When Kenichi used the control magic on Antilene, a connection formed between his mind and hers.
"Success?"
Originally, Kenichi was just trying out the Doll Attack Magic.
After all, he couldn't be sure whether Antilene was classified as human or elf.
Now that the Doll Attack Magic had succeeded, it indicated that Antilene belonged to the elf category.
At the same time, Antilene, who had previously held hostility towards Kenichi and Shalltear, now became obedient.
"Master, this is..."
Shalltear naturally also noticed the change in Antilene's demeanor.
Seeing that Kenichi had also taken in her enemy, Antilene, a look of dissatisfaction immediately appeared on Shalltear's exquisitely beautiful face.
"From now on, she is one of us. Neither of you is allowed to fight without my permission!"
Kenichi didn't explain much to Shalltear.
Then, his figure vanished from the spot.
"Hmph!"
Even with Kenichi's instruction, Shalltear didn't show a friendly face towards Antilene.
She snorted coldly at Antilene, then her figure rose into the sky and flew towards the magic airship.
Immediately after, Antilene also followed.
…
Several days later, the Captain and his group returned to the Slane Theocracy.
When the Captain reported the news that Antilene might have been killed, the higher-ups of the Slane Theocracy were all extremely furious.
It must be noted that Antilene was the Slane Theocracy's ultimate trump card.
To prevent neighboring countries from learning of her existence, the Slane Theocracy had always kept Antilene hidden.
And now, Antilene had been killed.
Furthermore, Antilene possessed the Divine-Class Items of the Six Great Gods.
These were the very foundation upon which the Slane Theocracy was built.
Now that Antilene was dead, the Divine-Class Items on her would surely be lost as well.
The Slane Theocracy would naturally not allow such a thing to happen.
The higher-ups immediately decided to resurrect Antilene and retrieve the Divine-Class Items from her.
However, when the resurrection ritual began, the magic casters of the Slane Theocracy discovered that Antilene wasn't dead at all.
"Not dead?"
"What exactly is going on?"
"If she's not dead, why hasn't Antilene returned or contacted us?"
"What does she want to do?"
Although the Slane Theocracy's higher-ups knew that Antilene didn't act according to convention, her current behavior of not returning to the Theocracy and not contacting them was clearly unacceptable.
"Thousand Leagues Astrologer, quickly investigate what is going on!"
Although Thousand Leagues Astrologer really didn't want to probe matters related to Kenichi again, she had to obey the orders of the higher-ups.
Soon, she activated her ability.
"This is..."
However, when Thousand Leagues Astrologer saw Antilene's situation, her face immediately changed.
"What is it?"
"Has Antilene been imprisoned by Fairy Tail?"
An elderly man in priestly robes asked Thousand Leagues Astrologer in a somewhat stern tone.
"No... the leader of Fairy Tail is teaching Antilene how to solve a magic cube."
As soon as Thousand Leagues Astrologer said this, the priests were enraged.
'What?'
'Playing with a magic cube at a time like this?'
'We were worried something had happened to you, and you're playing with a magic cube with the enemy?'
"Spare no effort! We must make Antilene return to the Theocracy!"
"The Six Divine-Class Items must not be lost!"
Soon, the Theocracy's higher-ups issued this command.
Kenichi naturally didn't know that the higher-ups of the Slane Theocracy were currently furious over the loss of the Six Divine-Class Items and Antilene.
Even if he knew, he wouldn't care.
After all, from beginning to end, Kenichi never considered the Slane Theocracy a major enemy.
On the magic airship, Kenichi held a third-order magic cube.
As his hands continuously twisted it, the patterns on the third-order magic cube kept changing.
After a few dozen seconds, the originally chaotic third-order magic cube was restored by Kenichi.
"Did you understand?"
Kenichi asked Antilene, whose eyes had been fixed on the magic cube.
Antilene had extremely strong dynamic vision.
She saw every move Kenichi made.
But she still didn't understand why Kenichi could so easily complete this 'complex' magic cube.
After all, she had studied it for a long time and could only complete one side.
"No."
Antilene shook her head.
"Kenichi-nii, you're really amazing! You finished it so quickly!"
Wendy, standing to the side, stared at Kenichi with her bright, beautiful eyes, which sparkled with admiration.
"Is this very difficult?"
As soon as Wendy finished speaking, a pleasant female voice sounded in the air.
"I tried it before and couldn't even complete one side!"
Wendy turned her head and replied to Seilah inside the cabin.
"Eh?"
Hearing Wendy's words, Seilah closed the book in her hand, then walked over on her shapely, long legs and took the magic cube from Kenichi's hand.
After observing it briefly, a purple light erupted from the third-order magic cube.
Immediately after, the magic cube hovered above Seilah's head and began spinning rapidly.
In just the blink of an eye, the originally scrambled magic cube was restored.
"It doesn't seem that difficult, does it?"
The magic cube hovering in the sky slowly descended into Seilah's hand as she spoke in a soft voice.
"Uh..."
Hearing Seilah's words, the muscles at the corner of Kenichi's mouth twitched.
Kenichi could tell that Seilah hadn't used magic to restore the cube just now.
She had only used magic to manipulate the cube's rotation axes, quickly restoring it.
If this speed were on Earth, it would definitely break the Guinness World Record.
"So amazing, Seilah! I never thought you'd be even faster than Kenichi-nii!"
While Wendy was exclaiming in admiration, Kenichi placed his hand on Wendy's shoulder: "Wendy, do you hope Kenichi-nii is fast, or do you hope Kenichi-nii is slow?"
"Of course I hope Kenichi-nii..."
Wendy was about to say: "Of course I hope Kenichi-nii is fast," but before she could finish, seeing the strange smile on Kenichi's face, she seemed to realize something and her voice abruptly stopped.
Then, a blush flew onto her pale, pretty face, and she hurriedly lowered her head, avoiding Kenichi's gaze.
"Kenichi-nii, you..."
"Ahahaha..."
Seeing Wendy like this, Kenichi laughed quite shamelessly.
Erza, watching from the side, shook her head with a smile.
…
Royal Palace.
The Golden Princess, with her long golden hair, sat in front of a dressing table, allowing a maid to comb her hair.
Suddenly, the shadow beneath the Golden Princess flickered.
Noticing this, the Golden Princess, her expression unchanged, addressed the maid behind her: "Alright, you may go now. I'll take care of the rest myself."
"Yes!"
After the maid left the room, the Golden Princess's reflection in the dressing table mirror instantly changed expression.
If the Golden Princess's smile before was like a gentle sun, then now, the expression on her face was like a demon's, chilling to the bone.
"What is it?"
The Golden Princess patted her cheeks with both hands, as if speaking to the air.
"Not long ago, Fairy Tail clashed with the priests of the Slane Theocracy!"
"Fairy Tail killed several priests!"
Not long after the Golden Princess spoke, a hoarse voice came from the air.
"I know. I will report this matter to that Lord."
The Golden Princess replied while adjusting the expression on her face.