Finally, the dust settled. The moment Maggie closed the confessional door, Ficklin rushed up to her, scrutinizing her closely while muttering to himself.
"I don't think I've ever seen such a good-looking human before, but if you save me, I might actually come to like you. It's not impossible."
Ficklin hissed as he spoke, stroking his chin with a look of curiosity.
"So when exactly? Tell me quickly."
Maggie stared at the simpleton in front of her, and could only helplessly rub her forehead.
"I didn't save you."
She said calmly.
"???"
Ficklin's face immediately showed a shocked expression mixed with a face full of question marks.
"Then how do you know my name?!"
He was shouting so loudly that if the confessional hadn't been relatively well soundproofed, Maggie might have just gagged him.
"Dragons are very intelligent, so guess."
Maggie smiled slightly, not intending to explain the matter.
Anyway, Ficklin will fill in the blanks in his own mind; that's probably a trait of idiots.
Ficklin did indeed show a thoughtful expression, then suddenly realized something, as if he had figured it out. As for what he had figured out, Maggie didn't want to know; as long as he was logically consistent, that was enough.
"You're the one who saved me!"
He said in a resolute tone.
Maggie remained expressionless.
"It must be because we used to be good friends, but I forgot about you, and now you're angry, so you lied to me and said you never saved me."
Fickling acted as if he had discovered the truth, while Maggie remained speechless.
"Including last time, you've saved me twice now. I'm sorry for forgetting you. I apologize."
He was also surprisingly quick to admit his mistakes.
With his robust and muscular physique, his dragon-like human form was still bare-chested, revealing his firm and powerful abdominal muscles. Anyone who saw him would blush involuntarily, as long as he didn't speak.
He has an exceptionally good appearance and a very distinctive voice that is definitely pleasant to listen to. Unfortunately, every word he utters reveals that he is an idiot.
"I really couldn't save you."
Maggie decided to explain, in case he misunderstood and later realized she had lied to him.
"No need to explain, I know you're still angry. Don't worry, now that I'm staying by your side, I'll use my time and effort to make you forgive me!"
Ficklin waved his hand dismissively, showing no interest in listening to Maggie's explanation. His thoughts were so logically consistent and flawless that he completely disbelieved Maggie's words.
Maggie fell silent, a rare occurrence for her. Yet, despite her sharp tongue and witty arguments with the old fox, she felt a profound sense of powerlessness towards the dim-witted fellow.
"never mind."
Maggie sighed, feeling that he wouldn't listen to her explanation anyway.
I should have phrased it differently earlier, so he wouldn't have made up his own ideas.
Just then, there was a knock on the door; it was Harun's voice.
"Your Highness, I'm taking some men to search the eastern suburbs tonight. Are you interested?"
Maggie was taken aback. How come she didn't know about this plan? How could it have come so suddenly?
Besides, how would Harlan know she was here? Did he ask the nuns who saw her on the way?
A thousand thoughts raced through her mind, but reality was fleeting. Maggie stood up, glanced at Ficklin, and then pushed open the confessional door, letting Harlan in.
"It is truly worrying that Your Highness is still in the confessional so late."
Harlan's smile remained unchanged, but his gaze swept openly over Ficklin in the confessional room without any attempt to hide it, his tone filled with concern.
"I just have some things to do."
Maggie sensed that something was off about the atmosphere around her, because Ficklin's eyes had turned back into beastly pupils and were staring unblinkingly at Harlan.
"...."
Maggie was instantly struck by a headache. Although Ficklin was a complete simpleton, his intuition was terrifyingly accurate. Even with Harlan's perfect disguise, could he still perceive his true personality?
But that's also not quite right. In the original manga, these two main characters clearly got along quite well...
Maggie occasionally swoones over their socialist brotherhood, wondering what went wrong.
"You... want to fight me?"
Ficklin's face turned fierce, and dragon horns uncontrollably sprouted from the top of his head. He could feel the hostility of the man opposite him.
"Hmm? Your Highness, is this the dragon you brought back today? It doesn't seem to like me very much."
Harlan looked away from Maggie, his expression still gentle, but his tone was somewhat puzzled.
Maggie's hair is even balder.
...
Elemental Source Boundary.
"You've kept me locked up for so long, you didn't expect me to come out, did you?"
The woman had a hot body, pointed head, and a long, thin tail that stretched out in front of her, with a small heart at the tip. Her charming face was full of joy.
A ball of light was floating in front of her, and there were no objects around that appeared to be humanoid.
After a long while, a male voice finally came from inside the ball of light.
"Um."
The man's indifferent attitude clearly angered her greatly. The woman's face turned cold, and she took two steps forward, clutching the ball of light in her hand. Her tone became sharp.
"It's been hundreds of thousands of years since we last met, and you're still as hypocritical and indifferent as ever!"
The ball of light remained still and did not struggle, letting the woman hold it, only letting out a long sigh.
Have you gone to see him?
"The ball of light asked."
"Who? You mean Safis, Safa, or...?"
The woman knew perfectly well that the light orb wasn't referring to those two things, but she still deliberately brought up those things that would upset the light orb, until the light orb interrupted her.
“Safis is dead.”
The ball of light sounded calm, but that was not actually the case. If you looked closely at the ball of light, you could see that it was trembling slightly.
"Oh, but I still have his child, and besides, I have quite a few old lovers, as you know."
Philomona didn't care at all. Succubi have no concept of chastity. All the creatures they have slept with are food in their eyes. The only one they truly loved in a Platonic way was the ball of light in front of them, which was the 'King of Elements' who was already extremely weak.
Since the era of the deep-sea mermaids, the King of Elements has never left the Elemental Source Realm. No one knows the reason for his seclusion. Only Philomona knows that he will grow weaker and weaker until he finally shatters.
This is also the reason for their falling out.
It was also the King of Elements who personally sealed her away.
"Yes, I know."
The words of the King of Elements sounded like ramblings, and the bitterness within them was meant for no one.
"You coward!"
Perhaps because of his overly submissive attitude, Philomona finally lost her temper, threw the ball of light to the ground like a madwoman, and turned to leave the Elemental Source Realm without hesitation.
After a while, the ball of light slowly rose from the ground, and in a daze, a man's figure appeared on the spot. He was translucent and emitted a faint white light, his gaze fixed on the direction where Philomona had left.
“Mona..…”
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