Alexia felt the necklace respond in the Sanctuary.
"The Sanctuary is a bit mysterious. I'll send someone to rescue you in a day!"
Sino's voice came from the necklace.
Alexia felt much more at ease.
She was constantly attacked by the undead in the Sanctuary.
These undead weren't very strong, but they were endless.
Alexia's disappearance was quickly discovered.
Upon hearing the news, Alice was filled with self-reproach, feeling it was her own fault.
She should have communicated better with Alexia.
"Alexia, where on earth did you go?"
"Please don't worry, Lady Alice. Princess Alexia is blessed with good fortune, and she possesses considerable strength. She will certainly not come to harm easily!"
Vice-Captain Habu offered words of comfort.
"Thank you, Habu. I should calm down. Alexia was fine last time, and she'll be fine this time too!"
Inside the Sanctuary, Alexia appeared to be on the verge of collapse, finally falling due to depleted magic.
The undead's attacks relentlessly struck Alexia.
Alexia offered no resistance.
Dark Smile observed from the shadows for a moment.
Finally, he decided Alexia must have reached her limit, so he revealed himself.
"Princess Alexia, you truly surprise me, enduring alone for so long. You are indeed the one The Order specifically named to eliminate!"
Dark Smile said.
He already felt he had everything under control.
"Since you want to know the darkness of the world, I'll reveal a little bit to you!"
Alexia's eyes were vacant, her gaze fixed on Dark Smile.
"You must know about the Diabolos Cult, right? Have you heard a certain phrase?"
"To have a hand in everything. The Order is such an existence. Wherever there are people, there is a dark side, and wherever there is a dark side, there is the presence of The Order. The Order is the darkest known existence in this world!"
"Then guess why The Order has been able to endure for so long!"
"It's the dew of diabolos!"
"It can grant people eternal life. You must know Jeno, right? Why did he want to become a Knight of the Round Table so badly? Because becoming a Knight of the Round Table grants the qualification for eternal life!"
"How captivating are those two words, 'eternal life'! You must understand, too!"
"You know enough already. Now it's time to send you on your way!"
Dark Smile carried Alexia like a dead fish.
Dark Smile walked to a door.
After opening the door, the surrounding scene changed. It became a laboratory.
Inside the room were four large glass containers.
The containers held the four missing students.
At this moment, terrifying magic erupted from Alexia's body, and she seemed to come back to life.
Dark Smile had never expected such a thing to happen.
Alexia kicked Dark Smile, sending him tumbling to the ground.
She held her sword to Dark Smile's neck.
"How could this be? You just had no magic left!" Dark Smile shouted.
"Of course, I was faking it. How could someone like you understand his greatness!"
The "he" Alexia referred to was Sino.
"Tell me, what are you doing with the academy students you've captured!"
"You won't get anything from me!" Dark Smile roared.
"The one thing I have plenty of right now is time!"
Alexia swung her sword, aiming for Dark Smile's crotch.
The blade sliced through his pant leg.
"I accidentally misaimed. I won't be so careless next time!" Alexia said with a smile.
At that moment, Dark Smile's body was suddenly impaled by someone's tail.
Alexia recognized the newcomer—the Golden Leopard Clan beastman she had barbecued with before.
"What are you doing? I was just interrogating him for information!"
"With your current strength, knowing too much will only lead to your faster demise! And you won't get any useful information from someone like him!"
"How can you say that!"
Alexia suddenly felt a heavy blow to her neck, and when she awoke again, she was back in the Student Council President's office.
"Why? Why can't I know anything!"
"Because you're too weak! A weak person like you knowing too much will only hasten your death!" Milia said.
There was another thing Milia didn't say: Alexia couldn't keep a secret.
She would tell her sister, she would tell her father.
And that would be the culprit for The Order's attacks on her.
Alice trusted the people of The Order and no longer believed Alexia.
Alexia's path was a lonely one.
"Then you, being so strong, must know something, right? Please, Milia, tell me, I want to know!"
"I don't know. I am just a maid; serving Lord Sino is my duty. I was once in the Abyss, and now I cherish this life greatly. Knowing too much is not a good thing!"
"You should calm down by yourself for a while!"
...Alexia found Alice and told her everything she had experienced.
However, she did not expose Zeta's involvement.
After all, Alice had Habu by her side.
"Alexia, are you still deluding yourself? The Order is fake.
Do you think you can deceive me by making up a story like this after you disappeared?"
Alice's sharp words made Alexia feel disheartened.
She pushed open the door and left.
Habu volunteered to see Alexia off.
"Princess Alexia, I know what you say is true, but the matter of students being teleported out of school from thin air is too unbelievable! Lady Alice finds it very hard to believe."
Listening to Habu's seemingly conciliatory words,
Alexia felt immense disgust.
"If you have the guts, tell The Order to kill me, otherwise I will certainly uproot The Order from the Midgar Kingdom! You're not worthy of eternal life!"
Alexia said, then left.
Habu remained in place, saying nothing.
"Why? Why did those guys fail! What useless fellows, with the Sanctuary as their backing, they couldn't even handle one princess! And they let a princess know so much information. A bunch of failures!" Habu thought to himself.
Returning to Alice's side, Habu continued to poison Alice's mind.
He used various methods to ostensibly defend Alexia, but in reality, he was fueling the sisters' conflict.
He wanted Alice to be utterly disappointed in Alexia.
He wanted Alexia to be isolated and helpless, and then use Alice's hand to push Alexia into despair.
He could only rely on this plan.
Alexia's combat prowess already surpassed everyone in The Order except for the Round Table Knight; only the legendary Fenrir could defeat her.
At this moment, he thought of someone.
Viscount Olba.
"I wonder if he can defeat Princess Alexia!"