Just became an evil god and was summoned by the saint.

Chapter 86 Following Her

"Celia, are you going out anytime soon?"

That noon, Enarse found Celia and asked her about it.

"You don't have any plans to go out recently, what's wrong?"

It is now the second week since the beluga whale was captured.

Celia stopped going out and focused on attending classes every day.

Now that we have the most important thing in hand, the next step is to digest and absorb it.

Ross also said that it's best not to go out until you successfully reach the second stage.

So she didn't go out.

"It's nothing, I just wanted to have dinner with you. It's been a long time since we ate together."

Since discovering the summoning circle in Bea Village, Celia has been very busy, constantly on the move at Ross's urging. Often, she is not allowed to eat lunch at the canteen, but instead gets her own food and eats fish and meat that she has cooked herself.

"It's been a long time since we ate together. Let's go have lunch."

With her strength steadily improving, Celia was in a good mood, especially since she was no longer forced to eat fish. It was time to go back to the cafeteria and get free food.

Celia sensed what Enarse wanted to say, but she didn't mention it, so Celia didn't ask.

Upon arriving at the cafeteria, Celia was about to get something when Enars beat her to it.

"You've always been the one treating me, let me treat you this time."

Celia: "?"

She looked Ainas up and down carefully: "Are you alright? I'm paying for the meal, why are you insisting on paying for it?"

"That's different, this time it's my treat."

Celia was quite confused and was about to say something when Enars stopped her and continued, "Even if you eat for free, you've treated me to meals so many times. I'd like to treat you this once, it won't cost much."

"Fine, if you insist, then so be it."

How someone else uses their money is their business. If they still insist on doing what they're told after being reminded, then so be it.

That said, there's no reason for her to be so attentive; I wonder what Ainars is up to.

"I think he'll tell me after I treat him to a meal, right?" the girl thought.

A little while later, Ainars brought lunch: a potato, two slices of bread, and a glass of milk.

And expensive tuna sandwiches.

This thing can't even be supplied to the candidates for sainthood for free.

Celia stared at the sandwich on her plate. If she remembered correctly, this sandwich cost at least fifty copper coins, which was a considerable expense for Enars.

Celia never treated her to a meal.

This time it was her turn to treat, but surprisingly, there was nothing on her plate.

Seeing that she clearly needed his help, Celia had no choice but to say, "Just tell me what you need. We're friends, and I'll help you if I can. What are you dawdling about?"

"This is something I can't say out loud."

Enarse still hesitated.

Celia didn't move. "If you're not going to tell me, then I won't eat."

"No!" Enarse lowered her head. "Okay, it's just... I want to... I want to borrow some money from you."

Having mentally prepared herself for all sorts of outrageous requests, Celia was taken aback. "That's it?"

I thought it was something important.

The result was borrowing money.

Hmm... it's still quite important.

She hadn't gone out much during this period and hadn't spent much money, but looking at the only eight gold coins she had, Celia felt a sense of urgency. She just didn't know how much Ainars planned to borrow, or what she intended to do with it.

"How much do you want to borrow?"

Ainars looked up, made a "V" sign, then pulled one finger back, leaving only her index finger raised.

"One gold coin, is that alright?"

Before meeting Ross, a gold coin was a treasured possession of Celia, and she would never lend it out under any circumstances.

But now that she has a "huge sum" in her hands, and with her recent spending spree, Celia subconsciously feels that 1 gold coin isn't much.

She even took out two gold coins directly.

"I don't know what you're going to do with so much money, but as a good friend, I should still support you. Are you going to use it to buy the Heart of the Puppet?"

"No, I've just run into some difficulties and urgently need some money."

Enarse looked longingly at the two gold coins, but in the end, she only took one of them.

"One gold coin is enough, that's enough..."

"Just take it, what are you dawdling for? Put it away right now!"

Celia flicked the coin into Enarse's arms.

"You can pay me back when you have an income later."

Celia laughed and began to eat.

I vaguely heard Ainars say, "It will happen."

I didn't hear clearly, but I did hear Ross say: "The help this girl really wants isn't a loan."

"What?" Celia was stunned, not quite understanding what Ross meant.

“It’s normal for this girl to be short of money, so it’s understandable that she hesitates for a long time before asking for a loan. However, it’s unlikely that she would invite you to a meal just to ask for a loan.”

Is anything impossible?

"Who would treat someone to a meal just to borrow money? So, does the other person lend it to you or not? Regardless of whether they lend it or not, the relationship between the two people will eventually fade because it's like morally blackmailing someone. Only an idiot like you wouldn't think that far ahead."

Celia suddenly realized, "There are other explanations? Then why did Enarse ultimately choose to borrow money rather than reveal her request for help?"

"First, this matter may be very difficult, so difficult that you might encounter problems or be unable to complete it; second, this matter may cross your bottom line or the law; third, you may be concerned about your dignity. There may be other reasons, but in general, the reasons why people want to ask for help but cannot bring themselves to do so are nothing more than these three."

Celia glanced at Ainars, who was eating quietly across from her, and noticed that she seemed to have lost a lot of her youthful appearance.

This is not a good thing for a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl.

Perhaps something very troublesome was bothering her; she wanted to ask Celia for help, but couldn't bring herself to ask.

Celia hesitated several times, still unsure how to ask Enarse to open up, so she turned to Ross for help: "Lord Ross, how can I get her to talk?"

"We'll wait until she comes to her senses," Ross said. "Speaking of which, aren't you angry with her? But she's the one who sent you to the flying competition. If you hadn't been careful, you would have been publicly shamed throughout the school."

The consequences of having a candidate for sainthood publicly announced throughout the school are self-evident.

"I did blame her, but if she hadn't said anything, I wouldn't have known that I could earn extra money like this. And the one who should be blamed is Mill. I just don't know if Doris was behind it... This matter is over now, and I'm not the kind of person who likes to hold grudges."

Ross nodded.

The Holy Court is indeed skilled at selecting candidates for sainthood.

"If you want to help her, it's not that there's no way to get her to talk. However, the method I'm suggesting might make her talk, but it could also embarrass her. And you might discover some unknown aspects of her, which could ruin your friendship. Are you sure you want to do that?"

Celia was taken aback. "What method could be so terrifying?"

“Follow her.”

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(End of this chapter)