SWNOVELXO chapter 253
Chapter 253. Earning money and having fun, truly grabbing all the good things
When Noah and Clothilde met Bishop Dete.
Noah had originally planned to use his evil god power to subtly suggest he cooperate, to say Hilda had actually been taken back to the Water City by Belinda already.
That way, the matter of the fake Belinda wouldn’t be exposed for the time being.
But unexpectedly, before Noah even had a chance to use his power,
this bishop, a bit younger than Horace, probably in his mid-50s, the moment he saw Clothilde,
he took the initiative to tell Clothilde that ‘Hilda had already hurried back to the Water City with Belinda and a few sisters helping her.’
Of course, Clothilde didn’t doubt it at all, she just calmly smiled and thanked him.
With him cooperating so readily, Noah initially wondered if he’d gotten the truth wrong.
Could it be that the sister who took Hilda away was actually Belinda herself?
Not someone disguised as someone else?
But as Noah looked closely at Bishop Dete’s hand, hidden in his sleeve and subtly clenched, he understood.
This Bishop Dete was probably lying against his conscience.
This could indicate two things.
First, he wasn’t one of Horace’s l*stful and gloating heretics, but a bishop of the orthodox conservative faction.
Because he felt self-conscious and guilty, and heretics like Horace were incapable of guilt.
Second, the reason why a respectable bishop would help Hilda lie was certainly because he had some weakness that Hilda had gotten a hold of.
And as a succubus, the weakness that Hilda could exploit, Noah could only think that Bishop Dete had accidentally been seduced by the succubus Hilda, doing something he shouldn’t have done.
And to avoid exposing that, he had to help Hilda lie.
As for what the truth was, Noah would find out soon enough after observing things.
In any case, with Bishop Dete’s reluctant help, Clothilde really believed Hilda had already been taken back to the Water City.
Because it was already dusk, she decided to return to the Water City first thing tomorrow morning.
Tonight, she decided to have some food to replenish her strength and then continue following the two bishops’ orders, to search the whole city for the succubus Hilda’s companions.
Having learned about the succubus Cornelia, Clothilde was very enthusiastic.
After having a meal with Noah and a few other clergy members at the church, she planned to go out and fulfill her duty as a battle nun, to capture and purify the heretical succubi.
She even wanted to call Noah to go with her.
To that, Noah’s reaction, of course, was…
“No, sorry, Miss Nun, I’m very busy too, don’t think I can just keep accompanying you.”
And to that, Clothilde’s reaction was…
“Is that so, then Mr. Noah, you just wait for me.”
After leaving that sentence in a calm tone that didn’t carry any particular meaning, Clothilde turned around and left the church alone.
Waiting for me?
Waiting for good news from me?
Ha, what an optimistic little nun.
Not even considering other possibilities, Noah watched the nun disappear from his sight, a mocking smile playing on his lips.
At this moment, Noah still had no idea what would happen tonight at midnight.
And right now he definitely had things to do.
After the nun left, he followed, leaving the church and returning to his dilapidated shrine.
To prove his suspicions correct, Noah began observing the actions of each person he was concerned about.
First, of course, was the little princess, but unfortunately, there was nothing suspicious to find, so he had to set that aside for the moment.
Right now, the little princess, along with her entire royal family, was enjoying a lavish dinner in one of the palace rooms.
Of course, Valentina wasn’t there.
The eldest prince wasn’t either, but he didn’t usually stay at the palace much and not dining together was normal for him.
Unexpectedly, Prince Mori, the second prince, was also absent.
The second person Noah observed was Valentina.
Her Highness was dining with the villainous prince from the original work, who tried to turn her into a Star Slave, and the prince’s personal maid, Martina.
It was more of a meeting than a meal, with Her Highness easily controlling the discussion, asking Prince Mori about other nobles with a dark, amused smile.
And Prince Mori, who had a psychological shadow from her, stuttered nervously and responded to this princess – his younger sister – who had an aura comparable to that of the eldest prince, while dripping with cold sweat.
The maid, Martina, was something of a buffer between the two. If it weren’t for her, Prince Mori would probably have been too nervous to say anything at all because of his upset stomach.
All in all, nothing unexpected happened there.
The third person Noah observed was, of course, Hilda.
Because by observing what she was doing, he could determine whether she had actually been imprisoned by the real Belinda.
The result was exactly as Noah had predicted.
Hilda wasn’t imprisoned in a room with a Holy Light magic barrier, but was instead working as a hostess at a cosplay restaurant, dressed in a bunny girl outfit.
At this moment, her cleavage, and the garter on her thigh clad in black fishnets, were stuffed with banknotes by the customers who came to eat.
Of course, when they slipped the money in, the customers would casually grope the woman’s s*xy flesh.
Staring at almost every customer with l*stful eyes, Hilda instead showed an excited expression.
Soon, one customer, unable to restrain himself and paying a large sum, bought her out, going straight to a room on the second floor to have a hardcore session with her.
This was actually part of the original story, although of course the one who triggered the CG wasn’t Hilda, but the main character, the little nun.
Because of Noah’s interference, the little nun no longer needed to go to such places to relieve the curse of the l*st runes, nor did she need to use them to earn extra money.
It turned out that now another nun was doing the same thing.
Noah’s mood was, to some extent, complicated by this.
Of course, the situation wasn’t exactly the same.
Because Hilda was now completely a succubus, and that customer was actually the prey.
Noah could already imagine the miserable future that awaited him.
Probably, Hilda wouldn’t let him go until he was completely drained.
But forget about that poor man for now.
In any case, this proved that Hilda wasn’t controlled by the church at all; she was still free.
Her reason for coming to the Water City was probably to join forces with Bishop Horace and deal with Clothilde.
“…But I haven’t seen anyone who might be her accomplice. So that mysterious figure who can disguise themselves as others really doesn’t plan to show up in front of me, huh? Heh, how cautious.”
At that moment, Noah was lounging comfortably on a dilapidated temple sofa, legs crossed, while watching multiple magic array monitors with a wicked smile on his face.
Noah was smiling because he’d spent a bit more time observing the area around that cosplay shop, but hadn’t found anyone who might be Hilda’s accomplice.
In other words, the fake Belinda’s goal was probably just to rescue Hilda; she didn’t intend to delve any deeper.
In Noah’s eyes, such cautious behavior showed that she was afraid he’d notice something was off about her.
Thinking about it carefully, it was actually quite amusing to Noah.
At first, Noah didn’t care that the other party was posing as Lilyth, the manager of the Fairy Hall, because he needed to spend money anyway; who it was didn’t really matter.
But then, because the nun’s l*st/mark curse was getting stronger and stronger, Noah just had to stay directly with the nun. He hadn’t been to the Fairy Hall for a while.
And the thought of that mysterious person, disguised as Lilyth, waiting for him to come and spend money… how could Noah not laugh?
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PS. Second update, there’s another one today.