“Yes, Mother Tree of Life seems to be very fond of you, Your Highness,” Sephirena said with a laugh.

“It’s probably because the Tree of Life recognized who my mother is.” Liana didn’t think there was anything about her that the Tree of Life would have taken a liking to at their first meeting.

“Mother Tree of Life never looks at these things. There must be something special about you, Your Highness, for her to pay you extra attention,” Sephirena said.

“Something special...” Liana couldn’t be bothered to care about these things. “For now, there is no way to help the Tree of Life. We can only know after the holy sword has recovered.”

“Yes, it can’t be helped. Perhaps after reading some books about the holy sword in the human world’s Ibett Magic Academy, there will be a solution?” Sephirena said.

“The Ibett library...” Liana’s head ached just thinking about it. With the level restrictions, she still needed to do a lot of tasks to be able to read.

But now, as the wielder of the holy sword, could she get a little leeway? After all, that book was only useful to her, and under these circumstances, if they didn’t open a back door for her, others would start to question their motives.

Besides, even if they didn’t open a back door, she had found the holy sword. The points from this one mission should be enough to level her up, right? 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

“We’ll see after we get back,” Liana said.

“Okay.”

After bowing to the Tree of Life, Liana left.

Upon returning to their residence in the Elf Forest, Liana didn’t stay any longer and set off with Mephilia and the others to return to the Lisat Kingdom.

They arrived at the Lisat Royal Capital.

With such an incident having occurred, she certainly had to report it to the King of Lisat. Besides, she now needed his help.

The current Liana was in great danger. There were already many people who were hostile towards her, and those related to the demonkind now wished she were dead.

Although Minoga was there, against the chaotic demons, one Minoga might be a little strained.

Just as Liana had entered the royal capital, many royal knights appeared, guarding both sides of her carriage.

This kind of formation, apart from when the king himself went out, was basically never seen.

“Does the King of Lisat already know about this?” Liana had a rough idea in her heart. Otherwise, there was absolutely no reason for them to do this.

“Perhaps. That fellow Oester has already gone back ahead of time. He’s not so stupid as to try and hide this matter. In fact, if he deliberately hid it, it would leave us with some leverage against him. It’s better to just confess it outright,” Mephilia said.

And so, under the escort of many royal knights, Liana’s carriage slowly made its way towards the palace.

And the one who came out to greet her was not a knight-captain, an attendant, or a maid, but Minoga’s teacher, who was also ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ a Judge, Kasla.

“Welcome back, Princess Liana,” Kasla said, having been waiting here for a long time.

“I don’t have such a great honor as to have Miss Kasla wait for me,” Liana said with a laugh.

Liana still had a good impression of her.

Kasla just smiled. “It’s not convenient to talk here. Why don’t we go inside first?”

The topics to be discussed next were not things that could be casually spoken of outside.

“Okay.” Liana didn’t want to waste time either and followed Kasla to that familiar private garden.

“Your Majesty the King.” The group all bowed to him.

The King of Lisat first exchanged a few simple pleasantries, had Kasla prepare tea and snacks, and then got straight to the point.

“Liana, you are the wielder of the holy sword, correct?” he asked.

“Yes,” Liana nodded. “But not entirely.”

“What do you mean?”

“The holy sword was indeed awakened because of me. But because of certain things done by certain people with certain items, I have some defects in my magic and cannot bring out its full power. My mana cannot support the sword’s self-repair and supply, so I entrusted it to Princess Sephirena for safekeeping,” Liana said, not forgetting to take a kick at that Oester fellow.

Liana was quite the grudge-holder. At the same time, she also wanted to use this matter to warn others. Now, you not only had to consider the risk of targeting her, but also her subsequent retaliation.

The King of Lisat glanced at Kasla, who quickly understood his meaning. “I understand. I will go and make the arrangements in a moment.”

Then, he looked at Liana. “I will have the best priestess in the kingdom examine you. If necessary, I will also have your mother return.”

In the face of the holy sword, the crisis of the neighboring country was no longer so important. Besides, Ambis had a certain amount of research on both the holy sword and the Tree of Life.

“There’s no need for that. I’ve already had my mother’s student, Miss Sybil, check me. It can’t be helped; I can only accept it. But you don’t have to worry about that, Your Majesty. Princess Sephirena is on our side, and she also has the ability to use the sword,” Liana said, having Sephirena take it out.

Sephirena chanted a spell, and a dim sword appeared in her hand. As she infused it with mana, the sword’s light brightened slightly, but only slightly.

However, the sacred aura that emanated from the sword just by its appearance was enough to prove its authenticity.

“It’s exactly the same as Mephilia’s sacred magic,” the King of Lisat said, very familiar with this aura.

“Yes. So, Mephilia can also use the holy sword. But we’ve also experimented before. When she used it, the effect was not as obvious as Sephirena’s,” Liana said. “Right now, she is most likely the most compatible keeper for the sword. And she herself has enough powerful mana to nourish and repair it.”

“That scoundrel.” Even with the King’s good temper, he still cursed at this moment. If Oester hadn’t made this mess, Liana would have grown up smoothly. Without the defect, she would surely be more suitable for the holy sword than Sephirena, and its recovery speed would have been much faster.

“Your Majesty, you don’t need to worry. I have already left the Elf Forest. My goal now is to become Princess Liana’s guardian knight. Besides, without Her Highness, I alone cannot use the sword. I will always stand by her side,” Sephirena said.

“...” The King was clearly taken aback. He hadn’t expected her to say such a thing. “That’s not what I’m worried about. We have already reached a cooperative relationship with the Elf Forest, and we also have a common enemy. I was just a little surprised that you would want to become Liana’s guardian knight.”

“There’s nothing to be surprised about. The things Her Highness has done are already sufficient reason for me to become her guardian knight. Don’t you yourself know what she has done, Your Majesty?” Sephirena asked in return.

“That is also true.” The king naturally knew what Liana had been doing during this time.

He shifted his gaze back to the holy sword. “This is indeed clearly different from the legendary holy sword.”

The current sword couldn’t even compare to some high-level weapons.

“So now it needs time to slowly repair. However, its repair is by slowly absorbing mana. The demonkind also has this ability. And as a sacred weapon for slaying demons, perhaps it can also be restored by slaying them, to use war to sustain war?”1以战养战 (yǐ zhàn yǎng zhàn),idiom for funding a war with war itself, usually by plundering the enemy. This was a guess of Liana’s.

“But this may also have side effects. If the holy sword is too weak now and is devoured by a demon instead, then the problem will become very serious,” Mephilia interjected at this moment.

“So.” Liana took out the magic core that Erinna had risked her life to get. “Now I need a favor from you and Miss Kasla. If any unexpected situation occurs, I hope you can stop it.”

This was one of the reasons why she had come here. Although there was the Tree of Life in the Elf Forest, Nimeris was also there. The risk was too high.

It was a little better to return to the Lisat Kingdom. At least, the people present now could be trusted.

“Alright,” an unexpected voice came over.

“Teacher?” Upon seeing the other party, Loraviel couldn’t help but call out.

Isn’t this the old fellow who questioned me after I came out of the trial? So she’s Loraviel’s teacher?

“Tsk.” Liana was immediately a little dissatisfied. “I know you’re very skilled and have a high status in the kingdom, but isn’t this a bit too impolite?”

So annoying. Even without the matter of Loraviel, she would still be very angry if someone were to eavesdrop on them. Not to mention, she was guilty on both counts.

“You’ve misunderstood, Liana. Teacher Orleya just arrived and wasn’t eavesdropping,” the King of Lisat said. “I was the one who had her hurry over.”

Even so, Liana’s malice towards Orleya did not decrease much.

“Your Highness Liana...” For some reason, Loraviel felt as if there was an invisible tail behind Liana, currently standing on end, like a hissing kitten.

Her Highness’s malice towards Teacher Orleya is really great...

Liana suddenly lost interest. She really couldn’t trust this kind of person.