84. Was She a Saintess Before?
While her main body was still bathing, Reina’s clone found Agnes.
The two sat in the tea room connected to the lounge and the corridor. Unlike before, where they sat facing each other, Agnes, knowing that Reina often felt insecure due to her blindness, held Reina’s hand.
To their left, they could see the statue in the hall below. For humans, it would be a luxurious ceremonial hall, but in the Dragon King’s Palace, it only occupied a fifth of the recreation area. If normal maids were hired, it would probably take hundreds of them to clean the Dragon King’s Palace.
Thinking that Agnes, who couldn’t use gravity magic, had taken on all the work, Reina felt a sense of relief, and at the same time, a little sorry for Agnes.
“Agnes, I have something to ask you.”
“What is it, Mother?” Agnes sat with her knees together, as if she were enjoying the process of talking with Reina.
She had a bad habit.
That was, just like Calysia, she liked to look at Reina’s wings and tail. After all, her current clone hadn’t tried to retract her dragon features yet.
Although Reina knew that the Saintess had inherited Calysia’s traits, since she couldn’t see, she didn’t have this concern.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Reina felt that the whole world was peaceful.
“Little An, can you tell me what a Saintess is?”
“Eh, why so suddenly?”
Reina clenched her fists. She knew that Agnes had been busy with housework lately and hadn’t been to the God Slaying Society or back to the theocratic nation for a long time.
But Reina didn’t want to be hypocritical in front of Agnes.
For example, saying things like “I don’t want you to participate in the battle.”
But she really wanted to ask some questions now, about the Shadow of God, but more about herself.
This was also for Calysia’s sake.
“I want to know how you evolved to become a high-rank tier three and above.”
Hearing Reina’s question, Agnes laughed. She placed her hand on her chest and quietly felt the beating of her dragon heart.
“Mother, it’s because I inherited the power of you and Mother Calysia. Now, my mind is gradually changing, and the remaining human part is also constantly disappearing. I feel very happy about this… It’s all thanks to my mothers~”
“For Agnes, falling is perhaps the best option.”
“I’m also happy for Agnes.”
“Mother is the best.” Agnes touched Reina’s tail and nuzzled against it coquettishly. If she had a tail now, it would definitely be wagging from side to side.
“The duty of a Saintess is faith. All Saintesses are people with faith and pure hearts. Excellent Saintesses can often resonate with the Goddess of Light.”
As a result, did Agnes become my daughter?
But, resonance…
This kind of word always made Reina think of very bad concepts, but because of this, she had formed some opinions.
Why could Calysia level up to 120 so long ago, and why was Agnes’s level 125?
To confirm her theory, Reina continued to ask:
“Agnes, are all those excellent Saintesses as powerful as you?”
“Of course.”
Agnes said with a smile:
“I’m even considered weak. Legend has it that a powerful Saintess led humanity to defeat the [Necrolord] of the undead kingdom.”
Reina’s eyes widened: “Is that so?!”
Now she was basically certain.
How to continue to improve after level 100 must be related to the Goddess of Light.
If she thought about it this way, everything was not difficult to explain.
Simply put, only by contacting the Goddess of Light could she break through the limit.
As expected of the only god who has existed since ancient times.
The Saintess relied on faith.
Some races relied on [seizing], including Kribi and Kritz.
Some relied on [granting], or what could be called [Divine Grace].
But if she thought about it this way, did dragons also believe in the Goddess of Light?
And Dragon Slayer was a dragon who had existed since the Primordial Era. It was said that in the Primordial Era, there were many powerful beings, and only Dragon Slayer, as the strongest creature, stood out. And he had even fought against the Goddess of Light.
Thinking about it this way was intriguing.
Reina suddenly remembered the idea that “the God of Light is actually evil,” and combined with what Fred had said about the “contract,”
As expected.
No matter how she thought about it, it seemed like something big was about to happen.
“Speaking of the Saintesses, it’s a pity.”
“Why?”
“Because no matter which Saintess it is, her body will begin to weaken during her tenure, and she will eventually die young. This is also the reason why most Saintesses haven’t left any legends.”
Reina’s heart tightened. She also remembered this.
The image of every Saintess had always been that of a young girl, never middle-aged or old. Even Serra looked like a slightly older sister, probably no older than 25.
And the reason for their eternal youth wasn’t immortality, but a short lifespan.
But Agnes didn’t show this characteristic.
“Agnes, I will always protect you.”
Reina gently caressed her back. After discovering that the scales on her body were gradually “healing,” she also relaxed a little.
She had never been so grateful that Agnes was no longer human.
After the conversation, before returning to the bedchamber to accompany Calysia, Reina still had something to ask of her—Reina’s clone found it difficult to retract her dragon features such as her tail and wings, and she had to have Agnes help her “purify” them. In addition, it was also to give Agnes enough “food” to help her grow.
While happily accepting, Agnes said with a smile, “Mother Reina, why does Mother want to retract her dragon features?”
“Because, I want to lead and guide humanity as the Goddess of Light.”
Reina told the truth.
The current humanity urgently needed a leader like the Goddess of Light to stabilize their long-oppressed hearts. If she couldn’t do this, humanity would surely perish in silence and despair. Reina was certain that with humanity’s current state, if they lost their faith in the Goddess of Light, something terrible would happen.
“The counter-ritual.”
Reina said:
“The ritual will eliminate all the [Fallen] in the world, or turn them back into normal humans. And the counter-ritual is to ensure that the Fallen remain as the Fallen, to be slaughtered at will… Once a decision is made, the truth will come out.”
Yes…
Strictly speaking, humanity and the Shadow of God could be said to be the same faction. They both wanted to resurrect the God of Light, but their purposes were different. Humanity just wanted to resurrect the Goddess of Light and return to the [Era of Light].
The Shadow of God was more extreme. According to Fred’s intelligence, they planned to return to the [Era of Light] by “destroying the world,” eliminating all factors unfavorable to the Goddess of Light… This was how Reina understood it.
Agnes blinked her innocent little eyes.
“So, humanity doesn’t agree with Mother’s decision?”
“…You could say that.”
“Then isn’t it just a matter of suppressing humanity?”
“…”
Reina couldn’t believe that just a few months ago, this little dragon girl was a Saintess dedicated to humanity.
Tbf while becoming a dragon was a big jump for Agnes, she wasn’t all that happy in her Saintess position