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“What!?”
In the palace of Fente, Shelley couldn’t help but let out a loud cry, startling Elena’s hand.
She was holding a bowl of soup with dark mist, looking at Shelley with a hostile expression, and said fiercely, “You haven’t even eaten it, and you’re already shouting.”
“Are you looking down on me?”
Shelley quickly shook his head, pretending to inadvertently glance at the unknown substance in Elena’s hand…
“With my poison resistance… I probably won’t die if I eat it.”
Shelley smiled and took the thick soup from her hand, bringing it to his lips.
“But while the death penalty may be avoided, the suffering is inescapable…”
“For love, I will sacrifice myself today!”
Closing his eyes, Shelley took a large gulp under Elena’s satisfied gaze.
Ugh.
Shelley revealed a satisfied smile under Elena’s expectant gaze… and then, while she was happily going to get a spoon, he silently wiped the tears from the corner of his eyes…
“Help…”
“I feel like if I eat this for a while longer, my poison resistance will increase.”
It’s not a crime for a man to cry. A man does not cry easily… unless he is truly heartbroken.
Ugh.
…
“…Aren’t you going to explain?”
[Hahahaha.]
[Explain what?]
Shelley said through gritted teeth, “Hurry up.”
[Oh~]
[You’re talking about the fact that this little girl hasn’t heard you speak all this time.]
[So you didn’t know…]
[Your voice in her mind is like this…]
Shelley immediately heard an explosive tearing sound, like an indescribable roar. With Shelley’s strength, he felt a sharp pain in his mind. It took him a long time to recover. He narrowed his eyes and said, “That is to say…”
“She has been suffering this kind of torture for the past two months?”
[Congratulations, you’re right.]
“…Why didn’t you tell me?”
Shelley’s tone became serious, even questioning, “Or do you think that for the sake of watching me make a fool of myself, it doesn’t matter if a child is treated like this?”
The conversation between the two of them stopped for a moment. Neither of them spoke.
In the magnificent bedroom, that maiden-like figure was swirling the red wine glass in her hand. The corners of her mouth gradually turned up, her eyes filled with amusement, but her voice became cold, [Are you questioning me?]
Shelley’s brow furrowed tightly. He was silent for a long time before he slowly said, “I know you are noble and can have no pity for mortals.”
“…But I can’t.”
“I don’t want any innocent person to be harmed because of me.”
“I hope this is the last time I emphasize this point.”
His tone became more and more calm. Shelley’s words seemed to have no threatening intent… but it made the atmosphere chilling.
[…I see.]
Just as the relationship between the two of them was about to break… Her lips curled up completely, her large eyes smiling into a crescent moon. She drained the wine in her glass.
Shelley was just about to apologize to Eden when he heard a silver-bell-like chuckle. His expression changed.
“Hmm?”
Something’s not right. I feel like I’m being set up.
[Perhaps it’s your own specialty that has made you overlook one thing.]
[If a god is unwilling, a mortal cannot look directly at a god.]
Shelley seemed to have realized something. He struggled to explain, “But I…”
[You are willing, that’s right…]
[But you have no way of controlling your divinity.]
[If you want her to truly hear your voice…]
[You can only let her constantly adapt.]
[That is to say~]
Shelley now completely understood. He covered his face in shame and said with difficulty, “These two months were… necessary.”
[That’s right~]
[This is a necessary path for a mortal to face a god~]
“Why didn’t you…”
[Why didn’t I say it?]
[Oh my, I was afraid that some stingy man wouldn’t be able to bear it.]
[And then waste this precious divinity.]
[I can only be the bad guy~]
[And he’s not even grateful.]
[Wuuuuu.]
Shelley’s face twitched violently. While patting Elena’s back, he cast a healing spell…
“Yes…”
[Wuuuu… hmm? What did you say?]
[I can’t hear you.]
Shelley closed his eyes and shouted in self-abandonment, “I’m sorry!”
“I was wrong!”
[Pfft, hahahahaha!]
After apologizing, Shelley no longer paid attention to the laughter that was echoing in his mind. He turned to Eden and said in a gentle and pleasant voice, “Little Eden~ you finally heard my voice.”
Eden had been under that invisible torture for the past two months, and her spirit was on the verge of collapse. She looked around with red eyes and then said in a low voice, “Where? I can’t see…”
“I am in your heart, and I am also in your mind.”
Eden looked at her flat chest nervously and then asked in a low voice, “You… who are you?”
Shelley revealed a profound smile. His voice became generous and solemn. A grand voice echoed in Eden’s mind, “Me?”
“I am an angel under my Lord.”
Hmm… it can also be said to be under…
Shelley, while covering his face, said in a low voice, “I am here to save you.”
Eden stared blankly at the void, not reacting for a long time.
“Please…”
Please?
Tears streamed down Eden’s face. She reached out to wipe them, but she couldn’t stop the tears. She finally covered her face with force and let the tears flow freely.
Trying her best to suppress her sobs, she cried, “Please save me…”
Shelley sighed. He knew what Eden had been through all these years.
Her mother had died of illness early on. This matter would not affect the king’s love for her. On the contrary, he cherished her even more. But everything had changed on the day the devils invaded… Her originally golden hair had turned black on that day. And this was also seen as a symbol of misfortune, a bastard’s bloodline.
If she didn’t have the status of a princess, she would have definitely been executed by the rioting crowd. Some ministers had even proposed to send Eden to the devils in exchange for peace.
And that year, she was five.
“Don’t worry, I will…”
Eden shouted hoarsely, “Please save our world.”
!!!
Shelley’s words, which were halfway spoken, stopped. For a moment, he didn’t know what to say.
“Are you sure… you want me to save this world? And not you?”
On the large bed in the Fente palace bedchamber, Shelley was comforting the almost-dehydrated Elena. His brow furrowed slightly.
“You have to think carefully. You only have one chance.”
Shelley mobilized the divine power he could use now and cast a True Word spell.
Intimidated by Shelley’s serious voice, Eden stopped crying. She sat on the stool in a daze and muttered, “Please save this world…”
[Incomprehensible!]
[Why!?]
[She has clearly suffered so much persecution!?]
[Why!?]
Shelley sighed and said softly, “There are always people who are willing to sacrifice themselves for others…”
“Some people call them idiots.”
“And I am willing to call them… saints.”
Sacrifice, dedication…
Shelley looked at Eden’s silently crying appearance and said softly, “She… has the talent of a saint.”
