I, the Holy Maiden of Light, tear apart the Outer Gods.

Ange hugged Frostmourne tightly, her fair cheek rubbing against the cool hilt of the sword.

Seeing how much his daughter loved the artifact he had given her, Kastel smiled gently. "Once the artifact recognizes its master, you don't have to worry about losing it. It can usually be hidden in your soul, and it will only appear when you want it to. And no matter how far away you are from it, you can retrieve it."

Ange initially didn't pay much attention to Casdale's advice until she heard the last one.

"No matter how far away, you can always come back?"

"Ah."

"Hiss... This is a treasure!"

Anjie's eyes lit up instantly.

She came up with a brilliant way to make money.

I'll find a place to sell Frostmourne, get the money, run away, summon Frostmourne back, and then go to another place to sell the sword!

If this cycle continues, I will definitely become one of the richest people on the mainland one day!

Once you're richer than a country, who cares about some holy maiden?

Lost in thought, Anjie didn't even notice drool dripping from the corner of her mouth.

Until her beautiful dream was ruthlessly shattered by Castel.

"Put away your audacious ideas. It's not uncommon for people to sell artifacts and then recall them. But the final solution is always the same: that person is wanted by all the merchants, and in the end, their head and the artifact are hung up and paraded across the continent."

"..."

Ange's gaze toward Frostmourne turned one of disdain.

Castel, who had witnessed the girl's change of expression, fell into deep thought.

My own daughter... seems a bit too slutty!

Chapter 19, Section 122: A Gathering of Imperial Concubines

Anjie suddenly realized that her performance was a bit poor. After all, this was a magical tool given to her by someone else, and she couldn't show such disdain.

The girl's lips curled into a sweet smile as she looked at Casdale. "Thank you, Mom. You're so good to me!"

Casdale was clearly pleased with Ange's flattery, and immediately beamed with delight, "Of course, who told you to be my daughter~"

She put too much effort into the syllable "you".

Ange gave her a strange look.

She felt that Casdale's words were implied, but no matter how hard she thought about it, she couldn't figure out what the problem was, so she finally gave up trying.

"So, shall we go back now?" Ange asked.

Kastal shook his head. "It's one thing to come here and have your artifact recognize its master, but there's another thing I need to gather some information about."

Ange tilted her head. "Gathering intelligence? Gathering it at a brothel?"

Casdale gave a strange smile. "Even now, do you still think this is just a simple brothel?"

As she spoke, she clapped her hands.

Soon, two cat-eared girls entered the room.

Upon seeing Castel, the two bowed respectfully to him. "Lord Castel, what are your orders?"

Anjie looked completely bewildered.

Her expression at that moment was like this—

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Kastal seemed to enjoy the surprised look on his beloved daughter's face. After watching her with amusement for a while, he turned to the two cat-eared girls and asked, "What's the reaction from the Church of Light?"

A young girl said slowly, "They only received news that you and Saintess Ange were together. However, they haven't made any move to come and find you yet."

Another girl added, "Jormungandr is with them too, and it seems they've reached an agreement to come together to find you... and Saintess Ange."

Kastal nodded.

She could guess why Jeline and the others hadn't come looking for her yet.

Previously, Ange's location magic was blocked, so even if they wanted to find her, they would be like headless flies.

Now that he had just removed the shield, Jelina and the others would probably find out soon, and they should already be preparing to come looking for him.

I can't stay here any longer, I have to keep running!

Having made up his mind, Castells changed the subject and asked another question: "Where is the next material?"

Anjie leaned closer curiously and asked, "What kind of material?"

But Castel pressed his head down and pushed him back down.

Clearly, she had no intention of explaining this to the girl here.

Ange didn't pay any attention to that and instead looked at the two cat-eared girls who were reporting information.

The cat girl possessed a natural allure; though her face remained expressionless as she spoke, her tail would occasionally twitch.

Ange thought back for a moment and realized that although there were many beautiful girls around her, it seemed that only Nyarlathotep was a non-human girl.

Moreover, what the other party could wiggle was not a furry tail, but rather slippery tentacles.

I wonder what cat ears and a cat tail feel like?

Ange has always been a woman of action. While Kastal was talking to the two cat-eared girls, she quietly crept over, then quietly grabbed a swaying tail and stroked it gently.

"Meow!"

The girl whose tail was being stroked screamed as if she had been electrocuted, then glared at Ange with a resentful look, "Saintess Ange, if you want to touch my tail, please say so beforehand."

Noticing the ambiguous smile in Casdale's gaze, Ange couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

For some reason, Ange's usually proud thick skin had no effect whatsoever in front of Castel.

"The next material is in the Elf Forest... Tsk, what a troublesome place." Kastal withdrew his teasing gaze from Ange and began to ponder the whereabouts of the material.

Ange asked curiously, "The Elf Forest? Although the relationship between humans and elves wasn't good in the past, it's improved a lot now. They even hold regular tourism trips to each other's territories. How could it be troublesome?"

Casdale scratched his head awkwardly. "Well... how should I put it... never mind, you'll know when you get there."

"Huh?" Anjie was taken aback. "I'm going too?"

“Of course!” Castel said matter-of-factly, hands on her hips. “I’ve finally managed to see you, so why not take this opportunity to strengthen our mother-daughter bond? Don’t worry, once I get the materials, I’ll let you go back!”

"..."

Ange really wanted to refuse.

But her own strength told her: No, you don't want to.

Moreover, one is bound to be obligated to others for their food and gifts.

Since Kastel has already given him a divine artifact, he can't bring himself to refuse.

"Oh well."

Ange sighed.

After the two cat-eared girls left, Ange suddenly remembered something, "Oh right, where's Cthulhu?"

As she was being carried away, Ange clearly noticed that Castor had also abducted Cthulhu.

Casdale smiled mysteriously, "You'll find out when we get back to the hotel~"

Anjie: "???"

...

Meanwhile, news of Saintess Caster's appearance at the border fortress spread throughout the empire with terrifying speed.

The reactions from various organizations to this sensational Holy Maiden of Light were quite intense.

...

The Dark Church, the Dark Holy Church.

"Holy Maiden, please don't leave! If you leave, so many chores will be left to us... ah, no, so many sacred responsibilities will fall on our shoulders, we can't bear it!"

"Get out of my way! I'm going to find that bastard Casdale. How dare she stand me up for so many years! When I catch her, I'm going to drain her dry a thousand times over!"

...

Natural Church, Natural Holy Church.

"Your Excellency, what...are you going to do?"

"Arrest them!"

"Uh... I don't think you need to bring a machete when you're arresting someone... And I suggest you calm down. It's not good for outsiders to see the dignified bishop of the Church of Nature acting like a shrew from the streets."

"Heh, I don't care about your influence! All I want right now is to kidnap that woman, Castel, and have a bunch of little saintesses and saints with her!"

"Your Excellency, please watch your words! Besides, you're all women, how are you going to have children!"

...

This is just one fragment of the many organizations targeting Casdale.

Of course, it wasn't just those associated with Castells who were affected by the rumors.

Royal Capital, Royal Palace

"Your Highness, why are you in such a hurry to prepare the carriage? Where are you going?"

"To the northern border! Saintess Ange seems to have been kidnapped by another woman, I must go and see! Damn it, how dare she kidnap my... cough cough, everyone's Saintess of Light, she's really asking for trouble!"

...

South, Haina City

While drinking his milk, Bi Su listened to the loud conspiracies of the believers from the Church of Light next door.

"Ange was actually kidnapped? And by that old woman, Casdale!?"

Hehe, this is interesting. My strength has just recovered, and I've got nothing better to do, so I'll go check it out.