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Hall’s words left even himself a little stunned.
But he had no choice.
If it didn’t end this way, who knew what else Christine would come up with.
He wanted to be the creep, not the one being baited.
Besides, even if something did happen, Christine, with her keen eye for detail, would surely find out about his mana replenishment ability, and he would be squeezed dry by her in the future.
But when he came to his senses, he found the atmosphere had become somewhat ambiguous.
The Saintess’s face, so fair it seemed holy, was tinged with a tempting blush.
‘What are you blushing for? Weren’t you the one who said you wanted to play?’ he thought.
‘I must not be fooled by this woman.’
Christine’s schemes were indeed as deep as in the game, making it difficult to guess her motives.
He had actually quite liked her while playing the game…
But now their positions were different, and Christine’s schemes were a matter of life and death for him.
And Christine, she was indeed scheming.
Looking at Hall, she could feel the mysterious power within this noble young master at such close range.
And for some reason, she felt he looked a little familiar, as if they had met somewhere before.
‘The divine decree was indeed correct. But to obtain that power…’
The girl in the white dress had a myriad of thoughts in her mind.
It was probably one night when God suddenly appeared in her dream, telling her that the second son of the Faxtius family was special.
She had always taken the divine will very seriously.
So she learned about Hall through various channels.
Because her attention to one person could not attract too much notice from others, Christine had spent a long time understanding Hall.
When she finally decided to summon Hall, two years had already passed.
In those two years, negative news about the second son of the Faxtius family had been endless.
But Christine also understood that what Hall probably liked most was women.
In terms of beauty, she was quite confident.
Perhaps many people would think she was very resistant to matters between men and women, but in fact, Christine was a girl who listened to the voice of God to guide the world.
But if she had to pay a corresponding price, she didn’t care.
The Duke’s son in front of her, perhaps from this moment on, had become something she could control.
Next, should she…
continue to cater to him?
But he would have to take the initiative completely, giving her a hold over him.
At this moment, the room in the attic was surprisingly silent.
Both sides were brainstorming.
Hall thought that since she hesitated, his response was good.
Christine might be saving face, which was why she didn’t answer immediately.
He had been enough of a creep today.
If he made any further moves, the guards hidden somewhere would probably catch him in the act.
Christine indeed had not placed any guards in the dark.
She had even used the excuse of needing to pray to God alone in the afternoon to send away the Silver Knights who usually guarded the attic to the square in front of the cathedral.
Because such an unusual action could not be discovered by others, it would arouse the suspicion of the Cardinal Archbishops.
And the corruption that had grown within the Church over a thousand years of development had long been smelled by Christine.
She believed in God, not the Church itself.
“Baron Hall, are you sure?”
Christine took a deep breath.
She placed her right hand on the hem of her dress.
With just a slight lift, it would be endless temptation.
Seeing Christine being so proactive, Hall thought it didn’t match the game’s setting at all.
‘How could it be? Unless she encountered an unsolvable difficulty and knew that having a relationship with him could increase her strength.’
But he had already said it, telling her to spread her legs.
It would seem too unmanly not to move now.
But if he replenished mana with Christine, according to Christine’s passive, he could only replenish mana with Christine in the future, and his death rate would skyrocket.
If he held back now, wouldn’t it be better to go back and charge his little maid without any risk?
And Christine, she was actually quite hesitant.
She wasn’t completely devoid of a maiden’s sense of shame.
She only vaguely felt that the fingertips on the hem of her dress were as if frozen.
It was difficult to lift them even a little.
In the first eighteen years of her life, she had never done such a thing, never done such a thing in front of a man.
She had only just met Hall today.
Even with God’s will, even if she wanted to gain power through him.
But she felt there was no need to rush.
Now that she knew Hall’s request, she could slowly let out the line and keep Hall at a distance, which would be more interesting.
After a round of strong offense, both sides wanted to retreat now.
But the door was suddenly knocked open.
“Lady Christine, are you alright?”
Maria’s arrival was a great relief to Hall.
Just now, he couldn’t even think of a reason to refuse Christine.
His mind was even directly filled with Satan telling him that since he didn’t know when he would die, he might as well just do Christine right away.
And Christine was also relieved.
It was good.
She was just worrying about how to end the topic.
But before the two could take a step back, Maria couldn’t hold back anymore.
Because she found that Christine and Hall were so close.
What was this man doing so close to Lady Christine?
She had wanted to come over and separate Hall and Christine, but she keenly noticed the lingering blush on the edge of the white-dressed girl’s cheeks, and that her right hand was still hooked on the hem of her dress.
In Maria’s heart, this was such a gaffe for Christine.
Lady Christine actually exposed such a posture in front of a man.
It must be this guy who forced Lady Christine, said some frivolous words to Lady Christine.
Lady Christine had no way to resist, so she had no choice.
This guy Hall, he was really too much, he!
What was he going to do to Lady Christine?
The reason Maria came in, apart from the strangeness of Hall opening the door but not entering at first, was that she found that all the Silver Knights in the entire back garden had been transferred away.
Lady Christine was really facing Hall alone.
If an emergency happened in the room.
No one could save Christine.
And at this moment, Maria, who opened the door, felt that it was just as she expected.
If she had appeared a little later, an irreversible result might have occurred.
Lady Christine’s chastity, that most important thing for a Saintess candidate, if it was taken by a lowlife noble young master like Hall…
Faced with Maria’s angry glare, Hall had no intention of defending himself.
He was even a little grateful to her.
No matter how he set up his persona, Christine didn’t seem to dislike him.
But it was fine as long as Maria disliked him.
Because in the story, although Christine wasn’t that much of a yuri, she was very clear that Maria was genuinely good to her.
She was both a master and a friend to this handmaiden.
If Maria objected, they couldn’t be together, and Christine would never know that he could replenish mana.
“Baron Hall, please leave here immediately.”
Faced with such a stern statement, Maria thought that with Hall’s ordinary and confident personality, he might linger and not leave.
But she clearly saw a half-smile on Hall’s face and heard him say the words that infinitely surprised her.
“Alright.”
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Oh my god, An eastern novel that actually differentiates God and Church and understood that the devil is the cause of bad things and not God. Somehow a rarity when dealing with a corrupt church
So true!
Maria coming for the save!