Chapter 22: -19- Black Cat Nisi's Ambition
"Cough, I apologize, it seems that you are not yet accustomed to your new body..."
The Black Cat Nisi coughed dryly, attempting to cover up the awkwardness just now.
But soon, its expression returned to normal, acting as if nothing had happened.
Clearly, the thickness of this cat's face was well matched with its physique.
It lifted its head again, looking straight at Charlotte, its plump feline face revealing a humanized smile, with amber eyes full of curiosity:
"Speaking of which, I am truly curious..."
"As far as I know, among the existing five Ranks of the Bloodline, there shouldn't be any that use Thorns and Roses as their Holy Emblem."
"Could it be that you are an ancient entity from the primordial era?"
"Respected Your Majesty, can you satisfy Nisi's curiosity and tell me your noble title?"
Thorns and Roses?
An ancient entity?
Holy Emblem?
Noble title?
A tremor went through Charlotte's heart.
Looking at the Black Cat with its piercing gaze, a bizarre thought suddenly arose in her mind:
The Majesties of the Bloodline, great existences...
Hiss...
This creature, could it have mistaken her, a person from another world, for a resurrected Evil God?
The more she pondered the thought, the more Charlotte felt it was highly likely.
Her mind raced, and she decided at once to go along with the other's words.
However, just as Charlotte was about to keep bluffing along those lines, she realized that something seemed off.
Wait a minute...
If the other party regarded her as a resurrected Evil God, why ask her so many questions?
Charlotte had crammed on the world's religious knowledge.
She had also seen topics related to the Evil God in the books at the Church Hospital.
The young girl clearly remembered that the author of one book had used a stern tone to warn readers, over and over again in the text:
Once you encounter a resurrected Evil God, do not communicate with it, but instead must seal it and exile it to a different dimensional space before it grows powerful!
Then came the question.
Why would the Black Cat Nisi, which saw her as an Evil God, want to initiate a conversation with her?
And why... have such a long conversation at that?
Bad news!
It must be buying time!
Charlotte nearly instantly made this judgment.
And at that moment, the familiar crimson once again spread across her vision.
The archaic text also began to slowly emerge...
["Blood Holy Scripture" has detected an ongoing Divine Skill Ritual—]
[Magic Technique Name: Order Cage]
[Caster: Nisi de Robel]
[Infected One: Charlotte de Castel]
[Magic Effect: Divine Crown Mitra's Order Cage, the caster can designate a target and form a sealing space centered on the target, temporarily immobilizing the space; this Magic Technique requires a long preparation time, and the caster cannot move during preparation and casting.]
[Interception Probability Assessment: 100%]
[Intercept?]
Divine Arts!
It's Divine Arts!
This cat has been secretly preparing Divine Arts all along!
It's a member of the Clergy!
Charlotte's expression changed slightly.
She subconsciously prepared to intercept this Divine Skill Ritual, but then a thought suddenly stirred within her, making her stop abruptly.
This was a Sealing Divine Technique.
If she chose to intercept it, at most, she would only remove the seal or transfer it to the Black Cat instead.
However, unsealing it does not mean she would be safe.
If it were transferred to the Black Cat, it might well have a way to escape.
At that time, she would still have to continue the confrontation with the Black Cat.
By then, the Black Cat would know she could modify Divine Skill Rituals, and her advantage would no longer exist.
Charlotte was in a very bad state, extremely bad, and currently not fit for combat.
She also did not know the Rank of the Black Cat.
If she really started a fight, she was not its match, and she would definitely fall into crisis.
Without knowing the effects of Blood Summon, her chance... only lay in the interception and modification of Divine Skill Rituals.
And that, should not come just yet!
All these thoughts occurred in the blink of an eye, and Charlotte swiftly made a decision.
She gave up on resisting.
Silver brilliance blossomed in an instant, and a cubic Light Cage rapidly expanded, enveloping Charlotte within it.
Charlotte reached out her hand, only to feel as though she had touched an invisible wall, unable to budge it in the slightest.
"Hehe, don't waste your strength; this is a Sealing Divine Technique specially designed by the Contract God to exile beings like you, named the Order Cage!"
"With the power you've just regained, I'm afraid you still can't break free from it."
Looking at Charlotte, whose gaze had slightly hardened, the black cat grinned with a hint of triumph.
Having successfully sealed Charlotte, it seemed quite excited, and its demeanor became disrespectful, or rather... its true colors were finally showing.
The cat regarded the young girl with a presumptuous gaze and sneered:
"Lawuer really has become a senile old fool, not even the sacred fire detected the truth, and he actually sent Master Cat to protect an Evil God!"
"Meow! Thankfully, Master Cat I kept a watchful eye!"
"Hehehe, great Evil God Your Majesty, are you surprised?"
"Just resurrected and you're already being sealed, plus the one about to exile you is a talking black cat!"
"Weakness and ignorance have never been the original sin of destruction, arrogance is!"
"You... heh heh, you're still too arrogant!"
Black Cat Nisi looked excited, filling his tone with provocation.
His plump feline face was full of mockery, smugly self-satisfied, which Charlotte found particularly slap-worthy.
Charlotte fell silent.
Not because she was panicked.
Actually, she was quite calm.
Sealing, and... exile, huh.
Charlotte cast a thoughtful look at the triumphant black cat.
After a moment of silence, she bowed her head, beginning to muster her emotions.
And when she raised her head again, she had once more taken on the appearance of the weak, pitiable, and helpless little girl from the Church Hospital.
She shrunk her body slightly, her delicate little face crinkled into a frown, her deep blue eyes brimming with grievance and the glint of emerging tears, embodying the image of injury:
"Wuwuwu..."
"Kitty... do you really intend to exile me with the Divine Skill Ritual?"
Her voice was fragile, sounding weak and sorrowful, helpless and aggrieved.
That piteous look could stir compassion in anyone.
Of course...
That's assuming they were unaware of her true nature.
Once known, the whole affair smelled fishy.
The black cat was instantly taken aback.
It couldn't help but shiver, its fur bristling as if struck by electricity, and its gaze toward Charlotte filled with wariness:
"Hiss..."
"You really are a terrifying being... in every sense of the word."
"If I didn't know your true face, I might actually have been deceived by you..."
Charlotte was aware that she couldn't fool the other party.
And she wasn't trying to deceive it.
She was merely using this chilling method to heighten its alertness, as an indirect way to remind and urge it to quickly perform the Sealing Divine Technique and to exile her, thus avoiding any further complications.
Then at the instant the Divine Skill Ritual was triggered, she planned to alter the verdict and exile the other party instead!
If the Caster was exiled, the Order Cage would dissolve on its own.
And she would be free.
As for when the exiled party would return, that was an unknown.
For a cat to return from an unknown number of dimensions away in different space to the world of Mireya was as daunting a task as it would be for an amoeba to complete a 25,000-mile long march.
Perhaps... it wouldn't be easy, would it?
But at least the other party would still be alive, after all, she was no Devil.
With these thoughts, Charlotte made her plans.
However, after scrutinizing her closely, Black Cat Nisi fell into thought.
It seemed to recall something, its eyes lighting up, and suddenly began to laugh:
"Hehehehe..."
"Actually, what you said isn't wrong."
"Exiling you would indeed be too wasteful for your lovely current form!"
At this point, the eyes of the black cat grew fervent, and within that fervor seemed to mix madness:
"Hmm! Master Cat has changed his mind!"
"What's the big deal about exiling an Evil God?"
"To have a beautiful and adorable deity as a servant, serving me every day, providing knee-pillows, massaging me, feeding me fruit, feeding me dried fish... isn't that a far more exciting matter?!"
"Hehe... hehehehehe!"
The black cat let out a series of lewd chuckles like a creepy old man, then suddenly became serious, and with a loud cry exclaimed:
"Contract: Servant's Oath!"
As soon as he spoke, a radiance of Divine Arts burst forth from him.
At the same time, new information appeared in Charlotte's field of vision—
["Blood Holy Scripture" detects an incoming Divine Skill Ritual—]
[Magic Name: Servant's Oath]
[Caster: Nisi de Robel]
[Infected One: Charlotte de Castel]
[Magic Effect: Servant's Oath of the Contract God Mitra, one of the strictest and most oppressive servant contracts in the world; the Caster will enter into an eternal and unbreakable master-servant contract with the Infected One, whereby the servant will unconditionally obey all demands of the Contract Master, with life and death hanging on the Master's whim.]
[Interception Probability Judgment: 100%]
[Intercept?]
Charlotte: ...