Strength 99999 but the Holy Sister

Let’s put other things aside for now. We need to find out what exactly Vivian’s Abyss Mark is as soon as possible. Now that something is wrong, there may be hidden dangers.

Aisha didn't think Tricia would be the kind of person who would do something without a purpose.

So the two of them went straight back to the monastery and found Vivian. Vivian was a little surprised and happy to see Tricia. She regarded Tricia as one of her few friends.

After the two greeted each other, Elsa went straight to the point and told Vivian her purpose. Vivian was a little confused at first, but after Tricia's explanation, she quickly understood what was going on. Elsa originally wanted to explain it to Sophia, but Vivian held Elsa back.

"Elsa... Let's not talk about my mother for now... Anyway, we'll see how the situation develops..."

Vivian said.

Elsa could see that Vivian was afraid that Sophia would worry - no matter whether there was any problem with the mark, it would only add to Sophia's worries.

Aisha glanced at Tricia, who understood Aisha's questioning look and nodded.

"Well, let's go check it out first."

Elsa found Sophia and said she wanted to take Vivian to find some information. When Sophia saw it was Elsa, she agreed without asking any questions.

A little later, after notifying Mary, Elsa waited in the reception room. Tricia followed her all the way, but she never said a word. She just covered most of her face with a hood, revealing only her eyes and a strand of hair - she had deliberately changed her hair and eye color, so even acquaintances would not be able to recognize her at a glance.

Tricia did not use invisibility or illusion, because she could not easily trap Pittman in the illusion, so in order to avoid suspicion, she simply did nothing. After all, Pittman was a powerful holy light magician, and users of holy light magic had a high resistance to illusions. Pittman himself had outstanding strength, and it was indeed not so easy for him to be disturbed by illusions. Besides, Tricia was tired after a day and did not have that much energy left.

Not long after, Pittman came in a hurry - knowing that Elsa had a request, this was undoubtedly something that Pittman could not delay.

"I hope I haven't disturbed your work by disturbing you so late. Anyway, thank you for taking the time to come here."

"No, no, but I wonder what Lady Faris wants me to do?"

Pittman smiled, which also made him feel very emotional.

He suddenly remembered that he had first met Elsa in this reception room, but only a month had passed between this time and the last time. However, now his and Elsa's status had completely reversed.

Oh, by the way, at that time he was still scornful and arrogant towards Elsa. Thinking back on it now, Pittman just felt like banging his head against a wall to wake up.

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250. Statue of the Goddess

In fact, when he first arrived at the reception room, Pittman noticed that besides Vivian, there was another mysterious person beside Elsa. Judging from her figure, she should be a woman, but her whole body was covered tightly, comparable to Elsa's half-elf friend Filia.

Out of politeness, Pittman wanted to ask the other person's name, but before he could ask, Elsa explained her purpose in a serious face. Seeing that Elsa did not mention it and the matter seemed urgent, Pittman did not pay more attention to that person.

Anyway, there was no need for him to ask about Elsa's friends.

So, after knowing the purpose of Elsa's visit, Pittman immediately led the way to the back hall of the auditorium. This was also a hall, but unlike the front hall, it was a place for church personnel to use for prayer and ceremonies, and it also served as a place for handling internal affairs.

Even for nuns like Elsa and Vivian, this was their first time visiting such a place. There was no such place in the small monastery in the town.

"Lady Faris, please wait a moment. I need to make some preparations."

Pittman said respectfully, and Aisha nodded.

I don’t know if there is any difference in the church’s method of suppressing the mark. Tricia seems to be able to do it easily, but Pittman needs some external assistance.

"Generally speaking, the bishop doesn't need to personally take action to seal the seal. It seems that Pittman takes it very seriously."

Tricia whispered beside Aisha.

Elsa looked at Vivian. Vivian seemed a little reserved. After all, it was her first time in such a place. She looked around.

"It's okay, relax, I'm here."

Aisha took Vivian's hand and Vivian lowered her head.

"Well……"

Elsa also took a quick look at the back hall.

The layout of the back hall is roughly similar to that of the front hall, but it is smaller. A sacred and solemn statue of a goddess stands in the front. Compared with the holy and gentle goddess statue in the front hall, the goddess statue in the back hall gives people a more majestic feeling. She holds a long sword and looks fair and awe-inspiring facing the candlelight.

——Elsa recalled that the goddess statue in the central tomb of the Ledes Mountain Cemetery was also like this.

Elsa slowly raised her head and looked at the statue. The strange feeling she had in the underground palace reappeared - the statue seemed to be looking at her as well. Elsa's perception was particularly strong, and she could clearly feel the statue's gaze. This gaze was not a visual misdirection created by the sculpture, but a real one.

She had never had this feeling in Weilin Town, nor had she had this feeling after coming to Dammas Monastery. It was only when she went to the underground palace that she had this feeling for the first time.

why?

Because the goddess statue in the front hall is what you usually face? ——Indeed, the goddess statue in the back hall is exactly the same as the one in the underground palace, holding a straight sword, and the one in the front hall is the one you usually see.

"Tricia, why is the goddess statue in the back hall different from the one in the front hall?"

Aisha asked.

Tricia glanced at Aisha, then at the statue of the goddess.

"One grants grace and brings peace, the other bestows punishment and prevents war—these are the two sides of the goddess praised by the world... However, it is usually the former that appears before people."

Most people prefer to accept favors rather than punishment. It's just human nature.

Elsa glanced at the statue of the goddess again.

At this time, Pittman came over with several magical tools and a holy book in his hands.

Pittman said, "Lady Faris, are you really just checking Miss Trawins's Abyssal Mark?"

"Let's check it out first."

Elsa looked at Vivian. Although Tricia kept saying that there was no big problem, it was like going to the dentist. Even if the problem was really not big, it was inevitable to be nervous.

"What should we do?" Aisha asked again.

"Please follow me." Pittman walked to the statue of the goddess, and Vivian followed. At Pittman's signal, Vivian knelt down in front of the statue and prayed.

Then, under the gazes of Aisha and Tricia, Pittman stood aside and first prayed, then recited a passage from the scriptures, and asked Vivian to drink a cup of water from a silver vessel. Although these steps seemed a bit superstitious, they could indeed mobilize the power of blessing and were considered one of the most important rituals.

The power of blessing is different from holy light magic. It is the power bestowed by the goddess. Only priests of a certain level can evoke a faint bit of it. The reason why the saint is special is that she bears the mark of the goddess and can use the goddess' blessing without a ceremony.

Soon, Pittman spread out the holy book, and the pages slowly turned automatically, while Pittman raised his staff and closed his eyes to sense it carefully.

As a result, after a while, his brows became more and more furrowed, but he still did not make any other movements.

It wasn't until Tricia also felt something was wrong that Pittman finally opened his eyes. Aisha didn't see fear or heaviness on his face, but more of a confusion, a confusion of not knowing what was going on.

"How is it? Is Vivian okay?"

Aisha asked.

Elsa was indeed concerned about Vivian's affairs, but the more Elsa did so, the more embarrassed Pittman became.

Pittman glanced at Aisha awkwardly, then stammered, "Um... Lady Faris... there might be something wrong with my ritual. I couldn't find her mark. Please allow me to try again!"

After saying this, Pittman repeated the steps again as if he didn't believe it.

Having experienced it once before, Vivian was not nervous anymore, but Pittman became more and more nervous - because no matter how hard he tried, he could not find the mark in Vivian's body. All he found was the scent of witch blood and an extremely strong scent of magic.

—That's not right? Is there something wrong with my ritual? Or have I been abandoned by the Holy Light? How could it be possible...

Pittman became more and more anxious, and his hands began to tremble unconsciously.

He suddenly remembered that Sophia Trawins became blind because of the removal of the Abyss Mark, so her daughter Vivian Trawins should also have the Abyss Mark in her eyes.

Thinking of this, Pittman focused all his attention on Vivian's eyes.

In the end, he still found nothing. He could feel that Vivian's eyes still had a strong aura of witch blood, but there was no mark.

Now Pittman was completely panicked.

Could it be that he was really abandoned by the goddess?

At this time, Tricia shook her head and whispered to Aisha, "It seems that there will be no results. It doesn't matter. This may be good news. Let's not embarrass Pittman. I will check on Vivian's situation later and make a judgment."

Aisha nodded, stopped Pittman, who was sweating anxiously, and after thanking him, she left with Vivian.

——After Elsa left, Pittman prayed tremblingly for a long time under the statue of the goddess.

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251. If there is any change, it is probably kissing

Aisha first took Tricia and Vivian back to her room. Because she didn't get any useful clues from Pittman, Tricia observed Vivian carefully for a long time.

At this point, Tricia has almost confirmed that there is nothing wrong with Bishop Pittman's conclusion. After all, Tricia has been able to feel Vivian's witch blood boiling abnormally from the beginning, but has not found any clear reaction of the abyss breath. Although the magic vision cannot directly see the existence of the mark, it is essentially no different from the blessing ceremony used by Pittman.

In other words, Vivian's mark of the abyss has indeed disappeared.

"But why? This has never happened before... If the witch no longer has the mark, does that mean she won't be disturbed by the abyss? But if that's the case, how do we explain the changes in the witch's bloodline?"

Tricia had a lot of questions in her mind. She was puzzled. There was no precedent for the mark disappearing. Witches like Sophia's at that time would directly remove the mark, and later witches would seal it with holy light magic even if they did not remove it. There had never been a case of the mark disappearing on its own.

Besides... when the Abyssal Mark disappeared, did it truly disappear? Or did it persist in some other form? Or perhaps it became something else? That would explain why the witch bloodline not only persisted but became even more active.

If that's the case, then the mark hasn't actually disappeared, but has simply been completely absorbed by Vivian? Doesn't that mean there's no way to deal with the Mark of the Abyss? Unless the witch bloodline is completely sealed, Vivian will no longer be able to use magic.

These are all speculations.

"Elsa, what do you think?"

Tricia looked at Aisha, who was also frowning in thought.

"Are there any other abnormalities in Vivian's body now?"

"No, there's no aura from the abyss, and nothing else is out of the ordinary, except for the unusual activity of her witch bloodline. She probably feels like she's overflowing with endless magical power right now, right?"

It seems that in a sense, Vivian "cheated" in the last game, Aisha thought.

Honestly, it wasn't fair to Vivian's opponents, but there was no point dwelling on that now.

Elsa and Tricia were discussing it, but Vivian herself seemed the least concerned. "Actually, I'm fine... I haven't felt any discomfort lately..."

As she spoke, Vivian stole a glance at Aisha, and this look was noticed by Tricia, who also looked at Aisha.

Tricia thought about it and felt that this matter was closely related to Elsa.

"Elsa, I'm afraid we have to put the blame back on you."

Tricia said.

After all, the witch has existed for forty years, and as far as Tricia knows, such a thing has never happened during this period. Or, in other words, Vivian was fine before, and the only possible explanation is undoubtedly Elsa.

Moreover, another basis is the little vampire named Charlie in Weilin Town. Tricia met her many times during her time in Weilin Town. The more she got to know her, the more she felt that what happened to her was incredible. And now the changes that happened to Vivian were equally incredible.

"I think so too," Elsa looked at Vivian seriously. She was still a little worried about Vivian's situation. "No matter what, I am indeed the most suspicious one. If anything bad happened to Vivian, I would blame myself."

"Eh?" Elsa said this nonchalantly, but Vivian felt shy. "Elsa, please, please don't say that... Things may not be what we think, right?"

Aisha shook her head: "I think it should be about the same."

How could there be so many coincidences in the world? Elsa was still somewhat self-aware.

Tricia thought for a moment. "Vivian didn't notice the change until this morning's game, did she? But she didn't feel that during yesterday morning's game. So, let me get straight to the point and ask you directly: what were you doing from yesterday afternoon until this morning?"

"Eh?"

Vivian was stunned by the question. She subconsciously stole another glance at Aisha. Yesterday afternoon, she was on a date with Aisha, and in the evening, Aisha borrowed her bathroom to take a shower, and then... and then...

Is this kind of thing allowed? Absolutely not allowed, right?

"Vivian was with me the whole time yesterday." Compared to Vivian who immediately became nervous, Aisha did not feel any restraint at all. "I went to Vivian's room to use the bathroom that night, and then went back to my room."

"I slept with my mother last night..." Vivian blurted out quickly, as if she was afraid that Tricia would ask her more questions, but as soon as she said it, she found that it might be better if she didn't say it.

Tricia looked at Vivian, whose face gradually turned red and she stopped talking, and felt something was wrong in her heart - the three of them were sitting together to solve the problem, but it always felt like the topic was going off track.

She coughed dryly and turned her gaze to Aisha again, "So...what did you do?"

"Buying potions and shopping."

Elsa answered bluntly.

Vivian lowered her head, and Tricia saw that Vivian's ears were red.

Aisha continued, "We were fine during yesterday's competition. Afterward, she and I went to Dongcheng District to buy the potion she needed... We had some snacks and rested in the square. We then went shopping at a cosmetics store for a while, watched the sunset, and then returned to our room."

Aisha recounted yesterday's events in brief. Tricia suppressed the strange feeling in her heart, thought for a moment, and then continued carefully:

"Elsa, you've been back for a few days now. I'm not sure if the changes only started yesterday. You two... well... I mean, there must have been some... contact between you. I thought we could replicate what you did so I could observe Vivian's condition."

Tricia said it as tactfully as possible, and Vivian didn't quite understand, but she saw Aisha nod and look at her.