“H-Holy Maiden, you… this…”
Sera’s forehead immediately broke out in two awkward cold sweat drops.
She glanced briefly at the contents of the Letter and discovered it was just the commonly used Human Common Language… The Holy Maiden actually said she couldn’t read the words on it?
No… was it really that absurd? Or was the Holy Maiden deliberately messing with me?
Or… the Holy Maiden was already a teenager and still hadn’t completely learned the Human Common Language? An Intelligence deficiency?!
Fine. Although she was deeply shocked inside, Sera still did as she was told and began reciting the contents of the Letter:
“Respected Ninth Saintess, I have long heard of your name…”
“Stop! Halt!” Truth suddenly interrupted Sera and cut in, “Get to the point. Summarize the contents of this Letter and then tell me.”
“Okay.” Sera quickly skimmed it and continued:
“The Letter says the Northern Family of the Northern Region prepared many gifts for you. They did this because they want to meet you once, and then discuss some matters.”
“Ah, so Vira has started to act. She’s pretty fast.” Truth asked:
“When is the meeting?”
“Now.”
“Mm, then later help me destroy this Letter.”
Then Truth perked up her ears and listened carefully to Karin’s voice inside the room.
She found that Karin was still continuously scolding Tia, and from beginning to end, not a single sentence was repeated.
Based on what Karin was saying, she probably really wanted to give Tia a severe lesson.
Perfect. While Tia was being scolded, she could go entertain the guest.
Truth thought that there was no need to worry at all about Karin wanting to teach Tia a lesson.
She only needed to make a slight move to directly save Tia from deep water and scorching fire.
As for why Tia was in deep water and scorching fire, don’t ask.
“So you’re also one of my Shadow Guards?” Truth asked Sera behind her as she walked downstairs.
“Yes, Holy Maiden.” Sera placed her right hand across her chest, left hand behind her back, and bowed to Truth, wanting to give her a good impression.
“Mm…” Truth turned back and looked Sera up and down, then gave a very simple evaluation:
“Average.”
Then, leaving Sera standing there dumbfounded, ‘Me? Average?! What does average mean? Was she just calling me “average”? I’m a Ninth-Tier Summoner… average?!’
“Haha.” Emrod also walked out from the shadows. “Now you believe me, right? This Holy Maiden’s personality is really a bit hard to compliment.”
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Cathedral first-floor hall. Truth was about to enter the Cathedral’s back door, intending to direct the Priestlings to set up a reception room, and then see what mischief Wilona, that little Cat, was up to.
Truth found the current Wilona quite fun. She kept hissing.
She didn’t know what strange things Little Mist had said to Wilona, causing her to run directly to the Cathedral, point at her nose, and call her an Impostor. Heh, pretty interesting…
Then, just as Truth was about to enter the Cathedral’s back door, another Priestling came up and stopped Truth:
“Holy Maiden, a guest has arrived! That person specifically said he wants to meet you, and then he also asked me to give this thing to you to look at!”
The Priestling handed Truth a palm-sized badge.
The badge was entirely silver with flowing light, its overall Symbol was a simplified Carriage, and behind it were several small words:
[Hawkins Family]
Generally speaking, if before both sides have met, someone shows his family badge to another person, it means the one showing it has absolute confidence in his family’s strength.
He only needs to reveal his family badge, and that person will definitely feel awe, not make things difficult for him, and instead receive him seriously!
In other words, this badge was actually a show of intimidation. This guest who wanted to meet Truth was probably the arrogant type.
However, after carefully examining the badge, Truth tossed it back into the Priestling’s hands:
“What garbage. A worthless thing. I’ll give it to you, go use it for Skipping Stones.”
“Huh?” The Priestling was dumbfounded. What did she mean by “a worthless thing”? Didn’t this badge clearly have the five small words “Hawkins Family” written on it?
My heavens… Could it be that our Holy Maiden doesn’t even care about a super Great Family from Wangdu at all? So awesome!
“Y-yes, I will seriously use it for Skipping Stones.” The Priestling nodded excitedly at Truth.
Then, after hearing the words “Skipping Stones,” Hawkins, who had been hiding outside the Cathedral entrance, stood out somewhat furiously:
“Priestling, how dare you?! You actually dare use my family badge for Skipping Stones? Even in Wangdu, no one would dare do such a thing!”
“Oh?” Truth glanced at Hawkins and immediately remembered that he was the Noble who had brought that snake-scouting witch to try to take Reg away.
‘Why is this guy here again? Is he still obsessed with Reg? Could he be gay? Could it be that the trouble Reg mentioned just now actually refers to this Hawkins?’
“You may withdraw first.” Truth said to the frightened Priestling nearby.
“Th-then what should we do with this family badge?” the Priestling asked somewhat fearfully. She was not some big shot, just a Priestling, so she was still quite afraid of Hawkins.
“It’s fine. I’m here for everything. He won’t dare do anything to you. Go do Skipping Stones. I’ve got you covered.” Truth waved her hand to signal.
“Y-yes!” The Priestling hurriedly left the scene.
Hawkins also took this opportunity to stride forward.
He had originally wanted to jump out the moment Truth saw his family badge and agreed to meet him, creating a very memorable entrance, but this Ninth Saintess’s brain… was a bit rigid.
Hawkins always felt she seemed not to recognize his family badge, and after taking a look at it, the first thing she thought of was actually using his family badge for Skipping Stones… What a joke!
If anyone else had done this, Hawkins would have long ordered that person tied up and sunk into the Wangsheng River outside the city, but unfortunately the one who said this was the Ninth Saintess.
Hawkins had no way to deal with the Holy Maiden…
…
Since he had not yet formally met the Ninth Saintess before, this time Hawkins directly knelt on one knee before Truth, then lowered his head, extended his hand, and signaled Truth to extend her right hand.
He wanted to perform a very respectful Kiss on the Hand toward Truth.
However, Hawkins maintained this posture for a long time, and Truth still did not extend her hand.
She only watched him expressionlessly.
At this, Hawkins merely coughed lightly, then switched to another etiquette and bowed deeply, not feeling embarrassed at all.
He thought it was probably his earlier behavior that had frightened that Priestling, so the Holy Maiden’s first impression of him might be somewhat bad…
Actually, it was not somewhat bad, but very bad.
The last Saint’s Shadow Guard who wanted to kiss the back of Truth’s hand was also a Nine-Rank Saint’s Shadow Guard, but Truth still didn’t give her a good face, let alone a small fry like Hawkins.
However, before driving him away, Truth decided to first ask what this guy actually wanted:
“What business do you have with me?”
“It’s like this, Holy Maiden. The matter I am about to discuss with you is very secret. It could even be called our Family’s top secret. Therefore, our upcoming negotiation absolutely cannot be known by any third party, including your Shadow Guard. So… may we go sit in my Carriage for a while? My Carriage has been specially modified to block others from prying. I guarantee our conversation will not leak out.”
As he spoke, Hawkins made a “please” gesture, wanting to lead Truth away from the Cathedral.
Truth decisively refused. She directly raised her head and shouted toward the top of the Cathedral:
“Hey, you two, from now on you are not allowed to spy on my conversation, got it? Otherwise I’ll have the Goddess send down Heavenly Punishment on you!”
“Uh, yes…”
“Yes…”
A male and a female voice responded from the top of the Cathedral.
Truth could sense that her two Saint’s Shadow Guards had temporarily left the Church of the Goddess of Life.
“All right, continue. No one can eavesdrop on our conversation now.” Truth said to Hawkins.
Hawkins was stunned for a moment, then tilted his face and asked in confusion, “Wait… Holy Maiden, you have… two Shadow Guards?”
“Yes, what about it?”
“Ah, no… nothing.”
Hawkins was greatly shocked inside. Didn’t the church rules stipulate that each Saintess could only have one Shadow Guard? Why could this Ninth Saintess have two?!
Was it because the Ninth Saintess was very important…?
Fine, forget about this for now. Business was more important.
Even if he offended the Ninth Saintess next, he still had his Family to back him up.
Although the two maid Shadow Guards might have temporarily gone far away, just in case, Hawkins still secretly hid his hand in his Pocket and activated the Shielding Device he carried with him, directly isolating the sound within a 3-meter radius, so even if someone eavesdropped from afar, they could not hear his conversation with Truth.
Hawkins went straight to the point:
“It’s like this, Holy Maiden. Regarding the Dragon Egg in Deya City, how much do you know?”
“Dragon Egg?” As if hearing some keyword, Truth narrowed her eyes and tilted her head, her gaze gradually turning sharp:
“The Dragon Egg you’re talking about refers to…”
‘What’s going on? Could it be that this Hawkins has already discovered that the Dragon Egg of the Illusory Realm is in my hands?!’
“Hahaha, Holy Maiden, how many people in all of Deya City do you think are worthy of possessing a Dragon Egg…?”
Hawkins did not directly point it out, but beat around the bush with Truth.
And seeing Truth’s expression… Hawkins felt this visit was a sure thing.
It could be seen that the Holy Maiden had realized that the Dragon Egg she hid in High Priestess Tia’s office had already been exposed.
“I suggest you stop beating around the bush, otherwise I might misunderstand you later, and that wouldn’t be good.”
Truth’s eyes remained cold. She didn’t want to accidentally kill a good person later.
At the same time, Hawkins also sensed the faint killing intent from her.
He never expected he could actually sense killing intent from a Saintess.
It seemed that Dragon Egg really was her weak spot!
Unfortunately, a Saintess’s killing intent really had no deterrent power at all. Hawkins smiled and replied:
“No no no, Holy Maiden, don’t misunderstand anything! I came this time only to help you.”
“Think about it. Even with your identity as the Ninth Saintess, it would probably be difficult to legally obtain a Dragon Breeding License in a short time, so you can only secretly raise it first and report later, right? But I came this time specifically to help you solve this problem. I have a way to let you openly raise a Dragon!”
“First, with my Family’s strength, we can fully obtain a Dragon breeding permit. After that, I can specially arrange some people in Deya City to create and spread some incidents, making you become the benefactor of our Hawkins Family and so on. Then we can openly “gift” the Dragon to you.”
“In name, the Dragon will still belong to our Family, and if any problems arise, our Family will bear them. But in reality, we will directly hand the Dragon over to you for full disposal, making it your one and only Master. That way, others won’t gossip about you, and you no longer need to hide it. How is this idea?”
“Then what is your purpose in suddenly coming to curry favor with me so heavily…?”
“Hehe, I went to such great lengths to mobilize the entire Family’s resources to do things for you, all for just one tiny matter. That is, please allow us to chat with a Tier 2 Demon Hunter named Reg. And I assure you, we absolutely will not harm a single hair on him! It’s just a friendly exchange.”
Since he had already unintentionally discovered the Ninth Saintess’s little Secret, now was exactly the good opportunity to make use of it.
Hehe, when he came over earlier, that Reg had been staring at him the whole time.
When the time comes, he must teach him a lesson!
Truth only chuckled at this.
On the surface, Hawkins’ Proposal was very attractive to her.
Using one chance for Reg to talk with them in exchange for the right to legally raise a Dragon—no matter how you thought about it, it was a profit…
But unfortunately, Hawkins’s little tricks were all seen through by Truth.
Of course, he never mentioned what would happen if Truth refused the Proposal, but the fact that he directly brought up the Dragon Egg at the start was already a veiled threat to Truth.
His Proposal read as mutual benefit, but was written as a threat!
And it wasn’t just a threat. He even wanted Truth to become the “benefactor” of the Hawkins Family.
Wouldn’t that tie Truth herself to them on the same boat?
Truly greedy enough. He actually wanted to coerce a Saintess like this… Hehe, in that case…
Truth quickly made her choice.
Some people are still alive now, but he is already a dead man…
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