Hillis sat on a chair in her room alone, her arms laying on a table as she stared up at the sky grumpily. The cloudless winter sky was so clear that it made her feel frustrated. She was sitting here because, after Libra targeted her in a surprise attack during the New Year Festival’s martial arts competition, she was half-forced into quarantine.

From the temple's perspective, this measure was necessary to ensure Hillis’s safety since she was as important as the pope. But she was dissatisfied with her situation.

Who would dare hurt the saintess who stood at the highest peak of holy magic? As long as she had the "miracle" that she created, the number of people in the world that could hurt her was very low.

Certainly, Libra’s surprise attack scared her a lot. You could say she felt a profound sense of crisis. However, during Libra’s surprise attack, she wasn’t afraid for her own safety but for the well-being of the audience who were gathered there. Hillis had more confidence than anyone else about her own safety, but other people were a different...