How the Reincarnation Seat Destroys the Original - Chapter 85



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Episode 85. The Last Saintess (1).

“The Temple of the Beginning.

Deep inside there was a hidden underground passage. Lars, who was currently in the underground passage, looked around the dark underground passage without any light with a bewildered expression on his face.

[Help me…. Get me out of here. Please….]

The voice that had led him here, a pitiful voice filled with sobs, a thin voice that seemed as if it would stop breathing at any moment, continued to be heard.

Lars, relying on that voice, took a step forward and was able to face the light. The only place in this dark underground where the moonlight from above shined down.

A figure was seen collapsing under the moonlight. The person with long blond hair that flowed down to the floor like a moonflower blooming under the moonlight turned her head.

– Bam.

A woman. No, a girl. With bright golden eyes that seemed to be made by melting gold that was darker than the color of her hair, tears flow continuously.

“Who are you?”

Lars instinctively sensed that the person he was facing was not human. It was too early to say that she was human, since the underground wall was dimly visible beyond the girl’s body.

[I am… the last saint. Selene, the last saint of this world.]

Kael was looking out the window of the carriage moving to the Temple of the Beginning, recalling the first part of the episode of the last saint in the original work.

Everyone who passed the carriage was wearing white. As such, the rule for the three days of the festival starting from the first day was to wear white.

“Kael. You said we could stay at the temple for a day and then go back?”

“Yes. If you are directly invited to the temple, the rule is to stay for a day. If you are a high-ranking priest, it doesn’t really matter if you ignore them.”

Of course, it wasn’t polite.

Kael, who had never once in his past life, including his previous life, clicked his tongue lightly.

“It’s a problem because it’s the ambassador’s office.”

“Did Lars inform the Archangel?”

Kael asked for the child’s permission before telling Lars about Mabel’s divine powers, and when Mabel asked if Lars was aware of her divine powers, he shook his head firmly.

“Kael… trusts Lars?”

At Mabel’s question that followed his answer carefully, Kael looked at her with an expression that said, “What nonsense are you talking about?”

“I don’t trust him, I trust my judgment. And there’s no reason for the Archimandrite, who secretly visited the Temple of Janus with the vague evidence that you have divine powers, to send you an invitation like this after finding out that you have divine powers.”

Mabel nodded as if she understood Kael’s explanation, which had been going on for quite some time. Her head, which had been moving up and down, stopped, and Mabel looked at him as if another question had arisen in the meantime.

What else?

Despite his expression of annoyance, Kael met Mabel’s eyes without avoiding them.

Mabel smiled faintly at his tacit response that he would listen, even though it was annoying.

“Then do we believe?”

“Who are we?”

“Hugo and Tariq, Lily, Laina and Raisa, and me too?”

“What a random question.”

It’s not even a question of whether you believe in yourself.

The question of whether others also believed. It was a question of a kind that Kael had never thought about properly, so he thought about it for a moment.

“well.”

Not long after, Kael’s mouth opened. An ambiguous answer, neither positive nor negative, flowed out of his mouth, and it seemed like it wasn’t the end.

He continued speaking.

“Believe it or not, while I am in this world… .”

Kael trailed off, as if trying to find the right words to express his thoughts, and then finished his speech as if he had just remembered the words.

“Responsibility. Yes, you are the ones who must take responsibility for me while I am in this world.”

“responsibility…?”

As Mabel asked again with a look of not understanding, Kael’s gaze turned out the window again.

“Tariq and Lily. Laina and Raisa would have died if things had gone their way. I saved them for my own purposes.”

Some might say that just letting them live wasn’t enough. But was that really enough?

“By saving them, they will escape the fate that has been given to them and have to move forward on their own to a new fate. What if that fate is harsher and more cruel to them than the previous one?”

“… … .”

Mabel listened to Kael’s words without saying a word, especially since it was the first time he had ever opened up his mind like this.

“Parents have to be responsible for their children until they become adults. Until they can stand on their own and move forward on their own. Or even after that. That’s all I can do for you.”

Until I remain in this world.

Taking responsibility for their new destiny and adapting to life.

“And this applies to you, Mabel. I will be responsible for ensuring that you are well-established in this world until I leave it.”

“…Do you really have to go that far?”

Take responsibility for someone.

Kael speaks as if it were easy, but responsibility is never easy. There are so many people who abandon and abuse the children they gave birth to, both in their past lives and here.

Taking responsibility for those who aren’t even related by blood.

Maybe it’s actually harsh on him.

At least that’s what Mabel thought, and asked Kael. Kael nodded immediately at the child’s whisper-like voice.

“If that’s what I want to do.”

It was already difficult for me to love and trust someone. Is there anything more foolish than getting attached to someone in this world that I am leaving?

Even if I come to love them and believe in them, I will never express that feeling.

That’s why Kael wanted to take responsibility.

At least to those who gave me the heart I couldn’t give them. Because that was the only reward I could give to those who believed in me and showed me trust even though they knew it wouldn’t be repaid.

“I am leaving this world.”

The last words are not to Mabel.

It was just a monologue, no different from talking to oneself.

“We’ve arrived.”

Even though she knew him, Mabel tried to open her mouth to say something. To her annoyance, the carriage had already arrived in front of the Temple of the Beginning.

Kael got up from the stopped carriage, opened the door, and got out first. He naturally reached out to Mabel, who was looking at him with a complicated expression inside the carriage.

“Ugly face.”

Kael, who was barely able to hear anything, waved his hand lightly, and Mabel, with a bitter smile, raised her body and placed her hand on top of the one extended to her.

Two days later, the coachman drove away with the words that he would come and pick him up, and Kael looked up at the temple that was built tall like a palace.

Mabel also followed his gaze and looked at the Temple of the Beginning.

“Your Majesty the Viscount Damie and your Lady, Viscount Damie?”

And then the priest of the Primordial Temple, who had come out to greet the two, approached them. The golden brooch on his chest sparkled.

“May you share in the joy and delight of the birth of all things.”

After confirming that it was indeed the Viscount Damie and the Viscountess Damie who had come to greet him, the high-ranking priest bowed in greeting.

“Until the day all things end. May God’s blessings be with you.”

“Until the day all things end. May God’s blessings be with you.”

As the unhindered greetings flowed out of both their mouths simultaneously, the high-ranking priest straightened his back and introduced himself with a clear expression of joy.

“I am Azepin, a high-ranking priest who serves the primordial god who has come to serve you two today. You may call me Azepin.”

“Kael du Damier.”

“My name is Mabel Dew Damier.”

“The main gate of the temple is crowded and crowded, so I will show you through another gate.”

As the high priest Azepin had said, even from where we got off at a considerable distance from the temple, the crowd gathered at the temple’s main gate was clearly visible.

Following Azepine’s instructions, Kael and Mabel went down a different path and headed toward a deserted entrance, unlike the main gate.

“This is the passage used by those who have received an invitation to the temple. It is connected to the garden behind the temple.”

The original temple was much larger and more splendid than it appeared from the outside. It would be more appropriate to call it a palace than a temple.

“As you may know, on the first day of the month, the main gates of the temple are opened. Anyone, regardless of gender, age, or status, may enter the front garden and the waiting room.”

Azepine continued her unsolicited explanation, suggesting that Kael and Mabel would like this place more than the garden by the open front gate.

“His Majesty the Viscount and his Ladyship the Viscount are free to use the private prayer room. If you wish to visit the waiting room, I recommend visiting after 5 p.m. when other people’s entry is restricted.”

In addition, he added that the room where Kael and Mabel will stay is a double room in the annex, and that they can freely come and go between the main building and the annex during their stay.

“Finally, I heard that the Archimandrite has promised to bless you both. The Archimandrite’s blessing will be received at the sanctuary located in the basement of the main building at the most sacred time, when the sun begins to rise.”

“You’re saying that you get ready early in the morning even though you have a child?”

When Kael asked if he was being inconsiderate, Azepin immediately responded with an apologetic expression.

“I’m sorry, but the blessing must be received at sunrise….”

“I will try to prepare as much as possible, but if the child is having a hard time, I will tell him in advance that it will be difficult to prepare at that time.”

“I will also do my best to help you prepare. Ah! That is the annex where you two will be staying.”

Azepin, who had arrived in front of the annex without realizing it, seemed to think this was the moment and guided us to the annex at a faster pace than before.

On the first floor of the annex, the nobles who had already arrived could be seen, and a small banquet hall had been set up for them, with various foods prepared.

“The room you two will be staying in is 305. Here’s the key. I’ve prepared the room with the best view, so please make yourself comfortable.”

After saying that, Arzen handed the key to Kael and turned around, but then stopped and looked at Kael again. He then handed him two long necklaces with cards hanging from them, like employee ID cards.

“If you wear this necklace, no matter which priest you ask for help from, he will help you both. It is like a badge that lets you know that you are a noble person, so please wear it around your neck while you stay here.”

Arzen apologized again for almost forgetting the most important thing, and left the annex with the excuse that he had to go help out at the busy main building.

“So you two are here too.”

And as if they had been waiting for him to leave, someone immediately spoke to the two of them. Kael and Mabel turned their heads in the direction of the voice, and there was Cloris.