Chapter 78 - The Pontiff (1/2)

Surprised, Alexis straightened her spine in respect for the girl. ”Pontiff Rebeca!? What are you doing here!?”

This Rebeca had short, snowy hair, and also had eyes as blue as sapphire. Although she had the appearance of a little girl of ten or eleven, her look was reminiscent of someone experienced. Well, at least that's what Luke thought at the first moment...

”AAAAAAHH! I can't believe you ignored me for two years!” Rebecca exclaimed, crossed her arms, turned her face, and inflated her cheeks.

A small bead of sweat dripped down the left side of Alexis' face as she scratched her nose slightly, showing nervousness.

”I didn't ignore you on purpose...” The half-dragon said, looking away. To Luke, that was a clear sign of a lie.

But Rebecca seemed to believe it, because in the next instant her eyes were shining because of the huge number of tears that had clustered in her eye sockets.

”Promise? Sniff... Sniff...” She inquired, pulling back the bit of goo coming out of her nostrils.

”Yes...” The redhead replied, still looking away and with a lot more sweat running down her face than when she was fighting the demon.

”Sorry to disturb you, but... who are you? And why did you show up just now?” Luke inquired, feeling that he was witnessing a situation he shouldn't be.

The little girl pulled herself together in a moment and introduced herself with a slight nod:

”My name is Rebeca Bollevard, and I am the current Pontiff of the Cardinal Church.”

”Oh!? Then it is an honor for me to meet such an important figure.”

The girl's cheeks flushed upon hearing this. She brought her hand up to them to try to hide her shyness, while at the same time she had a silly smile on her face and wiggled her ass.

”Ahhh~... what a gentleman~”

Alexis clenched her eyes and said to Luke: ”Don't let her reaction get you... she's already 79 of age or something like that.”

”Ah?! Alexis! Why did you tell him? It's so much fun when they find out in practice...” Rebecca said, looking lewdly at the half-wolf.

”With all due respect, ma'am, but I like women with a more grown-up appearance.” He replied, moving a little further away from the translucent figure. ”By the way, why are you here? If you're a powerful Pontiff, you could have shown up a few minutes ago...it would have been of enormous help.”

”Actually, I only showed up because Miss Dmitry called me...is there something going on out there?”

Luke looked at his destroyed surroundings, in which half of a small castle lay in ruins and close to falling over a cliff. ”Can't you see?” He asked, opening his arms in a sense of confusion.

”Luke, this is an astral projection, so she can't see the scenery, just like we can't see where she is either.” Alexis clarified. Then the girl knelt to the little white-haired girl. ”Mistress...”

'Mistress!?' Luke questioned startled.

”... I am currently in Vasconcelos, and although I have a demon sealed with me, I unfortunately let another demon escape. I know I may be asking too much for not contacting you in a while, but I ask that you look up sealed demons in Dungeons in our library, because I don't know who this demon I captured is.”

Bringing her right hand to her chin, the girl did not seem surprised by the information revealed.

”This demon you captured... was he strong?”

”Considering he was without a host? More or less. It was able to easily withstand the blows of the <Fist of Life> and a <Divine Blast>. If it weren't for Luke's help, he certainly would have had more trouble.”

”I see... What about the demon that escaped, did he have a host?”