The Yellow-Haired Villain in Soaring Phoenix's Novels Also Desires Happiness

Elegant incense drifted throughout the room.

The enormous Goddess statue gazed compassionately upon all who entered. Holy light filled the chamber—bright, but never harsh—radiating a warmth that felt capable of washing away every sin and stain in existence.

This was a room woven together from fragrance, sanctity, and warmth.

A sacred place countless believers would not even dare dream of approaching.

According to rumors secretly passed among especially devout followers, this place might very well be the closest location in the mortal world to the Goddess herself.

Because this was the Saintess’s prayer chamber.

Which prayer chamber?

Obviously the one inside the cathedral.

Aside from the Holy City, every major cathedral maintained a private prayer room specifically for the Saintess, so that while the Saintess traveled the mortal world, she could still remain closely connected to the Goddess.

Generation after generation of Saintesses had prayed here before the Goddess, using their devotion and Divine Favor to receive blessings from the merciful Goddess capable of bringing salvation to this filthy world.

Thus, for ordinary people, merely learning of this place’s existence would already feel like an immeasurable honor.

They would probably burst into tears of gratitude and immediately offer their faith to the Goddess, wishing they could kneel and kiss the ground while making a pilgrimage with a kowtow every ten steps.

But one particular blond bastard...

Was somewhat different.

“Let me out... hurry up and let me out!”

Muen pounded continuously against the heavy wooden door, face pale with panic and sweat pouring from his forehead, as though what lay behind him was not a sacred prayer chamber...

But the den of some soul-draining succubus.

“My dear Muen...”

Seeing Muen react so violently, the succubus—

No, rather, the current Saintess Liya—

Naturally looked extremely dissatisfied.

Turning around, she fixed her beautiful eyes directly on Muen and spoke in a deeply aggrieved voice:

“Now that you’re already here, you’re really that desperate to leave? Do you hate this place that much? Or perhaps... do you hate me?”

“I-I don’t hate anyone, obviously, but isn’t your timing kind of terrible?” Muen replied through gritted teeth.

“Hm? What do you mean, terrible timing?”

Liya blinked innocently.

“If I invite you here to meet with me, do I really need to worry about timing?”

“Stop playing dumb! You know Ariel and I are on a date right now! You did this on purpose!”

Without even turning around, Muen continued trying to force the door open.

He had already used unlocking magic, yet this damn wooden door remained absurdly sturdy!

What now? Was he seriously going to have to pull out Elizabeth and chop the thing apart?

“I’d advise you not to do that, Muen.”

Liya narrowed her eyes and hummed smugly, immediately seeing through his thoughts.

“Since you already know this is the prayer chamber, then you should also know that beyond that door... is no longer the restaurant where you planned to have lunch with Ariel, right?”

“...The cathedral?”

Muen finally stopped moving altogether, his whole body going rigid.

“Correct answer!”

Liya clapped her hands happily.

“This is the cathedral! So if you draw your weapon here, then yes, you probably could force open the door—but the powerful people stationed here would notice immediately. Then a huge group of Church knights would rush over and carry out holy judgment upon the disrespectful intruder who dared trespass into the Saintess’s prayer chamber!”

“Church knights...”

“Oh, wait, no.”

Liya tilted her head again.

“If you make that much noise, ordinary Church knights probably wouldn’t even be enough. The Judgment Archbishop personally overseeing this cathedral might even come deal with you herself.”

“Damn it... how the hell did you drag me here?”

Muen cursed under his breath, cheeks twitching violently.

The contrast between a poor district restaurant in Saint Blancfazesiya and suddenly ending up inside the cathedral was way too extreme.

How had this girl even managed it?

He had already been this cautious, yet he still fell into her trap?

“Wait...”

After thinking for a moment, Muen suddenly realized.

“That spatial power you used before?”

“Correct again!”

Liya clapped her hands adorably once more.

“It’s the power of the Church Sanctuary, Ulrons! Of course, only a power like this could secretly pull you here without anyone noticing.”

“You’re using a ridiculous power like that for this?!”

Muen nearly coughed up blood.

So this was the Saintess’s accumulated foundation?

A terrifying power ordinary people could never even dream of touching—or even beholding from afar—

And she was using it to hijack dates?

Wasn’t that just a little wasteful?!

“Hmph. It’s not like I wanted to.”

Liya instantly wilted unhappily.

“Because of yesterday’s incident where I didn’t obediently act alone, Lin requested permission from His Holiness and had me confined as punishment. Now I can’t even leave the cathedral.”

The moment she thought about her current situation, Liya became visibly depressed.

The confinement lasted three whole days. At this rate, forget Ariel’s date—even her own date was about to disappear too.

But...

“Fortunately, Lin forgot that I still have authorization to use Ulrons. So before she notices, of course I have to take full advantage of it!”

Liya immediately perked back up again.

The heavens always left a path open.

When the Goddess closed one door for her, She would inevitably open a window somewhere else.

And this spatial power—

Was that window!

With a spatial ability capable of connecting places thousands of miles apart instantly, plus the Goddess statues serving as her eyes, no matter how cautious Muen was, how could he possibly escape her grasp?

Hehehehe...

My adorable little Muen has nowhere left to run now.

Just obediently fall into Saintess Big Sister’s embrace already!

In just a few short seconds, Liya’s imagination had already produced dozens of possible “activities.”

“...Do we really have to do this right now?”

Finally realizing he truly had nowhere left to escape, Muen could only turn around with a miserable expression.

“Can’t we pick another time?”

“Relax. I’m not going to interfere with your date with Ariel.”

Liya looked at him expectantly.

“Can’t we just use this little bit of free time to have some fun together?”

“You really did plan this in advance. Even your excuses are exactly the same!”

Muen looked utterly grief-stricken.

“What excuses?”

Liya stuck out her tongue.

“I merely possess a heart that pursues love. Is that wrong?”

“But timing matters too! This is absolutely not the right time!”

“Oh, come on. If we’re quick, Ariel won’t notice.”

“That’s not the issue here...”

“I know Muen doesn’t like this sort of thing, but...”

After going back and forth for a while, Liya finally began losing patience.

Directly lifting her skirt, she revealed her plump, {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} slender legs beneath.

“Look. I specifically wore black stockings for you today. Doesn’t Muen want to touch them?”

“...Gulp.”

Muen instinctively swallowed hard.

Because of her status, Liya spent most of her time wearing the Saintess’s long robes. Those dresses almost completely touched the floor. Believers could only sense the holiness and nobility radiating from the Saintess externally.

But who could possibly know...

That underneath them—

She was wearing smooth, silky black stockings?

And because Liya’s figure naturally had a bit of softness and fullness to it, those over-the-knee stockings actually pressed tightly into her flesh.

Absolutely unbeatable.

Muen closed his eyes.

At that moment, the only words left in his mind were:

Absolutely unbeatable.

...Along with those long legs wrapped in flesh-squeezing black stockings.

Damn it.

She clearly knew he had zero resistance against black stockings, yet she still used this move on him.

Despicable!

Absolutely despicable!

What happened to the pure and adorable Liya from before?

How had she become this shameless too?!

“Well? Aren’t you coming over to try them?”

Bending slightly at the waist, Liya lightly traced her fingers along the black stockings. Her aura remained sacred, yet her movements were soul-hooking and seductive.

Combined together, the resulting temptation could no longer be described as merely one plus one exceeding two.

It exceeded ten.

No—

One hundred.

A hundred times the temptation!

Muen felt that although his soul remained determined, his body had already unconsciously—

“No! Absolutely not! waiwaixsw.com zhifeijixsw.com guaguaxsw.com feiluxsw.com”

At the critical moment, Muen forcibly dragged his own footsteps backward!

“I can’t do this!”

“Hm?”

Liya puffed out her cheeks unhappily.

“Am I really that lacking in charm?”

“No. You’re insanely charming. Right now I seriously want to pin your shameless little self to the floor and punish you on the spot!”

Muen gritted his teeth.

“Then come do it.”

Liya hooked a finger beneath the upper edge of her over-the-knee stocking.

Snap.

The elastic edge bounced lightly against her pale thigh. That tiny ripple of flesh was enough to practically drag a person’s soul away.

“I’ll wait for you right here.”

Liya attempted a clumsy seductive wink.

But it was precisely that inexperience which added another layer to her allure.

“No! Still no!”

Even faced with Liya’s escalating temptation, Muen bit the tip of his tongue hard enough to force himself to take another step backward.

“I absolutely cannot do something like this!”

“Why?”

“Because... do you know how much Ariel has been looking forward to this date?”

“Huh?”

Liya froze, not understanding why Muen suddenly brought that up.

“She wore a new dress. New shoes. Styled her hair differently. She even... used perfume that the old Ariel absolutely never would have used, all just to make herself more attractive!”

“She even padded herself! She definitely agonized over whether to do it or not, only to end up padding just a tiny bit—so little that it basically made no difference at all... but her feelings were obviously sincere!”

Clenching his fists, Muen’s expression turned resolute.

“So when she’s gone that far for this date, how could I casually betray her?”

“Really? But didn’t Miss An already—”

A trace of confusion crossed Liya’s face.

Had that maid An somehow failed?

“What happened before is already over!”

Muen interrupted her heavily.

“At least right now, all I want is to wholeheartedly enjoy this date and wholeheartedly let Ariel experience how wonderful it can be. Right now, I only want to be Muen Campbell—the man accompanying Ariel on her date, the man she loves!”

“Then I’m not your lover anymore?”

Liya puffed out her cheeks.

“You are! But at least right now, I’m on a date with Ariel, aren’t I?”

Muen stared directly into Liya’s eyes.

“And Liya... aren’t you her childhood friend?”

“...!”

Liya’s expression froze.

“You’re her best friend, right? You’ve known each other for ten years, right? You’re one of the people closest to her, aren’t you?!”

“O-of course I am! Ariel and I have been close friends since we were little.”

Liya finally could no longer maintain her seductive posture. Letting her skirt fall back down, she retreated repeatedly.

“You don’t need to remind me of that.”

“Then how can you do something this cruel to her?”

Muen slapped his chest sorrowfully.

“Where’s your conscience?!”