Saint?Just a bad woman

Three similarly dressed goddesses stand side by side. The woman in the middle holds a torch in each hand, while the two beside her hold torches in their left or right hands.

The three women were originally in charge of the three realms of sky, earth and ocean. Later, they turned dark and became the great goddesses who managed the underworld and darkness. Even the God of War was afraid of them.

The three-phase goddess is very easy to identify. Her most prominent appearance feature is the "three-phase". The three heads and three bodies represent the three forks in destiny.

Then, the shadow started a righteous gang fight against the goddess shadow behind the fire girl.

If Santa Karina hadn't been here, no one would have thought of using the goddess's phantom as a physical output, using all three heads and six arms to slap her face.Then, this process was multiplied by twenty times, and every second, hundreds of fist shadows hit the shadow of another goddess.

She had lost her beloved dog before, but now she lacked the help of assistants and could only be beaten with her fists.

"Bang bang bang!"

The overwhelming fist shadows all fell on the fire girl and the goddess shadow behind her. Looking around, there were countless fist shadows overlapping within a radius of two meters.

This large area was filled with heavy punches, and countless fist shadows produced thunder and fire. When Santa Karina commanded the three-phase goddess phantom to be tired, there was only a deep pit left on the ground.

"It's impossible...how could I be raped by a human..."

The fire girl was dying, with only the breath coming in and no breath left.

Then, the holy sword pierced her heart.

There is no flesh and blood, and when it is pulled out, it is a ball of white-gold energy.

"Evil God, this is what you want."

"It's true, my agent, you are always so indifferent to your god."

"Stop talking nonsense, just tell me how to use fire, right?"

"You just press it into your heart and that's it."

The evil god's words rang in his mind.

"That's it?"

St. Kalina looked at this indescribable ball of light full of divinity and hesitated.

The steps are very simple and without difficulty, but is the evil god really trustworthy?She always felt like she was going to become a jinchuriki.

"Why did I lie to you? We are a community of destiny, my agent."

The evil god Eris also saw Santa Karina's hesitation and continued to persuade her in his mind.

"And if you don't hurry up, this fire will be recalled by the Kingdom of God soon. It will not be easy to find it by then."

"I see."

Santa Karina could only take a gamble. She had died once, so she had nothing to fear.

Pushing the fire towards the heart, an unfamiliar warm current poured into the body, but it was not burning, and there was no feeling of being burned. Instead, it was warm, a warm and gentle feeling.

Along with it, there were memories, a stream of memories that did not belong to her but were transmitted to her head.

But the memory seemed to belong to someone she knew, Santa Karina had a hunch.So after recovering from the dark vision, Santa Karina patted her face and pretended to cheer herself up.

——The moment I turned the doorknob, I felt sure that I had guessed it right for some reason.

When walking in the house like this, your consciousness will suddenly be attracted to the door.So I walked towards the door, and as soon as I touched the doorknob, I felt something was wrong.

Accept the fact that "this is it" and look behind the open door——

"Hey, long time no see, Abner Ernest."

The Forbidden Library, which remained unchanged from before, appeared in front of Saint Kalina who raised her hand slightly.

The large room buried in bookshelves was filled with the unique smell of old books.The lack of windows made the room dark, and the quiet atmosphere did not change at all.Not only the appearance of the room, but also the caretaker of this library.

The girl sitting on the step stool that served as a chair, looking at the book on her lap——Abner.

She is none other than Ernest VII. She looks like a literary girl, but she is the woman who betrayed Santa Carolina.

"——I wanted to tell you why there was so much noise in the house. It turns out you are back."

Abner raised his eyes slightly and said this after his blue eyes reflected the figure of Santa Karina.He sounded bored, and then his eyes immediately returned to the book.

"Now that you're back, you can consider this period of commotion to be over."

"You arranged it for me, let's solve it for now."

Although it is a memory, Santa Karina has lost her bodily autonomy and instead acts as a bystander, an omniscient reader, to see everything that has happened.

So, she took a stool and sat next to Abner, looking determined to leave.

"Abner, this, look at this."

——It was a black-covered book whose cover and contents were stained with blood.

The previous owner had gained notoriety and was considered a problematic book.Its contents are affected by strange magic and cannot be read.If you do not have the qualifications to hold it, it will be regarded as useless.

"——???????"

Abner's eyes were filled with shock as he stared at the book in Santa Karina's hand.

She had a look of disbelief on her face, her lips trembled slightly, but the words she spat out became unspeakable and unheard words.

"Why...you are the one holding this book..."

"...It's the trophy I grabbed. I got it from the leader of the thing you asked me to do."

"What about the holder?"

"——He's dead. I killed him."

Faced with Abner's detailed questions, Santa Karina did not look away and answered truthfully.

Strictly speaking, that guy is not a human being, but an evil spirit that lives on other people's bodies and manipulates them as he pleases.So it might be wrong to think of his death as a killing.

But Santa Carina herself gave him a lift and took his life.

Otherwise, you can't defeat him.The soul understood this and then killed him with "murderous intent".

She stared at the black book in Santa Karina's hand and murmured to herself——

"Have you left ?????? too????????..."

More indescribable words were spat out, as if the memory was disordered. Abner looked a little sad. Even if Santa Karina tried to recall this memory, she could not recall anything more than what she saw now.

"...It's okay. Let's not talk about it anymore. Since you killed ??????..., what happened to the demon factor?"

"Demon factor...?"

It seems to be a matter of physical suitability. It is not obvious that the demon factor has been blessed on me since I am not the demon Saint Karina.

Although she is a more powerful demon than the Demon King, Santa Karina cannot use that level of power at all.At most, she can use a little bit of the power of the Demon King, but it is definitely not one-tenth of the power of the real Demon King, let alone the Demon God.

"It can only be said that it is barely usable. But I don't want to use this power anyway. Compared to this, everyone else has left. I am here to take you out of here, Abner."

"Take me out of here...?"

Abner said in bewilderment when he saw Santa Karina announcing this as soon as she came in.

She was still sitting on the step stool in her usual position, holding the black book tightly to her chest.

187. The awkward princess

"Mind your own business. Who asked you to do this?"

"I have expected your answer, but there is no room for bargaining. I will definitely take you away from here."

"Assert yourself..."

"Anyway, do you know what's going on out there?"

"...There is an intruder in the mansion, of course I know that. But I don't intend to get involved in this dispute. If you want to fight, just let whoever wants to fight do it."

"It's a pity that the current situation is not as cute as fighting. The most difficult enemy at present may be solved in your opinion, but your brothers and sisters are afraid of you, and they want to join forces to murder you."

Shaking her head in response to Abner's words, Santa Karina mentally described the distribution of combat power in the mansion.

"The only ones left are you and me. Everyone else betrayed, died, or ran away for various reasons... Is that what you want to say?"

"That's what I want to say. Then, let me take you out. If you don't like holding hands, then I can carry you on my back or hug you, it's your choice. Let me make it clear first that I will never give in."

"You are so stubborn. Whether others stay or go, live or die, I don't care what happens to them. It's enough for me to be here. My stupid brothers and sisters are just a mob. They can't shake me or hurt me at all. A hair on my head, so I actually don’t need your help at all.”

Abner declined in a low voice the Santa Karina who was approaching step by step.

She turned her neck to signal the entire Forbidden Library, and said to Santa Carolina:

"This is a forbidden library under my control that is isolated from the real world. No matter what threats there are outside, it has nothing to do with this place. Your worries are just unfounded."

"No, it's not that simple. Your Forbidden Library is indeed very powerful, but it has fatal flaws. And your opponent is quite aware of this."

The source of his confidence was denied, causing Abner to raise an eyebrow in displeasure.

The Forbidden Library indeed has unparalleled advantages in terms of stealth and hiding.But that's not a panacea. Whether he destroys the mansion or opens all the doors, Abner in the Forbidden Library will be discovered and forced to show up for a fight.

"Your spell can only have an effect on closed doors. So, just open all the doors of the mansion..."

You will definitely reach the Forbidden Library in the end.

Therefore, the Forbidden Library is definitely not a safe zone.Just when Santa Karina was about to persuade──

"─Why would the enemy know about this flaw?"

Abner asked, and Santa Karina held her breath.

"My people are betrayed by the church's enemies. ...That's it."

Abner jumped to conclusions, leaving Santa Karina no room for explanation.

And Santa Karina's dumbfounded look made her even more convinced.

"This is the nature of human beings... You don't need to comfort me, I understand very well."

After coming to his conclusion, Abner let out a breath.

How could she not understand this truth after growing up deep in the palace and compound and reading the emperor's thoughts.

That natural and reassuring sigh──stimulated Santa Karina.

"You...! Why...why do you look like you accept it when you sigh!"

"...Now that it has come to this, you should know it. I am alone now, why do you still stay with me? Because you believe in me, you still feel that so many chips have been staked on me, and now It's not cost-effective to retreat. Or maybe you think you are the Holy Lady of the Eternal God Religion. Even if your bet on me fails, you can still retreat in the end because my brothers and sisters will also come to fawn over you. You. As emperor, they need the power of the church."

"What the hell are you talking about...am I the kind of person who is greedy for power? Or do you think I am afraid of death, or that I am a slave of the third surname, and I can be loyal to or serve whoever I want, and the relationship between us is not important anymore!?"

She hated the sarcastic expression that Abner occasionally showed. That expression meant that he had seen through everything and no longer believed in anyone. He looked like one could manipulate people's hearts at will, and only needed a little bit of chips to fuel the fire.

In order to smash Abner's "mask", Santa Karina also remembered that when Abner was still a princess, she was not that "perfect" and "disguised" in front of people who knew her well, such as Santa Karina. Just like paper.

In fact, as long as the method is used correctly, it will be broken with one poke, so she pointed to the black book that Abner had been holding alone, like an abandoned rag doll, in this quiet environment.

This library was also left to her by her maternal mother, as she had long known the fact: Abner's black book was completely blank, and one of her biological mothers was the only maternal mother besides the emperor. The only "thoughts" her mother left for her.

Occasionally, Abner would show up to be stubborn and rebellious. She was not her usual ambitious, wise and calm self, but like a hurt child who was deliberately making trouble.There are obviously countless optimal solutions, but she refuses to choose. She chooses the worst and worst option.

"Stop holding that book. Your mother left that book behind just so that you could write your own life."

At Santa Kalina's shout, Abner lowered his eyes and slowly opened the book in his arms, then turned the book towards Santa Kalina--as expected, there were only white pages.

"Nothing is written on it. Just like before, my fate is a blank slate."

"In that case! In that case, what reason do you have to do what your brothers and sisters want! Just like before, you can just decide what you want to do!"

"...Like before, it's up to you to decide what you want to do?"

Abner murmured.

There was no emotion in those words, leaving Santa Karina speechless.

Her eye-catching blue pupils were gradually filled with empty sorrow.

"In the past few days, what was my decision?"

After murmuring, Abner turned the pages of the black book stiffly with his thin fingers, as if what he was turning was not white paper, but his own blank time.

She was particularly illusory at this moment, with an ethereal feeling that she was about to disappear at any moment.

Santa Karina didn't like this feeling, because it seemed like she was going to disappear at any moment and leave her.

"In this mansion, following my mother's instructions, being alone all the time... How could I have chosen this time? What kind of person has Abner done in this life?"

Ambition...the throne is also a false name...