The Bell-Attuned Angel! A Five-Winged Pseudo God... An entity dwelling just below the absolute realm of the Divine Lords themselves! Calling her a creature out of ancient myths didn't even do her justice. She was a non-human existence capable of casually reshaping the fate of millions without breaking a sweat!

On the surface, she seemed only two virtual wings ahead of him. But Ashe knew better. As a sorcerer, he knew that virtual wings progressed from Silver, to Gold, Rainbow, and finally Colorless. As for what came after that? He had no idea. He didn't even know what an Angel's wings were called!

An existence of this absolute caliber… Setting aside the unthinkable idea of ever making an enemy out of her, they had never even dreamed of standing in her presence! Even Legendary sorcerers would never dare hope to glimpse the back of an Angel!

Yet, compared to the sheer shock of meeting the Angel herself, the pair cared far more about her words.

Ashe looked down at his hands. "So this is Heaven? Am I dead?"

"Not yet," Rin answered calmly. "The dead are not the only ones able to enter Heaven. The Gospel pulled you here."

She looked at them both, with the bells dangling from her ears ringing softly. "This is the final stage of inheriting the Gospel. Visiting this place once is a tradition for the Gospel's First in every generation. How fascinating. To think this generation's Gospel's First comes in two. Even more fascinating is that you both possess the Incarnation of Secrets."

Facing the Angel, neither Ashe nor Dia dared act recklessly.

Dia opened her mouth to speak, but Ashe immediately pulled her into his arms. Choosing his words with extreme care, Ashe asked cautiously,...