A saintess? She's just a bad woman.

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Then, Helok pressed his lips to hers. Saint Karina's city gates weren't heavily fortified; they were meant to defend against external enemies. Helok's little serpent easily opened the gates because she was an ally.

Then, the little snake, which had knocked on the door, eagerly and restlessly entwined itself with Saint Karina.

Soon, the two of them were immersed in their own world.

Mermaids are sometimes similar to snakes, like Medusa, who was naturally attracted to silver...

As her skin secreted more and more fluid, Hero became increasingly lost in the moment. Clearly, she was aroused.

Gradually, Hero became dissatisfied with the serpentine battle between the two and wanted more.

Her hand reached out towards Saint Karina, as if she had mustered up the courage to explore the depths and the truth.

Taking advantage of the slippery contact between them, Helo's movements were like a dance. Her playful, dancing manner made it impossible for Saint Karina to pinpoint her location and capture her.

She flitted about, sometimes on the left, sometimes on the right, like a butterfly among flowers.

Because it's hot spring water, steam rises from the surface of the pool, with wisps of white vapor rising from the water.

The method of bathing in hot springs, commonly known as mineral bath, is simple, comfortable, and practical in treating certain chronic diseases and for health maintenance. It has unique effects and is often superior to some drug treatments.

Bathing is the most common form of mineral spring therapy. Different bathing methods are used depending on the nature of the mineral spring and the specific disease and patient's constitution. Common methods include immersion baths, showers, exercise baths, and mechanical water baths.

Saint Karina and her group took baths, along with some appropriate exercise.

Full-body immersion is the most common method of mineral bathing, which allows the human body to fully contact the mineral water, thereby producing significant biological effects.

During a bath, the chemical components in mineral water can affect the body in two ways: direct contact between the mineral water and the skin; and the exchange between substances in the mineral water entering the body through the skin and substances excreted from the body to the mineral water through the skin.

For example, hypotonic mineral baths can dissolve chlorides, cholesterol, and sugars in the skin; in acidic baths, the skin excretes potassium and calcium, while in alkaline baths, the skin excretes chloride.

Studies using radioactive isotopes have confirmed that certain ions in mineral water can enter the body during bathing. The amount entering the body is related to the spring temperature, the ion concentration in the spring water, and the bathing time. Mineral waters with different physicochemical characteristics have different effects on the body.

Acidic springs have an astringent effect on the skin; alkaline springs can promote epithelial shedding; nitrogen springs can enhance bodily functions and have effects similar to radon springs; arsenic springs can lower blood sugar and have antagonistic effects on thyroid hormones.

“Saint Karina, let me serve you.”

Then, Saint Karina felt the fish tail, even more slippery than the liquid on her skin, climbing higher and higher. It soared upwards, from Saint Karina's feet, directly to an indescribable place.

The fish tail gently knocked on the door, and the legs, which originally had a low body temperature, became even colder after turning into a fish tail.

In the hot spring water, the fish tail maintained its original low temperature, and when it touched her skin, it gave Saint Karina a feeling of both ice and fire.

The cold, slippery scales probed into the indescribable, deep black hole, a sensation completely different from that of fingers or other tools exploring.

Explore slowly and plan gradually.

After transforming into a mermaid, Helo's body gained incredible flexibility, allowing her to easily provoke passions on various parts of Saint Karina's body. The little snake seemed to have its own will, constantly teasing her.

"Um……"

Gradually, even Saint Karina, who had long been a veteran of countless battles, quickly lost her momentum and let out a cry.

"No! Not there!"

But when a woman says no, she often means yes. Even a bad woman is still a woman.

So, Hero didn't listen at all and went his own way, probing and rubbing the fish tail into the depths of that dark place, grinding it in like a snake.

This feeling, especially since the entire performance was being watched by a third party, made Saint Karina feel even more intensely than usual.

Moreover, it should be noted that in addition to the fish tail, Hero now has two more hands and a silver-tongued woman, Hongxing, making the stimulation multiplied and amplified.

Therefore, this was the most successful hot spring sports bath that St. Karina had ever done, better than any hot spring therapy.

Hot spring water sports baths involve various physical exercises in the water, characterized by a combination of immersion and therapeutic exercise. Water sports include both active and passive exercises.

Active exercise includes gymnastics, swimming, water polo, and parallel bars and horizontal bars; passive exercise involves functional training of limbs and joints with the help of medical personnel, and water massage is also a type of passive exercise.

Under the guidance or assistance of medical sports personnel, bathers engage in active or passive exercises in mineral springs, allowing the body to relax muscles and ligaments, reduce pain, increase joint range of motion, promote blood circulation, and improve cardiovascular function through the buoyancy, pressure, temperature, and chemical effects of the mineral water.

Water sports also have excellent health benefits and weight loss effects, and are receiving increasing attention and popularity.

224. The Little Emperor Blocks the Door

After the water battle with Hero was over, Saint Karina had no interest in having a proper conversation with Melissa. The trio, therefore, inevitably included an outsider. Melissa had observed the entire water sport from beginning to end.

She slept until almost dusk, and when Saint Karina woke up in the same room, the person beside her seemed a little strange.

The ceiling was white, whiter than snow. The furniture and floors were also very clean, and the bed looked like the kind of carved wood bed that only the wealthy would sleep in.

"Good afternoon, Your Excellency."

Her long, golden hair shimmered in the afterglow of the sunset, the gold resembling a wheat field, giving a sense of abundance.

The young woman already possessed the demeanor of a queen, unlike when the two first met, when she was still somewhat naive and relied on stubbornness to persevere.

Brenda, dressed in imperial attire, had her snow-white skin accentuated by the magnificent decorations. Even in this formal attire, her beauty remained undiminished, her charm even enhanced. The curtains by the bed fluttered in the breeze, and her smile conveyed both authority and approachability.

St. Karina wasn't at all surprised that such a contradictory feeling was occurring in the same person.

Brenda... she's a real emperor now.

This is Saint Karina's first feeling upon reuniting with the young emperor.

After gradually gaining power, she proved herself worthy of the Ernest family. It only took her about a month to transform from a puppet-like figurehead into a truly qualified Empress.

"Your Majesty, what brings you to suddenly come looking for me?"

Saint Karina appeared calm, but was actually panicking. She had lost her original aggressiveness towards the descendants of Ernest VII.

Ever since she returned to the capital, she has been avoiding seeing the young emperor again.

"Of course, it's because we're afraid that a certain Holy Maiden, busy with countless affairs of state, might lose interest in any woman she's been with, even the Emperor, and become obsessed with other women, lingering and indulging in their pleasures."

Brenda's words were quite interesting; a strong sour smell, even more sour than spilled vinegar, hit you right in the face.

Saint Karina didn't need to smell it to detect the vinegar.

“You’ve already come to my territory, and the hot spring hotel is lending you the day. The terms aren’t really equal. What I’m offering isn’t worth the rest of our deal. So, I have to personally block the door to prevent you from waking up and disappearing.”

It was still Brenda who hated her. Saint Karina had just thought that Brenda had changed her mind and no longer hated her, but had come to like her.

"I will not go back on my promise. If I promise to attend the noble banquet, I will go."

"But what I want is not just your attendance at the banquet. Next, I also hope that you will grant me the request I make at the banquet."

"You can say so now, and I'll agree depending on the situation."

"That won't do. You probably won't agree if I say it now."

"Then how can Your Majesty be so sure that I will agree if I attend the banquet?"

Saint Karina was somewhat speechless, but pressed for more information.

However, Brenda remained tight-lipped and refused to reveal the reason.

"Because, although this is just my wishful thinking, I believe you will go."

Okay. The little emperor's confidence is quite accurate.

In the past, Saint Karina would always eventually agree to Brenda's requests. However, that was only the final result; there would always be some difficulties along the way.

Seeing the young emperor, ashamed yet unable to resist, forced to bite his lip and agree, was once a source of amusement for Saint Karina.

Actually, it's still the same now. The only difference is that Ernest's memories, which Saint Karina has seen, make her very unwilling to face the people of this family.

Those pale purple eyes, always stubborn yet brimming with tears, are truly wonderful.

St. Karina's pleasure lies in trampling on the dignity of others, especially the dignity of those beautiful young ladies, and watching them blush with shyness.

"I will agree to any conditions, so what is your answer, Your Excellency?"

"I agreed."

Saint Karina wasn't in the mood to make demands for the time being; she simply agreed.

“I will make my demands. It’s not out of kindness, but because I don’t know what you want me to do. Depending on what I need to do, what I ask of you will be different.”

She stubbornly added another sentence.

The truth, however, wasn't what Saint Karina was stubborn about. She would usually make demands first, wanting the young emperor to be as humiliated and unable to bear it as possible, not only blushing and sweating profusely, but also possessing something Saint Karina considered precious.

She enjoys reminiscing and also enjoys disciplining women.

This is the pleasure of a bad woman, because of some unknown, strange feeling, she feels so guilty that she can't make any demands; it would be too embarrassing to say it out loud, and Saint Karina would never say it.

"I understand. I will do it if it's within my power."

Having lost her virginity to a wicked woman, Brenda felt she had nothing left to lose.

Brenda was willing to do it if it only meant losing face a little, but it would make the other person happy.

And... it had probably been a long time since they last met, Brenda found herself starting to miss Saint Karina's "badness."

She desperately craved Saint Karina's fingers and the Holy Sword, the unique sensations they offered through various ways of playing with her. Every night, before going to bed after finishing all her business, she would feel an indescribable itch in a certain place because of her memories of their past. Then, she would turn on the bathroom faucet, the sound of running water echoing from her skillful hands.

Her own craftsmanship was all just scratching the surface. In truth, although Brenda neither said nor showed it, she knew in her heart who she longed for and whose hands she yearned for.

“Saint Karina…”

In complete darkness, with no candles lit and the moonlight filtered through thick curtains, the blond young emperor was longing for a woman.

She was neither the empress nor a beloved concubine. On the surface, the emperor and the holy maiden had no relationship whatsoever, merely being business partners who treated each other with utmost respect. But in reality, their relationship was one of intimate, close-knit communion.

Initially, Brenda was resistant to Saint Karina, even determined to discard her once the national crisis was resolved, and to fight Saint Karina to the death. However, as the regime gradually stabilized, and with their increased meetings, interactions, and ambiguous feelings, that firm belief crumbled, and her heart was filled with other emotions. She no longer disliked the "requirements" that the Saint Karina always made when helping her.

Those demands were extremely damaging to the dignity of the emperor, and if word got out, her prestige among the people would vanish. She was seen as an emperor who used her body to gain the help of the saint and the church, an incompetent womanizer. But even so, Brenda couldn't deny it; even though she outwardly feigned dislike, her heart was already filled with the saint.

She was actually already looking forward to the saintess's request...

225. The newly appointed Archduke Auschwitz

The palace was busier than ever today, not because there was any special holiday to celebrate, but mainly because Brenda, in His Majesty the Emperor's name, had summoned the emperor to the palace.

After Saint Karina resolved the incident of the demon army attacking the capital, His Majesty the Emperor, with the support of the saintess, purged many stubborn nobles and replaced those who were disobedient, those who had tried to manipulate her, or even those who had destroyed the country for their own selfish interests, with people he could trust.

Although not all of them are in place, all the key positions are filled by people whom Ernest XV can trust.

He turned the tide and saved the nation from imminent peril. His Majesty's prestige among the people soared, the empire improved daily, taxes decreased, and to the people, Ernest XV was now a good emperor. Most of them were unaware of the inside story and only felt praise and respect for His Majesty.

"Is this okay for me?"

Saint Karina was a little uncomfortable; she usually wore skirts or saintly robes, and rarely wore trousers in her casual wear. Now, Saint Karina was dressed in a knight's outfit, predominantly gold and white, without armor, only protective gear around her joints.

The right fabric was one that fit Saint Karina's size, and considering their close relationship, it was normal for her to know her measurements.

"And what about the position of this sword? Did I really have to change the form of the holy sword to such an ornate degree?"

Saint Karina's sword at her waist doesn't resemble a practical Noble Phantasm; it's entirely gold and red, matching her knight's attire, making it look more like a very beautiful and luxurious ornament.

The Holy Sword itself has the ability to change appearance and color, and its uses are very wide-ranging. I never expected that the little emperor would use it on this.

Moreover, the young emperor changed the style of her long hair, which had been flowing down from her head to her waist. Instead, it was tied up at the back of her head into a neat and tidy single ponytail, adding a touch of heroism to Saint Karina's perfect face.

She lacked some of her solemnity and elegance, but gained a touch of cool playfulness; no one would doubt that Saint Karina was from the Imperial Knights. In fact, given Saint Karina's stunning beauty, it wouldn't be surprising to hear that she was the female captain of the Knights.

"Your Majesty, this is perfect. It looks beautiful."

Brenda gave an elegant smile. She feigned composure, but inwardly she was eager to make a move.

Once Brenda accepted her own depravity, and that the object of her depravity was a woman, the incredibly beautiful saintess before her, many thoughts began to stir within her.

For example, she really wanted to push Saint Karina down in this carriage, not just to be conquered by the bad woman, but also to see the bad woman panting and moaning beneath her.

In a space with only two people, it's easy for wicked thoughts to arise that one wouldn't normally consider. These wicked thoughts usually only exist late at night, when no one else is around, and only Brenda is alone.

"Okay, whatever you say looks good is fine."

Saint Karina didn't dwell on it. After being complimented by Brenda, she decided to treat today as a change of style and outfit.

Riding in the royal carriage provided by Brenda, she entered the palace in no time. The axle turned smoothly and everything went well, with no one bothering to obstruct her.

"This banquet, attended by nobles, will it end tonight?"

"It might go past midnight. You know, those nobles aren't good at anything else, you could even say they're completely useless. They're only good at talking nonsense, forming cliques, and singing and dancing. They can stay up all night without any problem."

Brenda gave him a knowing look.

However, she was still understanding of Saint Karina. She also knew that Saint Karina had no interest in such petty squabbles among the nobility.

“The red tape and maintaining the old rules are indeed troublesome, and I don’t like them either. They’re too hypocritical. If Your Excellency feels tired halfway through, you can just leave. You don’t need to stay with those people until the end. I’ve prepared a private room for you to rest in. You can come find me if you want, but it’s best to do so discreetly.”

Brenda's words were almost an implication.