You think you're worthy of saving the world?

"Is this Dragon God Island somehow connected to the Witch King?" Yuri wondered.

"What connection?" Stella asked.

"I don't know." Yuri shrugged.

He himself did not know whether his entry into this singularity was accidental or the work of the invisible hand of the "Crimson King".

Damn it, they gave me such a troublesome dungeon...

Yuri decided that he would punish Yan Hong severely the next time he saw her, if he could see her again in this lifetime.

About an hour and a half into the discussion, several maids entered the main hall.

"My Lady, the Dragon Priestess, it's time."

The head maid walked up to the three of them and spoke to Stella.

She was a rather dignified-looking old lady, and Stella scratched her cheek impatiently.

"Oh...oh...wait a moment."

"We're already learning etiquette? Is our free time each day really that short?" Chaika asked.

Stella shook her head, saying somewhat uneasily, "Today is the day to choose the sacrifice."

Chaika: "..."

Selecting offerings.

In other words, a young girl would be chosen from among the children on the island to be sacrificed.

This was the initial job of the "Dragon Priestess" played by Stella.

"Can we just watch from the sidelines?" Yuri suddenly turned to ask the head maid.

The old lady raised her eyebrows, clearly displeased.

In her view, the fact that these two people from outside the island could speak to the priestess on equal footing was already an act of usurpation.

Yuri said, "The priestess seems to really like me~ She'll be very unmotivated if you don't agree."

"Haa~~~~?" Stella drawled out the sound, making a sour face.

Yuri kicked her under the table.

"Ah...yes, I really like them both...Head Maid, may we let them stay here?"

Although reluctant, the head maid eventually agreed to let Yuri and Chaika watch.

"follow me."

The head maid led the three of them on foot for several minutes to a room located on the other side of the temple.

Unlike the magnificent main hall, this place was as simple as a confinement room.

What they have in common is that they all have high ceilings, and the sunlight streaming in from the skylight above shines directly on the stone table in the center of the room. After the twelve maids enter, they stand in a circle against the wall.

The head maid took out a cloth bag in front of Yuri and the others.

Inside the open bag were dozens of beautiful round stones shaped like Go stones, with inscriptions on them.

The three of them looked at each other.

Runestones!

Yuri and Chaika go without saying, and Stella also learned runes when she was learning to read at Yuri's house, so she has some understanding of rune magic divination.

Of course, the stones are not engraved with runes, but with names.

The names of girls under the age of 10 who live on Dragon God Island.

Next, the "Dragon Priestess" will choose one of them as a living sacrifice.

The head maid presented the bag to Stella: "Come, priestess, please put your hand into the bag."

Please remember, your choice is a divine decree... The Dragon God will guide your hands to choose the appropriate answer.

Seeing that Stella remained unmoved, the old woman continued, "Human sacrifice is a necessary sacrifice."

“Hmm… I understand.”

Stella, with a sour face, reluctantly reached her hand inside.

After dawdling for a long time, she finally took out a stone and threw it on the table.

On the stone, the name of a young girl was carved in runes.

"You're something else," Yuri muttered under her breath.

Jaika's pupils dilated, and she covered her mouth.

Emily was chosen as a living sacrifice for the "Crimson Festival".

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Jaika doesn't remember how she got back to the village.

When I came to my senses, I found myself standing at the entrance of the village, and it was already dark.

Besides Yuri, several maids from the Dragon God Temple also accompanied her into the village.

The maids were there to read the oracle of the witch to the family of the chosen "lucky girl".

The group headed toward Mrs. Emil's house.

In the past, Chaika always felt happy when she went to Emily's house, but now she walks with heavy steps.

"Wait...please wait a moment!"

The maids were about to knock on the door when Chaika stopped them.

Even after reaching the door, she still couldn't open it and could only stand there outside.

"...Let's go and inform the village chief first."

The maids left after they finished speaking.

After a considerable amount of time, Jaika finally knocked on the heavy door.

The woman who opened the door was Mrs. Emil, who was wearing a simple apron and seemed to be preparing dinner.

As soon as Mrs. Emil saw Yuri and Chaika, she gave them a gentle smile.

"You two, you went to pay your respects to the priestess today, didn't you? How was it? You didn't do anything too rude, did you?"

I made a lot for dinner tonight, would you like to stay and eat with us? Emily would be very happy.

"Mrs. Emil..."

Jaika looked distressed.

Mrs. Emil was a very perceptive woman, and she immediately noticed that Jaika was worried.

Just then, she saw the maids of the Dragon God Temple walking around the village.

Mrs. Emil's expression froze.

"What's going on? Have the children in our village been chosen by the priestess?"

Jaika kept her head down and said nothing.

"Answer me, what happened?!"

Mrs. Emil's forehead was beaded with sweat as she nervously gripped Jaika's arm.

The girl with braided hair just lowered her head, shook her head repeatedly, and sobbed.

Mrs. Emil had no choice but to turn to another person and ask, "Mr. Yuri, what... what happened?"

Yuri paused for a moment.

"Emily has been chosen..."

Before he could finish speaking, Mrs. Emil covered her face and knelt down on the ground.

The mournful cries echoed through the village.

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This has turned out to be the worst possible outcome...

Yuri sat at the table, silently eating the burnt wheat porridge with a wooden spoon.

Beside him, Jaika and Mrs. Emil remained silent.

Emily was unaware of what had happened; seeing her mother and sister silent, she obediently remained silent as well.

Something is not right.

Yu glanced at Jiaika out of the corner of his eye.

I don't know what extreme things she might do, so I need to keep a close eye on her from now on.

However, on the other hand, this can also be considered an opportunity.

The priestess who performs the ritual and the living sacrifices who participate in the ritual are people she knows, which gives her more room to maneuver.

Yuri thought to himself: Lord Dragon God, let me expose your true colors.

After dinner, Emily went with her mother to the sink to wash the dishes.

Shortly after everything was tidied up, Emily's grandfather—the village chief—arrived.

He sat down at the dining table with a gloomy expression.

"grandfather!"

Emily ran over and, as always, smiled and hugged the village chief's waist.

However, the old man was unable to show his usual smile.