Great! I'm surrounded by villains!-Chapter 462: Epilogue (Part One)

This was the tenth year since the Sun King’s return.

In the early morning, a starship slowly entered the central star port of Blue Star Imperial Court, and the Third Prince... or rather, the current ruler, personally welcomed the arrival of the guests.

Judge Baptism, representing the Ashen Church, attended this visit, marking her ninth visit to Blue Star. freёnovelkiss.com

The residents of the Imperial Court had been waiting outside the star harbor before dawn, extending a warm welcome to this old friend of Blue Star.

By now, Baptism had reached the age of graceful beauty, sitting in the car prepared for her by the Imperial Court, she smiled at the Blue Star residents who were welcoming her on both sides of the road through the car window.

For Blue Star, this was an extremely important day.

A statue had been erected in the plaza outside the Royal Court to commemorate the pioneer, Mr. Mingyuan.

In the war against the Void Demons, faced with a highly adverse situation, Mr. Mingyuan decided to sacrifice himself, sealing the pathway connecting the two planes, and eternally isolating the Void Demons in the Land of Eternal Night.

Today marked the tenth anniversary of humanity’s victory over the Void Demons, with Blue Star playing an indispensable role in that war.

After the Third Prince ascended to the throne, he conducted sweeping reforms, advocating the concept of integration of politics and religion, and now Blue Star had indeed become the Ashen Church’s most trusted ally.

Many familiar faces also participated in this celebration.

For example, the new leaders of the Royal Hunting Court, Yang Ping and Ling Long, whose names had spread far and wide over the past decade; they embedded the concepts of evil spirits and Life Energy deep into people’s hearts, and the people of Blue Star regained their freedom, with Life Energy courses being incorporated into various institutions under a series of policies.

After hundreds of years, the people of Blue Star were finally able to freely embrace their instincts, and the Cloud Sea Academy became the premier higher education institution on Blue Star, with countless students sharpening their minds each year to become part of the Cloud Sea Academy.

Regrettably, the old dean, Mo Song, did not live to see such a thriving sight.

In the Second Year of the Third Prince’s rule, on a sunny and breezy morning, like he usually did, the old dean leaned back in his chair in the dean’s office for a nap, and never woke up again.

As time went by, the old generation of deans gradually exited the stage of history; today, ten years later, the Elder Princess, Ning Ruyue, became the new dean, and her fellow disciples who grew up with her also took over the baton passed down from their teachers.

Compared to the power struggles in the Imperial Court, and the complex interstellar situation after the return of the Sun King, the Elder Princess preferred the tranquil life of the academy, where she had found her own destiny.

The extraordinary tales of the Cloud Sea Academy’s Magnificent Five were widespread among the students, who were steeped in the tales of the tumultuous era from ten years ago, filling them with ambitious dreams.

The only pity was that the teachers for the "Evil Spirit Defense Class" and the "Magical Monster Course" had been changed repeatedly; occasionally, when the current teachers chatted with the students, they would reminisce about the days when Mr. Mingyuan and Jiuyue once taught there.

Heroes who had helped humanity seal the Void Demons had once taught at this institution and were the founders of those very courses.

Unconsciously, the Ashen Church’s special car had already driven some distance, and the crowd had gradually dispersed.

Baptism leaned tiredly against the car window, gazing at the familiar landscape outside the highway.

The Eyeball Robot, on the other hand, floated energetically over to the Third Prince, who then picked up the Eyeball Robot without hesitation.

So much had happened in these ten years, almost too much to keep up with; even he sometimes pondered whether the pace of change on Blue Star was too rapid.

But at such times, he would think that he was indeed on the right path.

Under the leadership of the Sun King, humanity had united in an unprecedented way, completely breaking down the barriers of identity, race, and stance to become a collective whole; with wars and intrigues set aside, humanity welcomed a rate of development like never before.

The leaps made by humanity in the fields of technology and culture over the past decade were astonishing.

The Sun King fulfilled His promise to everyone, granting them a world without hatred, without prejudice, where people could truly understand each other.

Of course, there were still some things that remained unchanged.

For example, the eyeball robots used for baptisms.

A decade later, the robots were still the models of yesteryear. Although the field of robotics had advanced by leaps and bounds, creating models that were more portable and could even be directly fitted with voice devices for baptisms, they were all rejected by the "conservative" baptisms.

At such times, baptisms would jokingly say through the eyeball robots that these were antiques left from before the War of Eternal Night, and she planned to pass them down as family heirlooms to her progeny.

The War of Eternal Night was a name given by the Ashen Church, and it had been written into the new Genesis.

With the return of the Sun King, Genesis had also been divided into old and new Chapters.

"How’s everything at the Sanctuary?"

"The same as always."

The familiar mechanical synthetic voice always managed to settle the Third Prince’s mood.

He would always personally welcome baptisms’ arrival. To him, baptisms were more of a friend than an envoy of the Ashen Church.

Now, the legendary Fortress Number had become history, and everyone’s schedule was packed full. Only Tang Qianqian seemed to have foreseen this and, on her first day back on Blue Star, left them a message saying "Li Hua and I are going on vacation" and had not been seen since.

"What about Jiuyue?"

Baptisms suddenly asked.

This wasn’t the first time she had asked this, but each time the reply was an awkward silence.

Since the War of Eternal Night, Jiuyue’s whereabouts had been a mystery. Both she and the Third Prince had used their resources to look for her many times, but to no avail.

Of course, the Church did this also for security considerations.

They understood that the fox demons were a group led by sentiments, which gave Jiuyue enough motivation to break the seals of the Land of Eternal Night, posing a threat to this unprecedented era of peace.

"I thought she would definitely attend this ten-year celebration."

After all, paying tribute to the pioneers was also one of the important parts of the celebration.

Baptisms sincerely hoped that Jiuyue, like everyone else, could free herself from the shadows of the past and take a good look at this new era filled with hope.

"I trust her,"

the Third Prince said, "She’s not a dangerous person; she just isn’t ready yet."

...

Meanwhile, at the Holy City Cathedral far away, the Sun King received a briefing from Blue Star. Half an hour ago, the baptism’s starship had arrived at Imperial Court’s Star Harbor, and now she was on her way to the Royal Court in a limousine to attend the ten-year anniversary celebration of war victory.

He still sat on the Golden Throne, not having moved an inch in those ten years.

Yet He was not imprisoned there; His will was everywhere.

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