Chapter 46 She and She, and They Autumn
There were only a few scattered stars twinkling in the dark night. The birds seemed to be startled by something and spread their wings and flew away from the bare branches.
Since the last attack, the Vatican has increased its patrols, but most people still believe that there will not be a second attack in the short term. Under the long period of peace, the Vatican has fallen into laziness again.
The prayer room was unusually quiet. Vephia sat on the bench in the third row, gathered her robes, and looked up at the sacred and compassionate statue of the goddess in front of her. How many people knew that the god worshipped by everyone now was a fake?
Since this fake guy pays so much attention to her, does He know what she will do tonight?
Hefa, who was sitting diagonally behind Vifiya, was casually dressed in a priest's uniform. He stroked the snow kite orchid pendant on his chest, which represented the church, and counted the time casually.
Neither of them spoke first.
In the silence, I could hear Hefa opening his pocket watch and saying, "Almost done."
He closed his pocket watch and stood up, standing in the middle aisle of the prayer room. The magic circle under his feet expanded and ran rapidly, and the hem of his clothes moved without wind. After doing all this, he glanced sideways at Vifiya.
Vifiya cast a deep glance at the goddess statue, then walked over to Hefa and took his outstretched hand.
When the familiar feeling of being suspended in mid-air ceased and her feet touched solid ground again, she quickly stood behind Hefa and followed him.
In the dim corridor, candlelight flickered on both sides, and the only sound was their footsteps.
"Who!" All that was heard was an angry shout and the sound of a sword being unsheathed.
"Master Magician?" The man relaxed a little and asked hesitantly, "It's so late, and you are here..."
Before he could finish, Hefa raised his hand, his palm glowing with light, and the flying blade broke through the air and pierced into the guards' necks.
Everything happened so fast that the guards stared with wide eyes and didn't react. Blood splattered from their necks and their swords fell to the ground.
"Clang, clang."
The guards fell to the ground, clutching their necks: "Demon... uh..."
The smell of blood quickly spread throughout the space. Vifiya raised her eyes, her eyes calm and composed. After making sure that the knights in front were silent, she avoided Hefa and walked forward.
Hefa took a few steps back until her figure disappeared from his sight. A teleportation magic circle appeared under his feet and they began their respective actions.
The cold wind caused by her rapid steps slapped against Vifia's exposed skin. According to the map on her necklace, she walked through the winding roads without hesitation until she stopped at a fork in the road.
So far everything has been going too smoothly. Except for the knight guards at the beginning, no other figures have been seen along the way. This place is not that simple. There must be other means.
She looked up and around, seeing the unchanging brick walls and flickering candlelight. Her gaze fell on the forked roads, and the ends of the three roads gradually became darker.
There was only one reason why Vifiya stopped here, and that was that all three roads led to the same place.
In her opinion, this was equivalent to the owner of all this openly inviting everyone who came here: I have prepared surprises on every road here, take your pick.
The key is that this is the right path, the right direction, and if you want to reach the destination, you must move forward.
Her eyes scanned the three roads and she walked decisively towards the middle one.
Vifiya slowed down her pace and looked around vigilantly. The brick walls on the wall had changed.
The candle went out, and the sudden darkness forced Vifia to stop. She reached for the dagger at her waist, and heard the sound of the wall sliding in her ears. Not long after, the candlelight reappeared, brighter than before.
Vifiya narrowed her eyes slightly and quickly adjusted to the light. She only saw the road in front of her disappear. She looked back and saw that both openings were blocked.
She walked forward calmly. In the two recesses of the wall in front of her stood two small statues of the goddess Lehomy.
It was still the same face, compassionate and peaceful.
She reached out and touched the statue of the goddess, including the surrounding walls, but unfortunately she didn't find any mechanism or anything like that.
Vifiya turned around and looked around carefully, her eyes finally falling on the candlelight, twenty-seven of them.
If she remembered correctly, there was a scene in "Divine Commandments" where the third pope, after failing to teach a group of ordinary people who didn't believe in the goddess, had them buried alive in anger. For the next month, he suffered from nightmares, believing it was a punishment from the goddess. So he ordered his followers to build him a sealed prayer room and install twenty-seven lamps inside. He was to apologize to the goddess day and night, asking her to forgive his sins, until one of the twenty-seven lamps went out.
Vefiya's gaze returned to the goddess statue, her eyes gradually growing colder. Kneeling down to apologize? What crime could she have committed? And to which god was she apologizing?
This brought back some bad memories deep in her memory.
It is impossible to kneel down.
How dare you convict a fake who has stained so much blood?
Vifiya sneered. Although this statue is most likely of the real goddess Lehomi, I'm sorry, you will forgive my offense, right?
She pulled out the dagger from her waist, which flashed with silver light, and stabbed it hard at the goddess statue. There was no expected sound of the dagger colliding with the stone, but instead the dagger went straight into the goddess statue, and bright red blood flowed out.
Suddenly, the entire space was shaking and making sharp roars, as if angry at her audacity.
Vifiya did not choose to cover her ears. Instead, she grabbed the concave part, steadied her body, pulled out the dagger, and stabbed the other goddess statue several times.
The red liquid flowed down the wall, shaking and roaring more and more violently, but she ignored it completely. She used the dagger to cut out the base of the goddess statue and cut one of them in half.
The roar was more like a scream, completely insane.
Vifiya's ears were hurt and her solar plexus nerve twitched.
She held the other goddess statue in her palm, used the recess in the wall to press the dagger against the statue, and raised her left eyebrow slightly: "Be good and make way."
Her voice was barely audible amidst the roar, but strangely, the entire space slowly stopped shaking, and the sound gradually faded away.
Vifiya stood firm, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, her eyes were full of coldness, and she pressed the dagger in her hand against the goddess statue even harder, causing a few drops of blood to flow.
There was a moment of silence, and the surrounding walls began to slide, quickly returning to their original state.
Vifiya maintained the same posture and walked forward. She was not worried that this space could do anything to her. If it could really do something to her, she would not have waited until now.
After making sure she had completely walked out of the space, she lowered her eyes and stared at the goddess statue, whose soft face was stained red.
After all, she is now an ally of the real goddess Lehomi. Even if the goddess statue is not behind him, this appearance is probably his, so she should give him some face.
She turned around and threw the idol rudely.
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The corridor was brightly lit. Osa leaned against the vault door, tightly gripping the sword hanging at her waist. At her feet was the knight whose neck had been cut.
The red liquid spread on the ground, reflecting her figure.
She glanced at the knight lying on the ground. She grew up here and naturally knew how hypocritical these knights were. She had wanted to take action for a long time.
She picked up the pocket watch hanging in front of her. Her blue eyes were like solidified ice. The hands of the pocket watch moved slowly. She closed it and the time was up.
Her ponytail swayed, and the key to the vault was casually thrown into a pool of blood. Osa stood in front of the door and drew her sword. The sword was cold and glowed with blue light.
She changed her mind and decided that if she wanted to make a big fuss, she wouldn't need a key.
On the other side, in the passage opposite to Vifiya's direction, there were corpses and blood at Hefa's feet, and the only white cloth on the black priest's robe was stained red.
Blood stained his face, and the hand holding the knight's neck tightened until the knight lost his breath. He smiled nonchalantly: "May God forgive you and my sins."
Letting go of his hand, the knight slid down like mud.
He raised his eyelids and saw a person standing in the darkness in front of him. The smile on his lips slowly disappeared, but a playful look appeared in his eyes.
What a big deal! It’s just the beginning and they’ve already brought out such magic.
It is such a huge magical power. No wonder every descendant of the first generation of great magicians is taught not to be tempted.
This is indeed very exciting for the magician.
He stepped forward, and magic circles appeared in his hands at the same time. The light of magic flashed in his eyes, reflecting another self.
At the same time, on the dome of the Holy See, which no one paid attention to, the clothes of two figures fluttered in the wind.
The brown pupils memorized the knight's patrol route in their hearts. Kaharun looked up at Isidore. After Vifiya gave them the paper, they felt that things were more complicated than that.
Isidore was even more worried, and he actually discovered that there was a fluctuation of magic in the direction of Vifiya's dormitory tonight, and the magic stopped when it reached the Holy See.
The reason he was here was that Mrs. Cárdenas and her son had indeed met with an accident and were seriously injured, and he had secretly settled them down. Emotionally, logically, publicly and privately, Vifia owed him a favor. Although she had secrets, how many people didn't? At the very least, she was trustworthy.
They would not disrupt her plans, they would be the last safeguard.
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A carriage was moving quickly on the deserted main road of Lachigo.
Inside the car, Arnold adjusted the hood of his sister's cloak, took out a small package containing medicine, and instructed, "These are some medicines for treating illnesses. I've written down the specific effects. Hide them well in the Viscount's mansion and don't let anyone else spot them."
Bailey took it obediently and nodded. "I know, brother, don't worry. You should take care of yourself. There's nothing I can do this time. Miss Langley suddenly fell ill and came to see me. Next time, I will definitely stay home for a few more days."
After she finished speaking, her eyes were full of anticipation: "I will definitely go to my brother's knight coronation ceremony."
Arnold's eyes softened: "Okay."
"Bang!"
Suddenly there was a loud noise and the whole carriage shook violently. Arnold subconsciously protected his frightened sister opposite him in his arms.
"Brother, what happened?" Bailey, still in shock, looked up at Arnold.
He held onto the seat with his other hand, waited until the carriage leveled out, helped his sister back onto the seat, picked up the fallen package and placed it in Bailey's arms, saying soothingly, "It's okay."
He gripped his sword tightly. The driver, looking through the window, spoke anxiously to them, "Are you all right? It seems there was an explosion in the direction of the Vatican. What's going on with the Church lately? They were attacked not long ago. They really don't take the Goddess seriously. I beg for forgiveness."
As the driver chattered on, the carriage soon stopped in front of Viscount Langley's mansion. After Arnold helped his sister down, the driver spoke again: "Let me take you back. Your place is on the way to the Holy See, and it's probably not safe right now."
Bailey looked at her brother in agreement while holding the package, but Arnold shook his head: "It's okay, it's easier for me to go back by myself."
The driver nodded without any reluctance after being rejected.
Bailey's face was filled with worry. Arnold pushed her towards the door of the Viscount's Mansion and said, "It's okay. Go ahead."
She kept looking back at her brother. Arnold waved at her and only started to rush towards Gray Moon Ridge after her figure disappeared from his sight.
The closer we got to the Vatican, the noisier it became and the more flames shot up into the sky.
He tried to avoid it, but he caught a glimpse of a familiar figure out of the corner of his eye and stopped immediately.
He would not mistake it for Osha, the princess who was friends with Vifiya. What was she doing here? Or rather, she did not look like she was here to rescue.
He remembered that Vifiya was very close to her...
just in case……
After all, Vifiya is not as obedient as she looks...
He gripped the hilt of his sword tightly, changed direction abruptly, and had an idea in mind.
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