My Goddess is Good at Pretending

Chapter 73: Friend Visit

The outside world’s chaos had nothing to do with Ely. She was currently testing her armor, and Gabriella was helping her put it on.

It was a set of cool-looking dark knight armor. Yuuki made it with other disciples, but Ely did the enhancement and finishing touch.

Even though Ely said she didn’t need it, Yuuki insisted that Ely wear super defence armor for safety reasons. After all, Yuuki couldn’t enter the ancient secret realm with Ely due to the so-called ’agreement’.

"Hmm~" Jophiel helped, but she spent more time touching her master’s body than anything.

"Jophi, you are not the armor. By hugging master’s arm, the armor will not attach itself." Gabriella rolled her eyes.

"Hmm~ It’s done." Jophiel put the vambrace on her master’s forearm.

"Thank you..." Ely looked at her reflection in the mirror. She was like a menacing dark knight now.

However, everything was pretty heavy, and her voice also became a bit heavy because of her half-face mask. However, she had not worn that demonic-looking, threatening dark knight helmet.

"Hmm, that’s good." Yuuki crossed her arms and nodded in satisfaction.

With this kind of armor and nine layers of defense, Ely’s safety would be guaranteed. When wearing this dark knight armor, Ely would look like a mighty warrior, and no one would dare to underestimate Sacred Sakura’s exploration team.

"Yuuki, this armor is a bit heavy. Can I-" Ely tried to find an excuse not to wear this dark knight armor for her ancient secret realm exploration.

"No." Yuuki refused even before Ely could finish speaking.

"Master, the mid-team’s dress code is a dark knight." Gabriella supported the decision. She couldn’t bear to see her master hurt, even if it was a little scratch.

"Master, it’s okay! I’ll be with you in mid-team ~" Jophiel made a finger heart. She and the other five disciples also had their dark knight armor to match their master.

"Alright..." Ely gave up trying to find another reason. She didn’t know that her armor would be this heavy or that she was physically weak.

*Bzzt*

Ely’s telecommunication talisman vibrated. She took it out and answered the call.

"Ely~" Evelyn opened the conversation with a flirty call.

"W-what?" Ely was astonished.

"As we talked about yesterday... Kirara and I will visit your place today. Do you have time for us?"

"Oh, alright. I’ll send Gabriella to fetch you. Please go to a private place where it’s just the two of you, and wait for my disciple."

"Okay, we will wait."

After that, Ely closed the lines of communication and sent Gabriella to pick up Evelyn and Kirara using teleportation.

Evelyn contacted Ely every day through the telecommunication talisman. She missed Ely very much, but the circumstances did not allow her to go to Ely’s side. She also has a secret agenda for the Temple of Law.

Ely was still oblivious to Evelyn’s intentions. However, this was the first time she would invite an outsider, but actually a friend and ally, to her shrine abode.

Yuuki initially couldn’t allow Kirara to come.

Yet, the Sword Maiden swore her allegiance under one’s dao heart and the Supreme God as a witness.

Thus, nobody could stop Evelyn and Kirara from their friendly visit.

"Outsider, huh... Lightning Empress Evelyn is the master’s friend, not the Sword Maiden Kirara. She should behave, or she can’t get out of here in one piece, fufu~" Jophiel whispered softly as she covered her mouth.

"..." The other core disciples had similar opinions but didn’t voice them out.

Luckily, Ely didn’t hear Jophiel’s words because she was busy preparing to welcome guests. She needed to take off her dark knight armor first.

Gabriella arrived at Evelyn’s location a few minutes later using long-distance teleportation. The teleportation crystal in her hand pulverized to dust, and she landed elegantly.

"Pleased to meet you. I am Gabriella, the First Order of the Apostle." Gabriella greeted with a knight salute but didn’t bend her body.

"The pleasure is mine, Gabriella. You are Ely’s first disciple, am I right?" Evelyn observed the blonde-haired beautiful, noble elf before her.

Gabriella wore a white-gold cloak like the high-ranking powerhouses of the Holy Church, but more fancy and elegant.

"Yes." Gabriella nodded slightly.

"Alright. We’re under your care." Evelyn clasped her fist to send her regards.

"..." Gabriella examined the two ladies before her.

She knew about the Sword Maiden Kirara, but the other person was her master’s human friend. The youngest expert who reached the 8th Rank in the Human Realm.

Yuuki was her master’s sworn sister and got appointed as the new elder. Evelyn was her master’s friend, but her master always called Evelyn with Eve. Gabriella had a slight doubt, and she decided to confirm it here. "May I ask you something, Lady Eve?"

"Alright. Say it." Evelyn didn’t mind.

"Are you a member of the Guardian of Dream?"

"Hmm... Did you hear that from Yuuki or from Ely? But, well, yes, I was one of the members. Is something bothering you?"

"No, but did you leave the organization?"

"We have served our purpose, and Ely disbanded the organization. Why do you ask this?"

"..."

Hearing a similar answer to Elder Yuuki’s, Gabriella felt down and scared. She feared her master would disband the current Guardian of Dream once they completed their purpose. When the Heavenly Demon’s seeds disappeared from the mortal world, her master would leave for the higher realm.

’Why are you suddenly silent with a sad look? That’s not the reason why I got separated from Ely. Ely was missing after the great interstellar battle five years ago.’ Evelyn sent telepathy as she felt something was wrong with Ely’s first disciple.

’May I know what happened after the first generation Guardian of Dream disbanded?’ Gabriella felt very curious and anxious. She must know the answer! The one that Elder Yuuki didn’t want to say.

’Well, Ely has a divine group, and I am also a part of it. We call it Elysium. We serve the Supreme Goddess.’ Evelyn scratched her head as she felt something was wrong with this conversation.

’I see... Thank you for your enlightenment.’ Gabriella felt enlightened. So, Guardian of Dream was just a preliminary test to join the main group!

She had to prove herself to her master first. That way, she could follow and serve her master forever!

Gabriella’s reason to fight increased by one.

’Wait, the interstellar battle? So, master was involved in the great war thousands of years ago? She was missing five years ago because another great God-tier battle happened that year? Master protected the world... However, master is now reassembling her scattered main group. So, is something bad going to happen soon?’ Gabriella’s imagination went wild as she murmured to herself in her mind.

However, she could sense the predicament that might happen soon.

’Wait, Gabriella. Have Ely and Yuuki never said anything about this?’ Evelyn gulped her saliva, feeling a bit nervous.

’Not yet, but Elder Yuuki has hinted something to us. I am part of the new generation of Guardians of Dream, senior.’ Gabriella smiled faintly, but she felt a little guilty.

Her master never said anything about it since it wasn’t time yet, but she dug up more info behind her master’s back.

’Ugh, I fucked up.’ Evelyn covered her mouth and tapped it several times.

She didn’t speak with her mouth but regretted what she said via telepathy because she shouldn’t have said that. It was not yet the time, and Ely would punish her if this news reached Ely’s ears.

Because of that, Evelyn immediately grabbed Gabriella’s shoulders tightly and spoke firmly. "Don’t let Ely know. We just met, and we haven’t talked about anything. Do you understand?"

"Oh, um, all right." Gabriella had no idea why Evelyn broke out in cold sweat and became nervous. Still, she felt Evelyn would be screwed if her master knew about the previous conversation.

"???" Kirara asked in wonder. Her friend had a secret conversation with the Sacred Sakura’s apostle, which agitated her friend.

Gabriella looked right and left to ensure there were no spies nearby. Evelyn then reassured her that they were in a safe, private area.

Therefore, Gabriella used long-distance teleportation. However, they didn’t go to the Sacred Mountain immediately.

Gabriella used teleportation twice to ensure the Sacred Mountain’s location remained hidden. If someone tried to track them down, those people would end up in a fake place.

"..." Kirara stared at the teleportation crystal that vanished into dust in Gabriella’s hand.

Her heart felt heartbreaking because such a precious teleportation crystal was used casually like it was worth nothing. Such an item had a sky-high price, and it took a lot of work, even if one had abundant money to buy it.

And yet, Ely’s disciple wasted three precious crystals to pick up Evie and her!?

’Sacred Sakura Holy Land is so rich... But where are we? A forest? Wait, the qi in this forest is so rich! This is a holy land!’ Kirara muttered in her mind in excitement. She followed Evie and Gabriella up the path and steps.

They climbed the mountain and found several red gates every hundred meters, which emitted a distinctive sacred aura.

*Rustle* *Rustle*

A brown rabbit suddenly hopped across the path. The rabbit felt curious, but it quickly got out of the way.

"!?" Kirara was shocked. That random rabbit was actually a 4th Rank monster.

She could sense hundreds of eyes staring at her from the forest. Those monsters vary from 3rd Rank to 7th Rank. Even the random animals in the holy land’s forest possessed such a tremendous cultivation base!?

"Evie, Evie... are those beasts the Guardian Beast?" Kirara grabbed Evie’s sleeve and walked beside her friend.

"No, they are ordinary forest dwellers. Don’t mind them. They will not attack you as long as you are well-behaved." Gabriella shook her head.

"Squawk!" The giant sea eagle flew across the sky.

"The Guardian Beast!?" Kirara gasped in surprise when she felt an 8th Rank monster’s aura cross the sky.

"Sacred Mountain doesn’t have anything like that. It’s just a sea eagle." Gabriella raised her hand to ask the curious Eagle Emperor to leave.

"..." Kirara was feeling a bit scared. This was her first experience visiting a holy land.

Sacred Sakura Holy Land was so scary and powerful. No wonder the Northern Realm became so chaotic because the Tiangong Sacred Land dared to challenge this powerful force.

Not to mention, Sacred Sakura Holy Land was backed by a Supreme Goddess!

Kirara removed her blindfold and then looked left and right in amazement. She curiously paid attention to everything.

At that time, a fat pig was leaning against the nearby toori gate. That pig was also a powerful monster.

Any random forest dweller could achieve such a sky-high cultivation base just by staying on this mountain... Kirara started to have an idea to live here to worship the Supreme Goddess.

"What are you looking at, babe? This young master is handsome for sure, but I will feel embarrassed if you keep looking at me like that." The pig plucked a flower and stuck it between his teeth.

"Shut up." Gabriella kicked the pig away.