72. What’s Wrong with That?
If the Saintess truly became a dragon and even defected to Calysia’s camp, wouldn’t humanity be completely doomed? Her plans, her goals, would all be disrupted to varying degrees.
This was an unprecedented crisis for Reina.
Why did the Saintess have to become a dragon and her daughter?!
Anyone else could have been her daughter, but if it was the Saintess…
Reina’s face turned pale.
And at this moment, Calysia and Agnes were still chatting.
“Mother, when are we going to kill all the humans?”
“Hehe, that depends on Agnes’s mood~”
“Okay~”
Reina almost fainted from anger.
—But it’s not too late!
She stood up resolutely and said to Calysia, “By the way, Little Cal, I have something to say to Agnes. Let’s go to the warehouse…”
“Do you need me to help you?” Calysia seemed to have seen through everything.
“No.”
Reina’s face darkened.
She took Agnes’s hand and walked towards the space created near the dining room. She almost bumped into the wall twice, and in the end, it was Agnes who had to guide her to the warehouse.
Sitting opposite each other, Reina placed her hands on Agnes’s shoulders.
“Agnes, you haven’t completely transformed into a dragon yet, have you?”
“Mm-hmm, I still have a bit of my human form left~”
“Mmph…”
Reina took a deep breath.
“Do you want to turn back into a human?”
Although strictly speaking, it was a pipe dream for the current Saintess, whose body had been completely reshaped, to turn back into a human, Reina still couldn’t accept it. She still held onto a sliver of hope that the human part of the Saintess still existed, and that she could have a Saintess who was willing to remain human.
So, she decided to pin her hopes on the Saintess.
The current Agnes should be like her former self, without any spiritual sustenance. She would definitely be able to find some other way!
But Agnes didn’t answer.
Seeing this, Reina continued: “Agnes, if you’re not willing to become a dragon, I might have a way to make you more human…”
She still didn’t say anything. Reina couldn’t see her expression and didn’t dare to touch her, quietly waiting for an answer. At the same time, she held her breath, feeling the flow of emotions in the air, conveyed through the Saintess’s slightly rapid breathing.
But the Saintess lowered her head, her body curling up, even trembling slightly.
Then, she asked in a pleading voice:
“Mo…ther… do you dislike me?”
“Eh…? I didn’t…”
Reina was at a loss for words.
Reina froze.
She didn’t know if it was because she was too anxious, or if she was being cold and unfeeling, but she found that she had said such cold words.
The current Saintess no longer had a real “home.”
Richard was killed by Reina.
Humanity was infiltrated by her.
Even the Cardinals were either dead, injured, or had defected because of Reina.
The Saintess had long lost her reason to stand with humanity.
And now, she was actually trying to make her stand with humanity again for her own selfish desires?
What would she think?
She would think that all of this was a false gentleness, a compromise on Reina’s part. She would be at a loss because of her position, unable to eat or sleep.
Was she really such a cold and unfeeling person…
Reina’s hands, which were on Agnes’s shoulders, gradually slipped down and rested on her own thighs. Then, she pulled Agnes into her arms and gently patted her back.
“Good girl, I don’t dislike you. Forget what I said just now… I’m sorry, I’ve been lying to you all this time. I promise it won’t happen again…”
“Mother…”
Reina felt a wetness on her chest.
Agnes’s sobs were almost inaudible, her slight trembling betraying her emotions.
So, she held Agnes, and only after she had recovered did she tentatively release her, filled with regret.
…
After dinner, Calysia bathed with her main body, and Reina used her clone to clean a separate room for Agnes. Of course, although she said she was cleaning it herself, because of her blindness, it was mostly Agnes who was helping.
—She actually had some housekeeping skills. It turned out that Agnes had often helped with chores in the orphanage. After tidying up a place that could be used as a separate room, Reina took Agnes to the dressing room, where there were several clothes she had never worn.
Finally, the Saintess’s church robe was changed, and she put on a Lolita-style dress, like a multi-layered little cake. She wore white stockings and matching sleeves, sensual and beautiful. One second she was a holy Saintess, the next she was a dragon princess, three parts playful and seven parts mature.
Reina had already thought about how to announce the Saintess’s identity… This way, she could operate in the dragon race as the eldest princess, instead of in the human world.
But doing so might cause an uproar in the theocratic nation, and might even lead to a collapse of faith.
…But no matter what, she still needed an identity.
After changing clothes, the two sat in the recreation area’s lounge and chatted.
Agnes marveled at the luxury of the Dragon King’s Palace and praised Reina’s cleaning skills.
“In the past, was Mother Reina responsible for the entire Dragon King’s Palace?”
“Of course~” Reina put her hands on her hips. “I was in charge of everything, from top to bottom, all by myself, and I could even squeeze out two days of rest~”
Although there was some exaggeration, Reina believed this was her talent.
But Agnes shook her head, refuting Reina’s view:
“Mother, no… you said before that you just had a habit of cleaning, it’s impossible to master the work of a maid so quickly.”
Agnes took a sip of tea.
“Without professional training, it’s impossible to even do the most basic glass cleaning properly. No matter how talented Mother Reina is, it’s impossible to be completely self-taught… at least I don’t believe it.”
Reina shrugged and chuckled wryly: “But that’s the truth~”
“No… perhaps you and Mother Calysia had a life together before, you just don’t remember, for various reasons.”
“Hmm…”
Reina lowered her head.
Although she didn’t want to think too much about these troublesome past events before the truth came out, she now had to admit that she was definitely not just a simple game player who had transmigrated into this world.
There must be an unknown past that connected the two events, leading to the current situation, and she might have replaced the Goddess of Light during this period.
Recalling what Fred had said, that “Dark Elf Queen’s illusion” was intriguing.
Agnes, sensing Reina’s mood, immediately changed the subject:
“Did Mother like Mother Calysia from the very beginning?”
“Hmm… actually, I didn’t like her before.”
Reina thought for a moment and felt there was no need to deceive, so she told the truth.
“Why?”
“There are many reasons…”
“Tell me about them,” Agnes’s expression was playful.
“…”
Reina puffed out her cheeks, as if recalling some past events.
She said sternly:
“Because Calysia always made me angry!”
“She always liked to use me as a body pillow, she wouldn’t clean and I had to do it, she didn’t know how to schedule and I had to write it for her, she would even ditch her work to be with me, she was completely clueless when she was sold out by Phantom Dragon, and her cooking skills, that goes without saying! It was a complete disaster, and she even called me to bathe with her…”
Reina said a lot in one breath.
“In short, that dummy can’t live without me.”
“Then why are you still together?” Agnes continued to guide the conversation.
“Because she’s my master♡”
“…”
“What, is there something wrong with that?”
