Simona indeed had the idea of giving the scroll to Philina.
As long as she could teleport the Oracle Emissary out of the basement and back to the human world, perhaps there was still a chance to save Gabriella, at least making the Demon King face a stronger enemy.
But that would not only expose her and subject her to severe punishment, but also betray the evil god’s trust.
Master Liya’s trust.
What made Simona hesitate even more was.
She didn’t want to help Philina escape.
That’s right, she was an unqualified Holy Queen, once brainwashed by demons, turned into a kin…
But thinking of Philina’s arrogant attitude from above, and that disgusting contemptuous tone made her shudder.
For a moment, Simona thought of Gabriella.
Although she was a respected swordswoman in the town’s academy, she left almost everyone with an impression of “gentleness,” even the evil god herself might have been influenced by her…
She wasn’t being stubborn; she really might have a way to save the world.
And Philina, this extremist, was just at the end of her rope and arrogant.
But now, because of her mistake, her fault, Philina used her teleportation scroll to escape.
She lost the chance to teleport back.
Not only that,
She betrayed Liya’s trust, betrayed the evil god’s trust, and perhaps even betrayed Miss Gabriella.
“I’m sorry…” she muttered.
She stumbled out of the basement, severe weakness making her almost fall to the ground, even though she wasn’t injured at all.
When walking up the stairs, she even felt her breathing a bit heavy.
She didn’t know what was wrong.
Clearly, she and the Oracle Emissary had the same goal, both wanting to save Gabriella, so she should feel fortunate for saving Philina.
But she was full of apology, guilt pressing on her like a huge stone, even if punished in any way, it wouldn’t be excessive.
As she walked, she accidentally bumped into a maid.
“Ah… Eh?”
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry…”
She quickly began to apologize, her eyes dim and lifeless.
But when she looked up, she realized the person she bumped into was Elsa.
“Her Majesty Simona?”
Elsa had beautiful silver-white hair like her sister, horns on her head just like hers, black corset perfectly outlining her figure, under the black dress full of white lace, two legs wrapped in white stockings looked especially bright under the sun.
Her azure blue pupils were full of demonic charm, elegant figure and movements, and tall with a slight remaining knightly aura, making her look like a tamed beast, looking at her with concerned eyes.
“I… I was wrong.”
“What’s wrong with Her Majesty Simona, your face looks so bad~”
“I…”
Simona was speechless, looking at Elsa with timid eyes for a moment.
The latter helped her up from the ground: “Miss Simona, do you need help?”
As the Holy Queen, and as her non-blood-related sister.
The original Simona could still say some heartfelt words to Elsa, but now she couldn’t say anything.
Elsa immediately put down her work and helped Simona to the rest hall.
There were some maids eating here, making it quite lively.
But this noise couldn’t improve Simona’s mood at all.
“Miss Simona, you’re really cute. Actually, many maids like you now.”
Elsa said while brewing her a cup of tea and taking a few pastries.
“Don’t talk nonsense.”
“I’m not joking, especially the hall maids, many praise you~”
Elsa sat in front of her.
Simona felt even more self-reproach in her heart.
A few days ago, she tried to approach Tina and Elsa, but she didn’t take the initiative to communicate.
It was because now the Grand Commander miss and Ice Saint Tina miss were all immersed in maid life, they seemed to have long accepted themselves as one of the maids, wholeheartedly serving the Demon King.
They must have fallen.
And more obedient than Gabriella.
She didn’t know who exactly turned the sisters into what they are now.
“I’m sorry, Elsa… It was me, I didn’t protect you well, I shouldn’t have given you such a big burden.”
Simona didn’t know if she was talking to herself or confessing to her.
She had always been very self-blaming; she cultivated this talented girl with her own selfish motives.
She wanted Elsa to have the same goal as her, to save Gabriella, and as people by the Silver-White Sword Empress’s side, they must have a lot in common.
But now?
Because of her, whether Ice Saint Tina or her as the commander, all fell into the demons’ hands, brainwashed and hypnotized.
Simona didn’t want to communicate much with Elsa; she knew communicating with already brainwashed humans was completely meaningless, because they had completely submitted to the demons and their masters.
She might have been wrong from the beginning, wrong in arrogance and self-righteousness.
She thought she could save Gabriella here, but she had been causing trouble all along.
Became a burden to everyone, whether humans or demons.
“I’m sorry…”
Simona felt her nose sour, she suddenly thought of what Philina said to her: she was an unqualified Holy Queen.
Elsa sat beside her, “Miss Simona, you don’t need to apologize at all. It’s because you’re here that I got my sister, got my true love.”
“This is all fake, Elsa.”
“Your Majesty the Holy Queen, this isn’t false. My love with Tina is real and from the heart, just like the Demon King and Gabriella.”
…
“We just abandoned humanity.”
Simona’s pupils dilated for a moment.
Abandoned humanity?
For Elsa, as long as she could see her sister and be with her, she was satisfied.
Even if now still under some demon’s control.
This was Simona’s original thought.
But if she was just following her sister? Perhaps the demons weren’t as terrifying as she imagined.
“I’m very happy, thank you for your cultivation and recognition all along. Without you, I couldn’t have today’s achievements. By the way, how does Your Majesty view Master Liya?”
Simona then slightly raised her head.
She hesitated for a long time, and finally said:
“I hate her, she wants to turn me into a demon, just like what the demons did to you.”
“Hm~ And then?”
Elsa didn’t think there was any problem with Simona’s words at all, even if it seemed to expose the fact that she wasn’t loyal to the demons like them.
“She wants me to truly love her, she… she said she wants to take responsibility for me.”
Simona suddenly remembered what Liya said to her, replacing the sternness and questioning that Philina lingered in her ear.
“Shall we talk slowly?”
Elsa smiled gently.
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