Chapter 92: The Empress of the Kingdom of Cateline

Hall was a bit stunned.

To be honest, up until now, the world’s progression had been more or less the same as in the game.

He could rely on his memory to confirm information.

But Elizabeth Cateline.

She was supposed to be dead.

In the game’s text, one of the heroines, the Empress of the Northern Kingdom, Sophia Cateline, was described as such.

Sophia Cateline was Elizabeth Cateline’s younger sister.

And Elizabeth Cateline had died on a winter night sixteen years ago.

That night, countless cultists and monsters had appeared out of thin air in Saint Catherinesburg.

The entire capital of Cateline was plunged into chaos because, at that time, the Empress of Cateline had just given birth to Sophia a few days prior.

Her strength was diminished, and as the eldest daughter, the four-year-old Elizabeth Cateline unfortunately died.

After the incident, the entire Kingdom of Cateline mourned for half a month.

Because of this, once Sophia Cateline was old enough to understand, she knew she had to live on for her sister as well.

If she hadn’t happened to be born in those few days, affecting her mother’s strength, how could those cultists and monsters have harmed her sister!

This empress was very strong-willed and resolute in the game’s plot, and in certain routes, she was determined to investigate the truth behind her sister’s death.

However, investigating the truth of Elizabeth Cateline’s death was not easy.

The route’s difficulty was absurdly high, with obstacles from Demon Lords, other Western Continent nations, and even the Church.

Even with Sophia Cateline’s starting swordsmanship talent and her innate Eternal Winter Sacred Sword, it was very difficult to play.

This was also a special achievement in the game, which no one had accomplished before Hall transmigrated.

But players on this route had also tried methods like persuading the Papal State to recruit Christine and Hall at the start, then having Hall replenish Christine and Sophia’s magic a maximum number of times. After Hall died, they would play normally.

As for Himan and Leticia, there was simply no time to recruit them.

Because once Sophia recruited Christine, the favorability of three of the seven cardinals in the Church towards the Kingdom of Cateline would plummet.

A great war between Cateline and the Papal State might even break out before the East-West war.

Hall also remembered that some players had tried recruiting Himan, Leticia, Hall, and Lorraine first, replenishing their magic to a certain extent, and then recruiting Christine.

But this playstyle had a fatal flaw: Hall would be killed by either Lorraine or Leticia halfway through before Christine could be recruited.

With the heroines’ levels being low, Christine couldn’t be leveled up quickly after being recruited, leading to an almost certain game over.

If Christine wasn’t recruited, then it was impossible to play.

Christine came with a mythic-grade weapon, and Sophia came with a mythic-grade weapon.

Without these two mythic weapons, trying to uncover the truth of Elizabeth Cateline’s death was just a fantasy.

Unless the system gave the player a Hero cheat, allowing them to recruit the Hero into their party and get the Hero’s Sword.

The optimal solution given by the strategy guides on the forums at the time was to go to the Papal State at the start to recruit Hall and Christine.

Hall’s first time would be used to boost Sophia’s swordsmanship talent to S+, making her basically invincible in 1v1 or 1v2 fights against any enemy of the same level.

Then, after leveling up and replenishing magic until Hall was killed by Sophia, they would leave the Papal State to train and get rare items.

They would try to recruit powerful heroines and characters from outside the Papal State.

The two main party members, Christine and Sophia, didn’t need to specifically grind for weapons.

Christine’s innate super-high recovery also meant she didn’t need much health or stamina, saving a lot of time.

Then they would wait for the Papal State or the Demon Lords from the northern and northwestern Demon Lord domains to declare war on Cateline.

But the strength of a Demon Lord’s domain was basically equivalent to a country, and the Papal State was the strongest in the Western Continent.

Rushing in headfirst would mean being attacked from both front and rear before even a single Demon Lord was eliminated.

Even while trying to launch a sneak attack, the Bal Empire and the Kingdom of Elan might also declare war on Cateline.

In short, it was very difficult, unless one used a cheat engine.

But because of the anti-cheat system, the game text obtained with a cheat engine would be completely garbled.

And one wouldn’t be able to understand the plot information.

So Hall was now very surprised to hear the name of someone who was supposed to be dead.

If the system had put him on the Northern Empress’s route.

Then his situation was beyond screwed, it was super-duper-mega screwed.

No player out there had ever cleared this route.

How could he possibly clear it when he was reincarnated as a character doomed to die?

“What do you mean?” he asked, feigning ignorance.

“I’m asking if you remember Elizabeth Cateline.”

Tarasha glanced at Hall’s “who are you talking about” expression and really wanted to punch him twice.

“Elizabeth Cateline? Isn’t your Majesty’s name Sophia Cateline?”

“Huh?”

Tarasha’s face showed surprise, and then she really did punch Hall.

Unfortunately for her, she felt like Hall had a shield on him, and instead, her own fist hurt a lot.

‘This blessing, how is it so effective on Hall?’

‘Could it be that Saintess compensating him?’

But she immediately corrected herself with a serious expression, “You’re mistaken. Our Majesty’s name is Elizabeth Cateline. Is there something wrong with you? Her Majesty has been on the throne for so many years. Although she was recuperating for three years in the middle and didn’t make any public appearances, how could you not know her name? Are you doing this on purpose?!”

She was very angry and wanted to punch him again.

“Then what about Sophia Cateline?”

Hall wondered, ‘Could it be that in this world, Elizabeth Cateline didn’t die?’

‘Then as her younger sister, Sophia Cateline’s personality and life experiences would have changed, right?’

But it was very strange.

He had absolutely no memory of Elizabeth Cateline being the empress.

Given how many years he had lived, even if some memories were missing, he shouldn’t have gotten the name of a country’s ruler wrong.

“Sophia Cateline… Hall, I hope you won’t mention that name so lightly.”

“?”

Hall was numb.

He saw Tarasha’s face turn grim, as if a very sad and heavy topic had been brought up.

He didn’t continue joking and chose to remain silent, letting the other person speak.

Then Tarasha said slowly.

“My dear Majesty’s younger sister… Our people of Cateline will forever remember the name of this unborn princess. Sixteen years ago, she passed away due to a miscarriage…”

Hall was stunned for a long time.

Only then did he pat Tarasha’s shoulder and say in a low voice.

“My apologies.”

How could it be?

The blessing ceremony continued.

Hall couldn’t understand.

Sophia Cateline died because the empress had a miscarriage.

That means in this world, Sophia Cateline, who was supposed to be an important heroine of the Kingdom of Cateline, never existed.

This involved a paradox.

In the game, if there was a heroine you could choose to let die at the beginning, she would inevitably die.

But if this heroine had never existed, dying before she was even born, would that change this mechanic?

He was a little shocked and panicked.

Although losing one very dangerous heroine was a good thing for Hall.

But in the past, he had quite enjoyed playing Sophia’s route.

The beginning pace was very fast.

If you wanted to challenge the difficulty and expand your influence, you declared war.

If you wanted to slack off, you could use the empress’s identity to show off in small places and recruit heroines.

Any player could find a suitable playstyle in Sophia’s route.

Plus, Sophia’s own personality was very good—resolute, brave, and responsible.

She had the bearing of an emperor but would always charge to the front lines, and her character art was a cute white-haired girl.

She was a very popular heroine.

“Hey, you still haven’t answered my question, Hall. Do you know Elizabeth Cateline or not?”

“How could I possibly know her? You’ve investigated my background. If I knew her, you wouldn’t be asking this question.”

Hall’s answer made Tarasha pause, thinking that made sense.

But she was acting on orders.

The Empress said so, so she should do so.

There was no room for debate.

But she still added.

“You’d better not be lying to me.”

“What for? Since Elizabeth Cateline is the Empress of the Kingdom of Cateline, if I knew her, I would have used it as bragging material to show off to the girls long ago.”

Hall’s words made Tarasha think it was very true.

What young man could resist bragging to his friends after being received by Her Majesty?

Hall probably didn’t know her.

The reason for Her Majesty’s interest in Hall was likely that the Salvation Church wanted to get funding from her.

After all, the agreement between the Kingdom of Cateline and the Salvation Church stipulated that the Salvation Church must provide a certain amount of important intelligence to Cateline each year, in exchange for which Cateline would provide a large amount of financial aid for their activities in various countries.

“But, you were quite impressive just now. Where did you get this sword?”

Tarasha’s gaze fell on the scabbard at Hall’s waist.

The Rainbow Sky Sword had already been sheathed.

“I happened to find it in the Demon God’s Labyrinth. It’s probably an ancient relic.”

Hall didn’t hide it.

If it hadn’t been obtained from the Demon God’s Labyrinth, a legendary-grade weapon like the Rainbow Sky Sword would usually have traceable circulation records.

“You’re quite lucky!”

Tarasha suddenly felt that Hall was someone blessed by the heavens, to have obtained a legendary-grade weapon from the Demon God’s Labyrinth.

In a thousand years of history, only a few dozen people had obtained such a prize.

This was also why countless adventurers, with a gambler’s mentality, rushed in one after another, hoping that the next one to obtain a legendary-grade weapon would be them, leading to instant fame and fortune.

In people’s minds, the depths of the Demon God’s Labyrinth naturally held even more wealth waiting to be discovered.

“My luck has always been good.”

Hall wasn’t modest.

He had to establish this persona first, to put on a performance when he met that Elizabeth Cateline.

He couldn’t be sure if Elizabeth Cateline counted as a heroine, so he had to be careful.

“Hmph, you can maintain that attitude in front of me. But in front of Her Majesty, you’d better not be so full of yourself.”

Tarasha reminded him.

“I know my limits.”

The two of them parted on bad terms.

By the time Hall finished thinking about the issue of the Empress of Cateline, the blessing ceremony was coming to an end.

The three Saintess Candidates stood on their respective high platforms, wearing floral wreaths, their hands clasped in front of their pure white Saintess robes.

They prayed in an unknown language, softly singing an ancient ballad.

Waves of holy light exploded in the night sky of Saint Louis.

They spread outwards, their edges covering a radius of several kilometers, though the blessing’s effect weakened with distance.

At the very edge, it was better than nothing.

Then Hall also circulated the magic circuit in his body and felt his constitution had been strengthened quite a bit.

As expected.

Just from this blessing effect and the recent battle, his level seemed to have increased.

In the game, there were indeed some forbidden theological arts that directly gave characters experience points.

But that kind of forbidden art could usually only be used once.

If used multiple times, the individual infused with experience would develop a certain resistance.

The effect would get worse and worse, but if Hall was the one replenishing the magic, this decay effect was basically nonexistent.

After a little while.

The three Saintess Candidates on the high platforms simultaneously lowered their hands.

The light on the steps and the divine waves scattered in the air did not dissipate quickly.

The blessing would last until late at night, but it no longer required the Saintess Candidates to maintain it.

After the maids led their respective Saintess Candidates off the stage, they entered the Hero’s Cathedral in full view of everyone.

Himan also hurried over.

“Hall, the blessing ceremony is over. Later, Her Majesty of Cateline will invite you and Christine to dinner in the back garden of the Hero’s Cathedral. Get ready quickly.”

“Oh, no need to remind me, I know.”

“What do you know?”

Himan said excitedly, “Marquis Tarasha just came to find you, I saw her. What did she say to you? Don’t get too close to the Empress of Cateline. Tonight, besides our grandmother, Cardinal Russell, several other cardinals are also observing this blessing ceremony, such as Christine’s Cardinal—Cardinal Roan. Do you understand?”

“Aren’t you just afraid I’ll be suspected of being a traitor again?”

Hall looked at Himan’s nervous state, but he himself was calm and composed.

‘Nonsense. First of all, I won’t observe much etiquette during the meal, and I’ll show an impatient expression. I will definitely keep my distance from Elizabeth Cateline.’

‘After the dinner is over, I don’t even plan to see the Empress off. I’ll just say a simple goodbye and slip out the main entrance.’

“Sigh, as long as you know. Remember, don’t interact too much with that Empress. She is very young and very beautiful.”

“?”

Hall wondered why Himan was emphasizing this, and said, “You don’t think a country’s monarch would use a honey trap to seduce me, do you? Besides, I’ve told you before, in my eyes, she’s just an ordinary woman. If she happens to fall for me, that’s just because of my high charm.”

“Hall, you…”

His series of retorts left her stunned.

She secretly thought, ‘Hall really dares to say anything.’

Although she was angry, for some reason, she also felt a little relieved.

“Fine, do whatever you want. Just don’t piss off that Empress and cause a diplomatic incident. Tone it down a bit, understand?”

“Oh, mm, yeah.”

Hall’s perfunctory three-part reply ended the conversation.

Himan was about to continue nagging him.

But then Maria appeared before the two of them.

“Baron Hall, please proceed into the cathedral to prepare. Lady Christine will meet with Her Majesty of Cateline with you after a short rest.”

“Well, Baron Hall, how did it feel? Anything special?”

“Your hand is quite soft, just like my little maid’s at home.”

“And compared to your fiancée?”

“About the same. Girls your age all have such soft and warm hands.”

At this very moment.

Hall and Christine were walking on the small path leading to the garden.

The interior of the Hero’s Cathedral was now completely under lockdown.

Not a single person could be seen on this final stretch of the path.

What Hall hadn’t expected was for Christine to suddenly grab his hand and walk side-by-side with him.

However, holding hands with Christine gave him a strange feeling.

It was as if a warm current was flowing from his body to Christine, and then flowing back from within Christine’s body.

Hall thought Christine was using a divine art to probe his body.

After all, in the game’s plot, Christine had hidden her strength until the mid-to-late stages.

Last time during the Red Queen incident, Christine never made a move, so Hall didn’t know what level she was.

Thus, to prevent her from discovering his ability to replenish magic.

He quickly let go.

And then, the conversation they just had ensued.

“Well, Baron Hall certainly knows how to talk. So, which girl do you like more now?”

“That’s a secret.”

“Is there anyone you particularly like? I heard that Princess Leticia, for your sake, offered the poor Emperor a number he couldn’t refuse. And even though you kissed Ye Wangxue all day on your engagement day, she still hasn’t said she wants to break up with you…”

“For the girls who like me, I like each and every one of them equally.”

Hall thought of a sentence to answer Christine.

This Saintess Candidate was always prying into his love life, and he was too lazy to answer seriously.

So he just gave a perfunctory reply.

“Oh, so if I were to fall in love with Baron Hall, Baron Hall would also like me equally?”

“As long as you’re not afraid of Cardinal Roan’s investigation, that’s correct.”

Hall continued to maintain his scumbag persona.

Comparing the prospect of becoming the Saintess to being liked by an extreme scumbag like him.

Christine was smart, she certainly knew which to choose.

And he felt that Christine was just purely interested in him.

As for liking him, probably not.

This girl seemed more like she was bored and liked to find entertainment at his expense.

“I’m not afraid. Is Baron Hall very afraid?”

“Quite afraid. I’m just a baron, how can I compare to a cardinal? Even if I inherit my father’s title, I’ll just be an enforcer for the cardinal. Haven’t there been generals in history who were punished as heretics and suddenly beheaded by the elites of the Judgment Bureau?”

“Baron Hall sees things so clearly. I am only interested in smart men. Last time, when I served you with my little feet, was it comfortable?”

“It was alright.”

Recalling it, it was indeed an experience that could make one’s heart pound.

Especially with Himan, Leticia, and Ye Wangxue all there.

Heart-pounding in every sense of the word.

“Oh~ Would you like to experience it again later, in front of that Empress?”

“Let’s not. She summoned me, it might be for official business.”

‘If we get caught, I’m screwed.’

‘The empress might even use this discovery to control both of them.’

“Sigh, fine then. Thank you for your concern last time, Baron Hall, for saving me from that red-clothed freak.”

Christine looked a little disappointed, but not too disappointed.

“The feeling is mutual. I think even if I had fallen, Candidate Christine would have chosen to pick up a sword to protect us, right?”

He decided to test Christine.

This person was still acting.

“Haha, I couldn’t possibly do that. My body is very weak. The external injuries I suffered last time weren’t visible after treatment at Miss Himan’s place, but the internal injuries took a whole week to mostly heal. And Baron Hall didn’t even come to see me, what a heartless man.”

Christine gave a bitter smile.

Hall looked at her expression, it didn’t seem like she was faking.

“I don’t believe you.”

“If you don’t believe me, Baron Hall can touch my chest. It still hurts occasionally.”

At such a close distance, she pointed to the slight protrusion like a young dove under her Saintess robe.

The shape was truly beautiful, not too big, not too small.

Hall estimated that his palm could just cover the softest part of it.

“What’s wrong? If you want to touch, just once, you can try.”

“And, when I held hands with Baron Hall, that gentle warm current seemed to heal me. It was a stronger healing effect than ordinary divine arts. Your constitution is very special, isn’t it?”

Christine said teasingly, “With such high divinity, if the Church had a position of Holy Son, Baron Hall might be able to get it.”

Hearing these words, Hall’s heart went through several changes.

He had thought Christine had discovered his ability to replenish magic, but Christine said his divinity was high.

It was very strange.

According to the game’s data, his divinity was very low.

Moreover, when learning the Demon God Sword Technique, one’s divinity needed to be cleared to zero upon first learning it.

And just learning divine arts could only increase divinity by a limited amount.

Christine’s divinity was [S].

Lorraine and Leticia, unless through his initial magic replenishment or some limited quests, could at most be raised to [S-].

And that was with their natural divinity being [A].

‘What on earth did I do before? To be able to use the Demon God Sword Technique and still have high divinity…’

“Saintess Candidate Christine, please don’t joke around. I am just a rough person who has dabbled in some theological books and felt the light and grace of the Lord, thus gaining some divinity. But as for becoming a Holy Son, there’s no need for that.”

“Oh, I’m not lying to you, why do you have to lie, Baron Hall, hehe…”

Christine wanted to grab Hall’s hand again, but Hall, being on guard, dodged it.

But what she said about Hall’s high divinity was truly not a lie.

Because her chest, which had been faintly aching, stopped hurting after that handshake, after Hall’s warm current flowed into her.

She was sure that was Hall’s healing ability.

The ability to heal her.

‘So this is the “most special man” that God spoke of?’

But before Christine could make any more moves.

A clear, cold female voice was heard.

“Saintess Candidate Christine, and Baron Hall, you seem to be three minutes late.”

Looking towards the source of the voice, in a small garden pavilion, a white-haired girl wearing a silver crown with a snowflake emblem was sitting on a stone chair that emitted a faint mist.

Hall glanced at her.

That cold, yet somewhat charmingly beautiful face was very familiar.

He couldn’t help but think, ‘Isn’t this Sophia Cateline?’

The dinner was held at a square table.

Although the table wasn’t very large, it was filled with more than a dozen dishes.

Elizabeth Cateline sat on the left, while Hall and Christine sat together on the right.

After they were seated, the atmosphere was not at all comfortable.

Instead, an invisible pressure was spreading in the air.

Hall was thinking, the person’s face was identical to the heroine Sophia Cateline from the game.

But her name was Elizabeth Cateline.

Although they were supposed to be sisters and looked very similar, the game text about the [Secret Text of the Winter Saintess] described the Winter Saintess’s appearance as freezing after the age of eighteen.

The in-game Sophia Cateline started at sixteen and looked somewhat childish.

This one was the same.

Although she was trying hard to project the majesty of an empress, there was still a hint of childishness that was hard to ignore.

“My apologies, Your Majesty. Baron Hall and I had some private matters on the way, which caused a delay. I beg for Your Majesty of Cateline’s forgiveness.”

Christine apologized.

But Hall felt she was just making things worse.

‘What private matters? Christine, you’re a real one.’

“Oh, what private matters do Saintess Christine and Baron Hall have? Why don’t you share them with this lonely one?”

Elizabeth spoke faintly.

She liked the title “this lonely one”. She had heard that the emperors of the East referred to themselves this way.

And now, she too was a lonely person, so it was very fitting.

“Then it would be inconvenient to tell Your Majesty.”

A hint of cunning flashed across Christine’s eyes.

It was caught by the white-haired girl opposite her.

Immediately, Hall felt a chill emanate from Elizabeth, and a north wind blew past.

She seemed angry.

But there was no need, right?

What was there between him and Christine for Elizabeth to be angry about?

Given the situations with Leticia and Julia, if one were to speculate simply, one would think Elizabeth liked him.

So she was jealous.

Hall then remembered what Tarasha had asked him just now, whether he knew Elizabeth Cateline.

‘Could it be that before I lost my memory, I hit on the Empress of Cateline?’

Indeed, if Elizabeth Cateline was not the same person as Sophia Cateline.

Then choosing to ally with Elizabeth before he lost his memory was a very wise move.

After all, the Kingdom of Cateline was the only one among the Western nations whose faith was not controlled by the Pope.

Plus, Elizabeth’s talent was bound to be the same as Sophia’s, making her a powerful and risk-free external support.

His pre-amnesia self would definitely have tried to win her over.

But he didn’t remember what had happened between him and Elizabeth before he lost his memory.

So he could only say…

“Your Majesty of Cateline, between Saintess Christine and me, there were only some simple matters.”

“It’s not important. What interesting things could a Saintess and Baron Hall have? The rules of the Papal State, you understand them better than I do.”

“Oh my, is Baron Hall trying to cut ties with me? Have you forgotten what happened at the tea party in the Hero’s Cathedral?”

Hearing Hall trying to distance himself from her, Christine’s mouth felt inexplicably sour.

Her mood was very subtle.

And with her words, Hall felt the temperature around Elizabeth drop even further.

“What was it? This lonely one hopes you two can explain clearly.”

Elizabeth Cateline took a sip of strong liquor.

The dinner did not feature local wines from the Papal State, but rather Potega she had brought from the Kingdom of Cateline, hailed as the strongest liquor on the entire continent.

Now Hall glanced at Christine, wondering what was going on.

If Elizabeth found out about what happened that day.

Neither of them would have a good time.

Moreover, Christine wasn’t the type of person to do something like this regardless of the cost.

She would weigh the pros and cons.

No one was calmer than Christine.

Just like when the Red Queen said she would take them away to spare Himan and Ye Wangxue, she would immediately say “I’ll go with you.”

“It’s something inconvenient to talk about. Does Your Majesty have a hobby of prying into our private affairs?”

Seeing Christine and Hall still exchanging glances.

The white-haired girl’s ice-blue pupils constricted.

She was so angry, she was about to die of anger.

This detestable man and woman.

She had been organizing intelligence and was not quite sure when she saw Hall’s back on the stage, but now seeing how close Hall and Christine were, she was basically certain.

So she suddenly raised her right hand, and a visible cold wind blew past.

A freezing sound then appeared in Hall’s ears.

He could already see a layer of frost appearing in the small pavilion they were in, forming a boundary.

He knew that Elizabeth had used the Winter Saintess’s unique skill, [Eternal Winter Domain].

This was an area-of-effect skill.

Within the domain, any magic could be transformed, and even the magic in the air could be frozen according to the Winter Saintess’s will.

Therefore, within this domain, outside information could be completely isolated.

Conversely, information from within would not leak out.

“This lonely one has only one question. Some time ago, did the Red Queen of the Salvation Church appear before you?”

Christine and Hall were both stunned.

Then Hall said, “That’s right. How did Your Majesty know?”

He was acting, but it was impossible to act completely.

“Then now, do you still recognize this lonely one?”

Elizabeth’s ice-blue pupils swept across Hall’s and Christine’s faces.

She wanted to observe every expression of this man and woman tonight.

Everyone might think she was just simply interested in Hall, which was why she invited him, and invited Christine because Christine was a popular candidate among the Saintess Candidates.

Plus, Christine was the only commoner among the three Saintess Candidates in Saint Louis, making her easier to win over.

But in reality, that was not the case.

Of course it wasn’t like that.

How could she, the waiting Winter Saintess, pay attention to a man, unless…

That man was the Hero of this era.

Only then might he get a bit of her attention.

The reason she invited Christine and Hall was only because of what happened more than three years ago.

Her older sister—Elizabeth Cateline—had collaborated with the Salvation Church and was seriously injured in an operation with the Sage codenamed [Angel].

To this day, she still sleeps in an ice coffin in the royal tomb.

And the initial connection for collaborating with the Salvation Church seemed to have been an invitation from the Sage codenamed [Holy Son].

She heard that her sister and the Holy Son were very close.

That single photo could also prove it.

When she learned that her sister was seriously injured and had to sleep in an ice coffin in the royal tomb, she was stunned.

She had thought she would only have to be an ordinary girl for the rest of her life, living out her days in a small town in the Kingdom of Cateline under a hidden identity.

Governing the country, leading the people to happiness, and so on, could just be done by her more outstanding sister.

But not long after Elizabeth Cateline was injured and fell into a coma, she was found by Marshal Zhukov, to whom her mother had entrusted her.

In the marshal’s description, she had to live in the world as Elizabeth Cateline.

But that year, she was not yet thirteen.

Because her identity had to be hidden, her political skills were barely learned.

Before the age of thirteen, Sophia Cateline was an ordinary girl who couldn’t be more ordinary, she hadn’t even used her own surname.

But after thirteen, she was secretly trained for three years.

The government had announced that Elizabeth Cateline was recuperating, but had also said that Elizabeth Cateline would surely return as scheduled to lead the people of Cateline.

That’s right.

So when her appearance was not much different from her sister’s after she was injured and fell into a coma.

She stepped onto the political stage as Elizabeth Cateline, returning as scheduled.

And now, she just wanted to ask the man and woman who were once two Sages of the Salvation Church.

Especially Christine.

Why did her sister, who was the Winter Saintess, controlled the Eternal Winter Sacred Sword, and had talent even higher than hers, suffer such a severe injury?

Now, after a brief contact, Sophia also understood that these two seemed to have lost their memories.

She could only take it slow.

But at this moment, she heard Hall suddenly say.

“Your Majesty, I still recognize you.”

Hearing this, Sophia couldn’t help but feel a secret joy.