Demi-human Girls Completion Manual Chapter 1637 - 110: Like the Sun

"Thirty-Year-Old Birthday Portrait of Elizabeth I"

"...She still looks the same as before, wouldn’t you say?"

Emhardt in his arms also saw the portrait and started speaking quietly, and as he looked at the Empress in the painting who remained unchanged, his expression inevitably turned complex.

"Indeed."

"Sir, are you sure you don’t want to reconsider?"

Above, the voice of an older man followed, seemingly frail and unable to catch up with Fisher quickly, so he leaned on the stairway railing to speak.

But Fisher only shook his head, turned towards the door, and replied,

"No, thank you!"

"Click!"

The next second, as he pushed open the door, he was greeted by a row of massive skyscrapers, which made it indeed difficult for him to recognize compared to the two or three storied low buildings he remembered. He looked up quickly and saw more structures under construction veiled by curtains. Outside the curtains, many workers manipulated cardinals flickering with blue light to move construction materials up and down.

Above the streets, several cardinals buzzed past like bees, seemingly patrolling. Carriages on the road decreased, replaced by smooth stone brick avenues. Tracks were carved out in the center of the road, and unlike the slow trains of the past, the train driven by cardinals were evidently much faster.

The hustle and bustle, footsteps, and conversations echoed continuously. Occasionally, some demi-human species passed by, but judging by their faces and the language used, the demi-humans from the Northern Realm were most common, with those from the South Continent hardly seen.

"Today is Monday, according to the Creation Scripture, it is a day for worship. Devout followers must face the sun, and pray to the Mother Goddess under the guidance of sunlight to receive her blessings."

Reports emanated from the cardinals patrolling the skies, which seemed to be security announcements from the police station of the Golden Palace.

So Fisher stood dumbfounded with Emhardt at the corner of this bustling street, incredulously scrutinizing everything before him until that old man’s voice once again came from the stairs behind,

"Did you not close the door? Sir? Sir?"

"..."

Fisher quietly turned around to close the large door behind him, then walked along the street which bore a few resemblances to the past, surveying the drastically changed infrastructure, feeling as though he had been away not just for five years but a century.

"It still looks rather nice, quite lively, don’t you think?"

Emhardt’s voice came from the area of his chest, his soft voice drowned by the surrounding people, of course, no one recognized it was the voice of the book held by the blond gentleman speaking.

"It’s more than just nice, I almost didn’t recognize this as Nali."

"Ha, what can you say, the techniques of the Holy Descendants may not suit them well, but it’s quite convenient for humans. Do you think a hundred years from now this will become another Holy Land?"

Fisher merely observed the surroundings, along the way seeing quite a number of Nali people, their dialect of Nali Language and distinct appearances attesting the policies of the Golden Palace promoting population flow, causing many talents originally residing in rural areas to enter the city upon the call.

It was currently noon, and above the firmament, the burning gap had yet to extend to this side of the sea, so Nali’s sky was still extraordinarily sunny, beneath the blue sky, the brilliant sunshine poured down, making this bustling coastal city glisten brilliantly.

Unfinished seven to eight story tall buildings surrounded by veils, cardinals and workers operating within; the sides of many completed tall buildings bore huge canvases, covering the entire side surface with Queen Elizabeth’s portrait.

The hastening Nali people passed by, yet even in their rush, most would turn their heads to meet the eyes of the Empress’s portrait on the building, the admiration and fervor requiring no words, even adding a phrase when praying,

"Mother Goddess bless, Empress bless."

In the sky, the sun inclined bit by bit westward, until it threw its pure golden sunlight down through the distant shelter of buildings, coinciding with Elizabeth’s solitary portrait.

At least in Nali, here she was akin to the sun.

Fisher quickly realized that in the years of her reign as Empress, Nali had risen to a level of unspeakable personal worship, the Nali people of Saint Nali beginning to have trust and expectations for the Empress amidst the ever-changing life and thriving society.

He gazed at the portrait drenched in sunlight where her closed expression was unclear, waiting for quite a while before following those hurried Nali people into the cardinal train station, observing the stops inside.

Going this direction two stops forward, one can reach the vicinity of Saint Nali’s inner core area, where not just the Golden Palace resides but also Saint Nali’s Great Cathedral.

Teresa’s ashes are stored there.

And not only Teresa’s ashes, but the map that the demi-human girl control entrusted to Sidi also indicated that the things left for him are present there, so Fisher’s first intention upon returning was to visit Sister Theresa, followed by retrieving the items the demi-human girl left for him.

After that, everything would inevitably relate to Elizabeth, he had yet to decide whether to directly enter the Golden Palace to meet Elizabeth or first attend Mr. Helsen’s funeral secretly, as he is uncertain about Elizabeth’s current situation, especially after she corresponded with Valentina...

It’s unlikely to be as amicable and easygoing as he imagines, do you perhaps expect Elizabeth to say to Fisher: "Dear, it’s wonderful that you’re back, it doesn’t actually matter if you have one two three four five six seven eight women outside, as long as you return"?

Fisher shivered, merely imagining such thoughts made him extremely uncomfortable.

Yet he also wished to avoid entering only to find it impossible, leading to conflict and relying on rank to break through from the Golden Palace, especially now he was intrigued by the changes in Nali unseen for ages.

But being cautious was never wrong, he needs to understand more about the current Saint Nali, the current Elizabeth.