The more they oppose, the more it shows that I am doing the right thing

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"Has everyone heard?" An Su sneered, "About the Miss Yangzi and Miss Yue'er who have become famous overnight in the imperial capital."

The genius disciples of the Esoteric Religion nodded their heads, having spent nearly half a year in the imperial capital, they were naturally aware of these two beauties who outshined all others and were immensely popular.

Even some of the deeply hidden Believers of the Full Moon Treasure and Ri Zi were loyal fans of these two beauties.

A premonition of doom suddenly rose in their hearts as they nervously watched the young man before them. This youth appeared so bright and pure, yet they felt that some kind of two-dimensional purity and beauty was about to be torn apart by this alabaster youth.

The Chaotic Saintess's smile grew even more delighted, for she had guessed what was about to happen. Her crimson eyes were so vibrant and captivating, they seemed as though they might drip with color. The thought of witnessing wonderful expressions filled her with excitement.

"The true identities of Miss Yangzi and Miss Yue'er are——" An Su slowly said, "the Serpent of Pain and the Child of Sacrifice."

"And they are using the identities of Yangzi and Yue'er to get married to Lister and Arthur!"

As the words fell, the room fell into deathly silence.

A long and heavy silence ensued. It was the calm before the storm, which, when it reached its climax, caused the entire Crow Alley to erupt in cries of despair and clamor.

Human joy is similar, but misfortune differs for each and every one,

Among them, the Believers who were part of the fan community were the most distressed. With vacant eyes and a bewildered gaze, they treated the news as a mere hallucination, believing they were trapped in an illusion. Some extreme fans even labeled An Su a rival fan, convinced that everything was nothing but jealousy and slander.

The more rational Believers, meanwhile, regretted their sunken costs.

The genius who gave ten thousand Gold Coins, realizing that half of his coins would end up in the Serpent of Pain's pockets, felt a stab of pain in his heart.

The genius who offered his entire family's lives, realizing his sister and girlfriend were actually the mistresses and he had become the utter fool, was in utter despair.

"It's fake! This can't be true!"

The disciples of the Esoteric Religion couldn't believe An Su's words and all raised their doubts, "Where is the evidence?"

"The evidence is in the hands of His Excellency Rada. They didn't come for the examination because they were dealing with Annand and the Marquis." An Su calmly broke the last fantastical hope of the disciples, "Your Excellency, you understand now, right?"

Bishop Rada had a complex look on his face as he stared at the letter handed to him by An Su—it was actually the engagement letter previously sent by the Grand Duke of the Sun, and he fell into deep thought.

He felt as if he could not read a word.

Was that man called Dari?

"Is this thing for real?"

Rada turned to ask the Demigod Bram of the sea to verify the letter. As soon as Bram took the letter, every hair on his body stood on end. He and Annand had long been arch-enemies, and he was extremely familiar with his handwriting. The skilled penmanship was unmistakably Annand's.

With a complex expression, he said, "It's sent by the Demigod from the borderlands. Seems like the two boys are indeed outstanding."

Bram's proclamation was akin to sentencing all the Believers of the Esoteric Religion to death. The parents had already met, how could they compete with that?

With such achievement, being late for the examination didn't matter at all.

It could totally be considered a case of merits outweighing faults.

At the same time, the Believers of the Esoteric Religion admired the sacrificial spirit of these two, who actually offered themselves up. That's what truly meant being open and generous.

"Hmph." Demigod Rada snorted coldly, terrifying authority once again enveloped Crow Alley, silencing the disciples immediately, "I do not care, I can't understand the writing, I do not recognize it."

He had already stated that he would execute these two.

If things were simply left at that, wouldn't he lose face?

"I don't believe they could fool Demigod Annand with their skills."

"Unless the pair show up looking exactly like Yangzi and Yue'er." Bishop Rada coldly said, "That would also count towards their grade for the Transformation Spell."

Elf was watching with great interest; she loved this kind of tit-for-tat confrontation—it was amusing.

The genius disciples of the Esoteric Religion saw a glimmer of hope. Yangzi and Yue'er had never revealed their true faces; it was impossible.

They also didn't believe that these two could use Transfiguration Magic to transform two grown men into youthful ladies and fool the senses of a Demigod; no one would devise such an absurd and tedious Transfiguration Spell magic... except Merlin.

Turning back time,

When An Su and his companions first arrived at the Magic Association's exchange area, they found an uncoveted, ludicrous magic in the corner. It was a rip-off of someone else's "Concealment Transfiguration Spell," named by Merlin as the "Absolutely Not Copied Transfiguration Spell" version 1.0. Due to its arrogant pricing, An Su had chosen not to exchange for it.

Its name was "Concealment Gender Swap Spell."

"Concealment Gender Swap Spell"

"High-Rank Ordinary Magic"

"Magic Power Consumption: 8"

"Temporarily reverses one's gender, conceals obvious sexual characteristics, ensuring the original gender cannot be discerned, lasts for one hour."

An Su's smile became even more composed.

In a previous magic communication, he had not instructed Lister and Arthur to come to Crow Alley, but instead to head for the Magic Guild, to acquire this magic.

He then delayed time in the examination using three Radiance casts.

This was to buy time for the duo to learn the spell.

The Concealment Gender Swap Spell was just an ordinary-level magic; it was not as difficult to learn as the High-Rank Chaotic Shape-shifting Magic, so the two managed to learn it by the end of the test.

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