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Chapter Ninety-Six: Wings, A Fortuitous Encounter (Update)

“Well, let’s begin.”

After confirming the state of the barrier, Miss Vilyric took out the 【Eternal Staff: Heart of the World】, placed the fragrant fruit from her pocket on the table, and instructed it not to cause any trouble before she started to mobilize her vast, unfathomable magical power.

In the 【Phantom World】, there was no such thing as a blood clan, so this was Miss Vilyric’s first time treating a state like this. For safety’s sake, she decided to use her true skills.

The tip of the Eternal Staff gradually radiated a brilliant light, condensing into an exquisite illusion of an hourglass, with golden light flowing in continuously, making the hourglass become increasingly solid and lifelike.

A magnificent tide of magical power surged around the black-haired girl, and under Miss Vilyric’s full activation, even the air currents from the magical fluctuations blew up her white robe and sent her three thousand strands of black hair billowing in the wind, making a rustling sound.

“Ah ah!”

The curious fruit on the table was forced to lie down to avoid being blown away.

The exquisite tea set in the room and the bookcase were blown to and fro by the gale, and quite a few items crashed to the ground, shattering into pieces.

Although Miss Vilyric noticed this, the 【Time Rewind】 magic always behaved this way, so she could only internally apologize to the unfortunate blood clan she had never met.

Even in this situation, the two girls who had been transformed into blood slaves showed no reaction, merely staring blankly at the priestess casting the spell, their eyes as calm as a deep well.

“Time Rewind!”

At the moment the hourglass completely solidified, Miss Vilyric waved her holy staff, and that light image immediately floated out, hovering just three inches above the head of the maid sister, as if connected by invisible threads.

Then, the hourglass turned upside down.

Splash.

In the brief moment the first grain of light sand fell, the eyes of the girl, which had shown no sign of movement all along, suddenly quivered, revealing a distinct emotional fluctuation.

It was an emotion called terror.

Miss Vilyric felt a hint of curiosity; just by lifting a bit of the blood slave state could elicit such a clear emotional fluctuation, especially this thought-provoking negative emotion. It seemed she had a story to tell.

Hehe, I love hearing stories.

Initially, the priestess had only intended to pursue “perfect infiltration” and experiment casually while saving people, but now she was intrigued by the past of these two maid sisters.

Of course, it was mainly because they were really quite pretty; in terms of looks, they even surpassed most vampires outside and were close to a certain princess. Otherwise, Miss Vilyric wouldn’t have bothered.

After the initial terror, the maid sister quickly closed her eyes, let her hands droop, and her expression became incredibly relaxed, as if she had fallen into a peaceful sleep.

【Time Rewind】 was indeed a proper holy light resurrection magic; although the name and presentation were somewhat strange, it couldn’t cause the target special pain.

As the sand from the hourglass continued to drip, the maid sister’s bright red hair began to fade, and a different aura altogether, one distinctly different from vitality, gradually emanated from her body.

Hmm?

Miss Vilyric’s brows furrowed slightly.

This aura felt somewhat reminiscent of the High Spirit she had seen in the Hall of All Spirits, but it was obviously different and considerably weaker. If she had to describe it, the feeling it gave the priestess was…

Light and airy.

Like a bird soaring high in the sky.

At this moment, the long hair, which was completely devoid of that blood-red color, began to reveal its original shade.

White hair, neither the pale hue of a withered elder nor the stark white of age, but as pure and flawless as a glowing jade.

What shocked Miss Vilyric the most was that after this, a pair of tiny white wings began to grow from behind the girl, hidden beneath her long hair, extending backward to cover her ears.

Moreover, with a tearing sound, two similar white wings emerged from the girl’s back and spread out with a whoosh!

“This is… Winged People?”

Miss Vilyric finally understood; these sisters before her were not human at all but part of the main race from the continent’s southern kingdom—the Kingdom of Azure, also known as the Kingdom of Wings.

However, after being turned into blood slaves, their own race had transformed as well, which was why there had been misidentifications.

It was clear that being a blood slave was a thoroughly transformative process, and only a skill like 【Time Rewind】 could achieve such a result.

Also, if Miss Vilyric recalled correctly, white wings were quite a noble race in the Kingdom of Wings, akin to Half-Dragons in the Beast Kingdom, but their numbers were not as scarce, and their average strength was slightly less.

No wonder they seemed so young yet had already reached a level above the ground, close to the sky.

Splash, splash…

At the moment the hourglass completely ran out of sand, it dissolved into nothingness, and the girl, whose aura and appearance had undergone a dramatic transformation, gradually opened her still somewhat bewildered eyes.

Her eyes no longer held the previous menacing blood-red color; instead, they transformed into a clear, transparent silver-blue, somewhat resembling the priestess’s, but closer to the color of the sky.

“What is this… ah!”

Before she could finish her sentence, the girl gasped, as if suddenly remembering something terrifying, her pupils constricting and trembling violently.

“Don’t, don’t hit me! I really can’t run away again!”

“Huh?”

Seeing Miss Vilyric innocently shrug, indicating that she had no intention of attacking her, after a long time, the maid sister began to understand the situation.

“You are… right!”

“Renée, Renée, are you okay?!”

She hurriedly turned her head, but what met her eyes was a familiar yet strange girl with short blood-red hair and vacant gaze, her anxious expression freezing on her face.

“Renée…?”

The girl waved her hand in front of her sister’s eyes and shook her shoulder, but the girl named Renée naturally showed no reaction.

The maid sister’s hand drooped in despair.

“So… that’s how it is. I remember everything now. We were escaping and got into a fight, were killed, and then…”

“Ahem, I say, don’t ignore me…”

The priestess’s slightly annoyed voice jolted the winged girl from her confusion.

“R-right! I’m a bit overwhelmed; did you save me? I’m called Leila Kulk. May I ask who you are…?”

The winged girl, after introducing herself, quickly bowed and made a gesture with her hands crossed over her wings, a ceremony unique to their race, looking a bit flustered.

“Just call me Vilyric. Well, let’s talk about that later; please move aside; I’m in a hurry.”

“Ah? Move aside… I-I understand! Then I leave everything to you, Miss Vilyric!!”

Thinking she would have to say a few more words, she was surprised that the winged girl named Leila was quite clever. Through the memories she had as a blood slave, she immediately realized what the priestess intended to do and quickly moved aside, waiting expectantly by the side.

Miss Vilyric nodded in approval.

Talking to smart people just saves effort; it must be said that Leila’s action immediately raised her score in Miss Vilyric’s mind.

“It feels like tonight’s events have been a rollercoaster, constantly rising and falling… whatever, let’s resolve this quickly.”

Once again using 【Time Rewind】, before long, under Leila’s astonished and excited gaze, the maid sister Renée also transformed back into the same noble, graceful winged figure, just as Miss Vilyric had predicted.

Hooray, the experiment was a great success!

But… if Miss Vilyric wasn’t mistaken, wasn’t the intensity of these two winged sisters’ aura greatly increased from before?

Hiss, could it be that I really over-treated them…?