Dragon Tooth City, beneath Dragon Terrace Mountain, Dugan Blue Dragon and more than a dozen Knights escorted a carriage to the entrance of the Temple of Life orphanage. As the carriage door opened, Lily and Fanil stepped out together.
"I heard the Witch appeared somewhere around here the last time," Fanil said.
"I've heard about this place. Tierney's Magic Vine was discovered nearby," Lily said with a nod. "This used to be the plantation of a Devil Race mentor."
"Oh, so His Majesty Lucia sheltered that Devil Race member!" Fanil said casually.
"How could that be? Why would a True God shelter someone from the Devil Race?" Lily asked quietly.
"Because it was His Majesty Lucia! Her love has never had anything to do with race," Fanil said matter-of-factly. "Have you forgotten? Last year, that Mind Devil Race member named Xia Mei played a trick on Totapara, and She forgave her, didn't She?"
"Ah..." Lily felt that Fox Girl did have a point. Lucia was a True God of the Dragon Race and one of the most revered deities in the Dragon Kingdom. Neither the Knight Order nor the Magic Association dared enter Her temple to search it, yet they had indeed received reports that a Witch had been spotted nearby.
The two girls wandered around the orphanage, toured the rear courtyard, which was being renovated, then entered the Temple of the Goddess of Life and offered gifts before the Altar.
"Ladies, thank you for coming. His Majesty cherishes every life with a mother's kindness!" said the assistant priest standing beside the Altar with a smile.
"Thank you for His Majesty's protection!" The two girls drew Lucia's Holy Emblem over their chests together.
"Priest, have you been staying in the Temple lately?" Fanil moved closer to the young priestess and