The Villain Saint is my secondary account

As he said this, he glanced at the pink-haired maid who was slowly walking towards him with a roll of bandages.

"Sir, let me bandage you." The maid walked to Ye Xiao and gently grabbed one of Ye Xiao's arms.

"No need for magic. I have prepared healing ointment." Freya took out a small bottle from her arms and unscrewed it. A fresh fragrance immediately floated in the room.

"Um, okay..." Ye Xiao didn't know how to answer for a moment, and then he watched the two of them each grabbed one of his hands and handled it without interfering with each other.

Ye Xiao recognized at a glance that the ointment Freya took out was a product of the temple, a healing ointment mixed with holy spring water. However, judging from the bottle, it should be of a more advanced grade. Of course, the actual effect was indeed better than what Ye Xiao knew. The pain in his arm was immediately relieved a lot, and the wound was healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

But what made Ye Xiao even more puzzled was the maid. She was just randomly tying the bandage on her hand, but the wound covered by it didn't hurt anymore.

Is there some ointment on the bandage?

Ye Xiao was a little curious, but there were more important things to talk about than this question. He lowered his head and leaned close to Freya's hood, "Did you see the body of the guy on the ring?"

"Are you talking about his arms? Those steel claws that can grow out of the flesh are indeed weird." Freya nodded slightly.

"I mean his body underneath his clothes, those wriggling metal fragments, gluing his flesh and blood together."

"what?"

"Strange, didn't you see it?" Ye Xiao described again what he saw at the last moment on the ring.

"Ah?" Freya looked up in confusion. "Are you talking about the challenger's body underneath his clothes? What I saw just now seemed to be an ordinary body."

Seeing Freya's reaction, Ye Xiao seemed to understand something.

It's no wonder that the audience and the host around didn't make any movement. If steel claws were extended from the hands or the skin was metalized, ordinary audiences would only associate it with magic or alchemical technology.

But the scene of metal and flesh and blood sticking together like a living thing definitely cannot be explained by ordinary explanation.

Moreover, even if they didn't see the strange body, the audience here should not have failed to notice Thompson who was killed by the lion-tailed scorpion last night - no matter how bad their memory is, there should be gamblers who lost money who can remember that the player they bet on was torn into pieces.

This can only mean that there is something about the entire Colosseum that affects people, and not just visually, but more seemingly mentally.

But why could I find out? Not only could I see the strange structure of Thompson's body under his clothes, I could even remember how he died last night.

Ye Xiao was very confused. Even Freya, with her magical attainments, didn't notice this strange influence. How did he overcome it?

Just at this moment, Ye Xiao, who was in deep thought, suddenly saw the door of the lounge opened and Tuta walked in hurriedly.

"Sir, the challenge of the Lion-Tailed Scorpion has ended. There will be no challenge of the final beast tonight."

"Huh? Why?" Ye Xiao was stunned. Did the Institute of Industrial Design notice his problem? This shouldn't be the case.

"It seems that there is some kind of celebration. Maybe it's because of the pilgrimage festival tomorrow?"

How could it be like this? Ye Xiao was helpless. It seemed that he could only wait until after the Pilgrimage Festival to continue the challenge here.

"Well, but the waiter at the counter asked me to pass this letter to you." Tuta said, taking out an exquisite envelope from his arms.

Ye Xiao took it and saw a few simple words written on the envelope: "Dear Mr. Ye".

He opened the envelope, took out the folded paper inside and brought it to Freya's side. When he was about to unfold it, he unexpectedly saw the little maid on the other side of his body also poked her head over to look at him.

"Why are you looking over here? Don't look around." Ye Xiao pushed the maid's head back.

The maid pouted in dissatisfaction. Ye Xiao looked at her and thought for a while, then stood up and dragged Freya to the corner of the room.

"Uh, is it necessary to be so mysterious?" Freya whispered.

"Try not to involve irrelevant people," Ye Xiao also lowered his voice. "It doesn't matter that Tuta is the priest of the demon god, but the little maid looks stupid and should be an ordinary person. Let's not involve her in this kind of evil god-related incident."

Freya covered her mouth and coughed lightly, then glanced behind Ye Xiao.

Freya was wearing a large hood that covered most of her face, so Ye Xiao didn't notice Freya's expression. He just took out the letter and unfolded it:

"Dear Mr. Ye:"

"Your outstanding performance on the stage was very exciting. Unfortunately, due to the celebration tonight, we cannot arrange the final match as usual. It is a pity for us not to be able to see Mr. Ye, such an outstanding warrior, fight against the monsters."

"However, I still admire Mr. Ye's superb fighting skills and precious warrior spirit, so I would like to invite Mr. Ye to participate in the celebration held by our company tonight. In the past, this was an honor for the champion beast fighter, but today I made an exception and invited Mr. Ye."

"I don't know what Mr. Ye thinks. If you are interested in participating, just wait until sunset and an attendant will come to lead the way for you."

The signature is written in four elegant characters: "Gongzao Society".

"Haha, it seems my work isn't in vain." Ye Xiao smiled.

The letter came so deliberately that it seemed as if it was inviting him to touch it.

"That's weird." Freya pursed her lips. "If you were invited after defeating the lion-tailed scorpion according to the normal process, it would be fine, but this letter is clearly aimed at you."

"That's good. To be honest, I was a little worried about how to deal with the lion-tailed scorpion."

It was a bit difficult to fight the alchemically transformed man just now, so it was obvious that it would be a fierce battle against the transformed lion-tailed scorpion.

Ye Xiao's original plan was to kick down his challenger teammates at the beginning, snatch their swords and medicine, and then directly use his power to chop the lion-tailed scorpion.

This would make up for his lack of weapons.

But now it seems that this strategy of forming alliances is of no use, which is a pity, as he had been thinking about it for a long time.

"But now I feel it's even more dangerous." Freya felt uneasy.

"Let's take it one step at a time. Since the other party has already invited me into a trap, there is no reason not to meet them." Ye Xiao put the letter back into his pocket and turned around. "Hey, why is that stupid little maid gone?"

"Mr. Ye, why don't you consider your words a little more..."

"Ah, it's really not nice to call someone like that. It just came out of nowhere," Ye Xiao scratched his head. "By the way, I just remembered that I don't even know what to call that girl, and she didn't even introduce herself. Is that girl really a professional maid?"

As they were talking, the door of the lounge suddenly opened, and a masked girl in a dark blue dress appeared at the door.

"Oh, isn't this Lord Demon, who has come to comfort me specially?" Seeing the person coming, Ye Xiao raised the corners of his mouth and raised his eyebrows slightly.

Chapter 31: Pilgrimage Dinner

"what?"

At this moment, Ella, who was trying on the ceremonial dress in the church, raised her eyebrows.

Why did Ye Xiao suddenly lose consciousness?

The spiritual connection in the dark sensed that the person over there had suddenly fallen asleep, and he also saw his great-grandfather waving at him... No, what was going on? ?

Fortunately, Ye Xiao's physical condition didn't seem to have any bad changes, so Ella was just a little confused, but she couldn't just run over for this.

"Lady Ella, does this dress fit you well?" The little nun Nia, who was helping Ella arrange her clothes and accessories, noticed that Ella's expression seemed to change slightly and thought that the ceremonial dress was not cut well.

"It's fine, it's fine." Ella responded quickly.

"Lady Ella, just put this on last." Another little nun, Mino, gently covered Ella's eyes with a piece of white gauze, wrapped it around her silver hair and tied a knot behind her head.

"Can you see this clearly..." Ella blinked her eyes and found that she could really see things outside through the lace silk covering her eyes.

It's as if the field of vision is covered with a thin white grid filter.

"Done." After tying the silk, Mino took two steps back to admire the beauty of the Saint Lady, and couldn't help clapping his hands, "It's so beautiful, Lady Ella."

However, the pure white ceremonial dress outlined the graceful curves of the girl's body. Mysterious golden magic patterns were engraved on it, slowly flowing with the faint halo that enveloped her body.

Ella's enchanting deep red eyes were covered by a veil, revealing only the lower half of her fair face. Under the sunlight shining through the glazed windows, she looked like an angel bathed in holy light.

Two young nuns led Ella out of the locker room, and outside the door was the corridor on the third floor of the ceremony hall.

Looking out from the railing, one could see a group of clergymen busying about in the hall, ordinary lower-ranking priests arranging the surroundings, and elders busy receiving distinguished guests who came to visit from all over the place.

On the day before the Pilgrimage Festival, the Loren Cathedral needs to receive invited guests and organize a grand dinner to pray for an auspicious sign for the Pilgrimage Festival on the second day.

"It is said that even the envoys from the Holy City have come to this pilgrimage festival." Looking at the busy scene downstairs, Nia, who was serving Ella, said softly.

"As expected of Lord Ella, even the elders of the Holy City have come here to see you." Mino said happily.

Ella thought that the head office sending senior executives to attend the branch company's holiday celebration was indeed showing enough respect.

"Why do I feel like you two little guys are more informed than I am?" Ella chuckled and put her hands on the railing.

"Hehe, we are not like Master Ella who is so busy all the time. We often chat about random things, so naturally we know some gossips."

When the Templar Knight stationed in the corridor saw Ella go out, he immediately trotted to report to the elder who was reviewing the itinerary plan scroll. Seeing this, the elder immediately put away the scroll, walked to Ella with the sacrificial staff, first bowed respectfully, then led Ella to the wide steps in the center of the second floor, and gently tapped the floor with his staff facing the people below.

Invisible ripples spread out, like a soothing note that made everyone present stop talking involuntarily.

The scene gradually became quiet. The servants, priests, foreign guests, nobles, royal family members in the vast hall... regardless of gender, age or status, all turned their eyes to the holy figure on the central steps.

Two rows of Templar Knights marched down from both sides of the stairs in neat steps. A lower-ranking priest in shepherd's robe crouched in front of Ella and gently rolled the velvet carpet in his hands to the ground. The solemn and majestic crimson carpet, controlled by the engraved magic patterns, extended along the white marble steps all the way to the lobby door.

The ritual elder standing next to Ella gently raised the ritual staff again. The crystal clear red gem on the staff emitted colorful light under the reflection of the huge glazed window behind him that spanned five stories high.

All the Templar Knights in the hall put their feet together at the same time and tapped the floor with the ceremonial halberds in their hands, making uniform thuds.

"The great God of Light's chosen one, the chief priest of the pilgrimage ceremony, Lady Haiweier, has arrived——!"

Along with the priest's loud and high-pitched proclamation, the sacred bands on both sides of the hall, which had been prepared long ago, blew their trombones at the same time, and the magnificent music almost spread throughout the entire Loren Cathedral.

No matter what is being considered and argued inside the temple, in formal occasions, Ella, the Chosen One of Light, is the symbol of the temple and must be given adequate presentation when she makes her official appearance as the official image.

However, since she has not yet arrived in the Holy City to receive a formal coronation, even though everyone in the temple directly calls Ella "Lady Saint" in private, in official occasions, she can only be called by her current title for the time being.

After all, there is still an active Lord of the Temple in the holy city located in Morningstar Ridge. Although the title will be inherited by Ella at the coronation in a month, it is still inappropriate to directly remove someone else's position and title now.

To a certain extent, Ella, the saint sent from heaven, not only brought misfortune to Freya, who was trained by the Holy Temple of Loren as a candidate for the preparatory saint, but also brought misfortune to the Lord of the Holy Temple who finally became the active Lord after going through trials.

After Ella came to power, the latter would also degenerate into the high priest and archbishop of the holy temple of the holy city of Morningstar Ridge, and might also serve as the high priest of the temple from which he originated.

Two little nuns who were also dressed in gorgeous ceremonial attendant dresses stood on Ella's left and right. They couldn't help but feel a little nervous when they saw this grand occasion. After all, if they hadn't been following the Saint, they would never have been stared at by so many people.

Ella recalled the opening remarks she had memorized in her mind, and her thin lips parted slightly. "As the master of ceremonies, on behalf of the Sanctuary of Loren, I would like to sincerely thank all the distinguished guests for accepting the invitation to visit us."

The lily bird-like voice rang in everyone's ears, like the flow of a clear spring, making people feel relaxed and at ease.

"The Pilgrimage Festival is an important annual event in the Loren Cathedral. I pray that the great God of Light will protect tomorrow's celebration."

“May our Lord bless you, my distinguished guests, so that your long-cherished wishes may come true and your disasters may be eliminated; may our Lord’s followers be with the gods and remain pious; may the lost lambs be guided by the holy light and pass through the darkness.”

"Finally, I pay tribute to the great God of Light, praise my Lord, and praise the Holy Light."

Ella almost uttered "Amen" subconsciously at the end, but fortunately she stopped herself in time.

As the pleasant and light voice fell, countless phrases of "Praise my Lord, Praise the Holy Light" rang out in the hall at the same time. Only after all this was done did the long and luxurious grand dinner that lasted for half a day officially begin.

There is no such thing as abstinence from alcohol in the church's doctrine, and therefore, the long table in the hall is filled with a variety of food, ranging from juicy baked goods to exquisite and sweet cakes.

Ella also walked down the steps gracefully under the protection of a group of Templar Knights and joined the dinner.

Chapter 32 The Second Prince's Gift

But Ella didn't have time to eat these things. In order to prepare for this grand "dinner", she even had a meal in advance to fill her stomach.

Because, as the main priest of the celebration, she needs to entertain important guests from various churches, from the Holy City envoys of Morning Star Ridge to various royal nobles and foreign believers. It is estimated that she can chat with them one by one until the end of the dinner.

This was supposed to be the job of the high priest, but since Ella became the main priest, she had no choice but to take on this responsibility.

Speaking of the high priest, Ella looked around and found that he was not in the hall.

It was also a bit strange. Logically speaking, in such an important occasion, even if the high priest was not the main priest, he should have been present as the administrative head of the Loren Cathedral. But now he was nowhere to be seen.

But Ella didn't have time to think about this. After the dinner started, she had to rush to receive the guests.

The first group to be dealt with was the delegation from the Holy City, led by the Cardinal Elder of the Holy City, whose red robe stood out among the pure white clergy dresses.

This is a clergy position unique to the Holy City, ranking only below the Saint and the Archbishop of the Holy City. In terms of authority in the church alone, it is one level higher than Elder Evans.

But he looked surprisingly young, like a young man in his twenties. He was not tall, with long blond hair tied into a short ponytail behind his head, and a thin gold-rimmed monocle on his left eye, which looked like a slit when he squinted from a distance.

The clergy from the Holy City surrounding him were chatting happily with the nobles and local clergy who came to greet them. Only he himself, although with a smile on his face, just stood silently in the crowd without saying a word. It was not until he saw Ella walking down the steps that he picked up the red wine glass beside him and slowly walked over.

"I have long heard of Lady Haiweier's name. It is my honor to meet you today." The young-looking cardinal walked up to Ella and spoke first.

"Your Excellency the Bishop, you are too kind. I am just a believer who also follows the Holy Light." Ella stretched out her hand slightly.

"Humility is a noble virtue. Lord Haiweier is worthy of the name of God's chosen one." The young bishop took Ella's slender hand with white gloves, bowed and nodded, and made a formal gesture of kissing her hand, but of course he did not really kiss her. "Tobias William, Lord Haiweier can just call me Tobias or William."

"Thank you for your compliment, Bishop William." Ella nodded in return. "Your Excellency, it's okay for you to just call me Ella or Haiweier."

"Hahaha, I dare not overstep my bounds." Bishop William adjusted the monocle on his left eye, and his eyes seemed to open slightly. "Not only is Lady Haiweier's faith in our Lord devout and intelligent, but her beauty is also far better than the rumors say."

Even though Ella would eventually become the other party's boss, as a cardinal of the Holy City she didn't have to be so respectful. But the other party was willing to make a big show of it, which was considered a friendly gesture from the Holy City towards her.

After all, the "former" saint who is still in charge of the holy city was forcibly replaced by Ella, and the other party's attitude will have to be expressed through the visiting cardinal.

At least, it seems that the other party is conveying a friendly attitude.

But Ella has always been cautious and would not make a conclusion about the other party's intentions based on such a simple exchange.