Quadruple split.

Chapter 2825 Understanding Each Other
at the same time
Gospel Mountain Town, western part of the drill ground, stand-alone barracks
"Hello, Theresa."

Louise Oran, who was curled up in front of the shrine dedicated to the sun god with her knees drawn up to her chest, had a very 'subtle' aura. Although she was a blonde beauty with few flaws, she inexplicably lacked a 'living' quality. While playing with her hair, she greeted him without turning her head: "I'm glad you'd come and keep me company. Would you like some snacks?"

"I brought some delicious food with me."

As long as she wasn't sitting in front of the command platform, her demeanor was almost like that of a delicate little animal. The petite and adorable "witch" smiled and ran towards Louise with a cookie box in her arms. Then, unsurprisingly, she tripped over a small pebble on the ground and lost her balance. It looked like she was about to suffer a terrible fall, almost certainly knocking Louise over.

However, in the next instant, a soft light swept across Louise's fingertips and transformed into a powerful force a tenth of a second later, gently catching Theresa's slender body as she fell to the ground. Even the half-opened box of pastries, which was about to crash onto the shrine, was put back into place and floated back into the hands of the bewildered girl.

"Be careful."

Louise turned to Theresa and smiled, saying gently, "You're clumsy; if you can walk, don't run."

Theresa: "...Ugh."

【So fast! 】

Lian Yuanrui, who had already flashed to Theresa's side, was stunned. Despite being an epic-level assassin who should have been able to activate her skills earlier, she still managed to save her beloved junior sister a step later than Louise. She subconsciously pressed her hand to the short blade on the outside of her thigh and sighed helplessly after a moment of mental simulation.

Unfortunately, after simulating Louise's attack speed as the standard, Miss Lian helplessly discovered that she couldn't even get the first move against this lady from the Justice Church. An assassin who couldn't even launch a preemptive strike against a clergyman would undoubtedly be instantly controlled and killed in actual combat. In short, she would have no chance whatsoever and would be killed without taking any damage.

Although she doesn't like violence like fighting and killing, and prefers drinking tea with Foster or shopping with Theresa to inheriting her family's "Angel of Death," she is, after all, a mafia (?) young lady who received perfect assassin training from a young age. Assessing the strength of strong people has become an instinct for Ren, and the feeling this instinct is giving her at this moment... can be described as very bitter.

Lian is not a competitive person. For example, when she keenly discovered that Foster's apparent strength was greatly exaggerated and that he possessed an aura concealment level no less than that of an epic-level assassin, and could even defeat her across levels, she was actually very happy. However, this did not mean that she would not feel frustrated.

Clearly, in a situation that is practically a death trap for a clergyman, Ren's instincts told her that if she made a move, she would be easily defeated by Louise, who was also an epic-ranked being with a somewhat naive personality. The fact that she had absolutely no chance of winning was quite disheartening.

The Holy Church's alliance is truly a place teeming with hidden talents.

Miss Lian, having quickly adjusted her mindset, breathed a sigh of relief, a hint of awe for the vastness of the world appearing in her gentle and warm gaze.

This sense of awe is not wrong. Although Louise Oran, a "living saint," is an exception even within the Holy Alliance, the gap between epic-level professionals can indeed be very large. For example, Lian, who grew up in an ivory tower and whose epic status was built solely by talent and resources, is indeed difficult to compare with Louise, a "monster" who grew up in the Great Inquisition.

Of course, coming from an ivory tower doesn't mean being weak. After all, even Lian herself knows that the main reason she has so much room for improvement in terms of strength is that she doesn't like fighting and killing, and she doesn't have any motivation or ambition to become stronger.

In contrast, Foster Ward, who also grew up in an ivory tower and was well protected from a young age, and went directly to study in the safe and neutral zone of Academy City after growing up, can be described as a 'domineering flower' in a greenhouse.

To put it bluntly, even if someone like Foster hadn't met that being named 'Histas Lasker,' whom he defined as an 'Outer God' after coming into contact with the culture of the otherworld, his achievements would definitely not be lower than they are now, in terms of both net worth and strength.

However, Foster is the type who is quite ambitious and has a rigorous plan for her life. She owes 99% of her success to her own planning and hard work. In fact, she is much less outrageous than another junior who also studied at the Danu Military Academy.

And that person could only be—

"Little Theresa".

Louise, a timeless beauty of the same generation as Pope Tychus, but who looks only in her early twenties and is actually just as mature, leaned lazily against the table. She picked up a cookie offered by a young girl, ate it in small bites, yawned, and made a very unreasonable request: "Help me write a report."

"Uh……"

Although she had come prepared, and one could even say she came specifically for this, Theresa still instinctively shrank back and asked in a low voice, "Is this... really appropriate?"

"Not suitable."

Louise shook her head and said bluntly, "Logically speaking, this kind of report should be written by me or Clara. Now that she has left with the investigation team, no one but me should write this report, especially... I want you to write more than one report. Putting aside the report that Tychus and Clara said they could just do casually and the report to the Union, I also need to write a separate report for the Justice Church. That report must be full of the truth."

"Ah this."

Upon hearing this, not only Theresa, but even Lian next to her couldn't hold back anymore. With an awkward expression, she changed the subject, saying, "Ms. Louise, we don't know how to respond to that."

"Ok?"

Louise blinked and asked curiously, "Why?"

Lian remained silent for a while, and only after confirming that the other party was not joking or playing a trick on her, but was genuinely curious, did she say with some helplessness, "Because you yourself said that these things 'should not' be interfered with by outsiders, especially outsiders like us."

"Ah."

Louise nodded slightly and said casually, "Theresa is lovely."

Theresa: "...?"

lotus:"……?"

"It suddenly occurred to me, so I said it."

Louise reached out and poked Theresa's cheek, then asked in a serious tone, "So what are you two arguing about?"

Lian and Theresa looked at each other, unsure of what to say. After all, they knew very well that even the popes in the Holy Alliance at this moment would never prioritize 'rules'. In fact, it was precisely those people who were more accepting of 'flexibility' than others.

But these things shouldn't be discussed openly. Both Theresa and Len were thinking of 'tacit understanding', at least not letting Louise say things like 'it shouldn't be allowed' or 'it's inappropriate in principle,' because they didn't yet have the conditions to openly break the rules and theories.

Louise then bluntly stated it—

She said she wanted Theresa to write a report for her.

She added that, in principle, only she should be able to write this report.

She also mentioned that she wanted Theresa to help write a report containing even more classified information.

After a few words, the two female students, who were actually quite worldly-wise, were completely bewildered.

"Ok?"

Louise, however, looked at the two of them with an innocent expression and asked, "Is there a problem?"

Theresa twisted her fingers helplessly and whispered, "Well, it's not that there's a problem... it's just... it's just..."

"If there are no problems, then I'll leave it to you."

Louise, however, turned around and pulled a stack of parchment from under the shrine, handing it to Theresa without even looking at it: "Thank you."

Theresa: "Oh, this..."

"These are reports sent back from the investigation team. Hmm, Hess marked them as 'Top Secret' on them. I didn't take the wrong ones."

Louise met Theresa's timid gaze and added, "Oh, by the way, there are also a few strategic plans drafted by the Black Vane priests, which were copied down from our otherworldly clergy. You can take a look if you're interested..."

"Black Van's strategic plan!"

The next instant, Theresa, who was practically a klutz in sports, weak in the limbs, and delicate in the body, actually snatched the stack of parchment from Louise's hands. According to Lian's rough calculation, that little hand that had just left an afterimage was already no less fast than her own hand speed when she was a mid-level thief in her loli days.

Louise smiled slightly and nodded to the girl, whose face was gradually turning red as she suddenly realized her serious lapse in composure. The girl, who wanted to return the stack of information to Louise but was so reluctant to part with it that she began to tremble, said, "Thank you."

"Um, no, Sister Louise, what I mean is..."

Finally, Theresa's reason managed to overcome her emotions, and she gritted her teeth and said, "This isn't right!" Louise tilted her head innocently and asked, "What's wrong?"

Theresa pursed her lips: "It's just... it's that..."

"Let me tell you."

Lian sighed, interrupting Theresa's stammering explanation, and said with a subtle expression to Louise, who was looking at her, "What we both mean is, this kind of thing... I mean, this kind of thing that's not quite in line with the rules, but we both think is necessary to 'make an exception', can we talk about it a little... tactfully?"

Louise frowned slightly and asked again, "Why? Is someone eavesdropping here?"

After saying that, her eyes immediately lit up with a soft light. She looked around and shook her head, indicating that she felt no one was eavesdropping.

"I don't think this is a question of whether anyone is eavesdropping."

Lian sighed and said weakly, "It's just a little inappropriate."

"It wasn't appropriate to begin with, but we still have to do it, right?"

Louise leaned back against the shrine, puzzled. "Since we all know we're about to do something inappropriate, and there's no one around to eavesdrop, why do we have to be 'tactful' about it? Are you worried that God will find out I'm lying? It's alright, God doesn't care about that."

lotus:"……"

Theresa: "..."

Although both of them felt that Louise's words were somewhat off, after careful consideration, they were surprised to find that Louise's words were actually very correct, extremely correct!

There's clearly no one to avoid, and both sides are fully aware of the situation, so playing cryptic games seems pointless.

[On another note, this Ms. Louise doesn't seem to be truly naive and ignorant; rather, she seems to be what Foster heard from those otherworldly people… 'wise in her foolishness'?]

Lian muttered this to herself, then nodded and smiled at Theresa, "In that case, let's listen to Ms. Louise and not go through those unnecessary detours."

"Okay! Okay! I understand!"

Theresa nodded vigorously, then excitedly ran to the table next to her where the shrine of the Goddess of Dawn had been placed (Clara had taken it with her when she left). She quickly sifted through the parchments, soon picking out all the important information Hess had sent, and focused on reading the message that Mo Tan had passed on to Gospel Mountain City through several trusted members of the [Ye Yin Clan].

"hey-hey……"

The girl smiled contentedly.

"Eh?"

The girl's eyes widened in surprise.

"oh oh!"

The girl nodded knowingly.

"Wow--"

The girl clapped her hands in amazement.

"Well?"

The girl was confused.

"ah!"

The girl's confusion was resolved.

“Oh hoo!”

The girl smiled knowingly.

"oops!"

The girl seemed to have noticed something was wrong.

"wrong!"

The girl realized that this didn't seem to be a problem.

"bad."

The girl recalled the scene of being bullied in front of the simulation table.

"..."

The girl's pretty face flushed slightly, and she became shy because she felt a connection with someone.

"Did I really not give you the wrong thing?"

Finally, even Louise, who had started to drift off into thought again, couldn't help but turn to the side and peek at the few pieces of parchment in front of Theresa that didn't actually contain much information—enough to elicit such a reaction from the girl—and asked hesitantly, "What are you looking at?"

"Looking at Hei Fan's mood, Hei Fan's thoughts, and Hei Fan's thought process."

Theresa smiled and shook her head, a captivating and bewitching smile that seemed out of place with the overall style of the painting: "And there's something Black Van wanted to say to me."

"What Pastor Black Vane wants to say to you? Is it here?"

"Yes, right here, here are the words Hei Fan wants to say to me."

"No, I checked before, he didn't leave you any messages."

"Some things can be conveyed without leaving a message."

"Is that right?"

"For example, he earnestly asked me to cover for the investigation team."

"Did he say that?"

"No, but he gave Hess and Richard a great deal of freedom."

"so?"

"But they're not good enough, so Black Van is counting on me!"

"...?"

Chapter 2816: The End