Volume 4: The End of the World Chapter 20: Reception Room
Alas, I still messed up in the end...
Nezemal, who was sitting in the reception room, looked up and sighed slightly with a heavy heart.
Lord William had clearly told me not to act rashly before he came back, but I ended up getting carried away over a child and making a big fuss.
If she disrupted Lord William's arrangement because of this, she would be unforgivable.
Looking up and turning his neck, Nazemal looked around.
She was in an elegant room. The decoration and layout of the room, except for the lack of any wooden products, were basically the most popular style in Platinum City. If it were somewhere else, this would not be surprising. After all, as the economic and cultural center of the entire Ruier Empire, the popular things in Platinum City have always been the forefront of the fashion of the entire continent, and the object of imitation by nobles from all over the world.
But it was beyond her imagination that this kind of thing would become popular in Jade Province. After all, this closed kingdom that had always adhered to the ancient traditions of thousands of years ago had nothing to do with the word fashion.
A marble table, small and exquisite porcelain, and fruit tea with a sweet aroma... If the two guards guarding the door were not forest elves with skin as rough as tree bark, Nezemal might even think that he was in a high-end hotel in Platinum City.
"Speaking of which...you two."
Thinking of this , Nazemar said to the two guards guarding the door.
Upon hearing that, the two men immediately looked at him nervously.
"Excuse me...is there anything you can help us with?"
One of them asked cautiously.
Of course they did not dare to neglect it. After all, they had heard before they came that the evil star in front of them had knocked down more than a dozen Wild Hunt warriors and two Forest Druin alone. Even the tree spirits in the treetop temple were forced to open the temple and let her leave after fighting with her for several rounds.
"There's nothing I need your help with, but can you please go out and keep watch outside?"
When Nezemal looked at these brown-skinned, green-haired forest elves, he would think of the so-called "holy communion ceremony" that had been performed on the altar before, and he would feel physically nauseous.
"But the order we received was..."
One of the guards said hesitantly.
"You're here to monitor us? To be frank, if I really want to leave, you can't stop me even if you have ten times more people. Do you understand?"
Nezemal interrupted the other party and said so.
Although it sounded a little arrogant, what she said was the obvious fact.
As early as more than a month ago, she had used the star disk in Dawn Fortress that could communicate with the star world, as well as a large number of magic books for intensive training, breaking through the bottleneck of expert level in terms of magic scale and reaching the master level. Of course, it was only the scale, and she was still only at the expert level in terms of the precision of spell control.
However, the strength of a spell is not completely equivalent to one's own strength. For Nezemar, who was trained by the Eighth Church as a church executor and relic recycler, swords, crossbows, and magic were just tools for her to quickly defeat the enemy. This training method, which is closer to that of a battle mage, allowed her to quickly achieve a leap in combat power after breaking through her own magic power limit.
Moreover, she also carried the magic-sealing runes and holy icons bestowed upon her by the Holy Spirit Cain. Even if she really encountered a problem that she could not solve, as long as she activated the call actively, with the protection of the Holy Spirit, she would probably not find anyone in the entire Jade Province who could stop her.
Of course, if such a small matter really disturbed Sir William's important work, as the first saint under the Holy Spirit after his return, she would probably be ashamed to death.
By the way, the title of "First Saint" was completely self-proclaimed by this girl.
Perhaps it was because the fanatical expression on Nezemar's face was so natural that the two guards looked at each other and did not dare to argue with her. They could only back away, close the door and leave the room in disappointment.
After the two men left, the girl who had been hiding in the corner of the room and had not dared to speak finally spoke in a low voice:
"Sister, thank you for what you did before. This matter has implicated you..."
Facing this blind girl with white film covering both eyes, Nezemar's expression immediately softened. She waved her hand and said:
"That's nothing. If you don't dare to stand up when encountering such a thing, you are unworthy of being a follower of the Holy Spirit Kane."
"Sister, are you a member of the Eighth Order?"
The girl asked in surprise .
If she was an executor of the internal training of the Eighth Order, then the skills displayed by the other party before could be explained.
"Just call me Nezemar. I am not a member of the Eighth Cult now, but just a pure follower of Holy Spirit Cain. What about you, little sister? Who are you? How can the government of Holy Tree City send so many people to hunt you down?"
"My name is Yin Lisi. My mother doesn't allow me to tell anyone my last name. Sorry... As for why they came to arrest me, it's probably because my mother was wanted by the empire in the past... for treason."
Upon hearing this, Nazemaar frowned and said:
"Since you are wanted, why did you take the initiative to help that man identify the magic residue?"
"Because... because..."
Yinlis wanted to tell the truth. She wanted to tell the elder sister in front of her that she was in a hallucination at that time - or she saw things in the past. She saw the legendary Holy Spirit Cain and the Frost Witch Nihel.
And she saw all this from the perspective of the astrologer Sibyl.
She took the initiative to stand up because she could not distinguish between illusion and reality.
But she felt that if she said that, the other party would just think she was a lunatic.
Especially since the other party is a devout believer of Holy Spirit Kane. If I tell this sister that she has seen the real Holy Spirit Kane in the past, she might feel offended.
Seeing the other party's embarrassed expression, Nezemar smiled and said for her:
"Is it because you can't stand it anymore? You can't stand that man's family being destroyed by the imperial ambassador, and you can't stand those priests who are just sitting there doing nothing and using their power to smooth things over? So you stood up."
"Ah... um... big, probably..."
Yinlis stammered in response.
Hearing the other party's answer, the smile on Nezemal's face became even wider.
She continued:
"You are so brave. Don't worry. With your courage, I will definitely protect you from being taken to the empire by those guys... Haha, people say that the forest elves who live in harmony with nature are simple and kind, without the intrigues of the civilized world. In my opinion, the actions of those people before are no less than those cannibalistic nobles outside."
As he spoke, Nezemar suddenly seemed to remember something and continued with a smile:
"No, they really are willing to 'eat people without leaving any bones' in the literal sense, right? From this point of view, they are more hateful than those nobles, hahahahahaha..."
She laughed as if she had told a great joke, but Yin Lisi, who was standing next to her, immediately recalled the scene she had seen before after hearing the word "eat man". Her face turned pale, and after thinking for a while, she bent down and made a retching sound.
This made Nezema, who was just joking to lighten the atmosphere, suddenly feel very embarrassed. She quickly stood up, put her palms on the other person's back, and used healing spells to ease the other person's disordered breath.
After wasting some time like this, Nazemare continued to ask:
"But then again, how did you detect such a slight residue of undead magic on that corpse? Even with the help of props, I had to strain my eyes for a long time to see the residue that was no thinner than a hair."
"I can see ..."
Yin Lis pointed at his eyes and was about to explain when the door of the reception room was suddenly pushed open.
It was the two guards from before.
Nezemar turned around angrily and was about to say something, but the other party spoke first:
"Ladies, please get ready. The Duke of Holy Tree will be here to meet you in five minutes."
The other party's words made Nezemar turn pale instantly.
Because in the plan William had revealed to her earlier, visiting the Duke of Holy Tree was the last task of their trip to Holy Tree City. After all other tasks were completed, they would start the assessment of Holy Tree City to prevent the other party from using the things they wanted as bargaining chips.
But she completely messed up William's plan.
Just because he got carried away for a moment, he wanted to save a girl who had nothing to do with their mission.
