The next morning, Princess Yuffie sent a servant to deliver the admission ticket to Reji.


    Tonight''s meeting, held to n the operation to eradicate the Five Flowers Alliance, was being held in the pce, the safest ce, to prevent leaks. It was disguised as a private gathering of the princess.


    Before leaving, Reji handed a cloak to Vielsia.


    "Wear this when you go out in the future."


    "In case you need to use your elven power, it can slightly conceal it and prevent others from discovering it."


    Reji now had two identities, one as a "teacher" and the other as an "adventurer."


    Because of Ariel, the count''s daughter, he had attracted a lot of attention in the Adventurer''s Association.


    Reji guessed that among the people the princess was gathering, there would also be adventurers, so to be prepared, he asked Vielsia to wear a cloak to rece Shermen''s position.


    Vielsia had no doubts about Reji''s suggestion and immediately put it on, looking very pleased.


    However, the shadow behind Reji trembled slightly, seemingly expressing "dissatisfaction."


    ''Did his majesty... reced me?''


    Reji immediately whispered to her, ''I will always love Shermen, this is for the n''


    "Huh? Teacher, did you say something?"


    "I said that Miss Vielsia looks especially cute in the cloak." Reji smoothly continued with a smile.


    "Ah? Heeeh! Teacher, don''t say such things."


    Vielsia blushed and quickly pulled down the hood of her cloak, looking embarrassed.


    Reji was adept at handling such situations, having sessfully raised the affection level of all forty-twopanions in the game.


    In the game, among his forty-twopanions, there were both men and women. The men were simple and pure, and there were noplications; they just fought together, and that was it.


    Femalepanions, on the other hand, could unlock the "Romance" bonus affection level.


    However, since he was the son of destiny, the hero and protagonist of the game, he couldn''t have multiple rtionships.


    When he frequently raised the affection level of a certainpanion of the opposite sex, the "Romance" level of the otherpanions of the opposite sex would decrease ordingly.


    This mechanism was probably designed to prevent yers from having multiple romantic partners, or in simpler term, a harem.


    But Reji found a loophole.


    Whenpanions are executing "dispatch" tasks, their status bars are locked, meaning they remain the same when they leave and when they return.


    There is also a mechanism where the higher thepanion''s affection level, the greater the rewards upon their return from the dispatch, and the higher the probability of obtaining additional rare items.


    So when Reji was raising the "Romance" level of a new femalepanion, he would dispatch all the others who already had high "Romance" levels, locking their status bars.


    This way, he could maximize the efficiency of the dispatches and easily achieve full "Romance" affection levels with all the femalepanions.


    In the game, Reji was proud of his cleverness.


    But now, looking back...


    ''Wasn''t this equivalent to keeping the current partner and sending all the exes away?''


    ''Cough!''


    Reji wasn''t interested in thepanions'' CG illustrations; he just wanted to unlock the "special stories."


    When a femalepanion reaches full "Romance," she will have a separate adventure with the hero, a serious one that enriches thepanion''s background and establishes bonds.


    For example, there was a fire spiritpanion who made a deep impression on Reji.


    When he first met the fire spirit, she was the viinous BOSS who had cursed an entire vige with fire. As the hero, Reji had to eliminate the source of the curse, the fire spirit.


    However, after her defeat, the fire spirit, who could transform into human form and had a beautiful illustration, became apanion.


    Later, in the full affection "special story" expansion, Reji learned that the vigers had actually died from a gue long ago. The fire spirit had given them a ritual called "Fire Seed," allowing them to live until now.


    The "Fire Seed" came from the fire spirit''s source power.


    Each "Fire Seed" given was equivalent to the fire spirit using her source life force to maintain the vigers.


    This also exined why the fire spirit''s growth was so low.


    Reji was moved by this and greatly increased his investment in her, helping her progress from "Fire Spirit" to "me Spirit" to "Fire me Leader" and finally bing the peak eighth-stage me Queen.


    As a yer, the hero''spanions'' power and rank improvements were like cheat codes.


    In short, Reji loved the stories behind thesepanions and never skipped the plots. He experienced and enjoyed each one, even if it made him seem a bit scummy. But his feelings for thepanions were genuine, and in the end, he helped them all reach their maximum levels.


    Unfortunately, even the most powerful forces are helpless against the passage of time.


    A thousand yearster, the forty-twopanions are likely all gone.


    In the words of the game, the old generation of characters has retired, like supporting characters who can''t stay with the yer forever.


    But Reji will not give up trying to find them.


    And he will not let go of the one who "altered" history and "erased" their existence.


    The topic seems a bit heavy.


    Reji looked at the elven princess next to him, happily wearing a cloak and following him.


    She certainly wasn''t the first.


    For the newpanions a thousand yearster, Reji still had to reflect deeply.


    Since he had reallye to this world, and everything had be reality, he could no longer act without principles and do things that deserved divine punishment.


    So.


    From now on, everyone would be consideredpanions.


    There was no such thing as exes or current partners.


    ''Hmm''


    When Reji arrived at the private hall of the pce, as he expected, in addition to the core members of the princess''s royal knights, there was a group of people dressed in various outfits, looking like a "motley crew."


    The gold and silver badges on their chests were the best symbols of their identity.


    Adventurers.


    However, most of them were silent, either awkward or anxious, and the atmosphere was somewhat heavy.


    Until another group of adventurers entered from the side door.


    "Look, it''s Eagle! The only A-level mercenary group in the royal city!"


    "They''re really here too! Great! We''re sure to win now!"


    "To be honest, I was pretty nervous before, after all, we''re up against the Five Flowers people, but now that I see Lord Eagle, I feel much more at ease."


    "The princess is amazing, she even managed to persuade the Eagle group."


    "I heard that they were at Lanqi Artifacts before, and they spent a lot of money to buy a third-tier spell scroll. At the time, everyone was wondering why the Eagle Mercenary Group was going to hunt some A-level demon. Now it turns out it was to prepare for this battle!"


    As the seven or eight members of the Eagle Mercenary Group entered, the previously gloomy atmosphere instantly vanished.


    This must be the power of poprity.


    Many adventurers were excited as if they had seen their idols, their faces full of excitement.


    The burly leader of the Eagle Mercenary Group, Sea Tiger, nodded to the excited adventurers in the meeting room, after all, they would berades-in-armster.


    At this time, a girl from the Eagle Mercenary Group suddenly poked Sea Tiger and directed his gaze to another ce.


    There were Reji and Vielsia.


    The leader of the Eagle Mercenary Group paused for a moment, seeming to recall something, and quickly showed a surprised expression. He then quickly walked toward Reji.