Volume 4, Chapter 45 – The Divine Maiden Who Acts Very Strangely

In the reception hall of the Divine Kingdom embassy.

To welcome Ailiya, the Covenant’s new Divine-Graced Maiden, Falco and three Sacred Warriors led by Mosol had all gathered in the hall.

After entering the hall, these three Sacred Warriors maintained serious, unsmiling expressions and stood menacingly behind Falco.

Their purpose was clear—to give the silver-haired girl sitting across from their young master some pressure.

To make Ailiya clearly realize that she was facing the young master of the Valen family, the next Pope of the Divine Faith! What a noble existence he was.

However, this situation didn’t last long. Their serious gazes quickly dissipated, and bewildered and confused emotions gradually covered their faces.

Not only these three Sacred Warriors, but Falco, who was sitting on the sofa drinking tea, was the same. Even his eyebrows couldn’t help but twitch several times.

???

What’s going on?

Falco couldn’t help but ask this question in his mind.

In this future Pope of the Divine Faith’s plan, after taking away the twins and threatening Ailiya’s safety with them, this young Divine-Graced Maiden would obediently come to the embassy alone to see him.

This step was fine—Ailiya had indeed come to his door.

However, after the Divine Maiden came to his door and sat across from him, her performance completely exceeded Falco’s expectations.

With her sisters’ safety controlled by others and having to face four top Divine Departure Realm experts alone, Ailiya’s heart should have been quite tense and serious.

Therefore, in Falco’s expectations, the silver-haired girl should have displayed that kind of forced composure with unease showing in her eyes.

However, Miss Ailiya’s current performance… compared to Falco’s predictions, it wasn’t just vastly different—it was like heaven and earth.

At this moment, Miss Ailiya, dressed in the formal attire of a Celestial Augur Knight, was sitting relaxed with a smile on her face, legs crossed, lounging leisurely on the sofa.

With one hand holding milk tea and the other holding a fork, she was happily and continuously picking up pastries from the coffee table, sending piece after piece into her small mouth.

Falco had indeed had people prepare quite a few teas and snacks on the table, but that was just for show.

After all, this young master of the Valen family was genuinely an ultimate scene person.

Falco never imagined that she would actually start drinking tea and eating pastries?

And eating so enthusiastically?

Five people’s worth of pastries… eliminated more than half in less than three minutes?

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And she seemed to think it wasn’t enough?

—”Could I have some more of those green ones? They taste pretty good~”—

Looking into Falco’s eyes, Ailiya said with a smile on her face.

Hearing this, Falco’s eyebrows twitched several times, and he smiled awkwardly.

“Sure, sure… I’ll have the servants bring more.”

“Hehe, thank you~”

After taking in Ailiya’s leisurely smiling face, Falco immediately felt confused and even began to doubt himself.

Is she… Did I capture her two sisters, right?

In this situation, she should be angrily questioning me! How is she just smiling and eating so happily?!

This isn’t normal!

Moreover, Ailiya-Lingyuan?

Is this such a gluttonous character?! Not only gluttonous! This eating manner is also somewhat… hard to describe.

And also! Leaving the negotiation partner aside and just focusing on eating pastries?! How ridiculous is this?!

—”Hey, Miss Ailiya, shouldn’t you calm down a bit?”—

Seeing that she was about to eliminate all the pastries, Falco couldn’t help but snort coldly.

Hearing this, Ailiya, who was eating happily, finally came to her senses and looked at Falco somewhat blankly.

However, the girl just grinned and scratched the back of her head, saying quite casually:

“Haha, sorry, I accidentally forgot about you~”

“For… forgot?!”

Falco couldn’t help but bite his lip hard, and waves of coldness overflowed from his blue eyes.

This woman?

What the hell?

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Was that previous noble and elegant appearance all an act? How is she acting like such an idiot?!

Is the current Ailiya really the same person as the Ailiya he saw at the banquet before?

Falco instinctively had this question in his mind.

Of course, this thought was quickly denied by Falco.

After all, the person before him had an aura identical to Ailiya’s, and there was no scent of disguise on her body—she couldn’t be a fake.

There was only one possibility…

This person was secretly planning something.

“Stop smiling foolishly, Ailiya. We have serious business to discuss, don’t we?”

“Oh, right.”

Being reminded like this, Ailiya seemed to finally come to her senses. After clearing her throat, the silver-haired girl solemnly met Falco’s gaze.

Hehe, this is more like it…

Seeing Ailiya finally return to a serious appearance, Falco’s nearly explosive mood finally stabilized somewhat.

“Then I’ll be direct and straight to the point…”

However, just as Falco was about to present his conditions, Ailiya suddenly spoke seriously.

Being serious was fine…

The main thing was that Ailiya wasn’t urging Falco to return her sisters, but was asking some inexplicable questions.

—”You’re Falco, right? I heard you work for the Divine Faith?”—

“Huh?”

Falco was stunned.

“Work??”

“Yes.”

Ailiya nodded repeatedly.

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“I… I guess so.”

Faced with Ailiya’s sparkling eyes, although confused, Falco instinctively nodded.

“What position?”

“What?”

“Position!”

“High Priest, next Pope. Wait, don’t you already know these things?”

“Well, I’m just confirming~”

The silver-haired girl raised the corner of her mouth and answered somewhat mischievously.

“High Priest, that’s not a bad position. Seems like decent prospects. By the way, what’s your monthly salary?”

“What, what?”

Hearing this question, Falco was completely bewildered, countless question marks appearing on his forehead. Undoubtedly, this was completely different from the negotiation he had envisioned.

As Ailiya’s subsequent questions came one after another, Falco’s expression became increasingly gloomy.

“What do your father and mother do?”

“Where did you graduate from?”

“What are your hobbies and interests?”

“Do you have any other plans for your future?”

“Are you interested in buying a house in The Veiled… ah… in Wishaven in the future?”

A series of questions completely unrelated to negotiation made Falco’s eyebrows twitch frantically, and he couldn’t help but raise his hand to press his head. The three Sacred Warriors behind him, including Mosol, also looked at each other, all seeing deep strangeness in each other’s eyes.

They didn’t know if it was their imagination… but now the interaction between Ailiya and Falco didn’t seem like negotiation.

Instead, it was like… well, anyway, it was very strange.

After being questioned by Ailiya for a while, Falco completely lost patience and suddenly slammed his fist on the table.

“Boom!”

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With a loud crash, the coffee table shattered into pieces.

“Miss Ailiya, do you understand the situation or not? What nonsense are you spouting?! Are you trying to make fun of me?”

With these words, the powerful spiritual force representing Peak Divine Departure Realm spread out, pressing toward Ailiya with fierce momentum.

Being shouted at like this, the silver-haired girl also froze in place.

Blinking, looking at the shattered coffee table and Falco’s fierce eyes full of impatient emotions, the curiosity in Ailiya’s expression quietly dissipated, replaced by a trace of disappointment.

Pouting, the girl muttered to herself with some displeasure.

“Hmm, being a bit narcissistic is one thing, but it seems you also have violent tendencies?”

“Who are you calling narcissistic?!”

“Uh, and easily irritable too.”

“Hah?!”

Facing Falco, who was like a powder keg that seemed about to explode at any moment, Ailiya raised her hand to pinch her chin, seemingly making a judgment in her heart.

“Although you’re quite handsome and wealthy… but this temper, not so good. As expected, domestic abusers just won’t work.”

“Dom… domestic abuser?”

“Mm, right! No good!”

After making her decision, Ailiya directly stood up with one hand on her hip under everyone’s confused gazes, saying aggressively:

“We’re just not compatible! Give me back my child… my sisters. I’m taking them home!”

“Hah?”

The moment he heard this, Falco completely exploded. Seeing Ailiya acting like she wanted to directly take the twins away, Falco shot up from his seat.

Raising his staff, he aimed it viciously at the silver-haired girl’s forehead.

“Ailiya! Are you really stupid or just pretending to be stupid?! Think you can come and go as you please?!!”

Ailiya: ° °