Level Up in Earth Evolution

"Lyla, stop waiting for Uncle Lucius because he will be busy for at least fifteen minutes. Not to mention, it will take more time to notice something wrong with you, while I will just need a few seconds to escape, so it's useless to think uncle can stop me," Irene stated with a smirk.

Hearing this, Lyla's expression changed as she sighed with exhaustion.

"Priestess Irene, why are you doing this and why did you ask me to come here?" she asked with a tired tone, knowing she can't get Irene back.

While in response, Irene just shrugged her shoulders and took a seat on the bed a little away from Li Wei.

"Lyla, as I said, I am bored of running alone, so tag along with me. That's why I asked you to come here. Also, there is one more reason: you care a lot about your future husband, right?" Irene asked with a smile, glancing at her deeply.

"Priestess Irene, you have some misunderstanding here. He is not my husband, and I don't care about an ugly man like him,"

"Also, I came here to stop you from committing crimes, because a priestess like you shouldn't harm any innocent person, even if they are ugly and aren't supposed to live," Lyla stated with a cold look, rendering Li Wei speechless.

'What did I do? Why does she want to kill me? Is she in her periods?' Li Wei thought, feeling depressed as he made excuses in his mind to prevent getting hurt emotionally.

If it was some kid or even someone similar to his age, he wouldn't feel hurt, but Lyla here was a mature woman with a curvy body and well-shaped figure.

She was beautiful enough to attract him, as he only dabbled with young women around his age who weren't fully grown yet. Because of this, he felt a little hurt after getting called ugly by her.

But no one cared about his emotions as Irene nodded at Lyla.

"As I expected, you really don't like an ugly man," she muttered with a thoughtful look and continued with a puzzled face.

"Lyla, if you really don't like him, then why did you come to Villa No. 1 after finding out about the nobles going there to create trouble?" she inquired, tilting her head cutely.

Lyla was in stealth when she arrived there, so Li Wei failed to detect it, not to mention she left immediately after discovering Uncle Lucius was there.

Li Wei, who didn't know this, became dumbfounded and looked at Lyla, who became stiff.

"Priestess Irene, I was there to stop those dirty nobles from creating trouble. Also, I left immediately when Inquisitor Lucius arrived, so stop misunderstanding things," Lyla replied with a calm expression.

However, Irene didn't believe this because Lyla hated to get in contact with men, so she would definitely let her subordinates handle this rather than going in person.

However, she didn't expose her and sighed.

"What a pity, Lyla. You should've stayed there to watch your husband cut off the arms of those nobles without any mercy, just like a villainous devil who has just reincarnated," Irene remarked with an incredulous tone.

Hearing this, Li Wei almost said, "You're the one who is a devil," but he kept his calm because he needed her help to raise the strength of Li Xin and others.

However, unlike him, Lyla wasn't calm because just like others, she thought Inquisitor Lucius cut off their arms, and now hearing him that Li Wei did it, she became shocked.

"Priestess Irene, stop lying. I don't think a level 30 ugly man can cut off the arms of level 50 trashy sewer men," Lyla stated, making Li Wei feel mixed emotions.

He got hurt by getting called ugly, but he also felt happy that he wasn't some trashy sewer man in her eyes. It's just he couldn't describe his emotions, and no one in the room cared about it.

"Lyla, why would I lie? If you have doubts, you can just ask Uncle Lucifer, or you can just interrogate your devil husband," Irene replied, pointing at Li Wei.

While Lyla, who watched Irene's confidence, became stunned and glanced at the ugly man with doubt, who just shrugged his shoulders, not denying it, making her shocked.

"Lyla, this is the reason I asked you to come here. Look, Li Wei is a blessed person, and so is your future husband. Because of this, I was thinking of assigning you as his protector," Irene stated, making Li Wei and Lyla both dumbfounded.

"Priestess Irene, don't joke. My position is not something you can change. Also, why do you think I will protect an ugly man?" Lyla complained as she also took a seat on the bed beside Irene.

She was still thinking of getting Irene back, so the more time she wasted, the higher chances she would have.

Irene did notice her thoughts, but she didn't care much.

"Lyla, I know you wouldn't agree to this, so how about accompanying me in enjoying the freedom?" she inquired with a cheeky tone.

"Priestess Irene, stop pulling pranks. I will not help you with this. Also, can you tell me about the man who helped you and what is your relationship with him?" Lyla asked with an extremely serious face.

Hearing this, Irene blushed like a red tomato and averted her gaze with shyness.

"Lyla, what are you talking about? I don't have any kind of relationship with my darl... ahem, with that man," she replied, looking down to hide her expression.

Watching her like this, Li Wei was left with no words and decided to be more cautious around her, or who knows what kind of lie she will make him believe.

As he was busy thinking this, Lyla was shocked and wanted to say something, but no words came out.

The silence continued for a while until Lyla clenched her fist tightly and asked.

"Priestess Irene, who is that man?" she inquired in a calm yet deep tone, making Li Wei shiver for some reason.

While Irene, who heard her, hesitated before replying.

"Lyla, I can tell you, but you have to sign a contract with me. If you do that, I will even tell you what kind of relationship we have and how much we have gone forward," she stated with a blush and rubbing her belly with happy expression.

Watching her like this, Lyla forgot all the reasons and became dumbfounded.

'No, impossible! They cannot reach this level in just two days!' she shouted in her mind with a terrible feeling as she saw Irene smiling and rubbing her belly, as if there was something there.

"Priestess Irene, I will sign the contract, but you have to tell me everything!" Lyla agreed with a frantic look, only one thought in her mind: to get to know who the hell did this to her.

"Um, Lyla, don't ask like that. I am embarrassed you know. Also, here is the contract," Irene replied with a shy expression, handing out the contract she already prepared at the villa with some special terms.

If Lyla had been a little more careful, she would've noticed this, but she didn't care and hurriedly signed the contract without even reading anything.

The fault was, of course, Irene's, who wrote nondisclosure terms in big letters while the special conditions in small.

Lyla didn't think Irene would harm her, so after glancing at a few words of nondisclosures, she directly signed the contract and turned back to her.

"Priestess Irene, I have signed the contract. Now tell me who is the man and what happened between you and him. I want everything in detail!" she stated with a serious tone.

However, Irene didn't care and stored the contract safely in her item box while letting Lyla keep a copy of it.

"Lyla, I never thought it would be this easy to trick you," Irene muttered with a cheeky smile as she poked Lyla's cheeks, who was dumbfounded after hearing her.

The first thing she did was to check the contract, where Irene stated she had to help her with escaping and also join her when she asks. There were also things like making snow for her and buying equipment that could help them in running away to enjoy the freedom.

Reading all of this, Lyla became stiff as her expression turned to extreme unwillingness.

"This is a dream; nothing is happening like this. This is a dream," Lyla muttered again and again, shaking her head like a broken person as she also tried to sleep hoping it is a dream.

She knew Irene very well and what kind of troubles she would create and following her to help was something horrible to her. Not to mention, she was feeling depressed because of her negligence she has fallen into this fate.

But somebody didn't care about her at all.

"Lyla, stop mumbling like an idiot. It's reality, and you are a criminal with me now," Irene stated without even a shred of guilt.

"Priestess Irene, why... why are you doing this? How will I explain this to your father?" Lyla asked with a stressful look, making Irene snort in disdain.

"Humph, there is no need to explain to that damn father of mine, so don't worry about it and stop complaining if you want to know about the man who helped me to escape," Irene stated, making Lyla's expression go stiff.

She was troubled towards the pope, wondering how to explain to him, but it didn't mean she feared him. Well, she did, but it was before when she wasn't in touch with Irene.

So now, like Irene, she didn't care too much about pope and focused her attention on Irene's last sentence.

"Priestess Irene, tell me who is that man and how you were able to tolerate him touching you, if you don't have any relationship?" Lyla inquired with a serious look.

She still felt that things weren't that simple here and thought Irene might really be in love with him but hadn't taken any serious steps yet.

As she pondered this, Irene saw through her thoughts and chuckled.

"Lyla, you might not know, but there are some bonds that can only be felt by one person. Because of that, I was able to tolerate a man touching me and will always do if its him," she replied softly with a smile as she placed her hand on her chest with gentleness full of dramatic expression.

Li Wei who saw her like this wondered if he should use shadow step and disappear from here.