Chapter 196

Aria wondered if Veronica had set another barrier as she took Aria's shackles off. But turns out that wasn't the case. Veronica literally set Aria free.

'What kind of plan is this?'

Aria was left to wonder.

'Or do you want me to at least use my abilities in this place?'

Unlocking the shackles means that her Siren ability was unlocked too, so what would Veronica do…. Aria thought she should prove that she is a Siren by singing a song right now.

'But if that happens, it will prove the nonsense rumors that the Siren's song drives people mad.'

Didn't Veronica just say it with her own mouth? Aria is the devil's subordinate and the leader of the Siren.

Aria was confident. If there were no disturbances around, she could inspire all who gathered in this square with her song alone.

It wasn't just arrogance.

'Did she underestimate me?'

She glanced Veronica up and down, narrowing her eyes. Then, at this moment, Veronica's eyes met Aria's for the first time.

Aria got startled.

Veronica's eyes, which used to be closer to light brown, were visibly white.

'That's beyond the golden color....'

It's the color of lemon. No, the pupil's color was so light and bright that it looked almost white.

The boundary with the whites of the eyes got blurry. At first glance, it looks like a white fog has formed in the eyes....

'Wait.'

Aria saw this somewhere. For a moment, she was terrified and got goosebumps. A flash of realization flashed through her mind.

'Eyes like Lloyd's.'

To be exact, it was the same eyes as the Valentine's family. She was able to notice it at once without thinking deeply because she saw it every day.

Lloyd's eyes, which were so black that she couldn't see his pupils, turned into faded gray eyes.

Veronica's eyes, which had been golden, had turned into lemon-colored eyes, as though her eyes were fogged.

'Then what does that mean....'

Her blood seemed to run cold in an instant.

Did Veronica realize Aria's agitation? She smiled.

"There is yet another proof that Grand Duchess Valentine is the devil's subordinate."

At that moment, Carlin was dragged out from backstage. Unlike Aria, he was tied up all over his body and even had a gag.

"This is a shaman."

"Shaman...."

"As you already know, if the power borrowed from God is divine power, then the power borrowed from the devil is magic."

"Uhp!"

Carlin twisted his body and tried to resist, but was beaten roughly by the knight and was rendered incapacitated. There was no way that a shaman who had been using magic like his limbs could physically beat a knight.

"This person has dedicated his life to working for Valentine, even attempting to steal the Siren away."

Said Veronica, placing her hand on her chest, expressing a sincere regret.

"So, how can she not be the devil's subordinate?"

And Veronica trampled on Carlin's hand.

When Aria saw the sight, she couldn't stand it any longer.

"Do you know the land where the lemon-trees grow,"

Aria gritted her teeth and began the song of healing.

The sound of her singing, which had been small, began to spread slowly through the square like ripples.

"It's the song of the monster!"

"Damn it, everyone cover your ears!"

The people who were fooled and frightened by Veronica's instigation shuddered and plugged their ears. But instead of attacking the frightened people, Aria's song only embraced them as tenderly as a gentle tone.

"...uh?"

A man who had plugged his ears looked down at his hands.

The wounds he had suffered quite deeply from getting caught up in an unwanted fight a few days ago were healing rapidly.

The other believers also saw their wounds and scars recovering without being able to hide their surprise.

Of course, even Carlin, who had been unconscious for a while, opened his eyes.

At that moment.

"Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to make an announcement."

Veronica declared as if she had waited for Aria to began to sing her song.

"That I have inherited the power of God."

For an instant, the people in the audience fell silent at the same time. Like they don't know what to say.

Most of them looked suspicious and couldn't believe their ears. How dare a mere servant of God speak of the power of God. It was nonsense.

But unbelievably.

"I am God's agent who will set this Fineta Empire right."

As she stretched out her hand into the air. God's 'miracle' incomparable to what happened just a moment ago occurred.

"My, my arm…!"

The one who lost their arm grew a new one.

"My God! I can stand!"

Even those who lost their legs in the war can stand up on the floor with their two legs intact.

A person who could not open their eyes could suddenly see, and a person who was completely ill suddenly regained their health.

'The Siren's healing ability to revive people on the brink of death....'

It was the Siren's unique ability. An ability that can never be acquired even with the divine power of the Pope.

However, Veronica was using that power. In the blink of an eye for all these countless people at once.

That wasn't all. As she moved her hand as if sweeping the air, all the bushes within the line of sight grew lush.

Flowers bloomed

Trees sprouted.

Forest grew.

'The song of life.'

It was like the effect of the song of life. In addition, it was several times more powerful.

"What, what is all this?"

"Is what I'm seeing real?"

The believers, who had been distracted for a while due to the endless miracles, belatedly recognized the situation and were immersed in joy.

"God's agent!"

"It's a miracle that the Saint brought!"

It was as Aria felt. Veronica was currently fully accepting 'God's goodwill' into her body.

At one time, her divine power was so insignificant that even the Papal Palace rejected her. Of all the outrageous things that had happened to Aria so far, the most unbelievable had happened.

"What have you done?"

Even Aria, who always maintains her composure, gritted her teeth this time and muttered in a much lowered voice. Then Veronica said, smiling brightly as if she couldn't be more happier.

"Thanks to you."

"...What?"

"The more you overcome the crisis, the more strength you have, the more you live persistently, the more I gain the power that is closer to God."

She lowered her head and whispered in Aria's ear.

It was all thanks to Aria that Veronica was able to acquire the divine power and finally accept God's goodwill into her body.

"You fulfilled your usefulness. So."

Now you're stuck in a cage.

She let her voice, filled with only murderous intent and venom, flow into Aria's ear.

'I didn't think this will really work....'

Hans. He was once a servant of the gutter rat, and was also the ace of the Kingdom of Bruto's secret laboratory.

And now, under the Pope's order, he was working as Veronica's exclusive wizard.

Hans finished a very long project today.

'God's feelings, Shadra.'

He finally succeeded in injecting it into a living human body.

'... Why did I succeed?'

Even though he was in such a state.

'It was an impossible experiment in the first place.'

Hans was doing this together with Veronica, keeping it a secret from the Pope. He was certain that it would fail anyway, so he kept it a secret.

But one day, Veronica suddenly had divine power. An endless one even. It had been a long time since an absolute amount of divine power that surpassed the Pope's appeared.

'I can't understand anything.'

He continued to inject pieces of Shadra one by one, but there was no rejection at all. Even children with the cleanest and purest souls almost died due to rejection.

'Could she really have been chosen by God?'

Even though he had such doubts. He doesn't know anymore....

If that woman, who values human life no more than the life of insects and treats human emotions like chess pieces, was chosen by God. He wondered what it would be like to believe that he was the villain.

'I mean, being God is no big deal.'

He stood alone at the back of the square, watching with mixed eyes as Veronica declared herself God's agent.

"This, this ungrateful woman…!"

I saved you, so you repay my favor with the enemy? The Pope writhed and screamed his heart out.

After Veronica proves she has divine powers, she immediately pulls down the Pope.

"Is anyone there?! If anyone catches that woman who dares to impersonate the name of God, I'll exonerate them!"

Veronica said, looking at the out-of-shape ugliness very amusedly.

"Your Holiness."

And she stood before the Pope, who was dragged down like a dog from the throne.

"What is the measure of status in Garcia?"

"Uht."

"It's divine power."

Veronica tilted her head and spoke again.

"But isn't it funny that you coveted the highest position with a modest divine power?

"…"

"How dare you stand against me, who has the power of God."

"…!"

Pope Ambrosio's face turned bright red, unable to withstand the burning anger. What is with the thief who stole everything he built?

"Don't you think you'll be safe!"

As Veronica said, the Pope was not a mere facade. He has that ability.

Ambrosio raised all the divine power he possessed and poured it out on Veronica. As the huge energy rose and rushed like a wave, the chandelier struck by the divine power fell and was smashed. The floor cracked, and the building shook.

"As I said."

But Veronica raised her arm without batting an eye. She did just that.

"Before me, no, before God, you are worthless and meaningless."

As soon as she reached out her hand, the divine power disappeared without a trace.

The Pope ended up getting dragged along, stunned.

"Lowly bug."

Veronica clicked her tongue briefly.

However, her face, looking down at her palm, began to turn white in no time.

"Ah...."

Her hand started to get wrinkled and distorted like those of an old person. Veronica was taken aback and covered it with her other hand to hide it.

As 'God's goodwill' was injected into the human body, the speed of decay accelerated even more than before.

Thanks to that, her body could not stand it and was collapsing as it decayed.

The more she uses God's power, the more it became....

"I must kill Grand Duke Valentine and completely accept God's malice…"

It is the only way to prevent decay.

Veronica bit her lip and muttered the same thing over and over as if she had lost her mind.