The female devils I saved came to my door

"Don't worry about anything. As long as we stay with you, you will be happy for the rest of your life, and we will be happy when you are here."

"...Why did you suddenly say that?" Charles was a little surprised by his daughter's thoughts.

"I had a conversation with Ms. Sirna before. She reminded me and I realized that you, father, and Sister Lovna are all mortal. But because of the power of the Netherworld, my brothers and sisters and I are very likely to die. Immortality...I am a little afraid of this future. What should we do after you die?

"I thought about it for a long time, and finally I felt that I wanted to enjoy every moment with you, so that in the days when you are gone, I can use these happy memories as a support to maintain my humanity. I want to be with my father Just like you, be a pure person."

When Charles listened to his daughter's sincere suggestion, his heart did tremble for a moment.

Indeed, it was only because he was ordered by that weird system that he struggled to this day for the illusory goal of "assisting the Queen to achieve great things."

However, now, whether it is Lovna or Silna, they are completely different from how they first met.

Perhaps, my daughter's suggestion is right.

"... Sher Lanna, don't talk about this yet." He shook his head and dispelled the distracting thoughts: "The priority now is to find Sher Lanna. Let's first find out why she left without saying goodbye. If she encounters any danger, we will We have to rescue her first. As for other things - we will discuss it later."

"Okay. Let's go find Ms. Sirna first." The daughter nodded.

They said no more and continued westward.Passing through plains, hills, woodlands and mountains, and crossing dozens of countries, he finally arrived at the peninsula plain where the Holy City of the Holy See is located.

The war horse he sat on suddenly became furious. As a creature from the underworld, it suddenly roared and hissed loudly, almost throwing Charles and Sharlana off the horse.

The father and daughter jumped off the back of the horse and watched helplessly as the ghostly creature dissipated into the air and turned into a plume of black smoke.

"what happened?"

Sherlana also felt a sense of discomfort at this time.She tugged at the corner of her father's clothes and shuddered: "...Father, something is wrong here... The power of the Nether Realm is too strong. The power in my body even shows signs of being out of control."

Ciel also noticed it.

The power of the nether world that should not appear in the mortal world is now scattered across this vast land.The air seemed to be filled with the murmurs and murmurs of the dead, the clear sky seemed to be covered with a fuzzy curtain, and the whole world felt unreal and illusive.

Ciel recalled the various strange rumors about "miraculous occurrences" in Glory City not long ago.

He originally thought it was some trick played by the Holy See to deceive believers, or a rumor spread by fanatical believers, but now it seems that the hidden story behind it is much more complicated.

Worried, he did not hesitate and pulled Sharlana.Plan to walk to Rongguang City.

Along the way, he saw an astonishing number of believers.There were far more pilgrims than he had ever seen during his previous tenure in the Curia.On every road hundreds of miles away from Glory City, there are believers praying devoutly on the roadside.

They talked with great expectations, discussing the miracles outside Gongguang City: the endless fruits and grains, the magnificent buildings rising from the ground overnight, the souls of the dead who returned to the human world to talk to the living...

When Charles and others arrived near Glory City, although they had expected it, the scene outside the city shocked him even more.

The entire plain outside Rongguang City is covered with green grass and flowers, as if an endless gorgeous blanket is laid on the vast land. Towering trees that cannot be surrounded by four or five adults are scattered throughout the wilderness. The brightly colored fruits that grow fall gently like feathers when ripe, and are piled on the ground for the surrounding believers to pick and eat.

What shocked them the most was the countless translucent figures wandering around the land, talking and laughing with the living people surrounding them - they were all the souls of the deceased, relying on powerful Nether magic to break through the darkness. The barrier between life and death has been overcome, so they can express their feelings to the living people here.

This place is like the kingdom of heaven in religious paintings.

"Father..." Sharlana rubbed her eyes and confirmed everything in front of her again.She was not fooled by the heavenly beauty in front of her, but relied on her own strength to see clearly the essence before her: "These are all illusions created by the power of the underworld."

"I know." Ciel also saw it.

Just like Katrin's dream, this is an illusion created by the Netherworld with the help of someone's imagination.

However, the area covered by the illusion in front of her was much larger than Katrin's dream, and it directly encompassed the entire glorious holy city.

All the incredible miracles in front of you are reality distorted by the netherworld.

"Silna..." He became even more worried: "What is the Pope doing without telling me?"

At this time, the heavy sword "Ether" behind Ciel trembled again. When Ciel pulled out the blade, obvious cracks were even seen on both ends of the blade.

Then, as if it was inspired, the sword automatically pointed in the direction of Glory City.It seemed to be guiding Ciel to look for something.

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"The heavy sword with the same name as Monroe has a close connection with him. It has sensed the condition of the original owner and is trying its best to guide me to find him.

"Although Sharlanna was feeling slightly unwell at the time, she still used magic to assist me, bypassing the thick blessing wall of Glory City and taking me into the city.

"Inside Glory City, just like outside the city, it is crowded with believers praying for blessings. The fluctuations in the power of the underworld are almost visible to the naked eye.

"I followed the guidance of the sword and kept moving forward in the city. I bypassed the patrolling knights, praying believers and excited priests.

“Finally, I took Sharlana and found a monastery—the place where Lovna was once imprisoned as a witch.

“There are no priests on duty in the monastery at this time, and the dark underground prison has long been sealed, so there shouldn’t be any prisoners.

“But the ‘ether’ still led me here.

"We broke the lock of the dungeon door. In the dark underground, walking on the slippery corridor covered with moss, I heard the sound of dripping water and the gasping like a wounded animal.

"Following the sound of breathing, we passed through the moldy and rotten prison and found the dying Monroe inside.

"Because he failed to rescue Sirna, he was seriously injured by his wife. But the Pope would never kill him, he just wanted to imprison him again, so Monroe had to escape here and hide deep in the dungeon. Wait for recovery.

“At that time, his whole body was covered with terrible wounds caused by the magic of the underworld. Even with his synthetic human body, he could not recover from the serious injuries quickly.

"When he heard my footsteps, he opened his eyes with difficulty.

"After he recognized me... he held my hand tightly. For the first time I saw him show a sad expression that ordinary people would have. He expressed his repentance to me and told me what he had done with the Pope over the past ten years. Everything, as well as Sirna's situation at this time.

"I finally know everything."

152. Destined conflict

After Hilna woke up in a daze, she was surprised to find that she was in the side room on the left side of the Pope's office.

This is Katrin's room.The layout of the house - soft and neat self-cleaning carpets, walls painted to look like forests and oceans, ceilings decorated with bright crystal gems to look like the night sky, bookshelves filled with fairy tale picture books, soft beds... everything is just like when Katrin was alive. The layout is the same and has never changed.

However, the girl lying on the bed at this time was not the long-dead Katrin, but Hilna.

To be precise, Sirna was wearing the white petticoat that Catherine had worn when she was alive, with long, smooth sea-blue hair, lying flat on the bed with her hands clasped together, like a corpse about to be buried.

And Saint Ann IV no longer pretended at this time.

She revealed her true appearance, which looked like she was no more than thirty years old. She was wearing a long black dress and was sitting on the edge of the bed, looking at the immobile Sirna with a gentle look on her face.It's like a mother looking at her child.

If it weren't for the large and conspicuous Netherworld runes on her cheeks and neck, anyone would be moved by her motherly tenderness.

At this time, Hilna also remembered what happened before: she came to see the Pope, and the Pope suddenly imprisoned her. Although Monroe almost rescued her even if she appeared, in the end, the sword master was still His wife was wounded and thrown out of the church.He was brought here by the Pope.

"Your Majesty..." Sirna spoke with difficulty. She felt like a puppet that could not move. Except for the fact that her eyes could move and her lips and tongue could open slightly, her whole body seemed to be frozen and unable to move: " Why...do this?"

The pope's beautiful emerald-green pupils were close to Sirna, but the pupils did not reflect the appearance of the blue-haired girl, but seemed to reflect the appearance of Katrin.

All she could see was her soon-to-be-resurrected child.

"This is the moment I have been longing for, my child." The Pope just smiled and said softly: "Katelin will be revived with the help of your body, and my other seven descendants will also use the seven nameless children. The bodies of my sons will return to the world. They will receive the names of my children who died young and start a new life.

"Sirna, you don't have to panic about what's about to happen. Your mother has passed away, your father has long been estranged from you, and your sister has become your rival... Also, your relationship with Charles Your love has never been responded to by him from beginning to end. You always long to have him exclusively, but in the end, Ciel will leave your side again.

"So, it's better to give up on these. Give your body to Katrin, your soul and body will be merged with her, and you will get what you want.

"After resurrection, you will have everything you desire. Charles' love, power far beyond the ordinary world, and the absolute support of the Holy See... You will no longer live in sorrow and decadence, and you will gain true liberation. .”

As she spoke, she casually placed it on Sirna's forehead and gently stroked her face.

Feeling the Pope's caress, Hilna even had a strange illusion - it seemed that she had returned to her childhood, to her early childhood, enjoying her mother's caress in the sleepy night.

The pope in front of him, who was about to kill him, was giving him the maternal love he had rarely enjoyed.

"Calm down, my child." Saint Ann IV hummed a beautiful lullaby with moving harmonies, just like coaxing his daughter to sleep.

The notes swaying in the room soothed Sirna's restless heart, and she calmed down instead of being anxious.

Drowsiness overtook her, and she almost closed her eyes and fell asleep.

She could only hold on to her strength and beg with all her strength to the beautiful woman in front of her who seemed to be wrapped in soft light.

"Your Majesty, please don't..."

The Pope shook his head, and she spoke again: "It was you who brought your teacher to the Holy See so that I could meet you;

“Thanks to the arrival of you and Ciel, Katrin can be happy and regain her sanity;

“It was your efforts in the Holy See that helped me consolidate my position and eliminate those opponents who hindered me;

"It was only after you and Charles left their hometown that your sister made a contract with that demon... and these children with the power of the underworld were born by chance.

“You had the opportunity to leave the Holy See, but you ended up coming back here.

"Including Katrin, I lost a total of eight children. It just so happens that you, plus the seven children from the Nether Realm, are also eight. A perfect coincidence, as perfect as the arrangement made by Heavenly Father guiding fate.

"It is you, the ripe ear of wheat, who rushes to my harvesting sickle, and it is your ripe fruit, which leaps into my open palm... That's why I can now master this power to change reality. .

"Every unintentional choice you make accumulates and ultimately leads your destiny to your current situation.

"I have come this far. Sirna, I should thank you.

"Without those decisions you made in the past, without you and Ciel, I'm afraid I would still be the ruler who was in a state of confusion, waiting for decay.

"But thanks to you, I have the opportunity to change my destiny. I will not be one of the countless people sitting on the supreme throne of the Holy See, letting themselves be fooled by political struggles, blinded by power, and corrupted by time. Another pope. I will not be anointed with holy oil, unwillingly put into a coffin at the end of my life, and become another dispensable ruler who does nothing.

“But now, I will be God’s messenger to end all tragedies.

"Perhaps, you will think that I am using magic to forge miracles and fool believers. You think that I am a madman who refuses to accept reality and allows my obsession to distort me.

"But I don't think so.

"Since Heavenly Father has abandoned us mortals since ancient times, and since the power of nether magic can now be used by me, then what I create now is a definite miracle.

"Did you hear it? The cheers of the believers outside the city...their beliefs, their enthusiasm, and their emotions will all turn into my power.

"Real miracles never have to come from the hands of God the Father. Even though I am only a mortal at this time, I can still create miracles that the world considers unachievable.

“The boundary between death and life will be completely shattered by me, and I will be the one who leads mortals across eternity.

"Starting with my children, I will guide them in their victory over death."

Sirna's consciousness became increasingly drowsy as the Pope's narration sounded.

Finally, she fell asleep.

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In the underground prison.

After learning the truth from Monroe, Ciel almost fell into uncontrollable rage.

"So, since the time Sirna and I first came to the Holy See, you have been planning to use me... You allowed the devil to create Sirna, and imprisoned my child... and you also intended to use me. This bastard resurrection spell desecrates your daughter's life..."

For more than ten years, his rage, which he thought he could control, still almost broke through.Ciel almost drew out his sword and hacked the sword master in front of him to death.

But Sharlanna stopped her father who was about to lose his temper.

Regardless of any previous suspicion, she stood in front of Monroe who almost hacked her to death, and used her body to block the blade that was almost swung, forcing Ciel to calm down.

"Father...he is already repenting. Now is not the time to vent his anger. Ms. Sirna is still in the Holy See, and my other seven brothers and sisters are still imprisoned. The pope is probably already preparing to carry out her blasphemous acts. You can't do anything irrational at this time.

"If what Monroe says is true, you need his help to rescue people."

After a long silence, looking at his daughter with a serious face, and the mentor and father-in-law in front of him who was wearing a robe and leaning on the dirty prison wall, panting, Charles slowly put down the heavy sword in his hand.

"Sorry." Monroe gasped and repeated his apology.

"I don't understand...why? Can't you see how ridiculous what the Pope did?" After taking a deep breath, Charles controlled his emotions and forced himself to calm down: "You actually carried the I have done so many stupid things... Do you really think that you can use this method to master the power of the Netherworld? Do you really believe that she can resurrect Katrin?"

"Yes." Charles's father-in-law nodded: "I have always believed it, somewhat blindly. Although she was just an ordinary student of mine at the beginning, when she grew up, she excelled in intelligence and magic. His talents, ambitions and pursuits all far surpass mine.

"She gave me the meaning and purpose of living, and allowed me to enjoy the happiness of family for a short time. She was my student, lover and object of allegiance. She did everything without hesitation, even if it was doing something inappropriate for her. The dirty work recognized by the world, staining my hands with the blood of innocent people, I also think it is worth it.

"She told me that she would become the greatest pope and accomplish great things. This world will not experience wars and plagues over and over again. One day, our children will grow up healthy and happy in the new world she created. In... In the past, I always felt that she was right. She is my proudest student and the person I love most. So I am willing to trust her, and I also hope to believe her."

After saying these words, Ciel was speechless for a moment.

His father-in-law continued: "It wasn't until not long ago that I saw the Netherworld runes emerging on her cheeks and learned about her plan to resurrect Katrin by taking Sirna's body that I felt... Your Majesty her She is no longer the person I knew. She did not really want Katrin to be happy, but was manipulated by obsession and fell into madness and paranoia, losing herself.

"Ciel, I know I have done a lot to hurt you...but now is not the time to blame me. I hope you can put away your anger for a while, just like your daughter suggested.

"When I recover, I will take you to face the Pope."

153.The ritual of resurrection

"Charle, Saint Ann has probably started preparing for the ceremony to resurrect my daughter. However, the ceremony will take a long time, and we still have time to stop her... But what she is doing now cannot be made public. of."

Pressing his bleeding wound, Monroe let out a long sigh of relief.

His body seemed to be recovering at an accelerated pace after Ciel appeared.

But this terrible healing speed comes at the cost of burning lives.