Chapter 254: Secret Meeting with the Pope

She had finally obtained the necessary information from Heltitz’s mouth.

If Liteya was a Heavenly Oracle Envoy, then everything could be explained clearly.

On the surface, Gabriella looked surprised, but inside she was somewhat excited.

She had finally gotten the information she needed from Heltitz.

“The Queen of Monastar? In other words, you already occupied that country a long time ago.”

Gabriella looked into her eyes, putting on a shocked expression.

She really was surprised. She had originally thought it was some nameless organization, but she never expected that the Heavenly Oracle Envoys had already hollowed out an entire country—or were secretly acting as the country’s upper echelon, usually keeping a low profile as if preparing for some secret operation.

“You could call it occupation, or you could call it cooperation~?”

Heltitz put her hands on her hips.

“A considerable number of humans don’t believe in gods. Even the Holy Queen and the Church only have a cooperative relationship. She and the knight orders rarely pray, let alone make pilgrimages. Monastar is an absolutely atheist country.”

“So… getting along well with the Holy Queen was also just for… infiltration?”

Heltitz smiled helplessly.

“Perhaps. But Miss Liteya has hidden many things from us. Some things only she knows. Mm… When I was still lying in the repair pod, Miss Liteya had already fully recovered. We were only able to be saved because of her.”

“If there’s a chance, I hope you can come with us to live in Monastar. Even the Celestial God wouldn’t be able to easily break through our defenses.”

Gabriella nodded, lowering her head thoughtfully as she quickly went over the information in her mind.

Heltitz stepped forward, neatly arranged the cleaned plates from the dining table onto the serving cart, and pushed it out of the bedroom.

Before leaving, she even bowed to the two of them.

That seemed to be a Monastar-style courtesy, looking like something a gentleman in a suit would do.

However, Heltitz’s body was rather full-figured, and Gabriella could clearly see her chest swaying slightly.

She sighed.

“What do you think, Isabella?”

If Monastar didn’t believe in gods, then their discussions were indeed merely exchanges of interest.

Spreading a religion required decades of time and wasn’t a small cost.

Those years would be enough for the evil god to recover even more power.

Isabella thoughtfully stroked her chin.

“The temple is the Holy Queen’s most hidden meeting place. Liteya received a letter from the Queen of Monastar a long time ago, and the formal meeting only began a month later. This makes their purpose very obvious.”

“How so?”

A unique calmness and decisiveness belonging to a ruler appeared in her eyes. Gabriella tilted her head to look at Isabella’s side profile.

That beautiful “No one can threaten Gabriella. I will handle this matter properly.”

“By the way, Isabella, don’t you think these things are a little strange? She said that all the Heavenly Oracle Envoys were absorbed of their power by the Celestial God and only woke up from the repair pods after countless years.”

“Mm…” Isabella nodded, carefully thinking about this issue.

“But Mother said that she only went into hibernation because she had a conflict with the apostles. The two sides never actually fought. I suspect Heltitz still told part of a lie.”

Gabriella’s expression was serious.

“From what I understand, during the Destruction Era after the Evil Tree Era, the battle between the apostles and the Celestial God lasted for over a hundred years. The world was also in complete chaos. This is also the reason Miss Creis has been hibernating until today.”

“Apostles…”

Obvious hesitation appeared on Isabella’s face.

“Is it really like that?”

“I don’t know about this matter.” Isabella nodded. “I don’t know anything about apostles. I also didn’t sense them. But Miss Creis doesn’t seem like the type who would lie to you. Mm… I will handle this matter.”

She took Gabriella’s arm and the two slowly walked out of the room.

Speaking of which…

Gabriella’s body had become much heavier since last night… It wasn’t uncomfortable, but rather the magic power inside her body was missing and gradually fading.

In its place was magic power scarcity, and the pain similar to fever symptoms caused by her body entering “magic power chaos” mode—the precursor to “hibernation.”

It was similar to how animals prepare to enter hibernation and switch to “energy-saving mode.”

Gabriella could feel that inside her body, her internal organs had automatically formed an extremely powerful magic protective barrier.

The source of this barrier was her holy body. It seemed to be a “protection device” activated to protect her mother. But precisely because of this, she felt her body weakening and becoming heavy.

It wouldn’t be long before her belly would start to show.

Although it hadn’t reached the point of needing a wheelchair yet, it was still best to have Isabella guarding by her side.

Isabella first took her to the manor’s square. This place was wide and flat.

Nearby was a thicket planted with strawberries, and to the left was grassland.

Every day, one could see dedicated royal knights busy trimming.

This place was rarely visited by people. Only a few royal knights patrolled the surroundings.

Upon seeing Gabriella and Isabella arrive, they immediately saluted and greeted them. Gabriella also smiled and nodded at them.

These past few days, Isabella had restored her Demon King personality—calm and elegant.

Occasionally she would switch to the evil god personality, but most of the time it only became obvious when she came over to kiss her.

When they returned to the mansion, they happened to catch the maid meeting—or rather, the high-level meeting of the Royal Knight guard.

Heltitz and five others were standing together, seemingly discussing something. Sunlight streamed through the large floor-to-ceiling windows. Gabriella could hear what they were discussing.

“Heltitz is cuter than I imagined. I feel like she’ll become an excellent maid.” Holy Queen Simona stroked Heltitz’s head. It seemed all the maids had been “corrupted” by Gabriella. Their favorite thing was patting the heads of petite girls.

As a “captive,” Heltitz naturally couldn’t resist.

She put on a reluctant expression, but soon realized the other party had no malice and obediently accepted it.

“Your Majesty the Holy Queen.”

“Heltitz was also an excellent Heavenly Oracle Envoy in the past. I still remember~” Olivia covered her mouth and smiled. She had no hatred toward Heltitz at all. It was as if these little girls were all part of one family, and Olivia and Simona were the “eldest daughters.”

Morphis and Philina both nodded. The two looked somewhat shy. Their gazes toward Heltitz carried a trace of respect.

After Gabriella and Isabella entered the hall, they stopped their discussion and all turned to look in Gabriella’s direction.

“It’s Lady Gabriella~”

“Good morning.”

“Good morning, Lady Silver-White Sword Empress.”

The maids’ greeting voices rose one after another, but their movements were quite uniform, as if they had undergone strict training.

Gabriella smiled. “Good morning.”

Simona took this opportunity to step forward:

“Lady Silver-White Sword Empress, there are some important matters tomorrow that require us to go out. May I ask if you would like to come with us?”

“May I ask what the matter is?”

Isabella asked on Gabriella’s behalf.

After all, Gabriella’s physical condition was average and not suitable for going out frequently.

Simona said solemnly:

“The Pope has some matters to discuss with me. They… want to meet the Queen of Monastar.”