Chapter 62 : Chapter 62
Chapter 62 :End of Volume · The Church and the Saintess
“You’re the succubus! Your whole family are succubi!!!”
“Iphie, calm down! Calm down!!!”
Seeing the furious Iphilia charge forward, ready to teach the elf girl a lesson, Aimiya hurriedly grabbed her from behind.
The elf girl had just recovered.
If Iphilia went and beat her up now, wouldn’t all the previous treatment have been for nothing?
“Aaaaah! Aimiya, let me go! I’m going to make this dimwit elf know what a demon’s cruelty is!”
Iphilia was practically fuming.
Who would call someone a succubus the moment they met? Sure, she knew her highly misleading appearance did bear a teensy bit of resemblance to a succubus, but being called a succubus was still her, Iphilia’s, sore spot!
“Uh… Miss Succubus, what’s… wrong with you?”
The elf girl, who had just woken up, seemed to have neither her intelligence nor emotional quotient online yet.
Seeing the clearly enraged Iphilia, she actually tilted her head and, oblivious to the situation, called her a succubus again.
Well, that was it.
Even Aimiya couldn’t hold Iphilia back anymore.
“I’m your grandma’s succubus!!!”
“Wah—!”
…
“There, there, Iphie, be good~ Don’t be mad~ It’s just being mistaken for a succubus, right? It’s no big deal, is it? Besides, isn’t it kind of a roundabout way of saying you’re cute?”
“Hmph! <(￣ ﹌ ￣)> ”
Faced with Iphilia, who was sulking like a child, Aimiya naturally started coaxing her as if she were a kid.
But the slight smirk quietly forming at the corner of Aimiya’s mouth showed she was actually quite amused by this…
As for our elf girl, she was crouching on the ground, clutching the swollen red bump on her head, looking pitifully at the still-pouting Iphilia.
“I’m very sorry, Miss Iphilia. I didn’t mean to call you a demon. It’s just that your appearance is really very much like a succu… no, I mean, it’s really very misleading…”
“Pfft…”
“…”
You were just about to say I really look like a succubus, weren’t you?
And Aimiya, did you just laugh?
“Sigh, fine. I, Iphilia, am not an unreasonable person. I’ll let it slide this time. But if you dare call me a succubus again, I won’t be so polite!”
As she spoke, Iphilia bared her teeth at the elf girl, seemingly menacingly.
Unfortunately, Iphilia wasn’t a bloodkin and didn’t have their sharp fangs, so her baring of teeth looked more like she was being adorable, super cute.
“Mm! I, Alice, will always remember your life-saving kindness! But…”
“But?”
“Actually, I have one more thing I’d like to ask for your help with…”
Alice adopted a shy, hesitant posture, looking very embarrassed.
“Could you… take me back to the Elf Forest?”
“?”
Hearing Alice’s request, three giant question marks popped up above Iphilia’s head.
Weren’t there the Night Watch and the Church? Why did she need her to escort her?
“To be honest… during the time I was imprisoned by that bad person, I once saw someone wearing the robes of the Holy Church chatting with that bad person. I’m worried…”
“You mean… the Holy Church might be in cahoots with that Advent Faction?”
Iphilia frowned.
If that were the case, the problem would be huge.
Although the Church didn’t have much influence in the atheist China, it wielded immense power in other countries and even continents.
Otherwise, it couldn’t have stood toe-to-toe with the Night Watch as a religious organization.
Not to mention, the Church had always been closely tied to the angels.
If such a colossal entity was truly connected to the Advent Faction, it was a chilling thought.
“I don’t think it’s very likely… When that black-robed man was chasing me, he mentioned the Church. The disgust and disdain in his eyes couldn’t have been faked. So, rather than the Church being in league with the Advent Faction, I think it’s more likely that someone from the Advent Faction infiltrated the Church as a mole.”
Aimiya knew there was likely some connection between the Advent Faction and the Church.
After all, the magic-restricting handcuffs the black-robed man used to control her were of the Church’s design.
As for what the black-robed man said later… Aimiya was practically doomed at that point, so she didn’t think he had any reason to lie.
“Uh… actually, I also think it’s probably a mole… But that’s the key issue! There’s a mole from that group of bad guys in the Church, so I don’t dare trust them for now. And since the Night Watch shares some information with the Church, I’m worried that if the mole in the Church finds out my location, they’ll come after me again… So, please, my two benefactors, help me out again! Take me back to the Elf Forest. The people of the Holy City will always remember your kindness!!!”
With that, Alice bowed deeply to Iphilia and Aimiya, her attitude utterly sincere.
“…I can’t help you. I don’t even know how to get to the Elf Forest, let alone take you there. But I have a friend who should be able to help.”
The friend Iphilia referred to was naturally Nolen, the Bloodkin High Princess.
Compared to the demon race, which was practically a universal enemy, the bloodkin, despite their less-than-stellar reputation, at least had normal diplomatic relations with other races.
Having her help send Alice back was simply perfect.
“Oh? A friend? Iphilia-chan has a friend with such connections? How come… I’ve never heard about this?”
Aimiya leaned close to Iphilia’s ear, her voice dripping with resentment.
Iphilia felt a chill down her spine, a sense of impending doom washing over her.
“It seems… we need to have a good, long talk about our feelings, don’t we?”
“Y-y-y-y-you… stay back!!!”
“…”
Alice stared blankly at the flirting Aimiya and Iphilia, her little head filled with giant question marks.
If she didn’t know better.
Could demons and angels really get along so well?
…
Meanwhile, in Wangyou City, on the rooftop of a towering skyscraper.
A transparent soul resembling the black-robed man was tightly bound to the ground by golden chains.
He let out frantic, despairing roars, glaring at the white-haired girl in a nun’s robe before him, bellowing hoarsely.
“Why! Why is the heretic saintess here!?”
“Mr. Heretic, you’re the real heretic, aren’t you? A heretic who wants to sacrifice souls to an evil god, no less.”
The white-haired girl flashed a pure, flawless smile.
She gently clapped her hands, and the chains binding the black-robed man’s soul instantly erupted in unparalleled radiance, purifying his soul in an instant—
“I, I haven’t yet offered myself to the Mother God, I’m not reconciled—!”
Before he could finish, he was completely purified by the holy light, his body and soul obliterated.
“Advent Faction’s vermin… how long has it been since I last saw them? But it seems our Church has some hidden within as well?”
“But cleaning that up can wait for now. The purpose of this visit is to find her.”
With that, the saintess slowly walked to the edge of the building, gazing out over the city’s scenery.
“My disobedient little sister, where exactly are you hiding?”