Inside the incomparably luxurious room, the black-haired young man watched Princess Renner and Lakyus approach with a gentle smile, while the leader of the Kingdom's strongest underground organization, Eight Fingers, groveled on the ground like a dog.
“Hilma, step back and do what you need to do.”
“Yes, Master.”
Upon hearing Lu Minghao's voice, Hilma, who was prostrating on the ground, quickly raised her head to show that she understood. Then, she stood up, glanced at Lakyus and Princess Renner, and turned to leave the room, knowing she had to speed things up.
Because of her procrastination, taking a full half-month to begin the plan had already displeased her master. If she didn't hurry, then she would…
Just thinking about what she had seen in the basement of Lu Minghao's residence, even Hilma, who had been corrupted by the Sin of Lust, couldn't help but tremble. She didn't want to become the kind of irrational monster whose body was completely twisted into a lump of rotten flesh.
“Alright, now it's our time. Princess Renner, is it? Please, have a seat.”
After watching Hilma leave, Lu Minghao was somewhat annoyed that this woman had taken half a month to start corrupting the Kingdom's nobles. Meanwhile, the other half of Qi Luo had already corrupted all the forces in the Kingdom's underground world and was even starting to expand into countries outside the Kingdom.
Hilma, however, hesitated because of the nobles' status, spending half a month spreading the news of an artifact passed down from ancient times, and then using this news as bait to hold this banquet.
Although there was nothing wrong with Hilma's approach, Lu Minghao felt it was a waste of time. After all, these useless nobles of the Kingdom were not worth spending so much time on. However, considering that Hilma did this to act cautiously and had even attracted Princess Renner, Lu Minghao forgave her.
“Was it you who gave the order to take away all the leaders of Eight Fingers?”
Across from him, Renner, facing Lu Minghao's invitation, walked forward with a slight smile and sat on the chair that Yusa had prepared. She rested her chin on her hands and tilted her head, looking at Lu Minghao as she asked.
Since Yusa suddenly appeared some time ago and easily captured and took away all the leaders of Eight Fingers, Renner's intelligence led her to guess that there was a force acting in secret that she didn't know about, and the power of this force was unbelievably strong.
You must know that Renner had asked the adamantite-ranked adventurer team, Wild Rose, to target Eight Fingers, and the various policies proposed by Princess Renner had also caused considerable losses to the Eight Fingers. However, under these circumstances, the leaders of Eight Fingers were not only not caught but hadn't even been seen.
Even Hilma, the leader of Eight Fingers who was currently exposed, had not been found by Princess Renner before. After all, Hilma's public identity was that of a noblewoman famous throughout the royal capital, and she also had a huge chamber of commerce under her.
In addition, the exchange of benefits with various nobles formed a network of interests that even Princess Renner could not ignore.
But all of this was completely shattered by Yusa, whom Lu Minghao sent out in less than a day, easily taking away all the leaders of Eight Fingers.
“Oh, that? It's just because Eight Fingers is somewhat useful to my plan, so I had Yusa bring them here. Why, did my actions interfere with your Highness's plan?”
Lu Minghao looked at Princess Renner, whose face was incredibly delicate, with an innocent look, coupled with a smiling face like an angel, and asked softly.
“Hmm~ How should I put it, it has a little bit of an impact, but it's not important now.”
As she spoke, Princess Renner ignored Lu Minghao in front of her, stood up, walked to the window, covered her face with her hands, and looked adoringly at the young man in the courtyard below, guarding her carriage. That was Renner's exclusive knight, Climb.
“Ah~ Ah! Climb is still so cute today. This appearance is just like a puppy waiting for its owner to come home. I'm really looking forward to seeing Climb's reaction later.”
“Your… Your Highness…”
Beside her, Lakyus, who had been staring at Lu Minghao with a guarded expression since entering the room, turned her head, her eyes filled with shock as she looked at Princess Renner, whom she had grown up with since childhood. At this moment, Princess Renner was so unfamiliar to her, with that incredibly twisted smile and expression… it actually made her feel subconsciously terrified.
“That smile, that expression, truly makes me feel incredibly beautiful. Princess Renner, you are indeed the best existence!”
On the sofa, Lu Minghao watched Princess Renner, who had now shed her disguise and revealed her true self, with a smile on his face. This pure and twisted 'love,' that body that was clearly human but had a soul like an alien species, made Lu Minghao increasingly satisfied with Princess Renner.
Even before his transmigration, Lu Minghao had been extremely interested in Princess Renner in the original work, that intelligence, kindness, and disguise that was almost like an angel, with an incredibly twisted soul and nature underneath, and an 'love' for Climb that was twisted to the extreme.
For Lu Minghao, Princess Renner was the most perfect subordinate of his [Lust] talent, the best 'tool.'
“You! What exactly did you do to Princess Renner!”
At this moment, Lakyus, across from Lu Minghao, suddenly raised the short sword in her hand and aimed it at Lu Minghao, her sharp eyes staring intently at Lu Minghao. In Lakyus's view, it must have been this strange black-haired young man who had done something to Princess Renner to make her look like this now.
“No, I didn't do anything to Princess Renner, or rather, I haven't done anything yet. She is her true self at this moment. You, who grew up with her since childhood, wouldn't think that the Princess Renner from before was her true self, would you?”
Lu Minghao raised his head, looked at Lakyus in front of him, casually raised his glass, took a sip, and said slowly. Upon hearing Lu Minghao's words, Lakyus's expression began to hesitate, and a nearly forgotten scene from her childhood began to emerge.
That was the smile and expression Princess Renner had when she first met Climb. That smile and expression were exactly the same as Princess Renner's current appearance.
“Then, may I ask what business you have inviting me here, Your Excellency?”
At this moment, Princess Renner walked over from the window and sat generously across from Lu Minghao, her twisted eyes looking at Lu Minghao as she asked.
“So scary, Sister, Princess Renner is completely different from the rumors!”
“Mm-hmm!”
Behind Lu Minghao, Yusa and her sister were directly startled by Princess Renner, who suddenly revealed her true nature. Originally, as commoners, their lives had improved a lot because of the policies issued by Princess Renner, so the two of them still had a good impression of Princess Renner.
When they learned that Princess Renner was attending this banquet and that their master intended to invite Princess Renner, the two of them even planned to say a few words for her when Princess Renner was willing to die for the sake of the Kingdom.
But they never expected that Princess Renner's nature would be like this.
“Sister, could this be the disguise of those in power?”
At this moment, Yuri, hiding behind Lu Minghao, suddenly leaned close to Yusa and said, looking at Princess Renner's twisted and smiling face across from Lu Minghao.
Pa!
“You two!”
Just as Yusa was about to say something to Yuri, Lu Minghao reached out and patted their heads, looking helplessly at the two of them as they covered their heads and looked at him. He had finally managed to create an atmosphere of an 'evil' force meeting, but these two guys interrupted it.
“Princess Renner, are you willing to do something for me?”
After Yusha and Yuri obediently returned to their original positions, Lu Minghao turned back with his previous smile and asked Princess Lana across from him.
"What do you want to do by hitting me?"
"It's simple. You saw the behavior of those nobles before. All I want you to do is spread the forbidden knowledge recorded in that book throughout the world."
"Forbidden knowledge?"
Princess Lana's face showed a hint of doubt after hearing Lu Minghao's words. Although she had seen those nobles completely controlled like beasts before, she originally thought they were just controlled by the magic of that book, but now it seems completely different.
"Speaking of forbidden knowledge, it actually only records some unimportant information about me. My power can directly erode and distort all living and non-living things with this information about me as a 'meme'. In simple terms, I just want to turn the whole world into my shape."
Seeing that Princess Lana couldn't understand what forbidden knowledge was, Lu Minghao directly told her the truth about the so-called forbidden knowledge. As for why Lu Minghao wasn't worried about this matter being exposed, it was entirely because Lu Minghao thought that Princess Lana was destined to become his subordinate.
Of course, the most important thing is that in this world, it doesn't matter even if it is exposed, because the more information you know about Lu Minghao, the more you are destined to be eroded and distorted by Lu Minghao's power.
"I'm actually very satisfied..."
Across from him, Princess Lana stood up after hearing Lu Minghao's words, her eyes looking through the window at Claym, who was guarding the carriage in the courtyard, the smile on her lips becoming more and more twisted and crazy.
"If I could marry Claym... and be able to chain him up, so he can't go anywhere, and keep him by my side forever, I would be even happier."
Staring at Claym below, Princess Lana's voice, filled with twisted love, echoed in the room. Seeing Princess Lana like this, everyone except Lu Minghao, including the Yusha sisters and Lachesis, subconsciously took a few steps back, away from Princess Lana.
"Sister, Princess Lana said she wants to chain up that Claym and keep him by her side. Is she talking about a slave?"
Behind Lu Minghao, Yuri quietly approached Yusha and asked in a low voice. In Yuri's opinion, doing this to other people is completely treating that person as a slave, after all, only slaves would be treated like this.
"Slave, no! I love him very much, I love Claym so much, I just like his eyes, and I like the way he follows me like a puppy!"
Across from them, after hearing Yuri and Yusha's whispers, Princess Lana looked at them with an incomparably sweet smile on her twisted face, her big blue eyes full of love. She had never regarded Claym as a slave, but only belonging to, and only can belong to, her own puppy, an incomparably beloved puppy.
"Princess Lana, as long as you complete the things I have entrusted to you, I don't care what you do in the process, or what you want to do. All I care about is the result."
Across from him, Lu Minghao looked at Princess Lana in front of him with a warm, sun-like smile and said slowly. Among them, when Princess Lana said that she was very satisfied just now, Lu Minghao understood that she had already agreed.
As for the things she said later, it was completely to express her needs to Lu Minghao, that is, Princess Lana completely agreed to work for Lu Minghao. As a reward, she wanted to be with her puppy Claym.
Lu Minghao was not surprised at all by Princess Lana's condition. After all, in the original book, in order to be with Claym, Princess Lana first planned to become the fiancée of Re-Estize Marquis Raeven's five-year-old son, a noble with real power in the kingdom.
But in reality, she was only a nominal fiancée. The purpose was to be with Claym and to have a 'crystallization of love'. As for Raeven's five-year-old son, who was Princess Lana's fiancé, he should go wherever he should go.
In other words, Raeven's five-year-old son, if according to Lana's plan in the original book, would have to wear the hat of a 'strong man' at the age of five, and this hat would not only not be taken off in the end, but would also develop into a large grassland.
By the way, Princess Lana did this entirely because she, as a princess, and Claym, as a commoner, would be prevented by all the nobles of the kingdom, and even the commoners, if they wanted to openly marry and be together.
It's just that later, because of Ainz Ooal Gown's appearance, Princess Lana changed her partner, using the destruction of the kingdom as a reward, and joined herself and Claym into Ainz Ooal Gown's forces, and changed her race by the way, after all, the lifespan of humans is too short.
"I understand."
Across from him, after hearing Lu Minghao's words, a faint blush appeared on Princess Lana's face, and a twisted smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. She was already looking forward to the scene of being with Claym, the appearance of that puppy Claym working hard on her (Meow), those shy eyes with desire... I can't wait!
"Princess... Princess, you can't agree to him. If you do this, the kingdom will be destroyed!"
At this time, Lachesis, who had been standing silently behind Princess Lana, couldn't help it anymore. She stepped forward and slapped Princess Lana's shoulders hard with both hands, looking at her with a serious and solemn expression, saying that if Lana really agreed to Lu Minghao, with Lana's wisdom and her understanding of the kingdom's internal corners, and the bizarre and powerful power that Lu Minghao showed.
Lachesis could already fully foresee the scene of the kingdom being completely destroyed, and even affecting the entire world.
"So what, Lachesis?"
Princess Lana turned her head and looked at Lachesis with a sweet smile on her lips, asking, from beginning to end, Princess Lana had never cared about the so-called kingdom, she only loved Claym, those so-called policies were only because if she did this, Claym would look at her with those puppy eyes.
"Come on, Lana."
At this time, Lu Minghao across from her stood up and walked towards Princess Lana, casually glanced at Lachesis, who was so frightened by the aura he exuded that she didn't dare to move, and then raised his hand and placed it next to Lana.
"Yes, Master!"
Princess Lana looked at the palm in front of her, raised her hand and held it, and in an instant, the power of [Lust] began to flow into Princess Lana's body, beginning to transform from soul to flesh, and soon the substantial power of lust completely enveloped Princess Lana's body, and a human-shaped light mass appeared in the room.
"Let's go, Yusha, Yuri."
After glancing at Princess Lana, who was being transformed into his subordinate, Lu Minghao turned around and left here with Yuri and Yusha. As for the rest of the matter, with Princess Lana's wisdom, she knew what to do, and Lu Minghao didn't need to tell her at all.
After all, this was exactly what Princess Lana had been looking forward to...
Half an hour after Lu Minghao left with the two Yuli sisters, the pink light mass in the room, which exuded the most essential 'desire' of living things, disappeared, and Princess Lana reappeared in the room.
Compared to her previous appearance, Princess Lana seemed to have not changed at all, but she was completely different again.
