After Herodotus got the answer he wanted, he did not stay in the Iron Horn City anymore, and immediately asked Sister Naima to prepare the carriage back to the Scaled City.
Then he turned to Clara who was still in a daze and said, "Go and clean up too."
"Huh?" Clara didn't respond at first, until Herodotus repeated it again, "You want to come with me."
The little maid couldn't help being dumbfounded when she heard this.
"The reason I asked Golden Boy to bring you here at the beginning was because I wasn't sure whether you could communicate with Saturday and tell Merlin where you are now through Saturday," Herodotus explained.
"But now it seems that you obviously don't have such ability. You just learned the method of contacting the gods from Merlin, but you are neither pious enough nor trained enough."
Clara could not refute, because these three points were exactly what she mentioned when she deceived Herodotus before.
Unexpectedly, the latter applied it back to her, and perfectly explained why she couldn't communicate with Saturday.
With this ability to draw inferences from one instance, the little maid could only sigh that she was worthy of being the high priest of the Silver Moon Church.
But what Herodotus said next made her heart sink again.
"Besides, you have to help me continue to train my ability to communicate with the goddess. As you said, the more you practice this ability, the better it will become."
"Uh, that's right."
"Very good, then you should stay with me from now on. As soon as I can establish a stable connection with Pissia like Merlin, I will send you back to the green field. I will do what I say."
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Clara felt a bitterness in her heart.
She didn't doubt that Herodotus was lying to her, because it didn't matter whether he was lying to her or not. Anyway, she couldn't do what Herodotus asked.
But it is definitely not possible to confess. Although the little maid is heartless, she is not stupid.
She knew that the reason why Herodotus hadn't killed her yet was because she was still useful, so even if she wanted to continue living, she had to go on with this drama.
So Clara didn't say anything, just nodded, and was about to go back to the room to pack her things, but at this moment Ruby suddenly spoke politely, "Master Herodotus, if you have anything to bring, leave it to me.
Take it."
"No, I don't have anything to bring, and you don't have to come with me this time."
"But I still have to take care of Miss Mary." Ruby's face turned a bit ugly and she forced a smile.
"Oh, I've worked hard on you during this period. You've done a good job. I said I would reward your loyalty. You can stay here and have a good rest, go shopping in the market, and buy yourself new clothes or something. Nai
Mother Ma, give her five golden lions. As for Mary, I will arrange for other people to take care of her on the other side."
"But I don't want to rest," Ruby became more and more anxious, "Please take me with you. Even if you don't continue to take care of Miss Mary, I can do other things."
"Next time." Herodotus said in an unquestionable tone.
Ruby failed to self-recommend and looked pale.
It's not that she really doesn't want to rest, it's just that she just encountered Herodotus whipping her a few days ago, and now she hears about the latter's crazy plan, and unlike Clara, she has irreplaceable value to Herodotus.
Ruby knew very well what would be waiting for her once she and Clara separated.
However, she did not dare to disobey Herodotus's order. Just when she felt desperate, Clara's voice sounded again, "But I still prefer Ruby to take care of me."
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Herodotus thought for a moment, seemingly weighing the pros and cons, and then said to Ruby, "Then you go and clean up too."
It was clear that Herodotus only paused for a breath, but to Ruby it seemed like ten thousand years had passed.
When Ruby heard the last sentence, she felt her body become weak.
After returning to the house and closing the door, the first thing Ruby did was to thank Clara.
The little maid blinked, "It's nothing. You've helped me before. We only have each other now, so of course we have to take care of each other."
Ruby's body trembled, and then she seemed to have made up her mind. She pulled Clara further away from the door, lay down in the little maid's ear and said.
"I...I have to confess something to you. I was actually ordered by Herodotus to approach you and become friends with you. This will make it easier to get secrets out of you."
After Ruby finished speaking, she was already waiting to receive Clara's shock and anger.
However, when she took a half step back and raised her head, she found that the little maid was much calmer than she imagined.
"You already knew this?" Ruby was surprised.
"No, but since I'm still alive now, it means you didn't betray me," Clara waved her hand, "Everything else is trivial."
"You are a good person, Mary." Ruby said, "You are right, we must protect each other. Is there anything you need me to do?"
"For now, we must first stabilize Herodotus. He will definitely not be satisfied with letting me keep pounding clay pots. After all, I told him that my abilities will get stronger with practice."
"Then do you have any other...experiments like that?"
"I've thought of another one in the past two days, and I happen to have the materials at hand, but I haven't figured out how to explain it this time. After all, this phenomenon is not as simple and clear as whether cotton is burning or not."
"Making up stories? This is exactly what I'm good at." Ruby volunteered, "You can leave this part to me."
"Great!" The little maid was overjoyed, "But this alone is not a solution. Sooner or later the secret will still be revealed. We still have to contact Shuangxiujiao. As long as he knows where I am, Merlin will definitely have a way to get us."
Get out."
"Since Herodotus has decided to take you back to the Scaled City, he will definitely treat you very seriously and will not give you a chance to contact the outside world. However, he may still relax his vigilance towards me.
Maybe I can help you get the news out."
"Then it's up to you."
"We can definitely return to the green fields."
"No, no, no, don't say that." The little maid's face changed slightly when she heard this, and she quickly reached out and covered Ruby's mouth.
The latter looked puzzled, "Why? I just want to encourage you."
"There is nothing wrong with this goal, but Merlin calls this behavior setting a flag. It is considered an invisible curse in the Kingdom of God. In short, it is better not to say this when nothing happens. A powerful person like Merlin's prophet can bear it.
I can’t live with this curse.”
"Okay. Then I won't say that again in the future." Seeing Clara's serious face, Ruby also felt the seriousness of the situation and quickly promised.
This chapter has been completed!