Volume 1 Chapter 570

Chapter 570: What About Lolth? Help Her Out!

Lolth finally finished fooling Coristo.

After repeatedly assuring the very worried Fourth Princess Coristo about her safety, Lolth left Coristo’s room with Dorothy.

She let out a long sigh of relief.

Even though she had agreed with Coristo to start teaching her how to use the power of Holy Light tomorrow, it would surely be another lesson full of misunderstandings that would give Lolth a headache.

But…

At least in this moment, she was free.

"Phew… I’m so tired!"

Lolth wiped the sweat from her brow.

The thing she was least good at was dealing with relationships.

She had even less experience with elders.

She could only rely on her imagination of "how a long-lost elder should be" to try to get along with Coristo.

Although Lolth felt very sorry for Coristo, it did not change the fact that she found the situation very troublesome!

However…

Except for Coristo, there was also a little trouble waiting for her to handle, and it was something she wouldn’t find bothersome at all.

She looked at Dorothy.

"Let’s go, Dorothy."

As Dorothy walked slowly beside Lolth, carefully matching Lolth’s changing pace and occasionally stealing a glance at Lolth’s side profile, she heard this and suddenly became startled when she noticed the teacher’s gaze was on her.

"Ah! Teacher… I… I…"

Dorothy, who came back to her senses, stammered and couldn’t say anything.

She even needed to think carefully and slowly for a long time before she understood what Lolth had asked.

Just like a middle school student who gets called on by the teacher while secretly watching someone they like in class.

The teacher was teaching, and she was listening, even the person next to her was trying hard to remind her.

But in that one moment…

Her mind just couldn’t stop thinking about that person’s beautiful face.

There was no space in her mind to understand the words.

It was like a jar filled with sugar and honey, sticky and sweet, nothing else could fit inside.

Even waking up from a deep sleep or being drunk didn’t make her brain slow like that moment.

Especially if the person she had a crush on happened to be her teacher.

At that moment, you would feel the double impact of someone calling your name and it being your teacher.

After a long while, Dorothy finally started to react slowly.

She was blushing and looked at her confused and worried Teacher Lolth, and said carefully,

"Teacher, where are we going?"

Lolth looked at Dorothy and gently patted her head.

"We are going to fix your little head and your poor spirit; just look at how slow you are to respond."

She tousled Dorothy’s hair and said.

"There is nothing wrong with my head."

Dorothy protested unhappily.

"Oh no," Lolth said sincerely and with concern, "Just now it took you a long time to respond when I spoke to you; this is serious."

Hearing Lolth say this, Dorothy instinctively blurted out,

"Isn’t that because…?"

Mid-sentence, Dorothy’s face turned an even deeper shade of red, going from a light pink to a bright, hot red.

She quickly hit the brakes and gently punched Lolth’s arm with her fist.

Dorothy was very suspicious of her teacher Lolth, thinking she was getting back at her for taking advantage earlier and teasing her!

Lolth watched her suddenly shy and strange student…

She felt very innocent.

Huh?

Did she do something wrong?

Lolth thought back carefully…

Just now, it was really just normal care.

Lolth looked at Dorothy and suddenly felt like a concerned father realizing his daughter had entered her teenage years.

She couldn’t quite understand the emotions of the girl in front of her.

"Well, after this journey, Dorothy has grown up a lot… she has her own little secrets now."

Lolth comforted herself in her heart.

Seeing her face turn so red, she must be thinking about someone she likes or has a crush on, right?

Who could it be?

Lolth felt a bit lost.

She felt a little like herself, but thought she was too ordinary…

"And besides, a teacher-student romance feels a bit strange…"

"If I still thought I was seventeen, it would be easier for me to deal with this in my heart…"

"Now, dating a fifteen-year-old feels a bit… oh dear… why think so much about it! Anyway, it definitely isn’t me!"

Although Lolth considered that "Dorothy has someone she likes," her first thought was that it was about herself.

However, she still felt this idea was not reliable.

After all, Dorothy got shy just thinking about it…

Yet she was completely unhesitant when it came to touching Lolth and undressing in front of her.

So she could rule herself out first.

Lolth thought this and nodded confidently.

Yes, it must be like that!

Of course, Lolth’s conclusion was completely wrong…

She had no idea that she had made a very big mistake.

That was trying to find rules and facts from the girl’s changing emotions and the unpredictable feelings of a girl’s heart.

A girl who could be playful with her could also blush and have her heart race just from a glance.

A girl’s feelings of liking and shyness existed without any reason.

"So… where exactly should we go for treatment, and how should we do it…?"

Dorothy asked quietly.

Lolth looked at Dorothy and stopped thinking.

Thinking so much was pointless!

Lolth adjusted her mindset, looked at her lovely disciple, and answered firmly with two words.

"Take a bath!"

"Take a bath?"

Dorothy looked confused.

"It’s to heal your soul with the Holy Light Spring," Lolth waved her hand and said, "I was originally thinking of finding a big church to borrow a little bit to nourish your soul… but I didn’t expect to come straight to the Holy Capital!"

"Now that we’ve arrived at the Eden Palace in the Holy Capital, we can really take a bath in the Holy Light Spring!"

Lolth pointed in the direction of the Western Church of Eden Palace.

Inside there…

There really is a pool called Holy Light Spring.

Its purpose is truly to take baths!

Inside the Western Church, there is the largest Holy Light Spring pool.

To be exact…

There are two pools, one big and one small.

The Lady of Light was baptized in that small pool.

At the same time, if a high-ranking member of the church was gravely wounded but could not die immediately, they would soak in the pool to hang on to life for a while.

It held the highest concentration of Holy Light Spring found in the main plane, apart from the divine spring in the underground of Eden Palace.

It was also the gentlest in terms of power.

It almost only retained and infinitely amplified all the effects of "healing" within the power of the Holy Light.

One could say that the "Fountain of Benevolence" in Eden Palace Western Church was just like its name…

It infinitely showcased the miracle of the God of Light’s compassion, a true Holy Spring that saved lives.

This was also a miracle sent down by the God of Light Himself.

Although it did not bear a divine name, who besides the God of Light could so freely manipulate and rewrite the power of the Holy Light just to give it the ability to save lives?

Of course, it was only the God of Light Himself!

The Holy Springs with similar functions that Lolth had originally planned to use…

Were merely imitations.

They were definitely far inferior to it.

Of course, this kind of divine resource was very rare.

Because it was a miracle, it was almost suppressed by the rules of the realm, just like the God of Light Himself.

Just as Divine Artifacts were hard to find…

This Holy Spring was also extremely rare.

It was not because there was little water.

The water actually flowed continually, like a real bathhouse… the true special part was the water that entered the pool.

What was special was neither the water nor the pool.

It was a concept of specialness.

The combination of the two created the miraculous source of loving kindness.

The reason it was called rare…

Was that the most important factor that made a "miracle" was the very special power of "compassion" known as Holy Light, which, once "used up"…

The recovery afterward was extremely slow.

Therefore, it was not used most of the time.

Even the Holy Maiden’s baptism was just a formality, to prevent too much use.

So, even though Lolth’s current position was "Director of the Heretic Tribunal," she might not be able to apply for it.

This thing required not just the Pope’s approval, but also the agreement of three Privy Bishops, and at least two leaders of major Paladin groups or two Cardinals to vouch for it.

But…

Of course, Lolth would not apply!

Even if this thing held special meaning and was very precious to The Church of Light…

Who cared!

She was just a succubus!

The health of Dorothy was more important than the whole Church of Light put together.

Don’t even mention applying…

Lolth had no intention of using the front door.

She planned to sneak Dorothy in and create a Fountain of Benevolence right there.

Anyway, it’s not hers, so why save The Church of Light money?

As for being discovered, Lolth wasn’t worried at all.

This thing was so precious that it might not be used even once in ten years.

Even because they worried too much about the Holy Light’s power fading, often no one came to check for one or two years.

By the time the Fountain of Benevolence was discovered, many years had already passed.

She couldn’t really carry it with her all the time.

Thinking this way, Lolth had already taken Dorothy through most of Eden Palace, and they had arrived at…

The Western Church.

Besides the underground part where the Fountain of Benevolence was sealed, the entire Western Church was also very large.

It also served as a place for the believers in the Holy Capital to pray daily.

Therefore, many Paladins and priests were stationed here.

Lolth looked at the Western Church, which was even more guarded than the center of Eden Palace, and smiled.

"Oh, it’s time for my favorite sneaking part!"

"Are you ready, Dorothy?"

"We’re going to sneak in!"

Dorothy quickly nodded her head.

"No problem, Teacher Lolth!"

"I will stay close to you."

Just when this teacher and student were planning something sneaky at the Fountain of Benevolence, ready to soak in the bath…

Inside the central church of Eden Palace, Patricia was sweating nervously while sitting there.

She had originally been resting well in the special room for the core management of The Church of Light, eating holy bananas and thinking about how to continue catching the traitors from the Wizard Association.

Unexpectedly, she was suddenly visited by two Paladins.

The two epic Paladin captains politely knocked on the door.

"Bishop Hume Valentina, please go to the central church immediately for a meeting."

Then, the two captains guided her, walked the short distance, brought her into the central church, and placed her on a cushion to sit cross-legged and wait.

Patricia was certainly a very clear-headed person.

Even though she could take down the two epics in an instant, she, like Lolth, could realize…

Her opponent was definitely finished now.

So she offered no resistance—though she didn’t know what would happen next…

But Patricia believed it could not be worse than what would happen if she took action.

However… she soon regretted it.

Because what happened next was indeed worse than trying to knock down those two Paladin captains!

She still did not know what the "meeting" at the central church was about.

But Patricia was very sure…

This meeting was not simple.

Not only because it was held at the central church, but also at this unusual time that was not a holiday…

But also because of the people who arrived one after another.

Privy Bishop…

All three had arrived.

An old man dressed like a hard-working cultivator, probably the most experienced one.

Six powerful nobles from the Holy Empire, some of whom were even royalty, held the title of cardinal, wearing the Holy Empire’s emblem and the Holy Light annulus.

The loving and just leader of the Paladins.

A person in a purple robe from the Heretic Tribunal, likely the head of the foreign affairs department—it’s understandable that the director, Lolth, was not there.

Then there were three Paladins wearing special light armor.

Each one was from the Holy Domain.

Patricia knew that these were the three captains of the sanctuary knights from Eden Palace—they did not belong to any Grand Knight group, but they stood equal to the three major knight orders with just three small teams.

Two of them looked like cardinals, but the Holy Light annulus embroidered on their robes shone brightly.

This meant "the honorary bishop of Eden Palace"—the churches in their area were the two churches of Eden Palace, one to the east and one to the west.

To be honest…

In a proper year-end celebration, not everyone who came may have had this whole gathering.

Besides being impersonated by Lolth, the real Director of the Heretic Tribunal didn’t even know where she was.

It seemed like the Pope, who had limited mobility…

And the Lady of Light and the leader of the Knights of the Oracle, who were in prison in Hillenbrand Town…

Patricia discovered that basically everyone who had a say at The Church of Light was there.

Of course, Patricia did not know that the real Director of the Heretic Tribunal was also in Hillenbrand Town…

Although, in a sense, the three most important individuals did not come.

But these were still weighty enough.

Sitting among them, the bishop "Hume Valentina" seemed so out of place.

Patricia felt a tingling on her scalp…

She really wanted to just run away.

But…

Not to mention running away, even just standing up suddenly…

She would probably be pushed down to the ground in an instant.

With tears she couldn’t cry, Patricia could only watch and wait.

At the same time, she was crying out in her heart…

"Where is Lolth? Help me out!"