Reincarnated as a Holy Nun, I Refuse to Lose! v3c26

Chapter 26: Calculation

As Luo Yuxi stepped out of the seal, the bright sunlight made her squint. When her eyes adjusted, she saw the Nameless Witch standing nearby.

“You’ve achieved your goal, right…?”

“Yes, I have. After countless eons. But now, I have one more thing to do~”

The Nameless Witch turned and approached Luo Yuxi, who didn’t understand her intentions. The witch opened her arms.

“Although our time together was short, and I used you in the end, don’t we deserve a farewell hug~?”

“A hug?”

Luo Yuxi looked at the open-armed witch, unsure what to do. Although she had done everything to her, this last request was unexpected.

In her game-playing experience, Luo Yuxi had categorized witches into three types: those who would never deceive you, those who would use you until the very end, and those who wanted to kill you. The Nameless Witch clearly belonged to the second category.

“Is this also part of your plan?”

“No, it’s just a hug~”

“Then I refuse.”

“What a pity…”

The Nameless Witch sighed, lowering her arms. In the prison that resembled a church, she had constantly spoken of leaving, yet upon her release, there was no joy in her eyes.

“As expected, you’re still the one I desire but can never reach~”

The Nameless Witch turned and walked away, seemingly without a care in the world. Luo Yuxi wondered where she was going. Even if her magic circuits had been removed, being trapped in the Holy City for so long…

Luo Yuxi watched the elegantly dressed witch walk away, wondering if she should call out to her.

“Forget it, it’s better this way…”

[Divine Art: Sky Judgment]

Just as Luo Yuxi was about to call out, a massive magic circle appeared in the sky, encompassing an area of 500 miles. The immense pressure stunned her.

“This is?!”

Luo Yuxi recognized the complex runes. A powerful divine art, mentioned in the backstory, capable of covering hundreds of kilometers.

“That’s the move the Word Spirit Saintess, Ailani, used against the Time Witch…!”

Luo Yuxi was initially nervous, but then she remembered that this magic only affected non-human races. She relaxed.

“That scared me, I thought the Church was coming for me~”

Luo Yuxi was about to offer a moment of silence for the angels in the Holy City when she saw the Nameless Witch also looking at the sky, and her heart skipped a beat.

“Wait, witches aren’t considered human, right? But the Nameless Witch’s magic circuits have been destroyed, so she’s not really a witch anymore. What if she’s not human either…?”

In the few seconds before the magic fell, Luo Yuxi’s mind raced. As the massive magic circle activated, a giant pillar of light, as if the sky itself was falling, descended.

Luo Yuxi’s first instinct was to rush towards the Nameless Witch. In just a few seconds, she embraced her, just as the overwhelming energy slammed into the Holy City below.

“Haa, good thing I was fast, or you would have been turned into a meat paste.”

As the energy dissipated, Luo Yuxi released the girl. The Nameless Witch, instead of looking relieved, simply smiled.

“You hugged me in the end~”

“Huh?”

The Nameless Witch, taking advantage of Luo Yuxi’s distraction, wrapped her arms around her neck and, as Luo Yuxi was still processing what had happened, their lips met beneath the sky-spanning magic circle.

The sudden attack caught Luo Yuxi off guard, the warm touch of the witch’s lips making her mind go blank. The Nameless Witch, not satisfied with just a simple kiss, gently pried open her lips, seeking a deeper connection.

“Mmm!”

Luo Yuxi, snapping back to reality, pushed the witch away. The Nameless Witch, a satisfied look on her face, licked her lips, as if savoring the memory of the soft touch and the sweet scent of Luo Yuxi’s body.

“What do you want?! I saved you, and you attack me like this!”

“With your demigod power, I can’t get close to you otherwise~”

The Nameless Witch stood up. Luo Yuxi looked at her, a strange feeling washing over her, then a wave of dizziness.

“W-Wait, what did you do?”

“I’m sorry, but this was my plan all along…”

Luo Yuxi felt her strength drain away. She stumbled back and fell, and when she came to, she saw the Nameless Witch, a faint pink divine halo now surrounding her. Luo Yuxi’s heart sank. The illusory power she had possessed was now gone.

“So enviable. To have experienced nothing, yet to have mastered the power I’ve strived for my entire life…”

“So from the very beginning, your story, your stage, your plan, it was all prepared…?”

The Nameless Witch didn’t answer, simply curtsying. Before Luo Yuxi’s eyes, the pink halo turned black.

“The authority hasn’t fully returned…?”

The panel, which had been blank, now slowly filled with text, as if her stolen identity was being returned.

[Ding]

[Shizhi]

Occupation: Witch
Affiliation: None
Skills: Omniscience
Title: All-Knowing Witch
Affection: 50%
Order Level: Demigod

Luo Yuxi looked at the panel, the name “Shizhi,” meaning “to know,” appearing. The All-Knowing Witch, older than even the Time Witch.

“I’m sorry, my dear, for wasting your emotions. I will gently destroy the world, and then I will leave you~”

The Nameless Witch was gone, replaced by the All-Knowing Witch, Shizhi, who now possessed all her power.

“To everyone everywhere, it’s time for a boss battle~”