Chapter 484 - 201: He’s So Heartless

"I know!"

Pavla replied stiffly, turning away, not wanting to deal with him any longer.

"It will make your life here more comfortable..."

Wei’en said as he rose and walked toward the work area. This was his final, good-willed reminder. Whether she listened or not, this was the only time he would offer it.

Pavla watched the Evil Mage’s back, biting her lip in grievance.

Although she had already obtained a portion of the power of Goodness, she was, in the end, just a girl who had recently come of age. Aside from the faith in her heart, the outside world was entirely foreign to her.

’Great Dawn, please forgive me...’

After speaking, Pavla carefully picked up the food from the dining table and brought it to the entrance of the training area...

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「Meanwhile, in a distant, unknown region.」

There was no crimson moonlight here. Instead, the sky was clear for ten thousand miles, with a few clouds drifting by. Bright, warm light spilled from the heavens, illuminating a scene of birdsong and fragrant flowers.

"Huberto Watson, Judgment Knight of the Dawn Church, is dead... Menor, is your subordinate really that capable?"

"Can you give him to me? I could really use him in the Southern Continent!"

"...The Mutated Mage and the Black Pearl worked together to block a projection of the Lord of Dawn’s gaze... Menor, why isn’t your name mentioned here?"

A young man in a gray formal suit flipped through the newspaper in his hands and asked with great interest, "As an Elder of the Eternal Life Association, you were present in that sea region and did something so huge, yet you weren’t even mentioned in the Cordo Gazette. That’s not like your usual flamboyant style."

"Kleia, are you that bored?"

Menor leaned quietly against a large tree, his gaze resting lazily on a distant castle.

"Of course," Kleia said with a grin, casually tossing the newspaper aside and sidling up to him. "I don’t have a powerhouse subordinate like you, so I have no choice but to hide away in the Southern Continent. You know how it is. The people there aren’t as warlike as elsewhere. Especially the Earth Church, and some of their beautiful Holy Professionals..."

"Hah!"

Menor shot the young man a glance, not bothering to engage with him further. Otherwise, he’d be annoyed to death.

"Don’t just stay silent! Before the others get here, hurry up and tell me, how did you pull it off? I can forget about that Mutated Mage, but last time you offended everyone on the Black Pearl, and they didn’t even hunt you down..."

"And another thing! Not only were you not late this time, you actually arrived super early. Did you discover something? Come on, tell me. I’ll definitely vote for you at the leader’s meeting later."

The young man rambled on, "Don’t just give me the silent treatment. Waiting is the most boring thing in the world. Just tell me."

"Shut up, Kleia!"

Just as Menor reached the end of his patience and was about to jump up and throttle him, another voice rang out.

"Andri?" The young man in the gray suit saw the newcomer and, without a second thought, abandoned Menor, running over with his arms outstretched. "You’re here early, too! See, I made the right choice."

BAM!

Andri’s fist smashed directly into his face with a thunderous CRASH, sending him to the ground. "Are you looking to die?"

"Noh, I jusht missed you sho much..."

Just then, another person arrived. He glanced at the three of them, a smile spreading across his brawny face. Holding his fingers in a delicate pose, he said "coquettishly," "Oh my, so I’m not the first one here? And here I was, hoping to arrive early and prepare some gifts for you all..."

"Gifts? I knew you were the best, Pedro!"

The young man had just been rebuffed by the cold woman, but it didn’t dampen his enthusiasm in the slightest. Upon seeing the tall, brawny figure appear, he sidled over once again.

"It’s a new Magic Potion I’ve developed!"

Pedro embraced Kleia with even greater enthusiasm. "The effects are quite good! It can temporarily change one’s sex. Wanna try it?"

"Erk!?"

Kleia frantically broke free from his arms and fled without a backward glance, running back to hide behind Menor. "Menor, look at them! They’re all such perverts! You’re the only normal one..."

"Actually," Menor said leisurely, "I’d also quite like to see what you’d look like as a woman, Kleia."

"I also think Kleia would be very charming as a woman," the brawny man said, grinning from ear to ear and patting his own thick pectoral muscles. "Aren’t you going to give it a try, Kleia?"

"..." Kleia said, annoyed. "All you guys ever do is bully me! I’m going to report your evil deeds to the leader!"

"Hahaha..."

The three of them exchanged a look and couldn’t help but laugh. Even Andri, who was always expressionless, revealed a faint smile.

"Speaking of which, it’s been a while since we’ve seen the leader," Menor said after they’d laughed for a bit. "I wonder if he’s made any progress..."

"Has it been that long?" A smile returned to Kleia’s face. He mimicked Menor’s posture, leaning against another tree with his arms crossed. "I thought only a day had passed."

"It seems things are quite friendly in the Southern Continent, Kleia," Andri said coolly. "Gives you more time to enter a state of slumber, does it?"

"It’s not bad. As long as those bastard Wizards from the Shadow School don’t start trouble, everyone is quite willing to coexist peacefully. And you know the Holy Professionals from the Earth Church. They’re pretty good-tempered."

"The Shadow School... I heard they’ve been causing trouble for the Dawn Church recently?"

Pedro covered his mouth and giggled. "They aren’t planning to follow the Blood Spirit School’s example, are they? Using the corpses of Holy Professionals as tools to enhance their Origin Power?"