Volume 7 Chapter 416: Final Settling Spot of the G.o.ddesses and Joint Campus Festival at Margarita Resort Plain
Translator: The Light
Edits by Grandia
Olsylvia Academy, at the newly constructed St. Michael’s Cathedral at the center of McPherson Monastery. Bella encountered G.o.ddess Suzia again after taking in the G.o.ddess of Light. The place that G.o.ddess Suzia had been staying at, Sky Jungle Veblen, had been seeing a skyrocketing population of mutated Holy Beasts lately and Suzia’s strength wasn’t up for the task. In order to avoid being found out by the Twelve Demon Kings, she could only flee to the human continent.
St. Michael’s Cathedral was discovered by the G.o.ddess of Light and G.o.d Princess Suzia had also discovered this miraculous cathedral while following the scent of the G.o.ddess of Light. She was pleasantly surprised to find that the dragon knight she had met before, Bella, was the keeper of this cathedral. She didn’t even think much of the situation before requesting Bella to give her a place to settle down at.
The defensive power of St. Michael’s Cathedral is unexpectedly strong. The defensive barrier set up by Isaman of the Renegades earlier was able to isolate even G.o.ddess Suzia from the G.o.d Race outside of the barrier. It was after seeing this powerful barrier that Suzia finally made up her mind to seek shelter here.
G.o.ddess Suzia’s combat power was close to that of the Ancient Twelve Demon Kings. The G.o.d King of that time was barely able to take on the Twelve Demon Kings one on one, but was finally defeated after being surrounded. Of course Bella welcomed G.o.ddess Suzia. She had the strength of one of the Twelve Demon Kings. Even if she didn’t go out to fight, it was enough for her to protect St. Michael’s Cathedral.
In addition to G.o.d Princess Suzia and the G.o.ddess of Light who had just arrived today, Bella’s St. Michael’s Cathedral also housed the second-generation Death G.o.ddess Rowling, second-generation Water G.o.ddess Serna, Fallen Love G.o.d Mabel, and the G.o.ddess of Life’s spirit. In addition to the generally accepted name of St. Michael’s Cathedral, Bella preferred to call this place the “G.o.ddess Prison Cathedral” in private. This is basically where she’ll keep the G.o.ddesses she takes in in the future.
G.o.d Race Princess G.o.ddess Suzia would never even think that this blonde beautiful dragon knight in front of her with her harmless smile would be one of her rivals, a Demon King, much less that Bella was even a high-ranking Demon G.o.d. Walking out so unpreparedly like this was equivalent to “throwing herself into the net”.
Bella personally brought G.o.ddess Suzia into the cathedral to find a place to rest. While walking, she chatted with her. Suzia was very naive and didn’t try to hide anything when Bella asked her questions. Just like that, the simple-minded princess let loose large amounts of information on the G.o.d Race and unknowingly betrayed them to the race’s sworn enemy, the Demon Kings.
G.o.ddess Suzia had also “sold out” the prettier G.o.ddesses from the G.o.d Race. She didn’t think it was any problem revealing basic information of the G.o.ddesses she could call her sisters to this Dragon Knight Bella. Other than G.o.d Princess G.o.ddess Suzia, the four most beautiful G.o.ddesses of the G.o.d Race are the G.o.ddess of Light, the G.o.ddess of Darkness, the G.o.ddess of the Moon, and the G.o.ddess of Life.
Bella had taken in one and a half out of these four G.o.ddesses. The G.o.ddess of Light had sought her out by herself to seek lodging while the soul of the G.o.ddess of Life was temporarily residing here. She was just waiting for a way to restore her body. The whereabouts of the G.o.ddess of the Moon and the G.o.ddess of Darkness are currently unknown. Bella figured that they haven’t disappeared either, though. The Twelve Demon Kings didn’t even completely annihilate the G.o.ddess of Light that they hated so much, so there was a much lesser chance they would for the G.o.ddess of the Moon and the G.o.ddess of Darkness who shared the same dark attributes as them.
But Bella also obtained an interesting piece of information from G.o.ddess Suzia. Based on her memories, the G.o.ddess of Light Saldina had the ability to listen and observe the movements of her devotees inside of a church through the statues of the G.o.ddess of Light that were erected all throughout the human continent. Since the G.o.ddess of Light Saldina had been put under the Demon King’s Curse over ten thousand years ago, her sight had been robbed of her and she could only listen.
Which is to say, every time Bella bullied the Holy Maidens, priestesses, and nuns in front of the statue of the G.o.ddess of Light in the Radiant Church’s cathedrals and convents, the G.o.ddess of Light Saldina may not be able to see what Bella was doing, but she heard it all loud and clear. The reason she could not distinguish Bella’s voice earlier was purely because Bella’s voice would get mixed in with the girls every time she bullied them. G.o.ddess Saldina was already red-faced at hearing those noises, how could she have the willpower to distinguish between the voices of the girls?
Since G.o.ddess Saldina knows so much, there’s no way Bella would let her go easy. After being a listener for so long, it’s time for her to become a “partic.i.p.ant”. After Bella brought G.o.ddess Suzia to a quiet room, she secretly entrusted Priest Isaman to help watch out for her. Then, Bella rushed to the place where G.o.ddess of Light Saldina had settled down. Of course, she did not intend to push down G.o.ddess Saldina through force. Her eyes have yet to recover. If she pushes her with force, then she might be bullied into becoming a “disabled G.o.ddess”.
In a corner of the first floor of St. Michael’s Cathedral, Bella saw the G.o.ddess of Light Saldina, who had just stepped out of her bath. Succubus Queen Aisha who brought her here did not prepare a towel for her on purpose out of professional habit. After sensing that her Mistress Bella was about to arrive, Aisha lured G.o.ddess of Light Saldina, who was still naked and dripping, out to meet with Bella so that Demon King Bella could admire her body.
At first, G.o.ddess of Light Saldina wanted to ask for a towel. It was very shameful for a G.o.ddess to walk around naked in the cathedral. If it were seen by any devotees of the light, then the G.o.ddess of Light’s reputation would be shattered. However, the reason given by Succubus Queen Aisha was, “we’re all girls here after all, there’re no secrets to hide”. G.o.ddess Saldina couldn’t refute this, so she had no choice but to compromise.
Bella finally saw the true appearance of the G.o.ddess of Light Saldina. After a simple round of cleaning, Saldina had been returned to a gloriously beautiful appearance. Sure enough, the beauty of the great four beauties of the G.o.d Race weren’t mere rumors. She had the standard long locks in a pure gold color. Even though her eyes were shut, it did not conceal her elegance in the slightest. Her fair and dainty body was close to the golden ratio, and standing there, one could even see a faint ray of golden light s.h.i.+ning over her body. That golden glow looked so strongly divine, majestic as an inviolable G.o.ddess.
At this point in time, your average person would have submitted to the divine majesty of the G.o.ddess of Light. n.o.body would even have the slightest doubt or blasphemous idea in their minds. But Bella is a Demon King. Seeing G.o.ddess of Light Saldina’s gorgeous body filled her mind with all sorts of wicked and erotic ideas, and she was nearly unable to help herself from reaching out for a “breast attack”. But she couldn’t be blamed for her lack of self-control, it’s just that G.o.ddess of Light Saldina clearly had the face of a young beauty, yet she had a proud older sister type beauty with a chest size even larger than the G.o.d Race Princess, G.o.ddess Suzia.
“G.o.ddess Saldina, you should stay here for a while. I won’t charge you any rent, but I’ll have to trouble you with the nun work, if that is fine with you? Right, my name is Bella. I’m sort of the manager of this Cathedral.”
“Uh, how did you know my name...But alright, I promise. Only...You should understand my ident.i.ty. I can’t just pray to my own idol every day, can I? That would be too humiliating.”
“Don’t worry, you won’t be praying to your own idol. The front half of the prayer hall is for the general devotees and the back half is prepared for you. Alright, let’s get you changed into your nun robes.”
“Uh, I can change myself...Wait, I really can change by myself!”
G.o.ddess of Light Saldina didn’t even have time to think about how Bella knew her divine name. She was being dragged into the changing room semi-forcefully by Bella and dressed up like a doll to Bella’s wishes. She personally changed the G.o.ddess of Light into the robes of a nun. During that process, she was able to see practically every nook and cranny of the G.o.ddess’s body. The holy, sacred, and inviolable G.o.ddess of Light in the hearts of her countless devotees was taken advantage of just like that. If any of the light’s believers saw this, the Radiant Church would probably face a great collapse in the faith which had been pa.s.sed down for ten thousand years.
Bella brought over a white blindfold and put it on G.o.ddess of Light Saldina. Gold crosses were depicted on the white blindfold, a product of the Radiant Church. This would temporarily cover up the matter of the G.o.ddess of Light having problems with her vision. Whether it was a cathedral or a monastery, the Radiant Church will not hire people with physical problems. So, the issue with the G.o.ddess of Light’s eyes had to be concealed for the time being, otherwise, it would easily arouse suspicion about her ident.i.ty.
In the hidden area behind the prayer hall of St. Michael’s Cathedral, G.o.ddess of Light Saldina could feel a huge emission of light energy from the idol figure that was wors.h.i.+pped here. It felt like you were flowing down a river and realized for the first time the vastness of the ocean as you reached the edge. Without needing for Bella to say anything more, G.o.ddess of Light Saldina crossed her fingers together and performed a solemn prayer to the statue she could not see.
That was a statue of Creator of Light Anastasia Vianne. In terms of light attribute divine power, the difference between the radiant G.o.ds of other dimensions was practically like a G.o.d and a normal believer of the light in front of her. There was nothing wrong with Saldina’s actions. The G.o.ddess of Light was praying to the Creator of Light. Be it her ident.i.ty or power, it made perfect sense.
The idol was created by Creator of Light Vianne herself and had a trace of her consciousness left on it. Bella herself would not wors.h.i.+p her idol. Creator of Light Vianne told her that Bella did not need to wors.h.i.+p her idol. As for the reason, she said that their ident.i.ties were incompatible. Bella was the same as her and did not need to do this. In the end, Vianne never said which parts of them were the same.
After settling the two G.o.ddesses down, Bella’s daily management work in St. Michael’s Cathedral was considered over. Based on her request, G.o.ddess of Light Saldina would temporarily serve as a nun in the cathedral and help look after the idol of the Creator of Light. As for her temporary vision loss caused by the Demon King’s Curse. Bella would find some other way to help her recover.
G.o.d Princess Suzia was placed elsewhere and would not meet the G.o.ddess of Light for now. Bella had arranged for her to become St. Michael Cathedral’s female pastor. This statue was slightly higher than that of G.o.ddess of Light Saldina’s, which was just in line with their positions in the G.o.d Race. Neither of the two G.o.ddesses had any objections to Bella’s arrangements. After all, they were “staying under her roof”. It was fortunate enough that they were able to find a landlady like Bella that did not ask for “rent”.
It was only later that each G.o.ddess that had been “picked up” found out that their “landlord” collected rent too, just that the rent was a bit special. It was something that was “precious” to the G.o.ddesses. It was too late for them to regret it then. One by one they were bullied by Bella into becoming her personal G.o.ddesses for the rest of their lives.
Olsylvia Academy’s proposal to organize a tri-academy joint campus festival event at the Ancient Saxton Battlefield quickly received responses from both academies. The first one to respond was Antoinette Academy. As an art school, this sort of networking activity can open up “special markets”. Many students over there were looking for opportunities for business deals in the name of networking. So, Antoinette Academy was the first to agree to merge their music festival with Olsylvia Academy’s community festival.
Alessandra Academy for the Foreign Races agreed after that. It didn’t take Bella any special work. There were many foodies at Alessandra Academy. When they heard that Olsylvia Academy’s festival also had good food on offer, they happily agreed to move their food festival over and merge with Olsylvia Academy’s campus festival. The various diplomatic efforts Bella prepared before now seemed unnecessary.
The Ancient Saxton Battlefield had been transformed into a scenic outdoor event venue in just a short amount of time. There was lush green vegetation everywhere and the place looked vibrant. In order to achieve the best effect, Bella and the insanely rich members of the Rose Society spent a lot of money to buy large trees, transplanting them directly at the area, making it look as if these woods had existed for some number of years.
n.o.body would even a.s.sociate this area with the ruins of the legendary Ancient Saxton Battlefield. Apart from the towering Requiem Tower built at the center to silently commemorate the heroes of the human race who pa.s.sed away here, there was no trace of the ancient battlefield left behind. In order not to cause panic, the Rose Society changed the name of the location to Margarita Resort Plains after receiving official permission from the Manasvir Empire. They won’t be using the original name Ancient Saxton Battlefield for the time being.
The students of the three major academies who were partic.i.p.ating in the joint campus festival all came together to set up their stalls based on the initiative as a sign of friends.h.i.+p. Everyone’s stalls were set up together so there was no area where a single academy occupied a large chunk of alone. The only thing that stumped Bella was that everyone had come out in their own academy’s uniforms to differentiate between the students.
This decision felt purely redundant to Bella. If they wanted to differentiate each other then just wear the school badge. Did they need the uniforms? The person who thought of this dumb idea definitely has a grudge against “gentlemen”. Except for the paid version of Alessandra Academy’s military style uniform, the uniforms of the two other academies are extremely conservative. They were designed to seriously “impede the progress of human civilization”. It wrapped the wearer up so tightly that you couldn’t get any fan service from it. Bella was the same as most of the “gentlemen”. She was looking forward to the fan service, but now it’s all ruined because of those pesky school uniforms.
For Alessandra Academy, the only one with a fan-service type uniform, the percentage of those with the paid school uniform weren’t a lot. These girls belonged to the rich and powerful type. Most of the girls partic.i.p.ating in the joint campus festival aren’t here to run a booth. If they didn’t walk around with their black and white stockings, it’s the same as not having them.
Near the entrance of the campus festival, Bella secretly set up an energy detection crystal. It was able to detect the power levels of the students who enter. This energy detection crystal is a product of other world “black magic” technology that Bella entrusted Mechanical Creator Andrea and Magic Creator Bethia with creating. The maximum energy detection value was based on Bella’s own body, Sacred Demon G.o.d Samantha.
Only when the person’s power can surpa.s.s Sacred Demon G.o.d Samantha’s will the energy detection crystal explode and be destroyed. There were only a few existences who can surpa.s.s the fourth-ranked Sacred Demon G.o.d Samantha of the World Destructor’s Camp in terms of power and could be counted on one’s fingers. The chance of the energy detection crystal being damaged was very low. For other existences not too far different from Bella’s power, such as other World Destructors in the top ten, the energy detection crystal will give a warning but will not explode.
With this energy detection crystal in place, Bella didn’t have to investigate personally and she could easily obtain the energy data of the students partic.i.p.ating in the joint campus festival. Based on the intensity of the energy, she could easily determine the general strength of the students. After setting this all up, Bella took her girlfriends to enjoy the rare leisure time at the campus festival with ease. Ever since returning from the inter-academy qualifying compet.i.tion, Bella really hadn’t relaxed properly! She will have to make up for that on this campus festival.
Not all of her girlfriends could come out with Bella for a walk. Bella brought her girlfriend Kriss and little sister Lisha. These two were walking each on one side of Bella. Since this was a public place, Kriss didn’t dare to hold Bella’s hand openly. However, that didn’t bother Lisha that much. The emperor of the Octavia Empire had already acknowledged that Bella was the ninth princess, Felia. There was no problem with Lisha holding her older sister’s hand. It was normal for sisters to hold hands; there’s nothing strange about it.
As Bella’s “temporary maid”, Isaman could only follow behind Bella and the girls. Fortunately, Bella still had a conscience and did not have Isaman wear her maid costume in public. If that had been the case, Isaman would have become the front page of Olsylvia Academy’s campus Gossip News this week. As for the other girls like a.s.sa.s.sin Noreya, Mage Ariel, and Marionette Master Elaine, they didn’t come for certain reasons.