Volume 7, Chapter 48 – Intermission

When the group walked to the top of the hill, an even more beautiful view unfolded before them. The orange lake and clouds intertwined, and the sparkling surface of the water was so clear it felt like it could pull you in.

The cooking team—Camilla, Mary, Tiffany, and Andrea—who had set up the grill were exchanging experiences (Tiffany was only in charge of eating). Although it was more like Mary’s one-sided lecture than an exchange, calling it an exchange was the only way to avoid angering the other two. And since Mary didn’t mind the title, Yisi went along with their wishes and called the process a mutual exchange.

Placing the sliced meat on the wire mesh, Mary evenly drizzled a pale golden animal fat over it.

“First, coat the prepared meat with a layer of oil…”

“Sniff, sniff, why is there no fishy smell? When I cooked in the royal palace before, although everyone said it was good, I could taste a nasty fishy smell when I ate it.”

Lying on her stomach by the grill and sniffing the moderately thick slices of meat, a large question mark appeared above Andrea’s head. Although Yisi felt that Andrea’s posture, lying on the ground like that, would expose her underwear, there was no one else here, and Andrea’s current puzzled expression as she tilted her head was also very cute. It was probably better not to point it out.

As if noticing Andrea’s gaffe, Laxy very thoughtfully moved behind her and blocked the exposed area with a package containing picnic items.

“It’s probably because you didn’t remove the smell, Your Majesty. Some monster meat needs to be deodorized with spices like ginger and pepper, and some needs to be deodorized with wine—Margaret is best for that. But this meat is a type that doesn’t need to be deodorized, so we skipped that step.”

“I see. No wonder the amount of Margaret is always decreasing. I thought Mary had a habit of secretly drinking it.”

“Miss Camilla! How could I drink that kind of wine! After Miss Edith drank it last time and became like that… that is an evil wine!”

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Perhaps out of extreme shyness, Mary made a rare comment about Edith. Edith, who was in the middle of enjoying her blood, froze.

Yisi couldn’t help but find it novel. Was Mary so innocent that even Edith would be ashamed by her words?

No, more than Mary’s comment, it was probably that it had reminded Pepe of her gaffe that day. After all, being seen in a drunken state would be embarrassing enough to make anyone want to find a hole to crawl into, no matter who saw it.

“My lord, I have something to report to you.”

Just as Yisi was secretly enjoying Edith’s embarrassment out of the corner of her eye, Laxy returned to her side and sat down. Apart from the cooking team, Yisi, Edith, Refina, Evelyn, and Laxy were sitting in an arc on the picnic blanket.

“What is it?”

“This morning, I received an unsigned letter, asking me to go to the east district of Gota in the afternoon.”

“Huh? Weren’t you by my side all afternoon, Laxy?”

“Uh…” Laxy lowered her gaze in embarrassment. “It was my dereliction of duty not to know that you were training such a powerful monster…”

“No, no, that’s not what I mean. I meant, you didn’t go to the east district? It’s already evening now.”

“No. The reason the letter gave for me to go was that they possessed a power core. But I already have the gift you gave me, my lord, so I judged that there was no need to go. Since it asked me to go alone, there was at least an eighty percent chance it was a trap. Lady Trino taught us that curiosity often leads to destruction.”

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“Is that so…” Yisi fell into thought. “That is indeed very likely. But besides us, who else knows about your power core, Laxy? Could it have been one of your companions? For example, they heard that you had come out of the labyrinth and immediately rushed over to deliver a power core.”

“If it were one of my own kind, they would have met me in person instead of using such a troublesome method as sending a letter. Unlike the angels who left the Kingdom of God for the sake of training, I have a name granted by the Gospel—Laxyphinia. It was the Gospel that guided me to leave the Kingdom of God and go to the human world, to search for a savior who could stop the war and save the world, what you in the human world would call a hero.”

“Eh, what’s the Gosp—mmph!”

Just as Yisi opened her mouth, Evelyn, who was sitting opposite her, suddenly stuffed a spoon into it. Although she wanted to immediately express her displeasure, as the sweetness from the spoon melted in her mouth, Yisi blinked.

As if she had already predicted this, Evelyn wore a smug expression.

“How is it? This is a dessert called Sherbet Slime that my subordinate recently got from the United Kingdom. It was originally supposed to belong to Julius, but now it’s mine.”

As she spoke, Evelyn withdrew the spoon and then once again stuck it into the white slime, which had white rabbit ears. It only looked like a slime; it was actually made of cream.

But more than this new variety of Sherbet Slime, Yisi was more concerned about another matter—the Sherbet Slime had clearly been eaten a few times, which meant that the spoon Evelyn had just stuffed into her mouth had been used by her.

Did she not notice, or was it completely intentional…

Of course, Evelyn didn’t know Yisi’s inner thoughts. Unlike her forceful action just now, this time she became much gentler. Like a couple on a weekend date, Evelyn leaned forward slightly, one hand held under the spoon to prevent the cream from spilling, and the other holding the spoon to Yisi’s lips. Her usually cunning face now held only the sweet smile of an older sister.

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“Open your mouth. Ahh~mm.”

This is bad.

I’m about to lose control.

It’s not that I want to open my mouth, but my mouth is not listening to my brain’s commands.

“The Gospel is a book of prophecy that records fate. It can predict future events. It is a product created by the original Lady Trino under the guidance of the Goddess. It deduces what will happen on the continent based on changes in the elements and informs the world in the form of prophecies.”

Due to Laxy’s interruption, Yisi had to stop herself from biting down on the spoon. And Evelyn also proactively withdrew the spoon. With an inconspicuous movement, she threw the cream Yisi hadn’t eaten into a trash bag and then wiped the spoon back and forth with a handkerchief—as if she were disgusted that Yisi had used it. Only after the spoon was clean enough to be used as a mirror did she start using it again.

That girl…

She definitely put the used spoon in my mouth on purpose just now.

Although Evelyn’s action of wiping the silver spoon was perfectly natural, Yisi still felt a little hurt.

In addition, Yisi also noticed another thing. Pepe had slightly relaxed her hand holding her teacup—there was a clear fluctuation of magic power there. She must have been about to use magic just now.

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Was she planning to teach Evelyn a lesson when I ate the cream…

Yisi subconsciously looked up at Refina behind Edith, but Refina just returned a radiant smile that said, “I don’t know anything”.

Hmm… perhaps it was Laxy who noticed something was amiss and deliberately interrupted me at an inappropriate yet appropriate time.

Yisi wiped the cold sweat from her forehead.

“S-so, you were sent out by the book of prophecy to find a hero, Laxy?”

“Yes. Without a doubt, you are the hero recorded in the Gospel. Only a hero would possess such great luck.”

The great luck probably referred to the Cerberuses, but that couldn’t be said to be purely good luck. And according to the information she had, the real hero had already been chosen by the Divine Religion according to the Gospel.

Wait, are the Gospel in the hands of the Divine Religion and the Gospel Laxy is talking about the same thing?

Yisi frowned slightly.

That shouldn’t be… Leaving aside the high probability that it’s just the same name, the word “gospel” is common in religion. It’s perfectly fine to describe a prophecy as a gospel.