Chapter 127: Is it because you like me?

Himan’s sincere words reached Lov’s ears.

The little maid felt a small wave of emotion, but only a little.

Another part of her thought, ‘Why didn’t you say that earlier?’

Himan’s various words to Hall, and her attitude, Lov remembered clearly.

She also felt a little sense of crisis, thinking that if Himan and Hall completely mended their old wounds, their relationship progress bar would surely soar.

But mostly, it was the feeling of “Master, you’re not going to be alone anymore.”

Yes, even if Lov didn’t like Himan, she was happy that Hall would reconcile with her.

But what worried her more was what would happen if Hall and Himan were to meet in West Town.

It would be an unimaginable situation.

‘Master, emotionally and logically, I should stay out of it.’

But the words from Himan made the little maid feel a small sense of crisis.

“Why are you so happy, Lov? Do you want to see me suffer?”

Lov, however, felt that this was a cool thing.

“Lov, you don’t have to worry. You’re trying too hard.”

“That’s right, Young Master. You don’t have to be so tired. The Young Master is not unloved.”

Lov decided to pull Himan back to reality.

“I’m not trying too hard. You’re trying too hard.”

She continued to play on Himan’s feelings, making Himan realize that her actions were correct.

“You’re making Hall uncomfortable, and he’s avoiding you.”

Then she told Hall that Himan was here, and he should avoid her.

“Let’s see. Archbishop Malik is here, and the security of the town is handled by the Adventurers’ Guild. Christine’s blessing is for the adventurers, and the adventurers are the ones who are the most afraid of getting injured and falling ill, which would affect their work. So they will surely protect Christine.”

This seemed like a win-win situation.

“Sigh… I also wanted to do something good for Hall, but maybe my methods were not right. I’ll apologize to Hall later. Lov, thank you for comforting me. I’ll go and try to calm down first.”

Himan let out a long sigh and calmed down a bit.

“Are you going to see Christine?”

“We’ll see Christine.”

Himan suggested.

Lov thought to herself, ‘Perfect. Himan is not going to ruin my plan.’

“Mm, Miss Himan, I’ll go with you.”

Hall didn’t know that Lov and Himan had crossed paths.

He was now at the rebuilt orphanage on the outskirts of West Town.

The strange thing was that the orphanage, which the intelligence report said had been abandoned after the fire, was actually there.

Because Christine was selected as a Saintess Candidate, the church had rebuilt it.

But from a distance, the architectural style was very similar to the CG of the orphanage in the game.

When Hall got closer, he felt a sense of déjà vu.

This made him feel a headache.

His heart also started to beat faster, as if his heart had been affected by the orphanage.

Hall continued to approach the orphanage along a dirt road.

The view here was very open, and soon a familiar figure appeared.

It was the deputy knight captain who had appeared in Saint Olan—Arjo.

‘Shouldn’t this guy be in the imperial capital of Bal?’

At the same time as his mind was clarifying the situation, the other party also cast a glance at him.

Their eyes met for a moment, and Arjo gave him a warning look.

But Hall ignored him.

“You don’t need to do this.”

Arjo was not one to be afraid of anything.

In the game, his level was close to ninety, and his talents were all S-rank.

If Arjo really made a move on him in this kind of wilderness, he could easily kill him in a short time.

What’s more, he still had the Rainbow Sky Sword.

He could use the other party’s actions to find clues.

The other party was definitely here to investigate the orphanage.

‘But what is in the orphanage that would make these cardinals send their best men to investigate?’

Hall’s most wanted information was the complete truth about the orphanage fire.

He also wanted to see if he could find any valuable mysterious items in the orphanage.

“Is Vice Knight Captain here too?” Hall asked first.

The two looked at each other for a long time.

Although Arjo’s level in the game was S-rank, he wanted to defeat him.

If Arjo really made a move on him, he would surely be killed.

So Hall was relatively at ease.

“William, what are you trying to do?”

Arjo spoke unceremoniously.

All his actions were just to test him.

“I was entrusted by Saintess Christine to look at her hometown. You don’t need to do this.”

Arjo’s words did not make Hall’s expression change.

He was only sent here for a very important mission, which was to find out what happened in the orphanage.

The person who had sent him was Cardinal Saint Gregory.

“I can’t say anything, but my advice is, this is not something you should be involved in.”

“Ah, I am very fond of Saintess Christine. I was entrusted by her to look at her hometown.”

Hall ignored Arjo’s warning.

The two of them’s hands were on their sword hilts at this moment.

But no one made a move in broad daylight.

Arjo just left in the other direction.

As for Hall, he continued to walk towards the orphanage.

There were no special guards here.

The only guards at the entrance were two Silver Knights.

Their level was around seventy.

It was not high at all.

The other party asked Hall to show his badge.

But the result was beyond his expectation.

One of the Silver Knights looked at it and said, “I’m sorry, the captain of the Black Knights’ authority is not enough to enter.”

Hall’s rank was not low.

The captain of the Black Knights in the late game was almost equivalent to a deputy section chief of the Judgment Bureau.

If he were to go up one more step, he would be able to roam freely.

So he thought for a moment, maybe the authority was not high enough.

“Did the vice knight captain go in just now?”

“Which one… oh, you mean Vice Knight Captain Arjo? He was able to enter with Cardinal Saint Gregory’s document.”

“Huh…”

This made the black-haired youth quite surprised.

Arjo going in meant he was looking for something.

The other party’s attributes were all average, and he was not the type to make mistakes.

He would surely find nothing, and would even have more questions.

So Hall was relatively at ease.

“Then I’ll just go in with Christine.”

“I have to go back and find Christine,” Hall thought to himself.

When he turned around, he saw two figures walking towards him in the distance.

The sky was getting dark.

They were walking side by side under the setting sun.

Christine’s cheeks were flushed with a reddish-orange color, and her pure white Saintess robe was also dyed with a reddish-orange hue.

There was an indescribable sense of beauty.

But it wasn’t because he was lustful.

It was the same scene he seemed to have seen at some point in time.

In his mind…

A scene flashed quickly.

In the picture, a purple-haired girl and a golden-haired girl were walking side by side in the setting sun.

The golden-haired girl waved at him, saying something.

It seemed to be…

“Why are you here again, you little master of the family? When are you going to leave? This is not a place for nobles to like.”

The non-stop voice of the seemingly innocent but actually very cunning purple-haired girl echoed in his mind.

The screen flashed again.

“What are you doing? Why are you trying to buy me and Christine with these two cups of milkshakes? This is not right. We only met a few days ago. Do you want to try to buy us with this?”

“Christine, my dear sister. We’re much bigger than him, but the nun said that after growing up, we should not be deceived by those bad men who come from big cities.”

“Hey, hey, my dear sister, I’m just telling him that after you grow up, you will become a great beauty and no one will want you. Especially this little master who bought you a milkshake. He will definitely…”

The voice of the seemingly naughty but very knowledgeable girl echoed in his mind.

Although he was told this, Hall’s heart was filled with a sense of familiarity and nostalgia.

And huge waves.

This was the first time he had recalled a scene from his past.

A memory that could never have appeared in the game for the character named “Hall.”

And according to the memory, the purple-haired girl, the young Mandosha Flower, had been the one who had spoken.

He had tried to kidnap Christine and Mandosha Flower ten years ago for some reason.

He had even used a simple confession and flirtatious way of giving them food, and even said, “We will live a three-person world together in the future.”

But Hall wasn’t sure what he had said because only the voice of the young Mandosha Flower was clear in his mind.

The faint, soft sounds of Christine’s humming and drinking the milkshake were also audible.

“…”

Hall was a little speechless.

He was trying hard to digest the sentences in his memory.

“Specialist William, are you interested in my old home?”

Christine’s words interrupted Hall’s thoughts.

“Oh, a little interested. You don’t think so?”

“Hehe, is it because you like me?”

This sentence made Hall a little awkward.

If his memory was correct, he had indeed confessed to Christine before.

He had confessed to an eight-year-old Christine to trick the two little girls into running away with him and avoiding the predetermined fate of the characters he was fighting against.

The previous Hall was too much.

“Lady Christine, it’s just a joke. You are a Saintess Candidate, and there are taboos. It’s best if you don’t talk about these things.”

Seeing the two Silver Knights looking at them strangely, Maria immediately smoothed things over.

Love between a Saintess Candidate and a man was always a taboo.

“It’s just a joke, but you seem to have agreed to show me your old home when you came to West Town.”

Hall was a little annoyed.

Since he was already here, Hall was planning to have Christine take him inside directly.

Christine nodded, indicating that she wanted to go in and take a look herself.

At this moment, the two Silver Knights both stopped them.

They, of course, recognized Christine.

The fire at the orphanage was only officially confirmed to have started after the two girls were gone.

But Archbishop Malik had tried to enter the orphanage a few days ago, and he had to have an invitation letter from the Church.

The authority for an invitation was naturally higher than that of Saintess Candidate Christine.

Arjo could enter purely because he had Cardinal Saint Gregory’s authority.

Christine and Hall looked at each other, indicating that they couldn’t enter their own old home.

The people of the Church were making things difficult for them.

“Oh, I see. That’s a bit of a pity, but I can understand. I’ll apply for it later.”

Christine answered very calmly and looked at Hall, indicating that she was going to wait.

Hall nodded in understanding.

Even he couldn’t do anything about it.

It would be wrong to force their way in, but Hall felt that Christine’s blessing was a little too much.

The water here might be a little deep, but he hoped it wouldn’t be as deep as the plot in the game.

He was no longer in a hurry.

The blessing ceremony hadn’t even started, and there was still time.

Three days, he was afraid that old man Thorne would come.

“By the way, speaking of your hometown, did you feel anything unusual when you left the orphanage?”

Hall started asking Christine.

All the memories in his mind instantly showed that he shouldn’t have any feeling at all.

“Yes, I felt my heart beating fast. Besides that, what else?”

“You guess~”

Christine didn’t seem to want to say anything.

Hall also didn’t know her memory.

But he suddenly felt that it was quite a public execution.

When he was a young boy, he had confessed to two little girls and their older sister.

It was too ridiculous.

“Specialist William, why don’t I see anything strange about you?”

Christine turned the topic to Hall.

Hall didn’t tell the truth.

He just said that it was strange that an orphanage would have Silver Knights working there.

The captain of the Black Knights’ authority wasn’t enough to stay there.

“Oh, that. I also have no way to enter. We’re in the same boat.”

“There must be something very important in the orphanage. Did something happen to Christine?”

He continued to explore.

“No, the Church wouldn’t seal off the orphanage for no reason. There must be something in the orphanage.”

Thinking of this, he remembered that in the late game, he would encounter high-level enemies here.

In the early stages, he couldn’t get any items, so there was no point in going there.

“I don’t remember clearly. It’s very vague. It was my sister who protected me and successfully escaped. That’s all. Hall, don’t worry about it!”

Maria pressured Christine and told him to say less.

Hall also stopped asking.

Because he could confirm that Christine only remembered that the fire was big, and that her sister was swallowed by the fire…

When he mentioned Christine’s sister’s sadness, her face showed a look of sadness.

This memory had a deviation.

The memory said that Mandosha Flower was quite close to him.

She must have saved both of them with all her might at that time.

And the fire was even likely to have been set by her.

So the three of them returned to Hall’s side.

Just as Hall was planning to send Christine back to the church and then go out alone to gather information, Lov appeared.

She hurriedly pulled Hall aside.

“Young Master, please don’t go into the church. Miss Himan is inside!”

She had a headache.

She had to deal with the inevitable.

After sending Christine and Maria back to the town church, Hall was alone.