Secrets: Priestess

Chapter 215 Placement
The ghost ship sailed silently through the waves and thin fog on the sea.

In Alger's quiet captain's cabin, a teeth-grinding creaking sound suddenly erupted from beneath the thick, dark brown carpet, and the bookshelves and wine cabinets on both sides began to shake.

Alger, who was discussing with Claire, looked cold.

This is a ghost ship warning!

He frowned and became alert, and warned Claire, "Ms. Flora, an unknown enemy is approaching."

At this moment, the ring necklace under Claire's clothes felt hot on her chest. It was Tessa, the woman, trying to locate her.

Feeling the warmth transmitted from the rings on the necklace, Claire sighed softly.

The next moment, a black-haired beauty with a cool temperament yet an extremely seductive aura appeared in the captain's cabin of the ghost ship.

It’s “Spirit World Travel”!
Alger was about to take action, but at that moment, he heard Claire's voice prompting him, "This is my companion, Captain Wilson."

Alger stared blankly at the extremely beautiful black-haired woman before him, and blurted out subconsciously, "A witch?"

Claire also looked at Tessa who suddenly came running over with confusion. Tessa had disguised her true appearance and was not using the image of "Alicia".

But then again, if she went to the ghost ship of the Church of Storms under the image of "Alicia", who knows what kind of trouble it would cause if the news got back.

"Flora." Tessa appeared and stuck to Claire.

Especially after seeing that Claire didn't clearly resist, he smiled and took Claire's arm. He even answered Alger's question in a good mood: "I may be a witch, but I am a legitimate member of the Red Gloves and a follower of the Goddess."

No one dares to pretend to be God's favored one.

And judging by Claire's acquiescent expression, the woman who suddenly appeared in her captain's cabin was obviously not lying.

But the Goddess of Night actually has witches as her followers. Alger felt that it was really eye-opening.

The soft jade was close to her body. Claire, affected by the residual charm left over from last time, was slightly distracted. She coughed awkwardly and wanted to pull her arm away from Tessa's embrace, but then her mind darkened and she didn't move again. She just asked, "Why are you here?"

Tessa stared into Claire's crimson eyes, paused for a moment, and then smiled, "I'm still worried about you... and Backlund has Saint Anthony backing us up. I only came here after filing a report."

Make a report...

Claire's mouth twitched. Considering Tessa's personality, it was considered disciplined to leave a note for Saint Anthony.

Alger overheard the conversation between the two and figured out that this witch lady was also an investigator in the Capin case.

However, the ambiguous atmosphere between the two of them made him, an outsider, feel a little embarrassed.

As a member of the Tarot Club, Alger knew full well that "witches" were generally male assassins who had grown up. He glanced curiously at Tessa, who was clinging to Claire, and lamented that even though this witch from the Church of Evernight had changed her gender, her aspirations remained unchanged...

Tessa didn't care about Alger's presence. She said to Claire, "If you want to hunt down Tracy, it's less dangerous with me, the Witch of Pain, here with you. And if you really run into a core member of the Witch Cult, I'm confident I can help you escape."

The Witch of Pain? Alger glanced at Tessa in surprise, feeling even more emotional.

When Claire heard Tessa say this, she knew that she was worried that she would use the goddess's powerful power that would endanger her life.

In reality, she intended to use this power if necessary, even if it meant facing death. This was the decision she made when she prayed to the goddess—to truly abandon concerns about life and death and do what was expected of her identities as Nighthawk and Red Glove.

Claire couldn't tell now whether it was her true nature or the influence of her career as a Nighthawk and Red Gloves and the companions she met along the way.

Therefore, she responded to Tessa's feelings clumsily and stiffly - facing life and death, she was unwilling to deliberately ignore her true inner attitude because of the entanglement of those unsolved things in the past, and ultimately leave regrets.

Claire looked at Tessa who was chasing after her, and she knew in her heart that the woman beside her must have noticed her thoughts and was chasing after her out of concern.

"Anyway, I can still return to Backlund at any time with the help of my magical items." Tessa pouted and said everything she could.

Claire could only smile bitterly, unable to bring herself to chase him away: "You... then stay."

"What's this lady's name?" Alger, who had been ignored, spoke up at the right moment.

Tessa said nonchalantly, "Just call me 'Witch'."

Claire frowned and shook her head slightly, "This isn't appropriate."

If the news of a witch cultist in the Church of Evernight were to spread, Tessa's identity might be exposed. Even if the probability was small, Claire was unwilling to take such a risk.

She intended to let Tessa use the identity of "Tulip," but it might cause trouble for Audrey and her family. After thinking about it, Claire said, "Captain Wilson, you can just call her 'Viper.'"

When Tessa heard Claire's arrangement, she narrowed her eyes and smiled happily. "Sure, I'll be Viper. Captain Wilson, please give me your guidance during the journey."

Viper...

Alger had heard of this name in Backlund.

The appraiser at a gathering of extraordinary people called himself "Viper". Rumors that this gathering of extraordinary people was suspected to have the background of the Church of Evernight seemed to be true.

"Miss Viper, I'll arrange a new room for you on the ship right away," Alger said politely.

Tessa waved her hand and smiled, "Don't bother. I can stay in Flora's room. Have you arranged a room for Flora?"

Alger hesitated and looked at Claire again.

Claire nodded helplessly: "Just follow her ideas."

The relationship between these two... Even the steady Alger was amazed at this moment. He had thought that the atmosphere in Intis was more serious, but he didn't expect that the Church of the Evernight Goddess was no less serious.

I just don't know if Ms. Flora knows the truth about the "Witch" path... She should know it. Ms. Flora seems to have a high status in the Church of Evernight, and her intelligence authority should be very high.

Regardless of the relationship between the two, Alger was willing to let "Viper" stay. She was a "Pain" witch of Sequence 5, an existence that no one on his entire ship could defeat. With such help, the mission of hunting down Tracy would be safer.

Alger walked out of the captain's cabin and waved to a crew member to put some daily necessities in the room prepared for Flora.

"I don't know if taking on this mission is a blessing or a curse... I hope we can successfully capture Vice Admiral Disease." Alger sighed and turned back to the captain's cabin.

(End of this chapter)