novelraw Chapter 168
Chapter 168
168~ The Bishop Is Actually a Big Sister!?~
"Lord Bishop, I've already brought Lady Saint over."
"Mm, you may withdraw first."
"Yes."
What entered her ears wasn't an aged voice as she'd imagined, but rather an extremely seductive female voice.
The legendary Abundance Order's Bishop was actually female!?
The little Princess raised her head to confirm, then blinked in disbelief.
"Lady Saint, hello. Please allow me to introduce myself. I am the Abundance Order's Bishop. My name is Elysia. I am also your believer and your guard. I represent all Abundance Order members in welcoming your arrival. With your presence, the Abundance Order will surely become even more glorious."
"Uh..."
Appearing before her eyes was a mature big sister wearing nun's clothing, black stockings on her feet, holding a black bible in her hands, and even wearing a black eyepatch with the Abundance Order's symbol printed on it over her eyes.
"Elysia...?"
This couldn't help but remind her of a certain bunny girl incident game she played in her previous life.
"What's wrong, Lady Saint?"
"Oh, nothing, nothing. Just that your name sounds a bit familiar."
"Is that so? As expected, you truly are the one sent by the great Deity of Abundance to save our order!"
"Huh?"
The little Princess was slightly stunned.
Who wants to save your broken order? Don't casually impose responsibilities on me!
"Don't you know?"
"Know what?"
The little Princess pretended to look like she knew nothing, planning to continue extracting some useful information.
"You are the great Deity of Abundance's fiancée! The Deity of Abundance guided you here to save our precarious order!"
"HUH!!!???"
What kind of international joke was this? When did she become some damn Deity of Abundance's fiancée?
Marrying that brain-sick Empress was one thing—that was forced marriage. But when did she become this broken Deity of Abundance's fiancée!? She didn't remember her Father the King betrothing her to anyone!
"What fiancée!? I am Glaze Nation's First Princess! My Father the King never betrothed me to anyone! You say I'm that whatever Deity of Abundance's fiancée? Pure nonsense!!!"
The little Princess said angrily.
One could faintly see her rage almost materializing.
She hated this kind of damn arranged marriage the most, whether in her previous life or this life, she hated it to death.
"Um... Lady Saint, could you calm down first?"
"Calm what? No calming! You explain clearly to me—when did I get an extra marriage contract!?"
"Alright, alright, Lady Saint, please calm down first. I'll slowly explain to you..."
Hearing this, the little Princess became slightly more well-behaved, but still clenched her small fists. If this Bishop couldn't give her a satisfactory answer, she'd definitely give her a punch!
"It's said that long, long ago..."
Elysia adjusted her phrasing, just preparing to slowly explain the origins of this marriage contract, when suddenly urgent footsteps came from outside the door. Immediately after, the main door was kicked open.
"Lady Mo!!!"
The arrival was little loli maid Xiyan. After kicking open the door, she panted heavily while glaring at Elysia. The order members chasing Xiyan from behind also stopped in their tracks upon seeing this, respectfully saying:
"Lady Saint! Lord Bishop!"
"It's fine. You all may withdraw."
Elysia waved her hand, immediately causing the order members who had been chasing Xiyan to scatter.
"You're the Mage by Lady Saint's side, aren't you?"
"What do you want to do to Lady Mo!?"
Little loli maid Xiyan questioned.
Facing Xiyan's questioning, Elysia calmly explained:
"I won't do anything to Lady Saint. I'm just inviting Lady Saint to talk."
Talk? Talking until now with one perverted hand placed on Lady Mo's fragrant shoulder?
"Quickly release Lady Mo! Otherwise don't blame me for being impolite!"
Actually, she wasn't confident in her heart either. She didn't know if she could control her magic power well enough not to harm the little Princess.
If Elysia released the little Princess, she'd probably unhesitatingly release magic to attempt to kill her.
If she didn't release her, then she could only find an opportunity to do her in later.
"Xiyan, don't attack!"
The little Princess spoke out to stop her.
She didn't know how strong this Bishop was, but from the strength of those few cultists who blocked the road earlier, if they fell out here, they absolutely couldn't escape!
It might even be that this Bishop's strength was stronger than Xiyan's, capable of leaving all three of them with no room for resistance by herself alone.
To be able to become someone who worshipped a truly existing deity and could even hear that deity's demands, her strength was absolutely not simple!
"But..."
"Xiyan!"
The little Princess made an effort to put on an angry appearance.
Upon seeing the little Princess change her expression, Xiyan hurriedly put away her magic wand.
"This little maid of yours really listens to you~"
Of course!
The little Princess couldn't help muttering somewhat proudly in her heart.
After all, she was a nation's Princess!
"It's fine. I really am just talking with Ely... Elysia. You go wait outside for me first."
"Ugh... alright then."
Little loli maid pouted her mouth and responded somewhat dissatisfied.
Thus, only she and Elysia remained in the entire church hall.
"The time is about right. Regarding your marriage contract with the great Deity of Abundance, I'll tell you next time. I need to go communicate with the great Deity of Abundance in a bit, so let me just briefly tell you about the order's matters here."
The little Princess thought about it. Outside it was already approaching nighttime, and she'd probably stay here for several days going forward. After all, right now she had nothing on her. Even that Magic Space Ring had already been removed to who knows where.
Simply put, all her equipment had dropped. She at least needed to retrieve that Magic Space Ring before she could run outside.
Moreover, she didn't know if this Abundance Order's Bishop would send people to capture her back if she escaped. So for now, it was better to collect more information here.
Thus she agreed:
"Mm, okay."
"Our Abundance Order was established after the great Deity of Abundance, Midilayo, bestowed their divine power upon the first-generation Abundance Order's core members. The first-generation core members possessed the mighty power to turn stone to gold and move mountains and seas."
"But unfortunately, at that time for unknown reasons, the first-generation core members all died one after another after the order stabilized. No one knew how they died. They only knew that after that, the order continuously declined."
"Until several hundred years ago, an attack by the Eastern Region's Scarlet Radiance Nation on the Western Region's five great nations caused the five great nations to split. The Abundance Order also underwent a split during the division period, and has been in decline ever since."
"Plus, the successive kings of the Midias Empire all struck various blows against our Abundance Order. We ultimately could only barely survive in this forest area."