Chapter 189 | A Saintess With 1 HP Must Live Well In Another World

Looking at the suddenly silent crowd, Lina was still a little confused about what was happening.

This big sister's smile was just like the one her father wore whenever he met those uncles in armor—it looked like a mask stuck to her face.

She gently tugged at Cecil's arm, which was holding her.

“What's wrong, little Lina?”

“Can Big Brother Cecil put me down?”

Cecil gently stroked Lina's white-haired head and carefully set her down.

The moment her feet touched the ground, Lina walked over to Lin Ling and tugged at the corner of her clothes.

“If Big Sister wants to go there, I can lead the way.”

Although she had been a little scared when she was first brought back by the purple-haired big sister, Big Brother Cecil had been very nice to her, so she wasn't that scared anymore.

Especially the big sister in front of her wearing the clothes of the Holy See; her aura felt very comforting, and Lina didn't want to see a fake mask appear on her face.

Feeling the tug on her clothes and hearing Lina's voice beside her, Lin Ling gently picked her up.

【So light.】

Lina's weight felt almost the same as the shrunken Danasuo.

At the thought of the devoured Holy Light magic, a flash of intense fury crossed Lin Ling's eyes. However, when she faced Lina, she quickly forced a warm smile.

“Then thank you very much, Lina.”

Stroking the little girl in her arms, Lin Ling turned her gaze toward the stairs to the second floor.

"Thump, thump—"

The sound of footsteps echoed as Charis led Ivelia down from the study on the second floor.

Seeing how calm Ivelia looked, Kainster, who was sitting nearby, quickly stood up and walked toward them.

Seeing the orange-haired figure approaching, Charis hurriedly tidied his clothes and bowed slightly to Kainster.

“You must be the Prince. I am Charis Edmant, a humble information broker.”

As he bowed, Charis used his peripheral vision to steal a glance at Lina, who was being held.

Seeing that Lina had clearly regained some of her vitality, Charis felt a weight lift slightly from his heart.

At the very least, Lina's condition was truly improving.

However, not everyone was pleased to see Charis's somewhat superficial smile.

“Enough with the pleasantries. What we need is your intelligence.”

Baroque looked at Charis's sycophantic expression, which reminded him of the time he had been toyed with by Kavia.

The expression on this guy's face was exactly like that of the damned masked woman he had met before.

Hearing this, Charis rubbed his face. Years of fake smiling had left the expression practically etched onto his features.

“You are absolutely right, my lord. This is all the intelligence I have gathered. I shall provide it to you all unconditionally.”

Regaining his serious demeanor, Charis handed a thick stack of intelligence papers to Kainster. It was clear that this information broker was indeed highly professional when it came to gathering intelligence.

However, although he claimed it was unconditional, the price had essentially already been paid.

After stealing another glance at Ichikawa, who had at some point joined the group around Lina, Charis finally withdrew his gaze from his daughter.

Kainster took the documents detailing Keith's actions over the past month since his coronation. His grip tightened involuntarily, nearly tearing the parchment in his hands.

“Careful, careful!”

Seeing that the paper was on the verge of tearing, Charis hurriedly stepped forward to retrieve it from Kainster's hands.

“Is... is what is written here true?”

Kainster had only glanced at the contents of the papers, but an expression of sheer disbelief already washed over his face.

First of all, shortly after Bishop Karl and Bishop Furni left, the entire Holy See underwent a massive reshuffle.

The current Holy See had essentially become a dictatorship run by those hypocritical fellows. They completely ignored the appeals of the common people, which led to a massive exodus of sisters. In response, the Holy See had secretly brought in a large number of replacements. It was fair to say that the Holy See was no longer the Holy See of the people, but rather a tool for the nobles and a puppet of the royal family.

Next was the noble faction. As soon as Keith took office, he rooted out the neutral faction. The noble circles in the capital were now in complete disarray. The Enridel family, the representatives of the neutral faction, were currently deeply embroiled in the scandal of poisoning the Emperor, and the Duke's family had vanished without a trace.

It could be said that because of his own departure and inaction, people were constantly dying because of him.

Kainster blamed all of these tragedies on his own failure to fight, his failure to become the King.

His mother's words from his dream kept resurfacing in his mind.

【My child, do the right thing. Do what you believe is right.】

His mother's gentle voice seemed to echo in his ears. Looking at Lin Ling, who was holding Lina and talking to Ivelia, Kainster clenched his fists.

If he had still been hesitating earlier during Lina's incident, he certainly wouldn't now.

Because he had finally found what he believed was right, the thing he had to do.

“I will become the King. I will drag that madman off the throne, and then let everyone in Camillaya live in happiness.”

Seeing that Lin Ling had finished her discussion not far away, Kainster took a step forward to walk toward her.

Just then, the Prince felt a heavy pat on his shoulder.

“Hey, future Emperor, now is not the time to get involved in a troublemaking scheme.”

Cecil, who had originally been standing beside Lin Ling, had appeared behind him at some point along with Aliviel, holding the stack of intelligence papers provided by Charis.

“Boss, the gold coins we gave you should be enough to hire you as our intelligence consultant for a little while, right?”

Cecil extended his tail to pull Charis over to his side. For a major undertaking like seizing the throne, they naturally needed ample intelligence.

“Prince, you should be able to distinguish what is more important. Let the two energetic Heroes handle this little troublemaking excursion.”

Aliviel pointed her exposed succubus tail toward the two Heroes from another world, who had already walked to the door.

“Hehehe, we'll be right back.”

With that, Lin Ling grabbed Niya, who was closest to her, and dashed toward the tavern entrance.

In an instant, they vanished without a trace.

Aliviel crossed her arms and glanced at Ivelia, who was already sitting at the bar. Ordinarily, the Demon King was the most reluctant to let Lin Ling out of her sight.

“Demon... er, Ivelia, aren't you going to stop her?”

Ignoring her, Ivelia poured a red liquid into the wine glass set before her and drank it in one gulp.

Her eyes swept over the Four Heavenly Kings who were still present. Aside from a certain dragon still fast asleep upstairs, their main combat forces were basically all here.

“Let us hold our meeting first.”

Her gaze swept to Phelan, who was diligently recording the intelligence. Phelan immediately bowed in acknowledgment.

Wisps of wind magic swept through the intelligence papers in Cecil's hands, causing the once cluttered reports to float up and neatly arrange themselves before everyone.