Don't confiscate my identity as a human race

Talia spoke to Lanci in her mind.

She was really a bit scared.

As a demon herself, she knew all too well that Lan Fu was no easy opponent.

"Don't worry, Lan Fu has no objections."

Lanci answered calmly, leading Tamisha away from the room in the Central Chamber surrounded by the Eternal Night Sky.

Silence enveloped the streamlined passage leading to the Inverted Corridor Mirror. Lanci and Tamisha seemed to be walking in the Illusory Corridor.

The heavy mechanical roar intertwined with the buzzing of magical circuits, gradually receding along with the Central Chamber behind them.

Lanci and Talia continued their chat in their minds as well.

After a long walk and passing through the automatically opening black illusion door, they finally saw the brightness of the Inverted Corridor Mirror again.

Vast prisms of refraction, the walls, floor, and ceiling densely inlaid with prisms of various shapes and sizes, refracting dazzling rainbow halos, the air filled with a thin, dreamy rainbow mist, made Lanci feel as if he had stepped into a different dimension.

"Tamisha, from here you'll need to lead the way again."

Lanci bowed his head and spoke to the small figure he was leading.

The Inverted Corridor Mirror could only be traversed by Tamisha, who was the true authorized person.

If she were to enroll at the Purgatory Corridor Academy in the future, she might reach places that even the principal couldn't, quite easily.

She would really be like the academy's crown prince.

"Follow me."

Tamisha grabbed Lanci's hand tightly and took the lead.

"Tamisha, are you hungry?"

Lanci had left her three boxes of snacks.

But having left the Mirror of Tiberius, it was almost nine in the evening.

"I'm okay."

Tamisha's eyes were a bit sleepy,

"But if you're taking me to eat, I can eat."

She had been waiting for Phantom Demon to take her to the Demon King's Restaurant for dinner as promised.

"Of course, I'll take you."

Lanci added, reaffirming the promise he made earlier.

Tamisha didn't speak, but her pace quickened a bit.

"Ah, I'm really both tired and hungry. Finally, it's time to get off work."

Hearing Lanci mention the Demon King's Restaurant, all the fatigue and anticipation of the day were stimulated in Talia.

"I guess I eventually have to return Lan Fu to you, it's kind of inconvenient for us two to live together like this."

She continued the topic she had with Lanci.

At this moment, Lanci, led by Tamisha, stepped into the grand transitional corridor, flanked by towering inverted statues, a glass forest shimmering with cold silver light.

The prisms refracted soft, dream-like shadows under the light, casting colorful glows on the polished stone floor as if they were walking through the vast galaxy.

Talia also watched along with Lanci's perspective.

She felt that leaving Ichrite and traveling abroad might allow her to blend in temporarily.

Once back in the Capital City Ekrite, they could not continue to live together every day reading each other's minds.

Otherwise, just thinking about having to impersonate the Great Love Poet every day for a week before heading to the Poseen Kingdom made her scalp tingle.

"Well, on the bright side, while we stay in the Capital City Brilda of the South Crayney Empire we don't have to act, and there aren't any friends from Ichrite around."

Lanci expressed relief.

The birth of the Mad Love Demon King was an accident itself.

That day neither he nor Talia expected that merging with the Great Love Poet would make her so powerful, nor did they anticipate how difficult it would be to separate once merged.

"Alas, when we return to the Hutton Kingdom, your most beautiful and powerful Life Card will be gone."

Talia sighed sorrowfully, without any intent of self-praise.

"The Mad Love Demon King is still very useful. Once I reach the Seventh-order, it can become a permanent special move."

Lanci did not deny this.

But he indeed could not always rely on her power.

"Sure, but if you run into trouble later, her power will still be available for you, after all, you're her dear student."

Talia seemed quite happy to hear Lanci's sincere thoughts, lightly hummed in response.

"A Mad Love Demon King capable of sustained combat is too powerful, practically divine."

Lanci exclaimed.

Having gained the Divine Power, his approach to combat had changed.

Summoning just one additional creature was a distrust of the divine powers.

"Don't say that... you sound like a kebab..."

Talia said somewhat shyly.

"That's the humility of a god."

Lanci continued to praise.

"Enough already..."

Talia's voice grew fainter, holding back her laughter.

"Pretty soon, I'll master the power of a god."

After a long journey of cultivation, his spiritual power had transformed.

With this Eighth-order Shadow World completed, progressing to the Seventh-order was pretty much certain.

Reaching the transcendent Seventh-order, his Basic Attributes would undergo a substantial leap, by then fully capable of bearing the weight of Talia, that's the sediment and essence of a god.

"..."

Hearing this, Talia's mood darkened before she could even blush.

She caught the key words in Lanci's thoughts but couldn't be bothered to delve deep into them.

"Well, since you're so confident, then when the time comes, I'll casually consume your Mana, and keep you in physical training 24 hours a day, make sure you don't give up first... Oh."

Talia let out a cold laugh.

Since Lanci said it was heavy, it would be heavy, and she would also show Lanci what Mana burning training is like.

"No, Master, if you have the spare time, why not go train yourself and shed the weight you gained instead of training me?"