Volume 6, Chapter 47 – The Unease Brewing in Mitters Bayer

With Refina’s help, Yisi, having changed her clothes, left the inn and used flight magic to float above the city. The Omniscient Map showed that Evelyn had been loitering near the inn and had not returned directly to the temple.

“Is she waiting for me? Well, since I’ve finished what I needed to do, I’ll go see what she’s up to.”

[Blink]

She appeared behind Evelyn.

Although Yisi didn’t want others to see her use a lost magic, and tried to minimize the use of powerful magic in front of people, Evelyn was in a corner of the street where there were few people.

The latter was holding her chest with one hand, her head lowered, clearly in thought.

An idea for a prank arose. Yisi tiptoed closer to Evelyn’s back, then patted her shoulder as if to greet her—she had originally planned to add a scary, intimidating sound, but after the experience of scaring Pepe and being looked at like an idiot, Yisi felt that a subtle scare was more natural. That way, even if the scare failed, she could use the excuse of “I was just saying hello~” to get out of it, and not be taken for a fool.

But Evelyn’s reaction was beyond Yisi’s expectations.

“Ah!”

She let out a small scream and her whole body trembled, her body even leaning forward involuntarily.

…I should have scared her with a loud voice.

Hiding her regret in her heart, Yisi tilted her head in a deliberately cute way.

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“Eh? Did I scare you, Evelyn?”

After realizing it was Yisi, Evelyn let out a long sigh of relief and patted her chest lightly.

“Haa… you scared me. Are you an assassin? You don’t make a sound when you walk.”

“Maybe it’s because I’m light.” Yisi secretly stuck out her tongue in her heart and changed the subject. “What are you doing here, Evelyn?”

“What else could I be doing but waiting for you to come out of the inn? I want to test the effects of the magic medicine. Do you expect me to go alone?”

No, no, just to test the effects of the magic medicine, one person should be enough.

“Can’t the paladins in the temple do it?”

“I have to act like a Pope when I’m with them. That’s too suffocating, no different from being in prison. Besides, I want to use those green-skinned monsters for the experiment. It’s too dangerous to go alone.” At this point, Evelyn revealed a triumphant smile. “You introduced me to that person without any prior notice, which led to me having to pay the price of having my blood sucked. As the intermediary, it’s not too much to ask for some compensation from you, right? Just think of it as accompanying me on a shopping trip. Of course, if we come across anything you want to buy on the way, as long as it’s not too expensive, I can buy it for you.”

Yisi couldn’t help but smile.

Evelyn was saying that she wanted compensation, but in reality, she just wanted someone to go with her. It was more of a request than a demand.

Yisi waved her hand with a wry smile.

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“Alright, alright. But if we encounter any danger, I won’t be responsible for you. I’ll turn and run immediately, okay?”

“Tsk, you’re so ridiculously strong, yet you’re planning to leave me behind.”

“I’m not your bodyguard.”

“If you were my bodyguard, I would definitely train you well.”

While having this meaningless conversation, the two of them started walking towards the southern district of Mitters Bayer, in the direction of the slums.

Compared to the past two days, there were more believers muttering to themselves on the streets today. Although pedestrians and vendors were still going about their business as usual, anyone could see the unease that pervaded the entire city. Yisi even saw a quarreling couple. The drunken man had thrown the woman out of the house and locked the door, while the woman was pleading pitifully outside.

If this had happened in the Hels Kingdom, in the outer district where Margaret was located, Yisi would not have been surprised. But this was the Ymir parish, and it was the Holy City of Mitters Bayer. It was worth noting that when Yisi had first come to this city, the entire city was filled with a peaceful and calm atmosphere, very much in line with its religious nature. But now, it was no different from an ordinary monarchy, and it was even more tense. The act of a drunken man throwing his wife out onto the street in broad daylight felt completely out of place in Mitters Bayer.

Quickly passing through the noisy crowd with Evelyn, Yisi glanced back with a worried look on her face.

“The atmosphere in Mitters Bayer is becoming more and more unsettling.”

Evelyn did not look back.

“As I thought, you’ve noticed it too.”

“Is it because the prayers are no longer effective?”

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“Mm, because the prayers are no longer effective, people’s negative emotions can’t be vented, so it has become like this. It won’t be long before a bigger conflict breaks out. According to those paladins, Julius is currently conducting an oracle ceremony, praying for the Goddess to bestow her grace again. Besides hoping that Julius will be more diligent, we can only watch from the sidelines.”

Evelyn’s words made Yisi nod to herself. What Evelyn hadn’t mentioned was that for the residents of Mitters Bayer, the effect of eliminating negative emotions was only secondary. What was more important was that their faith was being shaken. As the most direct thing that could reflect the existence of the Goddess—just by holding a holy relic from the church and praying to the Goddess in their hearts, the Goddess would dissolve the negative emotions in their hearts—for such a grace to suddenly disappear, one could understand the anxiety the believers would fall into without needing it to be spelled out.

Why did the grace disappear overnight? Has the Goddess abandoned us? Did I do something to anger the Goddess?

When all these emotions were mixed together, it was very easy to point the finger at the church. As the representatives of the Goddess, they were naturally responsible for this matter.

Glancing at the streets, where there were many more paladins than before, Yisi asked in a low voice.

“Will there be a riot?”

“A riot? Even if there is, it’s not my headache.”

Although she said that, a hint of anxiety flashed in the depths of Evelyn’s eyes.

“As a person with the power of a god, the believers must have a lot of faith in you. When they rush to the gates of the church, the church will definitely have you display your divine power to comfort them and let them know that the Goddess has not completely abandoned them, that this is just a coincidence.”

The problem was, the current Evelyn could not use her divine power. At that time, she would be in a very troublesome situation. As a person chosen by a god to suddenly lose her divine power, the rioting believers would very likely use this to push all the blame onto her. ‘Because Evelyn’s faith in the gods is not devout enough, that’s why they lost the Goddess’s grace.’ With such an excuse, they would send Evelyn to the gallows and the guillotine.

It was precisely because Evelyn had foreseen such a future that there was anxiety in her eyes.

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Not wanting to dwell on this topic, Evelyn took the initiative to change the subject.

“Who is that vampire to you?”

“A friend.”

“A friend? It’s more than just a friend, isn’t it? Although she didn’t look at you much, her gaze was different every time she did.”

“Pe—Viel is just like that. She’s a girl, but she likes girls.”

“Is that so? Then you must have had a hard time. You two don’t have a physical relationship, do you?”

Yisi clearly saw a hint of strangeness in Evelyn’s deep green eyes. Evelyn, who had a normal sexual orientation, found it difficult to understand love between women.

Not yet.

Muttering to herself inwardly, Yisi answered very seriously.

“How could that be?”

“Is that so? It’s a good thing you don’t. Otherwise, I wouldn’t know what kind of look to give you. But I can be sure that at that time, I would have made you stay far away from me, at least not as close as now.” As she spoke, Evelyn gestured to the distance of less than a fist’s width between her and Yisi, then said in a very casual, flat tone, “Speaking of which, do you know where I can learn teleportation magic, Yisi? Earth-based magic that can travel underground would also be fine. It would be even better if there were magic crystals or magic books.”