The Noble Lady of Lust

Chapter 138: Protection from Lust

Things went more smoothly than I thought, although there were several twists and turns and complications; after three days, everything was back to normal.

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After returning with Elena’s group and meeting a few groups on the road and not finding anyone from the organisation, we joined up again with William’s group, who had already set up an improvised barricade where I told them to.

I myself also collaborated by putting up more anti-detection barriers, and thanks to Elena who also discreetly put up some with her blessing, we hid without attracting any more attention.

William had proposed to gather more student, but we all refused it was too dangerous, luckily he was persuaded, that bastard with a hero complex, well I was going to knock him out if necessary.

I can’t lose my golden ticket, the benefits it brings were even better than I thought, and it showed when I got so many useful things from the vaults of his legacy.

We were safe in the cave and no matter what means they used to track us, as long as Elena created a barrier, it was difficult to locate us.

At that point I also heard about what had happened on the way to my group from Elena herself, and I scolded her.

Yes, it was me who scolded her, which hadn’t happened in a long time; Elena was arrogant and was easily found out. If she had cast higher level spells, that guy, who I assumed was blessed by a god related to sound, wouldn’t have found her so easily.

But I also complimented them on their work; Elena even used her blessing in its pure form, no spells involved, which is difficult since incorporating it into spells is more manageable, but using it in its pure form makes it more effective and absolute, but difficult to use effectively.

Alice also handled the situation well, and Selene.... well, apparently it was a piece of cake.

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Finally, we managed to remain unnoticed long enough for the instructors, busy with the beasts, to act. Apparently, the enemies used artifacts to induce a massive beast stampede from deep in the forest was what I assumed when I heard the message and what the old woman said, keeping the instructors busy.

Not only them; also the knights and soldiers of the kingdom, the stampede was so large that only a few could maneuver to take care of the students and notice the presence of the organization.

As the place was a gigantic forest, it took time to gather the students. Even so, many people were kidnapped, and when the enemies noticed that things were stabilizing, they decided to escape taking about 60 students with them, including important figures such as Seraphina and the fourth prince of the kingdom, my fiancé.

Yes what a tragedy, but it amused me that this idiot who doesn’t know his place and tries to talk to me was also kidnapped, causing a smile to escape from my face when I heard the news of the mass kidnapping.

It was a bad moment because at that moment I was in front of Eira and she questioned me again like crazy, about what was going on and what I found funny, when I refused to talk again we had a cat fight, but it ended in a draw this time, even so, I refused to say anything.

Although i explained clearly and in detail my plan to Elena and the rest of the girls, who knew about my clone, i even received a sincere apology from Elena, which almost made me faint, i guess i scolded her a lot, so i gave her a nice dessert to improve her mood.

The results of the abductions, although only I know, were better than expected, as they saved more than 80% of the students unlike what happened in the third generation, in the inherited memories. it too helped that the kingdom was on alert for the demons.

Unlike my alternate self, or what happened in the quiet year of the third generation who were taken by surprise, this time they were not careless, which prevented the downfall of the entire generation.

Still, I didn’t like them disrupting things when they were just getting started, so I took care of those guys, though using the power of others, obviously.

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It was that very day when the base of those guys was discovered. Duke Silvercres quickly assembled an elite team with the help of other kingdoms to destroy the base.

And how did they find it? Well, Seraphina, that is, my doppelgänger, had a powerful locating artifact: the bracelet that Elena hid and that I gave to my doppelgänger. The enemies, although they especially checked Seraphina, did not notice the bracelet hidden with Elena’s blessing.

However, I didn’t activate it right away; I was on what looked like a flying ship for hours, and when we finally reached a place where I saw more ships from elsewhere, I activated it, assuming that was their base.

The locator artifact too was something I got from the domain, and I gave my father the counterpart, so he could locate me in case he was in a bad situation.

It was my trump card, and I wanted to destroy that damn organization before it caused trouble. Before they could start turning us into agents of those shitty gods or kill us for having someone else’s blessing, the rescue team led by my father arrived.

It was a force of the five kingdoms. It was a battle that lasted a long time and even my father was injured, but they finally destroyed that organization, and everyone was returned to their home kingdom. Yes, it was easy to deal with.

It wasn’t me who acted, but why do it if I can use someone else? It would be stupid to confront them and allow them to become recurring enemies who would make plans to keep bothering me.

That’s why I planned to use the strength of the five realms to weaken them. Although I knew that not all of the organization was in that place, there was the majority that operated on this continent.

I knew there were more on other continents as well, but well, that’s not my problem anymore. I rescued the hostages, and that’s already a good thing.

Finally, the test was cancelled, although they still counted the points we had up to the moment of the incident and gave us a score. Now came the really important part.

’Hey, why are we thinking about what happened as if we were saying a summary of the facts?’.

’No... Well, it’s to get my nerves out, you know?’

’Yes... we’re very nervous; it’s only natural, considering we’re going to have to deal with a goddess’.

’Yeah..., fuck yeah. More like the fact that I’m talking to you doesn’t help either, don’t talk to me.

’Idiot, it’s the same as asking you to shut up yourself, since in the end even now it’s like we’re talking to ourselves, right?’

’...., hey you know what, if there’s any chance, we have to see if we’re not going crazy’.

’...I agree.’

I’d better stop talking to my own parallel thinking; I might actually go crazy. At least I know it’s impossible because of my blessing, but who knows how effective it is? Anyway, I take quick, deep breaths, and brace myself. I am in my original form, as Seraphina.

In front of the gigantic temple, an infrastructure that stands out even within the academy, which in itself is large and eye-catching, there were many people. All students were allowed to come, and it was even almost mandatory, although if you already possessed a blessing, it was not necessary.

I couldn’t come with both identities to such a dangerous place so I had no choice but to show that I already had a blessing and with Astrid’s support, I managed to get Chris to not have to attend this ceremony.

Now in my original form and also unchained the dopelganger I needed all my concentration for what was to come and I was a little nervous about how things would turn out, but it was time to face that goddess of shit.

My alternate self didn’t own the legacies, so all he knew and understood about them were things he heard and gathered from others, but didn’t personally experience, so he didn’t give me enough confidence, Still, it was a step I had to take.

As for the rest of my dynamite 2.0 team except for Alice, who was blessed by the plant god. As far as I know, this time, the twins and Silvia would be the only ones in our group to be blessed.

But as they are now better than they should be, there was a chance that they would attract more attention from some god, I hoped that at least Lys would receive her blessing beforehand as it would help them to grow faster .

My main concern was Elena, as her god is not at all welcome. Luckily, under my protection of lust, I should not be detected, unless I want to, and Elena fortifies my protection every day.

I did the same with Aurora, who had a blessing from the god of illusions. And well, again I made her drink that mysterious liquid, which she says is delicious. I expected nothing less from a half demon of lust.

’ Makes me wonder what will happen when she finally finds out?’

With everything ready, I watched as the large doors of the temple opened and a ripple of energy went through me. It was refreshing and pure, as well as concentrated. I immediately felt my mana stat go up a point.

’In fact, it’s a temple that only opens every six months.’

With the guidance of the instructors, we entered the temple.

’It was time to act.’

As soon as I set foot inside,I felt something in me change and immediately looked at my status:

Protection from Lust (A) >> Protection from Lust (Ex).

’oh! that’s the way things are, now everything makes sense’.