Lilith, far from the Royal Capital, was also anxiously waiting beside the communication device for the system to reboot, or rather for the Goddess to awaken.
However, Lilith did not rashly pray; instead, she crouched next to the communication device, waiting for news from her brother.
Although the wait was a bit long, there weren’t any matters left in the current kingdom that required Lilith to handle personally, so she successfully awaited the communication device’s message.
Even though she was mentally prepared, the message this time was unexpectedly lengthy. Lind had even confirmed with Lilith before sending that she was in a state to receive information, before proceeding with the communication.
When she saw the densely packed pinyin, Lilith felt her mind going numb. Luckily, her brother had the decency to include spaces; otherwise, Lilith estimated she would have to stare at this communication device all day long.
After reading everything and confirming that she fully understood the information her brother sent, Lilith carefully wrote down the long message before personally burning it.
After leaving the North Tax Bureau in the Royal Palace, Lilith said to her personal maid, “Help me prepare an ice bath.”
The maid looked puzzled; the current weather wasn’t hot, and there were many ways for the Queen to cool down, not needing ice water at all.
But the maid still followed the orders. Once Lilith was soaking in the ice water, she silently prayed and entered a meditative state.
After asking her brother some supplementary questions, Lilith also established a connection with 550C and learned the shortcut phrases.
When Lilith stood up from the ice water, a smile had already appeared on her face.
With these shortcut phrases, at least Lilith did not lack the ability to fight back.
As for the last divine revelation that her brother asked about, that is, the Divine Revelation Lantern, Lilith inquired in detail with 550C. The explanation was that a fault occurred during the self-check process, resulting in irreversible problems during repairs.
Ultimately, with no other choice, 550C had to control the falling fragments, which had entered the realm controlled by the Goddess Church.
After that, due to this fault, 550C entered a long self-check and repair process.
Regarding what this fragment was, Lilith received a similar answer as Lind’s, advising against accessing this information without protective measures.
Lilith didn’t insist; these questions would be left for her brother to ponder. What she was more concerned about was her brother mentioning the Lantern Dream in this communication.
Although the Royal Capital had become less concerned about the death of Augustus III, Lilith had always remembered that Augustus III’s death was most likely orchestrated by the Lantern Dream, and there was an insider assisting within the palace at the time.
Internally, the blame for this insider was placed on Caudic, but given Caudic’s position at that time, he could freely enter and exit the palace, indeed able to bring the Lantern Dream and some spellcasting materials into the palace.
Yet, Lilith always felt it was not that simple. Seizing this opportunity, she wanted her brother to investigate exactly who collaborated with the Lantern Dream to kill Augustus III.
Until this insider was uncovered, Lilith would never be at ease with the royal family.
So after sending the results of this visit to 550C along with this question to her brother, Nora had already been waiting outside the North Tax Bureau for quite a while: “Your Majesty, you still have activities today.”
Only then did Lilith remember that there was still an event from the church today. As a Saintess, she couldn’t just stay in the royal palace; Lilith had many tasks from the Central Church to attend to.
“I understand. Then let’s head to the Outer District first.”
Aside from praying at the church for the Goddess each week, Lilith’s work was fairly simple. She only needed to occasionally go to the Outer District to see ordinary citizens and distribute food, which was also an important means for the church to consolidate faith.
However, she basically did not need to personally go down to do this anymore, because of her special status. Being a Saintess was just a part-time job for Lilith.
In general, the Saintess herself would not have low levels of divine magic, but Lilith was quite special, serving more for political reasons, so in terms of healing, it was more about distributing medicine to the residents of the Outer District, and no one would genuinely seek the Lady Saintess to heal them.
Due to her extremely high prestige, every time Lilith provided aid in the Outer District, there were crowds everywhere. In fact, Lilith didn’t like this; after all, it exposed her to danger, and given her current prestige, there was no need to do such things anymore. Even Nora initially opposed this.
But seeing those who came for medicine and food in the Outer District, Lilith decided to persevere. The nobles in the Royal Capital had poor execution capabilities, and their influence was complex, so only by personally distributing the medicine and food could she ensure that no one would dare to seize them afterward.
With the construction of the northern railway, the lives of the people in the Outer District had improved drastically. After inquiring about a recent elder’s well-being, Lilith distributed the medicine and some food into the elder’s hands, and watching the elder leave step by step, glancing back, Lilith, who had originally felt fatigued after consulting with 550C, suddenly felt revitalized.
Once she stepped down in the future, she could simply focus on this.
Just as Lilith was lost in thought, a couple broke through the guards’ blockade, kneeling before Lilith with a child in their arms.
“Lady Saintess, Your Majesty, please save our child!”
The couple was flushed, as if they had spent all their strength, breathless and with bloodshot eyes.
The child in the wife’s arms appeared very weak, seemingly under some sort of curse.
The guards quickly surrounded the couple, and Nora constantly questioned a group of professional soldiers about how they let these ordinary citizens in.
The couple kept bowing before Lilith, pleading for her to at least take a look at their child.
Several religious personnel were anxious and at a loss; the Queen’s magical abilities were difficult to describe, but this scene could not lead to the couple being forcibly removed.
“This is difficult to handle.”
A red-robed priest in charge of the scene glanced at the curse on the child and quietly said to his companion.
This curse was very tricky, seemingly planted intentionally, making it impossible to purify quickly. It wasn’t just beyond the Queen’s magical level; even the major churches needed to handle it with care. If nothing was done in this situation, it would be a blow to the prestige of the Queen and the church.
While the Goddess Church was considering how to purify the curse on the child, Nora didn’t care about that. It was a religious issue, and maintaining the Queen’s face was far less important than safety, directing the guards to drag the couple away.
These two ordinary citizens, who weren’t part of the plan, had broken through guards and entered the Queen’s event space, a major security incident.
Onlookers were curiously watching through the fully armed guards, eager to learn what was happening at the event, and several individuals mixed among ordinary people had already started fanning the flames, with almost everyone paying attention to the little Queen’s every move.
Just then, Lilith stopped Nora, jumped down from her original position, and a crooked smile, reminiscent of a dragon king’s return, appeared on her face.
