Helel planet, Year 251 of the Sixth Epoch, Ratlan Palace.

Her Highness Sofie led the Empire Knight Order, and in one decisive battle, recaptured the city of Prague, stabilizing the unrest in Bohemia Duchy. This news soon reached the Church Court.

However, after occupying Bohemia, her Highness used it as a bargaining chip to demand that the next Lord, Sigismund, adopt a lenient policy towards the Hussite heretics, which displeased the Cardinals of the Church Court.

But no one used this as a reason to send inquiries questioning the Holy Solomon Empire.

After all, her Highness was the First Sword Holder under the Iron Throne, capable of completely determining the Empire's future stance towards the Church Court.

Moreover, the current Holy Daughter is said to have once been as close as sisters with her Highness, and although their interactions have not been frequent in recent years, their relationship has never cooled.

Add to that the current Pope being the Holy Daughter's own brother... well, well, heresy it is, just act like we never saw it.

This Holy Daughter from the Lixini Family, to be honest, leaves the Cardinals somewhat at a loss.

On one hand, the image she projects is that of a gentle girl who loves life. She plants flowers, feeds pigeons, writes novels, and occasionally composes a tune for the choir's young boys and girls to sing to her, which can be considered quite unsophisticated.

On the other hand, her power is indeed at R4 level. For example, last year's Sicily uprising, which she single-handedly suppressed—it's said that the area has now transformed into a forest.

It's now the peak of the Magic Tide, with the level limit at Lv.40. The Cardinals have to admit that they do indeed need such a demigod to ensure that the Church Court's military strength is sufficient to rule over the Italy region and suppress various dangerous contained items beneath the Church Court.

Of course, while they internally gripe about many things professionally, privately, the Cardinals still quite like this Holy Daughter, with her gentle and considerate nature, treating everyone as if in a spring breeze, never boasting about her origins from the Lixini Family.

Any believer who talks with her for more than a minute will immediately start to sincerely convert to God, dedicating mind and body, making her arguably the Church Court's most perfect public image in centuries.

At this moment, in the Stag Room within the Pope Palace, the current Pope, His Majesty Valian, was looking wordlessly at his own widely adored by the outside world, hailed as the "most perfect Holy Daughter in nearly a century," sister.

The current Holy Daughter completely ignored the gaze of her Pope Majesty and brother, wearing a VR headset watching a movie while laughing foolishly, clutching a big tub of snacks in her arms and munching away.

No point controlling her anymore.

Ever since this sister became a demigod and the Holy Daughter, Valian has had no way to deal with her.

After a sigh, the newly appointed Pope wrapped his robe tighter and walked towards the reception room.

Today, a few Bishops from the West Frank Kingdom Diocese needed an audience with him as the Pope.

After chuckling at the movie for a while, Nora suddenly took off the headset and exclaimed:

"Oh no! I forgot to water the plants!"

She quickly teleported back to Fire Island, running to the garden beside the mansion to water the extraordinary plants.

These plants are special breeds improved by Nora herself, vibrant in life force, with colors rich and aesthetically pleasing, though demanding quite a lot in terms of water quantity.

After watering today's batch, Nora put down the sprinkler and looked at the surrounding scenery.

Almost ten years, Fire Island's view remains as beautiful as ever.

But the people here are no longer around.

"So it's been nearly ten years..." the Holy Daughter murmured bitterly, displaying a smile full of complex emotion as she gently touched the soon-to-bloom flower buds.

The seeds planted back then are now about to blossom.

But Aske, you haven't returned…

In the distance, a fleet is riding the waves of the Mediterranean, swiftly heading northeast.

At the bow of the ship, dressed like a captain with a tricorn hat, stands a young and charming girl, holding a brass telescope in her left hand and a curved saber in her right, fiercely pointing forward and shouting:

"Onward! The Azure Longsword, advance by any means! Our target is... Solomon City!"

"Big Sister!" a pirate wrapped in a turban slid down from the ropes, bitterly advising, "With just our few numbers, directly attacking Solomon City might not be enough, right? I suggest we recapture Sicily instead..."

"Quiet! What's the use of recapturing Sicily? Once we leave, that traitor will snatch Sicily back again!" the now adult Mia retorted irritably, "This time, we demand she hands over Fire Island! Or else, let the entire Solomon City be her burial!"

The pirate shrugged, turned to look at another half-elf girl sitting on a wooden barrel on the deck, and signaled her with an inquiring glance.

The half-elf girl opposite, with silky smooth pink hair as lush as blooming peach flowers, fixed her emerald eyes on the book on her lap, quietly writing something, and subtly nodded in agreement.

Thus, the pirate remained silent, proceeding to the back of the ship.

"Hahaha, Lazard, the captain railed at you again, didn't she!" another pirate mocked as he cleaned the ship's deck.

"I'm just fulfilling my obligations as the First Officer." Lazard shrugged.

"You better not think of teasing her." The chief mate, Ika, emerged from the captain's cabin.

In fact, most of the pirates onboard are assassins from either Ilania or the Caucasus Assassin Organization, while a few are undead wizards from the South Continent or half-elf warriors from Lusitania.

In other words, they're all under Miel's command.

But since Miel hopes they appear under the "Xinkuimani Family" name, everyone unwillingly plays house with Mia… well, Chief Mate Ika is quite fond of Mia, which is why she just warned Fazad not to cross the line.

"Ah, I'm not here to tease her, I'm just worried the captain might suddenly go crazy, do something unthinkable." Fazad explained, "Like getting impatient with navigating slowly and using the Ripple Sword to teleport the entire ship above Solomon City…"

"Don't be ridiculous," Ika coldly snorted, "who would teleport the entire ship over..."

Before she could finish, the surrounding seascape suddenly turned into clouds. The pirates on the deck slightly hesitated, immediately clutching whatever they could grab, as an intense sense of weightlessness overwhelmed them.

"Hahahahaha!" Mia's wild laughter resonated amidst the rapid descent, "Fazad, your brain is pretty useful! I never thought of this..."

"Mia, get a grip!" Miel finally couldn't hold back anymore, she slapped her hand hard on the deck.

And thus, the entire falling ship suddenly transformed into an advertising airship from a parallel world above Solomon City, stabilizing the pirates' descent.

Seconds later, a swarm of buzzing unmanned drones swirled up to encircle this group of unexpected visitors.

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