Let them live with that regret for the rest of their lives!

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After watching her sister leave, Elena breathed a silent sigh of relief and sat back down on the bed.

On the other side, Flora had just stepped out the door when she saw Elise returning from her walk. Compared to her sister's weak appearance, Miss Elise seemed to be in much better condition.

Upon seeing Flora, Iris's lips curled into a slight smile, and she greeted her, "Good morning, Flora."

"Good morning, Miss Iris." Perhaps because of what happened last night, Flora couldn't help but show a hint of nervousness when she greeted Iris.

"You don't look like you slept well. Didn't I tell you not to stay up late?"

"Yes, I'm sorry, I was just thinking about modifying the magical artifacts and couldn't sleep. I won't do it again next time!" After saying that, Flora quickly ran back to the workshop as if she were running away.

Under normal circumstances, she wouldn't be this nervous. The main reason is that last night she accidentally saw something she shouldn't have, and then when she went to sleep, she had a dream about herself and Miss Iris. In the dream, she actually took her sister's place and was with Miss Iris...

The thought of that shameful dream made Flora run even faster.

As the three watched Flora's departing figure, Iris couldn't help but tilt her head. She had wanted to ask about the Forbidden Library, but she hadn't expected the other party to run away so quickly.

Volume 1: Chapter 346 The Eternal God Has a Problem

A few days flew by.

With Elise's help, most of the side effects from excessive use of the power of pleasure were successfully eliminated.

The reason it hasn't been completely resolved is because she used it too recklessly before, and the accumulated side effects are too strong. In addition, she always unconsciously transforms into a succubus form, so Elena needs some time to recover.

Keep in mind that the succubus form has attribute bonuses.

These past few days have been a mix of pain and pleasure for Elena. She looks weak every day, leading many to wonder if something is wrong with her, but she can only excuse it by saying it's a side effect of her complete dragon transformation.

Although only a few days have passed, the construction of Hope Land has already taken shape. Elise checks on Hope Land almost every day, mainly to see Lily's condition.

However, for some reason, Lily has been avoiding her these past few days. Even when they meet, the other party will find an excuse to run away after a short while.

Lily's behavior also puzzled Elise. She hadn't done anything strange to Lily during this time, so why was Lily behaving this way?

She did try to ask Lily, but Lily wouldn't tell her, so she had no choice but to wait until she had time to ask her for the answer.

At this moment, Elise was sitting in the garden of the manor, enjoying the desserts prepared by her maid while reading the newspaper, which was filled with war-related information.

Just then, two figures suddenly appeared in the manor.

These two figures are Sally and Lumia.

The Holy Kingdom is, after all, Lumia's hometown. Although taking her, the missing former saintess, to the Holy Kingdom is somewhat risky, Lumia must return to the Holy Kingdom.

As for Sally, she was just a means of transportation; this time she simply brought Rumia back, and after a day of rest, she would continue with her own affairs.

She had initially thought that she would have to go along as a tool, but to her surprise, Elise said that she would go to the Holy Kingdom in a normal way this time.

Upon seeing the two of them, Elise smiled faintly and said, "Welcome back."

No sooner had Iris finished speaking than Rumia rushed over and threw herself into Iris's arms: "Master, I missed you so much~"

The scene of master and servant repeating each other should have been very touching, but after Rumia rushed into Iris's arms, she started rubbing her face against Iris's chest and occasionally letting out strange laughter.

Upon seeing this, the maidservant decisively reached out and began to pull Rumia away. This shameless wicked woman actually snuggled into her mistress's arms as soon as she returned!

As the maid pulled Rumia aside, Iris smiled at Sally and then extended her hands, saying, "Would you like to join in too?"

“There’s no need for that!” Sally waved her hands repeatedly. She felt that Elise was a poisonous woman. After hearing the other woman’s suggestion, she actually seriously considered whether or not to throw herself into the other woman’s arms.

Although she managed to dispel the thought, Sally still had some doubts about whether she had unknowingly been bewitched by Elise.

The reason she had such thoughts was mainly because of Elise. She had been indulging herself these past few days and hadn't properly restrained her power of pleasure. Under the influence of this power, Sally had those strange thoughts.

After rejecting Elise's suggestion, Sally sat down to the side and started stuffing desserts into her mouth. She had been eating special jerky to fill her stomach lately, and although it tasted pretty good, she eventually got tired of it after a while.

"How's your exploration of those places I told you about before going?"

“Those places are all incredibly dangerous,” Sally couldn’t help but complain. Luckily, she had Elise’s fighting methods, those cheat-like fighting styles, which were indeed very suitable for someone like her who didn’t have much fighting talent.

Using that fighting style, she, a space mage who had just broken through to the fifth rank, actually managed to cut a sixth-rank undead knight into mincemeat.

In fact, Elise had shortcuts to all the places Sally explored, but she didn't give them to Sally because she wanted to give her some practice.

"Um, are you sure you don't need me to come along this time?" Sally was still a little uneasy about Elise going on a long trip without her, her "tool."

"No need. There are no insect nests in the Holy Kingdom yet. I plan to spread the insect nests over there this time."

The Bug Network is incredibly useful to Elise; even if they are thousands of miles apart, she can contact the people on the other side immediately as long as she has the Bug Network.

However, setting up insect nests in the Holy Kingdom is much more dangerous than in other places; it must be done deep underground.

Fortunately, she stole a portion of the Earth Goddess's authority, which allowed her to imbue the insect eggs with a part of the Earth's power, enabling them to slowly develop deep underground.

"Alright, just let me know if you need me." Having already broken through to the fifth rank, her teleportation distance has increased again. Even teleporting from the south of the empire to the north of the Holy Kingdom doesn't require too many trips.

"You're so enthusiastic, I don't know how to reward you. How about I give you a hug?"

When Elise brought up the hugging incident again, Sally rolled her eyes and silently moved her chair to the side to keep some distance from Elise.

If it weren't for the little maid's presence, Elise would have definitely teased Sally. Not only did Sally not come this way, but she even dared to stay away from her!

At that moment, Sally suddenly felt a chill run down her spine. She knew without a doubt that her actions had provoked Elise, that petty and wicked woman.

However, she didn't care. Anyway, she only had one day to rest back home, and she would run away first thing tomorrow morning. She didn't believe that Elise would keep thinking about such a small thing.

By the time Elise returns next time, she'll have already forgotten.

Then Iris turned to look at Rumia. This time, without Iris having to ask, Rumia spoke up, "I found the sanctuary belonging to the Eternal Church by following the directions of the ancient battlefield. Although the sanctuary is empty, I still found some things inside."

“The Eternal God may have encountered a problem.” Rumia rarely showed a serious expression.

Everyone present, except for Elise, showed a hint of curiosity. After all, it was information about the Eternal God, so it was impossible not to be curious.

Volume 1: Chapter 347 He's Gone Mad

"Don't keep me in suspense about what's wrong!"

Full of curiosity, Sally glanced at Rumia with some annoyance, and suddenly fell silent halfway through her sentence. Normally, it wouldn't matter, but this time she was very interested no matter what.

Rumia ignored Sally and just looked at Iris's calm demeanor. The fact that Iris could remain calm after hearing such a thing meant that Iris must know about it.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. If Elise hadn't known all this, she wouldn't have deliberately guided me to that ancient battlefield.

"Alright, I'll start now."

Lumia quickly began to recount what she had seen and heard.

Although the place she went to was called a refuge, when she entered it, the ground was littered with corpses and there was no living creature left. The situation there was similar to that of the ancient battlefield, where the battle between the Eternal Cultists was still taking place.

Ultimately, it seems that all the Eternalists who fought died in that sanctuary.

One of the Eternalists did not die immediately after the battle; he left behind some messages despite his severe injuries.

“Stay away from the church, stay away from Him.” Rumia’s finger hovered over the crystal, and the crystal projected a stone wall with words engraved on it.

"What do you think happened to make a devout believer leave such a message?" Lumia asked with some melancholy.

“She bewitched him.” Sally pointed at Elise.

"If someone is charmed by me, they should leave behind praise for me before they die." Elise remained calm despite being suddenly mentioned, and even had a hint of smugness in her tone when she responded.

Rumia, who was standing to the side, nodded in agreement.

"What exactly is wrong with the Eternal God?" With just this one question, Sally, who didn't know much about the Eternal Church, really couldn't figure it out.

Rumia didn't expect to get any inspiration from Sally. She was more concerned about Elise. She felt that Elise should know something, but since Elise didn't seem to have any intention of saying anything, Rumia simply told her what she knew.

"Based on my investigation of that shelter, the believers died around the end of the Age of Gods, on the eve of the end of the War of the Gods and the beginning of a new era."

"As a former saint of the Eternal Church, I remember that the Church did not keep many records of that period."

"As one of the winners of the War of the Gods, the Eternal God was mostly engaged in wrap-up work at the end of the Age of Gods, so it's normal that there are few records of him."

"At least that's what I thought before I went to that sanctuary. Now it seems that something must have happened during that period, but there's no record of it." Rumia frowned slightly. She was genuinely curious about what exactly happened during that time and what changes had occurred to the Eternal God.

Apart from that shelter, Lu Dan had virtually no other clues. Even if she wanted to look for clues, she could only return to the Eternal Church, but in the current situation, she had no way to go back.

Seemingly sensing Rumia's thoughts, Iris's lips curled up slightly, and she said, "I'm going to the Holy Kingdom in a couple of days. Why don't you come with me? I'll give you some clues."

"Can't you just say it directly?" Sally looked at Elise with displeasure. For the past few days, she had been at an ancient ruin, trying to decipher various information within the ruin in order to enter and obtain lost spatial magic. The information was like a riddle, which annoyed her.

"Some things feel completely different when you talk about them and when you discover them yourself. Anyway, you're not a participant. You'll know about those things when we come back from the Eternal Church."

After hearing what Elise said, Sally felt that it made a lot of sense. However, her curiosity had been piqued, and the fact that it ended so abruptly left her feeling a little unhappy.

Ryu: "Alright, alright, I see you all look very curious, so I'll just say a few things based on the information Rumia gave me."

Elise pondered for a moment, then continued, "Just as Rumia said, the Eternal God has indeed encountered a problem, and a very serious one at that, which has caused the Eternal Church to deviate from its course."

"Has the development gone astray?" A look of confusion flashed in Lumia's eyes.

"That's right, but what is the purpose of the Eternal Church?"

"Of course, it exists for the sake of the Eternal God!" Rumia said matter-of-factly.

"No, the purpose of the Eternal Church is to save the world."

"Hasn't the church always done this?"

"That's just using the guise of salvation to eliminate dissidents, which is why I say that the development of the Eternal Church has gone astray."

Rumia instinctively wanted to retort, but recalling what she had done, she suddenly fell silent.

After a long while, she finally spoke again, asking, "What exactly is wrong with Him?"

"He's gone mad."

"How is that possible?" Rumia said instinctively, and even the others looked shocked.

Seeing the surprised expressions on everyone's faces, Elise said lazily, "I told you, you definitely wouldn't believe me if I just said it directly. Anyway, this is the answer. You'll find out the specific reason later."

It wasn't that Elise didn't want to explain, but it was too troublesome, and some things weren't suitable for them to understand right now.

"Alright, when are we going to the Holy Kingdom?" She couldn't wait to know what had happened at the end of the Age of Gods.

"I already said it would be in a couple of days, I'm not in a hurry, why are you?"

"Oh."

It's clear that although Rumia has become Iris's woman, she still cares deeply about the situation of the Eternal Church. Iris understands Rumia's urgency, but even if she knew, there's nothing Rumia can do to change things right now.

"By the way, where did Nora go?" Elise asked curiously.

“She told me before that she wanted to go to the Kingdom, so I took her there. I don’t know exactly what she did there, but she said she would contact me directly when she was coming back.”

"If you want to find her, I can take you there."

Elise shook her head. She guessed that the Valkyrie had taken Nora to do something. The Valkyrie would definitely not allow her agent to be harmed, so Elise was not too worried about Nora's safety.

However, it seems she won't be able to come with him to the Holy Kingdom.

"Alright, if there's nothing else, you can go and rest."

"Um, I'm not tired. I'll give Master a massage instead~" After finishing the serious discussion, Rumia reverted to her shameless self, even changing her clothes into a maid outfit and starting to compete with the little maid for work.

Volume 1: Chapter 348 What's wrong with rubbing against each other!

"go away!"

"Never!"

Hearing the commotion behind her, Elise smiled helplessly, yet also somewhat enjoying the feeling.

After all, they used to be living a life-or-death struggle, so how many times did they have time to be as leisurely as this?

To be honest, she had been a bit lax. If it were before, after resolving the matter with the elves, she would probably already be on her way to the Holy Kingdom. She wouldn't have wasted a few days resting.

Now that she's managed to recruit so many main characters to her side, it seems like it wouldn't be a bad thing for her to relax a little.

"Stop fooling around. Rumia hasn't been to the Land of Hope since she came back, has she? I'm going to check it out. Do you want to come along?"

"Okay."

"Then you should invite Sally along as well."

"Ah."

Rumia responded softly, then walked briskly to Sally's room.

Before long, the group passed through the teleportation array and arrived at the Land of Hope.

Sally and Lumia, who were visiting this place for the first time, both had curious looks in their eyes, especially Sally, who was seeing so many elves gathered together for the first time.

Moreover, these elves seem to have a fairly harmonious relationship with humans, but upon closer observation, one can still see a hint of wariness in their eyes.

However, these warinesses quickly dissipated upon seeing Elise.