Chapter 166: We Will Surely Walk to the End of the World Together

This was Sophia’s bottom line.

On the matter of Christine being the prime suspect for harming her sister, she couldn’t trust Christine.

So she chose to directly put the matter on the table.

Yerona glanced at Sophia.

She wasn’t entirely sure what was going on.

But looking at her junior’s actions, it was obvious that Elizabeth’s coma was related to Christine.

She was a little interested in the truth.

What’s more, she had originally wanted to see Elizabeth Cateline.

And her real mission was to cooperate with Hall’s investigation team and Yabolun’s group from the Cateline branch of the Black Knights to enter the Ice Imperial Tomb and confirm Elizabeth’s life or death.

If she was dead, she would take Elizabeth back to Samigina and exchange her for her personal freedom.

So she nodded in agreement with Sophia’s proposal.

Yerona was also going to Saint Catherinesburg.

As a party involved, Christine was slightly surprised, but her expression quickly returned to normal.

After all, she had already had a hallucination of the feather that had been left there on the night Sophia opened the Ice Imperial Tomb’s door.

“Do you want me to wake Elizabeth Cateline up?”

She turned back and looked at Hall.

It was clear that she intended to throw the question to him.

Hall had not yet analyzed how Elizabeth had fallen into a coma, but he thought to himself, ‘Since it’s come to this, I’ll take it one step at a time.’

Today, Yerona and Sophia were both present, along with so many Cateline royal guards.

If he refused, he would surely become the fuse.

So he nodded.

“First, let’s deal with the situation in Fort Saint Elizabeth, and then we’ll return to Saint Catherinesburg. At present, Christine and I are both missing persons. If Her Majesty Sophia feels that there is pressure regarding diplomacy, you can choose to immediately disclose the information that we are alive.”

Hall continued, “The reason Saintess Candidate Christine and I didn’t show up immediately after surviving was also because we were afraid of being attacked again…”

Sophia believed Hall, but she didn’t trust Christine, so she just snorted lightly and looked at the other party.

She barely nodded.

Yerona did not trust Hall or Christine, but she found it very interesting.

She just had a smile hanging on the corner of her mouth.

Parousia couldn’t interject and could only use her chest, which was almost equal to the combined size of Sophia, Christine, and Yerona, to show off her presence.

Then Hall asked the question.

“By the way, Your Majesty, is there any news about Lov?”

He was still quite worried about his little maid.

When Hall asked Sophia to confirm Lov’s whereabouts.

Lov herself was traversing mountains and rivers in the territory of the western demon domain.

That night, she had gone to the underground of the ancient castle to look for Lilith’s hidden treasures and had found almost nothing.

Because that place had long been emptied by the people of the Cult of the Living and Dead.

She could only have Lilith manipulate her body to absorb a little residual power, to ensure that she had the ability to protect herself when encountering danger on her journey to Fort Noss.

So far, she was safe.

As long as there was the slightest danger, Lilith would use her divine sense to warn the monsters approaching Lov in advance.

As a Demon Queen, her pressure on ordinary monsters was enormous and irresistible.

As Lov arrived at Lilith’s second treasure location last night, and successfully obtained a deep black rose pendant that was exposed inside.

Lilith said it was fine.

She told Lov to rest assured.

From now on, when encountering ordinary monsters, as long as she wanted to use her power, the ordinary monsters would be easily defeated.

If she encountered a strong opponent, she would still have to have Lilith personally fight.

Of course, Lilith had also been busy these past few days.

She had been teaching her how to use magic almost non-stop, except when Lov was sleeping.

She taught her some conventional combat knowledge and skills.

Lov couldn’t quite understand, but she was trying hard to comprehend.

She felt like she had returned to the time when she had just been bought into the Faxtius family.

As a girl from a small village, she didn’t quite understand the rules of the big families in Saint Louis, and some of the knowledge and etiquette she had to learn.

Even when the little young master Hall was in a bad mood, she had specific examples of what to do.

Of course, now her head ached even more.

Lilith’s magic was ancient magic, and it was a string of ancient languages that Lov had to memorize the pronunciation of, and then listen to Lilith explain the meaning.

Although it was difficult to understand and tiring to learn, after learning a few simple things.

Lov was still very happy.

She had gained a sense of accomplishment.

She felt that that was just the way things were.

Even if there was only a little bit of progress, it was still good.

“It will take about two more days to reach Fort Noss. You’ve worked hard these past few days.”

Lilith spoke to Lov in her mind as night fell.

And the little maid had already found a cave, where she simply built a fire with the collected branches and dead leaves.

She had been starting fires with magic these past few days.

Seeing the flames rise from her fingertips, she smiled happily, like a child.

“It’s nothing, Miss Lilith. I’m very grateful that you can teach me so much and lend me your power.”

Lov was this kind of person.

She would be grateful to anyone who treated her well.

Although the time was short, she had basically put down her guard against the soul of the Queen of Succubi inside her.

“You don’t have to thank me. Your hard work in comprehending magic and ancient texts these past few days has made this Queen very happy. But if you don’t make long-term progress, this Queen will give up on you later. In any case, we have to first go to the underground palace of Fort Noss and find the real treasure that this Queen buried there.”

Lilith was quite satisfied with Lov.

The little girl had a correct attitude and was a good successor.

The only pity was that she was too kind-hearted and kept talking about Hall.

Although Hall was good, Lilith hoped that Lov would understand that to completely win over a man, she had to first grasp her own position and the other party’s expertise on almost equal footing.

She couldn’t lose in terms of mentality.

Of course, if Lov could use the absorption technique of the Queen of Succubi to completely convert Hall’s power into her own, and surpass Christine in strength, and control Hall.

That would also be good.

But with Lov’s current state, how could she forcibly have s*x with Hall, the “Young Master” in her words?

Lilith felt that she still had to rely on herself.

So when teaching Lov tonight, she emphasized again:

“Lov, you must understand one thing. If you don’t make a move on Hall, they will make a move on Hall.”

She repeated it three times.

Late at night, Fort Saint Elizabeth.

Sophia and Hall’s group of three arrived at this town.

Yerona had chosen to leave early and did not follow.

When they entered this city, Hall once again had a strong hallucination.

That sense of familiarity came rushing in.

It was as if he had once stood here and pointed at someone.

Or rather, he had once watched this new city being built here.

However, Fort Saint Elizabeth was not very large.

After all, it had only been built a few years ago.

The area enclosed by the walls was not very large, and the outer city was usually uninhabited, with only a small military force stationed there.

In the distance, there were some small villages that relied on hunting or farming for a living.

“Hall?”

“It’s nothing. I’m still recovering from the after-effects of killing the Executor.”

“Oh, you contacted that woman Mandosha Flower, right?”

In Christine’s current perspective, she knew that she was her sister.

But she didn’t know that her sister was Mandosha Flower.

However, when she called out this name, a sense of familiarity would surge in her heart.

With her intelligence, she could more or less guess.

“Yes.”

“The Sage of the Salvation Church, is she very beautiful?”

“As beautiful as you.”

Come to think of it, the Mandosha Flower in Hall’s memory was only eight or nine years old.

If she was dressed up carefully, she would also be a cute purple-haired doll.

However, compared to Christine, as an older sister, she was more lively.

As for her current figure, she looked taller and more voluptuous than Christine.

As for the face under the veil, he had never seen it.

“Hmph. You can contact her, but you’re not allowed to say strange things to her.”

“I haven’t said anything strange to her.”

“Really?”

“Really.”

Christine was still full of suspicion.

But she didn’t continue to haggle.

She continued to ask, “Speaking of which, did Young Master Hall remember something when he gained power? Your expression seemed to have changed at the time.”

“Nothing.”

“Are you keeping secrets from Christine?”

“No.”

“I’m ignoring you.”

The Saintess Candidate moved slightly away from him.

Hall did not approach her again.

He did have a doubt, something he needed to think about.

In his memory, his former self had said that he had saved Elizabeth’s life and that it was because of a letter he had sent to Elizabeth and Sophia’s mother.

What was written in that letter?

After confirming that the troops that had left Fort Saint Elizabeth to quell another wave of the undead army.

Hall found Sophia.

He decided to have a good talk with her.

After Christine had fallen asleep under Parousia’s care.

Hall left the courtyard where they were staying.

He went straight to Sophia’s residence.

He could see that Sophia was wary of Christine, and he also wanted to know the reason.

So he had to avoid Christine.

And when he found Sophia, the white-haired priestess had just taken a cold shower.

Her girlish figure was covered in a large bathrobe.

This bathrobe was actually Elizabeth’s.

It looked a little loose on her.

And Hall, who happened to run into this scene, was once again caught in a hallucination, staring at Sophia’s cold, ice-crystal-like fair skin.

He always felt that this scene seemed to have happened before at some point.

Sophia was completely unprepared for Hall’s secret arrival.

And being looked at by him like that, her ice-crystal-like skin gradually turned pink in the light of the room.

“You… you… what are you doing here? Why didn’t Tarasha notify me?”

Sophia stammered, covering her small, exquisite feet with her robe.

She was not wearing shoes because the Winter Saintess’s constitution was not afraid of the cold.

“I told her that Her Majesty had summoned me in secret and asked her not to tell anyone.”

“You… Hall, when did the summoner summon you? Why did you fabricate such a thing… and at this time… in any case, stop staring at the summoner. Where are you looking…”

Sophia, who was a pure good student in her school days, stammered as she spoke.

Actually, Hall had only stared at her for a moment during the hallucination, and his gaze was quite natural afterwards.

But Sophia still felt that Hall’s gaze was unnatural.

It was as if ants were crawling on her skin, strange and itchy.

“I just felt that I had seen this scene before, Your Majesty. Do not misunderstand.”

Sophia’s face changed slightly when she heard this.

She didn’t know what she was thinking.

After a while, she said in an unrecognizable tone, “Oh, you just remembered the original summoner’s older sister. Did you… did you also run into my sister when she had just taken a bath?”

“Maybe.”

Hall thought, ‘That’s true.’

But he was here to find Sophia to confirm Elizabeth’s matter.

So, Sophia continued, “You came here specifically tonight to find this lonely one. Can you tell this lonely one the detailed situation of Elizabeth now?”

“…You want to hear?”

The white-haired girl raised her eyebrows and asked him.

Her expression was a little like saying, “You know you have amnesia, right?”

“Mm. It is precisely because I want to recover my memory that I want to hear about it from Your Majesty.”

He couldn’t escape.

Now Christine was going to treat Elizabeth, and Sophia’s relationship with Christine was very subtle.

If he wanted to hide, Hall knew he couldn’t.

The best way to overcome difficulties was to face them directly.

“Oh, alright then. I will tell you.”

Sophia then told Hall about Elizabeth’s current situation, who was lost in the Ice Phoenix Imperial Tomb.

Of course, she deliberately left the matter of the “residual strange holy power in Elizabeth’s abdominal wound” until the very end to tell Hall.

Seeing the young man’s reaction.

Hall showed a surprised expression, which made her feel relieved.

Hall should not be Christine’s accomplice.

“I see. Your Majesty doesn’t know how Her Majesty Elizabeth was injured either?”

“I don’t know. This lonely one is still investigating. But as long as Saintess Candidate Christine can wake up this lonely one’s sister, we will surely be able to know who the culprit is…”

Sophia still looked at Hall’s expression as she spoke.

She was guessing if Hall would guess that the culprit was Christine.

If Hall could stand with her…

Of course, with Sophia’s relatively straightforward personality, she wouldn’t force Hall.

“I see.”

Hall repeated this sentence.

Actually, from Sophia’s words and Sophia’s strange behavior towards Christine, he could vaguely guess why.

But for Christine to be the culprit who caused Elizabeth’s death meant that he had once encountered a shura field.

But there was also a suspicious point.

If it were in the plot, Christine should have stabbed him, not Elizabeth.

Could it be that Elizabeth was injured by Christine to protect him?

This was a very terrifying guess.

But Hall was a little unwilling to believe it.

Christine’s current personality was clearly not enough to do that.

She also usually maintained absolute rationality in the game.

What’s more, if Elizabeth was injured by Christine to protect him, could Christine have won a two-on-one battle against him and Elizabeth?

Impossible.

In terms of combat power, Sophia was superior to Christine.

And his combat power was not low.

In a one-on-two, Christine was absolutely no match.

There were many suspicious points.

Hall still decided to wait until Elizabeth woke up.

So he changed the topic and asked.

“By the way, Sophia, sixteen years ago, when you were born, did your mother receive a letter?”

“?!”

Now Sophia was stunned.

The hand holding the bathrobe almost let go, and she gasped in fear.

She didn’t care about her image anymore and just asked, “Hall, how do you know about this? Did my sister tell you?”

“Something like that…”

Hall couldn’t possibly say that he was a transmigrator.

“Mm… how much do you remember?”

This was the ultimate secret of the Cateline Kingdom.

Although she trusted Hall very much, but…

“I only know that there was a letter sixteen years ago. That letter saved your sister’s life. The content of the letter is very crucial. I hope you can tell me…”

He once again looked at her with the same gaze he had had on the seventieth floor of the Demon God’s Labyrinth and moved half a step closer.

Sophia, holding her bathrobe, retreated half a step because Hall had moved closer.

The masculine aura surrounding her made her want to tell him to stay away, especially when she saw Hall’s lips…

But in the end, she didn’t say it.

She just said with a slight blush.

“I’ll tell you. You must not tell anyone else.”

“I swear to the Lord that I will not tell anyone else.”

Hall acted very seriously.

If Mandosha Flower were here, she would surely say, “Nonsense. You’re a cultist investor and you still believe in the Lord.”

“That letter was from the Papal State, using the Cateline Kingdom’s intelligence department’s secret code. It told my mother to say I was a stillborn baby when I was born and to secretly transfer me away. This way, the disaster would be avoided from falling on my sister, because the Cateline Kingdom can only have one Winter Saintess.”

Sophia narrated slowly.

Looking at Hall, she was actually quite conflicted in her heart.

If what was said in the letter was true, what should she do after her sister woke up?

“Oh… I see, Sophia. You don’t have to worry. When your sister wakes up, you can live happily as Princess Sophia in the eyes of the world.”

Hall was enlightened in an instant.

He realized the hidden meaning he had comprehended before.

When he had just transmigrated, he was an infant.

He had the soul of his previous life, but his body was very weak.

He couldn’t do anything, and could only constantly deepen his understanding of the plot in the game in his swaddling clothes.

Seeking a breakthrough to survive.

So he realized that the reason why Elizabeth had died in the game was that the Papal State and the Demon Lords did not want to see two Winter Saintesses born, and the result was the Cateline Kingdom becoming a threat.

And saving Elizabeth was also a way to gain a powerful ally that was no less than a core heroine.

A big win.

Unfortunately, now he had amnesia, and Christine was the biggest suspect in harming Elizabeth.

It was likely that he had been in a big accident later.

Regarding his past self, Hall just felt that his mood was subtle.

If he had known this result, he probably wouldn’t have been so reckless.

“Sigh… it’s better to be stable. Learn from the past. If I mess up again, I might really die.”

After comforting Sophia, Hall pondered in his heart.

Sophia only said, “Hall, thank you for encouraging this lonely one. But it’s best not to reveal this matter. The people might also question my mother’s decision. Let’s wait for my sister to wake up.”

“Mm.”

He respected her thoughts.

Then he distanced himself from Sophia.

Since he already knew what he had done in the past, he remembered to gain two waves of recovery today.

Coupled with killing the Executor, he felt that he would be close to level eighty-five after resting for a few days.

That would basically be invincible within at least level ninety in his normal state.

The harvest was plentiful.

But just as he was about to turn around, Sophia called out to him.

“By the way, Hall…”

“What is it, Your Majesty? Do you have anything else to say?”

“This lonely one has a favor to ask of you.”

The white-haired girl hid her red cheeks in the shadows, only leaving him a side profile, not looking at him.

“Please speak, Your Majesty. The fact that you told me the content of the letter today has already shown your trust in me.”

Theoretically speaking, maintaining distance was best.

But Hall felt that Sophia’s hesitation might lead to some important information.

“If my sister wakes up and her relationship with Saintess Candidate Christine is not harmonious, or even conflicts, can you help my sister…”

“That depends on the specific situation. I can’t guarantee it.”

Hall would not dance on the tip of a knife.

“Alright then… this lonely one also knows that this is very difficult.”

Sophia hesitated again, and then continued, “And, when my sister wakes up, don’t tell her about what happened back then…”

“Back then?”

“That is, what happened when we defeated the Demon God’s Labyrinth lord together. Don’t tell my sister. You must remember that the person you kissed at that time was Elizabeth Cateline, not…”

She didn’t say any more.

She thought he could understand her meaning.

She also didn’t know what kind of feelings she had for Hall.

But what she could confirm was that she often recalled that kiss in her dreams.

She had been very happy for a moment when Hall had come to save her today.

But she also knew it was wrong.

She had warned herself on the seventh floor of the Demon God’s Palace that it was wrong.

“If Your Majesty thinks so, I will remember it for now.”

Hall did not say much and answered ambiguously.

Sophia was indeed a very cute girl.

But if he explained, it would only lead to a confusing entanglement.

Flirting with the sister and the younger sister was too much.

He was also not sure what Elizabeth’s reaction would be if she knew about this.

He would just keep it a secret for now.

“Then I’ll leave. Your Majesty, rest early.”

“Mm, good night.”

“Good night.”

When the black-haired youth returned to his residence, he could see the girl in a white dress standing on the edge of the balcony on the second floor.

The moonlight of Fort Saint Elizabeth was very bright.

He could clearly see her face, figure, and the hem of her skirt fluttering in the night wind.

It was Christine.

She was not asleep.

She was just standing there.

The moment Hall entered the courtyard, he looked up, and their eyes met.

He just felt that it was very holy.

She was born with that pure halo.

The faint light that was attached to her body made the girl look even less like a being of this world in the dead of night.

“Hall, where are you going?”

She did not speak and asked him with her eyes.

But he could understand her meaning.

But he couldn’t answer that he had gone to Sophia.

“Hall, to Her Majesty Sophia?”

Her gaze changed, silently conveying the information to him.

Now Hall could only nod to her in the courtyard.

“Hall, come here.”

This time, she spoke.

She called out very softly.

But the night was silent, and Hall’s hearing was very good.

“What do you want?”

He walked over, with the feeling of what on earth had happened with Elizabeth and Christine in the past, wondering what tricks she could be playing now.

But she, just like she had shouted when he had woken up in the valley that day, jumped down from the balcony without giving him any chance to react.

“Catch me, Hall!”

He dared not let the heroine have an accident.

Just like that night, Christine once again jumped into Hall’s arms.

It was only then that he discovered that she was not wearing anything under her nightgown.

But she still wrapped her arms around his neck, pressing her beautiful and pure body against him.

Every touch was so clear.

She rubbed against him like a little fox.

Her clean body odor surrounded Hall, and it was mixed with the scent of rose-scented bath gel.

“Christine?”

Seeing that she had not spoken for a long time and was only making intimate gestures in his arms, Hall couldn’t help but ask.

And facing the young man’s call, the girl answered softly.

“Hall, no matter what, we will surely join hands and walk to the end of this world together.”

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