The Defeated Saintess Is On A Journey To Tame The Evil God Book 01 Chapter 07.06.1 - Red Epiphyllum

Pushing open the door, Xing Mo spotted the tied up man right away, and figurative black lines appeared on her forehead.

Hey... you shouldn't kidnap people! This is a church! Won't someone notice it?!

"He contacted us himself, saying he's willing to accept any treatment." The small nun commented.

He contacted us himself? No wonder they found a clue so quickly. I thought it would take some time...

As she thought to herself, Xing Mo sat down opposite the man and calmly looked at him. She suddenly felt that the man was oddly familiar...

Wait a minute? Isn't this guy...

The man across from her was taken aback when he saw Xing Mo's face, then said, "You're Miss Xing Yu's sister?"

"You're that Mr. who purchased the female Knight figurine at an exorbitant... cough?" Xing Mo slammed on the brakes right away.

She recognized the man—he is that Game of Gold's champion we met at the Sunflower Hot Springs!

"Yes, I didn't expect to meet you here..." The man lowered his head and murmured, "My name is Tolle. I didn't expect you to be a member of the Church. No wonder the hot springs were closed down after you came..."

Wait a minute, is there some kind of misunderstanding... do you think the people of the Church would tie people up willy-nilly? Xingmo curled her lips.

But on second thought, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with his way of thinking—this is Saint Auroth Cathedral! Isn't it the territory of the Goddess's Church?

And I was originally a Saintess of the Goddess... no, I should say a Saint! Isn't that right?

When her thoughts reached this point, Xing Mo promptly adopted an authoritative demeanor, elegantly crossing her legs: "Now, Mr. Tolle, what information do you want to provide regarding the Humpback Whale?"

"First, untie me. I swear I'm not carrying any weapons." Tolle said.

Xing Mo took out her wand and waved it lightly, and the ropes tying Tolle became undone.

He seemingly breathed a sigh of relief, and then lowered his head and murmured: "If it weren't for Prince Austin killing her, I would never want to cooperate with the Goddess's believers..."

With that, he took out a picture from his pocket and pushed it to Xing Mo.

Xing Mo picked it up and looked at it. The picture showed a large steel ship floating in the middle of the harbor's waves.

Judging from the equipment on the large ship, it seemed to be a...

"A whaler?" Xing Mo raised her head.

"On the surface, yes, but no one knows what it actually is." Tolle explained, shifting his weight uncomfortably: "However, it goes out to sea once a month and stops at a harbor on the coast of the empire. I suspect the prince is using it to transport things."

When she heard this, Xing Mo lowered her head, looking pensive.

Bishop Freyr Sunlight was looking for a whaler? Did he dress up to board that whaler?

Why would a whaler require formal attire?

However, from the fact that the whaler would stop at a harbor of the empire, it can be concluded that Bishop Freyr might have wanted to take the Humpback Whale across the Middle Sea to the Machiavellian Empire.

After seeing something in the Starsea Spring, he chose to flee.

This is yet to be verified, so there's no need to dwell on it. With these thoughts swirling in her mind, Xing Mo nodded to Mr. Tolle: "Thank you for the information."

She changed the subject and asked: "Then, can you tell us why you betrayed Prince Austin? You mentioned he killed someone?"

The wrinkles on Tolle's face seemed to deepen suddenly, the confident demeanor he had in the gambling den gone. He seemed to have aged a lot.

"He killed my wife, Toria." He said, his voice laden with sorrow, "Right after you closed down the Sunflower Hot Springs... My wife was the owner of the hot springs. Prince Austin blamed her for the hot springs being exposed..."

"I submitted to him in exchange for protection. But without Toria, I... I..."

In the dimly lit confessional, Tolle's face contorted in anguish, his once firm frame seemingly crumbling piece by piece.

So you're the owner's husband... no wonder you had such a long winning streak... must have been some trickery involved... Xing Mo glanced at Tolle thoughtfully.

No wonder you spent so much money on a figurine...

"What do you know about the evil magic formation under the hot springs?" Xing Mo asked.

"I don't know anything, neither did Toria. We just followed the prince's orders..." Tolle muttered.

Apparently, this guy was just another pawn, to whom Prince Austin hardly revealing any key information.

Seeing the tormented man in front of her, Xing Mo initially felt sorry for him, but then realized that there was nothing to pity.

The Sunflower Hot Springs was a key source of the curse in the Southern District, its daily dissemination turning the entire Southern District into a breeding ground for Steam Man to roam freely.

And the reason why he came to the Goddess's Church was simply because of the retribution he encountered. If he deserved pity, then what about the workers in the Docklands?

Xing Mo got up and clapped her hands, "Alright, you can go now."

With that, she turned to leave, but then was stopped by Tolle—

"Ms. Saintess, you will avenge my Toria? Right?"

Xing Mo turned her head, only to see Tolle standing up, his facial muscles quivering.

She looked quietly for a while. Then, without giving an answer, she turned, pushed open the door, and left.

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After instructing the small nuns to keep an eye on Tolle, to make sure he wasn't a spy sent by the prince, Xing Mo went to the church's entrance.

Before going out, she quickly wrote a letter, summarizing what she learned, and placed it into an envelope, together with the picture of the Humpback Whale.

Xing Mo extended her hand, and a white dove flew over, grabbed the letter, and flew away.

The letter was addressed to Instructor Lucius.

If it was indeed a whaler, then the instructor should know a lot about it.

After completing this task, Xing Mo stopped a carriage and, under the cover of the night, headed toward the White Tower District.

In fact, she had planned to go home and go to bed early, especially since she wasn't feeling too well today.

But... just after the Starsea Mass ended, a few small nuns whispered something to Aurora, and then the latter led a group of children to board a carriage and left.

Xing Mo later made an inquiry and found out that there was a food festival in the White Tower District tonight, with many activities scheduled, such as eating contest and the like.

Aurora took the kids to eat...

Xing Mo didn't really care at first. Let them go. Anyway, the lass has keys and knows how to get back home, so she won't get lost.

But just now, she suddenly thought of a very serious issue—

—Aurora's stomach was a bottomless pit!

What if she devoured everything in sight and stumbled upon some passing Saint? What if the Saint found that something was strange and decided to go to the White Tower to investigate?

Then tomorrow's headline could read something akin to... a gluttonous Evil God voraciously devours food in the White Tower District, leaving a trail of destruction in her wake!

That would be a bit difficult to clean up...

In short, Xing Mo decided to go to the food festival herself and make sure Aurora didn't overdo it.

This definitely didn't have anything to do with the fact she was feeling peckish...

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