Chapter 255: Please, Save Her

It seemed they had been discovered.

Holy Queen Simona sighed.

“Since we didn’t take preventive measures, we were naturally found out. A few days ago, the bishops wrote a joint letter for me. They, along with the Pope, requested that I attend a meeting. So I won’t be working at the mansion tomorrow or the day after.”

“I originally planned to go alone, but they mentioned Lady Silver-White Sword Empress. They said they would be very pleased if you could come along as well. So…”

Simona then shifted her gaze to Morphis.

“That’s why I’ve temporarily handed the task of inspecting the seal to Morphis and Philina.”

Gabriella turned her eyes toward the two of them.

Their gazes were somewhat evasive, but they still nodded toward Gabriella to indicate that they were fine with it.

Gabriella suddenly felt a pang of sympathy.

Back in the inner palace, she would never assign so much work to a single maid.

If she could send them all to the inner palace, it would not only relieve the manpower pressure but also give them a couple of extra days off.

However, the Heavenly Oracle Envoys all seemed to be workaholics.

They had never realized that their working hours had already far exceeded the expected standard.

“You’ve worked hard,” Gabriella also smiled gently at them.

“This is all our responsibility~” Morphis said.

“It’s not hard at all, hehe.” Philina covered her mouth and laughed.

“Yes.” Liya gently squatted down and curtsied.

Simona smiled and walked away.

She would be leaving by carriage this evening to prepare for the meeting, while Gabriella’s carriage was scheduled for tomorrow morning.

She returned to the basement to check on the loosening of Liya’s seal, leaving the four maids behind.

Gabriella was the first to break the awkwardness. “May I ask where Miss Creis is, Mom~?”

“She’s in the bedroom.”

A clean and straightforward answer without the slightest hesitation, paired with Olivia’s signature gentle, teasing smile.

A trace of slyness also flashed through those beautiful eyes.

Speaking of which, she hadn’t seen Creis Mother this morning either.

Heltitz had temporarily taken over meal delivery. Gabriella had originally thought Creis had gone to the Church to do something again.

But when Gabriella saw the faint smile on Olivia’s face, she guessed that Mother Creis had probably already been “eaten.”

Thinking of this, Olivia also bid farewell and left, saying she was going to clean the bedroom and have a talk with Creis while she was at it.

At this moment, only three maids remained: Morphis, Philina, and Heltitz.

From earlier, Heltitz had looked like she wanted to say something.

Her eyes blinked, occasionally glancing cautiously at Morphis, and occasionally at Gabriella and Isabella.

“You… good…?” Morphis was the first to greet her.

“We met before, right, Miss Heltitz? I remember you were the captain of the Flame Lock Knight Order. Meeting you here is also a kind of fate.” Philina smiled.

Heltitz scratched her head. “It really is quite fateful.”

Morphis touched her chin.

“But last time Miss Heltitz was wearing some strange accessory, so we didn’t recognize you. I still remember you though. Back then, you were often envied for having a good figure.”

“How could I compare to Lady Olivia…”

Philina clearly held some resentment. She tugged on Morphis’s clothes and said, “This kind of thing is too strange!”

Morphis only gave her an apologetic smile. The two held hands and moved closer together, gently stroking each other’s shoulders.

At this moment, Morphis seemed to become shy. When Philina’s cherry lips approached her cheek, one could clearly see the blush on her face.

After they left, Heltitz finally let out a sigh of relief and looked at Gabriella and Isabella with grateful eyes.

“Thank you for waiting for me.”

After all, Miss Heltitz looked like she had something on her mind.

Isabella explained that her and Gabriella’s thoughts were surprisingly aligned.

Since this concerned Monastar, Heltitz must know something.

Gabriella, supported by Isabella, sat down on the sofa facing the sunlight.

Heltitz stood beside the two of them.

She first pointed out that she knew Morphis and Philina.

After all, the scene of them being swallowed by shadow on the battlefield was still fresh in her memory.

Among the pain brought by that battle were the sacrifices of Morphis and Philina.

After confirming that Creis wouldn’t be able to hear their conversation, Heltitz finally brought up the matter of the Church.

“Lady Gabriella, I… I beg you to save Lady Liteya.”

She dropped to one knee.

“Do you still remember when I mentioned the [Progenitor Demons]? If the Church is hiding Progenitor Demons, then Lady Liteya is in danger. The Holy Queen is also in danger!”

Heltitz’s eyes refracted the sunlight like crystal, as if flames were burning within them.

“Are even the Heavenly Oracle Envoys helpless against the Progenitor Demons?” Isabella asked.

“That’s correct. Even we have never seen all of the Progenitor Demons. We only speculate that their numbers are few, yet they are extremely dangerous.”

Heltitz’s gaze drifted back to a battle from five years ago.

“Five years ago, I fought alongside Holy Queen Simona to subjugate an evil tree. During that battle, a powerful golden demon appeared. I was forced to go all out.”

“Doesn’t sound like Liya.”

Heltitz shook her head. “She’s stronger than the fallen Liya. She doesn’t rely on any magic—just pure strength. In the darkness, we could only see her faintly glowing wings and her gluttonous eyes.”

“If I went all out, I could probably last about fifteen minutes against her. If I had [Soul Sever], maybe thirty minutes.”

Heltitz’s recollection ended there.

She obviously couldn’t obtain that divine artifact, [Soul Sever], which was now strictly guarded by Creis.

“No such powerful individual has ever appeared among the demon race.”

“Is that so… Then it really did only appear in the Church. If the Church is truly this dangerous, then both Holy Queen Simona and Liteya are in danger. This is a ‘Hongmen Banquet.’” Isabella shook her head, her voice growing quieter. “If the Church is the ‘territory’ of the Progenitor Demons, then why would they allow humans and the demon race to go to war?”

“It was the Holy Queen’s powerful deterrence that kept all the bishops in check. And if those hidden high-ranking members of the Church are the Progenitor Demons…”

Clearly, the current Holy Queen Simona was a demon, and it was very likely that she was the [golden demon] Heltitz had mentioned.

However, Holy Queen Simona had no related memories.

She had indeed been personally trained by Liya into a demon girl.

It was just that Simona had another identity that no one else knew about—the “protagonist.”