The Infinite Journey of a Certain Flame

With the Vatican officials driving them away and guiding them, the curious residents who had come to watch quickly scattered like birds and beasts.

Everyone formed a circle, eager to see the entire trial in its entirety...

And amidst all this anticipation...

Kiana, escorted by several knights, strode closer to the place.

"coming!"

With her arrival, the entire scene seemed to change, and everyone craned their necks to look, eager to see Kiana's current situation.

However, the prisoner they had envisioned did not exist.

On the contrary, surrounded by several knights, Kiana resembled a noble lady invited to this place, rather than a prisoner burdened with serious crimes.

She was still wearing her usual clothes, with no shackles on her hands and feet, and her expression showed a relaxed and elegant demeanor.

She didn't look like a prisoner at all, but the knights who escorted her were all terrified.

Instead, it reflects a sense of utter humiliation at being about to be wiped out...

This scene stunned everyone, and many people couldn't help but rub their eyes.

Am I seeing things? Am I dreaming?

"Yeah! This...this is just too unbelievable!"

"Could it be... that this guy isn't actually a prisoner?"

A series of exclamations of doubt, shock, and disbelief rose from the crowd.

At that very moment, Kiana also arrived at the trial location.

She glanced around and then gave an order to the knight beside her.

"Alright, that's enough for now. Go and gather all the residents here."

"Yes, Sword Saint!"

The knights nodded, then went to the crowd and announced to everyone.

"Today, the Vatican is conducting a trial here. Everyone must remain silent, otherwise..."

Before the knights could finish speaking, a commotion immediately broke out in the crowd.

"Trial?!"

"How did it turn into a trial?"

"And what are the charges against them?"

Surprise and disbelief echoed from the crowd.

Kiana glanced at everyone expressionlessly, then turned and prepared to walk towards the center of the square.

"Hey! You..."

"What do you mean, 'you'? Show me some respect! Otherwise, you might lose your head!"

Seeing that someone dared to stop her, Kiana snorted coldly and said in a chilling tone.

Upon hearing this, the knight's expression faltered slightly, and he quickly bowed respectfully.

"My dear great-aunt!"

"You're smart to know your place."

"Okay, okay, please, please..."

Led by the knight, the group arrived at the stone platform in the cliff square.

At this moment, the stone platform was covered with various magic circles and spells, making it look exceptionally solemn and majestic, inspiring a sense of awe in people.

At the other end of the square stands a sculpture.

The sculpture is about five meters tall, with a dark purple color and an ancient appearance. However, a blood-red gem is embedded in the chest of the sculpture, making it look eerie and evil.

"This is the goddess!"

The knight bowed slightly to the sculpture and then introduced it.

"This sculpture is of the Goddess, the guardian deity of our Holy See. She indeed performed many great deeds in ancient times and even created a series of great achievements. To commemorate her merits, we have specially set up this trial ceremony here."

After saying that, he pointed to the giant stone pillar next to him.

"My lord, the stone pillar inlaid with this is the one needed for the judgment, and the divine and incantation marks on the pillar symbolize our Church's loyalty to the Goddess and her benevolence!"

His words made Kiana raise her eyebrows slightly, and then she followed his gaze to the stone pillar.

"I see..."

“Indeed, the only place in this world where the Goddess can personally conduct judgment is here.”

The knight smiled and offered an explanation.

"Oh, I see. Then I'd like to see if the gods of this world actually exist."

Kiana nodded, then strode towards the stone pillar.

However, her actions made the already terrified members of the Vatican extremely nervous.

"No, no, no! We can take our time with this later. Let's proceed with the trial first."

It was called a trial, but it was more like a show.

Because Kiana had already reached an agreement with the Holy See from the very beginning.

This matter will be glossed over under the pretext of the demons' divisive tactics. As for those who accidentally offended Kiana and unfortunately lost their lives...

The Pope and the bishops generously stated that they would explain to the public that this was the will of the goddess.

As for whether it is true or not, only the goddess herself probably knows for sure.

In short, after a sleep-inducing trial, Kiana's stigma was completely cleared, and she was portrayed as a patriot fighting on the front lines against the demons.

It seemed like they wanted to exaggerate her abilities and then use the opportunity to win her over and form an alliance to fight against the demons.

Kiana retorted without hesitation to the Vatican's blatant lack of morality: "You flatter me! I have no intention of interfering in your feud."

Faced with Kiana's direct confrontation, the Archbishop's face turned ashen.

After a moment, the portly bishop managed a not-so-pleasant smile:

"You're quite the joker, aren't you? Ahem! Now, let us all pray for the girl who has been blessed by the gods; a beautiful day will surely come!"

After that, everyone began to pray.

Kiana, however, looked at these people with a calm expression, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Your name is Spider...? (So what if I was reincarnated as a spider?): Chapter Seventeen: Fighting Side-by-Side with Spider-Child

When it comes to prayer, the people of this world are professionals.

Their posture, though not particularly elegant or proper, was quite devout, fully demonstrating their inner loyalty to their faith.

"Aren't these the kind of people who ask ghosts and gods instead of Heaven?"

Kiana did not adapt to local customs; in truth, she was wary of the gods, royalty, and nobility of this world.

Therefore, while everyone else was praying, she, the sword saint who was clearing her name, stood there motionless.

The archbishop in charge of this farcical trial twitched his lips, but ultimately didn't dare to find fault.

After many trials, he had realized that he couldn't afford to mess with this young female sword saint.

As the saying goes, it's easy to invite a god but hard to send him away. At this moment, the archbishop only hoped to get rid of Kiana as soon as possible.

He would feel quite embarrassed if he lingered even a little longer...

"Well... now that everything is settled, where does Your Excellency Sword Saint plan to go next? I will take care of the Pope."

"Thank you for your trouble. I... I should probably be leaving now."

Kiana thought about it and decided that there was no point in staying any longer, so she might as well leave as soon as possible.

It also saves me from getting annoyed by these people.

So she slowly walked away from there.

Before leaving, he didn't forget to say goodbye to the little nun Lia, and at the same time, he instructed the archbishop to keep an eye on his subordinates.

"If anyone bullies her again, I'll raze your church to the ground and personally send you to meet the goddess. Understand?"

Kiana warned in a cold voice.

"understand!"

The archbishop dared not say more, nodding repeatedly.

After finishing all the preparations, Kiana finally felt at ease and embarked on her new journey.

Of course, don't get me wrong, the journey in this world isn't over yet. Even if we're going to leave, we'll have to wait until the matter with Paphinas is resolved.

...

In the dark and sunless labyrinth, a colossal creature lay silently against the rock wall on the banks of a river of lava.

How should I describe this thing?

It is constructed from many rough and hard steel pieces, with a body reaching about ten meters in height. It possesses four enormous claws, each with sharp, pointed nails. Its body is covered in numerous scars, a gruesome sight. It is like a ferocious beast lurking in the shadows, ready to unleash devastation upon awakening...

The monster's heart was slowly radiating heat, and this heat was becoming increasingly unstable as it unwittingly absorbed energy from the lava river...

In the distance, two white-haired girls stood one in front of the other, gazing at the enormous creature.

"Is this the latest monster that Paphinas created? It looks quite ugly."

Kiana, leaning against the rock wall with one hand, calmly commented.

"Huh? Ugly? I think it looks pretty good."

Hearing the spider's reply, Kiana turned around in surprise, only to find that the white-haired, purple-eyed half-spider girl showed no sign of joking.

Clearly... she genuinely believed the monster was...

"Well, it might be a bit unreasonable to expect a Warcraft's aesthetic sense to be closer to that of a human."