Chapter 153 : Murderous Intent

Seeing that the other party didn’t make her too suspicious.

“Okay.”

Cecilia responded to the woman, but a hint of reluctance appeared on her face. Compared to the invitation of the so-called important person, she would rather stay here and wait for Lu Mo to come out.

The woman seemed to see through Cecilia’s thoughts at that moment. She smiled and continued:

“Don’t worry, Miss Cecilia. It won’t take up too much of your time.”

“Besides, this matter also concerns Miss Lu Mo’s future.”

‘Concerns Miss Lu Mo?’ Upon hearing that this matter involved Lu Mo, Cecilia immediately became serious.

‘If so, maybe I should go?’ She thought to herself.

“I understand.”

In the end, she agreed to the woman.

Seeing this, the woman bowed slightly to Cecilia again, then smiled and made a “please” gesture.

“Please follow me, Miss Cecilia.”

“I’m sorry for the trouble.”

Cecilia nodded and followed the woman.

“You’re too kind, Miss Cecilia.”

The woman said with a smile.

The two walked inside the Holy Sanctuary. Along the way, they also encountered other people from the Holy Sanctuary. The Holy Sanctuary members seemed to be well-acquainted with the woman, greeting her with smiles as they passed by.

Seeing this, Cecilia’s guard loosened a little.

Before long, the two had walked far away.

Not long after, Lu Mo also walked out of the hall.

Unsurprisingly, Rumina’s attempt this time had ended in failure again. Rumina was unwilling to accept it and kept recalling where things had gone wrong.

After bidding farewell to her, Lu Mo stopped bothering her and walked out.

“Huh?”

As she descended the steps one by one and looked ahead, Lu Mo suddenly paused. Because this time, she did not see the girl who had been foolishly waiting in the same spot.

Cecilia had suddenly disappeared.

“That idiot… where did she go?”

Lu Mo murmured.

It was the first time Cecilia hadn’t waited for her. Could it be that she suddenly got another task? Or was she called away by the Holy Sanctuary’s higher-ups?

Lu Mo thought to herself and waited for a short while.

But after more than ten minutes passed, there was still no sign of Cecilia returning. She tried to contact her using the communication crystal, but there was no response.

During this time, she also asked the Holy Sanctuary staff in the surrounding area.

“I saw Miss Cecilia. She left here with Miss Palan a while ago.”

The Holy Sanctuary staff answered truthfully. As for where they went or what they were doing, he didn’t know.

“Please rest assured, Miss Lu Mo. Miss Palan has worked at the Holy Sanctuary for nearly twenty years and is completely trustworthy.”

“This is the Holy Capital, the headquarters of the Holy Sanctuary. Miss Cecilia will not be in danger.”

The Holy Sanctuary staff assured Lu Mo.

He quickly left.

But Lu Mo grew more worried about Cecilia. She waited for some more time, but Cecilia still didn’t return. And contacting her still yielded no response.

At this point, Lu Mo began actively searching for Cecilia. At the same time, she informed the Helovit family head about this.

“What did you say?”

“Cecilia… she’s missing?!”

A shocked voice came from the other side of the communication crystal, the intensity of the tone causing the crystal to vibrate violently.

“Miss Lu Mo, wait for me in the Holy Capital. I’ll be right there—”

Before Lu Mo could say anything, the other party hastily cut off the communication crystal.

That evening, the Helovit family head arrived at the Holy Capital and stormed into the Holy Sanctuary headquarters.

“A member of the Helovit family has gone missing in the Holy Sanctuary. Don’t you… have an explanation for me?”

The Helovit family head said, not hiding the anger in his voice. He was considered a high-ranking figure of the Holy Sanctuary.

Standing before him, the Holy Sanctuary staff member in charge of reception didn’t even dare to breathe loudly.

Under the Helovit family head’s strong demand, the staff member pulled up the monitoring data from all corners of the Holy Sanctuary. In the end, they also found traces of Cecilia and Palan.

Palan had taken Cecilia and left the Holy Sanctuary at some point.

“A demon?”

The Helovit family head immediately judged Palan’s identity.

“No, no, no, Lord Helovit, she can’t be a demon!”

“Miss Palan can’t be a demon! She grew up in the Holy Sanctuary’s orphanage, and after reaching adulthood, she worked at the Holy Sanctuary. She has never left the Holy Capital.”

The staff member quickly explained.

“Is there any record of them after they left the Holy Sanctuary?”

“The monitoring formation in the Holy Capital is not as comprehensive as the Holy Sanctuary’s headquarters, but I can take a look…”

The staff member soon began retrieving some records from the Holy Capital. But unfortunately, after a few images, they could no longer find any trace of the two.

However, the only thing that could be confirmed was that there was no record of Cecilia and Palan leaving the Holy Capital. That meant they were still in the Holy Capital and hadn’t left.

“Still in the Holy Capital? Then Miss Cecilia is still safe.”

The staff member explained.

“Still in the city, is she?”

The Helovit family head said, his emotions becoming agitated again.

“Then send people to search for her right now! Even if I have to turn the Holy Capital upside down, I want to see my Cecilia!”

“This…”

The staff member wondered how to calm the Helovit family head down.

“Enough.”

At that moment, several other Holy Sanctuary high-ranking officials arrived. An old man stepped forward and spoke:

“Mr. Helovit, I understand your feelings, but—”

“But what?”

The Helovit family head immediately interrupted him and roared:

“Who knows what might happen during this time? If Cecilia gets hurt because of this, can you bear that responsibility?!”

The old man immediately fell silent, shrinking his neck and not daring to say anything else.

“Could that woman be a demon? Does she want to do something to Cecilia…”

“Mr. Helovit, are you implying that there are demons in the Holy Capital, and that there are demons within the Holy Sanctuary?”

At this point, a middle-aged woman beside the old man stepped forward to refute the Helovit family head:

“Are you… questioning the Holy Sanctuary?”

“No, that’s not what I meant.”

The Helovit family head explained.

“If there are demons within the Holy Sanctuary, then the Helovit family would probably have been infiltrated by demons long ago.”

The woman continued:

“If that were the case, the demons could have killed Cecilia within the family itself. Even if it’s not demons, could there be some other family secretly targeting Cecilia… The demon war has just ended. I don’t think the human race would do something like that internally.”

The woman shook her head.

“Moreover, this is the Holy Capital. Since Miss Cecilia is still in the Holy Capital, she is safe. No one would dare to lay a hand on her. So, I hope you can calm down a bit. The Holy Sanctuary will work with you to find Miss Cecilia. And regarding this matter, the Holy Sanctuary will definitely give the Helovit family an explanation.”

The woman finished her speech.

After that, the Helovit family head gradually calmed down a little.

Yes. In the Holy Capital, the possibility of Cecilia encountering danger was very small. Although the other high-ranking officials promised to find Cecilia and provide an explanation, denying that would almost be denying the Holy Sanctuary.

But then again, where could Cecilia have gone? Yet somehow, he still felt an inexplicable worry.

Almost as soon as the high-ranking officials reached a consensus, the Holy Sanctuary began sending people to secretly search for Cecilia’s whereabouts. But after a whole night, they still found nothing.

And the next morning, the Helovit family head received a message. The sender was… Cecilia.

“I’m fine. Please rest assured, Father.”

“I left without saying goodbye because there is something I must do.”

“Once I finish this matter, I will come back soon.”

“Also, please tell Miss Lu Mo that I’m fine.”

This indeed sounded like Cecilia’s tone. But the Helovit family head felt something was off. He relayed the message to Lu Mo.

However, upon seeing the message, Lu Mo frowned slightly. Why didn’t Cecilia send the message directly to herself? Instead, she had the Helovit family head pass it on?

Perhaps because… the other party didn’t know how Cecilia had labeled her in her contacts, and assumed Cecilia didn’t have her contact information? This message was most likely not sent by Cecilia.

Not long after, Lu Mo suddenly felt that the soul connection between herself and Cecilia had weakened a bit. This didn’t mean Cecilia had been attacked or that her life force had weakened.

Rather, it indicated… the distance between the two had exceeded a certain range. She was a hundred percent sure that Cecilia had definitely left the Holy Capital. But until now, the Holy Sanctuary’s records still showed that Cecilia hadn’t left the city.

Something was wrong. Inside the Holy Sanctuary, perhaps some people had been bribed. But who was so bold? Cecilia didn’t seem to have provoked any particularly great hatred.

But thinking the other way around—what if the target wasn’t Cecilia, but… herself? They wanted to use Cecilia to dig up some secrets and then turn that against her.

Inside the Holy Sanctuary, it was the Liat family. Outside the Holy Sanctuary, it was the Priscian family. Lu Mo suddenly understood something at that moment.

How ruthless… First, they tried to put her on trial in the Holy Sanctuary. Then, they sent demons to try to assassinate her. And now… these two families actually thought of making a move on Cecilia?

Lu Mo’s eyes turned cold at that moment. Even the temperature of the surrounding air dropped. An intangible chill caused the Helovit family head to stiffen.

“Ah-choo!”

He sneezed at that moment.

“Liat, and Priscian… these two families are really going too far now—”

Lu Mo spoke in a low voice at that moment. She had originally planned to deal with the two families after completing the Eightfold Fusion Sublimation Power.

But now… her plan had to be moved forward.