everything I have that I absolutely don't have the ability to directly shield the [Law Book] right now!"
"..."
Indeed...
Seeing Leon's confident expression, recalling the walls and columns full of "Leon" in the Watcher's Palace, the Aquarius Director couldn't help but nod slightly.
Although he did have a precedent of shielding the Watcher's Palace, being able to shield just one thing at that level was already unimaginably crazy, and the conditions for achieving it must have been extrely harsh.
Moreover, although the [Ten Tribes Law Book] is theoretically the sa rank as the [Watcher's Palace], the history of the [Ten Tribes Law Book]'s existence predates the human-created [Watcher's Palace] by thousands of years. The two can't even be considered part of the sa "system."
If both of these supre creations from two completely different systems could be effortlessly shielded by Leon...
Impossible, absolutely impossible!
...
"Fine! I agree!"
Relying on his existing knowledge system to repeatedly ponder Leon's terms, judging that there seed to be no obvious problem with them, the Aquarius Director agreed without hesitation, squinting his eyes as he said:
"I can help you get so fragnts of the [Ten Tribes Law Book], but in exchange, after you obtain the [Ten Tribes Law Book], aside from answering for your secrets, you have to include Nicole's safety in the terms!
Also, I don't want to hear her na from you again. If you threaten
with her again, then our relationship will completely break off!"
"Write, you can write it all!"
Seeing the Aquarius Director who, after pondering for a while, actually agreed, Leon's pupils shrank, his breath caught, but he then calmly promised:
"Not just Nicole. If you want, after she gets married and has children, all her descendants can be written in as well... By the way."
Paused at this point, Leon seed to recall sothing, staring at the Aquarius Director's blurry face as he smilingly asked:
"It's honestly surprising to see soone as cold and ruthless as you repeatedly backing down because of an orphan you adopted... By the way, if I had held a knife to Nicole's throat last ti and forced you to give up ascending to the palace, would you have agreed?"
"You're mistaken, it's not that I care about her, it's that I must care about her!"
Seeing Leon still testing his limits, the Aquarius Director snorted and then answered expressionlessly:
"There is also 'compatibility' between abnormal objects and their users. The [Watcher's Palace], led by the first Aquarius Director, is an abnormal object created on the foundations of love, devotion, and sacrifice.
Therefore, even if I completely replaced Joan, becoming another Joan entirely, if I had no 'love' in my heart, I couldn't fully match with the Watcher's Palace, and Nicole is an important tool for enhancing my compatibility with the [Watcher's Palace]!
Just like the connections between the Twelve Kingdoms' royal families and their ascendants, the emotional ties with offspring or lovers are both the essential prerequisites for becoming an ascendant and a necessary ans to increase compatibility with the [Watcher's Palace].
In this regard, even Joan was the sa. Her indulgence and nurturing attitude toward Olivia weren't just pure affection. Ultimately, she was also finding an anchor for herself to ascend to the palace."
"Ugh..."
After listening to the Aquarius Director's long explanation, Leon, feeling slightly unnerved, let out an involuntary noise, then awkwardly grinned and said:
"To be honest, at your age, this tsundere act is really... kind of disgusting..."
"..."
Damn, I should have sared dog shit on your face when I went back in ti to deliver the note!
Though he didn't understand what tsundere ant, the Aquarius Director was deeply hurt by Leon's "kind of disgusting" remark. After several heavy breaths, the veins on his forehead throbbed as he gritted his teeth:
"Anyway, from now on, I'll be watching the future. If there's an opportunity to obtain fragnts of the [Law Book], I'll find a way to inform you... By the way."
At this point, the Aquarius Director's shadow seemingly casually said:
"You can't fully control the Aquarius Palace now. But even when you cross the difference between man and god and can perfectly wield it, rember to leave a part behind and not change the ownership entirely. Otherwise, it will be a hassle for both of us.
Because the [Watcher's Palace] is built in a very distant part of the Star Sea to gain the widest vision and observe reality perfectly. If the Aquarius Palace can't be used for positioning, it might take
years to find you, and by then, it might be too late to remind you of any opportunities."
"All right."
After listening to the Aquarius Director, Leon looked him in the face, then nodded with a smile:
"I'll leave you a small place. This Aquarius Palace, which is now entirely mine, always welcos you bringing good news."
"Hehe."
Both the previous and current Aquarius Directors smiled amicably at each other, then the current... reserve Aquarius Director Leon Laine picked up the [Sign of Past] which ntioned the future and smilingly said goodbye:
"Then I'll be going now... Can I show this to others?"
"Do as you please."
The Aquarius Director, turning back to the depths of the Aquarius Palace, replied without turning his head:
"As long as you're not afraid that our collaboration will be discovered by the Clean-up Bureau, you can show this to anyone you like!"
...
"Mr. Taurus!"
After pushing open the grand doors of the Taurus Star Palace, Leon strode into the Taurus Star Palace, intruding into a selection scene akin to a hellish furnace.
"I have sothing very important to discuss with you! Aquarius... oops, it can wait until you're done with your lecture."
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