Text Game: It All Began when a Cat-eared Girl Took Me In-Chapter 966 - 475: Ai Xue: Found You, Senior, The Frenzied Move of the Dark Night Country (4k)_2
"What is this child’s name?"
As for Luo Xi’s origins, Florecia had rehearsed the story inside and out. She went with the flow and said, "His name is Luo Xi, he’s 10 years old this year, and I am his mother. We are both from the Country of Pale Wind, and are now traveling in the Dark Night Country."
The tall female priestess was taken aback, "A 10-year-old child... may I ask how old you are, miss?"
Florecia answered without hesitation, "It seems I am already 21 this year?"
The priestess’s cheeks couldn’t help but twitch.
"21? Then that would mean when you were 11, you..."
Is the custom in the Country of Pale Wind that outrageous?
Outside, many countries have been describing the Dark Night Country as if it were a land of ghosts and monsters, when there are other countries that are truly more demonic!
"Ah?"
Florecia looked bewilderedly at the female priestess.
The priestess also looked at her, the two faced each other, at a loss.
Luo Xi couldn’t stand it anymore, raised his hand to attract their attention, and said softly, "Lord Priestess, you might have misunderstood. I am a child adopted by Mama Ressia, not her biological child."
"Oh... I am sorry, I thought that..."
The priestess eased off a bit.
Had that truly been the case, she would’ve even considered applying for international enforcement to capture and execute the person who had done such a thing to such a lovely young girl.
The Church of The Dark Night absolutely did not allow any harm to come to children who hadn’t yet grown up.
This was one of the new decrees added by the Pope since his accession, which included even the Meimo. The underage of the Demonic Clan are not allowed to engage in those kinds of industries.
After the new church edicts were issued, they, the law-enforcing priestesses, have apprehended a batch of perverted nobles in secret, sending them to the gallows. This caused many noble households that kept child brides or husbands to desperately get rid of them.
To this day, the priestess praised the greatness of His Holiness the Pope before going to sleep each night. He saved countless children, and although his achievements could not be celebrated as those of the previous Popes, the children saved by his decrees would always remember him.
Therefore, she and her fellow priestesses would always unwaveringly support His Holiness the Pope’s decisions.
Even if it seems completely nonsensical, like the seemingly impossible ’merging plan.’
By now, probably many dukes and marquesses have already gone to the Dark Night Imperial City, right?
One wonders if His Holiness the Pope can persuade them.
"Are you sure you want to leave the city? The merging event starts tomorrow, and the Hollow Flower has already lost its effect. Unless you have an airship, it’s impossible to leave the Dark Night Country within today."
The priestess still tried to persuade Luo Xi and the others not to leave.
She didn’t want to see this ’mother and son’ encounter danger in the changing wilderness.
Even if the merging process would not directly harm them, the agitated Origin Beasts were the most uncontrollable source of danger.
"Mm, we need to leave the city," Florecia said without hesitation.
Who knows what might happen here after the city is merged?
What if they don’t let us leave then?
She had already planned out—after leaving the city, to rush straight to the border areas. They should be able to reach the border between Tianguang and Dark Night by the next morning and leave the Dark Night Country.
They had traveled around the Dark Night Country for two and a half years, and it was almost time to play. They could start traveling to the next country.
"Since you’ve made up your minds, I wish you good luck."
The priestess waved her hand regretfully, signaling the guards behind her to let them pass.
Luo Xi smiled at the priestess and said, "I wish you good luck too, sister."
"Haha, I’ll take your blessings, little friend..."
The priestess laughed lightly twice and finally took a serious look at the boy. But this one look caused her somewhat rough facial skin to wrinkle into several lines.
"You, you are..."
The priestess’s eyes were filled with shock.
She saw this child’s face a year ago when she was awarded by the Pope for capturing a big noble involved in the ’child trafficking’ business, on the desk in his study.
There were two paintings on the desk, one of an adult man and another of a boy.
She had brazenly asked then if those were pictures of His ’husband and child’?
But His Holiness the Pope told her that both persons were his love, sadly they had gone missing and might never be seen again.
The naively curious her had even pursued with, "Gone missing? Then why don’t you go find them? Or let us help you?"
That Pope, whose features were like a ten-year-old girl in the dead of night, remained silent for a long time before telling her:
"It’s impossible to find. If he were here, the commotion would be enormous, but I’ve never received any information related to him. I’ve even sent people to look for him in other countries, but we have never found any trace of him."
"Sorry, I got carried away talking to you, just forget what I said."
The Pope then let her out.
She broke out in a cold sweat, only realizing it afterwards.
What on earth had she asked!
If any of those nobles had become Pope, she likely would have walked a path leading to her death.
Luo Xi also noticed the change in the priest’s expression.
He touched his face.
This was bad.
Since only Florecia and Mu Yu were wanted by Duke Moro, Luo Xi didn’t need much of a disguise at first, as he had only been seen a few times, some had begun to remember his face.
So he basically traveled in disguise.
But recently he had become a bit negligent, as he hadn’t seen those bounty hunters for several months, so he couldn’t be bothered to make an effort disguising himself anymore.
After all, what’s so noteworthy about a child?
Had this priest recognized him?
Florecia and Mu Yu also sensed trouble, with Florecia scooping up Luo Xi and running, while Mu Yu whipped out a scroll of illusion magic and tossed it aside upon unfolding it.
A Tier Four illusion magic scroll, once used, always praised as effective. Florecia had taken five of these scrolls from the mansion, and this was the last one.
"Wait a moment!"
The priest tried to chase after them but found herself looking at a bottomless, gloomy abyss ahead. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚
She braced herself and stepped forward, but then it was as if she really fell off the cliff, and the sound of the wind from a high-speed fall filled her ears.
"Ah ah ah ah ah!—"
"Lord Karina, Lord Karina!"
She was jolted awake by a very familiar voice next to her ear.
It was one of her subordinates.
The priest opened her eyes, held her forehead, and got up with a splitting headache.
"What happened to me..."
"Lord, we’ve been ambushed!"
Her subordinate spoke indignantly, "That group must be fugitives!"
"Fugitives... perhaps not."
The priest recalled the master-servant pair and the child.
This matter must be reported to His Holiness the Pope immediately.
"I need to return to the imperial city at once, prepare the airship."
"Yes!"
....
The Dark Night Imperial City.
In the church cathedral, within the Pope’s private study, a black-haired girl with purple eyes was writing something on paper.
A pitch-black shadow beside her formed into a human shape and said, "Your Holiness, all the Dukes have gathered outside the cathedral demanding an explanation."
"Say that I am unwell and will not see them."
"They say if you continue to disregard them, then they will..."
"Tell them if they dare, let them come. Regardless, in five hours, the city shall unite on time, and any issues can be discussed afterwards."
"Yes."
The shadow nodded slightly and handed her a letter, saying, "Your Holiness, this is a letter from a priest who hurried to the imperial city from the border region, saying there’s an urgent matter."
"Let me see."
The girl took the letter and opened it.
After glancing at it, the pen in her hand dropped onto the desk with a clatter.
"[Your Holiness, I am the official priest Karina. In the border city of Arles, I saw the child from the two paintings you had placed on the table. I do not know if that is the person you’re looking for, but I had to come immediately to report.]"
"Finally... I’ve found you, senior."
Over these years, she had never given up searching for him; she even had people searching the whole Pan Continent, but to no avail.
Could this be what they say, ’it is darkest under the candlestick’?
