I am the heroine's godfather!

And then? Later Messiah became what she is now, and he and the other two were separated.

In fact, the afternoon was still lazy, and he had no trivial matters on his mind. He didn't have to worry about making a living, but he could no longer find the feeling of those days.

If you want to buy sweet-scented osmanthus with wine, it doesn't seem like you are a teenager.

"Loran?"

Olivia looked at the stunned Loran and, somewhat puzzled, tugged at Loran's hand.

Loran suddenly woke up, realizing that she was suddenly feeling emo, and shook her head with a smile: "I'm fine."

"Oh."

Olivia didn't understand hypocrisy or feigned strength, but she had a keen eye for people's hearts. She seemed to see through Loran's ability to recover on her own, so she withdrew her concerned gaze.

"let's go."

"Ah."

Chapter 97 Pay Attention When Listening to Old People Tell Stories

On previous visits, Loran had only conducted preliminary explorations of the city but had not discovered anything unusual. Everyone here lived like an ordinary person.

Since there are no problems inside the city, does that mean we should go outside the city?

Loran pondered, based on the information he had previously received, that only adventurers and guards were allowed to leave.

However, there are other methods.

Upon realizing this, Loran patted Olivia's head.

"What's wrong, Loran?"

"Olivia, can you wait here for me for a moment?"

"Lorraine, are you going to abandon me?"

Although her words were quite endearing, Olivia didn't show any obvious expression; her indifferent eyes were fixed on Loran.

Lorraine chuckled and shook her head: "How could that be? I just have some things to do."

"Ah."

Olivia nodded: "I understand, I'll wait for Loran here."

"but."

Just as Loran was about to leave, Olivia suddenly spoke again: "Come back soon."

"..."

"Ugh."

Loran suddenly sighed and took the girl's hand: "Then, come with me."

There was no way Loran could bring himself to be cruel; the girl's indifferent yet fearful eyes, like those of a fawn about to be abandoned, were simply too much for her to bear.

Besides, this place is most likely connected to Olivia, so it's always a good idea to bring her along.

Lorraine convinced himself of this.

Pah, you perverted lolicon.

Loran first led Olivia back to the library entrance and carved a beacon. With this beacon, he could return here in less than a second.

Why does it give off a Flying Thunder God vibe?

Good heavens, Flying Thunder God? Could it be Lord Dead Water?

While muttering to himself, Loran led Olivia to the city gate and observed the crowds coming and going.

"Young man, are you and this young lady heading out of town?"

An old woman said, "I advise you not to go. It's very dangerous outside the city."

"Old man, why can't you leave the city?"

"Hmm? Child, what's wrong with you? Why would you ask such a question?"

The old lady seemed a little puzzled. Loran thought to herself that it seemed that in the eyes of the people in this city, not being able to leave the city was common sense.

Hmm, looks like I'll have to figure out a way to get through this.

Loran smiled and said, "To be honest, I'm a traveler from outside the city, so I don't know much about it."

The second point is about outsiders.

Loran observed for several days and found no signs of outsiders in the city, but strangely, the city's inns were still operating.

If there are no outsiders and only locals, how will the hotel make a profit? Compete with restaurants? That would be a bit difficult.

You can't expect to make a living by having sex with men and women who develop feelings for each other.

"Oh, an outsider?"

The old woman seemed surprised: "This city hasn't had any outsiders for a long time... Is this little girl one too?"

"Yes, she is my sister."

"Oh, I see."

"May I ask why there haven't been any outsiders for so long?"

No outsiders for a long time? This is not surprising for a city that exists alone in this mysterious space, but it is quite surprising for the ancient kingdom of Kadia a thousand years ago.

Was it that the common sense of these citizens was altered, or was there something wrong with Cardia itself that caused the various cities to lose contact?

"Outsider, why would you ask such a question?"

The old woman looked puzzled, and Loran chuckled and said, "I'm sorry, my sister and I had an accident and lost our memories, so we don't know much about these things."

It was a terrible excuse, but the old lady believed it. Perhaps Olivia's blank stare was very convincing? Anyway, she looked at Loran with a hint of pity and said, "Poor child... This is very important common sense, you must remember it."

"You say."

"Actually, it wasn't like this thirty years ago. Thirty years ago, Kadia was the most powerful country in the world, and the existence of the seven Guardian Holy Knights made it virtually impossible for anyone to offend Kadia."

"Guardian Knight?"

"Oh dear, you've even forgotten that?"

The old woman explained, "The Guardian Paladins are the most powerful beings in Cadia. They consist of three Saints and four sixth-tier Gold Saints: the Brilliant Golden Sword, the Eternal Watchful Bell, the Dragon Who Saw Fate, the Unyielding Shield Protecting the Nation, the Archmage Who Destroyed the Stars, the Favored One of the Gods, and the Alchemist Without Form. With them, Cadia is the most powerful nation on the continent."

Three Saints and four sixth-tier Gold Saints?

That's truly terrifying combat power. If any country possessed this kind of power today, it would probably have already conquered the world and established a unified human empire.

The premise is that GM (Messiah) does not intervene.

Although still not as powerful as the Demon Clan of yesteryear. At its peak, the Demon Clan boasted three seventh-tier and two eighth-tier members.

The reason they were able to win back then was that each of the three of them, Loran, and his companions, fought a seventh-tier opponent. After that, the three of them went to support Messiah, who was fighting two opponents at once, and held off the other eighth-tier Lich King. This gave Messiah the opportunity to kill the Demon King in one fell swoop.

In short, given such military strength, why did the Kingdom of Cardia perish in history?

Hard to understand.

It's important to understand that Kadia was merely a major power at the time. While other nations weren't as powerful as Kadia, they still had seventh-tier leaders. Even if the demons of this era were to launch a campaign against them, the human race couldn't simply allow Kadia to fight alone. After all, these were internal conflicts, not a war of attrition; the principle of mutual dependence was still understood.

Although some people are secretly playing tricks behind the scenes, at least on the surface they are united against outsiders.

Loran had a gut feeling that what he was experiencing now was the same reason why Kadia had fallen.

So the question is, what kind of disaster would it take to completely cut off all communication between the cities in Cardia?

The old man continued, “Oh, oh, that was truly a glorious era. Our country was so powerful that travelers from other countries flocked to it. Caravans loaded with our goods went out and brought back cart after cart of gold, milk, bread, spices, beautiful silk, and expensive jewelry.”

"Back then, everyone had a bright future, and everyone knew that the best was yet to come!"

"Then, the cataclysm came."

Bonus Chapter: The Saintess Will Not Meet the Hedgehog Boy

In the year 702 of the Seven Gods Calendar, at the foot of Mount Hiscana in eastern Isnar.

The weather was stormy.

"Little Messiah! Come on, help me carry this inside!"

"I'm coming!"

The blonde girl hummed a song, waved her staff, and easily floated up the goods that would have taken three or four people to move, sending them into the house.

"Thank you, little Messiah. Come to our house for dinner tonight."

The middle-aged man wearing a headscarf wiped his sweat: "If it weren't for your help, all this wheat would have frozen to death."

"Oh, it's nothing at all."

"You can't say that."

Another old woman holding fruit said, "If it weren't for little Messiah, we would have had no harvest this year, and we wouldn't even have been able to pay the taxes to the lord."

"Exactly, we really don't know what we would do without you."

The village chief also came over: "Please be sure to stay tonight, we want to thank you properly."

"Hey, then I won't be polite!"

Messiah wore a broad smile.

Because it was a village, there wasn't much delicious food, but for Messiah, it was still a novel experience.

As a saintess of the Holy See, Messiah's daily life was neither luxurious nor simple. The chefs in the Holy City were also excellent, so for Messiah, ordinary food was a novel experience.

It was only through witnessing these events that Messiah, as the heir to the papacy, came to know the true meaning of human suffering. How could she, sitting atop a high platform, possibly witness the storms of life?

This is a long journey, and Messiah will be transformed along the way.

"Speaking of which, Uncle Village Chief, is the weather always like this here?"

Messiah was a little curious. Logically speaking, it was only autumn, so why was the weather like this? The heavy rain and the drop in temperature would cause great damage to the farms.

"No way, I don't know what's wrong with this year."

The village chief took a swig of wine and then said, "The weather has become strange. There was a flash flood yesterday. Luckily, the village isn't right next to the foot of the mountain, or we would have been in trouble."

How could this happen?

"Who knows."

No one could solve Messiah's confusion. After all, they were just ordinary villagers, lacking sufficient education; how could they possibly understand such a situation?

"Perhaps the mountain god is angry."

Ultimately, this is all they could come up with.

Messiah fell into deep thought, looked up at the towering Hiscana Mountains outside the window, and finally decided to go and see them.

So the next day.

"Are you really going, little Messiah?"

The elderly villager looked worried, but Messiah smiled and said, "Don't worry, Auntie, I'll be fine!"

"Oh dear, how can we feel at ease? You're just a young girl, all alone, and you don't even know the way..."

"That's right, if it doesn't work, let us go up with you."

The old lady was very worried, and several uncles also said, "You've helped us so much, we should repay you."

"Oh, really, there's no need."

Messiah was troubled; she really didn't know how to refuse the villagers' kindness. But she really didn't want these ordinary villagers, who had no magic and didn't practice martial arts, to take risks with her, so she could only apologize, cast a spell, and hurriedly escape, leaving behind only the villagers' surprised shouts.

As Messiah walked up the mountain, she was in a good mood. Or rather, Messiah was in a good mood most of the time. She would be happy for a flower in bloom, joyful for a breeze, smile at the rising sun, and dance merrily for the clouds that obscured the sun.

The towering trees are beautiful, the bowing grass and trees are beautiful, the small animals that occasionally flash by in the forest are beautiful, and the white snow covering the mountains is also beautiful.

She loves all the beautiful things in the world.

Perhaps that's why fate led her to meet a less-than-ideal boy.

Maybe fate is actually a fan of happy endings?

The snow lashed against the girl's face, and she looked troubled.

It was getting late, but she still hadn't reached the highest peak.