“Phew…” After watching Di’an display her transcendent power, the priests present quickly reported to the Holy See…
Ileya finally let out a long breath.
Di’an was the first “Resurrection Cultivator” to appear openly, and she was also the best banner for Ileya to establish her “brand” of transcendents.
Only by making a good first shot with the brand could she become more competitive later.
After all, no matter how beautifully packaged, death is something that makes people feel resistant.
So under her interference, instead of the skeleton soldiers summoned by Fukalian, Di’an summoned a wraith that had just reached the second rank.
Moreover, after contracting with this wraith, Di’an could attach the wraith to herself, strengthening herself while also being able to use certain transcendent abilities.
Fortunately, she had already persuaded the Cardinal of the Holy See before, reaching a tacit cooperation with them.
Her path of transcendence was far less dangerous than the native transcendents’ paths.
It could be said that as long as she didn’t intend to kill these believers and use the undead to harvest them like crops, then these believers probably wouldn’t face the same great dangers as other transcendents when their power increased, nor would they gradually become neither human nor ghost.
Ah… maybe their skin would turn pale, and their breathing and heartbeat would become lighter.
But for transcendents in this world, that was just a negligible negative status.
So in theory, this method could produce countless transcendents with no negative status for the Holy See.
And what bound them was the most reliable thing in this world: “faith.”
“Next, I’ll just wait for public opinion on this matter to ferment, and the Church’s marketing tactics~”
Above the Dark High Heaven, Ileya touched her smooth chin and muttered to herself.
According to her, she was acting under the orders of the Supreme God, cooperating with the Church purely as assistance.
And indeed, that was how the Holy See saw it.
In reality… this was a win-win situation, and… Ileya took the lion’s share.
Looking at the two faith threads before her that seemed ready to break at a touch, Ileya shook her head slightly.
If she could keep developing like this, she probably wouldn’t need to be so cautious in a few years.
Though she might not be able to go toe-to-toe with supreme beings… at least she wouldn’t have to fear the royal family as much.
But now… Ileya still lacked one thing: time.
She simply had too little time.
In the original story, more events occurred during this period than in the thirteen years of Ileya’s past life.
If only she could have awakened her past-life memories earlier…
Ah… thinking about this now was useless. She could only take things one step at a time.
Sigh…
Ileya’s spirit gradually quieted, and her consciousness, which had been in the underworld, slowly descended back into her original body.
The moment she opened her eyes, she saw, less than ten centimeters from her face, a certain red-haired twin-tailed maid leaning her delicate face close.
It seemed… she was sniffing the scent of Ileya’s hair at her temples.
The girl’s eyes were closed, clearly unaware that Ileya had woken from her dozing state…
Thinking this, Ileya raised an eyebrow slightly and moved her face forward a little.
At first, Yumina had only noticed that her young lady seemed to have fallen asleep while sitting.
Was it because she was too tired? Thinking so hard that she fell asleep?
The orange-red eyes blinked, and the twin-tailed maid had only been watching her young lady, but gradually, for some reason, her body moved closer and closer…
“Young lady? Young lady?” She called her young lady twice, but there was no particular response…
Was she really asleep?
For some reason, the twin-tailed maid’s heartbeat began to race!
Her breathing also quickened.
What… was she doing?
She herself wasn’t really sure, just following her instinct, looking at this young lady she hadn’t seen for two months, her gaze gradually becoming dazed.
‘Ah~ It’s the young lady’s scent~’
‘Fragrant…’
Just as she was thinking this, she felt something cold but soft touch her cheek with a mwah.
“Huh?!?” She instinctively pulled back, her face flushing bright red, and saw her young lady lurch forward, seemingly about to fall…
‘Mm! Young lady… lost her balance?!’
‘I have to catch her! Why did I dodge just now! I’m such an idiot…’
Filled with self-blame, the girl quickly stepped forward, intending to embrace her young lady, but the next second she felt pressure!
Huh?!
The naive and simple twin-tailed maid was thus pushed down onto the carpet by that bad woman.
“You… young lady?!”
She was sure her young lady had used force! And… had pinched her!!
Mmm…
The usually clever little girl now became a complete log, stiff and unable to move.
She could feel a faint airflow on her neck and shoulders… a breath, as if someone was using soft fluff to gently stroke her neck and shoulders…
And her small animals, which had only developed moderately, were now pressed tightly together.
With a slight movement, their little noses rubbed against each other, seeming quite intimate~
“Mwee—♡?!”
A certain twin-tailed little loli let out a strange cry that gradually weakened at the end!
“Hmm?” The bad woman, only now as if just waking up, slowly opened her eyes and looked at Yumina, whom she had completely pinned down, with interest.
“Yumina… why are you beneath me?”
“I… I… I…” The girl blushed, her eyes pleading as she looked at her young lady.
“Um… young lady… can… can you… get up first… eh?! Don… don’t move mwee♡♡…?”
As Ileya tilted her head with a smile and deliberately did some bad things, the inexperienced girl instantly collapsed!
For the first time in her life, she entered a dangerous, wonderful, and magical state.
“Ah… aah…”
“You were trying to hide something from me just now. As my maid, my possession… you wanted to hide something from your mistress?”
“Uh♡?! Yu… Yumina will never dare again… never… uh♡♡♡!!”
At this moment, the little maid spoke as if she had a mouthful of water, her words unclear and melting constantly.
“This is your punishment~ Remember it?”
“Mmm… Yumina… remembers… ♡”
Another ten minutes of floating pink bubbles passed…
Ileya slowly stood up, looking at her little maid lying on the carpet, completely softened.
But she made no further move.
“Made such a mess… how are we going out like this?” Ileya smiled helplessly, bent down, and picked up her “masterpiece” in her arms.
She walked into the bathroom of the room.
Splash…
The warm water in the bathtub soaked every inch of the girl’s skin… making her thoughts crystal clear at that moment.
Next, besides figuring out what was wrong with Mother,
she also had to do one thing, a very important thing.
Touching her chin, Ileya slowly turned her head to look at a certain little maid leaning on her shoulder, with red hair spreading out.
For some reason, the girl’s face was now full of sweet smiles.
Was it really that special? They had bathed together before…
An hour later, stepping into the slightly cool autumn wind, a low-key and simple carriage slowly drove out from the side gate of the Marquis Castle.
……
As the eldest son of Viscount Cori, Mark Cori considered himself a very gentlemanly and arrogant second-generation playboy!
In layman’s terms, a self-important dandy.
And today…
“Kneel down… and lick it clean.” He crossed his arms, looking at the old man selling candy syrup, and at the candy syrup on his shoes.
“Sir… sir…” The old man grimaced and had already knelt on the ground.
But even as a commoner, making him lick someone’s shoes on the street… that was…
He had been setting up his stall honestly at the designated spot. It was clearly this young master himself who was unskilled at riding and kicked over his sugar pot.
Seeing that the other party was a noble, he didn’t dare argue, but unexpectedly the noble blamed him first.
But what could he do now?
The other party was clearly of noble birth; how could he, a commoner, afford to provoke him?
Maybe…
Thinking of his wife and son, the candy syrup-selling old man’s entire face wrinkled.
Should he just… throw away his old face…?
“Candy syrup! Boss, give me one!” Just as the old man was hesitating, a cheerful girl’s voice suddenly came from in front of the stall.
Huh?
Not only the old man and Mark were stunned, but also the other vendors and passersby watching were stunned.
At that moment, everyone’s eyes turned to the black-haired, black-eyed girl standing in front of the stall.
“Hey…” Mark’s temple veins bulged, and he glanced sideways at this girl he had never seen before.
“Hm? Ah… are you the candy syrup shop owner? Hurry, give me one~”
The girl was still smiling, but her eyes weren’t looking at Mark at all; they were fixed on the sugar pot on the ground.
‘Was this girl an idiot?’
Mark’s anger peaked at this moment. He, the eldest son of a viscount’s house, was being mistaken for a candy syrup vendor?!
Which eye did she see that someone with his temperament looked like a vendor?!
Although he considered himself a gentleman, he now felt his dignity had been insulted.
“Damn it…” Mark cursed lowly and raised his foot to kick this stupid woman.
“Oh, Mark… haven’t seen you in two months, and you’ve become so arrogant?”
But the next second, a voice from behind sent chills down his spine.
‘This… this voice is…’
Bang!
“Ouch!!” The next second, the viscount’s eldest son felt a fierce kick to his lower back, and he stumbled forward and fell.
But he had no mind to feel the pain or embarrassment; he just scrambled to look behind him…
That white-haired, red-eyed figure with a smile that wasn’t a smile.
“Young… young lady…”
“Oh? You still recognize me… I thought you’d forgotten.”
Ileya smiled and walked over to Mark, taking the sugar pot that Yumina had picked up from the ground.
Whoosh—!!
Crash!!
“Ah!”
Under everyone’s gaze, she smashed the pot directly onto Mark’s head!
“You wanted to touch my people… How many heads do you think you have?”