Julie O'Brien

O'Brien Imperial Palace.

Ever since Olivier had effortlessly defeated Haydson, His Majesty Joanne had been constantly thinking of ways to win over Olivier, or the two Achisoren brothers. Now that both brothers were Saint-level experts of the Empire, His Majesty Joanne sometimes even thought how wonderful it would have been if Nina had married Blumer back then.

Although he had granted Blumer the title of Imperial Duke, Saint-level experts did not care much for such things. They remained aloof even when meeting His Majesty Joanne. It would have been different if Blumer had been his son-in-law.

As for Wharton, he had not returned to the imperial capital to see His Majesty Joanne even once in all these years. If Nina had not come back every few years, His Majesty Joanne would have nearly forgotten he had such a son-in-law.

After Olivier returned, although he did not display his strength and lived a "depraved" life, His Majesty Joanne had sent ten beauties to Olivier. Unfortunately, while Olivier did not refuse them, he did not accept them either. He handed those beauties over to Sherlock's care, and normally, even Olivier himself did not come into contact with them.

As for Blumer, he had remained in the imperial capital all these years. His Majesty Joanne had long wanted to give another princess to him as a wife, but Blumer had repeatedly refused, claiming cultivation was his priority.

"The Achisoren Family must be won over somehow."

Having finished the day's political affairs and finally finding some leisure, His Majesty Joanne thought to himself.

At the same time.

At War God Mountain, Fane received an order from the War God: bring Julie O'Brien and Blumer Achison together and hold their wedding as soon as possible.

"Master wants to marry Junior Sister Julie to Junior Brother Blumer. It seems Master thinks highly of Olivier. Could it be that he is about to become a god?"

The moment Fane received the order, he understood its meaning.

Julie O'Brien was a direct descendant of the War God and the most gifted talent produced by the O'Brien Family in nearly a thousand years. She was beautiful as a flower and had reached the ninth rank at only thirty-eight. She cultivated Fire Element magic, had been personally taught by the War God, and was deeply favored by him.

Originally, the War God had become a god through the path of a warrior and was not proficient in magic. However, as a lower god of the Fire Element, once he had reached godhood, there was no distinction between warrior and mage. Teaching her was not a problem. Moreover, the War God had personally invited several Saint-level mages from the Yulan Continent to instruct her.

Since the War God became a god, the O'Brien Family had existed for five thousand years. Apart from the War God himself, the family only had two Saint-level experts, one at the middle stage and one at the early stage. Having finally produced such a gifted descendant, the War God had put considerable effort into nurturing her into a powerful expert.

At War God Mountain, Fane's fellow disciples all knew Julie's status in the War God's heart. In the past, many junior brothers had entertained thoughts about Julie and pursued her, especially some nominal disciples. If they could marry Julie, it would be no worse than becoming a personal disciple of the War God.

Unfortunately, Julie was extremely proud. Since childhood, she had regarded the War God and the High Priest as her idols. Every one of the War God's disciples was much older than her, and she simply did not think highly of them. They all retreated in defeat.

In short, Julie was the goddess of every man on War God Mountain.

Blumer was only four years older than Julie. After joining the War God Sect, the two of them, as the younger generation of the sect, competed and clashed with each other, sharing many complicated grievances and emotions.

As a direct descendant personally nurtured by the War God, Julie was naturally not weak. Her equipment was also exceptional; she was the perfect rich, beautiful, and powerful woman. Although Blumer had a Saint-level brother like Olivier, compared to Julie, he was practically penniless. Fortunately, Olivier's Light Shadow Sword was truly formidable. Even so, Blumer still lost more often than he won.

It was not until Blumer broke through to the Saint level. Moreover, he had reached the Saint level at the age of forty-two, placing him among the top three of all the War God's disciples. Julie knew it would be extremely difficult for her to break through to the Saint level at that age. Therefore, she admired Blumer greatly, and after their long entanglement, some unusual feelings had developed between them.

Everyone at War God Mountain knew these things very well.

One reason Blumer remained at War God Mountain year-round was Julie.

Naturally, Fane knew about Julie and Blumer.

Although the War God also lived at War God Mountain, he spent most of the year in secluded cultivation underground, hoping to make a breakthrough. Thus, the person truly in charge of War God Mountain on the surface was Fane. Matters his junior brothers could not decide were usually reported to Fane. Only matters Fane could not handle would be reported to the War God. Yet there were only a few gods on the Yulan Continent, and very few matters required the War God to make a decision. Even if a new emperor ascended the throne in the O'Brien Empire, the War God would not interfere.

"This matter will be easy enough to handle. However, Olivier took Blumer away, so I will need to make a personal trip and speak with him."

Once Fane understood the whole situation, he knew what to do.

The next day.

After finishing his morning training, Olivier noticed that the Taiji Diagram beneath his Sword-Shaped Soul seemed to have changed somewhat.

Ever since Olivier's cultivation had formed the Taiji Diagram, although he could sense its existence, it had been extremely faint. If it had not possessed a slight connection to his Sword-Shaped Soul, absorbed Light Element and Profundity of Darkness Element, and fed back things beneficial to his soul and body, gradually strengthening both, Olivier might never have noticed it.

After finishing his practice today, the Taiji Diagram seemed to have become slightly more solid, and his understanding of the laws of Light Element and Profundity of Darkness Element had grown a little clearer.

Olivier was in an excellent mood. After eating the breakfast prepared by Sophie and Jessica, he considered which academy to send Sophie and Jessica to study magic, as well as where to take Blumer for training.

A streak of light crossed the sky. A Saint-level Phoenix descended upon the Archisoren Duke Mansion, carrying a woman on its back. She was noble and beautiful, no less so than Sophie or Jessica.

"Blumer! Blumer! Get out here!"

The beautiful woman immediately shouted for Blumer.

"Julie, why are you here?"

Blumer emerged quickly, and Olivier also hurried over. A Saint-level expert had arrived at the mansion; he could not simply ignore it.

The visitor was Julie O'Brien.

In truth, given their Saint-level strength, both Olivier and Blumer had known the moment a Saint-level expert approached.

"Blumer, stop playing dumb. Why didn't you tell me face-to-face if there was something?" Julie immediately questioned Blumer. "Are you even a man?"

"Julie, what is wrong with you? What are you talking about?" Blumer was utterly confused.

Olivier grinned. This had somehow become a question of whether Blumer was a man or not.

"It seems this woman has quite a close relationship with Blumer."

Olivier looked at the two of them, his smile meaningful.

"Don't think you can bully me just because you broke through to the Saint level. Just wait until I break through. I'll make you pay!"

Julie added.

"Julie, I really have no idea what you mean. What exactly happened?"

Blumer was still at a loss, smiling bitterly.

Seeing Blumer's foolish expression, Olivier was about to speak when he suddenly noticed another streak of light approaching through the sky.

"It's Fane."

Before the man even arrived, Olivier knew who it was. When Fane landed—

"Senior Brother." Blumer saluted him.

"Hmph." Julie said nothing. She turned, mounted the Phoenix, and flew away.

"Fane, why are you here?"

Watching Julie leave, Olivier asked.

"Olivier, Junior Brother Blumer, I came to offer congratulations." Fane watched Julie vanish into the sky and chuckled.

"Oh? Congratulations for what?" Olivier asked.

"Master knows that Blumer and Julie are in love, so he specially sent me a message asking me to act as matchmaker and have them marry soon. I came today to discuss the wedding with you two."

Fane smiled as he revealed the purpose of his visit.

Then Fane explained to Olivier what had happened between Blumer and Julie at War God Mountain. Knowing the two had feelings for each other, he hoped lovers would eventually become a couple. He also emphasized Julie's status in the War God's heart and how highly the War God regarded Blumer's talent.

"So that was it. Julie came running over early this morning, made a scene for no reason, and it was all because of this."

Now, the truth behind Julie's inexplicable early-morning visit and commotion had finally come to light.

"It seems Julie does have Blumer in her heart. She was only angry this morning because Blumer had not personally proposed to her."

Putting Julie's words together with the entire situation, Olivier came to this conclusion.

"Women. They clearly want it in their hearts, but just because no one proposed to them personally, they run out and make a scene without even telling you why."

It was truly difficult to guess a woman's thoughts. Only after living two lives and watching plenty of such dramas had Olivier begun to understand a little.

"Fane, I'll agree on Blumer's behalf. Let the wedding be held one month from now."

Olivier could understand the War God's intentions. After failing to take Olivier as a disciple, he had adopted a roundabout strategy to build a relationship with him.

Originally, Olivier found this sort of thing extremely objectionable. However, after learning about Blumer and Julie's relationship, and considering what had happened today, Blumer truly did like Julie. It was only that although he had been with women before, he understood women far too little. Otherwise, he would have won her over long ago.

So Olivier directly agreed to Fane's proposal. An elder brother was like a father, and it was time Blumer started a family. Since he had such a fine match, they would settle it. As for whether she belonged to the O'Brien Family or some other family, it made little difference.

"Then I shall take my leave."

Seeing Olivier agree so readily, Fane finally relaxed. He had truly been afraid that Olivier, who never followed convention, might raise some different objection.

"Blumer, you don't blame your elder brother for deciding this for you, do you? Hahaha."

Olivier laughed as he asked Blumer.

"I will follow Elder Brother's decision."

Blumer felt somewhat embarrassed under Olivier's gaze.

"You're even blushing. Hahaha!"

From Blumer's reaction, Olivier knew the boy was delighted inside.

"Alright, prepare yourself and go confess to Julie and propose. Although War God Mountain brought up this matter, our Achisoren Family cannot appear weak."

Julie was clearly somewhat unhappy, and Blumer needed to settle things with her.

Then the two brothers began discussing how to win Julie over and prepare for the wedding.