Chapter 14-The Manga Pariah's Guide to Self-Salvation
Ye Zheng's reason was so impeccable that she no longer had to go to the church to kneel and pray on weekends. Ye Di not only took her place but also had to pray for an extra hour to demonstrate the sincerity of the Ye family.
It was a good thing to get rid of this torture, but the price was that she really had to attend the Royal Team's training.
Ye Zheng stood on the high platform, looking down at a group of monsters fighting fiercely below. Blood of various colors splattered everywhere, as if a huge palette had been overturned.
She turned to look at Sykes. The boy in the dark red uniform was watching expressionlessly, his fingers tapping the railing impatiently, as if he didn't much like the show the hunting ground offered him today.
"Your Highness, when do we start training?"
Ye Zheng asked. They had been watching here for half an hour, and her time was precious; she didn't want to waste it accompanying the Crown Prince.
As soon as her words fell, Ye Zheng felt several gazes fix on her. The other Royal Team members didn't speak, just looked at her meaningfully.
The expressionless Sykes finally let out a laugh, as if he had discovered a lamb that had voluntarily approached the wolf pack.
"That's right, we should show our new teammate our daily training routine."
"Ryan, you go down."
The boy who was called out lost his usual arrogance. He grabbed his hair irritably and resignedly walked to the staircase.
Ye Zheng stared at the hunting ground below. The intensely fighting monsters paused in their movements and all looked in one direction. A new intruder had appeared.
"Ryan's ability is Beast Control. The beasts in the hunting ground have been injected with an anger potion, which greatly increases the difficulty of his control."
Sykes thoughtfully introduced this to the new teammate.
The new teammate Ye Zheng watched the struggling, flustered figure below. The beasts almost bit off his leg.
If readers saw this scene, they probably wouldn't call Ryan a pretty "tsundere young lady".
[No, no, no, you still don't understand, momo... The more flustered they are, the more interested they will be.]
The System suddenly popped up, explaining with great interest.
Upon hearing this, Ye Zheng's expression became solemn. Although the System had briefly explained the term 'momo' to her, she didn't seem to have a thorough grasp of it.
She needed to continue to work hard to learn the vocabulary of the high-dimensional world and not slack off. After all, grasping the readers' tastes was the key to gaining more popularity.
Sykes stared at the girl's increasingly solemn expression, and a joyful light gleamed in his quiet golden eyes.
The kind and righteous Saintess who would even save a mere passerby must be feeling terrible witnessing this scene. Ryan was already so injured.
"Saintess, are you satisfied with our training method?"
"The most troublesome thing in the hunting ground is cleaning up. Human remains are mixed with Demonic Domain monster remains. Out of humanitarianism, I have to gather the human remains, and my subordinates are very annoyed by this work."
Sykes chatted with interest, his golden eyes fixed on the girl.
However, Ye Zheng didn't even notice his question.
[If this kind of scene were shown, it would definitely lead to non-con fics, and a very heavy human-beast non-con kind...]
[You don't know what non-con is, right? It's like... this... and finally like that...]
Ye Zheng's eyes gradually became blank. The always studious Saintess realized that not everything the System was saying was worth exploring.
"N-no more..."
"Don't let Ryan go through that..."
Ye Zheng wanted to interrupt the System's speech, which was challenging the limits of censorship, in her mind, but she accidentally said it out loud.
The girl's expression was vacant, looking like a beautiful, fragile glass bottle placed in a high-pressure environment, as if it was about to shatter from the pressure at any moment.
"Your Highness! Let's call Ryan up. He has obviously made great progress today."
Yu Tianming quickly spoke up. Sykes glanced at him displeasedly.
Ye Zheng finally came to her senses and looked at the gloomy-faced Sykes.
"Today is the day our new friend joins. It would be too boring to end Ryan's training like this."
Sykes leaned towards the girl, his tall figure blocking the warm sunlight that shone on her, casting her in his shadow.
Ye Zheng looked up, staring back at him in confusion.
It was all the System's fault. For the first time, the good-tempered Saintess felt the System was noisy. It not only caused her to miss what Sykes said, but now her head was filled with strange knowledge—Sykes was so close, he couldn't possibly be blocking the sun for her, could he?
"You want Ryan to come up? Unless you complete his training for him."
An malicious light flickered in Sykes' eyes.
"Ah, me?"
Ye Zheng had already thrown the useless knowledge to the back of her mind, and her IQ was back online. She looked at the Crown Prince with a questioning gaze.
"Your Highness, I'm a healing-type ability user. I can't go down and heal the monsters, can I?"
The girl's tone was helpless, but Sykes heard a hint of contempt, as if he was stupid for suggesting this kind of game.
Sykes' golden eyes darkened as he stared at the girl, a hint of confusion surfacing. Where was this Saintess's integrity and backbone? She wasn't like this a few days ago when she offended him for a servant.
In fact, Ye Zheng did think he was stupid, but she couldn't say it directly due to his identity and power.
Ryan was just a friend of her brother's. Even if it were her brother Ye Di down there, she wouldn't exchange herself for him.
[Don't you even save passing strangers? Ryan is a character with a name, at least.]
The System was as confused as Sykes at this moment.
Ye Zheng replied to the System in her mind, "Sykes is tyrannical, but he's not an idiot. Those who join the Royal Team are the elite children of the powerful families. They are the close allies he will use to contend with the Sei Curia and other ambitious people in the future."
"He'll throw a servant who offends him into the hunting ground to feed the monsters, but as for Ryan, he'll just make him suffer a little."
"These high-ranking people are more opportunistic than any ordinary person."
Ye Zheng turned her head and saw the blood-stained Ryan limping up. The healing-type ability users who were ready immediately supported him and began to heal his wounds.
She chuckled lightly and bowed to the Crown Prince. "Your Highness is so benevolent. You have even arranged for healers. It seems I'm not needed here for now."
"The Sei Curia still has matters waiting for me. Please excuse me. See you all next weekend."
The girl left gracefully under the Crown Prince's gaze, which was so dark he seemed to want to stare through her, and the disbelieving looks of several Royal Team members.
After Ye Zheng's figure completely disappeared, the high platform of the hunting ground remained deadly silent. Even Yu Tianming, who was closest to the Crown Prince, dared not break the silence.
After a long while, in the increasingly oppressive atmosphere, Yu Tianming finally heard the Crown Prince laugh strangely.
"Very well. So the Saintess of the Sei Curia is nothing more than this."
Yu Tianming adjusted his glasses, lowering his head, not daring to reply. From his perspective, Ye Zheng's actions were completely normal!
"Let her sit in the alternate's seat forever. Our team doesn't need such a weak and spineless woman."
Hearing Sykes' angry decision, Yu Tianming breathed a sigh of relief. It was a good thing for Ye Zheng to have the title but not participate in combat. Otherwise, the Crown Prince, whose moods were unpredictable, might not be able to resist killing this disrespectful Sei Curia mascot in the Demonic Domain.
A day later, Ye Zheng received a subtle message from Yu Tianming, informing her that she didn't need to participate in any competitions or activities for the time being.
After seeing the message, the girl's lips curved upward all day long, thinking that the Crown Prince's stupidity occasionally had its merits.
It was time to let Babe-Mei and the protagonist group connect.
Author's Note: I've been traveling and have had a fever and been vomiting, so the update quantity is a bit small. Please bear with it, my dears.
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