Volume 5, Chapter 5 – Discovery

And just like that.

Because of Tianyin’s persuasion, Fisiel changed her mind.

Not only that, she even very proactively expressed that she wanted to take part in this King of Knights election in the Kingdom.

Well, although the whole process had been a bit bumpy, the fact that Tianyin managed to persuade Fisiel was already something of a pleasant surprise.

After persuading Fisiel, what Tianyin needed to do next was to bring Fisiel to the Kingdom to take part in this King of Knights election.

『Wuu, even if in the end Fisiel can’t obtain the power of the King of Knights, I still absolutely can’t let that guy Yunchou get what he wants.』

Even though she had never actually come into contact with that player called Yunchou, the System had told her that Yunchou had once schemed against her.

So, toward Yunchou, Tianyin naturally developed the idea of wanting to target this guy.

After she finished persuading the knight girl Fisiel, Tianyin, at Fisiel’s suggestion, temporarily stayed in the barracks of the Northern Fortress.

Of course, this temporary stay was only for one night. The reason she stayed for a night instead of having Fisiel leave with her right away also had other reasons behind it.

Because once Fisiel left, there would be no Legendary sitting in town at the Northern Fortress. So this one day was also for Fisiel to hand over some of the Northern Fortress’ matters that were under her charge.

When night came, while Tianyin was alone, resting in the room Fisiel had specially prepared for her that was full of girly style, she started casually chatting with Samael.

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And as time went by, the topic of their chatting slowly shifted over to Yunchou.

「Xiaoyin, about the King of Knights election I really think there’s no need at all for us to be on guard… After all, no matter how you put it, Yunchou is just an ordinary outsider. If I were the King of Knights, I wouldn’t possibly hand the Throne-tier power over to an outsider either.」

Taking advantage of this chance to talk with Xiaoyin alone, Samael finally raised the question that had been weighing on her heart.

The reason she asked this was because Samael did not know about the existence of the System Light Orb, which was why she would ask a question like this.

Yet this kind of question was the hardest for Tianyin to explain.

After all, she could not just say that Yunchou could foresee the future…

Leaving aside whether Samael would believe it or not, just how Tianyin knew that Yunchou could foresee the future would already be very suspicious.

『Wuu…, Samael, I don’t really know how I should answer that either, but you just need to trust my judgment…』

「Alright…」

She had asked this question, but what she got was Tianyin’s vague reply. This made Samael feel a bit helpless.

However, since Tianyin said that, then she definitely had her own reasons. So after a brief moment of silence, Samael quietly buried this doubt in her heart.

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Then, as Samael fell silent, the atmosphere suddenly became quiet as well.

『Um, Samael…』

「What is it?」

『It’s just, I was thinking, if I obtained your combat techniques, would I be able to bring out the most complete power even in the semi-fusion state?』

After a period of silence, Tianyin’s voice suddenly broke this somewhat heavy atmosphere.

「Mhm… in theory, you can. The reason why right now I’m stronger when I’m the one controlling your body in battle is actually because your combat techniques aren’t as good as mine. Since there is such a huge gap between your combat techniques and mine, I can bring out the power of the Seven Original Sins, while you can’t bring out the power of the Seven Original Sins…」

After that time when the Legendary Paladin Karl died, Tianyin discovered that her Seven Original Sins had a mode called semi-fusion.

That was, when the Seven Original Sins were activated, she herself was still the one controlling the body.

In that semi-fusion state, she could not only use the Seven Original Sins, but the duration of the Seven Original Sins was also much, much longer than when Samael was controlling her body.

Of course, at that time her combat strength in the semi-fusion state was still much lower than in the fully activated state.

However, by the time things had reached the present, Tianyin slowly discovered that as she watched Samael fight and as her own number of battles piled up, her combat strength in the semi-fusion state of the Seven Original Sins had already improved a lot, a lot compared to in the beginning.

Put simply, her semi-fusion state had unknowingly grown stronger and stronger.

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『So it really is like that?』

In fact, Tianyin had already had this idea before, but that idea had only ever been a guess.

After getting Samael’s confirmation, Tianyin was finally able to confirm that her guess was no longer just a guess.

『Samael, tell me, once I have your combat experience, or rather, once I have combat experience that’s even more mature than yours, will I be stronger than when you’re the one controlling my body?』

「Mhm… the semi-fusion state and me controlling your body are, in the end, both just activating the Seven Original Sins.」

「And the reason why the time is so short when I’m controlling your body is actually because most of the power is spent on allowing me to perfectly control your body.」

Samael’s explanation gave Tianyin a kind of sudden clarity.

『So that’s how it is… but since you knew all this, Samael, why didn’t you tell me earlier?』

「Well… actually I did want to tell you earlier, Xiaoyin, but in the end it’s because I had a bit of selfishness of my own…」

Questioned by Tianyin, the blood-clothed girl in her mind, Samael, let out a faint sigh.

「Ever since I died, I’ve been imprisoned inside that blood-colored scroll space.」

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「For hundreds and thousands of years, I’ve always been there.」

「And for me, staring day after day at a world in front of my eyes that is nothing but blood is a kind of pain.」

「So, Xiaoyin, the time when I can control your body to fight, for someone like me who has always been imprisoned in that blood-colored cage, is the only thing I long for now.」

「Because I’m overly attached to that feeling of freedom, I didn’t want to tell you about this…」

Samael’s explanation made Tianyin fall silent.

Originally, Tianyin had thought that the reason Samael did not tell her was because of some unspeakable reason.

But after Samael explained, Tianyin finally understood that this so-called selfishness was just because she purely liked the feeling of having a body…

『I see… Samael, why didn’t you tell me something like this earlier… if you’d told me earlier, at least when there’s nothing going on, I’d let you experience the feeling of having a body more often~』

Hearing Tianyin’s pure words of comfort, Samael in her mind could not help but let out a laugh.

「You dummy, don’t go using the power of the Seven Original Sins so casually. For you, Xiaoyin, that’s your trump card.」