Volume 3: Angel Sanctuary Arc
Chapter 1: Crisis
Luo Yuxi looked at the village surrounded by rice paddies, a picturesque scene. After enhancing her body with divine arts, she ran towards the village, a sense of familiarity washing over her as she looked at the golden fields.
“It feels like coming home, so relaxing~”
Luo Yuxi squatted by the side of the road, looking at the rice paddies, thinking, So angels are similar to humans, they also grow crops. She stood up and saw a figure her own height in the distance.
“I’ve seen angels in the divine realm, but this is my first time seeing them in this world~”
She approached, about to greet the figure, when she noticed the girl’s back was quite delicate, and she had no wings.
“Wait, a human?”
Her gasp caught the girl’s attention. The girl turned, and seeing Luo Yuxi in her nun’s habit, she dropped her basket.
“Who! Who are you?!”
The girl looked at Luo Yuxi with a mixture of wariness and fear. Luo Yuxi was surprised to see a human in the angel territory.
“That’s not right, angels aren’t that inclusive…”
“Hey, I asked you a question!”
“She doesn’t recognize the nun’s habit? It seems she hasn’t had any contact with the Church…”
“What are you muttering about?”
Luo Yuxi looked at the girl’s guarded expression, wondering if she had come to the wrong place. Maybe the Church didn’t have an outpost in the angel territory. But looking at the holy city in the distance, radiating a divine aura comparable to Apal, she asked,
“Excuse me, is that city over there where the angels live?”
“You mean the Divine Messengers? Only the elders of the tribe know about them. We’re just ordinary humans, we don’t even have the right to see them. Wait, who are you?!”
Before Luo Yuxi could ask anything else, the girl blew a whistle. Several figures shot up from the village and flew towards them. Seeing their white wings, Luo Yuxi thought, Are those angels?
“I’ve already called the village guards! You better surrender!”
“Huh? I didn’t do anything!”
Luo Yuxi looked at the approaching figures. Although they were beautiful, their wings were smaller than those of the angels she had seen. The panel lit up.
[Harpy Race]
[A lower race of angels, their bloodline so diluted they can only grow wings. A branch of the angel race, they usually serve as guards.]
“Harpy race…”
Luo Yuxi looked at the description. In the giant territory, she had seen giant girls hunting, but here, in the angel territory, she had only encountered harpies.
“Are all the angels in that city? Well, if I explain my purpose, they should let me in, right…?”
As she was thinking, an arrow whizzed past her ear, cutting off a few strands of her pink hair.
“What the—?! I haven’t even said anything! Why are they attacking?!”
“The Divine Messengers’ assistants are our village’s guards! I advise you to surrender and not resist…”
The girl backed away. Luo Yuxi looked at the harpies, then at the human girl, and grabbed her, holding her as a hostage.
“Sorry, you’ll have to be my hostage for a bit!”
“What! What are you doing?! Guards, save me!”
“You up there! Don’t attack! I just want to talk!”
Luo Yuxi hadn’t expected them to be so unreasonable. Even with a hostage, they didn’t stop, another volley of arrows flying towards her, not even trying to avoid the girl in her arms.
“Wait, what the heck?! Don’t you see I have a hostage?!”
[Divine Art: Holy Light Shield]
Luo Yuxi raised her hand, a golden shield appearing before her, deflecting the arrows. The girl in her arms trembled with fear.
“Hey, you said they were guards! Don’t they care about your safety…?!”
“I… I don’t know…”
The girl was clearly terrified. When the arrows stopped, Luo Yuxi lowered her shield.
“Human, where did you learn that magic…?”
The harpies landed, their leader, in armor, putting away her weapon.
“I should be answering your question, but I’m not in the mood right now…”
“A lowly human, I advise you not to push your luck~”
Luo Yuxi, hearing the arrogant words, looked at the harpy, her face hidden by a helmet, a smug smile on her lips.
“Then… I have a question. I have a hostage, right? Shouldn’t you save her first…?”
The harpy and her soldiers laughed. Luo Yuxi didn’t understand what was so funny.
“A mere toy, what’s the point of saving it~?”
“Toy?”
Luo Yuxi understood. This was the first time she had heard this term since leaving the Church. In the game, even the succubi, who craved human bodies, wouldn’t dare attack openly, fearing the Church’s power.
“Yes, just a toy. And this village hasn’t delivered any human pets for a long time, I haven’t had a chance to get a promotion~”
“It seems the Church isn’t here. In that case, there’s no need to stay…”
Luo Yuxi looked at the terrified human girl. She would rather trust a race that treated her as a toy than her own kind? Luo Yuxi turned to leave, but another arrow landed at her feet.
“What’s the meaning of this…?”
“I’ve just realized, although you’re also human, such a high-quality toy would surely please the Master~”
