‘This is bad... am I going to be investigated too?’

Cold sweat dripped down Xidis’ face one drop after another, even though Lisea and Rong’an beside her kept trying to defend her, the female knight’s determination to open the case burned fiercely, she and her subordinates immediately took out their notebooks and began flipping through them, muttering as they did so.

“Xidis Byronvis, a mysterious person with no traceable origin or homeland, earliest activity records unknown, approximately twenty years ago arrived at Silver Star Town with an infant... this is extremely suspicious.”

“Flora! Although your responsible attitude toward the Church is admirable, Teacher cannot possibly have anything to do with the Abyss, she has always been kind to the townspeople and has never had conflicts with anyone, you must have made a mistake.”

Lisea wanted to argue further, but Xidis stepped forward with a smile, her cool index finger gently pressing against the boy’s lips as she spoke in a calm tone.

“That’s enough, Lisea, the innocent will prove themselves, let them investigate, once they’re done won’t it prove my innocence?”

“Mm... but this is too disrespectful to you, Teacher...”

Lisea lowered his head, the extremely tense atmosphere at the scene eased slightly after Xidis spoke, but what no one realized was that this seemingly gentle girl was already thinking about how to silence everyone permanently.

‘It’s over... I’m going to be exposed, is there still a way to get out safely, or should I just kill them all?’

Gulp...

“And even more strange! She receives a huge sum of gold every month, how could an unemployed ordinary resident have that much money, investigate it! There must be something suspicious about this money!”

With that, the subordinates immediately began investigating Xidis’ finances, and these experienced knights quickly uncovered the truth, even digging up some shocking secrets.

Two knights stepped forward, bowed deeply to Commander Filin and the female knight, then reported loudly.

“Report, Commander! We’ve found it, this money is manuscript fees!”

“I knew you weren’t anything good... wait, what fee? An income of five hundred gold coins a month, and you’re telling me that’s manuscript fees?”

“That’s right!”

The knight’s attitude shifted from hostility to admiration as he looked at Xidis and revealed her hidden identity.

“This lady is the author of ‘Legend of the Hero’, Master ‘Watermelon Grape Silk’!”

‘Crap! I’ve been exposed! Wait, what exactly did you even investigate?’

Xidis’ beautiful face had turned pale with fear, but upon hearing the knights’ findings, she suddenly wasn’t panicking anymore... she crossed her arms and said proudly.

“That’s right, I am ‘Watermelon Grape Silk’.”

“We’re your fans! I grew up reading the Hero’s story! I’ve read your books since I was little!”

“Same here!”

“Lady Xidis, so you’re the author of this book, why didn’t you tell me!”

As everyone knew, the younger generation of the Empire regarded Hero Lott as a savior, and due to the tragedy in the capital twenty years ago, the official history of the Hero had still not been compiled.

However, there was a novel on the market called ‘Legend of the Hero’, which detailed every part of the Hero’s journey from the moment he was recognized by the Church, its historical accuracy could withstand scrutiny, the characters were vivid and lifelike, and the events were detailed and realistic, as if the author had personally traveled with the Hero.

As the novel became popular, the mysterious author who never showed themselves naturally gained a large following of Hero fans.

For example, Lisea and these young church knights.

“Ahem! I didn’t tell you because I wanted to train your abilities and make you study properly, now that it’s been exposed, I’ll give you both a bit more allowance in the future, don’t go around saying I treat you poorly.”

“Long live Lady Xidis!”

Xidis continued to lecture Lisea in an authoritative tone, the boy immediately put on a moved expression and pulled Rong’an along, repeatedly praising Xidis’ thoughtful intentions.

Meanwhile, the previously aggressive female knight also dropped her stern expression and, together with her colleagues, crowded around Xidis to ask questions.

“Miss Xidis! Could you give me your autograph?”

“Hey author, how’s the story after the Northern Wind Battle going? That’s the final battle between the Hero and the Demon King, why haven’t you written it?”

‘Can I even write it? If I keep writing, I’ll get to the scandal where your emperor colluded with the Hero’s companions to kill the Hero!’

Xidis twitched at the corner of her mouth and couldn’t help but complain.

“You’re not investigating me anymore?”

“Oh, you’re definitely innocent, we’ll go investigate others now.”

‘Where’s your professional integrity as Church knights?!’

Even though she still had a lot she wanted to complain about, seeing that they no longer intended to dig into her past, Xidis forcibly suppressed the urge and pretended to be calm.

“Writing takes time, the next volume will be out soon, no delays, no delays! And... this isn’t a fan meeting, get back to business, there’s still an Abyss cultist hiding in the town, let’s all work together and find them quickly!”

“Yes!”

Thus, under Xidis’ call, the Church knights and Lisea threw themselves into the work of auditing accounts, while Count Kavier awkwardly scratched his face and lightly nudged Filin beside him, sighing.

“You young people really have a lot of energy.”

But Filin did not respond for a long time, when Kavier looked at the red-haired young man, an unexpected scene unfolded.

The usually lazy and indifferent Commander Filin was now staring at Xidis with an extremely serious, even wary gaze, as if the girl before him were a terrifying demon.

“What’s wrong?”

“Nothing, I’ll go work.”

Filin did not answer his question and instead, unlike his usual self, threw himself into the investigation…

* * *

Late at night, after a long day of exhausting work, only a few people remained in the church, the Church knights had already gone home to rest, while Lisea and the others who were hired stayed behind to organize the archives.

It took them about three hours to file all the documents. After finishing, Lisea stretched and looked at Xidis, who was lying on the table with a tired expression, half-closing her eyes, and suddenly felt the urge to reach out and pat her head.

Of course, he wouldn’t do that, because making such a presumptuous move would definitely make Lady Xidis hiss at him.

His gaze was quickly noticed by Xidis, the girl immediately forced herself to stay alert and revealed a mischievous smile, poking his shoulder as she teased.

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

“No! It’s just the first time I’ve seen Lady Xidis work so seriously, I’m a bit surprised, after all most things in daily life are left to Sister Rong’an and me.”

Whether it was cooking or housework, ever since Lisea grew up, she hadn’t done any of it, fully embracing laziness.

In response, the girl put on a righteous expression, slightly turned her body, reached out and patted Lisea’s head, explaining gently.

“Because the Abyss is extremely evil, I don’t want something like that to threaten your safety or Rong’an’s... anything that could bring danger to you must be eliminated.”

“Lady Xidis really cares about us.”

“I-I don’t! Don’t flatter yourself! More importantly, you... you’ve been energetic all day, are you really that happy working for the Church?”

Lisea nodded firmly, his eyes burning like flames as he clenched his right fist and said confidently.

“Of course! I’ve never been acknowledged by the Nine Holy Spirits, having this chance to serve the Church is like a dream come true, I hope this time I can gain the Church’s recognition and the favor of the Nine Holy Spirits and become a chosen one like the Hero!”

After learning that Xidis was the author of ‘Legend of the Hero’, Lisea became even more determined, after all the person he was most grateful to admired the Hero so much and longed for that legendary story, if he became a Hero, wouldn’t that make her even prouder?

Just imagining Xidis looking at him with pride made him feel that any hardship would be worth it!

However, what the boy didn’t notice was that Xidis’ smile had gradually disappeared, she lowered her head, lightly punched his chest and spoke in a calm tone.

“Don’t get ahead of yourself, with your current state you still want to be a Hero, go home and rest first... I’m going to grab some barbecue and come back, Rong’an doesn’t need to prepare breakfast for me tomorrow.”

“Yes, ma’am!”

Xidis didn’t say another word to Lisea or Rong’an, clenched her small fist and quickly left the church that made her feel disgusted.

Her steps grew faster and faster, the cold wind cut across her pale cheeks like blades, yet her mind was completely elsewhere, after all everything that had happened recently had made her restless.

‘Why would such a remote town have Abyss cultists? Why is Lisea so obsessed with becoming a chosen of the Nine Holy Spirits? Is it really so hard to just live a carefree life every day!’

The Nine Holy Spirits and the Abyss were natural enemies, under their guidance how would he view her, a great demon who had committed countless evil deeds, how would he view the tragedy that occurred in the capital back then?

Xidis didn’t dare to continue thinking, she only wanted to quickly find a way to keep him away from the Church and the Nine Holy Spirits.

At that moment, a figure suddenly appeared, blocking her path...