Lin Lei was slightly stunned. In this moment, he hesitated, a flurry of thoughts rushing through his mind in an instant. Still, he nodded. "Yes, her name is Alice."
Dilia's eyes turned red immediately. "Congratulations."
She hurriedly turned away, unable to hold back the tears that suddenly streamed down her face. Then Dilia ran quickly out of the reading room.
Lin Lei himself didn't notice that Dilia was crying.
"Whew." Just telling Dilia that directly left Lin Lei feeling a mix of irritation and relief.
After this incident, Lin Lei had no mood to continue reading. He mentally noted down the name of the magic book, then put it back in its place.
On the walk back to the dormitory, Lin Lei felt somewhat down.
"Boss, I know, you like Dilia too, right?" Bei Bei said with schadenfreude. "I think Dilia is pretty good, better than Alice."
"Shut up," Lin Lei transmitted via soul voice.
"Humph, I hit the mark," Bei Bei said smugly.
Lin Lei took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled, a hint of a smile appearing on his face. "Never mind. Now that I've cleared the air with Dilia, there's no real burden on my mind anymore. Right, I'm meeting Alice tomorrow. I should prepare a gift."
The thought of Alice made Lin Lei feel considerably lighter.
……
December 29th, evening. Lin Lei parted ways with Yeru and the others, heading alone to Ganmo Road to meet Alice. This time, he and Alice would be together for a while longer.
Because every January 1st was known as the 'Yulan Festival.' The Yulan Festival was the greatest holiday on the entire Yulan Continent. And on this day, the Church of Light would also hold its grandest mass.
Fenn City, as the 'Holy Capital' of the Church of Light, had the church's headquarters located in the West City. Naturally, Fenn City's 'mass' was the largest scale mass on the entire Yulan Continent. The Pope of the Church of Light would preside over it in person. It was a truly spectacular event, and an enormous crowd of people would gather to watch.
January 1st.
West Fenn City, the Church of Light Headquarters – the Church of Light Temple, was a gigantic building nearly a hundred meters tall. It could be clearly seen from virtually anywhere else in Fenn City.
In front of the Church of Light Temple lay a large plaza several thousand meters long and wide. The plaza's ground was paved with smooth white stone. At this moment, the plaza was packed with a sea of people, and Lin Lei and Alice were among them.
Knights from the Church of Light's Knight Order maintained orderly control over the plaza's crowd. The people gathered here were also very well-behaved.
"Brother Lin Lei, wait until eight o'clock. That's when the upper echelons of the Church of Light will come out, and the Pope himself," Alice said softly to Lin Lei.
Lin Lei nodded, glancing at those knights maintaining order. "Alice, judging by the number of knights here to keep order, there must be at least several thousand. It seems their strength shouldn't be weak."
"Of course," said Alice. "Today is the Yulan Festival. The ones maintaining order are the Church of Light Temple's ace knight order. Every knight is at least a fifth-level knight." Having grown up in Fenn City, Alice knew much more than Lin Lei.
Lin Lei's heart skipped a beat.