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"But it's alright, the descent was successful and we weren't detected..."
The girl in pure white turned around and smiled as she looked towards the doorway—where the head maid stood dumbfounded, serving tea as she entered.
The rabbit ears on its head froze.
“Princess Kalia…” Head maid Lucy looked at Kalia with some unfamiliarity, her mouth agape in slight confusion: “What’s with your white hair, and those rabbit ears…”
The fluffy rabbit ears immediately twitched, trying to hide them behind its back in a guilty manner, but it couldn't hide them no matter what it did.
"I've been discovered... My strength and senses are still somewhat weak..."
Somewhat embarrassed, the pure white-clad girl rubbed her forehead and slowly looked at the maid in front of her, her ethereal eyes shining brightly.
Head maid Lucy swayed unsteadily, her eyes gradually becoming vacant, before she drowsily leaned against the wall and slowly slumped to the ground.
At this moment, the last glimmer of light deep in the girl's pupils was about to dim, and soon, her pupils returned to their pure and beautiful sapphire color.
The rabbit ears, which had been solid, became ethereal and shrank back into the body, bursting like a bubble.
The pure white hair gradually lost its luster, turning back into smooth and soft golden hair, regaining its royal dignity and nobility.
"Huh, what's this...?"
As her gaze gradually cleared, Kalia looked around the dormitory that had suddenly appeared, and Lucy who had fainted at the door. A hint of panic flickered in her eyes like that of a fawn. She let out a soft moan and quickly held her forehead.
Countless somewhat unfamiliar memories flooded my mind:
“That was… me… appearing outside the kingdom… and then returning here…”
Kalia's eyes widened, somewhat puzzled by these memories that didn't seem like hallucinations. She turned her head and stared blankly at the full-length mirror in the dormitory: "What... is going on?"
"Oh? You were able to detect my presence?"
A slightly surprised female voice suddenly surfaced in my mind:
“Young lady, the concentration of your ‘bloodline’ is much stronger than I imagined… Well, that’s not necessarily a bad thing.”
Kalia's shoulders trembled. She could clearly feel the voice rushing into her mind. She gradually realized that her physical condition during this period was not an illusion, but was deeply related to the presence in front of her, or rather, inside her.
Kalia's sapphire blue pupils were somewhat blank. Then, as if she had thought of something, a ripple quickly appeared in her eyes, but it was slowly suppressed by unease and bewilderment.
Summoning her courage, Kalia asked herself:
"You...no, who exactly are you?"
"Hehe, there's no need to hide your doubts, young lady. You should have already guessed it, right?" The female voice rang out more and more cheerfully in my mind.
The voice continued to spread in my heart, carrying a sense of holiness and etherealness, making me feel a sublime and pure will.
The feeling of being bathed in a spring breeze swept through her body along with the sound, dispelling Kalia's long-standing sense of weakness.
Kalia stared wide-eyed at the almost unending, incredibly familiar feeling of divine healing that she had experienced before...
Ancient words resonated in my heart.
"Over the long years, the creatures on the earth have given me countless names."
"The dragons revere me as the queen of the heavens, the humans praise me as a god who spreads life and miracles, the demons regard me as an alien species that dares not set foot in the demon realm, and my legends circulate among countless races on the continent."
From the beginning of time to the present day... it has never stopped.
Kalia's eyes widened. Having read extensively about the continent's history, she knew very well that such a description could only refer to one being.
A true myth that no one has ever personally experienced.
"Oh, let me think, that's what you all call me, isn't it..."
The whispers of the gods, tinged with a hollow laugh, spread silently through the air:
"—The goddess of abundance and revival, the goddess of life, my name is: Mister Leah."
Or you can call me:
"Goddess, Leah."
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Demon City.
Thick, dark clouds covered the black castle, obscuring the moonlight, which was brighter than ever before.
On the throne of bones, Kletina carefully withdrew the power of authority from the sleeping Mia's body, gently placing her hand on her chest, and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fortunately, Lady Mia was not harmed in this danger."
Beside him, the Book Demon Swell served him with utmost care.
Long before Kleidina, it had already used its authority of knowledge to investigate Mia's condition.
However, as the first secretary serving Lady Mia, Kletina was still somewhat worried and insisted on checking it herself.
In this respect, it can only be said that this Shadow Demon, who is the head of all demon officials, is just a girl who is prone to worry and anxiety... Gently patting the back of the sleeping Mia, Kletina murmured with some doubt:
"Strange... I feel like something's different about the Demon King."
The book paused slightly, a strange tension rising within him. Swail took a deep breath, knowing that now was finally the time to ask that question:
"Lady Kletina, perhaps it's just my imagination."
Looking at Kletina, it cautiously reminded her:
"But do you think Lady Mia has... grown up a little?"
The air was slightly still.
Soon, Kletina belatedly opened her eyes wide, picked up the little one from the throne again, gently weighed it in her hand, and quickly raised her head in utter astonishment: "What's going on?!"
Her voice trembled slightly, and Klettina's rose-patterned gown fluttered gently as she spoke with unwavering certainty and disbelief:
"Lady Mia, she...she has actually grown a year older!"
Kretina, who had accompanied Mia for a thousand years and witnessed her growth step by step, accurately analyzed the changes of "time" in Mia's body, and her cherry-pink eyes rippled with unprecedented waves.
This growth rate is more than ten times, or even dozens of times, faster than the effect of nurturing authority by extracting magic!
What on earth... happened?
"really."
The pages of Swell's book, now with a clear answer, became somewhat heavy. The appearance of this unexpected "knowledge" was certainly a good thing, but it also brought with it entirely new and thorny problems.
"Lady Kletina, I think the reason for the time stagnation within Lady Mia's body... has been found."
Chapter 362 Awakening, the Fourth Demon
"What did you say? Swail, you're not kidding, are you?"
Kleidina's pupils rippled as she let the rich fragrance of roses envelop the entire hall. In an instant, even the entire Demon King's castle seemed to come alive, rumbling loudly.
Realizing that this would wake the sleeping Mia, Kletina slightly restrained her breathing, but she still couldn't hide the turmoil in her heart.
"It's true, Lady Kleinna."
Swell gently bowed his head: "I was just about to report to you what happened after you fell into a coma..."
Detailed pages were peeled off the book itself, and "knowledge" more explicit than any words or descriptions was transmitted into Kletina's magical energy through a special bridge, gradually revealing the mysteries that had been hidden during her slumber in her mind.
“Mino…” Kleinna’s delicate fingertips clenched slightly, her mind wavering.
Swell waited a while, until Kletina had fully digested the knowledge, before slowly speaking:
"This is merely a calculation of knowledge, Lady Kletina, but it should be very close to the truth—"
"Lady Mia's growth rate has almost stagnated. Apart from the side effects of that powerful Time Authority, a large part of it is also related to the Demon King-level magic power and the Hero-level holy power hidden within her. Hero Mino has proven the existence of the latter power to us."
"Then, Lady Mia's slow growth must be related to the mutual restraint between the two forces within her body."
“In the past, as a demon, you used the magic power extracted from Mia’s ‘Nurturing’ authority to temporarily pull her out of that state, thus allowing her to grow. However, that did not cure the root cause, because another enormous holy power still exists within Mia’s body.”
"Only when both forces are simultaneously drawn out of her body can Lady Mia's growth rate be freed from the constraints of time and grow at the fastest speed."
"So...that's how it is."
Her heaving chest gradually calmed down, and Kletina gazed at Mia in her arms, her eyes filled with indescribable complexity.
In a short while, Lady Mia has grown so much, far exceeding the results achieved in a long period of time.
Regardless of whether this growth rate is a brief burst after long suppression or the true growth rate of the Time Demon King, the fact remains that the effect of simultaneously drawing out two streams of power is far better than simply drawing out magic power.
Beside him, Swail added:
"Forgive my bluntness, Lady Kletina, the only beings in the world who can withstand the millennia-old level of magic and holy power within Mia are you, the First Demon Official, and the one in the prison cell... I'm afraid there is no one else in the world who fits the bill."
The image of that radiant figure standing on the ruins resurfaced in her mind, causing the rose on Klettina's chest to tremble slightly, and her heart to waver.
As long as he cooperates, Lady Mia can grow up slowly, healthily, and like an ordinary demon...
But when that immense holy power surged into that human's body, it also meant that they would face a terrifying warrior that no power could suppress.
"Lady Cletina..."
Swell's hesitant voice said it all.
"Let's leave this 'knowledge' sealed away on the pages of the book for now."
Shaking her head, Kletina quickly dismissed those slivers of hope: "It's not time yet, no rush, Svir. We need time to figure out the changes in Lady Mia's body."
Looking down at the sleeping face in her arms, which seemed more peaceful than ever before, a gentle light flickered in Kletina's eyes:
“I have waited for a thousand years. Now, I can endure this brief ‘time’…”
"I understand."
Swell nodded slightly, and the next moment, his figure gradually disappeared.
The top floor of the Demon King's castle.
Svir returned to the stone platform that controlled the entire Demon King's castle. Under its control, the detection restrictions of the Demon King's castle operated more tightly than ever before, but this did not bring it much sense of security.
"If it weren't for the machinations of those dark mages, that great mage of light would probably have brought annihilation upon the demon race this time."
For the first time, Swell felt a sense of apprehension towards the ever-growing and ever-emerging pillars of light within the human kingdom.