Volume 6, Chapter 74 – Realization (Part 2)

As if her strength had been completely drained, Yisi sat back down on the lawn.

“Well, just let me know whenever you want me to pay you back. But I don’t guarantee it will be immediate. When I get tired of staying in the Ymir Territory, I’ll go and see other places.”

“Are you leaving?”

Subconsciously, Evelyn took a step closer to Yisi, her voice filled with urgency.

Yisi nodded.

“Mm, although there’s nothing particularly urgent waiting for me right now, the world is so big, and there are still many places I haven’t been.”

Hearing that she wasn’t leaving immediately, Evelyn quietly breathed a sigh of relief, bent her knees, and sat down opposite Yisi.

“Where will you go?”

“Let me think… the Hels Kingdom in the north? The Norta Empire in the south? I’ve heard there’s a place called the United Kingdom at the southern end of the continent. Mmm, visiting the settlements of those rare races wouldn’t be bad either.”

“The United Kingdom? That’s a kingdom formed by elves, orcs, and beastmen. I’ve heard there are many phantom beasts in the south, so it’s not very safe.”

“Phantom beasts.”

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Now that she mentioned it, she wanted to go even more. For example, the unicorns that only existed in the world of fairytales, the black dragon that gnawed on the World Tree, and the Midgard Serpent that lay deep at the bottom of the sea. Just thinking about it was thrilling.

Of course, she wasn’t saying she wanted to fight them and use their heads as a tool to make herself famous. Since she already had a strength no less than that of the Tower of Alexia, she could try to challenge something more difficult—such as trying to make friends with those monsters.

If the other party couldn’t speak human language, she could tie them in a knot first and then sit down and talk slowly.

No, wait. I forgot something important.

Suddenly, Yisi remembered an important matter that had been pushed to the corner of her memory.

That was to find the ‘children of fortune’ that Julius had mentioned, who might be related to Mary’s origins. She had guessed before that the so-called children of fortune were very likely just a group of people living on an island outside the continent, or even on another continent. Besides, even if she couldn’t find Mary’s parents, letting Mary know that she was actually the ‘child of fortune’ in people’s mouths would surely make her happy.

Yisi lowered her head slightly.

Speaking of which, Camilla had never mentioned anything about her parents. If there was a chance, should she go and look for them? Although she always felt that Camilla would say it was unnecessary, she might as well give it a try. If she could let Camilla know the fate of her parents, it might be able to resolve her inner conflict—if Camilla had one.

The Omniscient Map could display a person’s name, race, and level, but it would not indicate the relationship between people. If Camilla had originally been a noble with a surname, she could have traced her roots through her family name. But according to Camilla, even the name ‘Camilla’ was a gift from Count Pescia.

Pulling her thoughts back from her contemplation—mainly because Evelyn, like a curious baby, had been pinching her cat ears—Yisi shook her head, making her cat ears curl up.

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Realizing that Yisi had come back to her senses, Evelyn had an expression as if nothing had happened and asked calmly.

“Were you thinking about something?”

“Mm, sorry, I was a bit distracted just now.”

“You still haven’t said why you have the Crest of Holy Revelation.”

This one was definitely trying to change the subject—her gaze was still on her cat ears. No, not just her cat ears, even her swaying tail was being targeted.

Subconsciously, Yisi moved a few steps away from Evelyn.

“Ah, I almost forgot to explain. When I first arrived—when I was first residing in Pepe’s, that is, the girl who drank Evelyn’s blood that day’s body, Pepe happened to be held hostage by the Hels Kingdom. At that time, I didn’t know how strong the people around me were, and I only dared to move around cautiously using Pepe’s name. But even so, the Vice Head Priest of the Niru Diocese, Owen, still discovered the difference between me and Pepe. He found me in private on the grounds that I had used magic to change my appearance and hoped that I would leave the Pescia Territory forever, so as to cause internal strife in the Pescia Territory by making the heir disappear, and to give humanity a longer period of peace.”

“So Vice Head Priest Owen gave you the Crest of Holy Revelation so that you could live peacefully in the human world?”

“Mm.”

“Tsk.” As if she had suddenly remembered something, Evelyn’s brows knitted together. She did not look up, but maintained the action of lightly biting her thumb and asked in a low voice, “Wait a minute, I have a question that I need you to answer seriously. This is very important.”

“Besides the secrets of the Blood Clan, I can say anything I know.”

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“Was the person who broke into the underground for the second time and made Julius lose face also you?”

If it weren’t for the matter of the necklace just now, she would surely not have admitted it. But now, Yisi had every reason to believe that the reason Evelyn was asking her was not to hand her over to Julius.

Yisi tilted her head.

“It was me. At that time, in order to give Julius the magic medicine that could eliminate the Fallen Mark, I secretly infiltrated the church’s underground. I had originally intended for both sides to benefit, both to restore the Fallen to their normal status and to solve the church’s explanation for the omniscience and omnipotence of the gods. But Julius was bent on making the treatable Fallen into tools of war, so our negotiations broke down, and we naturally started fighting.”

“To say it was a fight, it was more like one-sided destruction,” Evelyn glanced deeply at Yisi. That was the first time she had seen Julius so furious yet so powerless. “Just how strong are you? I’m starting to suspect that what you said before about making the earth shake and hailing to drive away the believers was not a joke.”

Faced with Evelyn’s mock complaint, Yisi returned a smile that neither confirmed nor denied.

“The medicine to treat the Fallen… no wonder you’ve been trying to instill in me that the Fallen are not bad people. So there was this purpose. So, you want me to stand on your side and help the Fallen after I become the Pope? If it was for this purpose, the process was a bit too smooth. You had just arrived at the Ymir Church for less than a month, and I became the Pope.”

“I was very surprised too.” Yisi cautiously peeked at Evelyn. Evelyn could be very tolerant towards her, but she might not be able to forgive those Fallen who were unrelated to her and had even constantly tried to harm her. It would be the same even if the one who proposed the idea was her. It was too naive to expect to eliminate the misunderstanding between her and the Fallen in such a short time. “Will you agree to my request, Evelyn?”

Making a shushing gesture to Yisi, signaling her not to continue, Evelyn shook her head gently, her beautiful face etched with calmness.

“Maybe I will, but at least for now, I won’t forgive the Fallen.”

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That’s good enough.

It needs a gradual process.

Yisi extended her hand and placed the Crest of Holy Revelation in Evelyn’s hand. Evelyn raised an eyebrow.

“What are you doing?”

The only response to Evelyn was a smile.

“I look forward to the day you officially bestow it upon me. Well then, see you later.”

“I can’t guarantee that you’ll have a chance to see me later. I’m the Pope now,” Evelyn stood up and waved her hand with a feigned ease. “But I think the paladins guarding the gate already know you. You’d better look forward to the award ceremony.”

“Of course.”

Watching Yisi until she disappeared around the corner of the corridor, Evelyn finally narrowed her eyes, picked up the Staff of Divine Retribution and the cross-shaped divine staff that had been placed on the ground, and gripped them tightly with a force that was enough to make her palms turn blue.

“…That bastard, Julius.”