Olivia’s head was buzzing.
What kind of place was the changing room?
Based on recent observations, ordinary maids only needed to change in their own rooms.
The changing room’s existence was more symbolic than practical; most likely, it was a place where maids did embarrassing things.
After all, there were few people there, and the maids—under who knows what influence—all liked girls.
So, it was easy for sparks of love to ignite in the changing room.
Philina, in the changing room?!
“Lady Simona, did you just mention Miss Philina?”
“Yes.”
Simona’s tail flicked once, and she said with firm gaze, “Philina has also joined the staff. I just applied to Lady Liya for her position. I thought you might be quite familiar with her?”
Olivia fell silent.
Wasn’t Philina supposed to be in the castle, waiting for her orders at any time?
The command authority over the humans was in the hands of the Holy Queen and herself.
She had thought that Miss Holy Queen would discuss war matters with her, but she hadn’t expected the first sentence to be about Philina.
She even less expected that Philina had been sent to the changing room!
“She is a heavenly oracle envoy, so I wanted to discuss it with you. After all, you’re also a heavenly oracle envoy, right? I heard from Lady Liya.”
“Hm.”
Olivia sighed.
As for Liya knowing her identity, that was normal. All things considered, Miss Holy Queen’s decision was fine.
“Leave it to me.”
Olivia nodded.
“I’ve finished my request, so, may I ask what Lady Olivia is looking for me about? You can tell me,” Simona said with a smile.
“Nothing.”
Olivia was a bit embarrassed. “How is your body now?”
“Very good.”
Simona also showed the same embarrassment.
Of course, she didn’t want to be misunderstood~ But this was all for the future of humanity.
Not long ago, she had already talked with Master Liya.
Saving humanity was simple, right~ As long as Miss Philina could join them.
Simona felt her idea was quite meticulous. With war between humans and demons imminent, the great taboo was mutual suspicion.
For the demons, Isabella was quite shrewd.
It was said that she visited various demon territories and personally scouted the Black Stone Mountains multiple times—all proceeding in an orderly manner.
As the king of humans, she absolutely could not be defeated.
Speaking of which, Simona also noticed the diamond-shaped pattern on Lady Olivia’s neck.
It seemed like a curse of shadows, now beginning to spread through her body.
“How about you, Lady Olivia? Have you been well lately?”
“Ah, I’m fine too.”
Olivia’s answer was the same as hers.
The two fell silent again, then exchanged a glance and both smiled knowingly.
Without a word, they left the rest hall, heading in opposite directions from each other.
In the maids’ changing room.
Philina sat on the wooden table in the center of the wardrobe, surrounded by various styles of maid outfits.
Stockings, aprons, silk belts, corsets…
These attires were simply torture devices for a righteous knight, a holy heavenly oracle envoy!
A maid casually picked out a black style of stockings and gently slipped them onto Philina.
She skillfully tied the black silk ribbons around her smooth thighs, forming two pretty butterfly bows.
The rose patterns revealed a hint of fair skin tone, accentuating a touch of allure on her slightly petite body.
“This looks so pretty too, Miss Philina~?”
“Commander…”
Elsa stood with her hands behind her back, looking at the new maid in her refreshed maid outfit, a slight blush appearing on her face.
The blue-haired girl behind her tied the apron strings, placed her hands on her shoulders, and also praised, “So pretty, Philina.”
“Hm… Tina?”
Just as she wanted to make some resistance, Elsa grabbed her hand.
Gazing into those demonic blue vertical pupils made the girl’s delicate body tremble, and the words she wanted to say were instantly held back.
Philina felt something was wrong with herself.
The matter had to start from two hours ago.
After parting with the [Shining Saint], she relied on teleportation magic to come to the residential palace again.
With the magical assistance Olivia had built in advance, her movements were much more convenient.
This time, she wasn’t here to seal the evil god lady; she was here to scout the situation.
With war imminent, the Demon King’s army was already prepared, and she and the others were all waiting for a clear command.
As long as the Holy Queen—or Miss Olivia—gave the order, they would cross the Black Stone Mountains and engage in a life-and-death battle with the Demon King’s army.
This time, they would surely wash away the shame and reclaim Gabriella.
But upon teleporting over, she encountered Miss Holy Queen, who was standing guard in the hall.
“Simona?”
“Is that Lady Philina?!”
“It’s me.”
Holy Queen Simona had obvious differences from their last meeting.
But last time, she didn’t have a tail, right?!
Thinking of this, Philina felt a wave of guilt.
If she hadn’t used Holy Queen Miss Simona’s teleportation scroll, the other could have escaped this place of trouble long ago.
It was all because of her that Miss Holy Queen couldn’t escape, leading to the intensification of the curse on her body.
“I’m sorry, Your Majesty Holy Queen. Please don’t use honorifics with me.”
“? Hehe~”
Simona just smiled faintly, not taking it to heart at all, without even a trace of hatred for her mistake.
That smile melted the ice frozen in Philina’s heart.
The former human monarch was now on the verge of falling into a demon, yet still possessed such broad-mindedness and great love?
The more she thought this way, the more Philina blamed herself immensely.
“Miss Simona, let’s go. We’ll go back! This won’t take much time…”
Simona was very puzzled, as if she had never considered such a possibility.
“Go back where? Go back?”
“The church… I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have taken your teleportation scroll. I’m sorry, this is all my fault.”
Philina felt her nose sting.
If not for her, Miss Simona wouldn’t be so miserable and tragic, even losing the thought of escaping.
However, just as she prepared to pull Simona and activate the teleportation magic, Simona stopped her casting and touched her head.
That gaze seemed to see through everything. “It’s okay.”
“Eh?”
“Miss Olivia and I have both infiltrated here, ready to act against the Demon King at any time.”
Philina thought for a moment and nodded in acknowledgment.
“So that’s how it is. It seems I misunderstood and overthought it. Sorry!”
Though she said that, Philina still expressed doubt.
It was very possible that they had both been controlled, just like Lady Gabriella.
Philina planned to brush it off and continue saying something, but she was already pulled by the sleeve by Simona to the nearby rest hall.
And right there, she encountered two familiar people—people she had parted from long ago.
Miss Grand Commander Elsa, and Ice Saint Tina… They were embracing each other, the moisture on their cherry lips seeming to tell something.
“Grand Commander, my lady?”
She gripped the golden knight order medal in her hand—the glory that once belonged to this demon maid.