I am the heroine's godfather!

Laura scratched her head, somewhat helplessly: "I didn't expect to use this form so soon after I got it."

Her staff was imbued with magic: "I'll ask you one last time, are you willing to retreat or not?"

Mocha paused for a few seconds, sighed, and drew his sword: "Stubborn to the end... Arrest her too."

"Don't boast about things you can't do."

Laura sneered, and the magic on her staff erupted instantly: "Frost, surge forth!"

A torrent of icy water surged forth, engulfing everyone in front of it.

Mocha looked horrified and shouted, "Raise your shield!"

As the icy flood receded, the gate to the Lantra family's house, along with half of the wall, was destroyed.

Most of the police officers from the patrol station who were originally standing have fallen down, leaving only a small number still standing.

This is a new spell that Kasna taught Laura; it's very effective against grunts.

Having withstood Laura's attack, Mocha's expression was also grim. He coughed a few times, clearly suffering a serious injury himself: "A very powerful spell, but how many times can you cast a spell like that?"

As he spoke, he drew his sword, intending to rush towards Laura.

"too slow."

Laura sighed. Although this guy was only at the second tier, he was not as fast as Charlotte and Anna, who were at the first tier.

She raised her hand, unleashing another torrent of icy energy.

"what!"

Mocha hurriedly tried to defend himself, but how could his hasty defense possibly withstand Laura's attack? Soon, Mocha's defensive technique was broken, and he was then blasted away by the torrent, crashing into the wall, his armor shattering.

"Cough, cough... This is really something, but don't forget, I'm not the only one here."

Mocha spat out a mouthful of blood, waved his hand, and the surviving police officer slowly approached Laura: "Without your magic, how are you going to stop us?"

Laura watched this scene coldly, sighed, and once again gathered magic power in her staff: "Frost—"

"Hey, really?"

Mocha muttered to himself.

"Surge forth!"

The surging torrent of ice reappeared, and the group of police officers who surrounded them looked horrified.

Just then, a sword suddenly appeared, slashing down with irresistible force, shattering Laura's torrent of ice.

Laura frowned, looking at the red-haired Valkyrie descending from the sky.

Kasna's voice rang out: "Lola, watch out."

Her voice carried a rare hint of seriousness: "This guy's strength is at the sixth rank."

Chapter 257 Laura: Wait a minute, shouldn't my hometown be at the beginner village level?

"...Um, Kasna, are you sure you didn't say something wrong?"

Miss Laura stammered, "You meant to say she was fourth-tier, but you accidentally said sixth-tier, right?"

"How do you know she's hiding her true strength and is only showing herself as a fourth-tier cultivator?"

Kasna was somewhat surprised: "Wow, little Laura, you're so young yet you can see through the hidden strength of a sixth-tier opponent. I really underestimated you."

"I didn't see that!"

Laura was on the verge of tears: "I was just saying it offhand! And this guy really is a sixth-tier!"

"correct."

Kasna yawned: "She's a sixth-tier member, and judging from her aura, she seems to be from the Evil God Church—the Bloodthirsty Church. In our time, a sixth-tier member was considered a high-ranking member of the church. Why would such a high-ranking member come to your remote and impoverished area? Or did the Evil God Church grow stronger while I was asleep? Are sixth-tier members only sent to such rural places?"

"...You seem to have said something very impolite about someone else's hometown!"

"Ah? Oh, sorry, sorry. After all, apart from this evil god church, your country can only muster one fifth-tier member at most. It's really a bit of a backwater."

Miss Laura had no rebuttal.

"Well, you don't need to worry too much about her. Even though she's a sixth-tier character, I think I can still run away with you and your grandparents without any problem."

Kasna rarely showed a reliable side—well, she was probably genuinely reliable.

"Can't you just yell 'ha ha hey!' and beat her outright?"

"Defeat her? Hmm, the Church of Evil Gods usually has methods targeting souls. If I want to fight her, I have to possess you. But once I possess you and start fighting her, won't your grandparents be left without anyone to protect them?"

Damn, what this guy said actually makes a lot of sense.

"In short, don't worry. When it comes to running away, I have few rivals among those in the seventh rank."

Is this something to be proud of?

"Lola Mister".

The red-haired woman spoke, her tone cold and menacing: "A first-year student at Saint Casta, you have a close friend named Charlotte, right?"

"So what?"

Because Kasna said that there would be no problem with her and her grandparents running away together, Laura felt more confident.

As long as we can escape, who knows who will be afraid of whom after that! Believe me or not, I'll summon a saint for you! Miss Laura, you know, I still have some connections.

"never mind."

The red-haired woman, or rather, Alyssa, sheathed her sword, turned her head, and looked at the police station: "Dismissed."

"But, Lady Alyssa, this is His Majesty's decree!"

"I said, let's call it a day."

Alyssa's bloodshot eyes swept over the officers at the police station, and they all shuddered and immediately fell silent.

Laura stared blankly as the police officers and Alyssa left, without exchanging a single word with them.

Why would she let me go? I don't even know her! Besides, she's a follower of an evil god, why would she help me?

Wait, wait, wait. Since she is a follower of an evil god, does that mean that the evil god's church interfered with Antaya's coup?

Hey, hey, hey, really? Miss Laura came home to relax! Why did this have to happen to her?!

Laura wanted to cry but had no tears.

Lantra and Caitlin looked at each other, somewhat puzzled.

"Alright, Grandpa and Grandma, let's go inside first."

Laura sighed and led the two elderly people home. As for the broken wall? She used ice magic to patch up the hole, planning to find someone to repair it tomorrow.

"So, Grandpa, what exactly happened in China while I was away?"

Sitting at the dining table, Laura lost her appetite. She looked up at her grandfather and asked, "How come just because the king has changed, our family has become a traitor?"

"Ugh."

Lantra sighed: "It all started half a month ago... Half a month ago, the Knight Commander broke through to the fifth rank. This was supposed to be a good thing, and His Majesty the King planned to celebrate it with the Seven Gods' Birthday. But who knew... who knew that on the very night the Knight Commander broke through, he seemed to have become a different person. He broke into the palace, murdered the King, imprisoned the royal family, and declared himself King."

"Wow."

Laura was somewhat surprised: "I remember that old-fashioned knight commander was particularly loyal to the royal family, wasn't he?"

"Perhaps his sudden surge in strength has blinded him... I don't know."

"But why did the Knight Commander only kill the King? If he wanted to eliminate the problem once and for all, shouldn't he have wiped out the entire royal family?"

That's exactly what he planned to do.

Lantra sighed and said, "Knight Commander Frederick I has ordered that, in order to show respect for the Seven Gods, the royal family will live through the Seven Gods' birth. After the Seven Gods' birth ends, he will publicly execute the royal family."

"He actually has a lot of respect for the Seven Gods."

Laura sighed. Then she suddenly remembered something.

Hmm, if I remember correctly, didn't I have a classmate who was the princess of Antaya?

Laura tilted her head and thought for a moment, finally finding such a person in the corner of her memory.

It seems he had a conflict with Charlotte and himself on the first day of school, but was scared away by Anna and then disappeared without a trace.

Is her name Milia Antaya?

Could she have been arrested too?

Laura scratched her head. Although she didn't have a good impression of this guy, she wouldn't be so pleased as to want to watch Milia be executed.

She's still my classmate, no matter what... though Lola couldn't possibly break into the prison to save her anyway.

Laura could only mourn for her classmate, whom she didn't know very well, for a while.

Sigh, may the Seven Gods protect her so she can survive.

Laura shook her head and looked back at Lantra and Caitlin: "Then why was Grandpa labeled a traitor?"

My family doesn't have any noble titles, and my grandfather has been retired from that position for many years. He has no power or influence, so there's no reason for him to be labeled a traitor, right?

"It's all because of your grandfather!"

Grandma Caitlin scolded her husband: "He had a few drinks and started cursing Frederick I with some old friends! You treat him like a friend, and he betrays you like that!"

Seeing her grandfather's embarrassed smile, Laura understood why and couldn't help but facepalm: "This is truly... an undeserved disaster."

Chapter 258 Being willful is a child's privilege

"So, let's think about what to do next."

Laura sighed, knowing her grandfather's personality, and stopped dwelling on the issue—or rather, it was pointless to dwell on it anyway.

She sighed and said, "So, should we run away?"

"Running... will probably be a bit difficult."

Lantra shook her head: "I've been marked and am not allowed to pass, but Laura, you might be able to escape, so you go first."

"Ah, there's no need to worry about that."

A voice suddenly rang out, startling Lantra and Caitlin. A phantom image of long, ice-blue hair appeared on Laura's body.

"You, who are you?"

Lantra and Caitlin looked puzzled. The ice-blue woman—Kasnai—floated in front of the two old people, shook their hands vigorously, and said, "I am Laura's teacher. Oh, you two must be Laura's parents. I've wanted to meet you both for a while now, and I thought I must thank you for raising such an excellent child as Laura."

"teacher!"

Laura quickly grabbed Cassnet: "What are you doing!"

"Oh? What's wrong? Don't teachers usually say some polite things to parents? Don't worry, don't worry, I won't say anything bad about you."

"That's not what we're talking about! Never mind, let me introduce it."

Laura sighed and pointed to Kasner, saying, "Grandpa and Grandma, this is my teacher. Don't let her seemingly unreliable appearance fool you; she's actually quite capable."

"What do you mean by 'somewhat unreliable'? Teacher, in what way am I unreliable?"

Kasna muttered something, but Laura ignored her: "Teacher can take us away, so come with me. We'll make plans when we get to Isnar."

“Isnar? Are you trying to seek refuge with Mr. Loran? But I would cause Mr. Loran trouble if I went there.”

Lantra refused, and Laura then remembered that her grandparents didn't seem to know how amazing Lorraine was, or the prestige of the Lorraine surname.

"Um...no, you don't need to worry about that. Loran is actually very capable."

"Very powerful?"

"Oh dear, it's too much trouble to explain everything. In short, Loran is a count in Isnar, and I have a friend who is a princess in Isnar. Even if you are wanted by the authorities, I can protect you."

Laura decided to discuss Loran's saintly status and other miscellaneous matters on the way, as it was too complicated to explain.

"Alright, let's pack a few changes of clothes and go."

Laura was getting anxious. After all, it seemed that Antaya had almost fallen, and she didn't know what would happen if she stayed any longer. Therefore, Laura decided to leave early, not even waiting until the next morning, and would leave that very night.

Lantra and Caitlin had no objections, so after a quick pack, Laura, who had only been home for less than a day, was leaving again.

Well, barring any unforeseen circumstances, she'll arrive back even earlier than the Morganfleur family's carriage.

I'm very curious about the expression on the coachman's face when he returns to Morganflore and sees Laura, whom he just dropped off at home, standing in front of him.

But that's assuming nothing unexpected happens.