This proposal was a bit unexpected for Ellie. Have people from the Slane Theocracy send her back? From the Slane Theocracy Capital to the Magic Kingdom, traveling by normal native means would take several days, no matter how fast, and who knows if these guys would try something devious?
Although having people from Theocracy send her home would have a slight advantage, for example! Assigning someone from the Black Scripture to be her escort back! Then capturing them! And replacing them with a Double Phantom to continue lurking in the Slane Theocracy or something.
Ugh… Forget it. Looking at the Slane Theocracy, it seems unlikely they'll cause any major trouble anytime soon!
Besides, she still had Bell, the double agent, as a card to play, so there was no need to waste another Double Phantom. More importantly! There were still too many unknown places in the Slane Theocracy. What if they detected her with some unknown equipment or item? So, it's better to be a bit more cautious!
"Uh… It's quite far from here to my home, isn't it? It would be quite a bother to have you send someone to escort me." So Ellie planned to refuse the proposal, but what Ellie said now was only in a slightly polite tone of refusal, wanting Uncle Raymond to misunderstand that she was just being courteous.
"This is what our country should do, so please, Princess Elizabeth, don't worry about it. Then…" Raymond hadn't finished speaking when he saw Ellie wasn't listening to him at all. Instead, Ellie turned her head, raised her hand, and snapped her fingers at the sky, a snap that never made a sound.
"Come here, Sticky Rice Cake!"
No sooner had Ellie's words fallen than a whooshing sound came from above, descending from the sky. Sticky Rice Cake's massive body appeared in the sky at some unknown point, and it swooped down towards the training ground, scaring the monk soldiers who had gathered there into scattering in all directions.
However, their actions were correct, because in just a few seconds, Sticky Rice Cake landed precisely where those people had been gathered moments before. If they hadn't moved out of the way… the scene would have been bloody enough.
"Thank you for your kindness. I've been missing for quite a while. Although I've contacted my family with messages, I still want to go home as soon as possible, so there's no need to trouble you with sending me." After seeing Sticky Rice Cake land, Ellie turned to Raymond and said. Her meaning was clear: Ellie was going to ride this white dragon home. Flying would surely be faster than you running on the ground, right!
"Uh… That's truly a pity." Raymond could only give up. She had even summoned a dragon… It was obvious she wasn't buying into their offer, so there was no need to insist.
"Well then! Bell, let's go quickly!" Ellie glanced at Bell and called out.
"Huh? No… now? I haven't packed my things yet." Bell looked bewildered. She hadn't expected Ellie to directly ask her to leave with her.
"You have five minutes! Hurry up." Ellie said with a slightly impatient expression.
"Five minutes… It would take more than five minutes to run from here back to my room, wouldn't it, Princess…? I…" Bell wanted to say something else, but Raymond sternly stopped her.
"Bell Adokmisrena! What are you standing there for! Hurry up and go!" That wasn't all; he also made eye contact with Dominic for about half a second. This small gesture couldn't escape Ellie's notice. Dominic was Bell's direct superior, so he must have been trying to use this opportunity to give Bell her undercover mission, right?
"Alright, I'll give you another ten minutes then!" Ellie, knowing full well what they were doing, cooperated and gave Bell a little more time, to see what kind of scheme Dominic wanted Bell to pull off.
"Oh! I'm going now!" So Bell quickly ran off, and Dominic also quietly retreated, using the bodies of the other High Priests to block Ellie's line of sight, and then directly slipped away behind Bell.
Although Ellie pretended to look away with an indifferent expression, she had indeed seen the entire scene.
"Then I'll just wait another ten minutes." Although she was smiling inwardly, Ellie still maintained a slightly impatient expression on the surface.
"It would be too rude to have Princess Elizabeth stand here waiting. Princess, please come with me to the nearby lounge to wait, shall we?" Raymond said!
Oh ho! Was he trying to buy time for Dominic and Bell? Although she intended to cooperate with them and pretend not to notice their little tricks, having her meekly obey their words would be too undignified.
"No need! I'll just wait here! Sticky Rice Cake… lie down! Extend your claw." Ellie turned her head and gave orders to Sticky Rice Cake, completely ignoring Raymond.
Sticky Rice Cake obediently lay down and extended its claw towards Ellie. The height was just level with the rostrum. Ellie directly jumped from the rostrum onto Sticky Rice Cake's claw, immediately sat down, and even crossed her legs. Sticky Rice Cake carefully lifted Ellie up.
Although it wasn't as cool as Ainz's Black Goat's Tentacle Throne, Sticky Rice Cake was still a pretty formidable dragon to the natives. A dragon claw seat could be considered dignified enough.
"…" Raymond and the other High Priests could only look up at Ellie in silence. After all, Sticky Rice Cake was quite tall. Although Ellie was carefully held in its claw, she could only look down at the High Priests, and it felt somewhat inconvenient for conversation.
Although looking down on these High Priests, who had troubled her many times, brought a certain dark satisfaction, she still had a chance to trick them further before Bell arrived.
"Sticky Rice Cake! Lower yourself a bit." So Ellie ordered Sticky Rice Cake, and Sticky Rice Cake obediently lowered its posture. Although it wasn't as exaggerated as before, Ellie still maintained that condescending look, gazing down at the High Priests.
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