The state of sleep was lifted, followed by a heavy feeling.

I struggled to crawl out of the cup, only to find an Oyado lying on the blanket.

...

Are you a cat? Why are you curling up on my blanket?

"Wow! Brother, are you awake?"

Not long after I crawled out, I saw Oyado suddenly jump up, look around, and say to me on the bedside.

"No, it should be good morning, brother~"

"Good... by the way, why are you curled up on my blanket?"

"In order to always find you, I wanted to get familiar with your smell."

"Smell... that word doesn't sound good, it feels bad."

"Is that so?"

"Yes."

"Also, after you fell asleep, I wanted to try waking you up, but no matter how I called, I couldn't wake you up, so I had to protect you on the blanket."

"Huh... is that so? Can't wake up?"

"Yes."

Huh? It was supposed to be waking up as soon as there was any disturbance? That's too dangerous! You might get killed if you're not careful!

Whatever, let's talk about it later. But it's better not to use this thing for now.

"Well, anyway, thank you for protecting me. Hey, where's the leader?"

I just noticed that there was no one on the leader's bed, and I couldn't see her around.

This VIP room is without compartments except for the toilet, could it be...

"Maristodo sister went back to the Mercenary Guild. Because early in the morning, Jans sent someone to say that our imprisonment has been lifted, and we can leave anytime. But you didn't wake up, so Maristodo sister went back first. She also thanked us for helping and hopes to see us at the guild more often."

"She said... what if we don't go? How do we take on missions?"

I shrugged, got up from the bed, and changed my clothes in one go.

I think Oyado is used to me changing clothes in an instant. Well, it doesn't matter.

To ensure defense and weight balance, I wore a warrior's black soft armor underneath, and then attached a magic shield and magic arm badge to my shoulders.

The previously dropped magic staff was huge in size and only had bonuses for plant magic and dark magic. It's better not to use it for now.

Equipped with Blood Moon and sleeve sword, and hung the magic book on my waist. It still looks inconsistent.

Whatever, these days people usually mix and match. Who cares about collecting a set of equipment for bonus effects?

To be honest, I think those noble's white formal wear looks cool, but this isn't a real game after all. If we casually wear equipment, it will probably cause trouble again.

"Speaking of which... where did Pure White go?"

I haven't seen Pure White since just now. I remember she was standing idle by the bed.

"Bai Yueguang contacted us through the communication headset to discuss the next plan. They decided to come and wake you up first, so Pure White sister went to lead the way."

"Ha..."

I walked to the window and looked around. I could see three green names coming towards us from the other side of the city.

"Never mind, let's go too. We've had enough of the prison, and let's not make those guards continue to be on edge."

"That's true."

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The look in the guards' eyes when we left the prison was filled with fear and awe. I don't know if it was because Jans had given them orders or if they themselves realized our power and were afraid.

I wonder if this is a good thing or a bad thing. After all, people fear fame just as pigs fear becoming fat. If someone were to recognize that Philippe is actually Fir based on the descriptions they've heard about me, then I'll have to find a way to create a new identity.

"Hey, good morning. I heard you didn't wake up?"

"I didn't wake up my ass. It's all because Ms. Mary's potion was too strong... By the way, Hei Luoli woke up."

Behind Bai Yueguang was Hei Luoli, who was yawning. When she heard me mention her, she waved to indicate that she had heard us.

I looked at Bai Yueguang and he shrugged.

"It's the reward for completing the mission."

"Huh?"

"We had a mission to turn Jans into a duke, and we completed it. So I chose it, because the reward was for Hei Luoli to wake up."

"That's quite arbitrary..."

I opened the menu and saw that there was indeed a dialogue box indicating the completion of the mission, but I didn't see it because I was sleeping.

I opened it to take a look and then said,

"I plan to do the extremely difficult one, so it's better not to click on 'complete' now."

"Extremely difficult? Hey hey hey, have you been playing too many high-difficulty games? You want to challenge the extremely difficult?"

"Well, in the past, challenging the extremely difficult was just to achieve a goal. But this one is obviously different, right? The higher level the mission, the more powerful the reward should be."

"I guess you're right..."

"Anyway, since you've already received the reward, why are you still hesitating?"

"True..."

"You guys, sometimes I really feel like you're communicating through brain waves. What's with the silent staring all of a sudden?"

Hei Luoli suddenly interjected between us and made a comment. She was actually spot-on; it was indeed brainwave communication.

"What are you talking about? We're thinking about a problem."

I calmly replied.

"I'm guessing that Jans has already found a way to seize the duke's position. And what we have to do next is to help a young man named Dest take the position of the duke."

"You are really overconfident. Jans is a very terrifying person, and that little brat won't stand a chance against him."

Hei Luoli sighed and said.

"I already heard on the way here. Jans directly arrested Faste last night on charges of dereliction of duty, and he even wiped out all of his subordinates. Let me make it clear, he wiped them out. They claim that they fled in fear, but you could hear their screams everywhere last night."

I'm sorry, I was asleep, so I didn't hear anything.

"Oh, that's really bad. I was planning to use Faste's remnants to help me deal with Jans' power. But it seems difficult now... By the way, Bai Yueguang, did you send a message to Princess Annie?"

"Oh, right, I forgot. Because I spent a long time last night using the magical projection device, after I finished, I went to sleep and forgot about it."

"Well, that's good. I thought I would have to rely on Princess Annie's assistance to deal with Faste, but it turns out he's useless on his own."

"That's because he has a very serious hidden danger by his side."

"And he is not even aware of it, that's the most interesting part... Well, let's not talk nonsense about this anymore. So, what should Jans do next? He only arrested Foster, right? After all, he's still a duke, unless the emperor relieves him of his status, Jans can't just kill him casually."

"I don't think Jans is that loquacious of a person."

I shrugged.

"That's also our final ace to overturn him, but what we need is solid evidence."

"What ace?"

Hei Luoli asked curiously.

"That guy... he killed his own father, the old duke."

I answered with a smile.

"But I need evidence to prove it."