The defeated saint is also on the way to tame the evil god today

Alice nodded and immediately looked at Xingmo:

"What about you? Xiaomo, that little guy..."

"I'm not sure yet. I'll discuss it with her when I get back." Xing Mo said.

"Let's make it clear while we're still outside. Don't let her interfere too much," Alice said seriously. "If the Academy becomes aware of her power, it won't be good for you..."

Senior, actually the Academy has already noticed it. I just finished talking to Miss Isabella... Xingmo smiled bitterly, then nodded:

"Ok."

Then, the group didn't waste any time talking. Xingmo followed Alice in the carriage, while Vivian rode on the dragon, and they rushed to Alice's house together.

After returning to the mansion, Alice took Vivian to the underground cave to find Lucius, while Xingmo went to the lounge. She heard that Aurora was already waiting there.

As she passed the door, Xingmo felt an itch on her neck. She turned around and found that it was Erum drinking water by the fountain.

The giant dragon stared straight at Xingmo, with a hint of vigilance hidden in its ice-blue vertical pupils.

Could this guy have sensed something unusual about me? Because of the mark of the Tree of Life?

That's not right...Senior Alice also has a mark, so why doesn't it show any hostility towards her?

Xingmo remembered the golden stars she saw during the promotion ceremony and the illusions she could not understand.

These all seemed to be the same scenes I had seen in my dream before... and the golden starlight I saw when I flew over the White Tower on the steamship...

Oh no! I was going to ask the store manager about this last time, but I was so busy telling her about Aurora's story that I forgot to ask!

Xingmo slapped her head in frustration. Was it because there had been so much going on lately? Why did she feel so forgetful?

No, how could I have forgotten? It was the vision I saw in the White Tower that gave me the idea to go to the café...

At this moment, Miss Perlis's words suddenly popped up in Xingmo's mind:

"This is too early for you to understand. You should know that some knowledge, even just 'knowing' it, can cause irreversible harm, so I can't tell you."

Is it because of...this?

Xingmo took a deep breath and decided not to mention this matter for the time being.

She already has six strings and has reached the level where she can learn this knowledge. She can ask next time she goes to a cafe.

So she entered the Pushet family's mansion and came to the lounge.

As soon as she opened the door, she saw Aurora lying on the sofa reading a book. The little girl was twisting and turning on the sofa, making many cute little noises.

"It's not necessary to just read a book..." Xing Mo smiled helplessly.

"Wow! Little Saint! You're here!" Aurora somersaulted and stood up. "Let me tell you, there's a super exciting part here that requires some props. Come and help me..."

Xingmo took two steps back, closed the door and left.

"Hey! Don't go! Don't go!" Aurora rolled on the sofa.

Two minutes later, Xingmo pushed the door open again and walked in, seeing Aurora already sitting obediently on the sofa, looking dignified and lovely.

"Hello." Aurora tilted her head.

Xingmo sighed and sat down next to Aurora.

As soon as he sank into the soft sofa, Aurora rushed over, rubbed against Xingmo, and hummed a little tune.

It really looks like a kitten...

Xing Mo couldn't help but reach out and rub Aurora's head, then said lightly:

"We're going to capture Prince Austin tomorrow. What are your thoughts?"

"What do you think?" Aurora looked up at Xingmo. "I'm definitely not going. What's that saying? Why use a dragon slaying sword to kill a little squirrel?"

What happened to the little squirrel... Xingmo sighed and hinted:

"Prince Austin can use string magic from the 'Life' realm, right?"

This is the only thing Xingmo is worried about - other magic can be avoided, but "life" cannot.

"It's okay. We will send a little helper, and he won't have the chance to use power that doesn't belong to him." Aurora said.

"Is it reliable?" Xing Mo was still a little worried.

Xingmo didn't want to experience the scene of someone dying in front of her and being powerless to do anything.

Aurora straightened herself up, picked up a glass of grape juice from the table in front of the sofa, and took a sip.

Then, the little guy put on a serious expression:

"If there is a real emergency, pray to me and recite my name."

"Then, I will come in person."

"Of course, this is a backup measure. Don't be stupid and use it right away."

"Then I'm relieved," Xingmo smiled, "What do you want to eat tonight? I'll make you a delicious meal."

Aurora's eyes suddenly lit up:

"Great, great, the little saint is the best!"

She paused suddenly, as if she had thought of something, and asked:

"By the way, you seem to be back a little late, did something happen?"

"This is what I was going to tell you." Xing Mo swallowed.

Then, she relayed to Aurora the words of Miss Isabella Ducep on behalf of the "Goddess' Disciples."

She had originally intended to use this news to reassure Aurora, letting her know that the clues revealed earlier would not become a problem.

However, when Xingmo said, "Never try to touch the starry sky," Aurora suddenly sneered.

This sneer instantly shattered her cute and docile appearance, and her blood-red eyes instantly became a little cold, making her look like she finally had the terrifying aura of an evil god.

"What's wrong?" Xingmo asked cautiously.

"The goddess's arrogance is laughable."

Aurora stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the gray sky that was gradually dissolving into a dark black.

Looking at the little guy's back, Xingmo suddenly felt a chill running up his spine.

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9) Storm, Whale Song (Part 6)

But Aurora didn't say anything more. No matter how Xingmo asked, she didn't elaborate.

After a brief loss of composure, the little girl quickly returned to normal and started yelling for Xingmo to cook for her.

So Xingmo went into the kitchen herself and worked with the chef from Pushite's family in the kitchen for a while to prepare a table full of simple meals.

After dinner, Xingmo was led by senior Alice to her temporary room - a luxuriously decorated double room.

"Wow."

Xing Mo opened the curtains and looked at the blue crescent moon outside through the patterned lattice window with a calm expression.

Ever since the events of late August, it seemed as though everything hidden in the Citadel had exploded.

All this happened too suddenly, as if the water surface that was calm the previous second suddenly became rippled and rolled up into huge waves, overturning and swallowing up the small boats that were sailing steadily on the water.

The more days like this happened, the more Xingmo missed the peaceful college life.

Come to think of it, I haven't been to school for almost a week. According to the time calculation, the Autumn School Festival is about to begin, right?

After this matter is resolved, I can have a good rest for a while, right?

I hope so, I hope so... Don’t anticipate a better future in advance, or you may get slapped in the face... Xingmo smiled.

She turned around and said to Aurora, who was already lying on the bed:

"I have to go to bed early today and get up early tomorrow, so please don't torture me, okay?"

"What torture? It's enjoyment," Aurora muttered. "Don't worry, I'm very sensible."

Xing Mo smiled, changed her clothes and went to bed, looking at the blue moonlight outside the window and closed her eyes.

She felt a pair of small hands hugging her from behind, this time not aggressively, just gently.

Gradually, Xingmo's consciousness became blurred, and the blue moonlight spread through her tightly closed eyelids, casting a faint blue hue in the dark vision.

The blue tone gradually deepened, forming a vortex, with bits of golden starlight emerging from the vortex.

Xingmo heard laughter.

She heard someone laughing in the flames. It was a being wearing a wide robe and a jackal mask. His laughter was so crazy and joyful.

Something was torn, ripped apart, split, and hurt.

The tree quickly withered and collapsed.

"Don't die... Please don't die, okay..."

Xingmo felt that she was being held firmly in someone's arms, and someone was hugging her tightly from behind.

What hit me in the face was extreme cold, pale extreme cold.

The aurora in the sky broke, replaced by golden starlight.

——Those are eyes.

The moment he was stared at by those eyes, Xingmo felt his consciousness completely split and shattered.

This is a golden dream that will never end.

......

The next day.

"Xiao Mo, why do you look so bad?"

"Xiaomo?"

"...!"

Xingmo looked up suddenly and met Alice's concerned gaze.

"I'm fine," Xingmo rubbed his head with a wry smile, "I had a very strange dream last night... I can't explain it clearly..."

Alice breathed a sigh of relief and rubbed Xingmo's head:

"It's normal to have dreams. After all, you've just been promoted to the Sixth String and received the remnants of another creature's spirit. You might be able to see some of the things it has experienced."

"Yes, I know..." Xingmo nodded.

But she didn't think that dream was the same as what Storm Narwhal had experienced, but she couldn't say what it was.

Just like the scenes she saw at the promotion ceremony, the dream contained a large number of flickering and broken images, as well as some strange symbols.

Now is not the time to think about these things...Xing Mo rubbed his temples and turned to look at the round porthole on the side.

At this moment, the steam airship "Star" was quickly passing over the highest spire of the Nefera Beta Magic Academy. Countless students in the square below were looking up at it, like black sesame seeds.

Flying alongside the Star was a giant ice-blue dragon—Vivian was riding on its back, her body covered in silver-white armor.

The entire Citadel learned of this operation yesterday: an act of revenge for the tragedy at Austin Manor.

The news was released by the White Tower Council. In other words, this was a military operation with propaganda purposes.

It was also the first war since the "Steam Revolution" to be dominated by alchemical steam warfare machines.

"We expect to reach the eye of the storm in an hour," Alice glanced at her pocket watch. "Brace yourself, we have no room for error today."

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

Xing Mo took a deep breath. At this moment, she was wearing the combat dress that Alice had customized for her, a white lining, a black skirt, and a black shawl.

After a while, after the direct exchange of fire, she and Alice would jump onto the deck of the Humpback Whale and carry out a decapitation operation.

"..."

Xing Mo stared out the window. She watched the early morning sky turn gray due to dark clouds, watched the three-masted sailing ships leave the harbor, and watched the raindrops hit the glass portholes, drawing diagonal lines.

It is still raining this morning.

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