Strength 99999 but the Holy Sister

Tricia smiled.

"Everyone else get off with me."

She took out a magic potion to restore her magic power, and at the same time the paladins immediately formed a defensive formation. Soon, they found that the dragon seemed to have noticed something, and immediately turned around in a very strange way, continuing to stumble and run towards them with its back to them, at a speed that was jaw-dropping.

As they got closer, the vibrations coming from under their feet became clearer, and they could gradually see the outline of the dragon. The dragon was really strange, running wildly with its tail facing forward. The paladins all held their weapons tightly, and their fighting spirit was burning.

But at this moment, a figure appeared in their sight.

Tricia, who was staring at the dragon, was suddenly stunned, and then an indescribable strange look appeared on her face.

"Wait a moment."

she said.

"Don't be on guard, the person you want to see is here—"

Before he could finish his words, the dragon was already approaching. Every inch of scales on its huge body shone with a metallic luster in the sunlight. With a violent vibration, the dragon suddenly plunged into the ground, and then immediately rolled at high speed like a top, and only stopped a hundred meters away.

The figure of a young girl landed steadily on the dragon's limp head, then jumped down and waved at them.

The Paladin and the Archbishop looked at each other, shocked and confused by this scene, and completely failed to understand the meaning of Tricia's words.

And Tricia patted Inkasha's shoulder.

"Although this situation is somewhat beyond my expectations, it's okay, Inksha, go up and say hello—that's Aisha. If nothing unexpected happens, she will be the chief holy nun of this generation."

"Ah? She is... Lady Faris?"

Inkhsa was stunned and Tracy smiled.

"Yes, although I don't know the reason, but that dragon was probably defeated by her. So, isn't that reassuring?"

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140. I don’t know if it’s an illusion

Even Tricia was slightly surprised when she saw Elsa dragging the dragon to her.

But it was just a slight surprise.

Compared to others, Tricia has become immune to Elsa's strength. After all, she had the feat of flattening the Rydes Mountains with one punch. At that time, Tricia was watching Elsa's earth-shaking blow from the special seat only a few dozen meters away, and she already had a rough guess about Elsa's strength.

Compared with the undead general Tobias, the dragon is just an average looking creature. Tricia can easily deal with enemies of this level, and it is certainly a piece of cake for Elsa. Tricia thinks this is normal.

Tricia was more delighted than surprised.

The joy of meeting Aisha.

The two started greeting each other as soon as they met.

But the nonchalant demeanor between Tricia and Aisha frightened the others behind them—the Archbishop was a bit bewildered, and the paladins' expressions were similar, all looking as if they had seen a ghost. While they could have slain the dragon together, their strength, which should have been a source of pride, seemed insignificant in comparison to the two currently conversing.

"Elsa, let me introduce you to——"

After a brief greeting with Tricia, Tricia briefly introduced Elsa and the Vatican delegation respectively, and Elsa and them got to know each other.

To be honest, Elsa didn't expect to meet Tricia in such a place, and the identities of the people traveling with Tricia also surprised Elsa - of course, the most unexpected thing was that the saint was also here.

Elsa looked at the lovely blonde girl, Inksha Vi Sabrina. It was a saint indeed. Her beauty was elegant and pure, unaffected and pleasing to the eye. In fact, Elsa was surprised when she learned of Inksha's identity. It wasn't because of her status as a saint, but because she was just a girl around Alice's age, looking only fifteen or sixteen. In this world, fifteen was considered an adult, but for Elsa, fifteen was just a child who hadn't yet entered society. Especially in this world of information isolation and backward education, mental age was almost directly reflected in appearance.

The burden of the Saint is not light. During the Demon King War, the Saint once carried the expectations of tens of millions or even hundreds of millions. It is almost foreseeable how much psychological pressure the Saint would bear.

The others accompanying Inksha were Cardinal Yorke von Rigato. According to the Vatican's hierarchy, aside from the Saint, who was a separate entity, the Cardinal's position was second only to the Pope. The rest were the Paladins of the Knights Templar. Each of them was considered the elite of the elite, but Elsa had never witnessed their true strength.

There were so many names at once that Elsa couldn't remember them all, but in short, Saint Inksa occupied an absolute central position among this group of people.

The Paladins are the guards who are specially assigned to escort the Saint and are responsible for her safety. Archbishop Rigato is the agent representing the Holy See and is responsible for helping the Saint handle external affairs and communicate with local churches and lords - they are all servants of Saint Inksa.

The reason why Rigato was chosen as the agent was not because the Saint was not qualified enough to represent the Holy See, but because the current Saint was too young. The Holy See naturally could not give her full authority to handle some important matters alone, so a "secretary" was specially arranged for the Saint.

The fact that the cardinal can personally assist the saint already shows the importance the Holy See attaches to her.

"It's an honor to meet you, Your Highness the Saint."

Aisha greeted Inksa politely, and at this time the archbishop winked at Inksa, and Tricia also smiled and motioned Inksa to say hello as well.

Inksha was confused. Although she understood the archbishop's meaning and read the hints in the sage's words, she was a little frightened by the dragon behind Elsa and the power Elsa displayed. After she came to the Vatican, she was assigned teachers of magic and etiquette. It was not that there was no content about talking to people and interpersonal relationships, but she had forgotten all the prepared remarks because of nervousness. She had no choice but to bite the bullet and give a dry and awkward salute to Elsa.

"Lady Faris... hello..."

That's it.

Tricia couldn't help laughing because Inksa looked exactly like her good friend from many years ago.

Elsa also smiled, looking at the blonde girl in front of her with a childish face and evasive eyes. Elsa felt that this scene was just like a relative's child being urged by his parents to come and say hello to her.

"Just call me Elsa."

Aisha said.

Upon seeing this, Archbishop Rigato and the Paladins also came forward to greet Elsa and exchanged pleasantries. This was a very common way of communication in the Vatican.

"But speaking of which, where are you going? Is there anything I can do for you?"

Aisha asked, and the Archbishop and the Paladins smiled awkwardly.

Seeing this, Tricia explained:

"We had originally planned to go to Weilin Town to meet you directly, so that I could introduce you - but it seems that this is no longer necessary."

She said with a smile, without hiding anything, and frankly stated the purpose of their trip. Her words were telling Elsa directly: the Holy See is very sincere.

This made Elsa smile helplessly.

The Vatican acted quite quickly, Aisha thought.

"Oh, by the way, this is the gift the Vatican asked me to give you."

Tricia took out a ring of excellent quality and exquisite carving. The surface of the ring was inlaid with an aquamarine that was smaller than a fingernail. The inside of the ring was covered with intricate magical patterns. It looked more like a work of art than a magical equipment.

"What's the point of a meeting gift? Suppressing demons is my job, and I've already received your reward—besides, I'm only a quasi-saint nun right now."

Aisha smiled and didn't accept it.

Elsa naturally knew what this "greeting gift" meant. Just by looking at the ring, she could guess that it was extraordinary, but many things were still uncertain, so it was too early to accept such a thing now.

Tricia understood what Elsa meant, so she took the ring back, skipped the topic, and started talking about dragons.

Elsa then told Rigatu and the paladins about the progress of their investigation into the black monster and their encounter with the dragon after returning to Weilin Town, leaving them speechless. At the same time, they also became interested in the possibility of the remains of the Age of Gods that Elsa mentioned - not for anything else, but just to help Elsa and improve her favor.

"I see... It's a magical machine that might be related to the ruins of the Age of Gods. No wonder it looks so strange."

She glanced at the dragon and then looked at Elsa. She didn't know if it was an illusion, but Tricia's empty eyes made it difficult to judge her mood, but Elsa felt that there was a deep emotion hidden in Tricia's eyes.

"Although I would like to go with you, Elsa...but it seems that this time is not a good time."

Tricia smiled with the corners of her mouth curved.

"In that case, I'll also write a letter for you. You can then go directly to Shibern. As for the dragon of the Age of Gods Mage, how about temporarily placing it in the northeast of the fortress? It's the perfect place for it."

Outside the city to the northeast of the fortress is the outskirts of the forest that was cleared by Elsa's shot.

As she spoke, Tricia walked over to Elsa intentionally or unintentionally and whispered something in a very soft voice that only Elsa could hear.

"Also, Aisha, I'm not sure if your physique can dispel the goddess mark in the saint's body, so if possible... I want to do some experiments to confirm it, is that okay?"

"experiment?"

Elsa was willing to cooperate. After all, as a Saint Nun, physical contact with the Saint was inevitable, right? Although Elsa felt that she would not be able to erase the so-called goddess mark.

"how should I do?"

"Just like last time, this might cause you more trouble..."

Elsa found that Tricia had gently held her hand - Tricia's bright emerald eyes were shining with a beautiful glimmer, and a faint smile appeared on her cold cheeks.

Tricia's fingers were thin and soft, while Elsa's were long and well-knuckled. It was a very light, soft touch, with a hint of warmth. Tricia slowly separated her fingers, and their fingertips rubbed and caressed, entwining with each other.

The angle was perfect to block the view of Inksa and others.

"However... during the experiment, you can also try to control that power more, which would kill two birds with one stone."

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141. Vivian and Filia are friends

There was a drizzle last night. As the sun rose, the rain and dew faded away, and the Dammas Church Monastery welcomed a new day.

Vivian reluctantly put down Aisha's pillow, sighed softly, glanced at the head of the bed again, and then climbed out of bed.

She washed her face and cleaned her teeth using the method Elsa taught her, then put on a clean coat, put on her staff, thought for a moment, and prepared to go find Filia.

In the past few days, Vivian and Filia have become good friends——

In fact, Vivian had long wanted to make friends with Filia. After all, Filia was also Elsa's friend. However, neither of them was proactive, and Vivian's social skills were even more disastrous. So even though their rooms were close, there was no chance for dialogue or chatting. Vivian was very distressed - she found that she seemed to be unable to do anything after leaving Elsa.

Until the wise man came here.

In the past few days, Tricia would come here from time to time after work to say hello to them, bringing some cakes or accessories as small gifts, and inviting them to dine together, or simply have afternoon tea, or ask about some details.

To Vivian and Filia, Tricia's identity was too horrifying, and they were extremely cautious. But in fact, Tricia did not act superior, and was much easier to get along with than they had imagined. She treated people gently and appropriately, and soon became close to Vivian and Filia.

Thanks to Tricia's enthusiasm, it only took a short time for the three of them to go from just knowing each other to becoming familiar with each other.

With Tricia as a bridge, Vivian and Filia became more familiar with each other.

So we became friends.

It was only after communicating with Tricia and Filia that Vivian finally began to suspect that the way she treated Elsa might not be considered as friendship.

Vivian would also feel happy and joyful when she was with Filia and Tricia. Vivian liked this feeling very much - but this kind of liking was different from her liking for Elsa. When she was with Elsa, her heart would beat fast, she would be cautious, and she would want to get closer to Elsa. This overwhelmed feeling did not appear in the process of getting along with Tricia and Filia.

The "friendship" between Filia and Tricia is very different from that between Elsa.

This also made Vivian a little distressed.

……

At this time, in Filia's room.

Filia had just gotten up. She opened the window and fresh air poured into the room, but in a blink of an eye, she saw a letter stuffed from under the door and frowned.

She picked up the letter, glanced at it, and put it on the table without paying any more attention to it - it was just an invitation, and she didn't even read the details.

In the past few days, she and Vivian have been living quite comfortably under the special arrangements of the church, but there have been some annoying things - recently, some people with powerful backgrounds have come every day to try to make friends with them. Although they are all stopped outside by the guards, all kinds of invitations and gifts are still coming in one after another.

Although it was an invitation, most of those people's attitudes concealed a hint of arrogance - Filia knew that these people were not coming for her as a half-elf, nor for Vivian, but for their identity as Elsa's friends.

If it were the old Filia, she would definitely not give these people a good face, but now she has to consider what attitude she should adopt as Elsa's friend to deal with this kind of thing so as not to cause trouble for Elsa. To be honest, it's a bit of a headache.

Fortunately, not all of those people are annoying.

There was a young girl and an older man traveling with her who made a pretty good impression. They weren't persistent and were polite to everyone. They even helped Filia and Vivian get rid of a few minor troublemakers. The perfect distance between them made Filia and Vivian feel comfortable, so Filia chatted with them a little more.

——The girl claimed to be the daughter of a large chamber of commerce, and the old man was the butler. They seemed to be chased by zombies during the zombie outbreak, and Aisha saved their lives, so they wanted to thank Aisha in person.

It’s just that Elsa is not in the fortress now.

After a simple wash and grooming, Filia took the bow and arrow from the wall, plucked the bowstring and checked the arrows. She did this every day. After confirming that everything was correct, she put the bowstring in standby mode, hung it around her waist together with the quiver, adjusted the leather belt to the appropriate position, turned around, picked up the hooded robe and put it on. The hood still covered half of her face, her iconic pointed ears and emerald green hair.

After tidying up her clothes, she walked out of the room and came to Vivian's room. Just as she was about to knock on the door, Vivian happened to push the door open and the two met.

Vivian was not wearing a nun's uniform, but a wizard's robe.

"Good morning, Vivian."

"Good morning……"

"Did you sleep well last night?"

"I was woken up by thunder once, but I fell asleep again after a while..."

Filia glanced at the staff Vivian carried on her back.

"Do you plan to continue training today?"

"Um……"

Vivian nodded.