Looking at Truth, who still kept a smile before her, Wilona began seriously thinking about what Beast God had just said to persuade her.
Could she really solve the matter of the Impostor Saintess without relying on Beast God…
…
Suddenly, the scene fell into an invisible standoff.
However, the scene was not completely calm either.
After Wilona and Truth were able to quiet down, from the room behind Truth, Karin’s voice scolding Tia became more and more obvious:
“Tia! I never expected that… you were the culprit who led the Ninth Saintess astray! Do you know how much I trusted you at first? When I learned that the Ninth Saintess was completely uneducated and idle, I never even suspected you one bit!”
“I even thought it was because the Ninth Saintess was too unruly that you failed to teach her properly. But it turned out you had such filthy thoughts about the Holy Maiden and even acted on them! Are you worthy of the Church’s nurturing of you?”
“Sure enough, the Church Leader was right. You priests with a bit of power, once you get to places far from Wangdu, become utterly audacious! Now you even dare to lay hands on the Holy Maiden, and so openly! I’m telling you now, you’re finished!…”
Outside the door, after hearing Karin’s line ‘You’re finished,’ Wilona also gave a cold laugh and said to Truth:
“Did you hear that? Your underling is finished, and now you’re going to be finished too!”
Although Beast God did not directly come out to punish this Impostor Saintess before her, hadn’t Beast God just said it too?
Wilona herself was fully capable of solving this matter, so the advantage was still hers! Just look at her greatest advantage…
Wilona’s greatest advantage in Deya City was her ‘up to’ Third Rank combat power.
In this Deya City where everyone was generally Second Rank, she, a Third Rank Catfolk, could absolutely be called an existence at the top of the food chain!
So the next goal was clear. With that thought, Wilona directly took a fighting stance, ready to pounce at Truth at any moment:
“Let’s see if you can still smile in a moment, meow!”
“Huh?! Don’t tell me… you’re going to attack me next?” Truth stepped back and put on a somewhat panicked expression.
“That’s right! I’m going to drag you into the Mist to confront the real Ninth Saintess, and then lure out your accomplices along the way! Once I take you away, your accomplices will definitely get anxious, meow!”
With that, Wilona immediately lunged forward, making Truth turn pale with shock; her hands instinctively moved in front of her.
However, just as Wilona’s hands were about to touch Truth’s shoulders, the next second a brutish force grabbed the back of Wilona’s collar–the scruff of fate–holding her whole body firmly in midair like a chick being picked up, no matter how she struggled, it was useless.
“Who?!”
Snapping to her senses, Wilona immediately turned her head angrily and saw an unfamiliar Mage… Damn!
Was she an accomplice of the Impostor Saintess?!
“Holy Maiden, how should I deal with this Beastmen girl?”
Ignoring Wilona’s angry shouts, Shadow Guard Sera straightened the arm holding Wilona’s collar a little so the latter’s sharp claws could not touch her face, then calmly asked Truth.
“Uh… just don’t let her hurt me.”
“Then should I throw her out?”
“No need for that. Just let her do as she likes.”
“Fine.” Only then did Sera slowly put Wilona down.
Sigh, the Holy Maiden is still a bit too kind-hearted; even though this Beastmen girl was thinking of hurting her, she didn’t even have the thought of driving her out of the Cathedral…
If it were her, she would have already started performing a cat-torture livestream on the spot.
The moment Sera released Wilona, Wilona pounced at Truth again.
Unfortunately, no matter how fast she moved, before Sera’s utterly absurd gap in strength, every attack Wilona made looked extremely childish and inexperienced.
No matter how she attacked Truth before her, Sera blocked every single one with perfect precision.
There was no other way; Wilona had to put some distance between herself and Sera and Truth, then gritted her teeth and hissed at Sera:
“You running dog of the Evil Faction!”
“If that so-called ‘Evil Faction’ you’re talking about refers to the Church of the Goddess of Life, then you may very well be taken for a public trial next. Don’t forget whose territory this is.”
Sera replied calmly. This little cat actually dared to openly slander the Goddess of Life in the Church of the Goddess of Life–what Blasphemy!
“I’m not talking about the Goddess of Life! I’m talking about, uh… the force behind this Impostor Saintess!”
Wilona was furious. This Saint’s Shadow Guard didn’t even know she was protecting an impostor, and she was even using her high Level to bully her!
By the way, didn’t Beast God say she could completely solve this matter with her own ability?
So how exactly was she supposed to face this Impostor Saintess’s Shadow Guard now?
“Holy Maiden, there are guests!”
Just as Wilona was hissing at Sera and Truth, a Priestling hurried upstairs and said to Truth:
“Two Cat Ears Beastmen have come outside the Cathedral. They specifically asked to see you by name, and then told me to give you this Letter.”
The Priestling took out a Letter that looked quite ornate and handed it to Truth.
Sera, standing nearby, also narrowed her eyes and carefully checked the Letter, finding no threat at all.
Then Wilona also recognized this Letter and the Family emblem on the envelope:
“Meow? Isn’t this my Family’s exclusive Visiting Letter, meow?!”
“Oh? A Visiting Letter…” Truth then opened the Letter and was reading it carefully.
Wilona unconsciously stretched her neck a little and couldn’t help asking curiously:
“What does the Letter say, meow?”
“Hmph, I won’t tell you.” Truth directly turned around, turning her back to Wilona, and continued reading the Letter carefully.
“Mrr-meow!” This made Wilona even more furious.
That was a Letter from her own Family, so why wouldn’t she let her see it?!
Wilona once again wanted to pounce forward at Truth, but after feeling Sera’s cold gaze from the side, she immediately calmed down again, then bit her thumb and thought:
‘Damn! Why would this Impostor Saintess receive a Visiting Letter from her Family?
And that Priestling also said “two Cat Ears Beastmen”… Could it be a Letter delivered by Fourth Sister Vian and Aunt Vieno?’
Next, after finishing the Letter, Truth said to the Priestling who had come to deliver it:
“Prepare yourselves. We have honored guests coming to visit.”
Truth deliberately kept Wilona in suspense and did not tell her anything about the Letter, making Wilona feel as if ants were crawling all over her body.
However, she soon figured out that the only ones who could deliver a Letter from her Northern Family to Deya City at this time were probably Fourth Sister Vian and Aunt Vieno.
“That’s right!”
Wilona suddenly had a flash of inspiration. Her Fourth Sister and aunt were both in Deya City right now!
Fourth Sister Vian was Fifth Rank, and Aunt Vieno was Nine-Rank.
She could totally have them accompany her to confront the Ninth Saintess together, and then she wouldn’t need to fear the Nine-Rank Saint’s Shadow Guard!
That’s what she’d do! But then… Wilona looked down at the Priest Robe she was wearing… No good!
Before meeting Aunt Vieno, she absolutely had to change out of these clothes!
So after giving Truth and Sera one more fierce look, Wilona hurried downstairs and went into the changing room behind the Cathedral, casually taking a fitting Priest Robe of the Church of Life.
This is just borrowing, okay.
Anyway, if she temporarily requisitioned the priests’ clothes, they wouldn’t say anything…
After watching Wilona leave, Truth then unfolded the Letter again and handed it to Sera beside her.
“Huh? What is it?” Sera took the Letter and asked, puzzled. Was she being asked to help destroy it?
“Read it for me. I don’t know what’s written on it.” Truth raised her head and looked at Sera with clear eyes, without the slightest sign of lying.