"Without production mages, they can actually manufacture high-precision machine tools?"

"Without combat mages, they can actually maintain nearly a thousand years of peace?"

"Without thunder mages/water mages/earth mages/wind mages, they can actually develop electricity/resist floods/build tall buildings/regulate the weather?"

"Without mages, how were these key theories researched? It's so strange."

In the indoor library on the first floor of the villa, Ash listened to Igula's exclamations and skepticism, feeling a strange superiority of showing modern society to someone from the Otherworld.

The technology level of the Kingdom of Allstars is very similar to the previous world. The positions that mages simplify are all replaced by man-made machinery, so to Ash, the history of this world is quite normal.

But for Igula, it's different. To make an analogy, it's like people discovering that they need to drink water to survive, so people cannot accept that there could be compatriots who don't need to drink—mages to civilization are like water to humans. Believing that all civilizations are built on the mage class, Swindler naturally cannot accept such a technological civilization that can develop without mages.

By comparison, Harvey is much quieter, his brain almost in a dormant state when dealing with things other than necromancy—

"Hmm? Cemetery and earth burial culture are popular here!"

Ash and Igula glared at Harvey, warning him with their eyes not to act recklessly.

The Necromancer shrugged and continued to flip through the history book in his hand: "Anyway, it can't be brought back to reality... Wait, the Imperial Mausoleum from a thousand years ago is publicly exhibited in Jiasi, and the embalmed Empress's corpse is intact!"

Harvey immediately looked up, quietly gazing at his two companions. The black-skinned, curly-haired, emotionless person they've known since they met now showed a pitiful expression, his innocent gaze somewhat blinding.

Igula shook his head: "No way!"

"A thousand years ago..."

"No way!"

"Perfectly preserved..."

"No way!"

The Necromancer pursed his lips tightly, his body trembling slightly. Ash even felt he would start rolling around at any moment, so he turned to look at Rose: "If he's caught stealing the corpse from the Imperial Mausoleum, will it have a big impact on us?"

Rose thought for a moment, shook her head: "No, if we provide enough compensation, we can get him out on bail with a criminal record. But as far as I know, the security at the Mausoleum exhibition is not strong. We can actually pay someone to steal the corpse, and I can even help you design a plan that won't be discovered. The chances of getting caught are low."

Ash looked at the Swindler: "If we find a way to leave, fulfilling Harvey's wish before we go shouldn't affect us."

Igula clicked his tongue, looked again at the upright sitting Necromancer, and grumbled: "You're indulging him."

"But in the meantime, you must behave, and if you cause any trouble, I don't need to explain the consequences, right?"

The Necromancer nodded repeatedly like a pecking chicken.

"Alright then, we'll help you obtain the millennia-old remains before we leave."

"ヾ(✿ﾟ▽ﾟ)ノ Yay!"

Harvey jumped up from his seat, excitedly ran over to the piano, sat down, tested a few notes, and started playing, the notes flowing swiftly and joyfully from his fingertips, filling the library with a happy atmosphere.

Now it was Ash and Igula's turn to be dumbfounded—this guy can play the piano?

While massaging Ash's temples, Rose asked: "Do I need to register a copyright for this new piano piece I've never heard before?"

"No need for now..." Ash looked at her awkwardly, "Besides, I really don't need your massage."

Rose nodded, turned, and left. Just as Ash breathed a sigh of relief, a cool sensation tickled his earlobe, startling him—it was Rose wiping his ears with a wet wipe.

"Rose, really, we don't need your service here!" Ash jumped up from the couch, "You just do your work, let the three of us read here!"

The young assistant looked confused: "But I have to work, my job is to provide you with services advice from criminal activities to daily life."

"But I won't need close service in the future, I'll call you if I need anything!"

"That's fine, but my income will drop 90%. My job's added value is all in the close service, daily service is no different from a regular housekeeper."

"Isn't all my money in your hands?" Ash quipped, "Take as much as you want."

"No way, I will only take the compensation that matches my labor value," Rose shook her head, "This is the labor rule of society people."

"But since the employer demands it, I can only accept your change to my work," she counted on her fingers and said, "Then I have to move out of the current apartment, stop adopting the mountain lion at the zoo, and won't have money to support welfare institutions... If personal service is not needed, can I leave at night? If I work part-time at a high-end entertainment club at night, can you accept it? I will wear a veil to hide my identity."

Ash stared blankly at her for a while, then reluctantly sat back, "Can you help me clean my ears?"

Rose actually pulled out a complete set of professional ear-cleaning equipment, from cotton swabs to ear vibrators all available.

Igula watched this scene and laughed, "I think I will have many topics to chat about with your girlfriend whom I have never met."

Ever since they met, the Swindler noticed that Rose's care for Ash had reached a 'seamless' level. Not excessive, not outrageous, for example when Ash just finished his bath, she would hand him a towel, and when Ash sat in the passenger seat, she would adjust the height and position, and turn the air outlet to the other side.

When they first arrived at the indoor library, Igula directly sat in the middle where the lighting was best, but after being stared at by Rose for three seconds, he had to give the red leather soft chair to Ash.

Even head massages, if it weren't for Igula's unusual gaze, Ash, immersed in the history book, might not have noticed that he was enjoying the service of a beautiful girl.

"Please, please don't," Ash immediately admitted defeat, "I didn't know I had a childhood sweetheart assistant!"

"If the relationships here are affected by reality, then you must have a deep relationship with her in reality," Igula asked, "Was she your girlfriend before you went to prison?"

"I've said it, I'm not the Cult Leader Heath, how would I know," Ash shrugged, "But it feels unlikely—if she's also in the Blood Moon, why hasn't she become a tactile player?"

"And I remember I'm an orphan here, but Rose has parents, it's just that her parents passed away, right?"

Rose nodded, "That's right."

"See," Ash hurriedly cleared his doubts, "She has parents and so on, social relations, she should be the projection of a Starian, I'm a genuine Blood Moon orphan, we definitely don't know each other in reality!"

The Cult Leader got more confident as he spoke, "Plus, my close relationship is with the Sword Maiden, could she get swayed by your petty Swindler tricks? I advise you not to have any bad thoughts—"

Igula snorted, lowered his head to look at the history book, "Then I have one less topic with the Sword Maiden, only Hanna, Qinna, and Black Crow are left, such a pity..."

Ash cowered, "Sorry, I was being too cocky... But why is there Tamasi?"

"Guess," Igula flipped another page, suddenly raised his eyebrows, turned to the bookshelf and pulled out several books, flipping through them constantly, mumbling, "Interesting..."

"Any discoveries?"

"Excluding a few who were assassinated, the vast majority of the highest rulers in the Kingdom of Allstars died... very dramatically," Igula laughed, "Struck by lightning, hit by a car, drowned in a lake, and even a bunch died abruptly of heart attacks, like suddenly reaching life's end and being randomly assigned a death method. Unfortunately, I don't know the list of emperors and birth-death years of the Kingdom of Stars, otherwise it could be confirmed..."

"Does death correspond?" Ash also became serious, "If the real me dies, will the me here also die suddenly..."

"On the contrary, if we die here, is it true death, or will we return to reality?"

Analyzing to this point, Ash couldn't help but feel slightly frustrated, "There are many key pieces of information that we simply cannot obtain nor dare to experiment with randomly. Currently known divine lords related to the Kingdom of Allstars include The Gods of Four Pillars and the Magic Master of Stars; this is fundamentally not a place where we should be. If this were a game, we would be idiot players who skipped all new player tutorials without knowing any rules."

Igula, however, expressed little concern, "Then why don't we just find the new player tutorials left by other players."

Ash was stunned, "Other players? Who?"

The Swindler glanced at him, "You."

Ash instantly comprehended Igula's implication, "You mean Heath might have left key information? Right, every time he 'returns to Blood Moon', he loses memory of this place. Since he knows this, he must have made preparations!"

"I found something very interesting while flipping through books just now," Igula wandered in front of the bookshelf, his fingers gently caressing the spines of various exquisite books, "Several books have folded marks."

"At first, I thought these were reading marks from Heath, only to find out most indeed are. But quite a few books coincidentally folded the same page—page 18."

"Rose," the Swindler suddenly asked, "Are there numbers on the bookshelves here?"

Rose, while using a wet wipe to rub Ash's ear contours, replied, "Yes, they are numbered from bookshelf 1 to 7."

"So, it's the 8th book on bookshelf 1..." Igula pulled a book from the bookshelf by the piano, opened it and revealed a smile, "So easily understandable."

Harvey also stopped playing, the four gathered, opening perhaps the only relic left by Heath.

The first sentence inside made Ash's heart skip a beat.

"Am I dead?"

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