Volume 7, Chapter 44 – Laxy’s Diary

Rustle, rustle.

It was the unique sound of a quilt rubbing against bedsheets.

Affected by the sound, Laxy, who was standing in a corner of the room, suddenly opened her eyes and glanced towards the source.

It was just Yisi, turning over because the sunlight coming through the window was making her uncomfortable.

How utterly slothful.

Laxy walked to the window with silent steps and looked at the sun rising outside. It should be ten in the morning by now. Even if she had stayed up late last night making a power core, it was still too lazy not to get up by ten. If this were one of the Sixth or Seventh-Rank Angels in the Kingdom of God, she would have dragged Yisi out of bed like a chick no matter what.

But unlike the angels of the sixth and seventh ranks, the one lying in bed was her master. Thinking of this, Laxy frowned slightly.

Because she is my lord, I cannot wake her. This is undoubtedly wrong. Angels are different from slaves—having not needed to sleep, Laxy had spent the night learning much about this world. Although angels are also the property of their master, their role is to help their master grow and to assist them in battle, which is fundamentally different from a slave. In a situation like this, sleeping in, the correct course of action is to wake her up.

Compared to the past, the demons’ forces have even grown to include Ouranos. This means that this world could be ruled by demons at any time. The more this is the case, the more I should make my lord stronger.

“But…”

Laxy hesitated.

Where did the Kingdom of God go? Was it destroyed by the combined forces of the two original Demon Lords and the newly emerged one? If so, never mind me, even an angel of guidance more skilled than I am could not turn this lazy person on the bed into a savior. Or rather, such an act would be meaningless. If even the Kingdom of God no longer exists, what’s the use in challenging the Demon Lords again?

“No… angels are beings who maintain the order of the world. I cannot… because of personal feelings, abandon the meaning of an angel’s existence just because the Kingdom of God has fallen. And the Kingdom of God may not have disappeared, but just gone somewhere else. In that case…”

Suddenly thinking of something important, Laxy flapped her wings a couple of times. This was a sign of a significant emotional fluctuation.

I forgot about the [diary].

Laxy quickly turned around, but seeing Yisi on the bed frowning from the sunlight, she had to stop. She went back, drew the curtains, and only then walked to the desk and sat down. An angel should not use their master’s possessions without permission, but Laxy had received permission from Yisi before she went to sleep to freely use all the items in this room.

She picked up the pen and paper on the desk and began to write by the faint light filtering through the curtains. God-Forged Angels, like vampires, had excellent night vision. The difference was that angels only saw in monochrome at night, whereas a vampire’s world was always in color.

“To think I forgot something so important… Even if it’s because I was sealed for too long, it’s unforgivable. I hope it’s not too late.”

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Smoothing out the creases on the paper, Laxy wrote in a beautiful script.

｢To my dearest Lady Trino.｣

The Trino here referred specifically to the progenitor of all angels, the original God-Forged Angel, Trino Type 1. As for the [diary], it was a mechanism established to prevent angels from degenerating due to contact with too many negative things. All diaries were to be sent to Trino Type 1 to be read and reviewed, to screen out angels who might have psychological problems, and then to have a life-counseling session with them.

Since Trino Type 1 was like an older sister to everyone in both strength and age, the angels greatly respected this somewhat strange but meticulous sister—if Type 1’s physique could be called that of a sister.

Laxy continued to write.

｢Although this diary may not reach you, I still cannot forget what I must do. It has been over 1,300 years since I last saw you, but I swear with sincere and simple emotion that my time only began to flow again as of yesterday.｣

As she wrote the last word, Laxy habitually bit the end of her pen. But because she was holding a quill and not the hard pens of the Kingdom of God, she got a mouthful of feathers. Annoyed, she clicked her tongue and began to write the next line.

｢Not only has civilization declined, but even the daily necessities have become much worse. This era is truly unimpressive.｣

Although it was ultimately for Trino Type 1 to see, it didn’t mean the diary had to be written neatly or coherently. Trino Type 1’s processing ability was stronger than all other angels combined, so even if the angels only wrote down fragmented thoughts, she could still understand. In fact, most battle angels couldn’t even write properly. Laxy thought to herself that if she were Trino Type 1 and saw the diaries written by those battle angels, her magic circuits would surely burn out from anger. But Trino Type 1 had never complained, as reliable as everyone’s older sister.

｢First, my memories. When I woke up, I found myself sealed in an ice coffin. Why was I sealed in an ice coffin? My memory is a bit hazy. I only remember that before that, I seemed to have had a conflict with someone… No, I remember now. At that time, I was following the Gospel’s instructions, traveling the human world in search of a savior who could stop the war. But before I found the savior, I encountered a Demon Lord. Then, when it wasn’t paying attention, I punched it in the face. I originally wanted to execute it on the spot, but there were too many Fallen Angels around it. In the end, I was defeated. When I woke up, I was in the ice coffin.｣

Laxy muttered as she twirled her pen.

“I see. So the one who sealed me in the ice coffin was a Demon Lord. But which one? I have no impression at all, can’t even remember if it was male or female.”

But even so, she had done something that would make the angels stand in awe. Many battle angels couldn’t do what she had done: punch a Demon Lord in the face.

Laxy couldn’t help but smile, continuing her diary with a mood so cheerful she could have hummed a song.

｢As for what happened after I woke up, to be honest, it was a time worse than death—｣

Considering the word was too exaggerated, Laxy blacked it out so that no one could tell what was originally written, and then added a more fitting word.

｢It was a difficult time. If it had been the First or Second-Rank Angels, whose thinking is closer to humans, they might have already degenerated. The ice coffin made by those demons did not seal my consciousness, which means I still had the ability to think. But no matter what I did, I couldn’t break the seal. The long period of boredom made me simply enter a state of hibernation, leaving only a trace of perception of the outside world. When I woke up again, the place where I was sealed had suddenly become a cold and damp hall, and a group of humans called adventurers in this era had disturbed me.｣

｢The levels of these humans would have been considered top-notch even in the Age of Gods, but their weapons and magic were very backward. I originally thought they would rescue me from the ice coffin. If they could rescue me from the seal, then they must be the chosen ones of fate, the saviors who would save the world. But just as I was thinking about what I should say after they rescued me, this group of people was driven away by a Frost Spider. Oh, my dear Lady Trino, you have no idea how weak this little Frost Spider was. If it were a real savior, they would have easily defeated it.｣

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｢After that, I came out of hibernation, looking forward to the savior who would rescue me. What kind of person would they be? Although I don’t have the three great desires of the First and Second-Rank Angels, I still hoped that it would be a young man with blue hair and a strong build, riding a silver dragon. It would be even better if he were a gentle person who knew the etiquette of a gentleman… I know this is a bit presumptuous for me, an angel of guidance, but every angel has a yearning for beauty, and I am of course no exception.｣

｢Unfortunately, my hopes were dashed. After that came a beautiful and heroic pureblood lady. She was a girl who looked a little younger than me, probably the same age as a Sixth-Rank Angel. Her combat skills were very proficient, with few wasted movements, as beautiful as a dancer on a blade. Although she failed her challenge during the day, I think it was a deliberate failure. She was hiding her strength, because she secretly snuck into the labyrinth that same night. Although she disguised herself with a mask and a cloak, I saw through her and knew she was the same pureblood from the daytime. She used the Sword of Ruin—yes, you read that right. It was the same Sword of Ruin used by the Fallen Angel Azazel. I never thought it would fall into the hands of a pureblood.｣

｢When she faced that spider, she used only one sword strike, and a casual one at that, to nearly vaporize the Frost Spider that was guarding me. You must know what this means. There are many who can kill a Frost Spider, but to be able to vaporize it with a single sword strike, I think only the top-tier battle angels could possibly do that. And not only did that pureblood lady slay the Frost Spider, but she also told the weak how to avoid danger at a critical moment. This is a rare and precious compassion. If my future master were such a beautiful, powerful, and benevolent woman, it would surely be the greatest fortune of my life. To be by her side would surely be a joyous thing every day.｣

｢But that lady rejected my pledge of allegiance twice, once when the ice coffin shattered, and again in the tavern. It’s unbelievable! How could anyone reject an angel! She has no idea what it means to have an angel. Even in the Age of Gods when we lived, having an angel was an honor almost equivalent to being named a hero. And I, as an angel of guidance, possess endless knowledge, yet I was rejected. I must emphasize again, this era is truly corrupt.｣

Writing this, Laxy tapped the table lightly in anger. If Yisi weren’t sleeping behind her, she was sure she would have cursed out loud, even if it was unbecoming of an angel.

｢Forget it, let’s not talk about this. In any case, I must let her know that Laxyphinia doesn’t need to have her. As long as I am here, I can train thousands upon thousands of people stronger than her. Sooner or later, I will make her come to me in tears and repent, and let her know that a God-Forged Angel is not to be trifled with.｣

Is this part too resentful?

Laxy tilted her head. If there were too many negative emotions, she might be judged as degenerating by Trino Type 1.

“No… a diary should be about one’s true thoughts. Being secretive would only make people suspicious.”

Laxy continued to write.

｢Let’s talk about my current master. Her name is Yisi Enya. Although her strength is much inferior to the pureblood lady’s, her personality is much better. Not only did she not reject me, but she also saw my value as a teacher and bought me from the adventurers.｣

｢It’s just that there is one thing about my lord that I cannot understand. Since she bought me because she knew my value, why doesn’t she immediately have me teach her combat skills? At first, I thought she was too shy to ask. She seems like that kind of person. But when I brought it up myself, she just said that we’ll practice when we have the chance. It was then that I completely understood. My lord is a lazy person, just like how it is now past ten, yet she is still lying in bed, wasting her life.｣

｢But my lord is not without her merits. Hmm… I mean, besides her laziness. She seems to see me as a human, rather than an angel. In the human world, the number of people who treat angels as humans is very small. Most people only see angels as tools. If you were to ask me why I say this, it is because when I was weakened due to my damaged power source and was outnumbered, my lord stood in front of me. Normally, at such a time, one should leave the angel behind to hold off the enemy and escape. I warned her that the enemy was strong, but she told me to stand behind her. To be honest, at that moment, although her shoulders were slender, they gave me a very reliable feeling.｣

｢After that, my lord even carried me away from the battlefield. It’s unbelievable… Please forgive my exclamation, I find it difficult to suppress my emotions. She really treated me like an ordinary human girl. If she were a man, even with her faults of laziness and arrogance—she always says she’s very strong, and even says she’s level 427, how shameless—I would have fallen for her. You may think I’m a simple woman, but excluding the time I was frozen, I am just an 18-year-old girl who has also longed for romantic things. Lust and love are two different things.｣

｢After that, she even found a home for some children. I saw this with my own eyes. Although there was no shortage of good people in the Age of Gods, few could do what she did. I’m beginning to think that I’ve found a rather good master. She, like me, has a compassion that cannot turn a blind eye to those in need. If she were a little younger, I think I would take care of her like I did with Type 10044, my younger sister.｣

Laxy glanced back at Yisi. Her sleeping posture was very good, a world of difference from her own sister.

｢If yesterday I still held some reservations, since I despise lazy people the most, then now I have wholeheartedly accepted that Yisi is my lord.

Her talent surpasses that of any human I have ever seen. Have you ever heard of someone who could create a power core from scratch overnight? I think this is the first time you’ve heard of it too. But such a miracle happened right before my eyes. After I woke up from my unconsciousness, my lord, without any examination, determined that the problem was with the power core. And the facts proved it to be so. Then, she took out the discarded core of Type 10042, wanting to replace my current, problematic core with it.｣

｢This was, of course, futile. The 10042 core had already withered and would not work even if it were replaced. But my lord said it was just to find the problem. After I had also depleted the magic power of the 10042 core—and I must emphasize, after I had taken off all my clothes, my lord’s gaze lingered on my body for a very long time, she was surely captivated by my body, of this I am very confident, although that gaze made me a little shy—my lord spent the entire night creating a new power core for me. And the efficiency of this new core is astonishingly high, even better than my original one!｣

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｢My dear Lady Trino, this is truly terrifying! What kind of talent does it take to create such a thing? And to stay up all night to make something that could have been done during the day. Although I have been emphasizing my lord’s laziness, this is one point I must admit. Last night, my lord was an incredibly hardworking person. It would have been impossible if she had not racked her brains and studied diligently, right? No, I can’t think of any words to describe my surprise, because this is just too wonderful for me.｣

｢Originally, I thought that being assigned to my lord was a challenge given to me by fate. But now, it seems that I am the lucky one. You know, when I left the Kingdom of God, the Gospel recorded that I would find my fated person, the savior, in the human world. Now I am certain that my fated person is Lady Yisi. I will do my utmost to make my lord the powerhouse she dreams of being, and to make her boasts a reality. Of course, to prevent my lord from becoming so proud that she forgets her own name, I will not show today’s resolve on my face. That is all.｣

Laxy let out a light breath, a satisfied smile on her lips, and signed off the diary.

｢May Lady Trino and the Goddess have more time to spend together. Trino Type 10043, Laxyphinia.｣

Shhh.

As Laxy finished writing her diary, a slight scraping sound suddenly came from the door. She immediately shot a sharp gaze towards it—a letter had been slipped under the door.

“Hmm?”

On guard, Laxy spread her wings to their full extent and walked towards the letter with light, careful steps. She bent down and picked it up.

After seeing the name of the recipient on the envelope, Laxy frowned.

“For me? How do they know my name? One of my lord’s family? Or those adventurers?”

Just in case, Laxy opened the door and stepped out of the room before opening the envelope. In the Age of Gods, some letters were laced with poison or cursed traps. After opening the envelope, the people around would die because of the trap. Angels were not afraid of such tricks, but for a human body, it was fatal.

—To the God-Forged Angel Laxyphinia. If you want a power core, please proceed to the east district of Gota immediately after receiving this letter. We will have someone to meet you. Remember to come alone. If anyone else follows, we will destroy the power core.

“…?”

Laxy raised an eyebrow.

Although she didn’t know who the other party was, nor how they knew about the predicament she had faced yesterday, she no longer needed a power core. The current one was better than any she had ever used before.

“If they had sent this to me before last night, I might have been tempted. But now it’s useless. It looks like a trap no matter how you look at it.”

Pursing her lips, Laxy created a flame at her fingertips and burned it to ashes. Who knew if the words contained a curse? If Yisi were to see it and get cursed, it would be terrible.

As for going to the east district, she would just pretend it never happened. Curiosity often leads to destruction.

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“Ughh…”

The sound of Yisi waking up came from the room. Laxy quickly placed her hand on the doorknob. But remembering that her current expression did not fit the image of a teacher, she first rubbed her face, trying to make her expression as serious as possible, and only then pushed the door open and entered the room.

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A conference room, blindingly white.

It was now that night.

The Bishop, completely shrouded in a black robe, sat at the head of the table. His extremely poor complexion made the assembled cultists not even dare to breathe too loudly.

“Are you… certain that the letter was delivered to the angel?”

A cultist answered, trembling with fear.

“Y-yes, we are certain. We bribed a nun from the church and had her slip the letter under the door…”

“Then why hasn’t the angel come yet!”

At the peak of his anger, the young Bishop slammed his fist on the table. The loud “BANG” made everyone’s heart leap into their throats.

“W-we don’t know either, Lord Bishop. We really did deliver the letter you wrote.”

“According to the Gospel’s instructions, as long as we tell the angel that we have a power core, she will follow the instructions in the letter and seek us out for the core. This is the Gospel’s prophecy. Are you trying to say that the Gospel was wrong! Without the angel, how are we supposed to carry out the [Revelation]! The savior cannot be without an angel to assist her!”

If there were any non-cult members here, they would probably make the foolish statement that “perhaps the Gospel was wrong.” Only the members of the Divine Religion knew that the Gospel could not be wrong. All things were composed of elements, and the Gospel knew all the elements in this world, knowing the past and the future like a god. To this day, the Gospel’s prophecies had never been wrong.

Seemingly knowing that getting angry at his subordinates was useless, the Bishop suppressed his agitation and said in a voice so low it could have condensed water.

“Today’s matter must be kept absolutely secret. I will continue to beg the Gospel for a prophecy.”

“Yes.”

Everything returned to silence.