Church of Heaven

Han Jiang lay listlessly across the table, feeling terribly irritated.

The Dominance Herrscher was crafty and numerous. He really wanted to throw in the towel.

But if he did not do it, the girls of St. Freya would have to work even harder.

Retreating into a World Bubble would let them live peacefully and securely, but Kiana and the others would not be happy. They could only keep moving forward, one step at a time.

Yae Sakura reached out and gently stroked Han Jiang's head again and again.

"If you feel tired, then rest for a while," Yae Sakura said softly. "Finding the Dominance Herrscher and eliminating them is not your responsibility alone."

"Don't put so much pressure on yourself. Take it slowly. Everything will get better."

Yae Sakura's soft, gentle words were comforting, easing much of Han Jiang's frustration.

While he was working hard, everyone at the Far East Branch was working hard too.

The next morning, the flower shop across the street had opened.

Most of the flowers displayed outside were roses, followed by Chinese roses and other highly ornamental blooms.

There was only one girl in the shop, dressed in a maid outfit. Standing at the entrance, she offered a sweet smile to every passerby.

But how could the people of the slums appreciate such things? What use was a pretty flower in their eyes? No matter how pretty it was, it could not compare to that maid.

Anything out of the ordinary had to have something suspicious behind it. Even if the people here could not say those words, they understood the meaning.

Anyone who dared open a flower shop in the outer city slums, with such a beautiful woman tending it, was someone they could not afford to provoke.

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