Becoming a winner in life starts with becoming a shadow.

Chapter 306: Don't use trust to test human nature.
Axis believers can do anything if they are serious about it. We are the ones who can do it!

Even if we don’t do well, don’t blame us, blame the world!
When faced with something annoying, all you have to do is run away. Running away doesn’t mean losing, it means winning!

When you hesitate, you will regret it no matter what you do. You will regret it anyway, so just choose the easier way now!

Don’t be afraid of getting old. Even God doesn’t know whether you will be happy in the future, so smile now!

To be honest, if the teachings of the Axis Cult were brought to modern times, there would definitely be countless believers, and even the mentally retarded goddess would be renamed the bad goddess.

But in a different world with a strong religious atmosphere, Aqua's teachings, which were summarized based on her own personality, are not so suitable.

Apart from other things, if the peasants give up, the lord will be left with nothing.

This is also the reason why Aqua started preaching very early, but was ultimately no match for Eris.

It was precisely because she knew the teachings of the Axis Cult that Alice could understand the urgency of the Axis Cult.

After all, after the Demon King is defeated, humans, free of external threats, will enter an era of internal strife.

In this era, there is no need for so-called heroes anymore, so the Axis Cult that worships the water goddess Aqua has no necessary meaning for its existence.

After all, in a continent without the Demon King, the hero candidate would become an unstable factor.

Therefore, if the Axis Cult wants to continue to exist, it must make changes.

Obviously, taking over a territory and integrating politics and religion is a good choice.

As for why they didn't choose Alcanretia, Alice also understood. To put it simply, the Axis Cult could not hold on to the hot spring town because the benefits were too great.

Without the wreaking havoc of the Demon King's army, the kingdom can focus on exterminating monsters and increasing the efficiency of territory use.

In that case, Alcanretia would become more important because of the stable source of income that the hot springs could provide, and the Axis Cult, which had monopolized the management rights of the hot spring town, would become an eyesore.

After that, the lord can find some dirty information about the Axis Cult and expel them from Alcanretia.

After all, there are no normal people in Alcanretia from top to bottom, and the main responsible persons are often arrested. It is not easy to expel the Axis Cult.

Besides, the nobles who control Alcanretia will certainly not be willing to give up their territory.

So what Alexia meant was that Alcanretia remained immobile and the Axis Cult had no intention of attacking Alcanretia.

"I wonder what your master is interested in?" Alice thought for a moment and then asked tentatively.

"Axel!" Alexia did not hide anything. After all, speaking by herself meant that she had already chosen the target.

"It is indeed a good choice, but it's a pity that there is already a lord here." Alice shook her head immediately. After all, Alderp, who presented the artifact, left a good impression on her.

"Your Highness, what if I tell you that the person who wants to harm you is Alderp, the lord of Axel, will you still shake your head?" Alexia asked Alice.

"What?!" This time, Kureya couldn't hold back any longer and yelled.

"Lady Alexia, could you have made a mistake?" Rain on the side also asked. After all, Alderp had presented Alice with a sacred artifact before.

"I know that Alderp presented a divine weapon bestowed by the goddess on the candidate hero to Her Highness the Princess. Because we know this, we are more certain. Your Highness, you still don't know what the function of the divine weapon you wear around your neck is, right?" Alexia asked Alice.

"Is it dangerous?" Alice asked calmly at this moment. After all, Alexia still needed her help to intercede, so she would naturally not let her encounter danger.

"It will exchange the consciousness of the user and the wearer. In other words, as long as Alderp comes before Your Highness and recites the spell to activate the artifact, your two consciousnesses will be exchanged.

During this period, as long as one party kills the other, this originally short-term exchange of consciousness will become permanent. In other words, Alderp intends to seize your body, Your Highness, and then use your identity to give the artifact to the prince.

Afterwards, he found an opportunity to be alone to poison the king, and then took the poison himself, and once again exchanged bodies through the artifact. Then he would be able to obtain the body of His Royal Highness the Prince and inherit the kingdom.

The above are not my random guesses, but the facts that I dug out from Alderp through torture after capturing him. I wonder if Your Highness thinks that his plan to usurp the country through this artifact is feasible?" Alexia looked at Alice and asked.

"Have you captured Alderp?" Alice did not give a direct answer but changed the subject.

After all, if the function of the artifact is really as Alexia said, then the feasibility of the plan is very high. After all, it is impossible for my brother and father to guard against me.

"Of course, the first thing the goddess did after she descended was to sense the presence of a powerful demon in Lord Axel's mansion. That means Alderp has colluded with the devil. If it weren't for this, we wouldn't have attacked the lord of a kingdom for no reason." Alexia replied calmly.

"That's it!" Alice nodded.

As to whether this is true or not, it doesn’t matter anymore. After all, no one dares to doubt the goddess’ words.

"Another point is that the goddess herself brought a hero candidate with her this time. He currently forms an adventurer team with Dustinis Ford Lalatina and they are close teammates." Alexia continued.

"Lalatina?" After hearing this name, Alice began to understand what Alexia meant.

Because the Dustinis family has always served and protected the royal family. That is to say, after Axel was captured by the Axis Cult, if something happens, they will stand on the side of the royal family because of the Dustinis family.

In other words, the meat is rotten in the pot!

“Your Highness, the church wants me to take charge of the territory for a period of time. When a hero is found who defeats the Demon King, no matter who he is, whether he is an envoy of the Axis Cult or not, he will take over the position of lord and archbishop.

Of course, if you want to defeat the Demon King, you must rely on the power of the Goddess, so the hero who can defeat the Demon King must be one of the two candidates. So I don’t think it’s too much to ask for a reward in advance. After all, you have to give the two hero candidates enough motivation. What do you think?" Alexia looked at Alice and asked.

"Sir Alexia, I cannot give you any answer for now. After all, this matter needs to be decided by my father, but I promise to reply to you as soon as possible." Alice shook her head.

If it was just a title, she could agree to it now. After all, Alexia had saved the royal family by exposing Alderp's plan, and this favor must be expressed in some way.

But when it comes to territory, it's not something that can be solved by just acting coquettishly.

"It's okay. It's rare for Her Majesty the Goddess to come down to the mortal world. She won't get bored so quickly. Don't worry, Axel. Alderp is currently under our control and there won't be any problems in the territory." Alexia's answer was still firm.

After hearing what Alexia said, Alice knew that Alexia was reminding her not to let the kingdom send any surrogate officials. After all, Axel was saved after the goddess personally expelled the great demon, and she couldn't let the goddess' hard work be in vain.

"I see. Is there anything else?" Alice was about to see the guest off.

"There is one last thing you need to do before you leave," Alexia said as she pulled out two scrolls from her loose priest robes.

"Lady Alexia, do you know what this is?" Alice asked curiously as she looked at the two scrolls Alexia took out.

"Your Highness, please ask your two close ministers to come over. I need to take measures to prevent the news from leaking before I leave." Alexia said to Alice.

"Lord Alexia, I trust Kuleija and Rain very much." Alice shook her head and refused.

"Your Highness, don't use so-called trust to test human nature. The news of the goddess's arrival cannot be blocked, but I hope that before the goddess is ready, it will not be spread to the demon king's army. After all, if something unexpected happens, everyone will be very uncomfortable.

In addition, the artifact I just mentioned is also very important. In fact, the hero candidate wanted to use the artifact to constantly change his body to achieve another kind of immortality, so once the function of this artifact is leaked, it will lead to bloody storms.

Originally, the best way to deal with it was to exchange it with Her Majesty the Goddess and let her take it back to the God Realm. But I guess you can't trust me, and you won't even bring this artifact when you meet Her Majesty the Goddess in the future, so I won't ask for it." Alexia said slowly as she unfolded the scroll.

"But Lady Alexia, you don't plan to tell me how to activate the artifact, right?" Alice asked Alexia.

"I want to say yes, but unfortunately, I don't know how to activate it. The activation spell left by the goddess on the artifact is in the language of another world, which means that only the hero candidate can understand it.

But I personally think it's good not to know, after all, this way there is double insurance, what do you think, Princess?" Alexia glanced at Yukihime as she spoke, then turned back to Alice.

"Words from another world? I see. I understand!" Alice nodded.

She understood that Alexia was pointing out that if she wanted to know the spell, she had to give the hero candidate visible benefits.

In other words, if the royal family has any ideas about the artifact, they will have to exchange their territory for the spell.

As Alice nodded, Kureya and Rain also walked over silently.

"Don't worry, this method can only prevent you from speaking about the goddess and the artifact. If you want to express it, the magic power in your body will be dormant and your body will be paralyzed and unable to move until the thought disappears. Now put your hand on the blank space in the center of the spell." Alexia said to the two women.

The two women who heard this did not act immediately, but looked at Alice.

The two women, who received no response, placed their hands on the center of the spell with disappointment in their eyes.

Alice knew the disappointment of the two girls, but she couldn't say no to Alexia's kindness.

Even if this good intention has unknown effects, Alice has no choice but to accept it.

After all, there is no doubt that the two women will be replaced later.

As for rejecting Alexia's kindness, the secret of the artifact's function would certainly not be kept.

Why there are no secrets in the royal family? Isn’t it because the people around them can’t control their mouths?

This is not to say that the royal family's close associates are all big mouths, but that they are unable to keep their family secrets.

So at this moment, Alice actually regretted bringing her two close ministers to this interview.

If Alice had known that there would be a lot of things in this interview that they shouldn't hear, she would rather meet with Alexia alone.

After all, Alice is not afraid of Alexia attacking her. Even though she is only 12 years old, the princess of the ancient kingdom of Belzer is also a strong person who can kill a dragon alone.

The special moves she has mastered have a lethality that surpasses Huihui's explosion magic, so there is really no need to worry about safety issues.

So strictly speaking, it was Alexia who brought the sword to Xiang Ye and misled Alice.

Of course, before they met, Alice didn't consider Alexia as an equal conversation partner.

Seeing that Alice spoke to Alexia after she exuded a terrifying aura, it is not difficult to understand that the young princess was willing to have an equal dialogue because she recognized Alexia's strength.

Of course, no matter what, the matter has become a foregone conclusion.

As the black runes passed through the skin of the two women and concentrated towards their mouths, the two women were very panicked at this moment. After all, the unknown is scary.

The method Alexia used was the Root's unique skill, the Seal of the Tongue to Eradicate Evil·Modified!
It has to be said that Alice was also shocked by Alexia's methods.

After all, Alexia's magic is obviously different from the magic on this continent.

At this moment, Alice couldn't help but guess Alexia's identity.

Because she felt that Alexia might be the servant of the water goddess.

After all, as far as she knew, apart from some regrettable guys, there were no elites like Alexia in the Axis Cult.

That's why Alice suspected that Alexia was the follower brought by the goddess when she came down to earth.

She became even more certain of this, especially after Alexia demonstrated methods other than magic.

On the contrary, Yu Jian Xiangye who was beside Alexia felt that the scroll and the runes on the scroll seemed to have been seen by him in Neon.

After all, he is a veteran chuunibyou and has done a lot of research on the mysterious side of knowledge.

However, Yu Jian Xiangye didn't dare to say anything at this moment. Before he understood the twists and turns in the conversation between Alexia and Ai Lian, he was afraid that Alexia would put a closure spell on him.

After all, no one wants to see changes in their body that are beyond their understanding, especially bad changes.

So when he saw that Alexia did not include him, Yu Jian Xiangye not only breathed a sigh of relief, but also reduced his own presence.

Now is the time to follow your heart!
(End of this chapter)