novelraw Chapter 167
Chapter 167
167~ Lady Saint?
"Sir, they've all fainted."
"Tie them all up!"
"Yes!"
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The hazy consciousness gradually returned, slowly awakening under the faint firelight.
The little Princess slowly opened her eyes.
Along with awakening came intense headache. She wanted to use her hand to cover her head but discovered her hands had already been bound.
So where was she? Not only were her wrists bound behind her back, her feet were also tied up. Even her eyes were covered with a cloth, and even her mouth seemed to be blocked by something.
The firelight she saw upon just opening her eyes was actually viewed through a layer of cloth, which was why it had that feeling of something wrong with her eyes.
In other words, she'd been kidnapped!!!
However, even in such circumstances, she didn't panic like a little girl, trembling there in fear. Instead, she began bit by bit moving her body to see if she could find something sharp to cut the restraints on her hands.
"Mmph?"
In the process of squirming, her hand suddenly touched something. It was a soft sensation, and when she squeezed slightly, someone was gasping delicately?
Wasn't this Xiao Xi!?
The little Princess slightly adjusted her posture and found Xiao Xi's hand, struggling to move her fingers to write some words on Xiao Xi's hand to communicate.
[Are you alright?]
[I'm fine, but Your Highness, are you uncomfortable anywhere?]
[Not for now.]
[That's good. As long as you're alright, Your Highness.]
[What about Xiyan? When you woke up, did you encounter Xiyan?]
[No. Perhaps because Xiyan is a Mage, she seems to be locked in a separate cage.]
[Okay, I understand.]
After communicating, the little Princess felt her wrists were about to break.
Relying solely on wrist twisting to write words, and while bound at that, was simply a form of torture.
The main reason was that she really couldn't hold on any longer, so she temporarily stopped communicating with Xiao Xi.
So the currently known situation was that they'd been kidnapped. On the way rushing to the border defensive line to rendezvous with her own army, they were kidnapped by unknown people. Moreover, now being tied up, there was simply no way to escape. They were in a dungeon.
Fortunately, the hygiene here seemed fairly decent. At least it was to the degree where someone came to clean. Otherwise, if she directly contacted a filthy environment, she'd probably already be getting sick by now.
She continued adjusting her posture, but before long, suddenly a burst of chaotic footsteps came to her ears.
"Quickly, quickly untie Lady Saint! If we're slow, when Lord Bishop gets angry in a bit, you'll all be finished!"
"Yes!"
Before long, both she and Xiao Xi were untied, and this leading fellow even respectfully bowed his head toward her and called out:
"Lady Saint! Our previous methods of treating you were too crude. Please punish us!"
"Uh..."
For a moment, she didn't know what to say, but she was already frightened now.
Lady Saint? Who's your Lady Saint!? Don't randomly claim relationships!
However, she was still somewhat strange. She clearly remembered when they captured them, they directly smashed the entire carriage to pieces, and she was directly knocked unconscious in Xiao Xi's embrace.
Using such forceful means to capture them, obviously their attitude toward them at that time could be described as extremely vile. Yet now, their attitude suddenly did a 180-degree Thomas spin turn. Suspicious, truly very suspicious!
Back in the palace at that time, Midias's King Darvien also called like this, just at that time they didn't know which one of them he was calling.
Now seeing these people's respectful appearance, she felt like all the suffering she endured before was in vain.
Afterward, she looked toward Xiao Xi on the side. Several Mages were anxiously surrounding her for treatment.
The wound that had originally only been simply treated healed rapidly under several Mages' treatment. In the end, only some shallow scars remained, basically the kind that would disappear after recuperating for over ten days.
"Your Highness, I'm fine."
Although she said this, she still couldn't help feeling somewhat heartbroken.
To let her be safe and sound, at that time Xiao Xi probably protected her entirely in her embrace. She also didn't know how Xiyan was doing now. According to her personality, she probably also got injured protecting her, right?
"Lady Saint, please, Lord Bishop requests you to go speak with her."
Lord Bishop...? In other words, this was a religious order?
According to the information she collected along this journey, this religious order was extremely likely the one worshipping Evil Gods—the Abundance Order.
"Wait... ugh..."
Xiao Xi, who had just tried to stand up, suddenly felt intense pain from her calf area. Looking down, she discovered the wound was already so deep bone could be seen. If not for simple wound treatment, this leg of hers would probably already be unusable.
"Miss, you should properly receive treatment here. Lord Bishop is just requesting Lady Saint to talk. Nothing will be done. Moreover, she is our Lady Saint. Lord Bishop absolutely won't harm her."
Then what about those methods you used when kidnapping me!?
The little Princess complained internally.
"Your Highness..."
"It's fine."
The little Princess comforted while reaching out to pinch Xiao Xi's cheek.
She could feel that what these Abundance Order members before her eyes said was true. If they planned to eliminate them from the beginning, they would have eliminated them together when destroying the carriage. They simply wouldn't have brought them back here.
She estimated that when blocking the carriage at that time, this group of Abundance Order members had already held back. Otherwise, at that time Xiao Xi wouldn't be as simple as just being injured.
"Rest well here. Wait for me to come back."
The little Princess gently commanded.
"Yes..."
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"So what kind of person is the bishop you speak of?"
"Lord Bishop... she's the most core member of the Abundance Order, and aside from the great Deity of Abundance, the person with the greatest power in the Abundance Order."
"I see..."
The little Princess nodded.
"Then may I ask..."
"Please speak, Lady Saint. I will definitely try my best to answer you."
"You say I'm your Saint Maiden. Then who told you I was the Saint Maiden?"
"This was of course said by the great Deity of Abundance. They are everything to our order, and also one of our order's founders. If the core members of the first-generation Abundance Order didn't have divine power bestowed by the great Deity of Abundance, there wouldn't be the current Abundance Order."
"Is that so?"
In other words, this clearly meant that deity had set their sights on her!?