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

"You'll find out sooner or later anyway," Xingmo muttered, "If we don't give it our all then, we might all die."

Alice smiled and looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar Xiaomo standing in the sun, feeling mixed emotions.

"As long as you're alive," Alice whispered.

"Don't say that, Senior Sister," Xingmo walked in front of Alice, "I'm fine, right? Don't be unhappy."

The two looked at each other for a long time, and then Alice burst out laughing.

"Eh? What?"

"Xiaomo, you really have become a girl," Alice couldn't hide the smile on her face, "so cute."

She reached out and pinched Xingmo's cheek, and Xingmo's face immediately turned red.

"Hello...Hello! I..."

"That's good. Xiaomo is just like a girl, always quiet and gentle," Alice said, playing with Xingmo's little face. "She's much more pleasing to the eye now, so cute."

After saying that, she pulled Xingmo into her arms and put her head on her chest.

Xing Mo only felt the surging waves, and her eyes went dark:

"what..."

"Don't leave me, Xiaomo," Alice murmured softly, "I'm going to tell you ten thousand times."

"No...no need...I won't leave...I definitely won't leave..." Xing Mo squeezed out the words with difficulty.

After holding her and rubbing her for a long time, Alice finally let go of her hand and looked seriously into Xingmo's emerald green eyes.

Xing Mo hadn't recovered from the dizziness yet, so he swallowed and said:

“What…what?”

"But there must be punishment," Alice said word by word. "Do you know how hard I cried at your funeral? Vivian was jealous."

"I...I actually saw it...right behind..." Xingmo said in a low voice.

"You saw it? Even if you saw it, why didn't you come up to comfort me?" Alice grabbed Xingmo's ear and twisted it gently. "You told Mentor Lucius everything, but you didn't tell me?"

"I...I don't want to involve you...I've already said it..." Xingmo said with a sad face.

"..."

Looking at Xingmo, who was even smaller than before, being played with until she was moist in her arms, Alice sighed and patted her cheek:

"Anyway, now that things have come to this, we need to discuss what to do next. I can keep it a secret for you and the little guy, but only if I know what you are doing."

"It's useless to ask me. I don't know what she is going to do anyway." Xing Mo shook her head.

"Then what do you know..." Alice sighed, "At least tell me what she did? Besides what I know."

Is the senior planning to use her excellent deductive skills to piece together Aurora's intentions?

Xing Mo thought about this and immediately cheered up:

"Let me think about it... First, she seized the Cathedral of Saint Auros, discovered the secret of the Star Sea Spring, and modified the direction of its power of faith..."

"What's the secret of 'Xinghaiquan'?" Alice asked.

Xingmo shook his head:

"I don't know either, but when I was using the mark of the Tree of Life to obtain information from the spring, I saw the Goddess's 'Holy Angels'. Among them, 'Saint Auros' and 'Saint Nero' were cursed."

"Isn't this because you poisoned me?" Alice thought of the scene she saw in the church.

"No, the contamination of Xinghai Spring must have occurred before Bishop Fry Sunlight disappeared," Xingmo said. "Senior, you should have seen that bishop too, right?"

"Of course... That makes sense," Alice nodded. "It seems I misunderstood at the time. I thought that little guy had poisoned me."

"Please believe in the excellent character of your junior brother Xingmo." Xingmo said seriously.

"It's a junior." Alice corrected.

"......" Xing Mo trembled slightly, feeling helpless:

"After the church incident, she doesn't seem to have done anything particularly aggressive... She's basically just been following me... Um... Oh, and she kidnapped Miss Elmo."

"Miss Elmo?" Alice thought for a moment. "Librarian?"

Then, Xingmo told Alice everything that Aurora had done to Elmo.

"Library Spirit..." Alice sighed, "How long has it been?"

"Today is Wednesday, and she was arrested last Thursday..." Xingmo calculated, "It's been almost a week..."

When Xingmo thought about how Miss Elmo had been severely squeezed by those vines for a week, she felt weak all over.

My goodness...she should be unconscious by now, right?

Alice shuddered slightly, looked at Xingmo pitifully, and sighed:

"In short, according to you, she wants to enter Merlin's Superstring Array and then gain the qualification to enter the White Tower, right?"

"That's right, that's what I'm worried about." Xing Mo nodded.

God knows what she is going to do in the White Tower, but no matter what, it is unlikely to be a good thing.

This is also what Xingmo has been trying to figure out, but now it seems that he has no clue at all.

"Then let's summarize and make connections."

Alice thought for a moment, then began to speak:

"First, suppose there's actually a causal relationship between her 'gaining faith' and her 'entering the White Tower'?"

"Cause and effect..." Xing Mo lowered her head. "So, she can only enter the White Tower if she has enough power of faith? This..."

"A god's power largely depends on the number of his followers," Alice said. "Then let's work backwards. Is it possible... that she didn't originally possess sufficient power?"

"But she's an evil god?" Xing Mo was incredulous. "When we first met, she simply crushed all the 'Immortals' and me..."

"Hmm... That's a suspicious point," Alice nodded. "But let's make an assumption: She lost her power for some reason, and is winning over followers just to regain it?"

Xingmo frowned slightly... Indeed... Aurora's power often didn't reach the level of a miracle. For example, when she encountered the "Steam Man" in the alley, she let it escape...

No, this doesn't mean anything, because the main reason why Aurora restrained her strength was actually to hide her whereabouts... Xingmo can confirm this.

"There's not enough information, so we can't deduce anything." Xing Mo shook his head.

"It doesn't matter. Just keep thinking."

Alice said this, stood up, adjusted her dress, and suddenly felt at a loss for words:

"I never thought that there would be a day when my spiritual power would be exhausted and I would fall into a coma..."

As a "Saint"-level wizard, Alice has had smooth sailing since she was a child. She is a well-known figure in the academy and has never been humiliated.

She usually partners with Vivian, and the combination of the two can crush the criminals in the academy.

But when facing the "Steam Man" yesterday, Alice used all her strength and was able to repel it with the help of Xingmo and Vivian.

Not strong enough.

Alice took a deep breath, looked around, and said:

"Do you have any plans for today? If not, why not stay with me for the day?"

"No plans. I skipped class anyway," Xingmo shook her head. "Besides, Aurora isn't here either...eh?"

Aurora deliberately chose this time to disappear and said she would be back in the evening. Was she doing it on purpose?

Xing Mo curled the corners of her mouth slightly. This little guy is actually very careful.

......

After washing and changing clothes, Xingmo and Alice left Miriam's apartment and stood on the street of Narcissus Street.

Along the way, Alice glanced at Xingmo from time to time, and then smiled slightly, which made Xingmo very uncomfortable.

She also knew why this was the case - Xingmo was wearing the college uniform: a white shirt, a black skirt, and uniform shoes. Her slender calves between the skirt and shoes were wrapped in black stockings, making her look petite, clean, and neat.

Come to think of it...the senior student had often tried to trick her into wearing women's clothing...but Xingmo had always been very determined, so she had never succeeded.

This time it was completely successful...

Is it really such a joy to let a boy wear women's clothes? Well, I am a girl now...

While thinking, Xingmo did not forget to look left and right on the street, waiting to stop a carriage.

"There aren't many carriages at this time..." she muttered.

'Don't worry,' said Alice calmly, 'I've already called a cab.'

"A carriage?"

Xing Mo was stunned, and the next second, she felt herself covered by a shadow.

Looking up, I saw two Pegasus descend from the sky and land lightly on the street, dragging a huge black carriage behind them.

The carriage was printed with a dandelion-shaped emblem, the emblem of the Pushet family.

"After not seeing you for a month, you've already forgotten who I am?" Alice rubbed Xingmo's head and opened the car door. "Come on in, my junior."

Yes... Senior is a daughter of the Pushit family, a noble...

Maybe because she doesn't have the airs of an aristocrat at all, and doesn't put on airs, Xingmo always forgets this.

This is the power of money...When you need a carriage, one will fall from the sky...

Xingmo sighed as she boarded the carriage.

After Alice got on, the carriage started to move quickly on the streets of the northern city.

Their destination was the Holy Spirit Church in the Baita District.

......

Before reaching the Holy Spirit Church, Alice stopped the carriage and took Xingmo out on the street.

This is the commercial street in Baita District. Compared with North City or South City, there are fewer street vendors in Baita District, more fixed stores, and a better environment.

As soon as they got off the car, Alice took Xingmo to a breakfast shop:

"Boss, ten grilled sausages and one white bread," Alice said thoughtfully. "Hmm...where's Xiaomo? Are you still having a bun and soy milk as usual?"

"Two buns, one with vegetable filling and one with meat filling," Xing Mo nodded, then lowered her voice, "Senior, you want to eat ten servings of barbecued sausages."

"Of course I'm not eating it. I brought it for Vivian," Alice sighed helplessly, "That guy's appetite..."

Oh... by the way, I almost forgot that senior sister and senior Vivian are in that kind of relationship. It’s normal to bring breakfast.

While waiting, Xingmo started chatting:

"Senior Vivian's injuries...are you okay?"

"It's not very optimistic. Steam Man's sword slashed half her heart and broke all her ribs," Alice shook her head. "Plus, her spiritual power is depleted, so her healing ability is very weak now. But her heart is intact..."

"That must be very painful..." Xingmo sighed.

As the leader among mythical creatures, dragons possess extremely powerful self-healing abilities. During the "Glorious Era", some tribes called them "immortals".

Even if the heart is torn apart, the dragon can recover with its own mythical attributes. There have even been dragons in history who did not die even though their brains were destroyed. They just lost most of their memories after recovery.

As for Vivian, she has strong ancient dragon blood and has inherited the characteristics of the dragon clan to a certain extent.

But the sword that pierced her chest still made Xingmo feel heartbroken - regardless of whether she recovered or not, the pain was unimaginable to her.

"..."

Amid the steam rising from the breakfast shop, Xingmo and Alice enjoyed their breakfast.

After finishing the meal, Alice took the portion for Vivian and walked out of the breakfast shop with Xingmo.

The early morning in Baita District is not so busy. Today the sun has finally peeked out from the dark clouds that have lasted for several weeks, bringing warmth and a pleasant mood.

After walking a few steps, the tall outline of the Holy Spirit Church appeared before our eyes.

The two men walked through the outer gate of the church, turned left at the church entrance, and came to the almshouse.

This is a series of buildings that are much lower than the church but still larger in scale. It is located on the west side of the church and includes functions such as a hospital and free food distribution.

Walking along the path on the lawn towards the relief house, Xingmo saw several civilians walking out after receiving their bread. Most of them lived in poverty, so they came to the Holy Spirit Church every morning to receive their quota of bread.

This kind of welfare is good, but there is a serious problem. The completely destitute cannot go to collect bread early in the morning. Their day starts very early...

Hmm... maybe we could have the guys at St. Auros Cathedral deliver breakfast to the workers? Aurora's paying, anyway.