Dear Broom Knight.

Chapter 961 The Person Used as a Pretext
Although the followers of the Dark Night are always arrogant, they absolutely respect capable and strong women.

The male members of the Night Guard were already used to the atmosphere of the Night Church, and were naturally very polite to women, especially powerful women.

This Lady Ariges is the strongest among the strong. Not only is she exceptionally powerful, but she is also extremely intelligent and adept at handling magic-related issues. She is an outstanding great knight.

Of course, the Temple of Emilia wouldn't completely ignore her identity. It would be truly foolish to allow such a dangerous and powerful individual to live in their territory without any investigation.

Moreover, the name of Knight Alexandra sounds quite familiar.

Fortunately, the woman they suspected was a swordsman.

But they also need to know whether this Knight Ariges truly wants to find a place to raise her child, or whether she wants to use that name to draw fire for someone.

Then they managed to find some trace of the other party.

This one had always stayed in that giant abyss on the eastern border of the North.

That is indeed the natural border between Vargas and the Kingdom of the North.

But the fact that so many smugglers dare to cross the abyss proves that there must be some less dangerous, hidden routes there.

The fact that this route remained undetected by both countries suggests that someone must have been controlling it.

There must be a place in that abyss where people can set up camp; otherwise, they certainly couldn't control so many smugglers.

Those who do this kind of work are risking their lives; they may have some principles, but they have absolutely no conscience.

Wherever there are such outdoor areas where people can rest and shop, there will inevitably be some reclusive, powerful individuals nearby who do not wish to be disturbed by anyone.

Knight Arigs used to live there.

Fortunately, she didn't have purple eyes when she appeared twenty years ago.

Knowing when she arrived at the Eastern Abyss and with such a name, no one was surprised that she would come out and flaunt herself everywhere after becoming pregnant.

After Pat disappeared, similar powerful women appeared in all directions, and although they were all hiding very well, they would always end up shopping in places where people were very suspicious of them, for various reasons.

It's not even certain whether she's actually pregnant.

Actually, it was people from several major churches who were initially investigating Pat's movements.

It's really hard to tell these women out from the crowd who are trying to attract attention.

If Pat hadn't been a swordsman, he might have openly confronted them.

If this were actually done, it would be an ugly affair.

After all, interrogating a woman of legitimate status who is at a crucial stage in her life, especially on the grounds of suspecting her of being a cult member—something that could easily lead to misunderstandings—is extremely disgraceful for any church.

Long, long ago, when the Church was more powerful than royalty, nobility, mages, and scholars, it was not uncommon for clergy to murder and extort money in the name of judging heretics.

Even after the signing of the King's Covenant, before the fall of the gods, similar things happened frequently in some countries completely controlled by the church.

The things that the Storm High Priest of the Northern Kingdom did can only be described as nothing new under the sun; history just keeps repeating itself.

However, although it's nothing unusual, it still can't be brought into the light.

Some things naturally become taboo in the open, such as arbitrarily suspecting someone of being a cult member.

After all, the cultists in this world, Ice and the Tower, although they have done a lot of despicable things, have not really gone so far as to kill on sight.

Even the most mindless Ice Cultists are driven by self-interest... so the sins they commit are not much different from those of ordinary humans.

Both are harmful to others and to oneself.

Furthermore, no church dares to publicly claim that they can withstand the most rigorous scrutiny of the sun. According to the agreement made with the strongest humans, the church cannot arbitrarily scrutinize any human.

Of course, everyone knows how to put on a show, but it's normal to actually do something.

After all, the gods also require their followers to be good forever!

However, the major churches are still quite cautious about Pat's case.

There's no way around it; if they dare to do something, this guy really will dare to flip the table.

Most importantly, this matter will inevitably go directly to their leader... Although the one in Qingfeng Territory has remained silent, no one believes that he will not care about anything.

And the followers of the Tower are truly everywhere.

These people may not help Pat, but they would certainly be happy to cause trouble for the various churches.

The gods' followers' hesitant investigation soon came to a temporary halt... The reason they were uneasy about Pat was that they were genuinely afraid she would give birth to the Tower Lord on their own territory.

But if someone from the Tower Church dares to hunt down Pat, then there's no need to worry about this anymore.

The Lord of the Tower is a typical scoundrel.

No matter how eloquently he speaks, he is still a schemer so paranoid that he even doubts himself.

Those scheming individuals in the tower's secret realm, whatever their plans, could never act so openly... If they knew this news, then this would be an blatant manhunt.

Of course, the Tower Lord was still outwardly protecting Pat's safety. But nobody was a fool; how could they not see the difference?

This is enough to prove that Pat is going to give birth to her own child, and it is even very likely that the child will make the Lord of the Tower wary.

As for why the 'clever person' in the secret tower chose to target Pat, that has nothing to do with the various churches.

Who cares about the infighting within cults?

Now that they had confirmed Knight Alexandra's identity, the Night Guardians and Earth Followers naturally believed her reason for coming here... simply to have children.

Therefore, we were quite polite to her and would greet her when we met on the street.

Of course, most importantly, Knight Ariges's child should only be eight months old.

The nuns in the church confirmed that she was due to give birth in a month.

As for Pat, she should have given birth long ago... she was found to be pregnant in the fall.

And now, it is already the summer of the second year.

Alexandra gave the squad leader a dazed smile: "While I still had some energy and there weren't many people around, I went to check out where the maze was located."

When I first heard about this, I really wanted to go in and see for myself!

She smiled wryly and touched her stomach: "Unfortunately, they didn't give me a chance."

“Although I don’t know why the gods chose Emilia, it’s at least clear that other areas will open later,” the guard captain reassured. “You can… um…”

Lady Darkmoon, who had been merely observing their conversation, kicked him, interrupting their illogical exchange.

“I’m sorry, Ms. Alexandra, this is a fledgling that hasn’t built a nest yet.” Darkmoon gave a polite smile.

The guard captain was a little confused, but he obediently shut his mouth. He guessed that he had said something stupid that would affect the expectant mother's mood.

Alexandra couldn't help but laugh: "Dark Night...you really understand women's minds."

Thank you for your comfort, but I wanted to have the child myself; it wasn't for any mission.

She nodded to Dark Moon: "Don't worry! I will take good care of the children and won't complain about missing a few opportunities."

Really, it was just the right timing.

Dark Moon, who was always aloof and indifferent, gave her a smile.

Alex waved goodbye to them and went into the two-story house she rented.

After closing the door, Alex placed the keychain on the cabinet and slowly walked to the kitchen to pour a glass of water.

After taking a few sips, she suddenly chuckled, "Emilia's Darkmoon, how interesting."

Is it because they suspect that Alexandra might have gotten pregnant on purpose to distract Pat, and therefore they're afraid Pat will hate her child?

Compared to the Night Cultists she had met before, she was incredibly soft.

They're all just reserves; their hearts haven't turned into cold moonlight yet!
She put down her water glass and touched her stomach: "You're being too unethical in thinking about me."

How could she possibly let her subordinates do that kind of thing just to protect herself?
That was the girl she took away from Yagris!

They only had a few girls disguise themselves to divert attention when they were initially preparing to hide in a safe place.

And what happened after that... Alexis smiled with narrowed eyes, guessing it was all a trick played by her dear Lori.

Illusions were Lowry's specialty.

As for how to create the appearance of a real pregnant woman... she remembered that Valera's banyan tree was very good at playing this kind of trick.

Who knows, it might be a baby inside, or a bunch of banyan tree roots?
After all, they all exhibit vital signs.

It's difficult to tell with the naked eye unless you're taken inside the Earth Church for a thorough examination.

Alexandra hadn't originally planned to come to Emilia.

But she also knew what a ten-month pregnancy meant.

I was carrying more than one baby, and after ten months I still hadn't given birth, which was a bit scary.

Although she had arranged the Eastern Abyss to be very comfortable, with all the necessities of life sufficient for her to live on with her children for three to five years, ... she couldn't keep them from coming out!

Anyway, according to common sense, she should have given birth long ago, so Pat is naturally not afraid to meet people as a pregnant woman again.

Fortunately, Sister Darkness in Emilia didn't notice anything wrong. She just said that the two babies were doing well, and that she was taking good care of them. They hadn't had any minor problems even after more than eight months.

But twins always come a little earlier, and she arrived just in time.

Heh~ When she heard the nun's explanation, she felt a chill run down her spine, fearing that her babies would be born 'full term'.

Alexis calculated it again carefully, and only after confirming that if the baby would be born next month as the nun said, it couldn't possibly be 13 months, did she finally feel relieved.

(End of this chapter)