Irene smiled and said, “Miss Knight, didn’t I tell you? I’ve already listened to the Divine Revelation of the goddess. This rain is the gods’ forgiveness to the people. Since that’s the case—”
“That’s impossible, I don’t accept it! You must have done something behind the scenes!”
The female knight spoke furiously, pushing away the knight who tried to hold an umbrella for her. Her gaze pierced through the curtain of rain and landed on Irene, as if it were about to ignite.
Irene pressed her index finger to her lips, narrowing her eyes slightly. “Did something behind the scenes? Then, Miss Knight, may I ask, what kind of trick could possibly influence the weather?”
Yes, Irene had indeed done something behind the scenes, but as the Miracle Weaver, it was impossible for anyone to notice. How could you possibly prove it?
In the eyes of the world, it was obvious that the gods stood with her. Even her attendant knights were showing signs of doubt.
“Bring out the Iron Maiden! I want to see if the gods are really on your side!”
This unyielding attitude made Irene laugh. She spread her hands and said, “Go ahead. The gods are with me. No matter how you struggle, it will be useless.”
Irene’s words made the female knight so angry that her face turned red, but she couldn’t refute them.
Suddenly, Irene thought how convenient it was to act as a religious fraud. Using the grand name of the gods, so many things became easy. Who could suspect it was Irene’s own power that summoned the rain? Others would only think it was the will of the gods!
“No, Captain, the Iron Maiden is rusted shut and won’t open!”
“Then get some ropes and hang these people!”
“That won’t work either, Captain, the ropes keep snapping as soon as we tie them up! Captain, stop this, this is the Divine Revelation. If we go against it, we’ll be in big trouble…”
The attendant knights were trembling with fear. One coincidence might be accidental, but so many mishaps—how could that not be a sign?
These knights were believers to begin with, and they instantly concluded that this must be the will of the goddess!
Defy the Divine Revelation as a believer?
Do you have a death wish?
Now that things were set in stone, even the villagers who had been somewhat obedient began to grow bold with the ‘Divine Revelation’ backing them. They all looked at the church’s knights with unfriendly faces.
After struggling for a moment, the female knight finally accepted her fate.
Even though she didn’t know what trick Irene had pulled, she could only admit defeat. “Let’s go!”
Irene twisted the knife: “It’s not that I won, but that the gods, compared to you people who only use her name to do evil, chose me—a more devout believer.”
The female knight snorted, mounted her horse, and was about to leave, when suddenly—
That group of normally obedient steeds suddenly let out piercing neighs. With a startled cry, she was thrown from her horse.
“Captain, are you alright, Captain!”
“What’s wrong with the horse? It’s always so well-behaved.”
The female knight fell so hard she coughed up blood, lying on the ground and glaring venomously at Irene. Even though she had no evidence, her instincts told her this was definitely connected to Irene!
“You, you’re the witch here!”
Irene shook her head, looking down coldly at the female knight who was being helped up by her attendant knights like a dead dog. “What are you talking about, Miss Knight? I am someone who can hear the Divine Revelation. Such people are usually called Saintess in the church, aren’t they?”
Irene spread her hands. “Listen, the voices of the villagers—”
“Those ignorant peasants’ voices are not worth considering!”
“Hehehe, then, dear knights, what do you think?” Irene narrowed her eyes and looked at the church knights supporting the female knight.
The knights fell silent, simply helping the female knight and whispering, “Captain, let’s just leave for now…”
The knights were all believers. In their eyes, Irene had already proven she could hear the Divine Revelation. How could they dare to doubt her? The more devout the believer, the more they would trust such things.
The female knight’s face flushed with anger, but at this point, what could she do?
Even though she was extremely unwilling to leave in such humiliation, the facts were right in front of her. Even her own subordinates had lost confidence. In the past, using the gods’ name meant everything went smoothly, but now she finally experienced what it felt like to have someone else use the gods’ name to crush her.
“Irene, is it? Just you wait. This isn’t over!”
The female knight mounted her horse and threw out a parting threat.
Irene still smiled under her umbrella. “I’ll be at the Raven Family Old Residence for a while. Feel free to drop by anytime for a chat. By the way, I still don’t know your name, Miss Knight?”
“Ingrid Siwenbowen. Remember it! I’m the one who will send you, witch, to the stake one day!”
“I’ll be waiting for you.”
Irene didn’t mind at all. Even though she’d been marked by this woman, being targeted was the last thing Irene was afraid of.
In fact, the reason the knight fell from her horse just now was also Irene’s doing. She was still experimenting with the Miracle Weaver’s other effects, and this time she was trying something like prophecy.
Before Ingrid mounted her horse, Irene silently chanted ‘fall from the horse’ in her heart, and sure enough, the prophecy succeeded.
However, prophesying someone else’s future and turning the fate she imagined into reality consumed a terrifying amount of magic power. Irene’s reserves were already large, but this nearly drained what was left.
If she’d tried to use prophecy on the King of Shadows instead, it probably wouldn’t have worked at all.
The next step was to focus on raising her mana bar’s upper limit. Nothing else mattered! As long as she had enough mana, she would be almost unbeatable.
Irene pinched her chin, pondering what to do next, completely unaware that behind her, Rita was staring at her with an odd expression, looking as if she was about to burst into tears from being moved.
Rita’s imagination had already run wild. In her eyes, after Irene caused such a huge commotion, the news that ‘she can hear the voice of the goddess’ would definitely spread. When that happened, the church would surely focus all their attention on Irene.
‘Big Sister Irene, did you do all this to protect me, to protect your former teammate Losweiser? Even though she did something to let you down…’
Rita’s imagination spiraled out of control, and in her eyes, Irene’s image instantly became tall and radiant, as if she was glowing with holy light from every angle.
What a gentle and kind person!
How could someone so gentle be rumored to be a villainess who does all sorts of evil?
Rita couldn’t figure it out, but there was one rumor she couldn’t deny—Big Sister Irene really was only interested in girls…
Thinking back to when Irene helped her lift the curse, those gentle caresses, the blush and racing heartbeat when their skin touched, the warmth that was passed between them, and their entwined bodies.
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