The female devils I saved came to my door

The picture book is called "The Great Adventure of Saint Lovna".

It has the same name as that very famous opera in the empire - in fact, that opera was adapted from the story of this picture book.

This is probably the oldest exhibit in this exhibition hall, and it is also the only cultural relic that Lovna may have come into contact with when she was alive.

It is no longer possible to verify who made it and why.It was probably a gift made by a certain craftsman in order to praise Her Majesty the Queen's great achievements and to make the Queen smile.

The pages of this picture book have been through for thousands of years and can no longer be turned at will.In the exhibition hall, visitors can only see the cartoon version of Lovna's portrait on the cover.

"Master Charles, this picture book should be the prototype of the opera we watched that day, right? Did you make this?" Wuming asked quietly.

"No, the book I made was already dedicated to the devil by Lovna when the plague broke out. I did not make any more fairy tale picture books for Lovna later on."

"Then this..."

"Lovna made it herself."

65. Lovna’s Bad Adventure

Lovna signed a contract with the demon during the plague.

The requirements of the contract seem to be very, very simple - the devil and Silna, as traveling companions, can leave the Great Blacksend area and wander around the continent wherever they want.

As long as Lovna gets tired of wandering around and explains to the devil, the two of them can separate, and the contract will be completed.

The only additional requirement is that they cannot directly harm each other during the journey.

This contract does not seem to be too harsh for Lovna.After all, Lovna can terminate the contract at any time as long as she leaves Great Black Sund, and the conditions can be said to be quite relaxed.

Just sign this contract.All the residents of Ipoli will not be infected with the plague, and everyone will be able to live healthy and old.

With Lovna's wisdom at the time, she certainly could not understand the devil's intentions.But she could also sense what the devil was up to.

But Miss Devil's explanation was: "I am forced by the rules set by Father God. Many of my actions are restricted and I cannot act casually, so I need you as a mortal to accompany me. I am just tired of staying in the depths of the forest endlessly. Wait, I want to see the lively world, please show me the way, that's all."

"You don't want to kill innocent people indiscriminately after you gain freedom, do you? Or do you want to trap others?" Lovna was still very wary.

"I don't like going straight into senseless slaughter."

The devil replied: "As long as you think what I am doing is wrong, you can stop me at any time, and I will definitely do it. If you still don't believe me, you can take me to Glory City to find your most beloved teacher, Charles. Go to the bishop and the pope there and tell them that there is a demon next to you and ask them to kill me. Although I don’t want you to do this, even if you do, it is not a breach of contract and I can’t stop you. .”

"So, even if I go to find Teacher Charles, you won't stop me?"

"Of course not, and I will go with you, and I will try my best to protect you during this period." The devil said firmly.

Although I was still full of doubts, I felt like I had taken the bait.But for the wish she made, Lovna must pay this price.

Otherwise, it won't be long before the residents of Ipoli will be knocked down by the resurgence of the plague. She can't let this happen, she can only agree.

After signing the contract with the devil, she felt a strong sense of suffocation.Somehow, there seemed to be some supreme being who witnessed the oaths they swore.

"The contract has come into effect, and Father God will witness our promise, Lovna." The devil said, "Let's set off."

She had no choice but to embark on this journey.

Lovna wore the coat left by Teacher Charles, carried her luggage, and left Ipoli with the demon lady who looked exactly like her and seemed well-behaved and obedient.

She had already decided to go to Glory City and find Charles, relying on the letters and maps left by Teacher Charles, and following the route Teacher Charles had taken.

Mr. Charles will definitely defeat this annoying demon.

Therefore, Lovna rejected the devil's request to show her the way, insisting on finding her own way and not letting this guy with ulterior motives mislead her.

She has to find Glory City and her teacher Charles on her own.

The devil had already seen her intention and didn't insist. He just smiled and agreed.

After going on for half a month, it was the first time for Lovna to take such a long journey, and she finally left the Great Blacksend area.

The conditions in other countries she saw along the way made Lovna feel extremely frightened - the plague was too destructive, and many places were covered with contiguous tombs, with no place to stay or buy food.

There were even some villages where not a single living person could be seen.

She could only find some broken houses, break the door in, plunder some food randomly, and then move on.

And the devil doesn't need to eat, drink, or sleep.She just looked at Lovna who was busy with interest and did not make any comment.

They are like a pair of twin sisters traveling together. The anxious sister is scratching her head at the map and worrying about food and shelter, while the lazy sister is indifferent to everything.

With great difficulty, Lovna finally found the direction with this demon, leaving the bad land full of dense forests and swamps, and found the way out of the Great Black Send.

"Okay, Lovna, we have left Great Black Send." The devil looked at her with a smile: "Thank you. Now, if you are tired of this journey, let the contract be suspended. You go back to Yibo. As long as it’s profitable, let’s just say goodbye.”

"No, I won't let you leave like this." Lovna replied fiercely: "I will take you to Glory City! Let the priests there take care of you! And, you have to listen to me. You are not allowed to hurt anyone on the road, do you understand?"

"I know, I will listen to you." The devil smiled.

Lovna looks very embarrassed now - she hasn't taken a bath for a long time and has no time to take care of her hair. Her whole body stinks and there are lice in her hair. She has heavy dark circles due to lack of sleep and looks like she crawled out of the wild. The barbarian.

The devil on the side looked radiant, her knee-length skirt was spotless, her slightly curly red hair was smooth and smooth, her breasts and buttocks were round and plump, she looked like a beautiful young lady of noble birth.

Lovna's threat was more like a rough commoner yelling and cursing at the nobles without etiquette, only to receive a light response from the noble lady.

She didn't seem to have enough momentum at all.

Miss Demon even patiently rubbed Lovna's head and smiled lightly at her, seemingly taking her threat as a joke.

This strengthened Lovna's determination to destroy the demon.

However, the problem is that after leaving Great Hessend, they came to the place where the plague broke out - the Principality of Beztan.

A year or two ago, Charles first arrived at a tourist city with beautiful scenery.

In his letter to Lovna, he described the beautiful scene here in detail: lively streets and squares, noisy restaurants, gorgeous fountains and pools...

But now, when Lovna came here through the lonely fields, she didn't see the beautiful scene she expected.

After the plague broke out, this densely populated city bore the brunt, with thousands of people dying in just over half a month.The remaining living people either stayed behind closed doors or fled to their secluded hometowns.

Lovna only saw that the city gate was wide open, and there was only the howling cold wind on the deserted streets.Withered leaves fell from the trees and were scattered everywhere, and no one was cleaning them.The fountains in the city had not been taken care of for half a year. Some leaves fell into the pool and blocked the drainage outlet. There was only foul-smelling green water in the pool.

The only lively places in the city are churches and poor people's settlements. These places have now become temporary hospitals, filled with wailing infected people, which is simply miserable.

Lovna didn't find a hotel willing to accommodate her, so she had to sleep on the street corner, eat and drink some food that she spent a lot of money to buy, and continue on her way.

The once safe country roads in Betztain have now become extremely dangerous.

Because the plague seriously delayed this year's farming, many people took desperate risks, hoping to make a living by robbing merchants along the way.

And with such a devil like a noble lady, they naturally became a striking target for robbery.

At this time, the devil will also deliberately stir up trouble.Every time she met a robber, she would yell exaggeratedly and pretend to be pitifully scared, making the robbers even more excited.

Fortunately, Lovna had a powerful alchemical weapon in her hand and had learned some moves, so she could barely defeat these robbers.Even if you encounter a group of bold thieves, you can still injure one or two people and scare them away.

But this was not a long-term solution after all. These endless gangs of thieves would appear anytime and anywhere, and they would never have a moment to rest. Lovna felt like she was going crazy.

"Oh, Lovna, I've been exhausted these days." Sometimes the devil would pretend to be worried: "If you continue like this, you will die suddenly. Otherwise, just terminate the contract. You go home quickly and don’t lose your life for me.”

"You don't have to worry about it." Lovna replied disgustedly: "I must let Teacher Charles kill you!"

But the cities along the way are still deserted and dilapidated, and the plague has plunged this prosperous principality into deathly silence.

The extremely disappointed Lovna finally passed through this terrible country after more than a month.

Her anger was building up, just like the devil expected.

66. The Dark Clouds of the Welan Republic

In the cold rain of winter, Lovna, who had been away from Great Hessend for several months, finally arrived in Veran, the center of the Free Trade Republic, the capital of a well-known seaport city, and an extremely important maritime hub city.

It was here that Charles took a boat and took Silna to Glory City by sea.

During this months-long, neurasthenic journey, Lovna took the demon through the depressed cities, abandoned farmlands, dangerous roads, and gloomy cemeteries of the Principality of Beztan... After working hard, Lovna finally understood why Teacher Charles said, "It's dangerous to travel long distances."

This trip is really much more difficult than the adventures in fairy tale books.

There are no adventures, only trivial and annoying troubles and endless torture.

But no matter what, she finally arrived in this big city with the demon.

At this time, she was soaked by the sudden winter rain and shivered.Teacher Charles's heavy coat preserved her remaining body temperature.

Not long after she arrived, she encountered a biting cold winter rain. The muddy road made her boots covered with mud, which seemed to be a very bad omen.

She felt that if she continued to be exposed to the rain, she would have a high fever and a cold. She was so embarrassed that she urgently needed a place to rest.

In contrast, there is the contracted demon.

She strolled leisurely in the rain. The mud and rain completely avoided her dress. She was not stained with any mud, and she still looked like a beautiful, clean and tidy noble girl.

Lovna looked at this guy angrily. Although she was very unhappy, she didn't say anything to the devil in the end.

She picked up the postcard, which had already been soaked by the rain, and compared the city in the picture with the real city. After confirming that she was not mistaken, she felt helpless.

In the Weilan City in the postcard, the sky is calm and sunny, and the prosperous port is full of buildings painted in snow-white, standing amidst the gentle waves set off by the sea breeze.The dense water network between buildings and boats of all sizes form the city's transportation network.

The city is extremely prosperous, and the cargo ships coming and going at the port are so dense that they can cover the entire sea area.

Last year, Lovna was looking forward to visiting here after receiving a postcard from Charles.

But now, under the gloomy sky and through the heavy rain curtain, Lovna had to brush the broken hair from her forehead, gasping and squinting, to see the gray outline of the city.

This once prosperous and prosperous harbor city looked lonely and desolate in the torrential rain.

There are no ships coming and going at the port terminal.The turbulent sea breeze blew, mixed with a strange fishy smell, and swept around the coast, making her feel like vomiting.

The city is in serious chaos.

Although the Merchant Republic was wealthy and had many high-level doctors and pharmacists gathered together, it also prepared sufficient medicines for this plague.But the so-called sufficiency refers to sufficiency for the elders, congressmen and wealthy people of the republic.

The wealthy dignitaries can stay in their respective mansions, complain about the troubles caused by the plague and the losses this year, drink the sickness potion prepared by the pharmacist, and slowly consume the sufficient grain in the warehouse without worrying about their livelihood.

However, there are a large number of ordinary traders, sailors, porters, boatmen, fishermen in the city... They are not included in the rescue personnel.

Moreover, due to the spread of the plague, a large number of commercial transactions were interrupted, and these lower-class residents lost their source of income.

The number of ships entering and leaving the port is only one-tenth of what it was in previous years, which is quite depressed.

Weilan, which is extremely dependent on imports, also suffers from a shortage of supplies, and soaring prices have also caused residents to complain.

These people could only wait in line to grab some temporary relief food and diluted plague medicine.

Although the first wave of deaths and injuries caused by the plague has passed, a large number of patients are still crowded in hospitals, monasteries and almshouses.

Dead people would wash up on the shore from time to time, and their swollen corpses would emit a terrible and filthy stench, further contributing to the spread of the plague.

No one is willing to wait to die and suffer.

The guilds and gangs of various lower-level labor organizations in the city were already ready to take action at the beginning of the plague.

About three or four months ago, a group of anxious sailors, who had lost their jobs, started making noise and making trouble in a bar where there was no more alcohol to buy. Finally, they gathered into a group and broke out in a riot.

They intended to storm the City Hall Senate and loot supplies.Although it failed in the end, it made a lot of noise and burned down a dignitary's villa. This incident made the elders and nobles of Weilan City panic.

After that, the Senate immediately hanged several troublemaking sailors, organized guards and patrol guards to patrol day and night, and dismissed all gangs and guilds.

But in this huge city, there are still corners that are not noticed by the big shots. Those dissatisfied people exchange their grievances and dissatisfaction with each other in these places, and accumulate anger.

The capital of the originally prosperous trading republic has now become like this.Sewage flows across the river and garbage accumulates on the roadside.

On the streets filled with mist and steam, there are deserted streets and shops that have long been closed to customers.The only groups of living people that could be seen were guards patrolling with sticks.

The guards were very vicious. They stepped on the puddles on the street in the rain, pulled the barking police dogs, and shouted curses at every passerby.Their voices were noisier than the patter of rain.

It took Lovna a lot of effort to get into the city. She already had little savings, but now she was blackmailed so hard that she was almost penniless.

To make matters worse, Lovna saw a notice near the port - passenger ships bound for Glory City were not allowed to dock at various ports due to the plague, so they had already been suspended.

The atmosphere in Weilan City is depressing and supplies are scarce. All residents are looking forward to the medical support sent by the Holy See. They are looking forward to the Holy See's clergy to bring blessed doctors, just knights, abundant food and medicinal materials, so that everyone can come out. Dilemma.

But after several months, support is still out of reach.The atmosphere here became increasingly depressing as a result.

This city was terrible and she really shouldn't be here.

Lovna walked around the city for a long time despite the seemingly endless heavy rain.My steps felt heavier and heavier, and my head felt dizzy.

It was certain that she had a fever.

She stubbornly rejected the devil's suggestion to help her, and still had to find a place to live on her own - she still had hope, hoping to wait here for the Vatican team to come to the rescue.

Maybe, she could report her name to the holy knights of the Holy See and beg them to kill this annoying demon around her, and then take her to Glory City to find Teacher Charles.