But things didn't go as Ning Hongze expected. Jessica actually stayed.
Amman cautiously inquired whether Jessica would like to stay with the Ning family.
Jessica actually agreed.
"You?" Ning Hong hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped.
Aren't you going back to inherit the position of Holy Maiden? Aren't you going to take revenge on that scumbag? Of course, you also want to bring glory to the Holy Maiden's Palace.
Why did you agree?
"Are you really willing to live in our house permanently?"
"You disagree?" Jessica tilted her head.
"No, I agree. Whatever makes you happy."
“Of course I would.” She had never found such a compatible friend before. “After a long chat with Amman, I suddenly realized something.”
When they first met, Jessica had a somewhat gloomy look on her face, but today, that gloom has completely disappeared, as if she has come to terms with it, making her more radiant and lively.
It looks much better than usual.
"Brother, from now on you will have a little sister. Please take good care of her."
“??????”
"Oh, right, let's make wild sweet potatoes this afternoon. I still have some monster meat in my spatial ring."
"Not bad, not bad, this monster meat with wild yams is the best thing ever." Amman nodded in agreement.
After saying this, the two girls left, laughing and joking.
Ning Hongze: "??????"
Jessica was certain that she didn't want to stay because of his cooking skills.
Seeing the smile on Anman's face, Ning Hong couldn't help but curl her lips as well.
Amman looks more like a young woman now, so vibrant and alive.
He hoped that Amman could always be happy.
Two years later, at the Temple of the Holy Maiden.
Many priests dressed in white robes sat there, their faces showing some unease.
Knights in full armor stood respectfully on either side, the leader of whom was Judy.
Lydia sat in the very center of the Holy Maiden's Hall, sweating profusely as she looked down at the priests and knights.
"Saintess Leah, you don't look well."
“Yes, I sensed the aura of the demons yesterday, which made me feel very uncomfortable,” Leah said, rubbing her forehead.
"It is the duty of our Holy Maiden Temple to eliminate the demons," said a priest sitting on the far left. His white robe had a faint golden glow, unlike the other priests.
"That's true."
Leah chuckled twice.
She enjoyed everything about being a saintess, but she was unwilling to go to war with the demons.
To be honest, her skills are far inferior to Jessica's.
Jessica's healing light can heal many people at the same time, while hers can only heal two or three people at most.
If war really breaks out, these people will realize her strength and become disappointed in her. Perhaps they will bring Jessica back, or perhaps...
Lia thought about the few girls who had entered the palace yesterday.
These girls are beautiful and talented, and are candidates for the next saintess.
Did Jessica feel the same way back then?
She just remembered that when Jessica was the saintess, there seemed to be only her as the candidate for saintess in the temple. Why is it that when she became the saintess, there were many more candidates in the temple?
"Judy, I don't want to go to war with the demons." After the priests and knights left one by one, Leah threw herself into Judy's arms.
Judy put her arm around Leah's slender waist and lowered her head to kiss her face.
“My dear, I would like to go to war with the demons. Only through war can we knights achieve merit.” Judy came from a declining noble family.
He had always wanted to restore his family's glory.
Therefore, he was not afraid of war, and even looked forward to fighting the demons. If he could make a name for himself on the battlefield, the rise of his family would no longer be a dream.
"Is that so?"
"Yes, you also want to be a noblewoman, don't you?"
The Holy Maidens in the Temple of the Holy Maidens are usually girls who are fifteen years old. Only when their power fades can the next Holy Maiden take over.
However, out of fear that the Saintess's power might suddenly disappear, the Saintess Temple has prepared many candidates.
In the event of an accident, a new saintess can be directly selected from among the candidates.
As for these saintesses who have lost their powers, they can go home or get married. In any case, they will not be treated unfairly, except for Jessica.
But without a doubt, Jessica is the saint with the purest power among all the saints.
That's why Leah was anxious; if she didn't get rid of Jessica, she feared she would never become a saint in her lifetime.
If she had never been the absolute saintess and could have been a noblewoman, she would have been content. But now, she still wants to keep her position as saintess.
In a small town on the border of the Kingdom of Sol.
Amman placed a large package on the mission hall.
“These are monster bones,” she said, pointing to the quest at the top. “Twenty gold coins.”
"yes."
The person in charge of the mission hall hurriedly opened the package, and inside was indeed a set of monster bones, and quite complete monster bones at that. Moreover, it was just bones, without a single bit of meat.
"You've really cleaned those bones very well."
"Didn't they just want the bones? Do they want monster meat too?"
My brother has already cooked and eaten the monster meat. "If you want meat on the bones, you need to be more specific. It clearly states here that you want a complete monster skeleton."
“No, no, we just want the bones.” Fearing Amman’s anger, the man hurriedly said, handing Amman a money bag containing twenty gold coins.
“Amman, you’ve gotten better and better lately. How about a match with me? The wager is twenty gold coins, how about it?” A disheveled man stopped Amman with a grin.
"I refuse."
Amman refused outright; she had no interest in gambling with gold coins.
"Or are you not confident in your abilities? If you win, you can take these gold coins; if you lose, give them to me."
Twenty gold coins would be enough for her to squander for quite some time.
"Your idea is good, it's like getting something for nothing."
"What's the meaning?"
"If I lose, you can take the gold coins. If I win, I can take the gold coins. But these gold coins are mine to begin with, so I don't need to bother. I can just take them and move aside."
Are you really afraid of losing? Do you lack confidence in your own abilities?
The man refused to move aside.
His name was Bud, and he had been loitering around the mission hall for a long time. If he encountered someone who had received a large bounty, he would go up and challenge them to a duel.
"Yes, I have absolutely no confidence in myself." She's not the kind of person who'd suffer for the sake of saving face.
She can show weakness when necessary and doesn't care about such things.
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