Iri is very depressed right now, extremely depressed.
After all, she has been'soft' confined by the Slane Theocracy for over half a month. Although Iri's personal freedom is not restricted, apart from a few so-called restricted areas and not being allowed to leave the Jiao Country Capital of the Slane Theocracy, Iri can basically go wherever she wants.
There are basically no restrictions, but! The collar that the Theocracy's high-ranking officials put around Iri's neck is very annoying!
That's right! I'm talking about Bel!
For the past half month, Iri has been idly left in this state. All her requests to meet with those old geezers have been rejected, and no tasks have been assigned to Iri. That's fine!
The most critical problem is Bel! This guy is like a plaster, sticking to Iri like glue. Unless Iri is cooped up in her room, wherever Iri goes, Bel will follow!
It's obvious that even after resolving the Dragon Kingdom incident, these old geezers of the Slane Theocracy still don't trust her.
This also resulted in Iri having no chance to return to Nazarick, and she couldn't even make contact. In the central area of the Theocracy, communication is completely unusable, and teleportation is also impossible!
It seems the Theocracy has prepared for this. Iri has tried to use communication at many different times, but it had no effect.
To maintain such a large-scale anti-teleportation and anti-communication barrier, it would probably be very difficult with the strength of the natives. Thus, it can be inferred that some secret treasure is maintaining it, so sneaking away is impossible.
And as soon as she steps out of her room, Bel will definitely come over with a 'licking' face, claiming that she is now Iri's exclusive priestess (maid), almost moving in to live with Iri.
Originally, she wanted to move in, but Iri vehemently refused. Being watched outside was already difficult enough; not even giving her private space, what kind of trouble is this!
Of course, Iri has thought of ways to shake off Bel, but... this guy is indeed very, very good at this. No matter how Iri hides or conceals herself, Bel will always find her.
Finally, Iri was so 'forced' that she even used the Ruling Spell, risking exposure of her identity.
But! It had no effect on her, can you believe it! She actually has equipment or abilities to resist mental magic.
This made Iri very depressed, and she couldn't directly ask her if she was equipped with any special equipment or anything, fearing she would become suspicious.
So... for the past half month, Iri hasn't accomplished anything, spending every day in the dreary routine of opening her eyes to start the day and closing them to end it.
Today, like usual, after performing a meaningless prayer, the rest of the day was free time. An idle Iri could only plan to find a quiet place to sunbathe and take a nap or something. No need to ask... Bel was definitely following behind Iri, so Iri had long given up on the idea of sneaking away.
Just then, she saw two older sisters, who appeared to be from the Fire Extinguishing Scripture, walking towards her. Iri was about to go up and say hello to make her presence known.
The moment those two older sisters saw Iri, they looked as if they had seen a ghost and immediately turned and ran.
This wasn't the first time this had happened. Men were fine; they would occasionally respond. But basically, when women saw Iri, there was an eighty percent chance they would turn and run like those two just now. Iri was quite helpless.
Iri could probably guess the reason. She had been here for half a month, and apart from a certain someone who kept looking for trouble with her, Iri hadn't seen a single member of the Black Scripture.
It shows how high the level of secrecy of the Black Scripture is within the Theocracy. Now Iri is using the name of the former Black Scripture Ninth Seat, Clementine. This person's reputation is known to almost everyone in the Slane Theocracy.
After all, she was a traitor, so those uninformed NPCs who saw the famous Clementine would definitely run!
Iri sighed, looking helplessly at the two older sisters who were scared away by her reputation, and muttered to herself.
"Am I really that scary?"
"No, no! Clementine is not scary at all! On the contrary, Clementine is very gentle!" The follower Bel quickly flattered her.
This guy is like this; although annoying, she genuinely takes care of her with all her heart, almost catching up to the Vampire Bride who used to take care of her. Although Bel was sent by the Theocracy to monitor her, Iri can't bring herself to dislike this guy at all... She's just following orders, so there's nothing she can do, right?
"If I'm not scary... why does everyone else run when they see me?" Iri was basically asking the obvious, but since she had nothing to do, she might as well sound out Bel!
After all, the real Clementine was the culprit who killed her relatives. The reason she was watching her so closely was probably related to this...
"This... maybe it's because..." Bel hesitated, turning her head to glance at the figure in the shadows around the corner not far away. The black and white figure instantly shrank back.
"I understand, I understand... maybe the old me offended them... Sigh..." Iri sighed again, saying.
"Uh... I don't think that's the reason." Bel, looking a bit troubled, once again turned her gaze behind her and saw the black and white figure darting through various hiding spots like instantaneous movement, gradually approaching...
"Then what could be the reason? Hmm..." Iri also noticed the incredibly familiar killing intent.
"Clementine!!" A black and white figure leaped out of a nearby bush and lunged directly at Iri.
Here she comes again! Iri reacted quickly, pushing away Bel, who was still stunned, and went to meet her.
And so... Iri and Death Knight started wrestling again...
Basically, these two 'immortals' are self-aware; they mostly fight with brute force and don't use any magic or equipment.
Even so... these two are still the Theocracy's ceiling in terms of combat power, and no one dares to provoke them. So, when people see them, they basically stay far away, fearing being affected, and no one comes to break up the fight. They basically let them fight until they are exhausted, and then they will stop naturally.
But this time, just as Iri and Death Knight started fighting, a Chief Priest rushed over in a hurry.
"Clementine! Raymond wants to see you." The Chief Priest looked at Iri and Death Knight, who were wrestling, with a helpless expression...
"Hmm! I'm going now! Get out of my way! I have important business to attend to!! I don't have time to fool around with you anymore!" As soon as Iri heard that 'dog-shit' Raymond, who was the current Earth Minister Raymond, the integrator of the Six-Color Scripture, summoning her, she burst out with some unknown divine power and directly pushed Death Knight away.
"Haha! Raymond? Wants to see you? Heh... It probably won't be anything good. It's better not to see him! Come on! Let's continue fighting!" Death Knight didn't take that Raymond seriously at all.
How can you say that? He's a Pope, right? Can you give him some face? Besides, getting tangled up with Death Knight and fighting is definitely not a good thing! I've been waiting for this opportunity for half a month, how could I miss it! Iri thought to herself, directly ignoring Death Knight, patting the dust off her skirt, and shouting to Bel.
"Bel! Let's go! To see the Pope!"
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