owlsbooks Chapter 1012 The Last Routine 191
Chapter 1012 The Last Routine 191
Chapter 1012 The Last Routine 191
"I am Cecily, a beautiful priestess of the Axis Cult. I dedicate myself day and night to persuasion. Sometimes, I am punished by unintentional individuals who do not understand the Axis Cult. Why is that...?"
Cecily sighed helplessly. This guy had no idea what he had done wrong, and was even troubled by it. However, she quickly cheered up.
"But, in order to resolve that troubling situation, spread our goodness more widely, and increase the number of believers... just as I was thinking this, revelation came! And so, I formed an organization!!"
The Axis church in Axel.
"Alright, everyone, are you ready?!" Cecily said loudly and earnestly to the group in front of her, "For the sake of the world, for the sake of the people, let's begin our operation!"
“Healing others is a wonderful job, and I will try my best,” Alice said with a smile.
Lynn nodded in agreement and said, "Hmph, isn't it good that you're telling me this? If you want to use my power, you need to pay the corresponding price—although I really want to say that, you're just being kind this time, so let's just leave it at that."
"I mean, what's with these clothes?!" Chris tugged at her nurse's uniform. Not only was she wearing one, but the other two, including Cecily, were also dressed as nurses. They looked more like doctors than priestesses.
"Isn't it amazing? Lady Aqua made it!" Cecily exclaimed with admiration, then said excitedly, "If I wear this outfit to help others, it should attract even more people who want to be healed... If I persuade these people, the number of believers will multiply!"
"So, their aim is indeed to persuade and elevate the image of the Axis cult!" Chris shouted angrily after hearing this. "What do you mean by 'for the world, for the people'!"
Of course, her anger wasn't entirely due to Cecily deceiving her; it was also because she herself had fallen for it. The Axis cultists were generally unreliable, and she had foolishly trusted them—a truly inexcusable act.
"Alright, alright, calm down," Cecily said, soothing the angry Chris. "Isn't this the perfect job for Miss Chris, who 'wouldn't turn a blind eye to people in trouble'? You should be happy to have this job."
“Of course.” Youyou nodded in agreement, saying, “No matter the reason, helping others is always a good thing. And if helping others can change how others perceive the Crimson Demon Clan… I’m willing to help!”
As the next leader of the Crimson Demon Clan, she was already considering the clan's reputation; they couldn't keep being criticized for being mentally unstable.
“Wait a minute, Miss Cecily!” Chris said, clearly very reluctantly, “If the goal is to persuade, I won’t help—”
“Is it okay to say something like that? I… I was clearly ruined by Miss Chris!” Cecily suddenly said.
"A defective product!?!" X2
Alice and Youyou stared at them dumbfounded.
However, this was a complete misunderstanding. Cecily clutched her shoulder and sobbed, "Ah, my shoulder still hurts from where I was bumped..."
"Wait, didn't you suddenly bump into me?!" Chris quickly denied it, rejecting Cecily's attempt to stage an accident.
"That's practically a scam." Lynn smirked, shook her head, and said helplessly, "No wonder they're Axis cultists. In that case, wouldn't it have been easier to just refuse?"
“That’s true…” Chris also felt a little sorry for her, and pursed her lips as she said, “But I heard that Cecily bumped into something because she was sleep-deprived from thinking too much about how to help others…”
"Sigh, just how kind of person are you?" Lynn sighed, rubbing her forehead. Although she had a certain conscience, spending so much time with the scumbag Duster in the team had made her a bit cunning.
"No, you don't have to say everything!" Chris said anxiously, but emphasized, "So, just this once!"
"Good, good, good!" Cecily's headache and backache had disappeared, and she was full of energy. She waved her hands and shouted, "Then, everyone here is a chosen healer! Let's go help others! But there's one thing to note: conceal the existence of the Axis Cult!"
"Hidden!?" xN
Everyone looked confused.
“Yes.” Cecily nodded seriously and said, “Then we will clarify that it is the Axis Church that is doing good deeds!”
"Why do you do that?"
"Of course it's because it looks cooler that way, and it's more impactful!"
The shameless Cecily said this with great excitement, but others thought she wasn't trying to create a stir, but rather worried that if she immediately revealed herself as a follower of Axis, no one would seek her help. Besides, even if they accidentally made a mistake, they could escape unscathed by not revealing their identities, right?
“Alright.” Cecily clapped her hands and said, “The devout believers have even provided us with a treatment clinic. Go, ‘Angels of Axel,’ who heal people!”
"Yes!"xN
This is how everyone answered.
But soon, they sighed helplessly and gathered together behind Cecily's back to discuss the matter.
“I said…” Lynn covered her cheeks in a state of collapse and said in a muffled voice, “Initially, it was an operation to hide your true identity and then, when you started to be evaluated, to reveal that the good deeds were done by the ‘Axis Cult’ so that people would re-examine your actions, right?”
"That's true, but..."
Chris was also somewhat devastated.
This is what just happened—
"cure."
"Ah, that's much easier... Thank you, High Priestess."
The healed guest thanked her with a smile, and Cecily, of course, wouldn't let the opportunity pass by. She took a bar of white soap out of her pocket and stuffed it into his arms without saying a word.
"It's so good that the wound is healed. By the way, to prevent bacteria from entering the wound, it's essential to keep it clean! ...So, please use this soap!"
"Thank you—this soap belongs to an Axis!? Eh? I only have one life, I'll pay!!"
The guest who had just been thanking Cecily suddenly panicked and started yelling when he saw the soap Cecily had taken out. He threw down a large sum of money and ran away quickly, leaving Cecily looking distressed, seemingly unable to figure out where she had been exposed.
Just then, Alice walked over and whispered, "I said I'd like to read picture books to the children. Do you have any interesting books?"
“Please use this book.” Cecily decisively pulled out a blue book with the doctrines of the Axis religion written on the cover, handed it to her, and said, “You’ll feel very happy if you read it.”
“Um…” Alice opened the book, looked at the words written on it, and said, “Since we’ll all regret it anyway, let’s choose the easy way now… Don’t let the kids read this kind of stuff!”
Although Alice was not opposed to the Axisists, she knew very well that such books should not be given to children, so she resolutely refused.
After a series of events, Cecily looked visibly confused and said, "That's strange. Why would such a natural development be noticed?"
She seemed oblivious, but that didn't mean she was ignoring the edible soap or the books of Axis doctrine; she'd been completely exposed from the start. Knowing that continuing like this was futile, they decided to remind Cecily.
Lynn spoke up first, "You've been exposed."
"The people in this city probably all know about the persuasion methods of the Axis Cult," Youyou said with a helpless expression, after all, she was often the one being persuaded.
“I said,” Chris said, also feeling a headache coming on, “I don’t want people to think I’m an Axis cultist. Let’s just help others normally, okay? That way we can still fulfill our own wishes, right?”
Cecily felt very sad after hearing this, and thought to herself: Hiding good deeds is unexpectedly difficult, but this must be a trial...! Lady Aqua, I will definitely overcome it!
Clearly, they have no intention of giving up yet.
Just then, a man ran in from outside the clinic—it was Duster. He shouted anxiously, "Lynn, so this is it! Found you!!"
"What's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry?"
"Kobayashi... Kobayashi has collapsed!"
"Kobayashi!!?" xN
As Duster shouted in a panic, many people screamed in surprise. In the end, Cecily signaled to everyone not to panic, and then decisively directed the group.
"Everyone, please calm down." She displayed the composure expected of a high priestess of the order, and said to the crowd, "Let's treat him. Please bring Mr. Kobayashi to this clinic quickly, and we will heal him."
“Cecily…yes, I’ll bring her!” Lynn nodded when she saw how serious Cecily was, then said to her companion, “Let’s go, Dust.”
"Okay! Let's go quickly!" Duster, with Lynn in tow, rushed off to rescue Xiaolin.
Seeing this, Chris said with slight surprise, "Taking immediate action has made me reconsider. The desire to help others is genuine—"
“Mr. Kobayashi is a celebrity in this town. If we save him, our reputation will surely improve. This must be the savior of the goddess!” Cecily said eagerly, her eyes gleaming with the burning light of prestige.
"...It seems that's not the case." Chris twitched the corner of her mouth, utterly despairing of Cecily before her. But as the saying goes, a gentleman judges by actions, not intentions. Whatever Cecily's purpose was, as long as she could save Kobayashi, that was enough.
Then, after a long time, Kobayashi finally arrived at the clinic, supported by Lynn and Duster. As he walked, his face was full of pain, as if he were suffering from some intense torment, clutching his head and groaning incessantly.
"Ugh...it hurts so much...my head hurts so much...!"
"Brother, are you alright? Cheer up!"
Alice said this out of concern.
"It looks like you're in a lot of pain," Yu-Yu said with a worried expression. "Is your head hurting? So, could it be that you accidentally picked up something to eat? Back in the Crimson Demon Village, Megumin also had stomach aches from picking up things to eat all the time, but she developed super immunity when she was nine years old."
“I don’t think he did that kind of thing, right?” Duster smirked and said, “But while we were playing the game, he suddenly said he had a headache and then collapsed.”
"Is it because you're working too hard? You seem to have a fever too. Get some sleep, brother."
"No, no, Alice, you must have listened to Duster just now. He said that when playing games, you must have been playing too wildly."
Lynn shrugged indifferently.
But Alice suddenly heard Kobayashi, lying on the bed with a pained expression, repeatedly uttering incomprehensible words, "...Let's...have...a...relationship."
"Huh!?" Cecily exclaimed in surprise upon hearing this, "Did he want to join the Axis Cult before he died!?"
"How could that be? He must be feeling unwell and wants us to save him." Chris rolled her eyes at her, finding the method of always trying to recruit people into the cult too low-class.
However, to everyone's surprise, Kobayashi, who was lying on the bed, suddenly blurted out, "I like you, let's date."
"Huh!?" xN
Now everyone felt something was wrong.
Then, it wasn't just Kobayashi; many people in the town suddenly fell ill. They all looked just as uncomfortable as Kobayashi and were brought to the clinic. Realizing something was wrong, the crowd quickly sent people to check on the town.
"This is terrible!" Lynn exclaimed as she ran back. "I've heard that some adventurers are confessing their feelings to anyone, no matter who they are!"
"Huh!?" Chris was somewhat surprised and puzzled, asking, "What exactly happened? What's this about the confession...?"
“If Yu-Yu were confessed to by a strange person, and Yu-Yu is too gentle to refuse and had to accept it…” Alice looked at the Crimson Demon girl beside her and quickly shook her shoulder, saying, “That won’t do!”
“I will absolutely not let that happen... I will protect Alice!” Youyou said, pressing down on her shoulder.
"Eh?" x2
The two of them seemed to care about each other.
At this moment, Cecily said, "I've notified everyone in town and brought all the people with problems to the clinic." Then, with a smug smile, she added, "Looks like things are about to get busy."
"First, we need to treat Kobayashi..."
Lynn twitched her lips nervously. After all, Xiaolin was a celebrity in this town. Although he had recently been called a scumbag for some reason, he still had a large group of fans. If his confession for some unknown reason was taken seriously, the biggest problem might be after he recovered from his illness.
The thought of this made everyone uneasy.
(End of this chapter)