Gabriella was at a loss whether to laugh or cry for a moment.
Of course she would not suspect Simona.
After all, that was a subordinate of the Evil God, the spouse of her close friend Liya, and of course also her friend.
It was just that she seemed to be called the Golden-Bathed Demon, also known as the so-called “Primordial Demon,” only she herself had no memories whatsoever regarding the Primordial Demon.
“Whatever it is, let’s go upstairs and talk,” Isa proposed. “Gabriella’s body isn’t well.”
Roselyn was stunned, then understood, and followed the two back to the bedroom.
All along the way she had been observing Isa, this human who had the best relationship with Gabriella, just what secrets she carried.
Gabriella lay on the bed, holding a cup of milk tea Isabella had just brewed.
Roselyn knew now was the time to explain the situation.
But before that, she scrutinized Isabella and asked,
“Miss Gabriella, may I ask if this maid can be trusted?”
Gabriella almost sprayed out the milk tea. “Miss Isa looks after me every day. Of course she can be trusted.”
“Did Letitia not tell you? How rude.”
The silent Isa finally spoke. “Miss Roselyn, these past few months it has been me looking after Gabriella. If I were a dangerous person, you would already be too late.”
Seeing Gabriella’s affirming expression, Roselyn knew she was wrong and hurriedly apologized. “I’m sorry.”
“It’s fine, it’s fine. Miss Roselyn, please explain the situation as soon as possible.”
Roselyn cleared her throat.
“Do you still remember that day when all of us were pulled into the illusion together? Miss Letitia has contacted me.”
“Miss Letitia… I see. What did she say?”
“Anyone who has ever lived in the Church cannot be trusted.”
“But I also held a position in the Church.” Gabriella found it amusing.
This speculation was not without basis.
The Heavenly Oracle Envoys did not know of the love between the Evil God and her, nor did they know that Simona had been eroded by shadow.
Even less did they know that Morphis and Philina had already fallen to darkness.
In their view, Gabriella was a Heavenly Oracle Envoy who had fled from the Evil God’s side, and the reason she stayed in the mansion was also for safety considerations.
Everything was within the Church’s predictions.
In any case, Miss Letitia trusts you.
“That’s true… so Lady Letitia speculates this is because of the defeat several years ago.”
Gabriella felt a bit embarrassed saying this, especially in front of the idiot Demon King.
After the defeat, she had been imprisoned by the idiot Demon King in the high tower and played with by her every day.
If I were someone from the Church, they wouldn’t have stood by and watched me die either.
“Regrettably, I will soon tell her about the matters that have put you in danger.” Roselyn’s expression was complicated.
“Mm, wait, you still haven’t said why people from the Church are all so suspicious.”
Roselyn changed tack.
“The Heavenly Oracle Envoys and the Celestial God have been asleep for a very long time. Only the Church has continued to exist. From the Era of Destruction until now, it has barely developed at all.”
“But that is merely the Church’s lie. Lady Letitia speculates that the Church has hidden many dangerous magical weapons and trained many dangerous warriors.”
“Can you explain in more detail?”
“Of course.”
Roselyn’s gaze seemed to drift back a hundred years.
“With the Church’s current level, creating something of epoch-making significance like magic scrolls, after the appearance of the drawing method, they created it in only two months.”
“From the Era of Destruction to the Era of Revival, a thousand years have already passed. During this time there has been no strife within the Church. Developing so stably for so long has long surpassed the speed of human development during the Heavenly Oracle Envoy period.”
Roselyn took out a stone tablet and crushed it like a biscuit.
The dust in the air formed a pattern, the pattern of a magic circle.
Gabriella understood what she wanted to express. “Magic from ten thousand years ago has still not been lost even now.”
Ten thousand years have passed.
Although magic circles have changed a great deal, their essence has never undergone any change.
This is like people ten thousand years ago using bows and arrows, and ten thousand years later humans are still using bows and arrows.
In plain terms, either stronger methods have not been invented, or bows and arrows really are that useful.
But more likely, “still using bows and arrows now” is a false proposition.
People of the Church may have long since been using muskets and cannons, yet they do not publicize it.
They only need a few months to complete a magical revolution, yet they stopped advancing a thousand years ago, while the world has stabilized in a bizarre form.
“Lady Gabriella, the Doomsday Bell was struck several thousand years ago and has not stopped even now.”
Unknown experiments and dangerous magic have all been hidden away.
That can indeed explain it.
These words, Gabriella originally did not believe.
But if it could keep that enormous barrier operating continuously…
The only problem now was that only Letitia understood the truth and could produce the sole evidence.
Gabriella did not believe the Heavenly Oracle Envoys’ views were all just illusions imagined out of thin air.
Gabriella replied,
“I understand Miss Roselyn’s meaning, and I am very grateful you can share these things with me, but based on this kind of statement alone, saying Olivia and Simona are dangerous, I still cannot believe it after all.”
“It’s fine.” Roselyn’s gaze was serious. “Protecting your safety is my mission. I only take orders from you.”
“Mm, but your relationship with the other maids…”
“There is no one in this mansion who can be completely trusted.” Roselyn’s voice was serious.
Gabriella didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Although she had prepared herself she still felt a bit helpless.
It really was exactly the same thought as Miss Hertitz.
“Wouldn’t this make work difficult to complete? After all, if they really are enemies, you shouldn’t expose your own identity either, right?”
“I can go live in the trees outside.”
“That would be a bit awkward, wouldn’t it?” Gabriella glanced at the tree outside the window.
At this moment, as if sensing Gabriella’s troubled expression, Roselyn appeared a bit anxious, but soon her gaze dimmed.
She compromised. “Staying is fine too. I will cooperate with you.”
“And here I thought you hated wearing maid outfits.” Gabriella said half-jokingly.
“Don’t worry, Hertitz has already become a maid now…”
Just then, as if to prove Gabriella’s words were absolutely true, the bedroom door was gently knocked, then Hertitz pushed a serving cart inside.
She and Roselyn locked eyes in an instant.
Whether it was Gabriella’s imagination or not, Hertitz had originally seemed to want to share some intelligence with Gabriella, but after seeing Roselyn, that excited energy faded quite a bit.
“Good afternoon, Lady Gabriella.”
Hertitz walked to Isabella’s side, ignoring Roselyn.
Meanwhile Roselyn kept observing Hertitz from the corner of her eye.
Based on intuition, Gabriella was certain there was a layer of complicated relationship between these two.
After all, even before entering the Holy Church Sanctum, Roselyn had always been paying attention to Hertitz.
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