Strength 99999 but the Holy Sister

"What did you see when you went to Weilin Town this time?"

he asked the knight.

The knight reported to Ryan everything he saw and heard in the town of Weilin, focusing on describing the appearance of the black monster.

"Come here, follow me to meet the lord," Ryan stood up and said, his face full of distress, "I can't believe it... but we may have new troubles."

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The next morning.

In the bathroom, Tricia looked tired. She felt that she was covered in sweat and sticky everywhere, but her mood was very high. After a whole night of experiments, Tricia finally confirmed that as long as enough time was given, Elsa's ability might really be able to completely dispel the devil's curse.

Although the curse of the devil still exists in her body, according to her observation, there has been a very subtle but real weakening.

If you can do this every day, maybe it will only take a year or even a few months to completely exorcise the devil's curse.

How could this not excite Tricia?

Of course, this kind of thing cannot be done every day. Regardless of whether Elsa is tired or sleepy, Tricia herself will definitely not be able to bear it first - she is now weak all over and has already collapsed. If she continues, she will probably lose consciousness and fall into a coma.

It would be nice if I could sleep with Elsa every day, but I don't know if Elsa would agree. After all, even though we are all girls, it would be awkward if we slept together naked, right?

Or, I wonder if Elsa would object to being touched deeper.

The curse is inside the body, so if it could be brought closer to the body, perhaps the effect would be better.

But Tricia couldn't bring herself to say this. She was over a hundred years old, not some child who didn't know anything. What happened that night was already humiliating, and if it went any further, she felt she wouldn't be able to get over it. She thought Elsa didn't mind her body because she was gentle, but being gentle wasn't a good excuse for pushing things too far. Besides, that kind of thing was usually only done between lovers, right?

Even if Tricia was willing, Aisha wouldn't agree.

Sighing deeply, Tricia found her face growing hot without her noticing.

She shook her head, sweeping away the hazy and charming thoughts like foam from her mind. Without thinking any more, she used magic to control the hot water to quickly give herself a bath, then expelled the moisture from her body and changed into the black long dress again.

When she left the bathroom, she saw Aisha already dressed and waiting for her. Aisha was holding a hairband in her mouth and fiddling with her hair behind her head with her hands. Tricia's eyes unconsciously fell on Aisha's rosy lips.

"Are you OK?"

Elsa showed her concern, which warmed Tricia's heart.

Honestly, the more she spent time with Elsa, the more Tricia realized how unnecessary her worry about her was yesterday. Elsa was rational, intelligent, gentle, considerate, and completely unambitious. It wasn't that ambition was a bad thing, but it could easily distort a person's values.

But now, Tricia is willing to believe that Aisha will not become that kind of person, but will become someone who is needed, respected and loved by others.

"Thank you, Aisha. I'm sorry for making you tired... and for letting you see some bad things..."

Tricia expressed her gratitude sincerely, but Aisha just shook her head.

"Don't take it to heart. We are friends, right? Just tell me if you need anything."

Elsa smiled, and as she spoke, her half-tied blonde hair came loose.

"ah--"

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99. I Won’t Give Up on the Selection [Fifth Update]

As a thank you, Tricia invited Aisha to have breakfast with her, and took the opportunity to take out the thank-you gifts that she had prepared long ago. Everything Tricia could give out as a gift was, without exception, priceless treasures. There were quite a few holy and quasi-holy artifacts handed down from the Demon King War period. In addition, magic scrolls and magic stones were all high-end goods. Those things had already surpassed the level that ordinary people could master. In other words, even if Tricia gave those things away, others might not be able to master them, and might even suffer backlash due to insufficient control over the magic.

After careful selection, Tricia took some things that she thought Elsa might need, but Elsa did not take them.

Elsa naturally couldn't accept those thank-you gifts. After all, in Elsa's opinion, she didn't do anything the whole night. She just touched Tricia's body - how to describe this kind of thing... In short, if she took these thank-you gifts, Elsa always felt as if she had become a person selling services. Although no one knew, this feeling was weird.

Anyway, Elsa herself did not suffer any loss. She had already accepted the heavy sword given to her by Tricia yesterday. The heavy sword was already very valuable. If Elsa accepted these gifts as a thank-you, she would feel uneasy and would ignore them.

"I didn't do anything, so forget the thank-you gift. Besides, I also need your help with something."

Aisha said.

"Can you teach me magic?"

"what?"

Tricia was stunned for a moment, then smiled.

This is exactly the effect she wants. After all, gift-giving is only temporary and inherently utilitarian. To establish a long-term relationship, this kind of interaction is naturally more stable and effective.

If Elsa didn't need Tricia's help, Tricia would feel regretful. But as long as Elsa asked, Tricia would naturally have no choice but to help.

"What do you want to learn?"

As a sage, Tricia is very interested in magic. Although she has not taught students as a teacher for a long time, since it is for Elsa, she can naturally make an exception.

She also wanted to know what Elsa wanted to learn from her - she mastered dozens of powerful forbidden spells, many secrets of academic schools, and even some inherited magic passed down by ancient races. Even dragon language magic could be made into a few decent ones by her. Or, did Elsa want to delve into some difficult problems that had existed for hundreds of years, or did she want to create her own system?

But neither.

"Just anything is fine, let's start with something simpler - it's a little funny to say this, but I don't know magic."

"Huh? You... don't know magic?"

Tricia was stunned, feeling extremely surprised, but also felt it was reasonable.

After all, how could Elsa, who rejected those magical elements, learn magic? But Tricia had always taken it for granted that even so, Elsa must have mastered very advanced magic. Because human power has a limit, the general perception until now has been that "the greater the power, the more magic is needed to assist." This was perhaps itself a form of arrogance and prejudice.

Tricia couldn't help but reflect on herself - she actually made a mistake that a serious magician should not make, and took things for granted.

"I'm sorry... I don't know..."

Tricia said apologetically, but Elsa didn't care. She was thinking about what kind of thing she could make with 12 magic points.

"However," Aisha added, "there's no need to rush this matter. It's okay to do it when you have some free time."

"Actually, we can do it now..."

"No, Tricia. You haven't slept all day and all night, right? You looked quite tired last night, and you still have to deal with matters in the fortress, right? Don't push yourself too hard, and get some rest."

At this point, there was no reason for Tricia to refuse.

She lowered her brows and smiled.

Perhaps it was because Elsa's gentle attitude really made it easy for people to let down their guard, and Tricia suddenly felt that she was the one being taken care of. Perhaps this was the truth, and when she was with Elsa, Tricia would always unconsciously rely on her.

"Elsa, are you really planning to stay in the church as a nun?" Tricia mustered up her courage and asked the question that concerned her. "--I'm sorry, this may be a bit abrupt. It doesn't matter if you don't answer..."

"Well, that's probably it..." Elsa replied, "I have no intention of going anywhere else, so I plan to continue on my original path for the time being and try becoming a holy nun. This is also the path Father Angus wants me to take, and I trust him."

"But... with your strength, there's no need to go through so much trouble..."

"I know where you're coming from, Tricia."

Aisha smiled and said.

Didn't she see that Tricia's hesitation was actually a desire for Elsa to contribute to humanity's future? Perhaps this was precisely the kind of thought that someone like Tricia held so firmly and persistently, unlike Bishop Pitman and Lord Hibern, whose gazes were more self-centered and centered on the forces behind them, rather than Tricia's.

But purity is not necessarily the best choice.

Since there were only Elsa and Tricia here, Elsa decided to speak her mind. As a friend, Elsa didn't intend to hide anything about such things.

"Actually, I have a lot of ideas, a lot of things I want to do, and I also have visions I want to achieve. But Tricia, I'm different from you and the others here. I still lack understanding of this continent and this world. Everything I know and believe now is from books, rumors, and stories, instilled in me by others. It's what others want me to know, so I know it, not what I have seen or felt with my own eyes. I often wonder why Father Angus always urges me to see more, listen more, and think more, but he never tells me anything more. I guess this is part of the reason."

Tricia was stunned. She could see that Elsa was telling her her sincere words - this made Tricia very happy because it meant that Elsa trusted her. But it also surprised Tricia. She thought Elsa had not taken any action so far. Did she really have no thoughts in her mind?

Tricia realized she'd been too impatient, fearing that Elsa was too naive and unthinking, and would be easily coaxed and influenced by the Church and the Empire. But in reality, Elsa was far purer and simpler than she'd imagined. Simplicity wasn't necessarily a bad thing, for simplicity itself implied strength—perhaps this was the true Elsa.

"I've actually thought about this. If possible, I hope my power can inspire and give hope to more people in need. My power can go where it's truly valuable, as long as I can do it. Perhaps this is just wishful thinking, but it doesn't matter. As long as I do it, I'll find some comfort. However, before that, I need to know more and understand more, because I don't want my power to be distorted and used as a bargaining chip for oppression, whether it's against humans, half-elves, witches, or any other race."

Like witches, half-elves, or many more places that Elsa doesn't know about, there must be many people who are oppressed and in need of help, or they may not be humans.

"So, Tricia, I want to go out and see, I want to understand. Since Father Angus has already pointed me in the right direction, I think he probably has his own considerations, so I don't plan to break it for the time being. This has nothing to do with my strength or position. I just have to do it now that I'm here. I am willing to let my power be used by the Saint, if she is a person worthy of respect. At the same time, I also want to use the opportunity of the Saint's travels and growth to observe the world with my own eyes."

In fact, the reason why Elsa said this to Tricia was because Tricia was the person Elsa respected. This reminded Elsa of her previous life. Perhaps there is such a group of people in every world and every era. Elsa admires them and is willing to contribute her own strength to it - but Elsa hopes that all this can be used reasonably and truly, so she needs to feel it herself.

"Maybe... it's a little funny, and too idealistic, but this is indeed what I really think. Therefore, I will not give up the selection of the Holy Sister."

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100. You Are Pretty Too [Sixth Update]

The morning sunshine was particularly pleasant for Filia, a half-elf. She was the descendant of forest elves and humans. Unlike dark elves, forest elves were a race that naturally loved sunshine.

Filia sat alone in front of the window, gazing into the distance. From the window, she could perfectly capture the beautiful scenery of the Dammas Fortress, but she could also clearly see the uncovered and crushed hill forest outside the city in the distance, which had now turned into a ravine. A little further away, she could even vaguely see the Lades Mountain, now known as a "miracle", and the eye-catching ravine. Even though it was still early in the morning, there were faint shadows of human activity nearby.

She silently gazed at the spectacular scene, feeling that everything that had happened in the past two days was too incredible.

It all started when I met Aisha in the guild.

Now she was undressed, her pointed ears standing out to ordinary eyes. Her emerald green hair and eyes were striking. She was a half-elf, half human and half elven, possessing traits of both. Humans and elves didn't particularly favor half-elves, and neither did they. A treaty wouldn't mend relations between humans and elves; in the eyes of either side, half-elves were aliens whose bloodline was tainted.

It's ridiculous that it is clearly a combination of humans and elves, but it is not recognized by either party.

So the situation of half-elves has always been very bad.

Although the church and the elves revised the "Treaty", most countries have announced their recognition of the human rights of half-elves. However, when Filia visited many places, she saw that her compatriots were still suffering from oppression and persecution, and nothing had changed.

She had long since gotten used to other people looking at her strangely.

It is true that there are people who treat them well, but they are too few after all.

She had been wandering for as long as she could remember, constantly moving from one place to another. This city was just a temporary stopover, and she had no idea where she would go next. It was a bit sad to say, she wasn't a dark elf, but before today, only after dusk was she most free. Her favorite time then was night.

But she still likes sunshine after all, it’s just that it was difficult for her to find it in the past.

But now, she finally saw some hope, which was brought to her by Elsa - the more she understood Elsa and got closer to Elsa, the more she felt that Elsa's attitude towards her was incredible, which also made Filia deeply fascinated by her.

At this time, there was a knock on the door.

She put on her hooded robe and went to open the door, where she saw the guard knight standing straight.

"The bishop requests an audience."

Bishop Pittman? To see me? — Filia was extremely confused for a moment.

"Hold on."

It would certainly not be a good idea to keep the bishop waiting, so Filia tidied up her clothes a little and followed the knight to the end of the corridor, where Bishop Pittman was waiting.

Right from the start, Bishop Pittman appeared very enthusiastic. He first apologized for what had happened in the temporary hospital in the underground palace, and then explained in detail the serious consequences of dealing with Sheila and others. After a few words, Bishop Pittman took out a space equipment.

"This represents our apology and our sincerity."

Filia looked at Bishop Pittman and sighed slightly.

She had experienced too many unfair treatments, and she knew at a glance whether it was sincerity or an apology. There was not much of that in Bishop Pittman's eyes. Obviously, Bishop Pittman's apology was only because Aisha was here.

Filia already understood what was going on.

It was obvious that the Bishop and Elsa had met yesterday, perhaps discussing something. As for what it was, Filia naturally didn't know. But one thing was certain: with Elsa's strength, she would naturally be courted by the Bishop and other forces. There were only a few ways to win her over, and the effectiveness of that was unknown.

Therefore, the bishop turned his attention to the people around Elsa - especially Filia, who had been treated unfairly before and was the most suitable breakthrough point, with legitimate reasons and appropriate conditions.

But because of this, Filia would never accept the bishop's kindness - for her, who had decided to trust Elsa, such an act was undoubtedly an act of usurpation. If Elsa did not accept it, but she did, it would undoubtedly only make things difficult for Elsa, as it would be an act of eroding the trust between them.

So she simply refused.

"Thank you very much for your kindness, sir, but I cannot accept these things. Please take them back."

After saying that, Filia turned around and left.

When she returned to the room, Filia vaguely heard Bishop Pittman sigh, and then the knight was about to knock on Vivian's door next door, but this time Filia walked out directly to stop him.

"Sorry, my friend is still resting. If you have anything to say, wait until Aisha comes back and I will pass on the message for you."

At this point, the knight and the bishop could no longer fail to understand, so they left.

……

Vivian spent a restless night, waking up and falling asleep, getting up to pray, and then falling asleep again. It wasn't until morning that she finally woke up, half asleep, and finally, she waited in a daze for Elsa to come back. She wanted to ask why Elsa hadn't come back last night, but after thinking it over, she decided not to ask. She was afraid that she wouldn't be able to maintain a good distance, and if she was disliked, it would be more trouble than it would take.

But Vivian felt lost again - until she saw Elsa specially brought back white bread and milk for her, and then made her butter bread.

Elsa also called Filia. To Elsa's surprise, Filia was not wearing a hooded robe to cover her face as usual. Instead, she tied her hair into a ponytail. Her emerald hair facing the morning sun was a unique beauty - just as Elsa expected, Filia was indeed a real beauty.

Filia was indeed very beautiful, and even Vivian couldn't help but take a few more glances at her.

"Filia...you look so good..."

Vivian didn't hide anything and spoke frankly.