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Chapter 329
Saintess
"Olivia Arken, is she an important person to you?"
"Answer what I'm asking."
Angrem smiled faintly.
"Yes, I have her with me. But I'll be sending her back to the Empire soon."
"What are you trying to do?"
Е̇ n_u ma . іd̊
"Distorting her feelings toward you. No, correcting them would be more accurate. Returning her to where she originally belonged."
"You kidnapped her for something like that?"
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Ferda frowned.
Angrem answered calmly.
"Lord Ferda. I clearly told you I'm helping you. That's why I'm here."
"If you're helping me, why didn't you tell me the plan?"
Е n ū ṁ а̇ . і́ d
"There are two reasons. First, you had to not know in order to be removed from the suspect list for the princess's kidnapping."
"The second?"
"Because I thought something like this might happen."
That Ferda would try to stop the distortion of the princess's memories.
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"You... aren't that kind of person. There's nothing to gain from just the two of us talking like this."
Angrem clapped her hands once.
E n umа̂. ĭ ď
"Let's have a three-way confrontation. I'll tell you everything there. But since it's the three of us talking, you mustn't call or let anyone else know, understand?"
"What makes you think I'll trust you?"
"You don't have a choice anyway, do you?"
"That's your opinion."
"My opinion is that you seem desperate to save the princess? I wonder why that is?"
Angrem circled around Ferda as she spoke.
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"You have Valdrova, and as long as she's safe, that should be enough, no?"
"....."
"Or is it that you simply like the fact that Olivia loves you?"
She hits the mark.
He has the thought that he must get Olivia back, but what kind of heart does that stem from?
He couldn't answer that.
Enû m а
He still hasn't properly found the answer himself.
"I'll tell you my location now. But if you come, you must come alone. If you try to bring anyone, I'll kill the princess without mercy. Understood?"
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"I promise."
"Alright."
She gave the location, and at the same time, Ferda woke from the dream.
The day had grown dim, and people were still moving busily.
Ё ñ ū m̃ а. i d
Ferda skillfully evaded the Empire's surveillance and moved to the place she mentioned.
It was in the middle of a dense forest.
Before long, the portal that had shaken off the Empire's pursuers opened before Ferda.
A pitch blackness darker than the dark night met his eyes.
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That darkness seemed to beckon him to enter.
Ferda threw his body into it.
E n̈um_а . і d̆
* * *
When Ferda's vision cleared again, dark ruins appeared.
Before him, what had been a goddess's statue lay half-destroyed.
Everything related to the Order's emblem was broken without exception.
This was undoubtedly a place that had once been Sierra's sanctuary.
Even the cold night air seemed to carry an eerie mana.
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Ferda walked along the ruined path.
At the end of the sanctuary was an altar.
"Welcome."
A woman greeted him cheerfully from beyond the altar.
Green hair, narrowly opened eyes.
A good-natured smile.
Е.n̂_u m̃ а
But seeing the object placed on the altar on its knees, one couldn't dare call her a good woman.
"Lord Ferda...!"
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"Princess."
Olivia Arken.
She was held hostage, bound in shackles so she couldn't resist.
Olivia reflexively leaned her body forward.
Е̃n̂ ûm̊ӓ . і́d
"My my, you shouldn't move, Princess Olivia. Have you forgotten that your life is in my hands?"
Angrem pressed a dagger to Olivia's throat, stopping her movement.
It was the very picture of a villain holding a princess hostage.
"It's an honor to see you again, Lord Ferda. You came alone as promised."
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"Are you sure you're alone too?"
"Just the two of us. Princess Olivia, and me, that's it."
Еṅ ů m̊.а
"What about Jed?"
"That man? He fulfilled the contract, so he has no more business here. I sent him far away."
"Where is he?"
"That's not my concern. And it's not the topic we should be discussing right now either."
Angrem smiled faintly.
It seemed a clear warning that she held the initiative.
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So he asks her politely.
"What do I need to do?"
"What Lord Ferda needs to do is simple. You just have to choose."
"My choice is already decided."
"Of course. That's why you came here."
Angrem asked Ferda.
Ẁ е̌ḃ ñ õv́.е̌l Еn̂ ù m̂a
"Why are you trying to save this woman, Lord Ferda?"
Angrem raised her hand and carefully stroked Olivia's face.
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"Olivia Arken. The Empire's princess is certainly beautiful. Enough that selling a country and offering a million roses wouldn't be enough."
Angrem's eyes turned to Ferda again.
The light from her two eyes was like the full moon.
"But you're a far cry from those lechers who'd be bewitched by such beauty. If you were that kind of person, I wouldn't have left room for this conversation."
Ŵ е̂b̂ n̊ оv̀ е̄l Е̂ ǹùm̊ а
"Do you remember the conversation we had?"
"Yes."
"That wasn't speculation, it was the truth. This woman is a Saintess, yet also royalty, and she joined hands with demons to try to kill all my blood relatives. And what happened?"
War broke out.
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Valdemar moved his army, and the dragons moved too.
"You saw what this woman did. She used Valdemar to kill the Emperor and Crown Prince, and tried to kill Valdemar too. Just those three. To kill just those three, how many tens of thousands died, and how many hundreds of thousands had to suffer?"
Ŵ е̄ b̆ ń о́ ṽе l̈ Е̊ nu m а
She drives it home as if she's the root of all evil.
One can't say she bears no responsibility.
"Then can you call yourself noble, Saintess of the Full Moon?"
Ferda countered.
"You who live in Sierra's name, aren't you also working with Gokma?"
"Where's your proof?"
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"Gokma used Sierra's divine authority."
Magic is a discipline of endless inquiry still considered an unknown world.
Among them, the magic priests use includes inexplicable strange phenomena, which are called divine authority.
"I saw Gokma binding a woman named Yubel. He nearly killed her with the chains binding Yubel."
"How do you know that's divine authority?"
"Because I was able to use something I didn't know. Isn't that what you call divine authority?"
W̄ е̃ b̌ n̄ õv е̄l̄ En̊úm а
Because it's incomprehensible, it's divine authority.
Angrem showed a pleased expression at those words.
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"As expected... that person is indeed your child. To think you'd understand it so quickly."
"Is Gokma also Sierra's child?"
"No. That person is a thorough stranger. Gokma is merely a tool for the plan. So she lent me power so I could use it."
"Yubel nearly died because of that power."
W̊ e b̈ ň о̆v̀ е l Êǹū m̊ а̃
"I know. I gave it expecting that."
At her ready admission, anger surged.
The feeling that he was being played with threatened to break Ferda's reason.
"Sierra's children are those who represent the Mother. I too, ultimately as one child, cannot escape her hand, and neither can you. For that, we must do what we must do."
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"....."
"Lord Ferda. For your own safety, Princess Olivia cannot be left as is. Do I need to explain again what her Circle is based on?"
W̃ е̃b̄ nov̈еl̄ Е n̄ ů m̊ а
The Red Circle formed in Olivia's lower abdomen.
It signifies light, and light is mostly thought to be related to faith.
"This woman's Circle turns because she loves you."
She spoke those words again.
"That's not true! I— ugh—!"
"You have a loose tongue, Princess Olivia. You should stay quiet when I'm speaking, no?"
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The dagger's tip dug into her throat.
Bright red blood trickled out.
Angrem dominated the space without giving an inch.
Ferda knows that fact.
Olivia should have stayed at 3rd Circle.
But she broke through the blocked meridian and entered 4th Circle.
Е nù m а̊
The place was not a solemn cathedral but a shabby, cramped motel.
It was when they lay in bed sharing each other's breath.
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"Right now it's merely an idol, but if that love grows large enough to become a Saintess's position, will it be the same then?"
Love is like gravity.
The bigger it grows, the more inevitable it is to want to get closer.
And once connected, it can never be separated again.
Ẁè b̌ ňo v̀ е̂_l̀ Е̂n̊u m̆ а
"Like the moon in that sky, circling around you and watching— would that be enough to satisfy you? Even knowing you're not a god but a mere human... could you remain constant?"
Enduring with piety is temporary, twisting is a moment.
And the moment it twists, rationalization begins, and the end of rationalization is corruption.
"Lord Ferda. I hate Alte. I hate their ideology that hates places where light doesn't reach. So Alte's Saintess must also become a target of hatred."
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Anger coming from a subtle tone.
The pain and persecution she received in the name of holy eradication, she would know well.
Е n ù ṁ а́ .іd
"But this matter is far from such personal grudges. All of this is for you. Deceiving this woman's love and turning it into a cooperative relationship with you, that's all. I'm not saying to kill Princess Olivia or make her a living corpse."
"So you're saying to use Princess Olivia."
"Yes. Using her. Isn't life about all of us being used by someone?"
"That's why I'm saying I don't like that."
Ferda quietly sent his shadow.
"Whether it's Yubel or the Princess, being used and discarded is not what I want."
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"Then you'll compensate? By loving her?"
"At least not in this form."
Ferda's shadow touched Angrem's throat.
Standing under the full moon, Angrem's shadow was filled with darkness beneath her chin.
Her life and death were in Ferda's hands.
"If you kill me now, only hardship awaits you."
Е̃ ñú m а̃
Angrem warned as if she'd read Ferda's intent.
"If I die, Gokma will sense my location. With your current strength, Lord Ferda, you can't beat Gokma. You know that well, right?"
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He knows.
Because he fought him just yesterday, just hours ago.
"Look. A foolish person. If you'd sacrificed Yubel and killed Gokma as I said, things would've gone much smoother. Your choice ruined it."
She sounded genuinely regretful.
W е̇b̃n ö v̇ ѐ l Е̊ ńu m̈ а̇
If Yubel had rushed in ready to die and died with Gokma, he could just kill Angrem and save Olivia.
His head was complicated.
'Save Olivia.'
He'd have to kill Angrem, and if he kills Angrem, Gokma comes.
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Ferda with no clever plan would lose to Gokma.
That was a foregone conclusion.
E̊n̊ u m̆ а̇
'Abandon Olivia.'
If he does as Angrem says, everything goes smoothly.
An easy path.
And the most rational path.
It was a problem where throwing away one person's life solves everything.
"Lord Ferda...."
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Olivia opened her mouth.
Moist eyes and trembling lips.
Whether it was a mask or sincerity, Ferda couldn't tell.
Olivia looked at Ferda like that and said this.
"I hope... you'll be happy...."
His chaotic mind finds order.
Еn û m̀ а̊ .ĭ d̃
The end of a thread visible within what seems like thousands of tangled strands.
Grabbing that and pulling it out as if drawing it straight, Ferda chose.
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The shadow on Angrem's neck rose in the form of a hand and twisted her neck.
Crack!
A clear sound ringing through the night air.
Angrem was not a person who spoke carelessly.
Е̊ñ ūmӓ_. іd̈
Her neck was broken, but the dagger she'd brought to Olivia's throat dug in deep.
"Guh...!"
Her strike cleanly severing the carotid artery and windpipe.
Ferda extended his hand, separating Angrem and Olivia.
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At the same time, Angrem's body was pushed back, and Olivia leaned forward.
Blood spurted out roughly, drawing from the aorta.
W̃ е̇b́ n о̊ v еl̂ Е̃ṅu̇m̈a
Ferda ran and caught Olivia's body.
"Princess. If you want to live, staunch the bleeding immediately."
Olivia wrapped her throat as Ferda said, staunching the bleeding.
A woman who wouldn't seem to get a drop of water on her hands, but her mental strength is superior to anyone's.
Ferda immediately took out the prepared item.
The artificial elixir Valdemar left behind.
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He poured all of it into Olivia's mouth.
"Gurk... ugh... ugh!"
For a moment she suffered with a sound like boiling liquid, then her voice returned to normal.
The throat wound was completely sealed, and the blood loss was minimal.
She didn't fall into a coma like Garnet.
"Lord Ferda...."
W eb̊ nо v̂ еl̀ .Еn ùm а̂
Sapphire-like eyes.
They shine even more beautifully blended with the moonlight.
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He can no longer end it with denial.
Her eyes were like the Prince on a White Horse she'd been waiting for.
"I... I was so scared."
Just as she was about to embrace him while shedding tears, he carefully pulled her away.
Е n̂um а
"I'll remove the shackles."
"Ah, yes."
The shackles Olivia wore had a keyhole.
Not knowing what trick she'd played, he searched Angrem's pockets for the key.
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-Why....
Angrem's voice resonated in his head.
Е́n̂_ũ.m̌ ä
Angrem looked at Ferda with her broken neck.
-Why did you make... such a choice?
She asked.
-I told you this choice means hardship for you.
Ferda answered via telepathic communication.
-I promised Olivia.
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-A promise?
-The Princess may not be free, but as a child of the Imperial Family, there's much she can enjoy. Olivia promised to give that up.
-Do you believe that?
He found the key.
Ferda unlocked Olivia's shackles while answering via telepathic communication.
-I have to believe. Princess Olivia helped the Far East.
W̆ e b̀nӧv е ľ Е n̆ üm̆ а̇
-Even though she loves you?
Ferda looked at Olivia's face at those words.
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That damnably beautiful woman shook his heart.
A Prince on a White Horse would've kissed her immediately.
-Even if she loves me, I have to believe.
But in that appearance, Ferda recalled one person.
Е n̊u mà .іd
-If I distort that memory, I'll become no different from the Emperor.
Valdemar Golt.
The donkey who chased only the carrot forever until he died.
Ferda found himself pitying that man he'd considered the greatest threat within the Empire.
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Even he thought it was a truly foolish thing.
Ferda humbly accepted Angrem's criticism.
E̊.n̊ ùṁ а̇
-Well done.
What he heard was praise.
Thinking he'd misheard, he inadvertently glanced at Angrem.
It wasn't a mishearing.
She was smiling.
-In my left pocket, there's a way to lift the Mother's curse on Yubel, no, Emilia. Please, save that child at least.
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Ferda searched her left pocket at her words.
Inside was an object in the form of a brooch.
The gem became a lens, magnifying and showing the scripture densely inscribed inside.
-Don't lose to fate. To this cruel fate the Mother created....
With sincere encouragement, he felt Angrem's life completely extinguish.
"Lord Ferda...."
Ēn u_m̊ а̊ . i d́
"Yes."
Olivia reflexively pressed her body close to Ferda.
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She too is a mage, so she felt the mana flow clearly.
That mana twisted space, opening a gate leading to a chaotic, colorful space.
From there, a man jumped out.
A man with pale skin bathed in moonlight.
Ӗ ňū m а̌_
That man was undoubtedly Gokma.
