Secrets: Priestess

Chapter 213 Confrontation
Late at night, in the quiet Pestfield Street and the dark and gloomy St. Samuel's Church.

Claire looked at the dark grey scroll spread out in front of her. At the top was written in Hermetic script: "Scroll Professor".

This is the potion recipe that Tessa got specifically for her through a trade.

"I prayed to the goddess." Even though she had memorized the entire potion formula, Claire still carefully and lovingly put the scroll into her arms and said to Tessa.

Tessa, who was disguised as Alicia, was slightly stunned: "A response?"

"No specific response. But..." Claire smiled faintly: "The Goddess has given me a chance to use great divine power."

It is equivalent to the power of a true God!

But Tessa just frowned in astonishment, then asked in a deep voice, "What's the price?"

"The price will be borne by the holy object." This was not a lie. The price was borne by the "Heart of the Goddess", but Claire currently relied on the "Heart of the Goddess" to survive.

After thinking for a long time, Claire still didn't tell anyone that this power would destroy her heart.

"I want to hunt down Vice Admiral Disease Tracy." Without waiting for Tessa to ask about the price or anything like that, Claire stated her plan.

Hearing this, Tessa asked in surprise, "Isn't the Church of Storms in charge?"

"The evil god behind Augustus has the potential to become the righteous god of the Loen Kingdom..." Claire sighed. "Perhaps the Church of Storms won't be able to capture Vice Admiral of Disease Tracy."

Tessa's expression became uncertain, and there was a possibility that she would become a true god. In other words, the human trafficking and cult sacrifices that the Augustus royal family was involved in were condoned by the true gods of the Loen Kingdom, such as the Goddess of Night and the Lord of Storms?
"Then I will accompany you."

"Your disappearance from Backlund will arouse the suspicion of the Witch Cult." Claire shook her head. "You've paid and sacrificed so much to get this opportunity to approach the Witch Cult... and you have a contract with a certain sect, right?"

Tessa fell silent.

But after just a few seconds, she still said firmly: "I'll go with you."

Claire smiled and said, "Vice Admiral Disease isn't a big threat to me. As long as I don't encounter a true demigod, I won't be in too much danger as I hold the Holy Coffin."

Tessa shook her head and said, "If Vice Admiral Disease is truly transporting slaves for the Augustus family, then her pirate fleet is extremely valuable."

"If the Augustus family is truly connected to the 'Witch Cult'... then Vice Admiral Disease's fleet must be commanded by a true core member of the Witch Cult."

The core figures of the witch family are all powerful demigods.

Claire smiled and said, "Even if it's a demigod, I'm not afraid."

Tessa gouged her eyes at Claire. "Just the voice of a god can make Beyonders like us lose control and directly use the power of the gods... I'm not stupid, Claire."

Tessa sighed, her eyes softening to the point of pleading. "I want to go with you because I'm afraid you'll abuse that power," she said.

"You can't leave Backlund, and Alicia's clue can't be broken..." But this statement couldn't change Tessa's attitude.

Claire stopped talking in front of Tessa's cold, stubborn, and pleading gaze. After a pause, she took out a small blue box from her inner pocket and pushed it in front of Tessa.

Her ears were slightly red.

Tessa opened the blue box puzzled.

Two identical simple couple rings were placed in it.

"This is the return gift you wanted." Claire feigned indifference, her tone cold and stiff, as if she was completing a fair transaction.

"Claire..." Tessa wanted to take this opportunity to tease her, but seeing Claire's tightly pursed lips, she swallowed all her words and simply held the pair of rings in her palms lovingly. "Did you make these yourself?" "They're the teleportation items you wanted." After handing them over, Claire's stiff demeanor slowly adjusted, now at least able to communicate normally. "Both parties can teleport to each other's location, but only once a day, otherwise they will be contaminated by the terrifying existence."

Tessa happily kept one, then pulled Claire's hand, placed the other one in Claire's palm, and demanded rather shamelessly, "I want you to wear it for me."

Tessa didn't notice the tremor in her voice as she made this request.

Claire clutched the ring, hesitant.

At this moment, a silk thread was rubbed out in Tessa's hand, passed through the ring left by Tessa, and made into a necklace.

Tessa smiled and stood up, saying to Claire, "Be good, lower your head, and I'll put it on you."

Claire lowered her head slightly, and a smooth arm passed through her hair. The fragrance enveloped her, and then disappeared in a flash. Claire lowered her head and saw the ring hanging on her chest.

"It fits perfectly." Tessa smiled gently, lifted her hair to reveal her neck, and said to Claire calmly, "It's your turn to put it on me."

Claire twisted a piece of metal material that contained some spirituality. With the power of a mechanical expert, she kneaded the metal into layers of interlocking links.

Wear the ring as a necklace.

Looking at Tessa, who was quite expectant yet lonely, Claire fastened the wedding ring necklace around Tessa's jade-white neck.

"This way, I can find you anytime... I also have the 'Traveler's Leg,' which allows me to travel between you and Backlund." Tessa understood the purpose of Claire's pair of rings. She calmed down her mixed feelings of joy and loss and spoke in a calm tone.

Tessa, possessing two magical teleportation items, could indeed do this. Claire sighed and said, "Remember, you only have one chance each day. You must not be contaminated by the ring."

Claire was not yet able to deal with the pollution of the starry sky on the ring, so she could only draw Tessa's attention by constantly warning her.

Tessa nodded in amusement. "I fully understand the severity of pollution... But you, if you want to go out to sea, where do you plan to board the boat? You haven't really been to the ocean yet..."

"I want to go to the Church of Storms to get help." From the goddess's attitude, Claire realized that the gods would definitely not issue an oracle asking the church to support the cultists. This meant that she could get some help from the Church of Storms in the name of combating the cultists.

and……

Even Saint Anthony, who was in Backlund, had sensed the undercurrents in Backlund and had taken many actions in private. Claire didn't believe that the "Singer of God" from the Church of Storms hadn't noticed anything.

The gods may have their own considerations, but the churches ultimately take it as their responsibility to eliminate the cultists.

"The Church of Storms' ships...are quite reliable." Tessa nodded, then added, "If the Church of Storms doesn't give us face, we can just rob pirates and become pirate captains. That's how Tracy got her start."

"I won't give you face." Knowing that there was a tacit understanding between His Excellency Saint Anthony and the Archbishop "Singer of God", Claire confirmed with a smile.

Claire was smiling and talking when Tessa suddenly leaned over and kissed her on the lips.

It wasn't that she couldn't react to this sudden change, but at this moment, Claire froze and couldn't help but widen her eyes.

The kiss was fleeting. When she came to her senses, Tessa had already activated the ability of "Traveler's Prosthetic Leg". The figure in front of her gradually disappeared, leaving her with only a brilliant smile of success at the last moment of disappearance.

Claire, who was left here, sat alone for a long time...

A gentle, sweet, heart-stopping touch lingers on the lips.

After a long while, Claire let out a breath softly.

(End of this chapter)