Volume 4, Chapter 41 – The Sudden Change

Previously, the System had already told Tianyin that Pride… could save the life of the catgirl Yeluo.

But… even so, the System had only said that she could be saved. As for the concrete method of saving her, the System had never mentioned it.

And up until now, Tianyin had subconsciously ignored that point.

The dense power of Pride spread around Lucifa.

Not only that.

Within Tianyin’s senses, the powers of three Original Sins in her body, Greed, Gluttony, and Wrath, also began to stir restlessly with the appearance of Pride.

『What is going on… Samael… why can’t I suppress the power?』

「It’s fine, this is just resonance between the Original Sins. But that aside, Xiaoyin, are you really sure Pride can save Yeluo?」

Samael’s question was not without reason.

After all, from the very beginning until now, Tianyin had never clearly said how Pride was supposed to treat Yeluo. It was just like she had suddenly known out of nowhere that only Pride could save Yeluo.

Of course, that was also because Samael had no idea that the System God existed. If she knew this had been told to Tianyin by the System God, all of this would be easy to understand.

『Ah… that much I can be sure of. Pride can fix this…』

Even though she herself did not really understand how the power of Pride was supposed to save Yeluo, given what she knew of the System, Tianyin felt there was no need for the System to lie to her in this way.

「Is that so… let’s hope so then…」

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Samael neither agreed nor disagreed with Tianyin’s words. Out of trust in Tianyin, she did not want to keep pressing her.

In Tianyin’s field of vision, the hem of Lucifa’s white dress stirred even though there was no wind.

The Fallen Angel’s wings slowly spread open, and an invisible power coiled around the girl’s body.

Points of pitch black light blossomed from her wings, then fell onto the unconscious cat-eared girl on the bed…

Tianyin could actually feel that the so-called power of Pride, under Lucifa’s guidance, slowly shrouded Yeluo and was quietly healing the girl.

It will work.

If the power she could sense was not mistaken… Sister Yeluo really… could be healed by the power of Pride.

That was Tianyin’s very first thought in that instant.

Feeling Lucifa’s Pride power healing Yeluo, Tianyin could say that the intel the System had given her was undoubtedly real.

Of course… within Tianyin’s senses, the aura of Yeluo, the cat-eared girl before her eyes, was also slowly shifting from weakness back toward a normal state.

Sister Yeluo… can be brought back.

If that really was the case… then… that would be wonderful…

The excitement in her heart was not fake, and for Tianyin, if Yeluo’s life could be saved, then all her efforts over these past days had not been in vain.

However…

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Just as Tianyin was thinking that, something unexpected happened.

“Muu…”

Lucifa, who had been focused on treating Yeluo, suddenly let out a cry of pain, and then the power of Pride, which had almost taken on a tangible form, suddenly spun out of control. The very first to be hit were Lucifa herself, as the Lord of Pride, and the cat-eared girl Yeluo whom she was treating.

“Muu…”

The tangible power of Pride slammed hard into the bodies of the two girls. Lucifa’s small body was knocked straight to the floor, and Yeluo, still unconscious… after suffering this uncontrolled, mindless strike from the power of Pride, her breathing became even weaker than before the treatment.

“What happened?!”

Sensing that something was very wrong, Tianyin hurriedly rushed over and helped Lucifa, who had been knocked down by the rampaging power of Pride, back up.

“Big sis, big sis… I… muu… I don’t know what happened either…”

Lucifa looked at Tianyin with a bewildered face, her eyes full of self-blame.

“I only know… that this time I did not manage to heal Sister Yeluo… and I might, might even have hurt her instead… muu, I didn’t want that… I didn’t… do it on purpose…”

By the time she got that far, Lucifa had already started sobbing.

At this point there was no way to blame Lucifa. Tianyin’s heart was still tied up in worry over Yeluo’s condition, but she could not just ignore Lucifa who was crying right in front of her either.

“Alright, alright~ Lucifa, be good, don’t cry~ Failing this time is okay. I’m already really happy you were willing to leave Inferno to come help me… this isn’t your fault~”

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To put it bluntly, she had been the one who sought Lucifa out to heal Yeluo. In the end, the fact that the weakened Yeluo had been hurt again also had something to do with her own choices.

“Big sis… you really don’t blame me?”

“I don’t blame you~ Lucifa, you did your best, didn’t you?”

“Muu… but… but I…”

Even with Tianyin saying that, Lucifa still wore a face that said all the fault lay with her.

“Big sis… let me try one more time. Maybe it was only because I’m not skilled enough at controlling Pride… next time… next time I can definitely do it.”

“No need… let’s talk about that later. Let me check on Sister Yeluo first…”

As much as she wanted to let Lucifa try again, Tianyin could not guarantee that things would not play out the same way. What was more, just now it had not only been Lucifa. The cat-eared girl on the bed had also taken a direct hit from the power of Pride.

To Lucifa, whose strength was overwhelming to begin with, that impact from the power of Pride was nothing, not even enough to count as an injury. But to the already extremely weakened Yeluo, the power of Pride… carried tremendous danger.

Tianyin walked to Yeluo’s side, forced herself to calm down, and had Samael sense Yeluo’s current state of life.

『How is it… Samael?』

「Xiaoyin, this is bad. Things look really bad… Yeluo’s life force was already extremely weak, but after this attempted healing from Lucifa, it’s become even weaker…」

『Wha… what?』

Tianyin found it hard to accept.

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But Samael had no reason to lie to her on purpose, so even though she did not want to believe it, there was no question that what Samael said was the truth…

『How could this be… how could this be, Samael, can you figure out exactly what happened? It’s strange, I clearly saw Sister Yeluo’s life condition getting better just now.』

「Mm… I saw that too…」

In her mind, Samael’s voice sounded especially grave.

「And that’s exactly what makes it strange… Why did the power of Pride suddenly go berserk? That shouldn’t happen at all… logically speaking, Lucifa is the very manifestation of the power of Pride, that point is beyond doubt, but even Lucifa herself can’t control the power of Pride… that is far too strange…」

「Wait…」

This time Samael’s voice turned unusually sharp.

「Xiaoyin… have you noticed that on Lucifa’s body… that power of Pride… seems to have grown even stronger?」

『Hm? What?』

For a moment Tianyin did not react.

『Lucifa’s power of Pride? No way, hasn’t that aura of Pride always only been at about that—』

In the end, the exchange between Tianyin and Samael cut off abruptly.