"I'm now sprinting towards Legend."
As soon as these words were spoken, Harut fell silent.
No reason.
It's too fast.
Really too fast.
But he showed a relieved smile:
"Very good, looks like I don't need to worry about you anymore."
Harut felt emotional.
Who would have thought that the little guy back then has now beco so promising.
Chloe also couldn't help but feel emotional.
Who would've thought that the seemingly precocious boy would now look so put together.
"By the way, isn't Kasha back?"
"Oh her, she's recently been with Saint Louis Academy, doing knight research over in Sarul City."
Chloe paused for a mont and said:
"She now already at the stage for knight research?"
Harut gave a slight smirk and said:
"Yeah, ti flies, doesn't it? In the blink of an eye, she's reached the stage for knight training courses."
Chloe glared at Harut and said:
"Isn't all this because of you?"
"What did I do? I'm just guarding the ifei Family, alright?"
"Don't try to change the subject, I'm just simply saying you're weak. Now you probably can't beat Kasha."
Harut chuckled awkwardly.
Who would've thought it would beco like this.
Both Chloe and Kasha are growing too quickly.
So much so that, being the second oldest in the family, he's now likely beco the weakest.
The eldest sister is certainly unbeatable.
He heard she's been promoted to Exemplar level and is traveling around the world to enhance her combat skills.
The younger sister caught up later, her ascension speed in recent years also skyrocketed beyond his understanding.
The younger brother seldom cos ho these years.
And due to the special nature of the front line he joined, he wouldn't usually inquire into how much this boy has grown.
Turns out, after coming back, he directly tells him he's sprinting towards Legend.
It's driving him crazy.
The ti it took for Mom and Dad to break through to Legend.
Over a hundred years, right?
How old is this boy now?
It's simply absurd.
Speaking of this matter, Harut's expression suddenly changed a bit.
He grabbed Chloe's shoulders tightly and said:
"Brother, get married soon, any noble lady you fancy, big brother will help you propose."
"..."
Chloe looked at Harut as if looking at an idiot.
Harut, seeing that Chloe hadn't realized the seriousness of the issue, frowned and said:
"You may not know, but Mom and Dad always wanted a few more children. But over these years, including the lucky pregnancy with Kasha and him, our family only has four.
As the Extraordinary advances in Life Sequence, the possibility of having offspring becos lower.
If you don't have any now, you'll regret it later."
Chloe thought to himself, "I've already had over a hundred, what's there to regret about."
But he also knew Harut ant well, so he found an excuse and said:
"Do you think in my current situation, any family's girl could match ?"
Harut was silent for a long ti, then nodded.
His little brother's situation is indeed not suitable for rash marriage, after all, if they're not a good match, it won't last long.
But his eyes quickly brightened:
"What do you think about the princess?"
"Stop!"
Chloe hurriedly stopped Harut's dangerous thoughts.
What a joke.
Not to ntion that he had no intention of developing a relationship with the princess,
just the re ntion of it would get him tornted to death by that scheming princess.
It's not about workplace exclusion,
it's just that he'd be teased relentlessly by the princess.
That woman, knowing full well he has no such thoughts, would deliberately make strange remarks.
For example, "Ah, Sir Loi, it seems you've finally decided to acknowledge my beauty."
For example, "So have you ever had the thought of sharing the throne with ?"
For example, "If it's you, I might consider it, of course, if you agree, just pretend I didn't say it."
Then the scheming princess would rest her cheeks in her hands and let out a peculiar giggle like 'oh my, oh my.'
This makes Chloe particularly want to punch her face.
With a face like that, one punch should make you cry for a long ti, right?
"Enough, let's not talk about this anymore."
Chloe decisively changed the topic.
"I originally ca back to see if you two were here, but it turns out Kasha ran off for research."
"How about in a few days, when she cos back, I'll contact you?"
"No need, the situation is not quite right recently, when she returns, remind her to be more cautious."
"Alright."
"Then I'm off to the palace."
"Hmm... wait." Harut suddenly spoke, "You... take care of yourself, don't overwork."
"...Do I look like I'm overworked? My job is actually quite relaxed."
"I'm not talking about work." Harut looked worried, "It's like you've been relentlessly busy for a long ti, as if sothing is chasing you, urging you to keep speeding up. Don't tighten your nerves too much."
Chloe was montarily stunned, then sighed emotionally:
"You've got sharp eyes, but don't worry, I've got it under control."
"Mm, you're more capable than now and probably have your own considerations."
...
As he left Marquis ifei's Mansion, Chloe suddenly sighed.
He could see that Harut wanted to persuade him to stay and rest for a night.
With his parents dead, the eldest daughter traveling, he seldom ca back himself.
Normally he had Kasha to keep him company.
With Kasha off to study, Harut's sense of loneliness beca particularly apparent.
But Chloe had his own difficulties.
As Harut said, he couldn't stop moving forward.
To have Jian leave a stone tablet, warning him not to venture into the Shadow Plane.
He realized then that Jian had encountered an unprecedentedly troubleso enemy this ti.
So troubleso that she even hoped he wouldn't step onto that battlefield unprepared.
In these circumstances, how could he live his days in peace and ease?
Extracting every bit of ti he could use to improve his strength was what was important.
Ti passed slowly like this for half a year.
One day, while the princess was browsing through docunts, she suddenly remarked:
"The royalists have started contacting ."
"Hm? What's happened again?"
"It's nothing important," the princess said nonchalantly while sipping tea, "Just informing that if I plan to ascend the throne, I'd better decide on a candidate first."
"... A candidate for the prince?"
"What else?"
"A bunch of old stubborn fools," Chloe shook his head and said, "With your current advancent speed, even tying those old guys together might not be enough, so why rush?"
The princess said indifferently:
"I can actually understand them. After all, for the royalists, the continuity of the royal lineage is of utmost importance. It's normal for them to have thoughts if they see we aren't interested."
"You're just too easygoing. If it were , I'd press their heads and ask them how many dishes they've eaten to have such a craving."
The princess is truly strong, although not as strong as him, she's probably an outstanding figure in the mortal world.
There's really no need to give too much face to those old folks.
She's still too polite.
"Let's not talk about this. Tomorrow we need to go to Sarul City; it seems there's an issue with the spatial rift over there. His Majesty wants to investigate."
"Is your relationship with His Majesty still that strained?"
"Yes, truth is, I'm quite curious too. I've been obedient since I was a child and didn't do anything wrong, so why does he hate so much?"
"Who knows? Maybe he's trying to project the guilt of his childhood sweetheart's death onto soone who can bear it."
Chloe shook his head.
No matter what the current emperor says, he can't escape the mistakes he made.
The next day.
Chloe accompanied the princess to Sarul City.
The issue with the space passage there seed to be rather tricky.
Chloe thought it was just right.
He could also visit Kasha, who was studying there.
Liszt accompanied them on their journey.
The situation in Sarul City was easier to resolve than Chloe had imagined.
On the other side of the spatial passage was a world filled with undead.
The problem this ti was caused by another area of that world being connected to the Demon Hall.
The demons in the Demon Hall were engaged in battle with the undead.
Neither side, as far as they go, was any good.
The issue with the spatial passage arose due to the demons' battle, causing the normally aimless wandering undead to gather unusually and incidentally crash into the Ensar soldiers on this side of the passage.
This situation was actually quite easy to handle.
Just having enough troops to give both sides a beating would stabilize the space passage a lot.
Chloe finally understood why the emperor sent the princess over.
After all, a Demigod along with two Exemplar Peak legendary combat powers was more than sufficient.
Only this ti, Chloe found he didn't need to make a move.
Liszt cooperating with the princess was enough.
He was happy to slack off on the sidelines.
From Chloe's perspective, the princess's magic was indeed impressive.
Under a barrage of artillery, it truly felt like firepower suppression.
This kind of thod was sothing Chloe could envy but not replicate.
Even with Filthy Thunder, the magnificent destructive effect during activation was difficult to compare with a legendary mage.
Of course, the princess was just one step away from being a Legend.
She just happened to have acquired legendary combat power in advance.
Before leaving the space passage, Chloe looked at the scorched earth and couldn't help but frown:
"Does the Demon Hall have expansion tendencies during this period?"
Chloe had no recollection.
At this ti, the main threat to The Stars was the battle with the Abyss.
The two sides were truly fighting to the death.
But this was understandable.
After all, for The Stars and the Abyss, the Demon God battle in the Seven Heroes' fight was no different from last year in the eyes of ordinary people.
With such massive losses, a year or more of fighting nonstop isn't surprising.
In Sarul City, he finally saw Kasha again after a long ti.
This girl, nominally his sister but actually cherished like a little sister by him.
"How do you have the luxury of coming here?"
In the dining room, Kasha looked curiously at Chloe.
She knew Chloe had been very busy these past few years.
She truly hadn't expected to see him often at ho.
Now that she's out here for study, they manage to et instead.
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