The unease in her heart was so intense.

Saintess Charlette hadn't felt this restless in a long time.

The last time she felt so uneasy... Ah, it wasn't too long ago, it was when A·Gedora stood before her, by the side of the girl named Mohe, fighting for her.

At that time... she thought she would not be shaken.

This operation was a failure; no existence similar to the Four Heavenly Kings of the Demon King's army was found—it wasn't too difficult to cover this up, as there were many excuses, such as the battle being too intense, leaving no remains of the Demon King's Four Heavenly Kings, or that the Lizardman tribe had long sided with the Demon King, sacrificing their lives to delay the Holy Legion, allowing one of the Heavenly Kings to escape.

These explanations could be made.

But it somehow left her decision less than perfect.

As she left the territory of the Lizardman Kingdom, she suddenly pulled the reins tight, making the "Holy Unicorn" beneath her stop its steps. She turned her head abruptly, and in that instant, she finally saw it.

What clear sky?

No, that was definitely not the real sky!

Because beyond that clear sky—white clouds floated leisurely!

That was...

At the moment she noticed the strange sky, the sky suddenly "shrank." What appeared to be clouds being pressed by something began naturally spreading out.

The sky turned into a mirror.

"Abinu's Mirror!"

Her body moved before she could think, and a sacred light shot skyward, attacking Abinu's Mirror.

However, the mirror seemed to have gained consciousness, easily evading the light, then swiftly rising to disappear from the world's sight.

"No!"

Pure white wings sprouted from Charlette's back as she immediately intended to pursue it.

"Lady Charlette!"

Bai Lushi called out to Charlette: "Now there are even more important matters!"

More important matters!

Charlette looked at Bai Lushi and suddenly came back to her senses. She could doubt Bai Lushi's strength, but she could not doubt this old man's vision and intuition—if he had no means, he wouldn't be a bishop in the Royal Capital; he might be deceived due to his devotion to God, yet his personal wisdom could not be ignored.

But in fact, Bai Lushi didn't need to say anything.

Charlette already knew what had happened. When she saw Abinu's Mirror, she knew what had happened, which was why she subconsciously wanted to do something.

In fact, chasing that mirror was meaningless; even if she destroyed it, what then?

The event had already occurred.

Was this the Demon King's trap?

"Lady Saint, the most important thing now is how to mitigate the impact of this incident. You should know how severe this matter is."

Bai Lushi explained seriously: "We should immediately contact His Majesty the Wise King and discuss together. This isn't an unsolvable conspiracy."

It had to be said, the old man's words cooled Charlette down significantly. These old folks perhaps weren't entirely useless at times like this. At least, this was their area of expertise, and Charlette realized that this incident would at most bring her "some damage," but it was not enough to defeat her.

But...

She recalled once more the smiling young girl.

The Demon King named Mohe... If this was the Demon King's trap, then certainly it had not ended. There must be a whole series of moves following this, intending to bring her down.

Demon King!

...

Abinu's Mirror, large enough to cover a kingdom, returned to Mohe's hand, only to be the size of a palm.

"You know, this is an outstanding alchemical artifact. Even I think it's an excellent piece of work, and its size means nothing to it," Mohe handed the mirror directly to Adeline. "As per our agreement, this is yours now. Of course, if you're afraid I've done something to it—you can thoroughly inspect it as you wish. If you can't find anything, it only shows your alchemical skills are lacking, not anyone else's fault."

Adeline thought to herself that the Demon King was indeed unpredictable. By saying this, she was making her paranoid—whether she had a backup plan or not, Adeline couldn't ignore it. If she were a paranoid person, falling into some obsession would be quite normal. However... for the current Adeline, even if the Demon King did have a contingency, there was not much to worry about.

She was different from before; she knew deeply that the current Demon King needed the power of the Alchemist Association. The former Demon King despised this power and would never have cooperated with the Alchemist Association, but the present Demon King had the foundation for this cooperation. Both she and the Demon King needed to survive together.

So, even if the Demon King left a contingency, at least for now, in this situation of mutual need, she was safe, and the Alchemist Association was also safe.

"Well, the transaction is complete, you should leave now."

"Don't be so heartless~ Miss Adeline," Mohe said with a smile, "How terrible it would be for you to send me home now! Do you want to guess what mood our great former Hero is in now? After seeing such a scene—I really don't want to face such a Hero. If he did something to this delicate girl, how could I bear it!"

Adeline couldn't help but retort, "Gedora isn't interested in flat-chested girls like you! Just like he's not interested in me."

"Look at you, underestimating yourself like that. As an Alchemist, have you not made any Alchemy Items over the years to enhance your figure?"

"That would not be a natural stance!"

"Is it really okay for an Alchemist like you to say such things?" Mohe was a bit speechless, humans can be so strange in this regard, like Adeline, who is indeed a strong figure in the field of Alchemy, yet is unwilling to use Alchemy for certain things. Mohe still doesn't quite understand what the principle behind this thinking is.

It can only be summed up as a kind of rule.

"Staying here is dangerous for you."

Mohe waved his hand: "Don't be so anxious, Miss Adeline, I'm just waiting for our Hero to vent his anger and dissatisfaction, no matter for whom... I don't want to go back and face someone who might explode. It will be quick."

Just as Mohe had said.

While three girls in the mansion were still discussing how to comfort Doro.

Doro suddenly stood up, turned around, locked on a direction, and then burst out with force!

The wind pressure almost destroyed Mohe's crops, and Doro shot out like a cannonball, disappearing in an instant.

"Is he off to find trouble with Charlette?" Rose asked.

Lisidorwei's face didn't look good as she hurriedly used Magic to rescue the crops in the yard. If Mohe came back to see a mess, he would surely be angry: "Isn't that obvious... Besides, he will go as A·Gedora, not as Doro."

"Lady Saint?"

Originally in a forced march, the Holy Legion, and Charlette reined in her horse, looking toward the sky.

Bai Lushi asked in confusion: "Has something happened again?"

"You take the legion away; he is coming."

"He?"

"The Hero, A·Gedora. He is coming."

Bai Lushi was stunned, somewhat unable to believe what he heard, but since it was said by this Saintess: "Isn't now the perfect opportunity to strike him down?"

Charlette's gaze shifted from the sky, looking at the elder: "Couldn't you sense it? Bishop Luther, in the church where you reside, that sword has already broken free from its Seal. It responded to A·Gedora's call, and as a result..."

She recalled the scene where Mohe casually broke the Seal, even using some very "low-level" things, and couldn't help but say: "Using man's Seal to lock away a god's creation was impossible from the start."

Upon hearing the sword had broken the Seal, Bai Lushi's face changed drastically, and he immediately followed Charlette's instructions, leading the legion away.

After watching the legion go far away, Charlette dismounted from her "Holy Unicorn," then gave the horse a strong slap on the rear.

The unicorn also went far away.

She had already seen it.

On the horizon, two arcs seemed to converge on her location from two different places.

One is A·Gedora, the other is the "Divine Sword."

Akin to meteors colliding in the sky, the moment the two arcs intersected, they transformed into a single arc, directly falling from the firmament.

The ground shattered! Vibrated!

A pure white light bloomed around Charlette, keeping those forces out.

She saw him, A·Gedora, wielding the Hero's Sword.

For a moment, her gaze was slightly dazed: "I haven't seen this version of you for a long time. Gedora, since you summoned this sword—you're not coming as Doro."

She looked at him, as if looking at their past.

"Doro wouldn't feel anything about this. But A·Gedora needs to put an end to things. No one in the world can punish a wrong Saintess, but the Hero, symbolizing the will of God, has that right. When a Saintess walks toward corruption, the Hero's Sword will also strike at the Saintess. When you did this, you should have known the outcome."

"I killed the Shapeshifter, didn't I?" Charlette replied, "Although I admit I had bad intentions, but in terms of results, I indeed killed the Demon King's Four Heavenly Kings; my decision was not wrong. This was just a conspiracy—I did the right thing, yet Hero, instead of praising me, says I've fallen, to punish me in the name of God... If God wanted to punish me, I wouldn't have become the Saintess."

She paused here:

"I am God's agent on Earth!"

Before Gedora could make a move on her, the sea of pure white power flooded the entire area, and the Saintess Charlette surprisingly struck first against A·Gedora, who held the Hero's Sword.

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