Chapter 55: Farewell
"Lady Aria! You’re finally out of that damned place! I was so worried about what that bastard would do to you!"
There was no strange expression on Saintess Aria’s face. The cold face of Saintess Aria stared endlessly at Marie, thinking of her as a stupid woman. Even if Marie wanted to know about the relationship William and Saintess Aria had established in the palace gardens, she would have no information about their conversation.
The attitude that Saintess Aria showed towards William was much different from the one she showed to everyone who had been with her for a long time. This was the first time Saintess Aria had allowed a man to try to win her heart. Therefore, Saintess Aria would not care about what happened even if William succeeded in subduing her.
The pounding feeling that Saintess Aria previously felt when she was with William still surged inside her. The feeling of love could not be considered a pure feeling at all in Saintess Aria’s eyes. However, Saintess Aria’s view of William was no different from that of a man who was trying to get close to her and snatch her away from the orthodox church of the Sun God.
Saintess Aria’s high level of respect towards William was even greater than the respect she showed towards the higher-ups of the orthodox church. Not that Saintess Aria recognized William as an attractive man. On the contrary, Saintess Aria believed that she couldn’t fall in love with any man in the entire world.
"Because she has returned with you, you can leave now. Please don’t interfere with His Majesty’s business anymore. Moreover, nothing bad will happen to your lady. You should know that."
Listening to Scarlett’s words gave Marie a feeling of calmness. Marie’s gaze returned to Scarlett and Aurora with a respectful expression. After staying where she was for half an hour, Marie had completely regained her composure and decided to show her usual respectful attitude.
"Thank you very much. I hope we can meet again. See you again."
As Saintess Aria and Marie walked away from that place, a small grin formed on Scarlett’s lips. William’s actions towards Saintess Aria were completely under Scarlett’s watch. Even though William’s strategy to conquer Saintess Aria was dangerous, Scarlett would not think that William would do anything bad to Saintess Aria.
Every action taken by William to attract Saintess Aria’s attention was no different from a man trying to win Saintess Aria’s heart. Both Saintess Aria and William had their first intimate contact, which was something impossible for a saintess to do because such an act was considered impolite. Therefore, Scarlett believed that what William had done before would in no way offend Saintess Aria’s personal feelings.
"She’s a good girl. I think we’ll have a new sister soon~"
"What kind of man is that man named William? He’s even brave enough to try to conquer the heart of a saintess? Isn’t he afraid that the Sun God will personally come to kill him?"
A happy laugh came out of Scarlett’s mouth. Aurora’s words didn’t make sense at all in Scarlett’s eyes. Even though gods were existences that had surpassed every living being in the entire world, they would absolutely not decide to personally step in and deal with an ant like William.
Each god would give orders to their followers to kill the beings they wanted to destroy. Since William had not completely provoked the Sun God and only tried to win Saintess Aria’s favor, it was unlikely that the current William would attract the Sun God’s attention over such a small matter.
"Hehe~. You worry too much. After years of being chased by the subordinates of the Eastern God, have you become afraid? What is there to worry about? It’s just an envoy of the Sun God."
Talking about the figure of a god was not wise at all for Aurora. Aurora’s only regret in the past was daring to provoke a god. This wasn’t the first time Aurora had become extremely arrogant after reaching the top of the hierarchy among magicians. Instead, she had stolen every secret scroll from every orthodox church of the four gods several times.
To surpass the understanding of magic as a mortal was not an easy thing for Aurora to do. The only method that Aurora could think of beforehand was to obtain every piece of magic that the four supreme gods had bestowed upon their followers. Maybe that was also the reason why Aurora decided to steal every secret scroll from the four orthodox churches and continue researching the four scrolls to this day.
Aurora’s understanding of magic had reached a level that even powerful magicians would not be able to reach. However, Aurora was the only being who could understand the four magic scrolls of the four supreme gods.
There was no way there was a living being out there who would boldly try to steal the magical knowledge that the four supreme gods had passed down to their followers. Even though something like that was completely impossible in the past, Aurora was now the only living being who dared to steal every secret magic scroll that the four supreme gods had passed down to their followers.
Instead of worrying about every follower of the four supreme gods trying to kill her for the actions she committed in the past, Aurora didn’t care at all about the danger that would befall her in the future. On the contrary, Aurora would absolutely not hesitate to sacrifice her life in order to increase her understanding of magic as a mortal and reach the divine level.
One of the reasons why Aurora wanted to increase her understanding and reach a higher level was to achieve her long-desired goal. From the start, Aurora was a genius witch who was born once every thousand years. However, there was no way that Aurora could progress beyond the understanding of magic possessed by mortal magicians.
"It’s not that I’m afraid! I... I just don’t want to be hunted anymore... I can’t move freely at all when the angels try to look for me wherever I am. Sigh..."
A sigh came out of Aurora’s mouth. For some reason, a small laugh came out of Scarlett’s mouth again. The expression shown by Aurora right now was no different from that of a woman who had fallen into despair after countless pursuits.
A slightly ugly expression crossed Aurora’s face. Remembering the bad past was not Aurora’s wish at all. Luckily, Aurora could now freely carry out her research and increase her understanding beyond that of a mortal. For now, Aurora wasn’t going to do anything stupid and just wanted to focus on researching the magical knowledge she had gained after stealing the four scrolls from each orthodox church.
"Ck. Forget it. Since all the trouble that happened has ended, let me go back now. See you later."
After Aurora disappeared in front of Scarlett, there was no expression on Scarlett’s face. The small smile that had appeared on Scarlett’s face earlier had completely disappeared. A slightly serious expression appeared on Scarlett’s face once again.
A follower of the Sun God already knew Scarlett’s current location. What worried Scarlett wasn’t the presence of Marie or Saintess Aria. On the contrary, Scarlett’s mind was currently thinking endlessly about the plans that the orthodox church wanted to carry out against the Lionheart Kingdom.
The attitude shown by Saintess Aria when William and Saintess Aria met for the first time was not good at all. Since Saintess Aria had revealed her purpose in coming to the Lionheart Kingdom, every orthodox church under the Sun God’s orders would make their move sooner or later.
The reason why Saintess Aria came to visit the Lionheart Kingdom was because of the changes that William had made to his kingdom. Perhaps that was also the reason why Saintess Aria and Marie decided to visit the Lionheart Kingdom after the changes that occurred a few days before. Whatever it was, Scarlett would not let anyone try to resist William’s plans.
"What do I have to worry about? I’m sure that boy won’t lose that easily. I hope he will surprise me even more than before. I wish you the best, William~."
A few days later, after Saintess Aria visited the Lionheart Kingdom, Saintess Aria and her guards prepared to leave the Lionheart Kingdom. Previously, Saintess Aria and Marie had tried their best several times to find out the secrets of the Lionheart Kingdom, but it produced no results at all despite their countless searches.
Now was the time for Saintess Aria and her guards to prepare to leave the Lionheart Kingdom and return to the Moonlight Kingdom. William’s gaze fell on the graceful and charming figure of Saintess Aria. Being in front of Saintess Aria was by no means an easy thing for someone like William.
Not that William was happy to be in such close proximity to Saintess Aria. He and Saintess Aria had their own thoughts regarding their respective actions. However, even Saintess Aria showed the same happy expression as William.
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