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Glupp...

Marchioness Amagi was stunned and swallowed her saliva loudly.

When Lily jumped out of the Queen’s private room window which was quite high, she felt like she almost had a heart attack.

But what was more surprising was Lily’s next action.

Strolling without any burden, Marchioness Amagi saw her stepdaughter walking towards the horse-drawn carriage belonging to the Aurora Goddess Shrine, a symbol of belief from religious people who have a great source of power in the Aurora Kingdom.

The belief that involves religious movements in the Aurora Kingdom comes from the divine holiness passed down by the Goddess Aurora who sacrificed herself for the safety of the kingdom. Taking that great sacrifice, the Aurora Kingdom dedicated the name and blessing of the Goddess as the greatest religious symbol in the Aurora Kingdom.

Fighting one of the highest leaders who can move religious people is something that Marchioness Amagi could not possibly think of. However, it was denied by her stepdaughter who suddenly received a one-way attack that threatened her stepdaughter’s safety.

Even though Marchioness Amagi had little time to understand her stepdaughter, she could not make any other excuse than worrying about her safety.

When the heavenly holy dragon spirit came to attack her, Marchioness Amagi almost released her magical energy potential that would have strangled everyone nearby.

Aside from her doubts about seeing Lily being attacked one way or hurting the people around her, Marchioness Amagi could not decide on such an important matter quickly until the terrifying magical energy pressure was felt by her body’s instincts which were sensitive to the flow of magical energy.

Feeling around with her eyes that had a sharp sense to see traces of painful magical energy, Marchioness Amagi saw a large energy trail that came from the clash of the heavenly holy dragon spirit with the three butterfly spirit sisters.

The clash of four different magical energies was visible before her eyes and her body felt a fear that was difficult to put into words.

"Lily!" Marchioness Amagi tried to call out to Lily with a scream but was covered by the traces of magical energy that muffled her voice.

"Kuh! What the heck happened? Why did the Aurora Goddess Shrine attack Lily like that!" Marchioness Amagi’s anger was visible. Moreover, the pressure from the clash of magical energy emitted by the four spirits made her perform defensive magic to protect her family and the Queen.

Her twin daughters also helped resonate the protective magic released by Marchioness Amagi while their gazes were fixed on one individual who seemed unaffected by the extraordinary clash of magical energy.

Marchioness Amagi had previously received reports about Lily that were difficult for her common sense to understand, such as the wolf monster attack that occurred in the forest behind Marquess Rommel’s residence and the short duel of one of the former high-level adventurers in the Adventurer’s Guild.

Marchioness Amagi had seen with both of her eyes the recording of Lily’s fight, who looked calm and observed the situation. However, this was the first time she had seen Lily who was very calm under the clash of four magical energies that were able to make high-level magicians lose their courage and scared.

"My lovely stepdaughter... she amazing..." Marchioness Amagi could not take her eyes off Lily’s body.

That extraordinary calmness was difficult for anyone to imitate, including Marchioness Amagi herself.

"I have never seen anyone so calm when facing a confrontation with a heavenly holy dragon spirit like this. I had expected this, but this daughter of yours resembles you, my old friend, who has returned to the embrace of the Goddess in heaven…"

"If only you saw this, I wonder what kind of expression you would say to scold her rash actions."

"Therefore, please allow me as her new mother to scold Lily later…"

Under the pressure of the uncontrollable magical energy and the thunderous noise from the friction of the wind, Marchioness Amagi asked for permission to scold Lily for her rash actions.

The confrontation with the heavenly holy dragon spirit possessed by the Aurora Goddess Shrine had exposed Lily who had made a contract with the spirit. In accordance with the laws of the Aurora Shrine, Lily, Alice, and Alyssa should have undergone holy maiden training because they had been contracted with a spirit that was considered sacred for the followers of the Aurora Goddess religion.

Seeing her three daughters who were about to leave to undergo holy training at the Aurora Goddess Shrine, Marchioness Amagi felt a pain in her chest.

"It feels so sad to see them leave and it’s hard to return when they’re in the territory of the Aurora Goddess Shrine."

Spaasshh…

When Marchioness Amagi was daydreaming about the departure of her three daughters who would undergo the holy maiden training, she saw a trace of holy magic energy binding to the spirit of the heavenly holy dragon.

The dense-looking magic energy came from a girl who was very well known by the followers of the Aurora Goddess religion. An official Saintess who was directly appointed by the King and Queen because of her talent in summoning and contracting the spirit of the heavenly holy dragon.

If it were the old Marchioness Amagi, that achievement would be extraordinary.

However, after seeing Lily’s extraordinary calm when faced with the onslaught of dense magic energy, it was an extraordinary achievement honed by a strong mentality and mind.

The image of Lily’s late mother flashed in Marchioness Amagi’s memory.

"Ah! So that’s how it is!"

"Like mother and daughter, they are very similar in causing unnecessary trouble."

As the clash of magical energy from the four spirits went in an uncertain and unstable direction, Marchioness Amagi could only wait as the four spirits exhausted their magical energy and broke up the ongoing clash.

The awe of the magical energy released by the spirits made Marchioness Amagi wonder about one thing.

If spirits and humans make a contract, do they share magical energy too?

Marchioness Amagi watched the heavenly holy dragon spirit slowly sucking the sacred magical energy possessed by her contractor while Lily looked normal. Marchioness Amagi blinked to confirm her view.

"Eh? Lily didn’t release any magical energy?"

"What happened?"

"How can she survive like that?"

Various questions arose in Marchioness Amagi’s mind and her eyes accidentally saw when the butterfly spirit sisters were releasing their magical energy from behind Lily’s hair.

Sweat poured down Marchioness Amagi’s face when she realized what had happened. Since their opponent was a single heavenly holy dragon spirit, the three butterfly spirit sisters effectively channeled their small amount of magical energy and were able to withstand the frontal attack of the heavenly holy dragon spirit.

"Unbelievable, is this the natural power of the spirit that Lily, Alice, and Alyssa managed to contract?"

Marchioness Amagi was stunned by the magic power generated by the three butterfly spirit sisters.

Slasshhh...

The sharp glint of Lily’s katana had been unsheathed from its sheath.

Slasshh...

Slasshh...

For people who did not have high magical energy sensitivity, Lily’s movements were just attacking the wind and seemed strange. However, it was not a strange movement that could be seen by eyes that were sensitive to magical energy patterns.

With an accurate slash, Marchioness Amagi saw Lily’s hard work cutting the source of the magical energy collision in front of her. From a distance, Marchioness Amagi could calculate the mass and weight of the magical energy collision. In short, it would be very heavy and capable of tearing the arm muscles if it failed to slice it.

Slasshhh...

Slasshhh...

Marchioness Amagi blinked her eyes repeatedly as if she couldn’t believe what she saw. Lily’s precise attacks were always right on target and managed to throw away several painful magical energy collisions if they broke.

"Can Lily see the trail of magical energy that clashed in front of her?"

"It looks so strange when every single one of her precise movements hit it."

Sraakkk...

When Lily sheathed her katana, Marchioness Amagi paused for a moment and was stunned when she saw Lily’s posture which looked like she wanted to attack with another sword technique.

Blooomm...

At that moment, an extraordinary explosion was heard.

Not an explosion made of fire but an explosion from the random spread of cherry blossom petals.

Slaasshhh...

Swiirrll...

The Marchioness was amazed by Lily’s movements trying to avoid the holy magical energy attacks released by the heavenly holy dragon spirit. Unlike the usual attack and evasion pattern, Lily’s movements looked like dancing with the katana held in her hand.

Her beautiful body rotation, her flexible body agility, and her body’s instinct to perfectly evade attacks were like a dance wrapped in a rain of cherry blossom petals.

"How beautiful..." said Marchioness Amagi who was amazed by Lily’s body movements of attacking and evading.

Blooommmm...

A small explosion was heard again.

The courtyard of the Royal Palace looked very messy with the appearance of cherry blossom petals that came from nowhere. Marchioness Amagi’s eyes did not detect any use of magic poured into the cherry blossom petals including Lily’s body.

Marchioness Amagi did not know that the gentle and friendly movements in the fight were purely physical attack powers that did not rely on magic energy. Realizing this, Marchioness Amagi was a little scared and amazed at the same time.

Taaakkk...

Swiirrlll...

The unbalanced fight seemed to be coming to an end because the physical condition of the heavenly holy dragon spirit had lowered the intensity of its magic energy which limited the manifestation of its physical body.

Before its large physical body completely disappeared due to lack of magic energy.

An incident of cherry blossom petals raining down that formed sharp blades that eroded the scales of the heavenly holy dragon spirit was visible.

Sraasshhh...

Srasshh...

The screams and roars of pain from the heavenly holy dragon spirit were heard very clearly along with the falling scales of its body.

The scales of her body has fallen and fragile untill disappeared into dust. With her final groan, the three butterfly spirit sisters emerged from behind Lily’s hair after being thrown upwards.

Like eagles swooping down on prey in the air.

The three butterfly spirit sisters landed a final blow that Marchioness Amagi did not understand.

With the screams of defeat from the heavenly holy dragon spirit, the three butterfly spirit sisters cleaned up the mess they had made on Lily’s orders.

"What exactly did I just see?" Marchioness Amagi muttered as she removed her protective magic.

The battle between the little girl, the heavenly holy dragon spirit, and the three butterfly spirit sisters had made Marchioness Amagi feel inferior about her small magical power compared to them. Especially towards Lily who did not emit any magical energy while trapped in that terrifying battle.