Watching the retreating figures of Luo Lin and the others, Lia slowly turned her head to look at the senior nun who had been waiting respectfully beside her.
“How is the investigation I asked you to conduct going?”
“Saintess, the owner of that black market confessed to his crimes, but—”
The respectful nun Mary paused and said.
“He still insists that the one behind him is just the insignificant Catherine Family.”
Snowflakes fell on the girl’s golden hair, which spread out like a warm spring sun.
Lia—no, now she should be called the Saintess—put on the pure white holy robe handed to her by the nun.
With a wave of her hand, the girl dispelled the visual magic on her.
In an instant, the swirling snow scene was overshadowed by her angelic face, as if even heaven and earth admired her.
If Luo Lin had seen this, he would have jumped up in surprise.
That gentle youth who claimed to be a non-magical person, who was buddy‑buddy with him and would get angry on his behalf, was actually the Saintess of the Church of Light.
“Continue the thorough investigation. No matter who is behind it, find out who wanted to harm Luo Lin.”
Her emerald eyes, always filled with compassion, now held anger.
She raised her delicate hand to catch a falling snowflake, then suddenly clenched her fist.
“No matter who it is, I will make them pay.”
“Yes.”
Mary, who had followed the Saintess for many years, sighed.
Whenever that usually merciful Saintess mentioned that rascal Luo Lin, she would always get exceptionally tense.
Thinking about this, she couldn’t help but grit her teeth.
Their Saintess was the unattainable dream lover of countless nobles and royals, yet she valued her friendship with that damn young master so much.
“Very well, Your Highness. Regarding your previous instructions to strictly review Laura without leniency, I have already passed them down. This time, she probably won’t be out for three years.”
“Three years? Ten years!”
The usually merciful Saintess now puffed out her pink cheeks angrily.
“She did that to my good brother. If it weren’t for Church business back then, I would have flown over and personally slapped her twice to teach her a lesson.”
The Saintess, usually regarded by the entire Sera Continent as the most selfless and pure, couldn’t help but have some selfishness when she thought of that bad woman toying with her best friend’s feelings.
“Alright, alright, I’ll do it right away. But Saintess, can you please not take so many holy medicines from the storehouse all at once next time? It’s hard for me to cook the books!”
If those Holy Temple Knights investigating the missing holy medicines knew that the ingenious thief they were chasing was their own Saintess, they might be dumbfounded on the spot.
“You know, a single bottle of this holy medicine can fetch an astronomical price outside. And with your blessing, it can even save someone who has one foot in the gates of hell.”
“Hmm, I know.”
The girl nodded, pretending to be sensible.
“You don’t know, last time he just scraped his skin, and you directly gave him the holy medicine to drink! What a waste!”
“He’s my good brother!”
The Saintess said seriously while walking on the snow.
Mary felt she had no choice but to quickly follow her Saintess.
“So, even if the holy medicine is refined by you, you can’t give it away in sacks from now on, got it?”
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“Ah-choo!”
Watching the gradually setting sun and the magnificent gate of the Mosaat family in front of him, Luo Lin felt extremely pleased.
The time for his night transformation and the time to get home for dinner were both perfectly calculated.
Yes, he had completely recovered from the dismay of seeing that cruel scene earlier.
Anxiety. Anxiety can’t solve any problems. He, Luo Lin, would never waste energy on it.
“Young Master Luo Lin’s home is so big~”
Just as he was secretly proud, a girl’s melodious voice drifted past his ear.
The previously spirited young man instantly froze and turned his head in disbelief to look behind him.
“Lu—Lucia, y-you, why are you following me? This is my home!”
Young Master Luo Lin, who had just decided not to waste energy, immediately wanted to back out.
He averted his gaze from the fairy girl shining in the fine snow before him.
“Hehehe, you don’t need to praise me, young master!”
Niu Zi rubbed his slightly red hands from the cold and walked to Luo Lin’s side, looking proud.
“Today you not only foiled the evil Laura’s scheme, but also hit it off so well with Miss Lucia. It’s a double blessing, so I invited her to the Mossat Duke Mansion as a guest.”
As he said that, Niu Zi winked and made faces at Luo Lin, as if to say “Young master, I know you so well, don’t I?”
“Huh?”
The howling north wind picked up swirling snowflakes and brushed across Luo Lin’s cheek, also chilling his heart.
“Niu Zi, y-you!!!”
“Young master, you don’t need to say more. As your most loyal friend, of course I understand you better than Lia!”
“Brother Lia is really something. That hug just now should have let Lu—”
Luo Lin, completely exasperated, quickly covered Niu Zi’s treasonous mouth.
Looking at Niu Zi’s smug expression as he scratched his head, Luo Lin felt his world collapse again.
He had just praised him in his heart for having more emotional intelligence than Laura, and now reality was slapping him in the face.
Not far away, watching the interaction between the master and servant, Miss Lucia couldn’t help but let out a soft laugh.
The white snow gently fell on her platinum blond hair, making her look even more like a lively fairy in the snow.
She also didn’t know why this young master of the duke’s mansion always acted as if he was facing an assassin who wanted to pierce his heart with a sword every time he saw her, dodging away.
But every time she saw the boy’s flushed face, she couldn’t help wanting to tease him, like this time?
“Then, hero who saved the innocent beastman race in the entire black market, can you invite this commoner to your noble residence for a cup of black tea?”
Seeing Lucia’s smiling eyes, Luo Lin knew he had fallen into the hands of this Heaven’s Chosen Female Protagonist again.
He could only grit his teeth and make a gesture of invitation.
“Please, come in.”
As the three of them strolled through the snow and entered the gate of the duke’s mansion, Niu Zi began to introduce it endlessly to Lucia.
“Look, this is the hall. This is an oil painting the young master bought. My young master is a very refined person. And these are the women’s clothes the young master asked me to buy earlier, saying he wanted to get new clothes for the maids!”
Luo Lin watched with a black line on his forehead.
He felt that this Niu Zi must be a Cultist in disguise, always pushing him to the brink every day.
This time he even led the Heaven’s Chosen Female Protagonist to his safe house.
Anyone would think the two of them were the master and servant!
“Hehehe, then I’ll go inform my dad, Steward Seirs, to prepare dinner for you. Miss Lucia, do you have any dietary restrictions?”
After chatting with Lucia about more funny stories from Luo Lin’s childhood, Niu Zi hopped away towards his father’s office.
In the spacious living room, only an embarrassed Luo Lin and Lucia, who was covering her face and giggling, remained.
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