Housewarming Banquet

The sun was still a little too far from here, which caused delays, though the impact was not significant.

She first entered a resonance state with Soviel, then used Astrology Magic to upload some entertainment clips from her memories into the sun.

That way, those clips could be played through Magic Crystal Phones. If others wanted to upload anything as well, they would need her permission.

After all, only she could resonate with Soviel.

After several days of uploading, she had placed many entertainment clips there.

She also had Soviel organize those memories into categories. Soviel could serve well as an artificial intelligence, and when she distributed Magic Crystal Phones to others, she could have Soviel impose restrictions.

After all, it was impossible to let everyone see everything. There were many films from Earth on it, and if people here all saw them, they might cause an enormous impact. It was better for those films to spread only within a small circle.

Betty had been so busy that she could watch them when she rested.

Besides films, she had also put many special books on it. Put simply, any one of those books would be enough to get someone beheaded in this era, which made Soviel's role especially important.

Soviel was bored anyway. As the consciousness of a planet, it was either sleeping or on its way to sleep.

It had only awakened because she had resonated with it.

One month later.

Hekate was still a 1-star God of Magic. This month, not only had the Gift of Fate been rotten beyond belief, but because the magic patterns had been designed too crudely, the things she uploaded often went missing. It had thoroughly irritated her.

Earth Star was a technological civilization with advanced artificial intelligence. The Stars suggested that Hekate upload the magic patterns there and have artificial intelligence calculate them.

Earth Star's technology was indeed impressive, several hundred years more advanced than the Earth of her previous life. Thus, Hekate had been constantly refining and optimizing the magic patterns by consulting artificial intelligence. However, artificial intelligence had never conducted experiments firsthand. Everything was based on its calculations. If even one link was wrong, then everything that followed would be wrong as well.

It seems I still need to provide Earth Star's artificial intelligence with experimental data. Otherwise, calculations alone won't be accurate enough, Hekate thought with some frustration.

Xiao Hong was a free, large-scale artificial intelligence from one of Earth Star's countries, and its capabilities were exceptionally strong. Hekate had uploaded many magic patterns to it, and it could understand nearly all of them and even derive new ideas from them. The troublesome part was the fusion of magic patterns.

Without real-world data to support it, it could only make random guesses.

But recording real-world data meant uploading the situation on her side to Xiao Hong, which carried some risk of being discovered.

She wondered whether Earth Star's scientists would immediately send a spaceship over if they discovered that there were actually planets with magic power in the universe.

Forget it. She would not think about that for now.

After pondering for a while, Hekate shook her head, tidied herself up, and prepared to go home with Natasha.

Duke Fortes had built a new manor not far from the Academy. Her father and mother had been busy with it these past few months, and now that the new manor was complete, she needed to go back and take a look.

The most popular and powerful duke among the nobles of the Uruk Kingdom was moving into a new home, so naturally, the occasion was exceptionally lively.

Big Brother Revolen and Second Sister Edith, their faces glowing, were surrounded by a crowd of nobles. A large group of nobles also gathered around Father and Mother. Hekate only had Natasha and a little glutton, Loria, beside her.

Loria dragged the two of them all around the banquet, but to everyone else, it looked as though Natasha was leading two adorable children around the party.

After all, Natasha looked the most mature.

Hekate disliked the atmosphere of power, especially having to deal with certain disgusting nobles, so she obediently followed Loria around, eating here and there.

When she grew tired of eating, she rested for a while and watched the nobles dance.

In this world, strength carried far more weight than power.

But for nobles like them, their Magic Aptitude had already determined their limits. Unable to advance further in strength, they naturally turned toward a desire for power.

Father, Big Brother, and Second Sister could not escape this pattern.

Because their Magic Aptitude was simply too low.

The three of them kept a low profile, wandering around the housewarming banquet, eating here and drinking there.

By late at night, the guests had departed and the excitement had faded. The servants began cleaning up the remains of the banquet, and only then did their flushed-faced family members notice the three of them.

Second Sister Edith smiled, though there was a hint of helplessness in her expression. "Hekate, do you know how many girls admired you today? You came back quietly and didn't even show yourself before everyone. How much happiness did you miss out on?"

Hekate said speechlessly, "Second Sister should worry about her own marriage first. I'm not in a hurry."

Lady Audrey pulled Hekate over and said distressedly, "My dear Hekate, have you not been eating well at school? Why haven't you grown at all?"

The matter of her height was being brought up more and more often.

But that was understandable. At this age, boys' bodies developed rapidly, yet she had not changed at all. It was natural for people to become suspicious.

"No, Mother. You're overthinking it." Hekate smiled awkwardly.

Duke Fortes had Hekate come to the study.

The room was magnificently decorated, several times more luxurious than the small study from before. Many of the decorations looked like things only the royal family could possess.

It seemed Dean Ornis truly valued Father.

He sat down at a table, poured Hekate a cup of tea, and said, "Hekate, the Calilans family's honor today is all because of you. Do you have any direction in mind for the Calilans family's future development?"

A direction?

Hekate was a little bewildered. She had never considered such matters.

After all, she had never intended to inherit this family. As for its development, Father had always handled it himself, and she could not be bothered with such things.

"Father can decide that himself. I only want to cultivate." Hekate shook her head.

"Dean Ornis said that you no longer have any opponents in this place. Even the King of Chaos died by your hand. Why do you still pursue cultivation? You are still young. You can stop and take a look around."

Hekate said seriously, "Father, becoming stronger has no end. As far as I know, there are many people in the Ice Snow Empire to the north who are stronger than me."

Duke Fortes fell silent for a moment, then shook his head helplessly. "I suppose the reason you became so powerful is because you possess such a pure heart. Revolen and Edith cannot do the same. Sigh, forget it. As long as you like it."