"King Deshret, too, passed away long ago."
Greater Lord Rukkhadevata spoke with a slight heaviness.
"It was all because he insisted on researching that 'forbidden knowledge' and ended up like that!"
Hearing the Greater Lord say that King Deshret had already passed away, the Goddess of Flowers momentarily had no one left to be angry with and merely voiced her indignation.
Then she turned her gaze to Li Qiuzhi.
"Speaking of which, you were the one who woke me from my eternal slumber, right? Thanks! From now on, as long as you don't ask me to harm the world, I'll do whatever you say."
[The Goddess of Flowers has developed a favorable impression of you. Gained 780 friendship points. Current friendship level: Lv.4 (180/400)]
Looking at the friendship notification that popped up, Li Qiuzhi laughed despite himself.
"Don't worry. I won't ask you to do anything bad."
As a heroic spirit he had summoned, her soul body was attuned to his mind. When he issued commands with his psychic power, heroic spirits would obey them to a certain extent.
However, if they encountered a command they disliked, they could actually ignore it. It was just that the urge compelling them to carry out that command would remain.
It was much like lying in bed at night playing games on a phone, telling oneself to play for only a few minutes, yet still being unwilling to put it down when the time was up and unwittingly staying up late.
With strong willpower, they could indeed disobey commands, but there would eventually be a moment when their resolve slipped, and then they would give in.
Li Qiuzhi had not actually summoned the Goddess of Flowers and the others with the intention of having them do things for him. His main