50. Peace Agreement
With my reminder and assistance, Queen Louise IV’s “invasion” operation quickly commenced. However, although I initially requested the queen to act as the final “outside assistance” to help us secure victory and clean up the battlefield, given the speed and methods of her “invasion,” I absolutely do not believe she wasn’t prepared in advance.
The members of the knight order were responsible for settling and calming the onlookers, while the members of the patrol team turned the so-called “factions” within the church inside out, keeping a close watch on those who needed to be caught. The queen’s swift actions made me feel grateful yet also a twinge of regret: why does it feel like we’ve been taken advantage of by the queen again this time?
Within a few days, most of the affairs inside and outside the church were resolved clearly by the queen. Then… I don’t know if it was intentional on the queen’s part or just a prank she left for me, but she left me with a single problem to solve—those “new saint candidates” who had almost slipped my mind, their dreams about to come into view but abruptly halted.
At this moment.
After the queen cheerfully tossed aside this “woman-related” trouble and happily left, I was immediately bombarded by intense “gaze pressure” from both sides. After all, it goes without saying how easily this issue could be misunderstood, especially since the queen chose to bring it up while both Kefi’er and Nilu were right next to me.
She was definitely doing it on purpose!
However, right now, I had neither the time nor the opportunity to pursue that line of thought.
Kefi’er, on my left, smiled “happily” after hearing the queen’s task for me: “That’s great! The queen specifically left you a ‘rescue the fallen maiden’ mission~ How thoughtful.”
Wife, calm down! You’re so upset that your character is starting to warp!
On my right, Nilu nodded seriously: “It seems the queen of the Great Yīng Empire is quite perceptive. This should be considered her ‘tribute’ to you, my king.”
Nilu, this “tribute” seems a bit too dangerous. Can I opt out?
I hurriedly wanted to explain: this was definitely another scheme from that cunning and dark-hearted Queen Louis IV to meddle in our relationship. But the next moment, I realized that there was something even more surprising in front of me that deserved my attention.
It wasn’t exactly a new discovery; it could be seen as a “follow-up” to the earlier incident with Ula Xilu. After that life-and-death battle, the relationship between these two big shots beside me—the true protagonist and the big BOSS, Kefi’er and Nilu—seemed to have become much more harmonious. Although this “harmony” I spoke of was only as small as the nail on my pinky finger, in the current context, it meant that the two women had shifted from “fighting” to “arguing,” which was undoubtedly a significant breakthrough in their relationship!
Grudges and enmities, life and death together, both enemies and friends—ah~ such a relationship, such a script, just thinking about it makes me want to exclaim two words! What do you call this? This is called “King’s Way”!
Kefi’er’s voice interrupted my reverie.
“You’re not really considering how to save these ‘Saintess candidates,’ are you!?”
The sourness hit me all at once! Right after, Nilu chimed in unexpectedly.
“My king, while the tribute from the queen of the Great Yīng Empire is quite nice, these so-called ‘Saintess candidates’ seem to me, rather presumptuously, to be nothing more than a group of ineffective girls, even lacking in ‘quality.’ You… can’t possibly be so desperate as to take action against them, right?”
“Of course not!”
Can you two stop for a moment? Why do you always have to throw barbs at each other when you meet, yet suddenly form a united front in situations like this?
As for dealing with those “Saintess candidates,” the queen couldn’t be said to have intentionally dumped the mess on me; after all, this “lingering issue” could only be resolved by us.
“Considering the status and perception of ‘Saintess’ in the eyes of ordinary people, the church’s ‘Saintess’ can only continue to be Iku Xis, to keep things under control. The idea of a new Saintess is simply out of the question. However, this means those Saintess candidates will likely have many objections. To prevent them from spreading all sorts of strange rumors, we need to use the safest method.”
As I spoke, I looked at Nilu. “I plan to use the ‘command’ ability of the fire fairy Jiyas to make them and the relevant parties simply forget about the existence of these ‘Saintess candidates.’ This way, there won’t be any hidden dangers in the future. Of course… um, that is, I’ll need to trouble you and your fairy, Nilu.”
In the past, I might have hesitated to ask Nilu for help, but now, seeing that her relationship with Kefi’er had improved even a little, I could cautiously express my thoughts directly in front of Kefi’er.
As for how Nilu responded, it’s strange, but I seemed to… have a feeling deep down that she would absolutely not refuse me.
“Of course, no problem, Wang, but…”
Kephri’s gaze immediately darted over: “What’s this? Are you trying to push your luck again? Last time, I reluctantly agreed because it was part of the plan, right, Nilu?”
The atmosphere suddenly tightened, but this time, Nilu chose not to continue sparring with Kephri, exchanging barbs, and ultimately relying on me to mediate.
Although Nilu’s attitude towards Kephri still had a hint of sarcasm, her response was quite straightforward.
So straightforward, in fact, that it made me suspect Nilu might have ulterior motives.
“Hey, Miss, can’t you keep those three dirty thoughts in your head to yourself for a while?”
“Wha… what dirty thoughts…”
“You know exactly what I mean~ But I just wanted to express that it would be quicker for Mr. O’Keefe and me to handle this matter, so could you… please not interfere for now?”
Was Nilu trying to create some “alone time” like before? I guessed Kephri thought the same. Before I could confirm the script, Kephri, probably too lazy to argue with Nilu over such trivial matters, reluctantly agreed.
“Do as you wish. Recently, I need to accompany Sister Wang to various events inside and outside the church, and I really don’t have the time or opportunity to do anything privately. But you understand, right, Nilu?”
“Are you questioning my strength? If you insist, I can go out and prove it to you~”
“Hmph…”
Kephri didn’t respond further. After all, aside from her identity as the BOSS, like Kephri, Nilu also had ample strength to protect me when trouble arose.
Yet, the atmosphere now felt strange to me; if I had to describe it… it was too harmonious? After all, Nilu recently seemed to have no intention of arguing with Kephri at all, which made me, the original mediator, feel quite out of place.
I instinctively glanced at the script, and the content didn’t seem odd at all.
[Nilu has ulterior motives regarding O’Keefe.]
Such content often appeared in Nilu’s past scripts, merely indicating that she wanted to find an opportunity to be alone with me. I could handle it, so there was no need to pay too much attention.
“Alright, enough bickering. Kephri, you stay with the queen, and Nilu and I will go resolve the matter of the saint candidate.”
“After this, we should be able to retire successfully and return together.”
I looked at Nier, who remained calm and expressionless, and hesitated for a moment before speaking out my plan.