God-Tier Providence System-Chapter 74

"I wonder if you could bring it out to broaden my horizons?"

Lyra was left speechless.

Knox had just confessed, claiming she gave him the Profound Ice Blue Moon Hairpin to travel to the Five Poisons Valley and bribe Leo into taking action. Right now, her inability to produce it was basically proving his claim.

Aurelia also found the situation incredibly thorny.

If it had just been Knox going to the Five Poisons Valley, although the matter would be troublesome, it wouldn’t be impossible to handle. Even if she had to use some underhanded methods, she could have protected him.

But with Lyra dragged into it, the implications were entirely different.

Lyra was one of the Four Great Princesses of the Heavenly Flame Dynasty. Flower, Moon, Jade, and Orchid. In other words, she was the shadow of the Heavenly Flame Empress herself.

As for the Hale family, no matter how terrible their relationship with Knox was, they were still an established Saint lineage of the Heavenly Flame Dynasty. The spirit stones they paid as tribute had never once fallen short.

Meanwhile, Leo was a heavily wanted criminal pursued by the dynasty itself.

For Lyra to make such a move was tantamount to openly flouting and defying the laws of the dynasty.

If she wasn’t punished for her crimes, and word of this spread, at best it would draw the fierce criticism of the world.

At worst, it would completely shatter the Empress’s majestic authority.

This was absolutely no trivial matter. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

After a long while, Lyra let out a breath of stale air. She shook her head with a miserable, self-deprecating smile on her lips.

"Knox, this Princess truly regrets this."

"Had I known it would come to this, I would have listened to Lily and Selene."

"When it came to your affairs, the farther away I stayed, the better."

"Now, their words have truly proven correct."

"Helping you will only bring misfortune upon oneself."

Just as Lyra prepared to open her mouth and confess, ready to take the entirety of the blame and punishment upon her own shoulders, a gust of dark green, eerie wind swept through the grand hall.

A wretched-looking, short, balding middle-aged man appeared inside the hall.

The Poison King, Leo.

"Leo!"

"You criminal, what massive guts you have to actually deliver yourself to our door!" Lily and Selene’s expressions changed drastically. They subconsciously prepared to summon their spiritual artifacts.

Leo hurriedly waved his hands, laughing bitterly. "Two Princesses, please don’t attack! Absolutely do not attack!"

"This lowly one came today specifically to deliver an item."

"What item?" Aurelia asked coldly.

Leo unhurriedly reached into his robes and pulled out an eerie blue hairpin.

The Profound Ice Blue Moon Hairpin.

Ironclad proof. Laid bare right in front of every single one of them.

This caused Lyra’s already despairing heart to plummet even further. Her legs trembled slightly. She prepared to bend her knees and kneel.

Yet Leo walked right up to her. Holding the hairpin up with both hands as if paying homage to a deity, he grinned cheekily.

"Princess Moon, this hairpin. I am returning it to you!"

"What is the meaning of this?" Lyra looked bewildered, asking hoarsely.

"Since this Profound Ice Blue Moon Hairpin is already yours, why are you returning it to me?"

"Princess Moon, I already know everything." Leo said with a face full of absolute sincerity.

"When Knox came to beg for my help, he told me."

"This Profound Ice Blue Moon Hairpin was stolen from you and specifically presented to me."

"What?!" Knox’s eyes widened. He gritted his teeth.

"Leo, you old thief, how can you spout such blatant lies with your eyes wide open?!"

"When I gave the Profound Ice Blue Moon Hairpin to you, when did I ever say..."

Before Knox could finish his sentence, Aurelia’s expression chilled. A surge of spiritual energy shot from her gaze.

It instantly froze him in place like a wooden dummy. He couldn’t move a single inch. Nor could he utter the slightest sound.

"Leo, continue." Aurelia narrowed her eyes and asked deeply. "And then?"

"When I saw this item, greed originally stirred in my heart." Leo spoke with earnest sincerity.

"The beautiful reputation of Princess Moon’s Profound Ice Blue Moon Hairpin is known throughout the world."

"And I am quite a greedy person. Seeing such a supreme treasure, I naturally wanted to take it for myself."

"However, Saint Lord Alex suddenly arrived. He told me that a gentleman loves wealth but acquires it through proper means, and he severely reprimanded me."

"After being reprimanded by him, I was overwhelmed with guilt and shame. Therefore, I rushed to the Heavenly Flame Dynasty as fast as I could to return this Profound Ice Blue Moon Hairpin to Princess Moon!"

Watching Leo’s emotionally rich and dramatic performance, Alex was secretly quite surprised.

The trap set for Knox earlier was indeed something he had instructed Leo to cooperate with in advance. But coming to the Heavenly Flame Capital was absolutely not his idea.

He didn’t expect this Leo to actually be so sharp and tactful.

His grasp of worldly wisdom and social grace was executed flawlessly. Just to curry favor and flatter Alex, Leo hadn’t hesitated to travel thousands of miles to the Heavenly Flame Capital to return the hairpin to Lyra. Moreover, he even spun such a perfectly crowd-pleasing lie.

With this god-tier assist from him, Knox was destined to suffer an unprecedented, massive fall today.

Lyra’s expression was complicated. After struggling internally for a long time, she accepted the Profound Ice Blue Moon Hairpin from Leo’s hands.

"Poison King Leo, this is indeed my personal supreme treasure."

"A few days ago, Knox brought some pastries to my Moon Cold Palace."

"I originally thought he was just coming to visit me."

"Yet I never expected that he would actually steal my Profound Ice Blue Moon Hairpin while I was off guard."

"It nearly caused a heaven-shaking misunderstanding because of it."

"Many thanks to Poison King Leo for specially rushing to the Heavenly Flame Capital to return this item to me."

Leo waved his hand and chuckled. "Princess Moon, there is no need to thank me."

"If you want to thank someone, you should thank Saint Lord Alex."

"If it wasn’t for his righteous and awe-inspiring reprimand, I could not have suddenly woken up to my mistakes and found my way back from the wrong path."