Li Guo left the villa—after returning from [Starry Sky Palace].
She did not say where she was going, and Boss Luo did not ask. Only Valia remained here, using [Transformation Potion] every day.
To outsiders, Li Guo still maintained the illusion that she had always been living with [Li Wei Titus].
After the [Literary Forum], [Malindo] unexpectedly remained calm for several days.
Of course, this so-called calm was only relative to an event on the scale of the [Literary Forum]... The struggle over the [Empress's Vault] within [Malindo] was still fermenting.
Members of the Knight Order and enforcement ships from the Star Patrol Bureau constantly streaked across the skies above [Malindo]... The chaos had already spread to every district of [Malindo].
Some said the [Empress's Vault] was hidden somewhere secret within the Royal Court.
Others said it was in the lake of District Three, because Her Majesty the Empress had often visited District Three back then—she had a private Temporary Palace there, preserved to this day.
Others claimed it was in District Nine, the place where Her Majesty the Empress had first met one of her most favored male ministers...
Opinions varied wildly.
The Treasure Hunters naturally only had eyes for treasure, but the Empire's privileged classes had much more to worry about... Such as the Overlord Council.
Surprisingly, several days had already passed, yet the Overlord Council delegation had made no response whatsoever. They had not even taken the initiative to contact the Empire, as though nothing had happened that day.
Was the Overlord Council some organization that could be easily bullied?
Naturally not. It was a giant force on the Fantasy Side... Even if it was structured as a council and not entirely united internally, its stance toward outsiders should have been consistent.
Its delegation members had been