Reincarnated as incubus: I didn't mean to seduce you!

If we trace the origins further back, just over a century ago before the era of the Totem Union, the nine major families were merely starting to develop their ability to harness the magic power of monsters; they weren't nearly as developed as they would later become, forming city-states and eventually uniting to establish the Yibel Federation.

Even further back, the only force representing Humans on the historical stage was the holy Briania, which had gathered a large following of Human believers over more than 2000 years.

And it was holy Briania that was one of the forces attacking the goblin empire.

The goblin empire fell in the year 115 of the Shenhua Era. It could be said that from the standstill of the goblin empire with various factions to the fall of the empire occurred precisely within these two to three years.

Kael tapped on the desk and contacted Lily, who was still in the Royal Capital, via a Communication Crystal Stone.

"Senior Sister Lily, are you still at school?"

After Kael spoke through the Communication Crystal Stone, a few minutes passed before a slightly frantic voice transmitted back:

"Eh, Kae... Kael, I'm still in the teacher's laboratory. Is there something you need?"

"Can you find a source of Magic Power now? If it's just your magic power alone, I'm afraid the time won't be enough." Your next read is at My Virtual Library Empire

"Alright... alright, let me look. Mr. Luxius has some spare Magic Power sources stored here in the laboratory."

Soon, accompanied by a jingle of tinkering, after a while when the noise of rummaging calmed down, Lily's voice came through:

"Kael, what do you need at your end?"

Kael calmly said, "Senior Sister Lily, I need various historical document records regarding the events that happened in the goblin empire from the Shenhua Year 112 to Shenhua Year 115. Would you know if the Academy has any?"

"The Hundred-Year War of the goblin empire? For that, you don't need to go to the library. I can tell you—I wrote a paper on the goblin empire just over a year ago for fun and reviewed a lot of material then."

"Hmm?" Kael blinked, suddenly realizing that Lily really loved reading and was truly fond of engaging in small research projects!

But thinking about it, it made sense—Senior Sister Lily's method of casting spells conformed to the most standard effect of spellcasting. It wasn't clear if it was suitable, but such standardization indeed showed how much she prepared regularly.

"Then, Senior Sister, do you have any relevant details about it here? The more detailed, the better?"

Lily unhesitatingly said, "If you're looking for historical documents from Shenhua Year 113 onwards, the Academy's materials might not have what you need."

Curious, Kael asked, "Why is that?"

"The specific reasons aren't very clear; it might be related to some experiments conducted by the goblin empire starting from Shenhua Year 113.

From Shenhua Year 113 to Shenhua Year 116, neither the secret Mage Academy's library nor the great library in the Royal Capital has records of these materials."

"That's troubling; the period I need the most is this part of history, barely known by anyone—I suspect it's not a coincidence."

"At that time, the Yibel Federation hadn't yet been established, and many documents weren't preserved in our country. If we get related academic materials from the Elves, the reference value is not strong.

You know, those Elves always like to embellish their own history. The authenticity is doubtful, and the likelihood of embellishment is very high, as their chief god is the god of art; if the content is made artistic, it also becomes distorted.

To get hold of this part of the documents, the simplest method would be to seek help from the Church; if it's you, Kael, the Earth Mother Goddess Church or the Church of the God of Knowledge might provide you access to plenty of materials."

"The Church, huh?" Kael paused for a moment before saying, "Thanks for the reminder, Senior Sister Lily."

"Sure, glad I could help. Bye for now."

As the Communication Crystal Stone slowly dimmed, Lily patted her flushed cheeks, forcefully suppressing her voice from trembling, wondering why the sight of Kael suddenly reminded her of that evening in the room with her senior sister.

That time in the lecture hall, while listening to Mr. Luxius' speech, she briefly thought of it but quickly dismissed it from her mind.

Yet now, for some reason, that image came back to her mind.

...Lily's memory...

[Time: The evening before the lecture in the stepped classroom]

Back in her dormitory at the Rune Mage Academy, Lily lay lazily on her bed, reminiscing about the scene with Kael during the Rune research earlier that day, unconsciously thinking of the faint fragrance on Kael.

At that moment, Lily tightened her hold on the blanket with her legs.

"So I say..." the junior roommate from the upper year, Senior Sister Louise, teasingly spoke through the curtain, "Lily, you didn't make a move again today, did you?"

"Sen... Senior Sister, what are you randomly saying?" Lily stuttered, a bit hesitant to speak, beginning to reflect whether her actions recently had been too obvious.

To her surprise, Senior Sister Louise hummed, commenting, "Come on, your intentions are clear to anyone, and it's just that Lord Kael doesn't want to hurt your feelings by pointing them out."

Speaking of which, Senior Sister Louise showed a melancholic expression and shook her head, saying, "Many people don't even have the qualifications to get near Lord Kael. The seniors who have dealt with him say that standing beside Lord Kael, one feels utterly overwhelmed in both appearance and intellect."