Volume 4, Chapter 78 – News About the Power of Sloth

Ysera had left.

Or in other words, Xiaobingxue had gone.

After a brief farewell, Tianyin watched as Ysera turned back into a Frost Dragon and then slowly disappeared beyond the horizon.

「Xiaoyin, if you’re sad, tell me, okay? Bottling it up inside isn’t good~」

Samael could feel the ache in Tianyin’s heart and spoke up to comfort her.

『I’m not sad at all, Samael.』

Tianyin just smiled softly at Samael’s worry.

『Xiaobingxue has her own choices to make, and it’s not like she’s really gone… didn’t she just say it herself? Xiaobingxue will come back.』

「Mm… if you can think like that, Xiaoyin, then I’m relieved. But really, if you do feel sad, you still have to tell me~」

『Mm, got it, Samael.』

To be honest, Xiaobingxue’s departure hurt Tianyin a lot.

But, so what if it hurts?

Aside from making the people around her feel bad with her own gloomy mood, it didn’t have any use at all.

『Samael, Xiaobingxue already promised me. Once she’s done with the Graveyard’s affairs, she’ll definitely come back to find me~』

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「Yeah, I believe she’ll come back…」

Just like that, the morning of the next day passed in Tianyin’s talk with Heavenly Father and her farewell to the Frost Dragon Ysera.

In the afternoon, when Tianyin’s mood had finally recovered a little, she was just about to eat the dessert the half-beast maid had brought to lighten her slightly depressed mood when Lucifa came looking for her.

“Big Sis, Big Sis…”

When she saw Tianyin, the girl walked over to her, looking hesitant.

“Hm? What’s wrong? Do you need something?”

Seeing Lucifa looking like she wanted to speak but was holding back, Tianyin tilted her head in confusion.

At this time Lucifa should have been with her father, Heavenly Father, after all. So Tianyin couldn’t help feeling puzzled that Lucifa had suddenly made time to come see her.

“Big Sis… a-are you, are you going to look for the Seven Original Sins?”

“Mm… I am looking for the Seven Original Sins, but I’m not planning to make a move on the Power of Pride in you, Lucifa~”

“Muu… n-no, that’s not what I mean, Big Sis. I mean, since you need the power of the Original Sins, then you definitely need information on where they are, right?”

Lucifa looked timidly at Tianyin, her voice turning cautious as if she was afraid of angering her.

Hearing Lucifa’s words, Tianyin’s expression paused for a moment.

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“Hm? Lucifa, are you saying you know something about the other Seven Original Sins?”

“Mm-mm… I know a little, but Big Sis, I don’t know if it’ll be useful to you. I heard it by accident back when I hadn’t gone to Inferno yet and was still wandering all over the world…”

Heard it by accident?

Tianyin had to admit, Lucifa suddenly bringing her information about the Seven Original Sins felt ridiculously well-timed.

Even if she didn’t know how accurate Lucifa’s information was or had any way to confirm it yet, having a lead and having nothing were two completely different things.

“Mm… then tell me first, Lucifa.”

After she said that, Tianyin was also curious which sin of the Seven Original Sins Lucifa’s information would be about.

Right in front of her, Lucifa seemed a bit nervous. She took several seconds to sort out her thoughts before slowly opening her small mouth.

“Mm… so, it’s like this, Big Sis. Back then, after Father drove me out of the Sanctuary, I came to the Main World and wandered around… because I’m an angel, the people of the church in the Main World took good care of me. And one day, when I was flipping through the church’s classics, I happened to see a description about Sloth among the Seven Original Sins…”

“Hm? Sloth of the Seven Original Sins?”

Now that she knew which sin Lucifa was talking about, Tianyin couldn’t help wondering why the church of the Sanctuary would have records about the Seven Original Sins.

Of course, now wasn’t the time for Tianyin to ask Lucifa that, and even if she did, Lucifa might not be able to answer.

“Muu… it’s Sloth of the Seven Original Sins. And because I myself have the Power of Pride, I paid special attention to the church’s record about Sloth back then. So even now, I still remember what the classics said about Sloth of the Seven Original Sins.”

“Sloth, huh? Then did the classics say where the Power of Sloth is?”

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Holding a might as well try mentality, Tianyin asked that question.

“They did.”

The answer she got was unexpectedly definite.

“Big Sis… I remember that, in the records, Sloth, one of the Seven Original Sins, is actually located in the Underground World~”

“Hm? Sloth is actually in the Underground World?”

Tianyin blinked slightly at Lucifa’s words.

In her heart, she couldn’t help thinking of that elf girl she had been trying to forget.

Seles.

Not noticing the change in Tianyin’s expression at all, Lucifa continued on her own.

“Sloth is in the Underground World, and according to the records, the Power of Sloth is controlled by Fortress in the Underground World.”

“Fortress? The Power of Sloth is actually with Fortress?”

Hearing Lucifa’s explanation, Tianyin couldn’t help getting a bit of a headache.

She did want the Power of Sloth, but if it was in Fortress’s hands, then going after it would no doubt mean making an enemy of Fortress…

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After all, in Fortress, from the Fortress Emperor down to the ordinary Fortress dwarves, every single one of them had a fiery temper.

Exactly because the dwarves of Fortress were the type to start a fight at the slightest disagreement, Inferno and Fortress, these two major factions in the Underground World, had always clashed the most.

If any faction ever suggested attacking Inferno, the dwarves of Fortress would definitely sign up first without even thinking.

“Mm… it’s somewhere in Fortress… and according to the church’s records, the Power of Sloth is a very important power for Fortress.”

“Very important?”

Seriously, what was wrong with these dwarves of Fortress?

Sometimes even Tianyin couldn’t figure them out.

“Yes… it’s very important… Big Sis, the records said that the Power of Sloth can absorb the slothfulness that the dwarves produce. And because of the existence of the Power of Sloth, the dwarves of Fortress are all extremely diligent at smelting steel and forging weapons…”

“Huh?”

Wait, the power of the Original Sins can be used like that?

So the reason the Power of Sloth is so important is just so you dwarves can diligently forge weapons?

Tianyin couldn’t help complaining in her heart.