Demi-human Girls Completion Manual Chapter 1662 - 119: Old Woman

"..."

Within the procession, Fisher, suddenly halted, concealed under the Hidden Blessing of Azan Ross. Nobody noticed his action, so the procession inched forward, and the carriage carrying the "Valentina’s Gift" was about to enter the church.

Only Emhardt, in Alicia’s arms, seemed to notice Fisher’s action. He quickly poked his head out and asked in a tiny voice,

"Fisher, why did you suddenly stop?"

Alicia, led by a servant, also noticed Emhardt’s voice, but when she turned her head, she saw nothing.

However, Fisher seemed not to hear anything either and absentmindedly turned his head to look at the Golden Carriage entering the outer grounds, or more precisely, at Elizabeth inside it.

"Oh, I forgot his rank was reverted under that cursed Blessing. Normally, he should be able to hear me."

Emhardt clicked his tongue in frustration, but surrounded by people, he couldn’t boldly fly out of Alicia’s arms to talk to Fisher, and had to make Alicia perform some small actions to catch Fisher’s attention.

"...Has Queen Elizabeth arrived?"

After a brief silence, Alicia suddenly stopped, deliberately asking her servant loudly enough for the nearly paralyzed Fisher behind to hear and come back to his senses.

"Yes, Miss Alicia, you have seen Her Majesty before."

"...I don’t like that big sister."

"Oh dear! You mustn’t say such things carelessly, and Her Majesty has been so kind to the Nali people, I’m a Schwali and even I’m envious. All the Nali people respect and adore her now, so don’t say anything rash later!"

These servants were hired from Schwali by Vileli, and even in their distant hometowns, where the name of Elizabeth is known, especially after coming to this backwater place like Chittel, anyone who has been to Saint Nali ends up praising Queen Elizabeth, even hanging her portrait at home.

This immature little guy dared to speak like this, if any trouble arises later, they’ll be in big trouble. Therefore, they repeatedly urged him with such earnestness.

Alicia nodded dumbly, and Fisher came forward. This time, Fisher could hear Emhardt’s quiet questions.

Fisher sighed, pointed at the gift cart beside them, and since Emhardt had not seen it while in Alicia’s arms, after Fisher pointed it out, Alicia moved a bit, and Emhardt could see the hostile words.

"Hiss!"

He gasped, unable to suppress his voice as he questioned,

"Is Valentina here?!"

"Shhh, quiet down, others might notice you...although I don’t want to think this way, given the current situation, it’s quite likely. Keken just told us that the Slimes haven’t entered the Nali land for a long time, and since Keken works for them, Valentina, as their nominal leader, can’t possibly not know I would attend the funeral..."

"Oh, given that girl’s feelings for you, plus Elizabeth announcing she would personally come..."

Emhardt pursed his lips, feeling a shiver running down his spine as he burrowed deeper into Alicia’s arms, muttering as he pretended to be dead,

"Oh boy, you’re in trouble, Fisher. I remember back then in the Northern Realm, before Valentina turned into a Phoenix, she and Elizabeth had a distant confrontation through the Nali Secret Bureau’s Communication Magic, and now they’re going to meet face to face... and at your teacher’s funeral!"

"..."

Fisher was also a bit helpless, but no matter what, he didn’t want his business to affect Mr. Helsen’s funeral.

He didn’t want to dishonor his teacher by turning his funeral into a battleground for his love interests; if that happened, he’d be guilty for life.

Looking at the gift cart before him, Fisher had a preliminary plan. Taking advantage of his Hidden Blessing, he quickly went to the back of the gift cart and told Emhardt,

"You stay with Alicia inside; I’ll deal with this dangerous item and come back. Also, if you can find Valentina first, even better."

These gift carts were prepared in advance by the guests and were delivered by servants this morning. It’s rare for these things to have gift lists, so Valentina could easily have placed this item into the cart for the servants to bring in.

The issue is these gifts were meant for Helsen’s family, and even though Elizabeth is the Empress, she clearly has no right to inspect them on their behalf. Therefore, Valentina must actively ensure her "gift" is presented to Elizabeth, which means she or someone with her will definitely head to where the gifts are stored.

Now, Fisher’s top priority is to remove this thing and intercept Valentina at the gift storage area, at least postpone matters until after the funeral...

The plan is taking shape, and driven by a will to survive, even though Fisher’s final rank was converted back to mortal under the Hidden Blessing, he nevertheless displayed extraordinary decisiveness.