The Evil God Summoned by the Saintess

"Where are we going?"

"To have a chance encounter."

Chance encounter?

Hilia was a bit puzzled.

Yesterday, she worked hard all day making scrolls, planning to use them to replenish her small, depleted treasury, and she went to bed very late.

As a result, she was pulled out by Rose in the morning before she had enough sleep.

"So are we going for a chance encounter with Shaline?"

"Exactly."

Rose nodded, then gave Hilia instructions on what to do.

"After the encounter, say some mystical things to Shaline, like ’Our meeting must be divine guidance,’ or ’Shaline is surely blessed by the Gods,’ and so on."

Hilia: "??? "

Yesterday you made me stay in the inn all day, and you secretly went out to play yourself, Rose?

Hilia was instantly invigorated.

"Did you go find Shaline yesterday, Rose?"

Rose casually nodded, "Yesterday, she entered Dragon Island Volcano under the guidance of a Tier Six Mage."

"What exactly were they doing?" Hilia asked.

"Performing some kind of ritual," Rose didn’t elaborate.

Dragon Island is vast; it’s tough to encounter a specific person in a large city by chance unless luck is extraordinarily on your side.

But thankfully, with Rose’s sharing, Hilia could sense Shaline’s location, making the encounter a natural thing.

On a certain street, Hilia, pretending to be nonchalant, spotted Shaline and exclaimed, "Shaline?"

Shaline looked up, surprised to see the suddenly appearing Hilia, "Hilia?"

Hilia quickly walked over, enthusiastically saying, "I never thought I’d meet a friend in a foreign land. How coincidental, like it’s guided by the Gods."

"You’re here..." Shaline seemed a bit uncomfortable.

In the class, she was truly invisible, completely different from Hilia and Anarce.

Though Hilia didn’t like meaningless social interaction, she knew most of the people in the class, and most knew her, occasionally coming over specifically to have a word with her.

Anarce didn’t have many friends, but she still knew some classmates well, and since she was among the first in the class to obtain a Magic Puppet, several classmates were willing to befriend her.

As for Shaline, she was truly invisible; if the mentor hadn’t publicized her Tier Three abilities, no one would have known there was a second student in the class reaching Tier Three.

It was as if Shaline had suddenly inserted herself into the scene.

If Rose hadn’t confirmed she was always in the class, Hilia would have wondered whether she and the entire class had been "hypnotized", with Shaline forcibly inserted into their minds.

"I’m on a trip, the trial period ended early, with such a long vacation, I must come out to have some fun."

Hilia blinked, pretending not to know, "Oh, when the trial ended, I didn’t seem to see you?"

Shaline’s eyes wandered, "Something happened at home, so I left early."

"I see." Knowing the truth, Hilia didn’t mind her lying and asked, "Are you here on a trip too?"

Shaline replied vaguely, "Yes, yes."

Hilia looked pleasantly surprised, "Great, why don’t we travel together? Traveling alone is boring; having a companion increases the fun tenfold!"

"Well..." A look of annoyance flashed in Shaline’s eyes, seemingly regretting not finding another excuse.

Seeing Shaline’s expression, Hilia blinked, her eyes seeming to brim with tears, "Is that not okay? Sorry, I was too presumptuous... I just wanted to be friends with you..."

Hilia’s tearful and cute demeanor was hard to resist, even for Shaline, a fellow girl.

She said awkwardly, "It’s not like that, I’m just used to being alone."

Hilia blinked, pitifully, "Then can we be friends?"

Shaline nodded decisively, "Of course."

Who would refuse to be friends with Hilia?

But...

Thinking that perhaps Hilia wanted to be friends because of her sudden rise to power, Shaline sighed inwardly.

Thankfully, she only disliked lively crowds, not due to low self-esteem, and didn’t mind the notion of "having friends only when you’re strong."

The thought of "being ignored when weak, but having fake friends when strong," didn’t occur to her.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have successfully joined the Hiro Association.

"That’s great, Shaline, may the Gods bless you."

Hilia blessed Shaline for a moment, chatted casually, then decisively said goodbye.

Shaline indeed seemed socially awkward.

Chatting with her was a bit stilted and uncomfortable.

Perhaps she was a latent chatterbox, but only opened up to those she trusted.

Hilia was now just an acquaintance to her, pushing too hard would only create dislike.

Hilia knew that, so she chatted briefly and then bid farewell, without really inviting her to travel together.

As Rose put it, their positive relationship wasn’t strong enough for that kind of invitation.

After parting from Shaline, the girl turned to boast to Rose, "Rose, how did I do?"

Rose chuckled lightly, "So-so, you missed the main point."

"Huh?"

"The main point... was it to make her believe our meeting was divine guidance?" Hilia was confused.

Rose said, "Almost, but that’s fine; mainly it was just for you to make contact with her."

"Contact...?" Hilia couldn’t help but think back to Benovia, and said softly, "Do you plan to convert Shaline into one of your believers?"

Rose replied, "Believers are of no use to me; you mean ’convert her into a follower’? Her divine contract degree isn’t enough for conversion."

"Then..."

"You’ll understand later," Rose didn’t explain further.

Just as Hilia was about to say something, she suddenly paused, quickly turning her head to look at a passerby walking in the opposite direction.

But she quickly turned back.

"That person... seemed to have traces of contamination? Similar to a heretic," Hilia said.

"It is a heretic, a Tier Five one, don’t act rashly."

"Are heretics really moving openly in the city?" Hilia said in surprise.

"You’ve simply become more perceptive now," Rose smiled slightly, "If your senses had been this sharp before, you would know that even in Huijin City, there are many heretics in action, or mages using Demonic Qi merely as a power source without affiliating with heretics."

"Huh?"

"Above Tier Four, as long as they hide their contamination, they won’t be easily detected. Unless their contamination is activated, or it’s in an advanced stage, they’re no different from normal people," Rose explained calmly.

"I see, then I must have overthought it."

Hilia initially thought the heretics were planning something in the main city.

Thinking that high-level heretics are typically indistinguishable from regular people, her concerns seemed misplaced.

Still, an inexplicable sense of impending trouble lingered in Hilia’s mind.

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