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Chapter 1465 Invitation (It really feels like time flies)

"So I think we shouldn't copy it directly, but should have our own plans and ideas... What do you think? Mr. Knight, I'm doing a pretty good job."

While walking on the streets of Manalia, An was jumping up and down with excitement, introducing his results to Duanmu Huai. Duanmu Huai walked next to An, looking at the buildings around him, and nodded appreciatively.

"Not bad, very stylish, great."

Ever since An and Duanmu Huai traveled together, especially after she saw the human near-future style city in that world on the Demon Planet, An has been thinking about it and has been thinking about introducing the concepts into Manalia. For this reason, An naturally didn't miss Manalia, but as a princess, she certainly didn't need to do everything personally. She just needed to make a plan and then leave it to her subordinates.

Even the planning book took An a lot of effort, especially after that, she followed Duanmu Huai to the war planet, Star Alliance, UNSC and even the world of Faerûn. The architectural styles of these worlds along the way impressed An. It opens my eyes and I wish I could move everything into my own plans.

But fortunately, she also knew that she could bite off more than she could chew, so An chose some of her favorites and put them in that were more suitable for Manalia.

What An is bringing Duanmu Huai to now is the planned area she built in Manalia - this is not a residential area, but strictly speaking, it is a commercial + entertainment area similar to Kamurocho. Of course, Manalia cannot be as chaotic as Kamurocho. The streets are clean, tidy and spacious, and the surrounding buildings look quite impressive. Not only that, An also designed an aerial track line - according to her, she plans to experiment here first, and after success, she can promote it throughout Manalia.

Although as a country of magic, Manalia has such a thing as teleportation, not everyone can afford it. In contrast, the rail transit network is different. It can not only be used to carry out large-scale population movements, but also show Manalia's strength to other countries.

Of course, it is not technically difficult. After all, Manalia was founded by magic. As long as you know this concept, it will only take a matter of minutes to use magic technology to create similar tracks and trains.

So being able to do magic is great.

According to An's idea, she originally planned to invite Duanmu Huai when the ribbon was cut for the opening of the place, but Duanmu Huai was not there at that time, so she had to invite others. And now that Duanmu Huai is back, An can't wait to take him to see his hard work.

This area does look very nice, and it can be seen that An has planned it carefully.

Duanmuhuai even saw canned drinks and ice cream...well, it was indeed interesting.

"How? Mr. Knight?"

Sitting at the dining table, An rested his chin on his hands and looked at Duanmu Huai with a smile. The latter is drinking the drink from the can - the ice drink here is not like cola, but more like juice, with a refreshing taste and very comfortable.

"Yeah, great, well done."

"Hehehe...then when will we get married?"

"…………?"

Thanks to Duan Muhuai's strong self-control, otherwise the mouthful of juice from his mouth would have sprayed directly onto An's face.

"Why did you think of saying this?"

"It's not too surprising, right? After all, we are an engaged couple, so it's normal for us to talk about this kind of topic. Or is it that Mr. Knight doesn't plan to marry me?"

"No, I want to ask you, after all this time, you haven't thought about breaking off the engagement?"

At the beginning, Manalia chose to get engaged mainly because of Duanmuhuai's strength, and Duanmuhuai didn't object because he needed An's help. After all, the engagement was just a formality, and the two parties didn't know each other well at the time, so it's hard to say what will happen in the future.

But now...

"No, I think it's good to be with Mr. Knight. In fact, we are almost married now, aren't we? But I still hope to have a grand wedding..."

That's right. Although Duanmuhuai and An didn't go any further, in many cases, An did act like Duanmuhuai's wife, taking care of the affairs around him. But the responsibilities as a companion and as a wife are still different.

"What else?"

"Hehehe, and if you marry Mr. Knight, won't you be able to be with Claire all the time? Ah, by the way, there is also Miss Mary. Miss Mary is also very cute... If we can get closer together, That’ll be fine…”

Seeing An's drooling look, Duanmu Huai rolled his eyes helplessly.

"Are you treating me as a tool?"

"If anything, I also like Mr. Knight very much. Although you are very fierce and always go crazy from time to time, I'm used to it, right? Oh, by the way, there's also compatibility - um , but from what I’ve heard, it shouldn’t be a problem…”

What's the compatibility, and what have you heard?

Duanmu Huai felt that it was better not to ask this question.

"But Gu Leya won't be willing to marry me."

"There is no such thing. Even if Gu Leiya looks like that, she is very dedicated! For her, only by marrying Mr. Knight can she feel at ease... Mr. Knight, you should also understand, otherwise Gu Leiya Leya will not agree to the engagement."

"...Okay, I admit that what you said does make sense."

Duanmuhuai shrugged helplessly. He could understand what An meant. Almost everything Gu Leiya owned now was based on the Tribunal, including the dragon country she built. Therefore, it is not surprising that Gu Leiya will definitely marry Duanmu Huai in order to maintain the results of her hard work - this is also the purpose of political marriage in the first place.

Although it is said that even if she is not married, Duanmuhuai will treat Gu Leiya as a friend and companion, but from Gu Leiya's perspective, I am afraid she cannot feel at ease.

After all, wives and companions are different.

Duanmu Huai didn't have much reaction to this. He had basically never experienced any vigorous love. Like An and Gu Leiya now, it was just that they had been together for a long time, got along well with each other, and felt that there was no problem, so they could accept it—— It's that simple.

There is no eternal oath, and there is nothing unforgettable.

Since we are familiar with each other, think they are doing well, and are willing to do it, then it's no problem.

Otherwise, what else do you want? Does it have to be like in a romance novel, where An suffers from accidental amnesia, but Duanmu Huai’s infatuation remains unchanged?

Or was Gu Leiya hit by a truck, and then Duanmu Huai sacrificed his life to save her?

Apart from anything else, if the truck hits Gu Leiya, there's no telling who will be the unlucky one! A dragon roar will blow you away.

"Great!"

Hearing Duanmuhuai's answer, An excitedly raised his hands and jumped up.

"In this way, the harem can be officially formed!"

"Building a harem? Please make it clear first, is it yours or mine?"

Seeing An's excited expression, Duanmuhuai always felt that this was her real purpose.

"Oh, Mr. Knight, that's not what you said. Since I married you, I am your wife, so what's yours is mine, and what's mine is yours. We are husband and wife. What's the difference?"

Good guy, do you still want to turn this harem into the joint property of husband and wife?

Do you want me to add a name to you?

Duanmuhuai shook his head speechlessly.

"So, when will you get married?"

"Wait until everything is over... no, wait until the ether phase engine is built and the plan is successful."

Although saying this is a bit like setting a flag, Duanmuhuai doesn't care. After all, this is also a big gamble for Duanmuhuai. It doesn't matter to him whether he wins or loses the bet. But as long as the plan is successful, it means that one of his missions as a judge is over... Well, it is indeed time to consider his own problems.

"Then it's settled!"

Looking at An's baby-fat little face in front of her, Duanmuhuai smiled softly, then reached out and pinched her cheek.

"Well, that's settled."

At this moment, Duanmu Huai did feel a sweet atmosphere like love.

But, there is only this moment.

When he returned to the trial court, he immediately regretted it.

"Everyone, listen up, Mr. Knight and I have agreed to get married after this!"

An excitedly waved a list and shouted to everyone. Everyone had different expressions when they faced An's announcement - but it was obvious that An was not here to intimidate them. Because the next moment, An rushed to Gu Leiya and held her hand.

"Gulea, I'm already married, and you will also marry Mr. Knight, right?" "Hey, ah, yes...that's what I planned..."

"Well, let's sign here first, and then we will hold a group wedding!"

"Group...wedding?"

"Yes, it's fun to get married together in a lively way!"

"Everyone?"

"yes!"

Faced with Gu Leiya's surprised question, An nodded matter-of-factly, then turned around and came to Mary.

"Come on, Mary, do you want an autograph?"

"Huh? Miss An? This, I..."

Facing the list and quill handed over by An, Mary was confused. She didn't expect that she was also involved - and this program even skipped the date and love confession, and jumped directly to the marriage registration?

This is too fast!

"Lorena? What about you!?"

"Huh? Me? I am a nun and I have to serve God. I can't..."

"Oh, isn't Mr. Knight a **** too?"

"That seems right to you...?"

"What about you, Ogis?"

An turned to look at Ojis - the latter sat on his shoulder as usual after Duanmuhuai came back.

That's her special seat.

However, facing An's invitation, Ogis firmly shook her head.

"I don't want it."

"Huh? I thought you would be happy to marry Mr. Knight."

"snort."

Hearing An's words, Ojis snorted, then stretched out her hand, hugged Duanmu Huai's head, and stared at An.

"That's the extent of your relationship with Master."

"Then what's your relationship?"

"…………"

Ogis didn't answer, she just raised her head silently and looked like a winner.

As for what she was thinking, Duanmu Huai didn't ask. He wouldn't be able to bear it if this little cotton-padded jacket stabbed him again.

"Then I'll ask someone else..."

"Stop."

Duanmuhuai finally couldn't help but grabbed An's neck and lifted her up like a cat.

"This is a wedding. You think we are all going out for a dinner, and you want to see who is free, right?"

"Hey hey hey..."

"Don't do these things. Look, everyone is scared to death. Anyway, there is still time, so there is no need to be in such a hurry."

"That's right. After all, he is Mr. Knight. He might bring a few girls back with him! Register together then!"

"…………"

Is that what I mean?

"Didi didi..."

Just after finally settling the farce, Duanmu Huai's personal terminal sounded a notification tone again. He opened it, glanced at it, and then connected the contact.

Then, Dardaniel's voice came from over there.

"Your Majesty the Judge! Something big has happened!"

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

Upon hearing Dardaniel's cry for help, Duanmu Huai's expression remained unchanged, and he reached out to pick out his ears. This rogue trader comes to him all day long whenever he has something to do. When Duanmuhuai came back to clean up communications, most of the distress messages were sent by Dardaniel.

Something like [Your Excellency, Judge, something happened, help me! 】【It's okay, the matter has been resolved, your Excellency the Inquisitor, don't worry anymore】【Inquisition, please help, something happened! 】【No need to trouble the Tribunal, sorry to disturb you】...

To be honest, this Dardaniel feels like the Sha Monk in "Journey to the West" to Duan Muhuai, who only has a few lines over and over again all day long.

"Elder brother, it's not good, the master was captured by monsters..."

"Senior Brother, it's not good. Master and Second Senior Brother were captured by monsters..."

That's pretty much it.

"Tell me, which monster is it this time?"

Duanmu Huai yawned. How long has it been since he helped him defeat the Na'vi people once and for all? What happened?

"We have a business group from an extraterrestrial galaxy here, and they want to do business with us!"

"Oh? From an extraterrestrial galaxy?"

Hearing this, Duanmuhuai cheered up.

"are you sure?"

"I'm not sure that's what they said, and I don't know if they're liars..."

"So you want the Inquisition to come forward, right?"

Duanmuhuai knew Dardaniel so well that he naturally understood why he was looking for her.

"yes……"

"Okay, I might as well go and take a look. What's the name of the business group?"

"What's the name...Interstellar Peace Company?"

The base of the electric kettle at home broke two days ago. Then my grandma complained that this thing broke after just over a year of use. It was really useless. But I remember that I bought this for a while, no matter how long it was, it was definitely not last year. Then I went back to check the order - good guy, I bought it in 2018. But in our memory it seems like it happened in the past two years.

It can be seen that an unchanging and regular life can indeed numb people's perception of time. Living under the mountain, I have been numb all year round, and the same routine of life is the same every day, so that after so many years, I feel as if I have just lost time. The past few days have been the same...it's magical.