Chapter 237

Chapter 237

"Of course it's the right choice."

Renata blurted out without hesitation. Looking at Philly, whose eyes showed a hint of anger, she deliberately asked, "Following Furman, you've always had to hide in the shadows. Philly, with your abilities, you could easily switch sides. Are you really content with this?"

"Shut up!"

Philly suddenly interrupted her loudly, burning with rage, "My choices never need anyone's questioning, and Master Furman is not for someone like you to judge."

Renata sneered and retorted, "If that's the case, then everyone should stick to their own path. Why did you come here to sow discord?"

"You—"

"You just think that with only you and Furman, there's no way you can defeat Her Highness the Ancestor, right?"

Her thoughts completely exposed, Philly furiously struck at Renata, who nimbly dodged.

"Philly, since you've already foreseen the outcome, why not try to change it?"

Renata flew to a distance, looking at the pursuing Philly with meaningful intent, "Her Highness has always been tolerant. Even though you were once Furman's person, as long as you turn back, she won't treat you differently."

"What do you know!"

Philly seemed to fly into a rage from embarrassment. She clenched her teeth tightly, her palm force turning into blades stabbing toward her, "I will only pledge my loyalty to Master Furman for life. I will never become a timid, cowardly traitor like you and Royal!"

"Since we can't reach an understanding, there's nothing more to say. Her Highness has asked you to meet at Sacred Flame Village at ten tonight. She'll give you an answer then."

With that, Renata threw down a smoke bomb and quickly disappeared from Philly's sight.

"Damn it!"

Philly stared hard at the direction she left, clenching her fists, her eyes full of killing intent.

Her subordinate Hestia Sharp quietly appeared, "Philly, what should we do next?"

"Since Olivia asked me to go to Sacred Flame Village, it means she's already found a way to break the situation, but I have no choice but to go this time."

Thinking of Furman, a flash of determination crossed Philly's eyes, "You go check out the situation at Sacred Flame Village first."

"Yes, Philly."

Hestia left silently. When no one was around, Philly rubbed her sore eyes, thinking of Parker residing in Christopher's body, a flash of ruthlessness passing through her eyes.

After shaking off her relentless pursuers, Renata finally arrived at Sacred Flame Village after dark and returned to Olivia's side.

"How did it go?"

Seeing her sweating from the journey, Royal thoughtfully handed her a handkerchief.

Renata took the handkerchief and wiped the sweat from her forehead, breathing a long sigh of relief, "Philly tried to persuade me to betray, and when that failed, she wanted to kill me."

"She actually tried to persuade you to betray!" Royal clicked his tongue, "Does she really think everyone gets the same treatment as her? That everyone can be specially treated by Furman?"

Renata said with some concern, "I've already delivered Her Highness's message, but judging by Philly's attitude, she might not come."

"No, she will come."

Olivia's clear voice rose, "If I'm not mistaken, Furman probably didn't give her much time. At the latest, before Felicity's Flame of Sincerity is about to go out, she'll definitely come."

"Someone like Philly will definitely leave herself a way out. We should still be alert when the time comes."

Royal continued, "Especially Christopher. Isn't there still that dirty thing inside Christopher's body? If they work together from inside and out, it might be quite difficult to deal with."

He frowned and glanced at Snowy in Olivia's arms like looking at a dog. Snowy rolled his eyes at him.

Christopher spoke slowly, "You don't need to worry about that. I won't let him hurt you."

Royal was somewhat skeptical, "You can barely protect yourself now. How can you control someone else?"

It wasn't that he didn't trust Christopher's abilities, but he'd heard that the dirty thing inside his body had the same bloodline as Olivia—both from the ancient ancestor lineage—so his power must be extraordinary.

When night came, there might be a fierce battle.

Olivia and Renata had thought of this too. She glanced at everyone's varying expressions and reassured them, "Don't worry. I've made thorough preparations for tonight. Just waiting for Philly to come—I'll make sure she doesn't leave alive."

With Olivia's words, everyone exchanged smiles.

At that moment, outside Sacred Flame Village.

Hestia silently infiltrated Sacred Flame Village. She didn't notice the bells hanging high in the village swaying slightly.

This subtle movement was relayed to Olivia.

Her expression turned serious, "Someone's here."

Hearing this, Royal immediately perked up, somewhat excitedly, "I'll go check it out!"

"Wait."

Olivia stopped him. Not hard to guess who would be breaking into Sacred Flame Village at this time, she said calmly, "It must be Philly's people, wanting to find out what preparations we've made. If you go out now, you'll alert them. Let her look."

"But we're just going to let her roam around the village?" Royal pouted, "What if she sabotages things?"

Olivia glanced at him and said, "You and Renata go watch her secretly, but don't let her notice."

"Okay, we'll go watch."

Renata sensibly pulled Royal away, lecturing him as they went, "Come on. I guarantee you'll get to fight plenty tonight, but now's not the time for you to show off."

The two left the room with their back-and-forth, leaving only Christopher and Olivia.

Christopher transformed back into human form, gazing at Olivia with a deep tone that seemed to hold endless affection, "Olivia, do you still remember the request you promised me?"

"Of course I remember."

Olivia turned to look at him, "Do you want to ask now?"

He shook his head and smiled, "Not yet. I just wanted to remind you, in case you forgot."

"I won't forget what I promised you."

Olivia walked over and kissed the corner of his mouth, her gentle words seeping into his bones, "Don't worry about tonight. I've got everything under control."

"With you here, I'm not worried."

Christopher held her tight, enjoying this final moment of peace.

At that moment, Hestia had already infiltrated the altar.

Looking at the altar with no one guarding or watching it, a trace of confusion flashed in her eyes.

How could there be no one guarding this place?

Hestia looked around suspiciously and tentatively reached out her hand. The natural energy she probed forward met no resistance, and the doubt in her eyes deepened.

Could it be that Olivia asked Philly to meet here simply to exchange the Flame of Sincerity?

Renata and Royal secretly followed behind her. Royal yawned boredly, "Why did Philly send such a useless person?"

Hestia was the most useless of Philly's subordinates—not strong and not smart either. He'd once wondered what Philly's reason was for keeping her.

Renata flicked his head, "Don't underestimate people!"