This isn't a souls-like game at all.

"It's me who can't tell..." Alice shook her head again and looked up at the sky. "It will be discovered..."

Ye Yiyi's expression suddenly froze.

If he remembered correctly, the saint had said the same thing.

"..."

Ye Yiyi looked down at the transparent bell in her hand.

"So...why did Alice know about the Bell of the Past? Does it have anything to do with you?"

"..."

Alice frowned tightly, then sighed deeply, with a look of deep melancholy between her brows.

"I do not remember."

"Don't you remember?"

"This is the part of the memory I lost after my resurrection."

Alice said melancholy, "After parting with you that day, I reported this matter and was summoned by Her Majesty the Universal Light, and then I became her assistant.

"The fundamental reason why I can become the magic researcher I am today is because of you."

"In other words, the time loop is closed?" Ye Yiyi pondered for a moment, then shook his head, "No, there are still several steps to go."

“Even His Highness the Universal Light Master can’t figure this out,” Alice said.

“It’s too complicated.”

Ye Yiyi sighed and stopped thinking.

"But this bell, how did you think of giving it to me?"

"Because I feel like you might be able to use it."

Alice took out a similar bell and shook it. "I have another one, so don't be embarrassed."

"Is that so?" Ye Yiyi nodded. "Thank you. This is already the second gift you have given me."

"Compared to the future Yi Yi has given me, this is just a tiny reward."

Alice reached out and skillfully put her arms around his neck, stroking the boy's smooth cheek with her palms as she stared at him and spoke.

"So, when will the promise be fulfilled?"

"Let's wait until we find the teleportation array leading to Roanmoya... Hmm..."

Ye Yiyi suddenly broke free from Alice's restraints, stepped aside, covered his mouth and glared at her with a dark face.

"You haven't had enough fun with my face, now you're ready to play with my mouth, right? You sexual harasser!"

"So what?"

Alice rubbed her wet fingers and raised her eyebrows.

"In your eyes, wasn't I already a sexual harasser from the moment I saw you naked?"

"?!"

Ye Yiyi was stunned by the shamelessness of this guy.

This is the first time I’ve seen someone being so brazen about sexual harassment!

It's so frustrating. When will we boys be able to truly protect ourselves?

With a dark face, he turned around and walked towards the holy monument.

"Where are you going?"

Alice followed, her hands behind her back, and leaned over to observe his expression.

"Angry?"

"I'm not angry." Ye Yiyi replied expressionlessly, then knelt on one knee in front of the holy monument. "I'm going back to the Curse Hall and will be back soon."

"Are you going to see the Saint?"

“…” Ye Yiyi’s expression froze.

"Then let me go too."

Alice smiled faintly, "It's a good opportunity to get to know everyone."

Chapter 198 The Blind Girl and the Gravekeeper

Alice's sudden words caught him off guard.

Looking at the girl who was kneeling on one knee in the same position as him, Ye Yiyi seemed to be hesitant to speak.

She won’t fight with the Saint, right?

"What's wrong? Aren't you leaving?" Alice turned her head and looked at him.

"Sorry, I was distracted."

Ye Yiyi shook his head and focused his attention on the holy monument.

A flash of light passed, and the scene before him turned into a familiar meeting room.

Alice stood up straight, and looked around with an inexplicable emotion in her eyes, finally landing on the towering statue beside her.

"Long time no see, Your Highness the Heavenly Forger."

She nodded slightly towards the statue as a greeting.

This subtle etiquette attracted Ye Yiyi's attention.

"Are you familiar with this king?" he couldn't help but ask.

"You forgot that it was this king who transformed me from a dying man into an unknown hero."

Alice turned around and smiled at him.

“Even among the kings, there are different levels of closeness in their relationships. For example, His Highness the Universal Light Master has a close relationship with His Highness the Heavenly Forger.

"As His Highness's assistant, I have also been fortunate enough to receive guidance from His Highness, the Heavenly Forger.

"With more contact, you will naturally become familiar with it."

"You are worthy of it." Ye Yiyi glanced at him sideways.

"No way. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been favored by His Majesty the Light of the Universe."

As she spoke, she was about to pinch Ye Yiyi's face, but the latter dodged her with a raised eyebrow.

"That being said, you eventually became a top-notch magic researcher, right?"

Ye Yiyi raised an eyebrow and said, "The so-called favor is just a threshold. Whether you can seize this opportunity, what kind of person you can become, and how far you can go in the end, it actually has nothing to do with me.

"Alice, you are already a gifted scholar. You just lack an opportunity."

"But opportunity is far more important than talent."

The strange spirit beast approached with a smile, "But I am still very happy to hear Yi Yi's praise. Can you praise me more?"

"Of course you can, but can you let go first?"

Forced into a corner by the other party, Ye Yiyi, holding his hands tightly, helplessly pointed towards the door.

"Aren't you here to make yourself familiar? It's a bit inappropriate to leave such an impression on your first visit, isn't it?"

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Alice raised the corners of her mouth and looked back.

In front of the door of the chapel, the Saint, Bai Yu, Nivea, the old blacksmith, and a stranger wrapped in a coarse robe, with a bald head and a full beard, were standing silently in a row, all looking inside.

"Cough cough..."

The old blacksmith lowered his eyes, clenched his fists in front of his mouth and coughed hoarsely twice, then turned and walked away as if he had seen nothing.

The stranger next to him looked up at the statue of the Heavenly Forger, then followed the old blacksmith in silence.

Bai Yu took off his White Feather Knight armor and put on a set of leather armor suitable for long-distance travel. At this moment, he was looking Alice up and down with a frown.

The little fairy Nivea folded her arms over her chest and sat on the saint's shoulders with a puffed-up face. She looked inside and whispered something in the saint's ear.

And the Saint...

Her face was wrapped in a black veil, her eyes were bent as always, and she bowed slightly towards Ye Yiyi with a barely perceptible smile.

"My dear hero, and this unnamed hero, welcome to the Cursed Hall."

"Are you the Saint?"

Alice let go of the hand that was holding Ye Yiyi, turned around and looked her up and down curiously.

"It's a little different from what I imagined. Aren't you supposed to be a blind girl?"

Is this the beginning?

Ye Yiyi couldn't help but hold his forehead.

Sister, you are so tactful in your words. I am really grateful that you didn’t call him blind directly.

Hearing this, Bai Yu's frown deepened into a "川" shape.

Nivea glared when she heard this, and immediately tried to fly over with her wings flapping to argue, but was grabbed by Bai Yu.

"I've seen this person..."

She whispered to Nivea, "When His Majesty the Light of the Universe came to visit Dusgard before, I saw her following the king..."

　"What's so great about that!?"

Nivea looked very angry.

"I once served the Maharaja. Who here hasn't followed a king?"

The saint ignored the two people who were whispering and answered when she heard it.

"Your Highness, the Heavenly Forger, has considered selecting a legitimate gravekeeper to take on the duties of the Saint."

"Then why did he choose you?" Alice smiled.

"Maybe it's because I can do a better job than the blind woman guarding the grave."

The saint's expression remained unchanged, and there was no emotion in her emerald green eyes.

She looked at Ye Yiyi, who was a little confused, and explained softly.

“My lord hero, since ancient times, grave keepers have all been born blind, because in their eyes, there is no distinction between life and death, light and darkness, black and white.

"Only in this way can they deeply remember the name on the tombstone and treat the silent dead as they would the living."

"In other words, the Heavenly Forger chose you because he thought you could do a better job than those blind girls?" Alice narrowed her eyes.

"Is that really the case... or was it that there were no legitimate gravekeepers left at that time?"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!"

Nivea was so angry that colorful spots of light kept falling from her body, but Bai Yu held her tightly in his hand, preventing her from rushing up to teach Alice a lesson.

She took a step back and turned to look for help at the two people sitting at the long table in the hall.

The old blacksmith sighed, shook his head at Bai Yu, and waved at her, indicating that she should bring Nivea over.

Bai Yu hesitated for a while, but still walked over with Nivea in his hand and sat down at the long table.

"Don't get involved in this."

The old blacksmith advised her, "The guy he brought back this time is no ordinary person. I have seen her in the workshop of His Highness the Heavenly Forger.

"She has a special relationship with His Majesty the King. This is the first time I've seen His Majesty the King personally teach someone the art of Heavenly Craftsmanship."

"...Is this so?"

Bai Yu looked at the saint's back with some worry, then he seemed to remember something and let go of his hand, releasing Nivea, whose wings were all crumpled.

"If you don't get involved, I'll go!"

The goblin smoothed out his wrinkled wings and said angrily:

"That person's heart is darker than the depths of hell... no! Darker than the curse of stagnation! She's clearly targeting the Saint!