She stopped crying:
“Bella, I am Bella.”
“Bella?”
“Yes, what about you?”
“Gaia.” The boy paused for a long time. “Bella, did you save me?”
“It was me.”
No, it was yourself.
Liu Yu said in her heart.
The God of Light would not treat herself badly. The incarnation she casually pinched was much stronger than an ordinary person. If it were someone else, they would have gone to heaven to report long ago.
Seeing that he wanted to say something, she put her finger on his mouth and “shushed” him:
“Don’t speak, I’ll take you to see a doctor.”
Gaia indeed stopped talking.
Liu Yu raised the basket with one hand and supported Gaia with the other. The boy’s heavy body pressed against her:
“Lower your head.”
When they reached the mouth of the cave, Liu Yu couldn’t help but look back and quietly put the glass bead in her pocket——
She knew that she had stolen the memories of a god.
But who cared?
Gaia would be better off recovering his memories late.
“Did you see… a bead?”
The boy suddenly asked.
“A bead?” Liu Yu innocently said, “What bead?”
“…I don’t remember.”
The boy’s voice was full of confusion and regret. “I always feel like it’s important.”
“I didn’t see it.”
Chapter Three: External Assistance
Soren Academy, as the best noble academy in the whole Soren City-State, not only had top-notch teaching staff, but even the gatekeepers were retired soldiers from the royal guard.
They had eyes like hawks and noses like hunting dogs—if necessary.
However, most of the time, these soldiers were lazy. They would rather enjoy their leisure time than provoke the nobles’ children. After all, if the whip hit them, even resisting would result in a week-long stay in the city-state prison for them, the commoners.
Therefore, when Liu Yu boarded the Fergus family’s carriage and showed a charming face while fiercely shouting “make way” at the gate, the gatekeepers let her go without even checking.
“D-Do we not need to stop her?”
The newly arrived greenhorn blushed and stared at the carriage disappearing into the distance.
“Stop? Stop her with what?”
“But the school rules state that students are not allowed to go out during class…”
“Alright, wake up, you brainless kid. Are the school rules going to shield you from the whip or get you out of prison? We can’t interfere with what the nobles are doing, but those truly refined and elegant young ladies and gentlemen, we need to stop them and ask for the headmaster’s note. But if it’s someone from the Fergus family like that, although they’ve fallen, they still insist on looking down on others. Let’s just stay away from them.”
“Miss Bella doesn’t seem like that kind of person. She looks as delicate as a rose…”
The greenhorn received a blow on the head.
“You little brat, let me tell you, roses have thorns.” The person next to him grumbled, “Do you know who the crying young lady just now was? She was Miss Bella’s sister. Although their family can still afford to hire servants, they make her walk three kilometers under the sun every day to deliver meals…”
“…Prince Carlo met her last time and talked to the poor young lady. He said that Miss Bella’s behavior is so mean and goes against the dignity of the Fergus family. It’s outrageous, very outrageous…”
Naturally, Liu Yu was unaware of the discussion about her behind her back.
At this moment, she was sitting in the carriage, looking out at the broad street through the window, the snow-white dome, and the passing crowd.
The exotic scenery reminded her once again that she was no longer in her original world.
The city-state guards patrolled the streets in their light silver armor, while pure white pigeons flew through the dome.
“Bang Bang…”
The sound of a church bell rang twelve times.
The pedestrians all stopped, prayed to the sky, and even the carriage came to a halt.
Liu Yu heard the coachman praying devoutly:
“…Merciful and great God of Light, thank you for bestowing upon us light and freedom, helping us drive away darkness and evil, allowing us to have abundant food and the freedom to live. This world exists because of you…”
The entire city seemed to have been put on hold by the bell.
After a while, the carriage started moving again, and the pedestrians resumed walking and merged into the crowd.
Facing this religious fervor, she was both curious and horrified. In this world, the God of Light was equivalent to faith.
She couldn’t help but gaze at the incarnation of the God of Light in front of her.
The boy was pale and thin, and his body was covered in dried blood, making him look utterly disheveled. However, due to his innate elegance, he didn’t seem down and out; instead, he had a queer nobility that made people hesitate to approach him.
“Bella?”
The boy seemed to perceive her gaze and looked up at her.
His eyes were tied up with a white lace headband, revealing his high nose and thin pale lips. Although his face was already cleaned of blood, the delicate lace trim on his youthful face did not appear effeminate. Instead, there was a delicate and fragile nature, as delicate and snow-white as a thin layer of ice.
“…Bella?”
Liu Yu’s mouth drooped:
This was the third time today.
This was the third time she had been dumbfounded by a man.
She rubbed her face, trying to immune herself to the “elf-level” beauty in front of her, and took out a flower pastry from the basket:
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