At the last words, a grimace came on the Matron's face.

"So it's possible he's that precious? It's been 400 years, but my old hag of a master still laments about the woman who showed talent and evidence of an inheritance that shocked Angaria itself, but was lost because of the hasty actions of those in charge then. She always said that if that case had been handled well, we might not even have had to fear the Church right now. I thought it was just a far-fetched story. Anyway, it seems you have your work cut out for you. Need my help?"

"Clearly, it's not. No thanks, I'm supposed to be on my own. After seeing you before, I don't even trust you to control yourself, especially after what I just told you. Leave. I'll be traveling to Lanthanor alone."

As if her plan had been foiled, the Matron humphed before shooting a glare at Marcus and disappearing.

Finding himself alone in the room, the bald, hulking man took out a display trinket from his pocket.

As it activated, a picture of a man with a child on his shoulders appeared.

After caressing the child's face with his fingers for a few seconds, he put it away before disappearing from the prison.

…..

[Satisfaction Level: 26%

Dissatisfaction Level: 30%

Milestone Reached. 10,000 EXP awarded.

Total Exp: 33,000

Next Milestone: 30% Satisfaction Level.

Award: 50,000 EXP]

As Daneel stood in the Lanthanor's private booth for what was mostly the last time, he asked the system to repeat the notification it had sent after his speech had concluded.

The Olympics had been a smas.h.i.+ng success, and no matter what he said towards the end, it wouldn't have made much of a difference.

This was why he hadn't focused much on the specifics on his speech, instead opting to keep it simple.

After announcing the results and thanking everyone for partic.i.p.ating, he had concluded it, and he had had to try his absolute best not to gasp with shock the moment this notification had sounded in his mind.

His goal had been to increase it from 19% to hopefully 20%, as that was the milestone that had been marked by the system.

Earlier, even after taking a lot of measures such as establis.h.i.+ng the school and setting up the healer's inst.i.tute, he hadn't seen much of an increase.

Of course, there had also been the matter of that ma.s.sacre, but still, seeing a ma.s.sive 7% increase now, Daneel was shocked out of his mind.

Yet, if it was just this, maybe he wouldn't feel as incredulous.

The other fact which astonished him was that he was so close to the next milestone, and that the reward for this one was 5 times the previous.

5 times! A whopping 50,000 EXP?!

And here he had toiled so hard for this 10,000 which felt measly now.

Daneel was so happily surprised that thoughts like these went through his head, but he also realized that he was trying hard not to think about that strange promise from the Big 4.

Just as he was about to a.n.a.lyze what had happened in that room, he received a message from Lanthanor which shocked him even further, but this was something that he had been hoping would happen.

There was a change in the room which held the Empire Spirit.

Daneel had posited before that the milestone the system had set and the one stated by the Empire Spirit were the same, even though this felt like too much of a coincidence.

Now, clearly, it was true.

Without any more hesitation, he teleported away from the booth after sending a message to his commanders so that they wouldn't panic.

Appearing at the entrance of the National Academy of Lanthanor and startling the soldiers who were standing guard, Daneel didn't even bother to greet them before entering at a run.

"It's the King! Stand down!"

"Oh, it's the King! I can't believe I almost attacked my idol!"

"My cousin just told me that Lanthanor won the Olympics! The King made the announcement! What could be so urgent here for him to come so quickly?"

As statements like these were heard behind him from the guards, Daneel ignored them all and quickly reached the library where another soldier was waiting for him outside.

"Sir, it started only 20 minutes ago. I was making my usual rounds, and I noticed it. I made sure to close all the curtains."

With a nod, Daneel barreled through the door and ascended the stairs 3 at a time. There was nothing Kingly about him at the moment, but he didn't care, because he was finally about to solve a mystery that had been plaguing him for months.

As he reached the hidden door which was locked, he saw what the soldier posted there had told him about through the communication trinket.

A golden light was s.h.i.+ning through the bottom of the door.

Opening it, Daneel immediately made to step inside, but the moment that golden light spilled onto his entire body, he fell to the ground, seemingly unconscious.

[Host's mental input has been hijacked. No threat to host's life detected. System has detected an accessible information source. a.s.similation in process.]