Late, but here I am...
...
If Bloed had to describe Eve, he would say she is an expressionless, curious, willful, and a bit of an airheaded fox girl.
However, despite that, he also thought she was reliable when it was needed.
Bloed had already witnessed it on several occasions. During important situations, Eve became incredibly sharp, completely different from her usual dazed behavior.
However, that image of Eve was completely shattered at this moment.
"… You resigned!?" Bloed asked with a look of surprise and disbelief on his face.
"I did."
"B-But, how!? Why!?"
"These old men would have stopped me from going to Academy City otherwise, so I just resigned," Eve said expressionlessly, as though stating something obvious.
Bloed, Regina, Liu Ying, Aya, Prince Calisto, and all the people that heard the saintess' words looked at Eve with stiff expressions.
Most of them could not process the fact that the saintess of one of the biggest religions in the world resigned to her post like that, just because she wanted to go on a trip.
"… I can't believe it." One of the soldiers escorting prince Calisto could not help but mutter that.
Bloed sympathized with him. He could not believe it either.
Is she crazy?
Taking a deep breath, he looked at Eve and asked a question everybody here wanted to ask.
"Miss Eve, did Moonlight Glow accept your resignation just like that? They did not try to stop you?"
"… About that, I don't know. I did not tell them."
"Huh?"
Once more, Bloed and the others were stupified.
What the hell!? Did she resign without telling anyone?
As though aware of her thoughts, Eve shrugged indifferently and explained.
"I left a letter in my room explaining I'm resigning. I'm sure they will understand after they read it."
"… No, I don't think they will understand."
Bloed felt his eyelid twitching.
For an instant, he could not help but imagine how the people of Moonlight Glow were going to react when they learn that their saintess resigned and ran away without telling anyone. And then, he felt pity for them.
They sure have it hard.
"… Miss Eve, does it mean you are going to come with us?" Liu Ying asked at that moment.
"Can't I?"
Seeing Eve tilt her head expressionlessly, Bloed held his head tired, feeling a headache approaching.
"… I don't think that is the problem."
How was he supposed to deal with this crazy girl?
But suddenly, Eve's ears perked up.
"Oh no..."
"What happened now?"
"… The men of the church are searching for me... How unlucky. How did they discover the letter so quickly? I should have hidden it better."
Bloed and the others were speechless.
Then, without waiting for Bloed and the others to speak, Eve waved her hand, making her translucid and submerging herself into the ground.
"… See you later." Eve blinked expressionlessly and bid farewell to the group.
Not even thirty seconds after she left, an agitated soldier of the church arrived in front of Bloed's group with a worried expression.
"Apologies. Friends, have you seen the Saintess Eve around here?"
Bloed and the others looked at each other in speechlessness. They did not know if to answer or not.
Should they help the church to catch Eve, or should they help Eve to escape?
Both of the options seemed wrong for some reason.
But there was someone in the group without such complicated emotions.
"She used a spell and vanished on the ground," Regina explained to the soldier, even telling him about the conversation they had with Eve earlier.
And as expected, the soldier turned pale and rushed away to report to his superiors.
Bloed could not help but smile wryly after seeing that.
"… Regina, you are not thinking she is in love with me as well, right?"
"Of course not, master. Even you are not that charming. I just want to avoid future problems."
Bloed smiled bitterly and shook his head.
The trip to Academy City had not started yet, but he already felt tired.
He could only hope that the problems ended here.
Smiling wryly, Bloed turned towards Aya's Father.
"Mr. Tenon, when he is the airship going to leave?"
"Actually, it's already waiting for you. Let's go, I will bring you there."
…
After that, there were no more incidents until the ship departed, except by the fact that the church tried to stop them from leaving.
In the end, though, they could not stop the airship of a prince without a good reason, so they could only watch as it left.
Bloed was curious when Eve did not appear even when the ship took flight, but he thought it was normal given that several men were waiting outside the ship to drag the fox saintess towards the church.
Plus, Eve was an Apotheosis Demigod. Catching up to this ship with her speed could not be easier.
Shaking his head, Bloed walked towards the bow of the airship and leaned on the railguards to observe the beautiful scenery below.
Before long, Regina, Liu Ying, and even Aya joined him.
"Are you excited master?" Regina asked with a soft smile.
"Just a bit. I have wanted to meet Academy City for a long time."
"Well, it looks like one of your dreams is about to come true."
Bloed nodded with a smile.
Thanks to this airship, they only needed one week to arrive in Academy City. Finally, he was about to arrive at the place where his dream was going to start.
"I just hope nothing happens during the trip," Bloed said with a wry smile.
What he did not saw, though, was Regina furrowing her brows slightly before nodding.
"I hope so too."
For an instant, her gaze moved towards the roof of the airship, as though searching for someone up there.
But in the next second, her gaze returned to her master.
"… I hope so too…"
…
In the roof of the airship.
A golden-haired fox girl was lying on the roof while wagging her tail softly, using her beautiful golden eyes to gaze at the sky with a bored expression.
Curiously, though, her focus was not on the sky.
Instead, it was on the blue-haired boy standing on the bow of the airship.
"… I don't understand. Is it truly necessary for me to be here?" She asked to herself.
A soft breeze passed through the airship, ruffling her golden hair and caressing her white skin.
The breeze was not different than any normal breeze, but for some strange reason, the fox girl frowned as though she heard something strange through it
"… Are Axalia's words really trustworthy? You know it's not the first time her predictions are mistaken."
The breeze passed once more, bringing with it an answer to the ears of the fox girl.
"I understand. In other words, I just need to observe and see how great his potential truly is."
The soft breeze caressed her cheek again.
"Okay, okay. I will." Eve nodded with a sigh and clicked her tongue before closing her eyes.
A few seconds later, though, she opened them again and looked in the direction of the blue-haired young man once more.
"I wonder what is so special about you. Not many people receive the attention of two goddesses."