Chapter 147: Reunion with Little Blue

Seeing the naïve little village girl rendered speechless by Edwina’s scare, Vilyric couldn’t help but chuckle.

Although Edwina likely believed so, the Priestess didn’t really think that the Holy Empire could achieve true “equality.”

As long as society exists, class and wealth disparities cannot be completely avoided. Even with the goddess’s title claiming to be a “guide,” it wouldn’t change the fact that a small number of people wield most of the power and wealth. This is inevitable and unavoidable.

It’s merely a question of the degree of disparity.

Thinking this, Vilyric turned to look at Edwina, who had just finished her explanation and was retrieving snow-cape cloaks from her storage item to hand out to Tilysha and the Holy Knight, who was next to the Little Dragon Daughter.

“Speaking of which, Edwina, you’ve been traveling for quite a while now. Have you thought about when to go back home? That matter your sister mentioned earlier is about time for consideration, right? You were so adamant about solving it on your own; you mustn’t get cold feet when faced with reality!”

Edwina was taken aback for a moment.

“Ah… are you referring to the concerns the church might have regarding me? Actually, that’s not a problem. My sister said that only because she doesn’t know… cough, but speaking of it, considering the time since I left the Holy Kingdom, almost three years have passed! Just as I had originally agreed upon with my teacher, once this matter here is settled, I may need to leave for a while. How unfortunate…”

“Is that so…”

Hearing this, the Priestess pondered briefly and nodded.

“No worries, I’ll accompany you when the time comes. After all, the Mountains of Ten Thousand Demons lead right to the Holy Empire, making it convenient. As the second daughter of the Cecelia Family, you’d better not complain about us being a bother!”

“What?! How could that be?! It’s an honor for me… No, it’s an honor for the Holy Kingdom! I understand… I’ll take care of that!”

“Ah? Oh…”

Though somewhat puzzled by Edwina’s sudden excitement, Vilyric had seen such outbursts before. They still had things to deal with in the Mountains of Ten Thousand Demons, so the matter of heading to the Holy Empire could wait for a more leisurely consideration.

Currently, they were set to meet an old acquaintance who had just arrived at Moonshadow Valley.

Indeed, that would be the Adaptive Mimic Slime—Little Blue—whom Vilyric had run into while tracking after Walter and the other demon generals in the mountains outside Demon Town.

However, Little Blue was no longer an Adaptive Mimic Slime. After absorbing the Glimmering Crystal of Light Vilyric had gifted her, along with some Spiritual Points contained within it, this once-weak slime had evolved into what could only be termed an unprecedented Holy Light Slime, her power greatly enhanced.

Except for lacking battle experience and methods, it wouldn’t be odd to address her as a great demon general purely based on her attributes now.

After parting ways with Vilyric and the others, she’d traveled back across the border leading a group of rescued magical beast girls under the command of the great demon general Iwen and several other demon generals.

Next, it was said that Little Blue had been busily participating in returning abducted individuals to their respective clans alongside her good friend Lulu from the Spirit Butterfly Clan.

Of course, this had all taken place within half a month. With the recent formal return of a large number of magical beast slaves by the United Kingdom, it was clear that the work was far from finished. Therefore, Little Blue’s arrival in Moonshadow Valley at this moment was due to Vilyric requesting Chief Vanessa to send her word.

The Priestess had specifically made a pact with this slime and helped her evolve, not for her to be reduced to such small tasks. From the moment she encountered Little Blue, Vilyric had already devised plans for her next mission.

She had an important task to entrust to her.

Their destination now was the square in front of the temple in Moonshadow Valley, where Leila and Renée would likely be waiting with the freshly arrived slime as per Vilyric’s instructions.

After all, in the territory of the Moonshadow Clan, common magical beasts would not be allowed entry without internal personnel guiding them.

From a distance, Vilyric spotted four figures in the swirling white snow outside the temple.

Hmm? Wait, why are there four?

“Lady Vilyric! Over here, over here!”

Upon spotting them, Renée happily bounced over in the square, waving to the Priestess with glee. It seemed the flurries of snow falling around added a touch of excitement for this winged girl from the far southern Kingdom of Azure.

After all, she was still just a child…

The black-haired girl shook her head helplessly and walked over with the three individuals beside her.

“Hi, it’s been a while, hasn’t it? How have you been?”

Little Blue looked almost unchanged since their parting, her jelly-like pale blue body sparkling with barely noticeable golden glimmers. The increasingly cold weather didn’t seem to affect her much as a slime, as she was only clad in a large cloak that covered her semi-transparent yet still curvy mimic body.

Her hair formed by her slime body had also evolved from a somewhat uneven style to a much more refined and delicate one. Besides that unique texture, it looked just like that of a real girl.

It seemed that her body’s evolution had made her mimicry a lot more polished in many aspects.

“Yes, thanks to your concern, Little Blue is doing great! In fact, I’ve never felt as good as I do during this time, all thanks to the grace from you, my master.”

The slime knelt respectfully, lowering her head while the drifting snowflakes fell upon her face, slowly melting and merging directly into her jelly-like form, looking quite peculiar.

“Eh? What did you just call me?”

Vilyric instinctively turned her gaze to the nearby Giant Dragon girl, initially thinking that Little Guang might show signs of displeasure. To her surprise, Little Guang remained expressionless, her face appearing a bit intimidating, but it was actually her normal demeanor in public.

“…? Master, you made such a pact with me and bestowed such grace upon Little Blue. Is it wrong to call you my master? Uh, could it be that you dislike this title with a hint of servitude?”

“That’s not quite it…”

Cautiously shifting her gaze away from her pet, though Little Dragon seemed unfazed by the appropriation of her exclusive title, the Priestess thought it over. For Little Blue’s safety, she decided to instruct her.

“How about this? From now on, just call me Vilyric like everyone else.”

“Eh…? Alright, I understand, Lady Vilyric.”

   

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