The other side where time goes back a little bit.
Black caves, shantytowns.
A burst of holy light flashed in vain in the living room of Yilin's house. After the light and shadow dissipated, it was the mother and daughter who had been teleported back from the sewers of the church.
Looking at the familiar surroundings, the girl could finally breathe a sigh of relief. She hugged her mother in her arms, ran to the back room, and carefully laid Nolan down on the bed.
After that, Yilin came to the kitchen and wanted to make something for her mother. Unfortunately, when she opened the refrigerator and found it was empty, the girl realized that she had experienced too much in the past few days and could not care about this family at all.
In desperation, the girl had no choice but to call Brian for help, and at the same time, she could give Brian a peace of mind.
From receiving Yilin's call to rushing over at lightning speed, it probably only took less than ten minutes? Brian, carrying large and small bags of condolences and supplies, appeared in front of Erin panting.
He briefly glanced at the girl. After he found that her arms and legs were intact, he rushed to the back room and saw Nolan lying on the bed. Although he looked haggard and weak, at least he was breathing steadily and was fine. Brian's face showed anxiety. Only then did the color ease.
After he came out of the back room, he saw Irene sitting on the sofa in the living room. She had obviously rescued Nolan, but was still distracted. She didn't know what she was thinking. Only then did Brian realize that she was missing. a person.
"Where's Liao Ji?"
"ah!?"
"Oh him, he said he still had something to do. We separated." Yilin's voice became smaller and smaller, and she lowered her eyes later, with a slightly gloomy expression on her face.
Seeing the girl's appearance, Brian understood a lot in an instant. He sighed in his heart and without asking any more questions, he walked over and patted Erin on the shoulder, then changed the subject and comforted:
"Okay, you must be starving. This time I will show you my skills!"
After a while, the aroma of porridge filled the room.
Maybe she was also affected by the aroma of the food. There was some rustling movement from the back room. After Yilin ran over immediately, she found Nolan who had woken up and was trying to sit up from the bed.
"Mom!" After Yilin hurriedly helped her, her tears couldn't stop pouring out again, and she lay in Nolan's arms and kept rubbing her.
At first, the young woman on the bed was stunned by the change in her daughter's hairstyle and the long hair that was untied. However, Nolan soon touched it with his hand and patted Erin's back gently, indicating that she was fine.
After the mother and daughter comforted each other, Nolan seemed a little unable to hold back and asked the girl:
"Irene, I'm not sure if it was my hallucination, but besides you, there were two other people present, right?"
After seeing the girl nod, excitement suddenly appeared on Nolan's face, which even covered up her original weakness and haggardness. She turned her head to look out the window and murmured:
"I know it. The goddess has never abandoned us, she has never abandoned us believers."
It was okay if Nolan didn't say anything, but when he said it, Yilin next to him became a little angry. What does this have to do with the goddess? It's obviously them! It’s all thanks to Liao Ji and Maria!
She hated her mother's "stubborn" belief. It was obvious that they had been betrayed by the church six years ago, but her mother still believed in the goddess. Now six years later, a similar scene happened again, and even more so. Bad, even scary!
The church is completely finished! The goddess has long since ceased to exist! Erin rarely lost her temper with her mother. She hoped that her mother would stop being so stubborn! She didn't want to see her mother being harmed by the church again!
"No, Irene. I will admit my mistake in everything else, except for the light of the goddess. That light is the same as the light in the past six years. I will never admit it." Nolan shook his head.
"Six years?"
"Well, in fact, I have already had a premonition about my illness. But every night, when I pray to the goddess, when I fall asleep, I will feel a holy light washing my body. Although it is very weak, but It's still helping me relieve the pollution in my body. I think if it hadn't been for that weak light, I might not have been able to survive until now, right?"
"I know you will say that these are just mother's hallucinations. I thought so before, so I never told you. Until last night, in that dark sewer, I really saw the goddess. .”
"Wait a minute! Mom, what are you talking about? Last night, the goddess??"
Erin became more and more confused as she listened.
In other words, from her mother's words, the uneasiness in Yilin's heart when she was separated from Liao Ji became even stronger.
"Yes, at that time, my mother had already dreamed that she had turned into the same monsters as those around her, wandering in the sewers. A nun appeared in front of my mother and used the holy light to help me reverse the pollution in my body, causing all the mutated people at that time to I have returned to my human form again, and now that I think about it, I must be Lady Scutia’s messenger, right?”
Looking at my mother on the bed who was nodding her head and showing a look of reminiscence, if her mother really wasn't lying and wasn't hallucinating.
so.
In fact, before they came today, a nun had found her mother in the sewer in advance and helped her contain the evil? Is it because of the help of the nun that my mother was able to survive until they arrived?
"Mom! Tell me quickly, is the nun who saved you last night the same person as the one who is by my side today!?"
An extremely bad thought appeared in Yilin's mind, which made her think about it and asked Nolan anxiously. Although Nolan was not sure, he told Yilin that their "Holy Light" ability gave her the same feeling. of.
the same
Yes, it's the same person
When Yilin came to this conclusion, her hair stood up instantly.
Because if you look at the timeline, you will see that Maria actually contacted her mother before she came into contact with them, and even went out of her way to "semi-cure" her mother.
Why did she do this?
The answer is self-evident.
She used her mother as bait! She is deliberately leading them into the church underground! !
This explains Maria's miraculous divination ability, her incredible teleportation ability, and even more why their journey went so smoothly!
So now, the only question left is the last one.
Why did Maria do this, and what was her purpose?
obviously.
The nun's goal is definitely not herself and her mother, otherwise they would not be transported back safely.
Then using the simplest elimination method, we can draw the only final conclusion.
Maria's goal is.
Liao Ji!
"It's broken, old antique. It's in danger!!"
(End of chapter)
