Rilisa noticed Baixi's predicament. Her eyes flickered, but she didn't ask any further questions. Instead, she began to tell a story about what happened after Baixi left.
"The temple held a grand funeral for Her Highness the Holy Maiden."
Rilisa's voice was gentle, like a voice drifting out of a dream, giving people a sense of peace even in the most desolate and lonely wilderness.
"Yeah...."
Bai Xi was stunned; these were things she had never thought of.
After all, she was a dead saintess, and it seemed that she had no use to the temple.
Once someone is gone, the memory fades, and holding a funeral seems pointless no matter how you look at it.
Moreover, it seems that none of the previous saintesses had a funeral, so I didn't expect her to have one.
"Yes, everyone in the temple has prepared a funeral for you with great care. Freshly blooming flowers have been given eternal life by magic and are used to adorn your coffin."
"Everyone...misses you very much."
When Ririsa got to this point, she paused noticeably.
Even she revealed a trace of emotion that she hadn't been able to hide well—the sorrow for the passing of the Holy Maiden of Light.
"It really is an honor."
Bai Xi was silent for a moment, then suddenly revealed a relaxed smile, but her tone ultimately couldn't hide all her sadness.
Safa watched this scene without saying a word. His gaze fell on Bai Xi, the girl who had been calm all along, but now a faint aura of sadness was emanating from her soul.
I thought she didn't care much about her own death, but I didn't expect that hearing about what happened in the past would actually evoke emotions in her.
"Everyone saw your mangled body back then, but no one expected you to become a ghost."
Rilisa spoke cautiously, testing Baixi's level of acceptance of her becoming an undead.
After all, not everyone can accept death well.
"Yeah, I didn't expect that either."
Bai Xi responded faintly. She noticed out of the corner of her eye that Safa's expression seemed a little strange, so she turned to look at him.
"Demon King? Is there anything you wish to say?"
She had just taken full advantage of Safa, and only now did she think to care about his feelings. She wondered if he was angry.
"I was just wondering, if we threw you back into the temple now, would the humans who miss you still accept you?"
Safa's perverse sense of humor always appears at the most inopportune moments, like now.
His tone was full of mockery, and he didn't sound like he was joking, which meant he really had this idea.
Bai Xi's face darkened.
"Demon King, abandon your dangerous idea."
As Rilisa listened to their conversation, she couldn't help but glance at Safa for a few seconds, repeatedly confirming the title 'Demon Lord' in her mind, but she still couldn't believe it.
But recalling what just happened, the probability that this obviously powerful man is the Demon King seems... quite high.
Her feelings at that moment were simply indescribable.
Not only did the Holy Maiden transform into an undead, but even the Demon King of Hell appeared, right next to her spirit. It seemed like the two had a pretty good relationship.
this......
Even though she was no longer a member of the Temple of Light, she still felt terrified.
Safa narrowed his eyes, ignoring Bai Xi's 'warning'. Judging from his expression, he was probably considering the feasibility and fun of the matter, which sent chills down Bai Xi's spine.
So Bai Xi simply ignored him and continued chatting with Ruilisa.
"How is the temple now? Hmm... and my mother too."
Bai Xi hesitated for a moment before choosing a somewhat appropriate, but not entirely proper, form of address to inquire about Maggie's mother's current situation.
She had promised the original owner that she would take good care of her mother, but now, she didn't know if she had taken good care of her.
The fall of the Zefner family, her killing of her two sons and her husband, was an unparalleled blow to anyone.
Even if she claimed to be righteous, it was absolutely fatal to a medieval noblewoman.
She was terrified that Maggie's mother would commit suicide because of this.
Ririsa gave a gentle smile and softened her voice slightly.
"The lady is doing well. She stays in the temple and takes care of the flowers in the temple's back garden by herself. No one disturbs her. The lady, who has been blessed by the angels, has not been implicated in the Duke's affairs."
She knew this was a daughter's concern for her mother.
"....That's good."
Bai Xi breathed a sigh of relief; nothing bad had happened, and she felt no guilt.
The two talked about many things, about the temple and the changes in the outside world. Most of the time, Bai Xi just listened quietly, as if she hadn't missed the past two years either.
But Rilisa also knew that Her Highness was simply trying to find lost time in the story.
"Your Highness may not know this yet, but miracles have recently begun to reappear on the continent, and many believers have received responses from the gods."
She brought up the topic casually.
Recently, it seems that the seven gods are about to return to this continent that has been forgotten by the gods for a long time. Many miracles have begun to reappear, which is also the reason why she left the temple.
Deep down, she is a follower of the God of Darkness.
Putting aside the possibility that staying in the temple might lead the God of Light to discover her lack of faith, she also didn't want to betray her god.
She also knew more or less that the God of Light had not issued any divine pronouncements for a long time, and that the so-called miracles were all performances staged by the Temple of Light to mislead believers into thinking that the God of Light was still alive.
Other gods abandoned their followers.
Now that the gods have responded to the believers' prayers again, this should be considered a big deal, so she naturally told Bai Xi about it.
But to my surprise, as soon as she finished speaking, Bai Xi stopped in her tracks. Although she was a spirit, I could inexplicably sense her stiffness, as if she had heard something terrible.
"You mean... the gods are returning?"
Bai Xi asked in a stiff tone.
"Is...is that right? What's wrong?"
Bai Xi's question made Ruilisa lose confidence and her voice became hesitant.
"No, it's nothing."
Bai Xi covered her forehead; she finally understood where the vague unease she had felt since waking up came from.
How could she forget the timeline of the comic book's plot?
Without her involvement, more than two years have passed, and the main characters should have grown into capable leaders by now. Although some of the plot involving the main characters' collaborative progress is missing, it was disrupted by her.
However, the storyline of the main characters growing up independently and competing with each other should have already begun.
Some of them may have even realized that they are gods, and some may have already regained a portion of their power.
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