545 One Mans Orchestra (2/2)

Lucien was about to reply, when Natasha added, ”Rest assured. I won't cross your boundaries. In fact, I tried to transform you into a girl exactly because I wanted to 'care for' you. Your current status will do. There will be even the additional feeling of conquest. Would you like to cooperate with me?”

Lucien smiled. ”You are the queen today.”

Natasha chuckled, ”For me, music is an excellent birthday gift, but there is only one best birthday gift, which is you.”

While talking, she picked up a piece of cream from the table and smeared it on Lucien's throat, before she licked it. When Lucien tried to hug her, she stopped him: ”Don't move. Follow my commands.”

......

The messy velvet quilts covered their naked bodies, and the air of love filled the room.

Lucien felt lucky that he had changed his bed to a magic bed, which saved him from another collapse experience. Natasha, on the other hand, was like a kid who was occupying her favorite toy. She tied Lucien up with both hands and legs as she breathed steadily sound sleep.

”She had been taking the lead the first couple of hours. She must be exhausted.” Lucien's right hand was under Natasha, so he extended his left hand and eased the vague worries on her face.

Suddenly, Natasha opened her eyes and said in a daze, ”It's already dawn? I fell asleep.”

”Not yet. Sorry for waking you up.” Relied Lucien gently.

Natasha put on a brilliant smile. ”That's great. I didn't plan to sleep at all. It's probably going to be half or one month later before we meet again. How can we pass the night sleeping? Even random talking is better than that!”

Lucien smiled, ”Not a problem. Right, I've been confused about something. Why is Sard not worried that the pope will notice what he is doing?”

Lucien did not find it inappropriate to discuss such matters on such an occasion, and Natasha felt nothing wrong, either. Continuing using Lucien's right hand as her pillow, she said, ”Because I am the queen of Holm.”

”Huh? What do you mean?” Lucien was puzzled.

Natasha smiled, ”That's a secret way that the pope checks the major parishes. After the schism of the North Church, the pope discovered that some northern nobles had detected anomalies a long time ago but they were killed when they tried to report the issue. Henceforth, emperors, kings and duchies have been given ways to directly contact the pope. Once the Grand Cardinal behaves inappropriately, they can report it to the pope.”

She stopped calling the pope as His Holiness.

”Perhaps, other nobles and night watchers can reach out to the Church in secret, too, but the right to talk to the pope should still be a royal prerogative. I certainly would not report to the pope that something wrong is going on in my kingdom, so Sard is not worried at all.”

”That explains a lot…” Lucien nodded. Then he recalled something else. ”Sard's goal is unclear. In case of accidents, give the structure of the divine power circles in the Nekso Palace to me when you have a chance. I'll try to improve them. Then, you'll ask Richard to change them accordingly, so that Sard will not control the defense of the Nekso Palace all of a sudden.”

Natasha was stunned, ”You are going to improve the divine power circles?”

Wasn't it supposed to be the clergy's job?

Lucien smiled, ”You forgot what happened before? For a sorcerer, the greatest difficulty to improve the divine power circles is that they may accidentally cut the power source of such circles. After the incidents with Ell and Francis, I am already able to identify the central part that distributes energy and make unrecognizable changes on other parts.”

Besides, he also had 'Sun's Corona' as a reference.

”You're more and more capable now. I'll give the structure to you when there's a chance to.” Natasha teased Lucien.

......

After another half night's lingering, Natasha put on her dress and left affectionately when it was dawn.

Lucien, slept for another half day, then returned to Allyn in a pleasant mood but unsteady feet.

”Master, Arcana and Magic have been published in advance. The discussion is rather heated.” The next day, when Lucien walked into the Atom Institution, Heidi and other students greeted him with the journal, asking half in confusion and half in excitement, ”But why isn't your paper published? The guys who are in favor of the wave theory all claim that you… you have recognized the reality.”It is an orchestral adaptation of an ancient legend, the Butterfly Lovers. Written for the western style orchestra, it features a solo violin played using some Chinese techniques