On my second playthrough, they were full of malice towards me.

"Yes, yes, and she's just a kid, what does she know? Let's let her come with us to find the witch first, and after we defeat the witch, we can go back and help her find the people."

Liao Ji seemed to finally understand something.

Next, as if to confirm, he didn't answer the little girl's question, but instead asked another one in return.

"Can you tell me your name?" Liao Ji's voice softened slightly.

"name."

The little girl clutched her dirty, tattered clothes tightly, and whispered in a slightly frightened and nervous voice:

"Ayatisius".

Chapter 212 The Past

Dragon Kingdom, the capital of seals.

call!

The young nun by the bedside let out a long breath, wiped the slight sweat from her forehead, and the power of the holy light gradually dissipated.

"Thank you for your hard work, Tia." Jiu You, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed, opened her eyes. Her usually majestic dragon eyes were now filled with tenderness. The dragon girl cast a grateful glance at Si Xiu Tia, who was treating her.

The little nun shook her head, then took off her boots, climbed onto the bed, and sat side by side with the dragon girl.

"Sister Jiuyou, do you know that I actually feel incredibly happy right now?"

"Yes, being able to stay by Lord Ash's side is something I also..."

Just as the dragon girl opened her mouth to agree, the little nun waved her hand to interrupt her, saying, "No, no, no, it's not just because of Lord Ash, but also because of Sister Jiuyou. I feel like we've gone back to how we were before, where we could be together like family."

"Since we established our own countries, I feel that we have become much more distant and unfamiliar with each other. Although the environment was harsh before, and there were probably countless battles every day, we were always together. But five hundred years later, it is so difficult for us to even see each other."

"So now I can sit face to face with you, Sister Jiuyou, on the same bed, and I feel especially happy!"

Looking at the bright eyes of the little nun beside her, Jiu You stroked Sciutia's sea-blue hair and said helplessly, "I have been in the Dragon Kingdom for five hundred years. If you want to come, you can come to me anytime, just like Lena."

"Tia."

Following this topic, Styutia suddenly thought of something, and abruptly sat up in bed, speaking without even panting.

The nun sighed, a flicker of reminiscence crossing her eyes. She gazed at the ceiling, as if talking to Jiu You, or perhaps to herself:

"Before I met Lord Ash, my parents taught me to be a good person who knows how to help others, because only when everyone trusts and helps each other can we overcome difficulties together. But the truth is, I was deceived, used, and betrayed by many 'good people.' Sister Jiuyou may not believe it, but in the end, I was really devastated and had a thought: Did I hear that right? My parents didn't say that there are many good people in this world, but that there are bad people in this world."

"Heh, Sister Jiuyou, don't be so smug. Even if you're spotless now, what about before you met Lord Ash? Anyway, I don't want Lord Ash to know about what happened before that."

"Wait! Oh no, Sister Jiuyou, since Zero knows us so well, could she be deliberately exaggerating our flaws in her dreams to smear us in front of Lord Ash?"

Regarding Styutia's sentiments, the Dragon Girl did not deny them: "The life of an Omnic is a constant observation of the world, and the five of us are the ones with the least contact with it, so naturally we are the ones who are observed the least."

"Hmph, back then, Sister Jiuyou was the infamous Tyrant Empress. How could a mere nun like me dare to meet her? After all, my relationship with Sister Jiuyou isn't like Sister Lena's! Fine!"

Before meeting Lord Ash?

Jiu You was taken aback upon hearing this, but quickly realized that with Huanmeng and Ling's abilities, it wouldn't be difficult to recreate the past scene. So, she...

Seeing that the dragon girl beside her had also become nervous and flustered, Styutia gave her a "see, see" look.

Only after the nun finally let out a long sigh, and Styutia returned from her distant memories, did Jiuyou speak with regret:

Jiu You: "."

"No, actually Lena and I aren't that close," Jiu You said instinctively when she saw Styutia's expression.

"Lord Ash said before that Zero was having a dream. Sister Jiuyou, do you think she might be dreaming about us?"

"But the reason they still insist on making me a good person is not so that I will be deceived by the '99' bad people, but so that if I really meet the '1' good person who can change my life, I will not miss it."

"Really."

Upon hearing the dragon girl mention a certain succubus, Styutia immediately pouted and deliberately dragged out the last few syllables.

"real!?"

The dragon maiden glanced at the little nun who was anxiously worried about ruining her holy image, and Jiu You couldn't help but speak up to comfort her:

"Don't worry, Tia, I think your image in Lord Ash's heart is already gone."

Perhaps because Liao Ji was present when they played cards earlier, Styutia underestimated her own fighting strength.

"Of course."

"Why do I feel like you're more of a succubus than Reina?"

As Styutia poured out her memories, the dragon girl beside her listened attentively.

The little nun's antics made her miss Liao Ji's Jiu You, and she sighed softly.

"Ok?"

"So I thought, since it's a world full of bad people, why should I be a good person? Or, as a good person, should I eliminate them? After all, what's the point of a world without good people?"

"They are not unaware that there are more bad people than bad people in this world, or even that they are all bad people."

"I don't believe it! Unless you let me have a thorough check-up, Sister Jiuyou, so that I can report to Lord Ashes if Lena did anything strange to you!"

"Looking back now, I was really lucky. When this absurd idea was still just sprouting, I was lucky enough to fall at the entrance of Lord Ash's gathering place. And after meeting Lord Ash, I finally understood my parents."

"After following Lord Ash, I realized that what my parents said was even more true. There are indeed more good people in the world, because even if there are bad people, Lord Ash can turn them into good people!"

Now that Liao Ji is gone, after the little nun examined Jiu You alone, the result was that the dragon girl was still fine, but the person next to her, Sciutia, was already unable to straighten up. Jiu You felt that she had to take back her previous statement that Sciutia was more like a succubus.

"I don't know, but I think it should be soon?"

"I think so too. Actually, even though Zero is the quietest among us, if you really want to know her, she probably knows each of us the best, even better than we know ourselves."

"Thank you for your comfort, Sister Jiuyou."

"Really?"

At least Lena's combat power shouldn't be that low, right?

"Sister Jiuyou, what do you think Lord Ash is doing now? Has he found Zero?" Exhausted and panting, Specia couldn't help but miss Lord Ash.

Styutia: "."

"As for what comes after that."

“Tia, you should say these words again in front of Lord Ash in person. Lord Ash will definitely be very moved.”

"No, no, how could I possibly say such a thing to Lord Ash?"

"That's such a pity."

The Dragon Girl looked regretful as she pulled a small notebook from beside the bed and began to write and draw on it.

Chapter 213 The Origin of the Witch

Jiuyou's actions puzzled Sishutia.

"Sister Jiuyou, what are you doing...?"

“I’m writing down what you just said so I can revise it later. That way, if Zero shows my past to Lord Ash, I’ll have something to say and won’t be tongue-tied,” the Dragon Girl replied.

Styutia: ".?"

The nun's brow twitched slightly as she watched the dragon maiden beside her furiously scribbling down what was clearly her own expression of affection for Lord Ash. She forced a smile and said:

"I don't think so, there's no need. I was just joking before. Before Sister Jiuyou met Lord Ash, she definitely wasn't as pathetic as me! Even if Zero reveals it, it's nothing!"

"No, no, no, Tia, do you remember what you said last time?"

Seeing the dragon girl shake her head like a rattle-drum, Styutia tentatively asked, "My parents say there are more good people in the world?"

"No, a little further back."

"Even bad guys were turned into good guys by Lord Ash?"

Looking at Sister Jiuyou's earnest and grateful expression on the other side.

"Thanks for your hard work!"

But soon after.

As soon as she returned to her room, Styutia's eyes began to glow red.

"Pinky promise!"

With a wave of her hand, holy light surged forth, and Styutia quickly connected with the church of her holy kingdom through the cross on her chest.

Looking at the little girl's face, which was covered in mud and had been wandered in the wilderness, Liao Ji still had a pair of sincere and clear eyes, and he couldn't refute her for a moment.

The dragon girl finally finished copying down Sthija's sweet words. She closed the notebook, carefully put it in her bosom, and pointed to herself at the little nun.

"Pinky promise!"

That is

What just happened.

Zero Dream.

Upon hearing her goddess's words, Maria, a staunch believer, immediately became serious. Besides nodding, she thoughtfully added:

"Understood, Goddess. Also, I will label it as 'daily necessities' when I send it, so that the Dragon Kingdom and that Empress will not know about it. Please take note of this, Goddess."

Furthermore, she has a level of affection for him that "will never decrease" no matter how he treats her.

But if Zero still has such a dream, then there's only one possibility.

Within the holy light of communication, the figure of Maria, the Archbishop of He Guang, suddenly appeared.

The parents left their last possessions to the little girl, pretending to tell her to go ahead and that they would catch up soon. But in reality, they were likely using their bodies to lure the monster in the opposite direction, just to buy their daughter time to escape.

"It's okay, I'm just preparing in advance so that I can be the first to log in once I'm connected to the internet. So I have to be quick, very quick, extremely quick."

Very simple.

"The Dream Terminal... But Goddess, ever since the Mechanical Alliance shut down the Dream Network a hundred years ago, the Dream Terminal has been unusable outside the Mechanical Alliance. Even if we found it..."