"Cecilia, are you really going to marry that playboy?"
The Loli, only eleven or twelve years old, looked at the young woman in front of her and said with some dissatisfaction.
It wasn't that she was dissatisfied with her best friend, but she truly disliked that boy from the Kaslana family, who was always unkempt, full of tricks, and flirting with girls.
If it weren't for her best friend's happy smile, Theresa would definitely make that boy lose his third leg. Even if it meant disobeying her grandfather's orders, she would make Cecilia happy.
"Although he is a bit… that? But he's not a bad person."
Cecilia smiled and stroked Theresa's cute little head. She knew this was a political marriage, and the one brokering it was none other than the Grand Archbishop.
She was initially very against it, but after getting to know him better, she learned some things about him, which made her feel comfortable marrying him.
Otherwise, as the Saintess of the Schariac family, one of the three great families of Schicksal, plus being the wielder of the Divine Key 'Black Abyss White Flower', she truly didn't need anyone.
Even the Grand Archbishop would have to think twice before trying to move her.
If she were truly pushed too far, she would simply rebel against Schicksal and take Theresa to the Eastern forces, which wouldn't be a bad idea. The other side had been at odds with Schicksal for almost five hundred years, and Schicksal had never been able to do anything about them.
"Mew~!"
Theresa, like a cute white kitten, let out a comfortable purr under Cecilia's caress.
From a distance, the two didn't look like best friends at all, but rather a cat owner and her adorable cat.
After briefly enjoying their warm daily routine, Theresa set off to carry out the order issued by Grand Archbishop Otto. It would probably take one or two years for her to return, which greatly annoyed Theresa.
She wasn't even given the chance to disrupt the wedding or teach that boy Ziegfried a lesson.
It seemed her grandfather had a thorough understanding of her temper, leaving her no opportunity to act, which made her feel a bit resentful towards her grandfather.
"Sorry, I have to go."
Reluctantly leaving Cecilia's embrace, Theresa's appointed time had long passed, but she still didn't want to leave. However, her grandfather's mission could not be ignored. She was a bit conflicted, but protecting humanity always came first, so Theresa could only leave.
"Be careful, and watch your own safety."
Cecilia, like a virtuous wife, tidied up the messy parts of Theresa's clothes and said to her with a smile.
"I… I know, I'm not a child anymore."
Theresa's cute little face was flushed, and she said shyly.
"Our Theresa is the best!"
Cecilia, with an angelic smile, gently patted Theresa's little head, making Theresa stomp her foot in annoyance and turn to leave.
"If that guy bullies you, tell me, and I'll chop him into mincemeat."
As she was leaving, Theresa turned her head back, a little worried, and said to Cecilia.
"Mhm! I will, Theresa."
Nodding gently, Cecilia watched Theresa walk out of the house like a wife seeing her husband off. She then turned, sat on a chair, took a sip of tea, and gazed at her reflection in the tea, lost in thought.
"Theresa, if you were a boy, maybe I would marry you."
A sentence like this came from the room, and then it fell silent again.
On the other hand, Zeus, in the cave, had already cultivated to the late stage of the first layer. Because she had some insights from Great Emperor Ruthless and had observed her entire journey, this greatly inspired Zeus. However, because it was someone else's path, she could only draw lessons from it and not copy it completely. Otherwise, the further she cultivated, the more difficult it would become.
"This won't do! I don't have her will or her experiences. Just cultivating behind closed doors won't improve my practice."
Feeling the power within her body, Zeus's face became bitter.
Knowing that staying in the cave was not a solution, Zeus walked out of the cave. Looking at the mountains and the deep forest, she ultimately chose to leave. Zeus now needed 'enlightenment', something that could only come spontaneously, only at a certain moment when everything suddenly clicked, which would be when she officially completed the first layer and entered the second layer.
So Zeus began to walk into the deep forest, starting to explore this world in her physical form, to experience the myriad aspects of this world. But the first thing to greet her was neither wild beasts nor humans, but Honkai Beasts.
"Uh~! How long has it been? So many Honkai Beasts have appeared again."
Zeus's eyes widened as she looked at the more than a hundred small Honkai Beasts in front of her. Although they weren't powerful, their sheer numbers were a bit disgusting, like a pile of white, wriggling worms.
"Seriously, I wasn't planning on doing anything."
As if sensing the presence of a living being, these Honkai Beasts, one after another, seemed to have taken a stimulant and began to pounce on Zeus. Zeus helplessly looked at the Honkai Beasts less than ten meters away from her. She originally wanted to just punch them to death, but then she felt that doing so would splash purple blood on her. Before Zeus could even hesitate, a golden spear of light suddenly pierced through the Honkai Beast in front of her.
"Hey, you over there, stop staring and come over!"
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