Chapter 62: The Yandere Young Lady Wants Him Forever

This sentence contained a huge amount of information.

How did Leticia know that Chick Phoenix was Ye Wangxue?

If this plot point was triggered.

He wasn’t too worried about the possibility of Leticia and Ye Wangxue not getting along.

After all, even without recruiting other heroines, the pressure in Leticia’s route was relatively low.

But how did Leticia know Ye Wangxue was Chick Phoenix now? Did the entire Child family know?

Then if the College of Cardinals found out.

Ye Wangxue’s arrival for the engagement would, if not get her killed outright, very likely result in her being placed under house arrest in Saint Louis by the Papal State under some pretext.

Either situation was extremely dangerous.

If Ye Wangxue was in danger, it meant he was in danger.

No matter what, the plot absolutely had to follow the game’s normal route: Ye Wangxue breaks off the engagement.

If she was put under house arrest in the Papal State, how the hell could she break off the engagement?

The route would be gone, leading directly to a Bad End.

“Leticia, you can’t just say things like that…”

Hall had to clear Ye Wangxue’s name; he had no choice. He continued, “Let’s not even talk about whether she will actually marry me. I get the feeling she really doesn’t like me, and I don’t have any qualities worth her liking. Besides, she’s a princess of the Xia Kingdom. If we suspect her without reason, it could very well cause diplomatic problems.”

“Mmm… but Hall, you know, right? If she really did that, it means her motives are impure.”

Leticia wasn’t sure, but she still tried to finish her sentence.

This would make Hall wary of Ye Wangxue, and in the future, there wouldn’t be even a one percent chance of anything happening between Hall and Ye Wangxue.

“Let’s not think about this for now, Leticia. I know you’re looking out for me, but suspecting a princess of another country without any basis can easily lead to public criticism. You’re the current head of the Child family, inheriting the world’s largest commercial empire at such a young age. Many eyes are watching you from behind, waiting for you to make a mistake. So you have to act carefully and not make rash judgments.”

Hall feigned earnest advice.

But what was the actual situation?

In reality, Leticia had nothing to fear. In the game’s plot, even if Leticia made a mistake, the head butler would be there to clean up her mess.

She could be as willful as she wanted. Slandering someone was not a big deal at all, as long as she didn’t go and chop down a Cardinal Archbishop.

However, after hearing Hall’s words, Leticia nodded.

She felt that what Hall said made sense.

More importantly, Hall was concerned about her.

As long as Hall said words of concern for her, even if the logic was completely absurd, it made sense.

“I know. Let’s not talk about this anymore. But Hall, you still have to be careful of her.”

“Okay, I will.”

He planned to end the topic, “Is there anything else, Leticia?”

“Ah… there’s one more thing.”

“What is it?”

Hall could see that Leticia was very hesitant, and her breathing was gradually quickening.

‘Probably not…’

‘Anyway, it feels a bit ominous.’

“I mean, my cat…”

“Your cat?”

Hall remembered that in the game, Leticia did have a habit of keeping small pets. And because Leticia’s affinity stat started at [S-], after raising it to [S] through special side quests or items.

The player could also go to the elven territory and have her learn the Elven Sacred Art, which allowed her to communicate with nature, flowers, and trees.

“Ah, yes. Hall, would you like to come to my house to see my cat sometime?”

Leticia remembered the contents of a book she had read last night. The relationship between the male and female protagonists was always ambiguous, and in the end, the way they invited each other was very peculiar.

She wanted to give it a try.

“This… what’s wrong with your cat? Though I’m sure it’s very cute.”

Hall was very hesitant.

In the game’s plot, Leticia inviting a male of the same age to her home was equivalent to announcing his death sentence.

He remembered a troll player had done this before. In the early stages of Leticia’s route, he had Leticia take the initiative to invite Hall to her home, and then the next morning, he found that Hall had disappeared.

And then Hall’s body was found floating on the Fayo River.

He couldn’t go to his death.

“My cat can… do a backflip.”

“?”

‘This little trick wouldn’t even fool a ghost,’ Hall thought.

But then he considered that with Leticia’s affinity, it really wouldn’t be difficult to train a cat to do a backflip.

“Will you come?”

The rose-colored princess held the hem of her skirt, looking at the black-haired young man with eyes full of expectation.

She was just worried about being rejected.

As for the backflipping cat, with the Child family’s resources, let alone a backflipping cat, they could probably procure a backflipping mouse in a heartbeat.

“I’ll, I’ll see, Leticia. You know, I’m an engaged man now. If I go to your house, it will inevitably cause gossip and be bad for your reputation. When my fiancée comes to break off the engagement with me, I’ll go then.”

After Hall finished speaking.

He felt the pressure lessen.

‘Great, I can stall again.’

Previously, he felt that Ye Wangxue marrying him would be a huge hassle, but now he found that before Ye Wangxue broke off the engagement, he could use this excuse with anyone.

“Alright then… I understand. After the engagement is broken off, you must come.”

Leticia didn’t insist.

“Then, can you sit with me for a while? Until the sun sets, and then go back.”

She made her final request.

The young girl felt that like this, it seemed she could return to how things were a few years ago, when she had accidentally discovered him here.

To this, in order to stabilize Leticia.

Hall nodded.

In the dusk, the rose-colored girl looked at his side profile and thought to herself.

‘How can I make this time last forever?’

She was greedy. She wanted to have him by her side forever.

Christine hadn’t seen Hall for some time.

She had been a little busy recently, because it was now early November, and at the end of the year, the church’s clergy basically had to rush to meet their performance quotas.

The church’s current internal system, besides stabilizing the foundation of the people’s faith, in order to avoid repeating the disaster of the first attack on the Eastern Continent a hundred years ago, would assign the archbishops of various cathedrals the task of translating ancient documents or inscribing holy texts on weapons.

Smaller churches would provide pure silver consecrated by the power of faith or holy water for soaking weapons and armor.

The accounts were settled at the end of each year.

Meeting the standard only ensured that the position of bishop would not be shaken. To get special commendations and rewards, one had to work even harder for the church.

Christine was one of those who worked with high intensity. As a saintess candidate, her authority and benefits were not low, but her goal was still to win the saintess election at the end of next year.

Only by truly becoming a saintess could she come into contact with more divine items and become stronger.

But today, when she was handing over the translated documents for October to Archbishop Malik, she saw an envoy from the College of Cardinals.

Her Cardinal Archbishop, Rohn, was naturally a member of the College of Cardinals.

But usually, he basically didn’t bother with her.

“Archbishop Malik, what is this matter that requires an envoy from Lord Rohn to come personally?”

“It’s not a major matter. I heard that the second son of the Faxtius family will be engaged to the Seventh Princess of Great Xia this month. The College of Cardinals will select a saintess candidate to perform a blessing and protection ceremony when she enters the city, to show the grace of our Papal State.”

“You mean, Lord Rohn intends for me to compete for this spot?”

Christine understood.