Chapter 120

Chapter 92 Victoria

His footsteps gradually faded away. Soon after, a faint sound of a door closing echoed from downstairs.

The room fell silent.

Finally, that annoying guy has left!

I hurried to the bathroom in the bedroom, relieved myself, and then stood呆在那里发呆 for a while before crouching down and opening the box to start organizing its contents.

Most were clothes, dresses… never mind, I stuffed them all into the wardrobe first.

Other daily necessities… a comb, hair ties, what’s this… moisturizer? Foundation? Why did I bring this along? This strongman is naturally beautiful and doesn’t need these things… anyway, let’s put them on the dressing table first…

This is a bath towel, it seems. And there’s also a toothbrush with bristles… spices? What are these for, to take a bath?… This is mouthwash… I’ll put these in the bathroom.

Next, there are sanitary pads… undergarments, corsets… the sizes are so small, hard to look at… these personal items… let me see, I’ll hide them in the bottom drawer of the wardrobe… Carlos shouldn’t rummage through there, right?

If he dares to rummage, I’ll tear him apart.

After doing all this, the sky had already turned dusky.

The fatigue from the long journey washed over me, and I collapsed onto the soft bed. Originally, I intended to rest and wait for Carlos to return, but I must have fallen asleep without realizing it.

I don’t know how much time passed. In a daze, I heard singing.

“Take me… up to the moon…”

“Let me forever… sing…”

I sat up, rubbed my eyes groggily, and looked out the window.

The night was dark yet enchanting.

Stars dotted the sky, shining brightly, forming the Milky Way.

“Please hold my hand… and sing in the spring…”

The song was faint but present, like a gentle stream of Bossa Nova, a delicate female voice slowly seeping into my ears, touching my heart.

It sounds so good… it seems to be coming from next door?

Who could be singing this late at night… it really is beautiful, but… why does it feel a bit sad even though the melody is so cheerful…

Without thinking, I opened the window.

“I want to break free from this earthly cage… and frolic among the stars… no one should find me… no one should…”

The song became clearer, the heart-stirring melody unaccompanied, like a girl’s quiet whisper in the dead of night, sending shivers through me. If not for my heightened senses, I might have missed this beautiful voice.

I closed my eyes and listened for a while, feeling it was still too far to hear clearly. So, I stepped onto the windowsill, looked up at the roof, and leaped.

“Oh revered God… please grant my insignificant wish… take me up to the moon…”

The singing indeed came from next door… don’t disturb the person, just sneak a peek.

With a determined mind, I crouched and walked to the edge of the roof, tilted my head in thought, and nodded to myself.

Not too far from the other roof… I can jump over.

Taking a deep breath, I took two steps back, kicked off forcefully, and dived down.

Moonwalk.

Swish—

A petite figure leaped high into the air, gracefully tracing an arc under the moonlight. As she began to fall, her palms emitted two white mists, momentarily halting her descent before landing softly with a “plop” on the neighboring house’s roof.

Safe landing!

I didn’t expect the Moonwalk to work so smoothly on my first try… I quickly crouched down and looked back, realizing I had jumped nearly twenty meters.

Tensing up nervously, I stuck out my tongue… thankfully, no loud noise, so hopefully, I wasn’t noticed?

“Let my heart be filled with song… take me up to the moon…”

Hearing the singing continue, I sighed with relief and cautiously moved forward.

The singing came from the courtyard, but where is the person…

Continuing to crouch and tiptoe across the roof, my dark eyes darted around.

She turned, trying to locate the source of the singing.

A gentle breeze brushed her face.

The courtyard was lit with lanterns, the flickering flames casting a slightly yellowish hue over the emerald lawn. Not far away stood a stone pavilion for rest, with a green round table inside that seemed to hold wine and fruit platters. Several neatly arranged rocking chairs surrounded it. I saw one of them swaying in the light of the lanterns, but there was no one on it.

At that moment, the singing abruptly stopped.

“What happened? Where did everyone go?”

The wind seemed to pick up, lifting her hair.

A sense of unease rose in her heart, and she began to step back.

Something was off… She needed to leave quickly.

In the next instant, a deep male voice boomed like a muffled thunder beside her ear.

“…Let me see, where did this little mouse come from?”

“Yiya—!!”

This nearly sent her soul flying. Like a startled cat, she suddenly jumped up and reflexively threw a straight punch behind her.

Swish—

The figure rapidly retreated, dodging her attack with ease. From his mouth came a rather composed remark: “Oh, it seems like a little sister…”

She opened her eyes wide in shock and stared intently. A man with green hair stood less than five steps away, his face hidden in the dark shadow, making it impossible to see his features. He wore formal attire, and she could faintly make out an intricate badge on his shoulder, with a pattern that looked like a drawn sword. It seemed familiar…

How did he get so close to her…

Click-click-click—

An ice-short scythe rapidly formed in her hand, gleaming menacingly in the night.

“Oh, Frost Order! How scary, how scary~”

The green-haired man patted his chest, but his words were teasing.

“Who are you?”

“Isn’t it our turn to ask, little sister?”

Another voice came from the darkness, and she turned sharply.

In the courtyard, a woman appeared seemingly out of nowhere, looking up at her… Her expression seemed to be smiling.

“Little sister, are you lost?”

“Haha, getting lost here is quite cute.”

Another voice came from the right, but she couldn’t see anyone.

“Little sister, do you know who lives here?”

“Only if I knew would I come here?”

“That makes sense…”

“It’s been a long time since someone dared to sneak in here… Excitement…”

“Tell us, who sent you?”

Voices echoed from all sides of the darkness.

She frowned and became more alert, raising her hands slowly.

“I have no ill intentions. I just heard the singing and wanted to see.”

“Hahaha, this kid thinks we’re fools.”

“You shut up, don’t laugh so loudly in my ear.”

“Hey, let’s not waste time, let’s take her out.”

“Not yet, let’s find out what’s going on.”

…It was quite noisy.

“I really just thought the song was beautiful.” She slowly crouched down, placing the short scythe gently on the ground. “I am, the neighbor from next door.”

“…What did she say?”

“She said she’s the neighbor, hahaha!”

“Who lives next door?”

“It’s been empty for a while… Wait, I remember Queen recently sold it to the Church…”

“Little sister, are you from the Church?”

She nodded.

“Yes, I’m new today, a Knight of the Pope.”

“Hey, really?”

“A Knight of the Pope? Such a young girl?”

Suddenly, a voice came from above.

“Silviana?”

!!

Her heart jolted, and she hurriedly looked up.

The moon shone brightly like ice.

The sky was shrouded in a misty haze.

Amidst the shadows, a blonde woman hovered in the air, her dress dancing without wind. Under the silver glow, her slender figure resembled a proud white lotus standing atop a mountain, clearly reflected in her eyes.

Just like the song sang, she flew up to the moon.

She swallowed hard.

“You are…”

“Victoria.”

That voice was as clear as a stream.