Let them live with that regret for the rest of their lives!

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"It was just a recollection of some memories from the past."

"What did you recall that scared you like this? Why don't you tell me and I'll help you figure it out?"

"no need."

Vivian turned her head away to avoid eye contact with Elise.

"You don't happen to remember that time I sneaked into your bed in the middle of the night and got kicked off, do you? No way, don't do that kind of thing." Elise twisted her body exaggeratedly.

"you are annoying."

To keep Elise from being too noisy, Vivian decided to shut her up.

The previous chapter is being revised and will probably be released tomorrow.

Volume 1: Chapter 85 The Sealed Goddess's Blessing

It was already dark when Elise returned to the manor.

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Ling should have returned long ago, but because Vivian was too proactive, she had no choice but to have dinner at Vivian's place before coming back.

Upon returning to the manor, Elise went straight to Wendy's room and shared her suspicions with her.

After listening to Elise's explanation, a murderous intent flashed in Wendy's light green eyes: "Then I'll go and kill them all now."

"You're a priestess of the Earth Goddess, why do you always think about killing people? Even if you could kill them, it would only make things more complicated and troublesome," Elise said helplessly.

She sat casually on Wendy's bed, her crossed legs swinging gently. After a moment of thought, she spoke: "Those insectoids you hid before should still be there, right?"

"Ah."

"Let's send one insectoid away from Seria and leave some barely noticeable traces so we can test the waters first."

“Okay.” Wendy nodded, then slowly closed her eyes. A strange, spider-like mark flashed across her forehead, but Elise didn’t notice it.

Meanwhile, deep underground in Seria, from a giant insect nest that had appeared out of nowhere, insects emerged from their cocoons and quickly left the nest, gathering in a deserted corner of the sewers. These insects, densely packed together, formed the shape of an ordinary-looking young woman.

Wendy opened her eyes again and whispered to Elise, "It's all arranged. I'll keep an eye on things."

"You also need to be careful, so as not to leave any traces that will attract attention."

"Well, no."

Just then, as if she had thought of something, Elise said to Wendy, "Can you sense the blessing of the goddess upon me?"

The blessing of the Earth Goddess is virtually impossible to perceive unless Elise actively activates it, unless the other party is also a follower of the Earth Goddess, like Wendy.

Logically speaking, Elise shouldn't need to worry about these things, but as a gamer, she knows very well what's inside the Eternal Church, so she has to take this into account. She even has some doubts about whether she has already been discovered.

However, if his identity had been discovered, Rumia would have already taken action against him.

“Okay,” Wendy said after sensing it for a moment.

"Then can you make the blessing undetectable, so that even those who are also favored by the Earth Goddess cannot perceive it?"

"Yes, but it requires a simple seal, which might make you feel a little uncomfortable."

"No problem, just tell me how you want to do it."

Wendy slowly walked up to Elise, squatted down, and grabbed her right foot.

This startled Elise for a moment before she realized what Wendy was trying to do. She said nervously, "Wait a minute, I'd better go take a shower first."

"There's no need. Judging from the smell on you, you just took a shower, probably to cover up some kind of odor, but it won't do me any good."

Wendy's calm analysis made Elise's lips twitch slightly. She was taking a very serious bath, so why was she still able to smell it?

Is this the extraordinary sense of smell unique to insect people?

Now that Wendy had already exposed her, Elise no longer resisted and let her take off her shoes and socks.

Wendy was also presented with fair, delicate, and exquisite jade feet, as fine as porcelain.

What might be an irresistible sight for some, Wendy wasn't particularly interested in. She simply placed the tip of her index finger on Elise's ankle, and the mark of the Earth Goddess slowly appeared. It was a mark resembling a crown, the emblem of the Church of the Earth Goddess, a mark that only those favored by the gods could possess.

Normally, this mark won't appear unless Elise uses the power of the earth.

Wendy then cut her fingertip and smeared her crimson blood onto the mark.

麇捌删灵久⊙武芭

The moment Wendy's blood touched the mark, it transformed into crimson threads, like red spider silk binding the crown.

At the same time, Elise felt a tingling sensation in her feet, which made her let out a muffled groan and her toes curl up involuntarily.

"Just bear with it a little longer, it will be over soon."

"I'm already holding back," Elise muttered softly.

This feeling had nothing to do with pain; instead, it gave Elise a strange sensation.

At first it was fine, but as the tingling sensation intensified, a faint blush rose on Elise's fair cheeks, and even her breathing became somewhat heavy.

After about ten minutes, the tingling sensation disappeared, not gradually, but abruptly.

It even made Elise feel a little reluctant to part with it.

She looked down and could see that the mark of the Earth Goddess was still on her ankle, but it seemed to be stained with some blood, making it look somewhat eerie.

She opened the skill bar and glanced at it. Only after confirming that nothing had changed did Elise feel relieved.

"Is this okay?"

"Hmm." Wendy nodded gently as she watched the blood-red mark gradually fade away. "Now, even fellow goddess's chosen ones can't sense your mark unless you activate it yourself."

“I’m curious, why did you do this?” Wendy stood up and looked at Elise. “Don’t you trust the goddess’s chosen ones?”

"What if I told you that the Eternal Church also has followers of the Goddess?"

A hint of surprise flashed in Wendy's eyes: "Would the Eternal Church allow the existence of the Goddess's chosen ones?"

“Generally speaking, it is definitely not allowed, but if that person is completely under the control of the Eternal Church, then it may not be so.”

"You mean, the Eternal Church has a subjugated goddess's favorite? If so, then there is indeed a need to cover it up." Wendy nodded thoughtfully.

"You should also be careful."

“Yes, I will.” Wendy nodded, then looked at Elise again and asked seriously, “I smelled that scent again. Do you need my help?”

"Need not."

Elise put on her shoes and socks, got up, and quickly left Wendy's room. She was now going to take another shower.

After Elise left, Wendy's lips curled into a faint smile. She lay casually on the bed, a dress that had somehow appeared in her hand. If Elise were there, she would have recognized the dress as hers.

Wendy buried her face in her skirt and took a deep breath, her fair cheeks flushing with an alluring blush.

At the same time, the eerie spider mark on her forehead reappeared, flickering softly as if calling out to something, but Wendy ignored it.

Version 83 has been revised, but it seems to still be under review.

Volume 1: Chapter 86 Intelligence Iris

Late at night, on the roof of a building near Elise's manor.

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A man dressed in a black robe stood here, silently observing the situation of the manor.

Under the bright moonlight, one could see that the man was wearing a mask without any facial features, not even an opening for his eyes.

He is a member of the Assassins' Guild, codenamed 'Faceless'.

He recently accepted an assassination mission from the Assassins' Guild. The target of the mission was a noble lady. This mission should have been a very simple matter for him, a fifth-level assassin, but an unexpected incident still occurred.

He was being hunted down by another member of the Assassins' Guild, an assassin codenamed 'Maid'.

The maid is a new member who recently joined the Assassins' Guild. She is extremely efficient at completing missions and has accomplished quite a few in the past few days, including killing the King of the Abandoned Street.

Although he was stronger than his opponent, for some reason, every time he faced a maid, he felt as if he had encountered his natural enemy, and he was unable to unleash his full strength.

Just then, the Faceless Man suddenly felt a suffocating sense of crisis. Without the slightest hesitation, he transformed into a shadow and narrowly dodged the attack coming from behind.

But before he could distance himself from the shadows, he felt their encroachment and heard the faint whispers of an unknown entity in his ears.

To avoid being completely corrupted by the shadows or going insane, his body could only be transformed from ethereal to real to dispel the shadow state.

The instant his body solidified, a giant magical sword descended from the sky.

The magic greatsword instantly sliced ​​the faceless man in two, but no blood splattered. The faceless man's body disappeared mysteriously after being cut open, leaving only a broken mask.

"They're really hard to kill." The girl in the maid outfit sensed the movement behind her, but she didn't even turn around. She just beckoned with her little finger, and the threads formed by the shadows controlled the magical guns that had been set up in the distance.

The Faceless Man, who was originally preparing to launch a counterattack, had to withdraw his stance to protect himself.

The bullet struck the Faceless Man's dagger with a crisp sound, and the impact nearly caused him to drop the dagger, but he managed to hold it firmly in his hand.

The maid who witnessed this scene curled her lip. Her intuition told her that the Faceless Man's weakness was the dagger in his hand. If she could disarm him, killing him would become much easier.

"If you want this mission, I can give it to you," the faceless man's hoarse voice rang out.

The maid didn't speak, but simply glanced in the direction of the manor.

The next second, as if sensing something, the faceless man unhesitatingly used the dagger in his hand to cut a spatial rift, and he disappeared directly through the spatial rift before the maid's eyes.

The maid didn't chase after her; instead, she jumped down into the alley below and watched the graceful figure emerge from the ground before her.

“He still managed to get away. You should have told me beforehand,” Wendy said, looking at the maid in front of her.

The shadow that had been hanging over the maid's face faded, revealing Misha's pure and lovely face, though she no longer possessed the same innocent charm she had when she was with Iris.

"His perception of danger is beyond that of ordinary people. If he had notified you in advance, he would have run away long ago."

"So it wasn't that it sensed my presence, but rather that it felt danger and ran away?" Wendy tilted her head, still thinking that her presence had been discovered.

“I will kill him next time. He is dangerous to Miss.” Misha seemed unable to control the murderous aura emanating from him.

From the moment she first met the Faceless Man, she felt he deserved to die, a feeling she had when facing Elena and Nora. However, while she couldn't kill the White-haired Woman and the Violent Woman because they were partners with her mistress, the Faceless Man was different.

If they had kept to themselves, it would have been fine, but since he accepted the commission to assassinate the young lady, he had to die, and the person who commissioned him had to die with him.

"Is even fifth-tier dangerous?"

"Ah."

Wendy didn't underestimate Misha at all. She just nodded thoughtfully and then took out a bottle from her spatial ring.

The transparent glass bottle emitted glimmers of light.

“These are the bugs I made. Their only purpose is to find people or things. I remember you injured him, right? Collect some blood and put it in the bottle. They will lead you to your target.” Wendy handed the bottle to the maid.

"Thank you, this is very useful to me."

"By the way, Elise misses you quite a bit. I often hear her mentioning your name, saying she'll definitely give you a good scolding when you get back. So why don't you take this opportunity to go see your young lady?"

Upon hearing this, Misha's expression softened. She immediately became coy and said, "If I go back now, I won't want to leave. I'll go back after I kill the Faceless Man and the client. Please keep an eye on Miss recently, as the Assassins' Association has a client who wants to kill her."

"Okay, is there anything you need me to convey?"

"That seems a bit too much. Let's talk to Miss properly when we get back."

The little maid bowed very politely to Wendy before disappearing into the alley as a shadow.

Wendy had been thinking of helping to clean up the traces, but the little maid had already cleaned them up before leaving.

With nothing to do, she yawned and sank into the ground, disappearing from the spot.

……

"What? She came back in the middle of the night and didn't even come to see me, really..."

Elise sat on the bed listening to Wendy's report, her expression somewhat angry.

Actually, she wasn't angry that the little maid hadn't come back to see her; the main issue was that the faceless man the little maid was facing was one of the main characters in the game.

He possesses a special dagger; if someone is killed by this dagger, they may be able to absorb a certain ability from the deceased.

He is one of the most powerful protagonists in the later stages of the story.

However, according to Wendy, the other party seemed to be severely restrained by the little maid, which surprised Elise.

Even a fifth-tier Faceless Man possesses a number of troublesome abilities.

She had been killed by the Faceless Man many times before.

The cause of death was always someone posting an assassination request for her. It seems that whenever such a request appears, no matter who posts it, Faceless Man will accept it.