EBE Chapter 496 The Women's Offensive
Chapter 496 The Women's Offensive
Not long after the dinner started, Bai Hao, who was sitting at the main seat, keenly sensed a hint of something unusual in the atmosphere. He began to become a little nervous, and the same was true for Cornelle, who was sitting next to him. She had never experienced such a scene.
Kalia, who usually grabs the chicken legs with both hands and chews them, is now as quiet as a lady. She is holding the cutlery that she would never touch before, and is cutting the meat with clumsy skills.
As an orc, Xing Lili always has an extraordinary appetite, but at this moment there was only a small plate of pasta in front of her. You know, under normal circumstances, this would not even be enough to fill her teeth.
Yula was even more strange. She sat with her back straight, head held high, and chest puffed out, as upright as an apprentice sitting in the first row of a classroom. Her slow eating speed was especially strange.
Finina and Omir were much more normal, not much different from usual, but they were still affected by the atmosphere given off by the other three women and became a little restrained.
Bai Hao quickly realized that all this was because of Cornele, because of her textbook-like dining etiquette.
The way Cornelie is dressed today makes her look like the heroine wherever she goes. However, her typical Orleans beauty face easily outshines other beauties. Perhaps only Youla, wearing the simple Eastern ornaments, can compete with her.
Just when Bai Hao wanted to say something to ease the atmosphere, an unexpected girl took the lead in attacking him. It turned out to be the innocent-looking Omir.
"Miss Cornelie, I remember that the Temple of Autotes does not allow non-believers to enter at will. I wonder why you are here?"
Omir's question may seem ordinary, but it is actually an extremely standard frontal attack. It is based on the rules of the Bright Moon Canon, making it impossible to find any loopholes for criticism. At the same time, it also forces Cornelle to answer directly. It is truly a simple but powerful blow!
Bai Hao was analyzing the matter with great interest, looking as if it was none of his business, but he was soon glared at by Xing Lili opposite him. Judging from the sharpness of the orc girl's eyes, he and the big bed in the room would surely suffer again tonight.
"Oh, my father asked me to deliver an urgent secret letter to a priest, and that priest happens to work in the Temple of Autotes." Cornelle paused and then said slowly, "When I was seven years old, I was adopted as a daughter by two high-ranking priests. I will officially join the sect tomorrow spring. This way, I will be considered a person who can communicate with gods, and naturally I can enter and leave the Temple of Autotes."
"A person who has communication with gods..." Omir couldn't help but repeat this unfamiliar word. She had only seen it in textbooks at school. This was an extremely special identity of a believer.
Bai Hao was also a little surprised when he heard this, because he himself was also a person who could communicate with gods. He was given this identity by Archbishop Odom of Campbell Territory when he was five years old. Therefore, Bai Hao could freely enter and exit most buildings of the Church of the Goddess of the Bright Moon in Campbell Territory.
The high-ranking priests of the Moon Goddess sect can judge for themselves whether people outside the sect are divinities. In layman's terms, they use some events to judge whether your faith is devout enough, and ultimately grant you the status of a godly person. This is equivalent to using the high-ranking priest's clergymanship to guarantee.
In other words, Cornele has obtained the priesthood guarantee of two high-ranking priests, so she can act in the church as a divine person. She can have some privileges that non-church people do not have, such as being able to enter the Temple of Autotes.
Bai Hao's mouth twitched slightly. Compared with Cornele's comprehensive answer, he was more impressed that Duke Koff was really all-powerful and had such connections in the headquarters church of the Moon Goddess Sect. One should know that most high-ranking priests would not easily give this identity to a person who was in touch with gods.
This is only the case in extremely special circumstances.
For example, a certain wizard selflessly dedicated himself during the epidemic and rescued hundreds of people; or someone possessed an extremely strong light of the kingdom of God and was discovered by a priest with divine vision; of course, the most typical example is Bai Hao himself, who can directly make all believers have special induction.
Cornelie's answer was perfect. After asking a few more questions, Omir stopped fighting, and Xinglili, the strong main force, followed closely behind.
After canceling the contract with Beast Kui, the orc girl showed many personality traits that she didn't have before, such as a more intense food protection reaction, sharper wording, and even a more assertive attitude towards her fiancée!
"Sister Cornelie is such a great cook. The food on this table is delicious and tasty. But Xiaohao has been eating my dishes for more than ten years, and only I can understand his taste!"
Xing Lili's words were tantamount to a declaration of sovereignty. Cooking is the responsibility of a housewife and a wife's full-time job. Xing Lili wanted to establish her authority over Cornele by cooking.
However, Cornelie was not aware that Xinglili had already terminated the beast Kui contract with Bai Hao, and she just nodded in agreement and said, "Miss Xinglili has served Viscount Campbell's beast Kui for more than ten years, so she naturally knows more about it than I do. I hope I can have the opportunity to taste your cooking skills in the future."
After saying that, Cornele glanced lightly at Bai Hao beside her. The meaning of that look was particularly obvious, and it was clear that she would become the woman beside Bai Hao in the future, and would naturally taste the food made by Xing Lili.
Bai Hao gave full marks to this response of taking advantage of the situation and going with the flow!
However, Xing Lili actually laid her cards on the table when she saw this. She stood up and said complacently, "That's just right. I want to announce something. Actually, the night before yesterday, Xiao Hao had already burned the Beast Kui Contract with white fire, and now I have become Xiao Hao's..."
Before he could finish, Xing Lili looked straight at him. Bai Hao could only cough and say, "Fiancée."
As soon as Bai Hao finished speaking, there was a burst of exclamations at the table. Kalia and Yura had joyful expressions on their faces and sincerely congratulated Xing Lili, while Omir had an envious look on his face, as this was the identity she had dreamed of obtaining.
As for Finina and Cornele, they both widened their eyes in disbelief. Both of them were very traditional noble women from the Central Plains. In their minds, it was not something worthy of blessing for a noble man to marry his own beast Kui.
After all, the difference between noble and humble is there, and orcs have always been inferior to humans, even though Xing Lili is a half-orc with relatively noble blood.
But it was obviously impossible for Finina to comment on Bai Hao's decision. She had been influenced by many new ideas during the few months she had been with Bai Hao, and she also agreed with the universal values of equality that Bai Hao spoke of.
After being surprised, Cornele quickly gave her her blessing. The information Duke Koff gave her mentioned that there were almost no orc slaves in Campbell Territory and its surrounding noble territories. Most of them had joined the army and become new magic soldiers with legal status as citizens of the territory.
Therefore, the clever Cornele knew very well that Bai Hao, as the initiator of this policy, naturally had completely different traditional ideas from other nobles. As Xing Lili was the orc closest to him, Bai Hao would definitely not allow anyone to discriminate against or dislike her.
Although Cornele could not accept marrying an orc, she chose to keep silent about it. Otherwise, she would only offend Bai Hao and all her efforts today would be in vain.