Everyone felt that there was something wrong with Arine, as her actions were very strange.
When she was with Lathel, she was extremely friendly, her voice was sweet, and she even cried when she saw him.
But when the Holy Son talked to her, she acted like she was talking to a stranger.
Ikarys was also extremely angry at this time; however, he was the Holy Son, so he controlled his anger. But in the dark corner, Alec found it difficult to control his anger after seeing this scene.
He clenched his fist, and the sound of bones cracking rang out as he looked towards Lathel as if he wanted to tear him into a million pieces.
‘Damn it! Why him? Lucky? Is he lucky to have the same face as the important friend the Holy Maiden mentioned?’
‘Damn it! It should have been me, not him. Lathel… I will definitely not let you go. I swear, if I can’t kill you in this ‘Genius Congress,’ I’m an animal.’
‘AAA!! I can’t calm down, but I have to calm down. Damn it! Lathel, wait until you enter the Demon Lord’s sealed space; you will surely be helpless.’
Arine did not care that everyone was looking at them. She turned her head, looked towards Lathel, smiled, and asked: “Oy! I’m asking you, what is your name?
“Heh?! Is this your girlfriend? Is she a Dark-Elf? No, this is probably just your servant or slave, right?”
Lathel sighed and shook her head: “You don’t need to know my name; besides… this is my woman.”
“What?! Your woman? This dirty Dark-Elf is your woman?” Arine was startled; she asked worriedly: “Oy! You were tricked by her, right?”
“Don’t worry; as long as you tell the truth, I will help you, so that she completely disappears from this world.”
She stretched out her finger as she spoke, and a dazzling aura was being emitted from her finger.
“Wait!” Lathel shouted: “What are you planning to do?”
He quickly stood in front of Iritellis, frowning, and looking straight at Arine.
Arine pouted: “I just want to know your name.”
“Good! My name is Lathel.”
“Ah! Lathel.. a very beautiful, very masculine name…” Arine smiled, retracted her fingers, and the dazzling aura also disappeared.
Seeing this, Iritellis breathed a sigh of relief, feeling ashamed in her heart. She said she would protect Lathel, but when faced with danger, she became afraid and was easily controlled by her opponent.
Iritellis realised that she was so weak that even a cute and harmless-looking girl could use magic to control her.
Other than ‘Eyes of Lust’, she didn’t seem to have any other abilities.
“Wait!” Ikarys now spoke; he smiled friendly, walked next to Arine, and said: “Holy Maiden, I know you are very friendly and very innocent, but you should also know that not everyone is friendly.”
“There are people who may use their friendly appearance and slight resemblance to your friend to trick you. That’s why you need to be careful.”
“Hm?! Holy Son, what do you mean… Are you saying Lathel is a bad person?” Arine tilted her head to look at Ikarys.
He nodded and said: “I don’t know if he is a bad person or a good person; however, it is better to be a little careful.”
“Besides… you also said that your most important friend died, and Lathel only looks similar to your friend.”
“I think you should be careful and not rely on his appearance to approach him. That way, he won’t think that he is special.”
“Ah! But… he is very special.” Arine said confusedly: “I think he is a good person, I want to become friends with him.”
“Holy Maiden…” Ikarys still said patiently: “We came here to participate in the ‘Genius Congress’; besides that, we also have another mission, which is to strengthen the Demon Lord’s seal.”
“This journey will be full of dangers; we cannot know who is our enemy and who is our ally. That’s why we need to be careful with people around us.”
“But…” Arine tilted her head and said: “I feel like I can trust him; just now he wasn’t afraid of danger, as he immediately protected that Dark-Elf girl; that’s enough to say that he’s a good man.”
Ikarys shook his head: “Not really. Dark-elves are a race that worships the goddess of lust. Maybe…”
He said while glancing at Iritellis: “She used some kind of special magic that only followers of the ‘Goddess of Lust’ could possess to fascinate him.”
“Perhaps he was enchanted by her to protect her.”
Arine pouted, turned her head, and looked towards Lathel: “Oy! Are you fascinated by this Dark-Elf girl?”
Lathel: “…”
How do you want me to answer? Do I have the right to choose?
While Lathel didn’t know how to respond, the crowd immediately spoke up.
“I think so too.”
“It seems… that idiot, although fortunate enough to have an appearance similar to the Holy Maiden’s dead friend, is just a toy in the hands of a devotee of the Goddess of Lust.”
“Hahahaha… fool, can such a person also have the right to participate in the ‘Genius Congress’?”
“Yes, I think we should throw him out. A person like that is not worthy of being my dog.”
“Damn! I feel very uncomfortable. Why is the Holy Maiden talking to that idiot?”
“Don’t worry, the Holy Son will throw him out like a dog.”
“Hahahaha…”
Ikarys heard everyone speak and smiled contemptuously: “Holy Maiden, you are so naive. If you ask that question, he will definitely lie.”
“You are often inside the church, so you don’t know how cunning and evil the people outside are. Don’t worry, the Pope asked me to protect you; I will do it well.”
Arine didn’t seem to care about Ikarys’s words. She walked up to Lathel, pouted; her face looked like she was sulking at him, and said: “Tell me, are you enchanted by that Dark-Elf girl?”
Lathel sighed: “Are you stupid?”
“Heh?!” Arine was startled.
Ikarys frowned and said: “What do you mean?”
“You heard me, but you still don’t understand?” Lathel said uncomfortably: “Whether I’m bewitched or not, that’s my problem, it has nothing to do with you.”
“Besides…”
Lathel said while glancing at the others: “I can enter this place, which means that I have met the conditions set by the ‘Genius Congress’.”
“Can you chase me away with just a few words? You can write a letter denouncing me to Empress Catheryne, even though she won’t care, but at least you’ve denounced me.”
“You…” Ikarys clenched his fists angrily.
He has been in this world for more than three years, and he has never seen anyone dare speak to him in such a disrespectful way.
“It seems… you have chosen death.” Ikarys said while his usual smile appeared on his face. However, the air suddenly became much colder than usual.
Lathel could feel a pressure covering his body, as if countless swords were pointing at him.
However, he appeared extremely indifferent, as if nothing had happened.
‘Compared to the pressure that Lilith in the ‘Simulation Space’ brings, the pressure that that idiot creates is just a child’s game.’
In fact, to ensure that he could survive and win the championship, he trained with powerful existences inside the ‘Simulation Space’.
Alec, Lilith, Principal Farmyrth, Akna, Harris, and, thanks to the information Akna gave him about the participants in the ‘Genius Congress’, he was also able to create copies of them in the ‘ Simulation space’.
Coupled with Viva’s hellish training programme inside the ‘Energy Space’, at this moment, he was extremely confident in his abilities.
However, that was not enough reason for him to cause unnecessary trouble.
“Holy Son!” Suddenly, a young human man spoke up. He walked up to Ikarys and said: “For this type of person, you don’t need to act. I will help you deal with him.”
“Ah! Thank you very much indeed.” Ikarys smiled and said: “You’re right, hitting him will only make my hands dirtier.”
“Anyway, the ‘Genius Congress’ is not just for Geniuses, but also for people with noble thoughts and morals, right?”
“That’s right.” That young man nodded; he felt extremely happy.
Although he is also a genius, geniuses are also divided into strong and weak categories.
He knew he couldn’t compete for the championship title at this ‘Genius Congress’. However, if he could get along with the Holy Son of the Lumiere Church, even if he lost in the first round, this trip would still be of great value.
“Huh! Hitting him would only dirty my hands.”
Suddenly, the surrounding people also voiced their contempt for Lathel.
“Yes, I feel insulted to have such a coward here.”
“You should understand that… Dark-Elves can only control the weak.”
“Hahahaha… Don’t worry, he won’t live long.”
Lathel was not phased by everyone’s contemptuous words.
For someone like him who has had to listen to other people scold him since childhood until adulthood, when he lived on Earth, this is extremely normal.
He looked indifferently at the young man preparing to kill him, wondering in his heart: ‘Should I kill him or just knock him unconscious?’
Lathel, of course, also knew how strong that young man was. In the ‘Simulation Space’, that young man couldn’t even withstand one of his Gondori attacks, so how could he defeat him?
It’s just… Lathel was a bit hesitant, not knowing whether to kill the young man or just knock him unconscious.
If he kills that young man, he will commit the crime of causing trouble here, and others will also become his enemies.
But if he didn’t kill that idiot, Lathel knew that that idiot would try to take revenge on him.
While Lathel was pondering, Arine suddenly laughed loudly.
“Hahahaha… hahahaha… Lathel, you are really interesting.”
Lathel: “…”
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