After bidding farewell to the three, Ellie changed back into her original clothes and teleported back to that small alley in the Slane Theocracy. Similarly, using Self-Time Acceleration, she bypassed the guards and snuck back.
Upon returning to her room, she saw Bell still squatting in her room, facing the last few boxes of snacks. Seeing Ellie return, her face paled, and she hastily explained.
"That… no! Clementine! It's just that I really, really love these, so I planned to save them and eat them slowly! I… I'm not disobeying your orders."
"Hmph! Is that so? In that case, just eat one last piece! Come on, eat it quickly, and make sure to eat it with a smile and gratitude!" Still trying to lie? When I entered, I saw Bell's disgusted expression. Honestly, if you really couldn't eat it, I might have let you off.
"Ugh! Wow… so happy!" Bell put on a very forced "happy" face, then opened the box and took out a piece… As soon as she saw the snack, Bell's body trembled, and she hesitated to put it in her mouth.
"Eat it! Eat it!" Ellie directly pulled up a chair and sat in front of Bell, watching how she would eat it. And Ellie even planned that even if Bell managed to force down this one piece, she would continue to make her eat until all the remaining ones were gone.
"I… I'm sorry! I… I really can't eat anymore. This… this thing is too cloying. I can't even eat one piece… Please… please spare me!" Bell said with a tearful face, finally telling the truth.
"It's just one piece! Keep eating! You can force it down, can't you?" Ellie said with a smile, looking at Bell.
"No, even if I eat this one piece, Clementine will definitely make me continue to eat… until all the remaining ones are finished…" Bell said timidly.
"You understand me quite well, Bell." Tsk! She actually saw through me, Ellie thought, slightly displeased, but her face still held a smile.
"Please forgive me, Clementine! I will never dare to deceive you again!" Bell quickly apologized.
"Alright, I'll let you off this time. There won't be a next time! Hmm, is this stuff really that cloying?" Ellie directly took the piece Bell had just taken out of the box and put it in her own mouth.
Ugh… super sweet. What the hell is this… it's too sweet! This is actually something used for interrogation, isn't it! Ellie almost spat it out, but Bell was watching, so she couldn't lose her composure. Thus, she forcibly swallowed it.
"Right? It's very cloying, isn't it?" Bell asked cautiously, seeing the fleeting look of nausea on Ellie's face after she ate the snack.
"Throw all these boxes out. No… throwing them away would be too wasteful. Just send them back to Gelos! Say it's too embarrassing to have him spend so much, so we're returning the remaining boxes to him!" Ellie said.
"Yes! I'll go right away!!" Bell seemed to understand that Ellie wanted to get revenge on Gelos. She quickly stood at attention and said, then deftly began to clear the table and pack up the boxes of snacks.
"Oh, right! Deliver them to him personally, then tell him they're delicious, and make sure he eats them in front of you for it to count. Tell him I said so, and it only counts if you see him eat them!" Ellie said, highly displeased.
"Understood! I'll go now!!" After tidying up, Bell swiftly rushed out of Ellie's room. Seeing Bell's aggressive demeanor, it was clear Bell also wanted to get revenge on him.
Hmph! To send such things to fawn over me, the old lady. Luckily, I didn't take these few boxes of disgusting stuff, otherwise, it would have been a huge embarrassment if I sent them to the orphanage.
"Oh, right! Clementine, Benice came looking for you earlier. She asked me to tell you to prepare, as someone will come to pick you up tomorrow." Bell, who had just run out, opened the door again and poked her head in to tell Ellie.
"Got it, go quickly!" Ellie responded, thinking, are we departing for the Elf Kingdom tomorrow?
These old geezers still don't trust me after all. They only informed me the day before departure. Isn't this just because they're afraid I'll leak information?
It was the same last time when I accompanied that old man from the Windflower Scripture to the Empire. Luckily, I didn't have much to prepare. But how will we go this time?
I haven't been to the Southern Great Forest, so teleportation is out. However, this time I'm accompanying a troop, so having Theocracy members use multiple teleports is also not an option. Are we going to walk? That's not good… However, Ellie's bad feeling indeed came true. Early the next morning, someone did come to pick Ellie up, and then led Ellie to the parade ground they used before going to the Dragon Kingdom last time.
Then she saw a dense crowd, all soldiers. It was a world of difference from when she went to the Dragon Kingdom last time. Ellie couldn't even bother to find out how many people there were. It seemed the Theocracy was determined to destroy the Elf Kingdom this time.
Then came the inspiring speech. She saw a plump old woman speaking at length. Could this be the Chief Priest of the Fire Extinguishing Scripture?
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