Today was not a good day for Noelle again.
Her ally, the Traveler Ray, mistreated her this day just like what he did on the days before.
As for her co-Companion Vera, she did nothing to stop Ray at all, as she only watched as Noelle got cursed at by Ray.
"Stupid little girl. When will you learn to not mess up?" Noelle heard Ray muttering these words to himself as he could be visibly seen shaking his head. "I told you to buy two jars of sugar! But what you brought back was two sacks of sugar! Is your hearing impaired?"
"Ah um no…" Noelle stuttered as he looked down. "I… just misheard it."
"You misheard it? Ha! There goes your usual excuse again!" Ray shouted out as he glared at Noelle. "Will you really always mishear every thing that I tell you? You seem to be just screwing with me!"
"I swear in the name of the Emperor that I am not lying!" Noelle declared as she tried staring at Ray directly. "If I am lying, then the Emperor is free to strike me down!"
"Tsk, and there is my second problem with you. Emperor this, Emperor that, can you please stop spouting that word?" Ray angrily said as he gripped Noelle's shoulders.
"Ray, it hurts…"
"Since you have joined us, you have been talking about that Emperor every time you can say it. You have been saying it so much that I have already grown sick of it!" Ray said as his temper started to explode. "I don't give a f**k if that Emperor of yours is the progenitor of your race. In the end, he is just a mortal like us! So stop spouting that Emperor c**p of yours, since he's of no help to you now!"
"No! The Emperor is the best! He is the most regal ruler of our world!" Even if she was fear-stricken right now, Noelle still managed to shout out this reply as she stared at Ray directly.
"Your Emperor is the best? If is he really the best, then where is he now?" Ray said as he gave Noelle a smirk. "Isn't your Emperor already dead?"
"!!!"
"Oh, what was his name again? Ah, wasn't it Emperor Litch? Ugh, how do you even pronounce that name?" Ray said as he started to chortle darkly. "Are you sure that your Emperor should have a name like that? He must be so embarrassed by that name that he had himself dead because of that!"
"No… that is the esteemed name of our Emperor… you should not tarnish it…" Noelle said as her eyes started to water. "His name is the most glorious out of all! Nobody should make fun of it!"
Ray's eyes widened a little as he heard Noelle's reaction, and he could not help but glower as he tightened his grip on her shoulder.
"…" Noelle did not let out a grunt this time, as she knew that Ray must apologize to her now.
Ever since she was a child, her mother had told Noelle stories about Emperor Litch, and on how he single-handedly established a world that was under his glorious rule.
He created countless miracles, and he defended everyone against the invaders.
With that kind of glory, his very name was sacred, and nobody was allowed to insult it.
"Oh right, I remember that you are still gung-ho about that Emperor." Ray sullenly said as he saw that Noelle was about to cry. "Tsk, what a waste of brain power."
Ray then released his grip from Noelle as he shook his head in dismay. "If it weren't for you good skills, I would have already kicked you out of this group because of your excessive Emperor worship! Do you have a way to turn your fanaticism down? Because if not, then we will just have the same talks about it!"
"But-"
"Hmph, remember, we will already go to the Green Moon a minute from now." Ray said as he glared at Noelle. "If you won't fix your attitude, you will have a hard time in the Green Moon!"
"…."
"So your answer is silence? Che, I should have already expected this." Ray grumbled to himself as he shook his head. "Eh whatever, just do your job, and don't let your Emperor fangirling be a bother later! Do you understand that?"
"Um… yes Ray. I understand that." Noelle replied, although the unwilling expression on her face says a different thing. "I will keep that in mind."
"Okay, stop arguing now you two. The pathway is about to appear already, so please behave." Vera muttered behind them as she let out sigh. "Ray, please bring out the key now."
"I'm on it already." Ray replied with irritation. "Please don't be in a hurry okay?"
"…"
As Ray could be seen fumbling on getting the key out, the diminutive Noelle averted her gaze away from Ray and Vera as she stared at the skies.
She had a melancholic expression on her face as she thought to herself,
"Even if my allies all abuse me, I will endure it for the Emperor! After all, I will be the one to revive him! As long as I have enough contribution points, I can resurrect the Emperor!" As Noelle had these thoughts in her mind, her breathing began to quicken as she started to get excited. "My brethren, just wait for me! I will bring back the Emperor to our world!"