Chapter 363: Stained with Blood
Lily had to stop approaching the packhouse.
This body couldn't take it.
For some reason, Anna kept shaking. She could barely take a step toward the house. It felt like she was scared about something, so scared that her body was starting to turn cold.
The only reason she hasn't fainted yet is because of Lily's soul.
'Tsk.'
She walked towards the hidden training area instead.
It has been a few weeks already, but it seems that this body's trauma is really hard to deal with.
Not that she blamed the original Anna. If anything, she sympathized with her.
Poor thing.
She quickly went inside the training area and used Anna's memories to access a library where her father asked her to memorize the history of the Lycans.
Of course, Anna refused to do this. Instead of reading boring history, she practiced some martial arts technique that was included in the library.
After a while, she spotted the thick book that her father wanted her to read. The man stated that the book was antique and was written by their ancestors.
After scanning the pages, she found some passages that talked about Saintess Rhea.
[The Saintess and her knight existed to stop the war between the Lycans and the Rouges and while she succeeded, there is no guarantee that a war might not happen in the future.]
[The saintess did a lot of miracles, things that humans and elementals lusted.]
[The saintess created the greatest imbalance of power between the species occupying Zealandia.]
[The saintess's deeds would soon cause a great war that might end all of Zealandia.]
"…"
So, even if she disappeared, her body stayed there?
Moreover, she also stopped the war?
What about Mo Li?
Sadly, she didn't read anything about Mo Li after that.
The next passages talked about the Queen of the Rouge's marriage to the King of the Lycans and the distrust of the people of the church.
While she wasn't sure about the events that Saintess Rhea did after she left, she was certain that the Lycans actually hated the saintess.
But why?
Anna read the passages over and over again. While they didn't straight out say that they hated the saintess, it was pretty obvious that the Lycans thought the Saintess left a lot of things to the humans.
Things that created an imbalance of power.
Things that could awaken human greed.
Clearly, the elder Lycans think that the things that the Saintess left were not really given by the gods and therefore should not be in this world.
"…"
Did she really make some mistakes?
Well, she did everything that has something to do with her mission. She didn't care about the consequences of her actions. All she wanted was just to finish her task, her mission.
She failed to realize that the worlds that she was traveling have people, real living people, living in them.
Now, the effects of her previous actions have backfired. And people think that another war would soon happen because of what she did.
'Ah… humans.'
'Humans were born greedy.'
'From the moment that an infant would open its eyes, it was already greedy for love and everything that a parent has to offer.'
[The hosts sounded too bitter. Bee can't take it. Bee will take a break to avoid drowning from the host's bitterness.]
'Are you joking?' she couldn't help but ask. When the robot didn't answer, she sighed and close the book. She had high hopes that she would find out something today. It looked like she was just expecting too much.
Well, she couldn't really blame Anna's memory for showing her that this book has everything in it. After all, that's what Isaac told her when she was still a kid.
After looking around, she left this place and go back to the Academy.
She could always come back later. After all, she already has that portal.
Oh… but first, she needed a convincing story.
….
"Why do we have to find her? Are you sure she didn't run away or something?" Lionel grunted as he made his way into the small clearing in front of their group. "If she wanted to leave, just let her leave. I would do the same if I was in her shoes."
"Will you shut up!" Devon yelled. She was walking at the back of the group. Her eyes were alert as she scanned the forest for the umpteenth time. Then she inhaled and used her senses to identify the smell of various things around her.
Sadly, she couldn't smell any Lycans around.
"Why are you getting riled up? Are you her friend? Tsk. I would rather practice some techniques than spend some time in the forest looking for that woman."
"It was the King's orders," Devon responded. "So unless you want me to tell the Prince that you— "
"Oh, shut up!" Lionel said. He rolled his eyes and walked ahead of the group.
"Hm? W — What is that?' Lionel paused and stared at the blood a few feet away from him.
When Devon saw the blood, she immediately rushed forward, and just as she expected, Anna was indeed near them. She was sitting by the river.
"Anna?"
Anna had her back on them.
"Are you here to try and kill me, too?"
"Anna? It's Devon…" Devon said. "We're not here to hurt you. The headmistress said that — " Devon's words halted when Anna got up and turned towards them. "You are— "
Anna smiled and took a step towards them. Of course, seeing her bloodied appearance made everyone alert. However, before Anna could approach them, she fainted.
"Anna!"
One of the bigger students carried Anna toward the castle where the healers were located. To everyone's surprise, the healer told them that the wounds and cuts on Anna's body were made by an animal.
Even the blood on her body was… from an animal.
This made a lot of people wonder.
Anna disappeared for a few hours. Then Mo Li arrived and told the headmistress that someone took her. The headmistress immediately used the authority of the king's decree to find Anna, making everyone, including all students, find her.
And now, they discovered that the blood was from animals?
Just what the hell is going on here?
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Take Note: In THE HUSTLER'S BRIDE- it was mentioned that Lycan's are extinct. In this timeline, we will know what happened.
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