The Villain Saint is my secondary account

Moreover, despite his small size, this guy is actually a demon god. Isn't calling himself a demon god a bit too detached from humanity?

But thinking of this, Ye Xiao couldn't help but think of the "black sun" formed by his own massive tentacles. Did that mean he and Ella were also somewhat transcendent...?

Cough cough, don't overthink it, or your thinking will start to go weird.

"Just friends!?" Greta seemed quite dissatisfied with Ye Xiao's answer.

"Um...very close...friends?" Ye Xiao tentatively added a prefix.

"what……"

After hearing Ye Xiao's reply, the kitten stopped making a fuss and lay down weakly on its side on the table.

She puffed out her cheeks, her big eyes staring blankly behind Ye Xiao, "I feel like I've lost so badly..."

How come the Demon God also has jade?

Seeing Greta suddenly become dejected as if her soul had been taken away, Ye Xiao quickly patted the kitten's soft belly: "Don't, cheer up, my lady."

This trick worked! The kitten leaped up again and attacked him with its claws, yelling, "Where are you touching, you pervert?!"

"Good, it's good that you're in good spirits." Ye Xiao said with relief even though her arm was being grabbed.

"Ugh! It's all because of you..." the kitten huffed, then, as if suddenly determined, said, "...No, I don't care, I'm going to keep an eye on you!"

"Huh?" Ye Xiao scratched his head, then pointed to himself and then to Ella, "Well, when we're doing 'that,' could we perhaps avoid each other for a bit..."

"Ugh! That's exactly what I was looking at, you idiot!!!" The kitten almost fainted from anger. "Don't let her well-behaved appearance fool you, do you know what she is... she is..."

However, Greta stopped mid-sentence, prompting Ella to ask curiously, "...Um, what am I?"

"I'm not talking to you!" the kitten snapped.

"Tell me quietly, keep it down." Ye Xiao leaned closer, head down.

"I'm not telling you either!" The kitten raised its two paws and angrily pushed Ye Xiao's head away. "You'll definitely tell her!"

Ye Xiao turned to look at Ella and shrugged helplessly.

"Anyway! You've been fooled by her!! You've been deceived by her!!!" Greta shouted.

"Why would you think that? There's no need to be so hostile towards me," Ella said with a wry smile from the back seat.

Most girls might get angry if they were told that for no reason, but Ella and Ye Xiao are the same person and both know how much Greta has done, so she treats the cat maid with the same kindness.

But upon hearing the silver-haired girl's melodious voice, Greta's hair stood on end. "You...you can't fool me!"

"Okay, okay, it's my problem, it's my problem." Ye Xiao quickly patted the little guy's head to comfort him.

He had actually seen on TV that patting a cat's buttocks seemed to help relieve its anxiety, but he didn't dare to try it here.

Seeing the sun shifting its position outside the window, and realizing it was getting late, Ye Xiao massaged the kitten a few more times before standing up, picking up the black cloak hanging on the shelf next to her, and going over to tie it on Ella.

Ella was still dressed in the same black outfit that made it easy to conceal her identity. Then she had Ye Xiao tuck the two strands of her long hair into the hood of her cloak and put on a fox mask.

"Hey, can't she dress herself?!" the kitten protested.

"Just doing it on the side. By the way, Maid, we're going to the South District next, would you like to come along?"

“Of course,” Greta said, raising her head without hesitation, “I’ll be keeping an eye on you!”

After saying that, she lightly leaped onto Ye Xiao's shoulder.

……

Getting back to the main point, everyone in the Seven Luminaries Society had their own busy tasks on this day.

Besides Ella and Ye Xiao heading to the South District controlled by the Maltz family, and Li Cheng investigating the emerging sect Pisces Society hiding in the Harbor District, the other players will also conceal their identities and disperse to various districts of the North City to gather information.

In major cities, the community system of the Seven Stars Guild members has been restored. They can communicate with each other and share key information through guild group chats, and can also quickly learn about the hot topics being discussed in the community forums.

The efficiency and convenience of large-scale, decentralized operations by player guilds compared to those of indigenous organizations began to be fully apparent.

Amidst all this chaotic information, the one thing Ella needed to figure out most was where the god who controlled the divine power of the Fish Scale Plague was hiding.

Only by finding this guy can we find an opportunity to fight our opponents while preserving Stormport. Otherwise, if the opponent goes mad and triggers this divine authority, leading to corruption, at least the entire Stormport will suffer greatly.

Ella never considered herself particularly kind, but she couldn't accept that her retaliation against the false saint would lead to the deaths of an entire city.

Crossing the two bridges connecting the north and south of the city requires a special pass. Now that Ye Xiao is wanted and Ella is not wanted but her appearance is too conspicuous, it is not convenient for either of them to apply for a pass for the transportation level. Therefore, they chose to go through the city in the cliffs from the lower level of the western bridge and walk through that chaotic market area.

There are also sentry posts at the entrance to the lower bridge, but they are not as strict. Since a large number of vendors and citizens pass through this busy area all year round, the guards here just lean against the sentry post and doze off, occasionally waking up to casually glance at the passers-by.

Although both connect the north and south, the market, crowded with carriages and vendors, was clearly more congested. Ella and Ye Xiao walked on the ramp, with various wooden sheds built along the bridge's edge on both sides. Shouts mixed with the rumbling of carriage wheels filled the air. Pedestrians of different ethnicities and clothing thronged the lower bridge, making it look like a long, narrow fortress suspended high above the storm strait.

To blend in with the crowd, Ye Xiao and Ella specially chose two battle-worn cloaks. Ella wore a mask with her face buried under the high collar, while Ye Xiao took off his hood, dyed his hair blackish-brown, and thickened his cheekbones with skin-colored clay under his messy hair, then added a fake beard. If the guards didn't take the stack of wanted posters, turn to Ye Xiao's page, and look closely at his face, they would hardly recognize him.

It would be suspicious if two people were both wearing hoods and hiding their faces, walking around furtively. But if one of them covered their face and the other showed their face, walking openly on the street, no one would care.

The maid cat also poked its head out from the collar of Ye Xiao's cloak, looking around with great interest.

"What, do you want to buy something?" Ye Xiao smiled as she looked at the cat's wide eyes.

Although I had important business to attend to, buying something from these vendors while passing by wouldn't take up much of my time.

"You think this will make me forgive you?" The cat turned its head and meowed softly at Ye Xiao. Then it stretched out its paw and pointed to a wine-red bow headband hanging on a wooden shelf. "Hmph, I want that!"

Ye Xiao didn't know why Greta was interested in these human trinkets, but he still took a few copper coins from his spatial ring and went to find the stall owner.

To his surprise, the stall owner looked up and revealed a flat, elongated nose covered in reddish-brown scales under the patched dark green hood. His entire face then resembled the head of a lizard.

Wow, they're Argonians.

"What would you like to buy, sir?" The Argonian spoke fluent human language, clearly a seasoned merchant who had been in the area for a long time.

"That bow." Ye Xiao pointed to the burgundy bow tied on the shelf.

"Ah, that...that's not for sale, sir."

"Huh? Why are you putting it up if you're not selling it?" Ye Xiao was stunned.

“That’s a girl’s lost item,” the Argonian stall owner explained. “A few days ago, a pretty lady and her younger sister came here to buy something and dropped it here. I picked it up intending to return it to them, but they disappeared in the blink of an eye. So I can only hang it here and wait for them to see it when they pass by and take it back.”

Wow, this vendor is surprisingly ethical.

Ye Xiao couldn't help but look at this dragonman with new respect, but unfortunately, the little maid wouldn't be able to get the bow.

The kitten, looking dejected, shrugged and pulled its head back into Ye Xiao's cloak collar. Ye Xiao, considering the old man from the Yalong tribe was quite kind, casually bought two small items and then continued on his way.

But after taking only two steps, he suddenly felt that the bow looked familiar, so he turned around and asked the Argonian shopkeeper, "You mean that pretty lady has purple hair?"

"Her hair seemed to be tied up and covered by a hat, but I remember her eyes were purple," the stall owner said, scratching his head. "At the time, I felt that the lady was quite well covered up, but when she accidentally revealed her face, she was quite stunning. She happened to buy a felt hat from my stall, so I took a few more glances and it left a deep impression on me."

Although there are many beautiful women in the world with violet eyes, this woman is particularly striking because she is beautiful but dresses very conservatively, and coincidentally, she has a little girl with her, who happens to be wearing a burgundy headband...

Ye Xiao's lips twitched. Even if you take all these characteristics into account, there aren't many left.

Chapter Sixty-Eight Eileen

What Ye Xiao remembered was naturally the little girl who had been chased by the man with the severed finger.

Logically, Artorina, the defector from the assassin guild "The One-Finger," should have already arrived at Storm Harbor with the little girl named Sia, long before Ella and the others, and left by ship from the port.

Why were they in the lower commercial area of ​​Liancheng Bridge? Why didn't they leave Loren from the North City Harbor and go to the South City instead?

As Ye Xiao pondered, he suddenly recalled the idle chatter of the patrolling guards at the dock when he sneaked in the previous night—"Last time they were arresting some kids, this time they're arresting some guild, all for that pittance of money, they get harassed every day..."

Even earlier, in the information given to him by Jenny, the manager of the magic general store in North City Cliff, it was mentioned that "...the Gray Wolf Mercenary Group seemed to have sent quite a few people to search for something at the dock a few days ago, causing several ships to be delayed..."

The patrol guards and the Gray Wolf mercenary group are both backed by the Malz family. Their previous blockade of port traffic was actually to search for Atolina and Sia.

These seemingly insignificant pieces of information instantly connected in Ye Xiao's mind upon seeing the bow, forming a new thread of clues.

Besides spreading ichthyosis, is there another purpose behind this incident?

Thinking of this, Ye Xiao was not happy to find news of an acquaintance, but was more worried. The purpose was to take the little girl, Xi Ya, away from Loren, but they had been stuck there until now. They should have gone to the sea from the North District, but they went to the South District instead. The city guards who were originally going to search for the little girl no longer mentioned it.

All this information points to one possibility—Artorina is in trouble.

Ye Xiao frowned slightly, but he had originally planned to find a way to infiltrate the Malz family's mansion, the Wind Chaser Fortress located atop the mountain. Now, there was just one more thing to investigate.

After bidding farewell to the Argonian vendors, Ye Xiao and Ella followed the crowd through the congested, suspended "blocks" and finally arrived at the Ocean Sanctuary in the South City once again.

The magnificent steeple church on the hillside stands quietly, its snow-white walls reflecting the morning light. Unlike the crowded and dirty streets of the North City, this place is spacious and quiet. Only a few luxurious dark blue carriages can be seen parked in front of the towering gate, with the classic Malz family coat of arms bearing three wavy lines on the carriages.

The Malz family really reveres the sea god? I encountered him last time I came here, and I've encountered him again this time.

Even so, Ye Xiao and Ella bypassed the carriage blocking the steps in front of the door and headed straight for the open main entrance.

Although Ye Xiao was wanted, only the low-ranking soldiers would remember the appearance of wanted criminals and conduct thorough searches. High-ranking nobles would not remember such trivial matters, so there was no need for him to deliberately avoid them.

On the other hand, while the other party is still in the Ocean Sanctuary, going in might allow us to hear some interesting news.

Ella and Ye Xiao then walked around the carriage parked at the bottom of the steps and onto the open doors of the church. The Knights of the Oceanic Sanctuary, who were guarding the gate, immediately came over and blocked their way. "The chapel is not open to the public today. If you have a receipt for your advance reservation, please show it."

This is generally the case with churches in the world. The most luxurious grand cathedral headquarters are usually reserved for nobles or wealthy merchants to visit during non-public hours. Ordinary people usually go to the smaller churches in their local districts to worship.

Ella, her face hidden under a hood and masked, then pulled a scroll from her bosom and handed it to the gatekeeper. This was the pass that Elder Aurora of the Ocean Sanctuary had given her earlier.

The Templar Knight took the scroll, checked it with magic, and then returned it to Ella. Although Ella was completely covered up, there were indeed occasional people who did not want to reveal their identities when they came to the Templar Temple. They were used to this, as long as the pass was genuine.

Ella and Ye Xiao then entered the hall. Their gazes passed through the rows of seats, and sure enough, they saw several figures dressed in dark blue aristocratic attire worshipping devoutly before a tall statue of a goddess.

The posture and appearance were indeed devout, but the content of the prayer remains unknown.

The two walked around to the side of the hallway towards the statue. When they reached the side of the group of Malz family members, Ye Xiao, who was watching them closely, suddenly noticed a familiar face.

It was a girl with long, beige hair wearing a short, azure fur cloak, with two fluffy little pom-poms attached to the edge of the cloak.

Without a doubt, this was Eileen, the noble lady who had been guarded by the mercenary squad they had encountered earlier at Lyre Peak in the Howling Mountains.

Strange, isn't this guy studying in the capital? Last time when Ella and the princess dueled, he was at the academy gate congratulating Ella and seeing her off. How come he suddenly ran back to Stormport?

Ye Xiao was somewhat surprised to see this.

Just then, a girl dressed in a white, water-patterned dress appeared on the steps to the side of the statue, leaning on a scepter. Vanessa, the archbishop of the Ocean Sanctuary, also slowly walked towards the statue.

"Eileen!" The archbishop, who had been frowning, suddenly relaxed upon seeing the newcomer, his eyes filled with joy, a far cry from the solemnity and mystery he had displayed when meeting Ella earlier. "What brings you here?"

Wow, this guy can actually talk normally after all.

Ella, who had caught a glimpse of this scene from a corner of the lobby, pursed her lips. She was still thinking about Vanessa's previous encounter with her, where Vanessa had spouted religious riddles.

“Miss Vanessa, ah, you’re the Archbishop now, it’s been a long time.” Miss Eileen stepped forward and gave the Archbishop of the sanctuary a warm hug.

These two seem to have known each other for a long time.

“Stop teasing me,” Vanessa chuckled, then took Eileen’s hand. “It’s a rare sight, let’s go upstairs and have a chat.”

After saying that, Vanessa took Eileen's hand and walked towards the stairwell.

Ye Xiao and Ella looked at each other in bewilderment.

Last time at Tianqin Peak, Ye Xiao spent a night in the wilderness with Eileen and Dong Muge. During their conversation, Ye Xiao discovered that Eileen wasn't inherently bad; rather, she was more like someone who had been excessively pampered and whose arrogance was a product of the corrupt environment in her family.

But since Vanessa is acquainted with Irene, it suggests that the Ocean Sanctuary and the Maltz family might indeed have some connection.

After a moment's thought, Ella finally emerged from the shadows and followed, while Ye Xiao remained where he was, finding a chair to sit down and wait quietly, like a believer praying alone.

Just then, the kitten, unable to hold back any longer, poked its head out from Ye Xiao's collar and asked in a very low voice, "Why didn't you follow them?"

"Ella can go, she'll tell us what she hears." Ye Xiao patted the kitten's head.

"You trust that woman that much?" From the side, the kitten looked like it was meowing at Ye Xiao with its mouth open. "Why don't you just let her come over by herself?"

“That won’t work. It’s inconvenient for her to communicate with people. Not only is her voice too distinctive, but her face is also very recognizable if she’s asked to take off her mask,” Ye Xiao explained.

"You're quite considerate of her!" The kitten stuck its tongue out at Ye Xiao angrily, then tucked its head back into its collar.

Ye Xiao shrugged, unsure how to reply.

Chapter Sixty-Nine: The Young Lady and the Archbishop

After Vanessa, Eileen, and a group of Maltz family servants went upstairs, Ella quietly followed them to the stairwell.

She was immediately stopped by a Templar Knight guarding the stairwell. "Excuse me, sir, this area is for clergy only."

Ella's petite figure was hidden in a thick cloak, and the other party naturally did not know her gender, so he tacitly addressed him as "sir".

The Templar Knight noticed the small man in front of him raise his head slightly and then noticed the half-mask peeking out from under the man's high collar.

A flash of crimson appeared in the eye sockets of the mask, and the Templar Knight suddenly felt everything go black.