Chapter 59: The Little Rich Girl’s Mysterious Invitation

“Which heroine is this, or a supporting female character… or someone completely unrelated to the plot.”

The speaker was actually Mandosha Flower, the one Ye Wangxue wanted to kill.

Hall and Mandosha Flower did not meet face to face.

After throwing the Rainbow Sky Sword, Mandosha Flower left that sentence and departed in the darkness.

As for Hall, he didn’t give chase or press for information.

Because he had to consider the possibility that the other party was one of the heroines from this game.

Moreover, since she didn’t say much, pursuing the matter would be useless and could even trigger a dangerous plot.

Therefore, not making contact was the best strategy. The fact that she had brought him the Rainbow Sky Sword and called it an old possession suggested that, like Leticia, they knew each other before, but he had lost that part of his memory.

Hall felt this was quite normal, especially considering the original game’s plot.

In the beginning, he had zero interaction with the heroines, let alone at this point in time.

Except for Himan and Lorraine, the other heroines shouldn’t even know him.

‘So it’s because my past self did something for self-preservation, causing a butterfly effect…’

The clues were too few, so he didn’t think about it too much.

He first turned back to pick up the seven-colored longsword embedded in the stone wall.

Finally, he sheathed the Rainbow Sky Sword in the scabbard he had prepared on the first floor when he arrived.

Although there were some twists and turns, he had ultimately accomplished his initial goal for this trip.

Having successfully obtained the Rainbow Sky Sword, Hall prepared to return.

But he ran into Himan again on the way.

“What did you encounter this time?”

“The monsters on the fortieth floor have basically all been cleared out, so I didn’t get any loot.”

What Hall said was the truth.

It had been seven years since the Papal State first established its stronghold on the fortieth floor.

And now, both the Adventurer’s Guild system and the Papal State’s official conquest reward system were more complete than in the past. Plus, the monster levels on the fortieth floor were generally not high.

The conquest speed was relatively fast.

“So you made a trip for nothing?”

Himan raised an eyebrow.

“That’s right.”

“I told you to come with me. I, on the other hand, got some rare monster crystals.”

“Congratulations, then. By the way, how did you get out so quickly?”

In the game, the patrol missions for the White Knight Order in the Demon God’s Labyrinth were usually divided into five durations: [Half a Day], [One Day], [Three Days], [Seven Days], and [Fifteen Days].

If a player in Himan’s route wanted to slack off, they could always choose the fifteen-day patrol in the early stages to get rewards and advance the timeline.

Of course, the result of doing so would be the inability to trigger side quests and plot events, and the ending would naturally be very bland.

More meticulous players would usually take these missions occasionally to get rewards and the special permission to view the Demon God’s Labyrinth’s annals while waiting for other quests to trigger.

He didn’t expect Himan to choose the half-day option.

“It’s nothing. I have something to do later. Mother said the College of Cardinals seems to have issued some important document, and I need to go back and get it.”

“Oh.”

Hall felt a little flustered now. The College of Cardinals sent a letter to Himan’s family? That couldn’t be, right?

Himan didn’t seem to have caused any trouble.

And if Himan was noticed by the College of Cardinals, there were basically two major routes.

One was to gradually learn the truth about the Church’s internal corruption through her interactions with the various heroines and become an enemy of the Church. This route was relatively difficult.

The other was to smoothly enter the Judgment Bureau, become an investigator, and then gradually become a captain and section chief of the Judgment Bureau.

As for the Bureau Chief.

Himan usually couldn’t be promoted to that position. It wasn’t that the player didn’t want to.

The game’s content didn’t allow it. Hall remembered playing Himan’s route once, forcing her to go solo and not cause trouble.

He had no intention of recruiting other heroines and slowly promoted Himan to the position of Section Chief of the Third Division of the Judgment Bureau, and then the game ended there.

There was no follow-up. The credits screen popped up, and it didn’t explain what happened to Himan afterward. The only thing he could know was.

In this route, Hall Faxtius lived until the last month of the game, and at the end of that month, he was tried for a large number of absurd crimes such as public debauchery and consorting with heretics, and was personally sent to the stake by Himan.

After that, the game ended shortly after, leaving the player with a final image of Himan walking into the dark depths of the Judgment Bureau down a long corridor.

Thinking of this, a chill ran down Hall’s spine.

So far, Himan hadn’t had any emotional foreshadowing with the other heroines, and her relationship with Leticia and Christine wasn’t very good.

What if Himan entered this solo route of being sworn to the Judgment Bureau…

He looked at Himan and asked, “By the way, Himan, do you still plan to work for the Judgment Bureau?”

Himan was stunned by this question, wondering why Hall was suddenly concerned about this.

He hadn’t asked her about her future for several years.

“Of course. I will enter the Judgment Bureau first.”

“Oh, have you considered working somewhere else? You’re the only daughter in your family, and someone has to inherit your uncle’s estate. And the death rate for specialists in the Judgment Bureau is relatively high among all departments…”

Hall had to find a way to change Himan’s ambition. He was already suspected by the Judgment Bureau. If he was really branded a heretic and sent to the stake in the future, it would be over.

Himan was even more stunned now, wondering if Hall was concerned about her.

She remembered that when they were young, Hall had also asked about her ambition and said that the Judgment Bureau was too dangerous, telling her not to go.

But even though she was a girl, she was definitely not afraid of danger. She couldn’t be looked down upon.

“But if I am to inherit my father’s estate and have the same prestige as him, I must temper myself in the most dangerous position in the Papal State.”

Himan said with certainty.

“However, working for the Judgment Bureau is, after all, a job that is not seen in the light of day. For example, the deputy director of the Judgment Bureau might not be seen for several years. It’s not suitable for someone who will succeed as the head of the family in the future.”

The deputy director of the Judgment Bureau, in Hall’s opinion, was the highest position Himan could reach in the future.

Because the director was a Cardinal, it was unlikely for an outsider to take the position.

And in the game, in terms of the actual work, it was basically the deputy director who handled things, while the director only needed to strategize.

In most of the heroine routes where the Papal State was the enemy, it was also the current deputy director who served as the final boss of the dungeon.

“Hall… what you said…”

Himan felt it made sense.

Most of the specialists in the Judgment Bureau were stationed outside all year round.

Even for positions specifically in Saint Louis, the most frequent tasks were catching spies and heretics.

Heretics and spies were very cunning, and she would have to hide her identity and location to do her job.

“Think it over yourself, Himan. I’m heading back now.”

Hall didn’t explain further.

In his view, as long as Himan was considering this matter, it was enough.

In the game’s plot, the other heroines had also gradually made Himan change her mind about working for the Judgment Bureau in this way.

The next few days were very comfortable for Hall.

Mainly because he had nothing to do. He was waiting for the second reply from the College of Cardinals. Even if he ran away before Ye Wangxue came for the engagement, he would have to return to Saint Louis.

Furthermore, the fact that he was suspected of being a Western traitor was very likely related to this marriage contract.

He was marrying a princess of the Xia Kingdom. How could the College of Cardinals not pay special attention to him?

But soon, a week later in the morning.

He suddenly found an envelope in his school desk drawer.

The four corners of the envelope were decorated with rose-colored bows, looking like a girl’s love letter.

He immediately felt a sense of foreboding.

After opening it, he felt even more uneasy.

It was actually Leticia asking him to meet in the back garden of their middle school this weekend.

‘In the game’s plot, this kind of invitation should have happened to another heroine?!’