NOVPUBSword Maiden Kirara was a beautiful woman with wavy ankle-length blonde hair braided back by a black bow with bangs hanging over her forehead and chest-length hair strands hanging on either side.
She has full pink lips, a voluptuous body, and fair white skin. Countless men were enraptured by her beauty. However, nobody tried to win her over because she was the Temple of Law’s female bishop and the God of Law’s faithful servant.
She wore white robes with blue outlines and a golden decoration around her hips. Her eyes were always covered with a pure black blindfold.
Ely accidentally noticed the gold necklace with a six-winged diamond gem hanging near Kirara’s cleavage.
Yet, she was drawn to the giant carved stone wall inside the Temple of Law. The world was illuminated by the six-winged sun-shaped entity. The people knelt down and prayed to the sun.
The Temple of Law worshipped the Supreme God of Law. Many monks were present inside the temple area, but the Sword Maiden was the female bishop... So, a Buddhist church?
Supreme God, sun, light, and law... For some reason, Ely couldn’t help but recall the God of Light’s soul remnant in Holy Chruch.
"That is the Supreme God of Law worshipped by the Temple of Law and its followers. Sword Maiden Kirara is a female bishop, the faithful servant of the Supreme God." Evelyn whispered near Ely’s ear.
"Is that so? Are there any records related to the Supreme God of Law? Can we meet the Supreme God?" Ely was curious.
"Unfortunately, no. However, the Temple of Law believes the six-winged God as carved there as the Almighty One, the worlds and universes creator." Evelyn shook her head.
"I see..." Ely nodded as if she understood, but she felt the mentioned Supreme God was an entity depicted as a six-winged sun.
However, she suddenly thought of her Goddess Master.
Her Goddess Master was the Goddess with six angelic wings. Her Goddess Master’s divine light might be seen as the embodiment in the stone wall over there!
In the past, her Goddess Master might have done some good deeds, and the Temple of Law was formed by people who worshipped her Goddess Master.
However, wild theories were still conjectural opinions. Ely only put that assumption to herself.
"That is the Enlightenment Ground. They are meditating to reach the higher enlightenment." Kirara explained a bit as they passed the carved giant rock wall.
"Lady Kirara, Lady Evie, welcome back."
Two female attendants approached respectfully.
"Please prepare my private hot springs. I have two distinguished guests. Make sure no one disturbs us." Kirara nodded slightly. Her attendants rushed to carry out her orders.
Kirara then invited Ely and Yuuki to chat as they walked to her courtyard.
She got to know and got along well with Evie’s friends. She was shocked by two revelations when she used her divination to appraise them.
Yuuki was actually a 10th Rank powerhouse. A Great Ascension Realm legendary nine-tailed snow fox!
However, she couldn’t see anything from Ely. Her secret technique couldn’t divine or peer into this mysterious young human girl.
She could only see Ely as a mere 0th Rank human girl. However, she was unconvinced by this seemingly ordinary girl.
Therefore, she tried to use her ultimate divination to uncover Ely’s secrets. There was no way Evie’s best friend was an ordinary person.
However, her consciousness was suddenly sent to a vast, colorful starry sky. She got mesmerized for a few seconds. But she shortly fell into an endless abyss.
She couldn’t see anything. Everything was absolute darkness...
At that moment, she felt countless pairs of eyes staring at her from the darkness. Hundreds of dark fibers entangled her and gripped her spirit tightly as if they wanted to trap her in nothingness.
However, a pair of massive purplish-blue eyes suddenly shone in the darkness. She got thrown out of the abyss right after.
"Kirara, please stop it. You will be hurt if you try to appraise Ely with your divination." Evelyn immediately covered Kirara’s blindfolded eyes with her hands. She then directed Kirara’s head to the side.
"!!!" Kirara broke into a cold sweat and gasped for breath.
"What do you see?" Yuuki raised her eyebrows. She knew Kirara could use divination like someone she knew. Still, she didn’t like it because this Sword Maiden appraised her and Ely without permission.
"Please forgive my impoliteness." Kirara put her hand to her chest to apologize.
"Uh-huh." Ely had no idea why Kirara suddenly apologized. She only replied with a tactical nod.
"Keep what you see only to yourself if you don’t want to get hurt." Yuuki heaved a subtle sigh.
Kirara then invited Evie and her honorable guests to her hot springs. He asked her attendants to guard the door outside her courtyard, leaving only the four inside.
The weather was quite cold, and they were at the top of the mountain. The four girls were only wrapped in a white towel and soaked, facing each other in the hot springs filled with flowers.
Ely asked in wonder because she somehow felt something familiar. Kirara’s hot springs had much in common with the concepts she presented to her core disciples.
The Temple of Law, or maybe Kirara herself, personally asked her disciples to build these hot springs. After all, the Guardian of Dream’s businesses were booming in various business fields.
"Lady Ely... This may sound rude, but may I know who you really are?" Kirara grasped her towel and asked frankly.
Ely introduced herself as Evelyn’s friend and dormmate at the magic academy. They had not seen each other for a long time.
However, it didn’t answer Kirara’s question. Kirara issued a similar question, though more respectfully.
"I am the shrine priestess of the Sacred Sakura Holy Land." Ely thought it was acceptable to reveal her other identity here.
"Shrine priestess of the Sacred Sakura... Holy Land... Are you a God?" Kirara muttered softly, but her mind and imagination were already wandering everywhere.
No one could escape her ultimate divination unless the other party was someone that transcended mortal boundaries. Ely was not a 0th Rank human girl but an immortal being she could never measure with her lowly appraisal abilities.
"How could it be? I may be the same as you, the God’s servant." Ely smiled in amusement. Kirara’s response was far more exaggerated than the people of the Great Yan Empire.
Evelyn put her hand on Kirara’s shoulder while shaking her head.
Ely then tried to dig some information about herself from Evelyn’s mouth by opening up the topic of their past. Even though she couldn’t remember everything and many things were still blurry, she only needed a few clues to return the nostalgic feeling. Evelyn was happy to continue their past story.
It was the story of two best friends in their academy’s daily life. Nevertheless, Ely was so glad because she could hear her past life story from Evelyn.
At that time, Yuuki and Kirara just silently listened from the side.
However, Ely also needed to uncover some information from Sword Maiden Kirara. She didn’t know whether they shared a past together or not. Still, she needed to understand why this beautiful lady always wore a blindfold.
If the other party had eye problems, then she could help. After that, Kirara will feel grateful and will answer all her curiosity.
It was a smart move. With that in mind, Ely came closer to Kirara. "Lady Kirara, may I know why you always cover your eyes with a blindfold?"
"Eh-ah, this..." Kirara was troubled.
Previously, she was the one who asked, and now, she was the one who had to answer. She was afraid Ely would misunderstand her if she didn’t want to answer this.
"Kirara, I think this is your chance. Ely may be the only person who can help you. Please trust her as you trust me." Evelyn vouched for it.
"..." Kirara was silent momentarily, then replied with a subtle nod. She raised her hands and released her black blindfold.
