When stepping out of the teleportation gate inside the divine tree, Sethlin was still sitting at the table playing with the small trinkets in her hand. She glanced at the priestess with the corner of her eye, nodded, and then continued to do her own thing.
Theresa, on the other hand, had already woken up. She was startled by the sudden silver light and the appearance of the teleportation gate. It wasn’t until she saw Violet coming out from it that she breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly approached.
“Miss Violet, why did you suddenly come out from that door? You still look so cheerful?”
“Huh? Cheerful? Is that so...”
Subconsciously touching her own lips, realizing that they indeed formed a rather pleasant curve, the priestess could only nod and admit to this fact, smiling as she casually patted the head of the young villager.
“Theresa, we have a destination for our next journey. It’s a very interesting place. You’ve been talking about wanting to visit the Human United Kingdom of Human for a while, haven’t you? This time, your wish will be granted.”
“Huh? Miss Violet, but didn’t you say we weren’t going towards the Human United Kingdom? You even declined Miss Felina’s proposal before. Why the change of heart now?”
“Aha...”
Awkwardly chuckling, Violet made a sly excuse... no, she explained.
“Plans change, and besides, we’re not really going to the Human United Kingdom. It’s just on the way. Our main destination is actually somewhere else. Felina and the others are moving too slowly.”
“Ahh...”
The young villager with green hair and eyes, similar to the goddess, enjoyed the priestess’s touch, nodding her head as if she understood. To shift away from the odd atmosphere, Violet casually mentioned.
“Speaking of which, Theresa, where are your parents now? The Nobos Iron-blood Empire hasn’t been destroyed by the Abyssal Tide. Most of the civilians have evacuated in time. Perhaps when we pass by, we can pay them a visit?”
However, as soon as these words were spoken, the clear light in the young girl’s eyes quickly dimmed, and her eyes turned slightly red.
“My parents... everyone in the village couldn’t catch up with the evacuation team. They disappeared when the Abyssal Army rushed over... White Village was too close to the south, the entire city was destroyed, and many surrounding villages...”
“Ah, I see...”
There was no need to spell it out too clearly. Anyone would understand the implications of the term “disappeared” in the face of those abyssal creatures.
It seemed that Theresa probably knew about this news long ago. Perhaps her decision to become a “Blessed One” of the Goddess of Life and travel with Violet was influenced by this.
Such a dutiful child, yet she neither cried nor faltered. It seemed she had really matured a lot.
However, it was unexpected that Sigrid’s forcible bringing of Theresa to the Sky Island actually indirectly saved her life. Considering this child’s personality, she would probably have chosen to stay in Village 27 of White Village because her parents didn’t want to leave.
Perhaps she trusted Violet a lot, but for her parents, the credibility of the term “disaster” might not have been high enough, even after just experiencing the slaughter brought by an abyssal creature.
Homesickness, for most people, especially the middle-aged and elderly, was something extremely difficult to let go of.
Unfortunately, even if Violet wanted to help this young girl, she couldn’t resurrect two ordinary people whose bodies were not even known.
With no remains, this was one of the situations where Violet envisioned herself being powerless.
Fortunately, it had been quite some time since the incident, and Theresa had probably mostly come to terms with it. After a few comforting words from the priestess, she quickly returned to her normal state.
Leaving the young villager to continue receiving Sethlin’s teachings inside the divine tree, Violet returned alone to the mostly vacant embassy of the Human United Kingdom.
Anyway, they would be leaving in a couple of days, and she couldn’t be bothered to move again. Since the staff inside were still there because of the priestess’s group, the higher-ups of the winged people also didn’t rush back.
Walking along the deserted corridors, Violet’s thoughts were on the recent events in Ten Thousand Demons Mountains that she had heard from Lilya.
To be honest, Ten Thousand Demons Mountains itself was not part of the priestess’s upcoming planned itinerary. Her next destination was supposed to be the Holy Empire or the Austre Empire, countries closer to the Azure Sky Kingdom.
To reach Ten Thousand Demons Mountains from the Sky City, apart from the leg of the journey through the Azure Sky Kingdom, one would have to traverse the entire territory of the Human United Kingdom from north to south, which was actually quite troublesome.
However, the name of the Demon God, Olivia, mentioned by Lilya, couldn’t help but catch Violet’s attention.
The Demon God could be said to be the first deity she encountered in various senses after coming to this world. Whether it was the fragment of the Demon God’s Jewel still lying in Violet’s backpack or the Demon God’s Guardian Ring she obtained from Ben Melchior, the second prince of the Human United Kingdom, there was a direct connection to its existence.
Moreover, the mysterious man with the symbol of the Abyssal Serpent carved on the back of his hand, who was said to have placed the fragment of the Demon God’s Jewel in a certain place in the dim forest chamber, even though the Kingdom Guardian Edith claimed that he was probably just a scattered worshipper of the Abyssal Serpent, Violet always felt that it wasn’t so simple.
After all, this matter was related to the gods, and the priestess had once indirectly asked Felina, confirming that she hadn’t really caught the mastermind behind the scenes. She had only destroyed one of their secret dens and arrested some peripheral members similar to that villager.
After that, all leads were completely cut off. Felina searched for a long time without success, believing that the other party might have already left the Human United Kingdom, and eventually had to disband.
Just shortly after Felina’s delegation set off, such incidents occurred in the north of the Human United Kingdom. It was hard to say that there was no connection between all these events.
In order to figure out this matter, or rather because she felt it would be very interesting, Violet temporarily changed the destination to Ten Thousand Demons Mountains. Although it was a bit of a detour, she would eventually travel to such places sooner or later.
As they were about to leave the Sky City, Leila and Rene had also gone to the city’s Arcane Institute with Sigrid. Rene’s sky magic was still at the ground-level proficiency she had just achieved during the coming-of-age trial.
Although her strength had improved, many advanced spells had not been learned yet and needed systematic completion. It had already been several days in a row.
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It was said that it was the old silver-winged man from the Imperial Palace who taught her, and Leila’s sky spear technique was personally taught by Estini. Although the sisters were unwilling to join the [Wings of Freedom], being of the same White Feather lineage and possessing such outstanding talents, it would be a waste if they didn’t join.
Furthermore, someone they follow, Violet, demonstrated unimaginable strength during the previous invasion of the evil god and the planting of the divine tree.
She has also formed a close relationship with the life goddess, Sethlin, who now shelters the winged people. Whether it’s to repay favors or to build connections, the Azure Sky Kingdom will surely offer full support to the sisters. Therefore, Miss Priestess is not worried.