Me! Cleaner!.

Chapter 1207 The True and False Holy Mother?

This... seems a bit off, doesn't it?
Looking at the angel in front of him who was expressing malice with an air of self-righteousness and claiming that all demons should be killed, Leon's eyes narrowed involuntarily.

It's normal for an angel to have this attitude towards demons, and it's also normal for her to think that being completely destroyed is the best outcome for demons. However, her attitude when she brought this up was quite intriguing.

If my understanding is correct, what she wanted to express was not that justice eliminates evil or that good replaces bad, but rather an extreme view that "as long as you have a kind heart, it's okay to use the most severe means to slaughter all the demons."

Even if, in reality, most demons do deserve this fate, the way this angel speaks reveals a sense of blind obedience, a fanaticism and cruelty that is very different from the ultimate goal of "salvation" and is unsettling to behold.

"Miss Mia."

After glancing at the female angel's still perfectly normal heart, Leon didn't comment further on her remarks, but instead gently reminded her:
"But you said 'rescue' before, right? Rescue means helping someone escape immediate danger or a bad situation. If you just kill them outright..."

"That is also a form of salvation."

The female angel said with an air of matter-of-fact:

"Our Lady is the source of all goodness. She is the kindest, most benevolent, and greatest being in the Old Land and even in many other worlds. All her actions stem from her own good intentions and are therefore correct."

Saving you lost souls and giving you a new life is salvation; destroying those demons born of evil, ending their sinful lives completely, and purifying their sins through suffering is also a form of salvation.

Ok……

Gazing at the angel's still-pure soul, Leon nodded without saying anything, but asked with a flickering gaze:

"So if... I mean if, if Our Lady did not destroy the demons, but instead chose to forgive their sins and transform them into angels like you, then..."

"What nonsense are you spouting?!"

Clearly enraged by Leon's assumption, the angel's previous gentleness and kindness vanished instantly, replaced by visible anger and hostility.

"How could Her Majesty the Holy Mother do such a thing? She is..."

"But didn't you say that she is the source of all goodness, and that all of Her Majesty's actions stem from good intentions, so they must all be right?"

Leon blinked his bull-like eyes, looking completely puzzled, and asked in return:
"Following this logic, if the Pure White Mother really did that, then it must be the right thing to do, right?"

"This……"

Stumped by a logic problem that couldn't be simpler, the angel's anger quickly subsided. She opened her mouth in bewilderment for a moment, then quickly realized what she'd done and sternly rebuked her:

"But that's just your assumption! The Holy Mother would never do that! Demons are the embodiment of evil, while angels are born of goodness, she is..."

“She has already done it.”

After interrupting the female angel, Leon, sporting a bull's head, stared into her eyes and experienced a genuine dream. The dream depicted the Pure White Mother embracing each of the angels and demons in the Abyss of Ten Thousand Evils.

'No matter what you were like in the past... you are all my children now... between a mother and her children... all it takes is a warm hug.'

'Don't be afraid, don't worry, and don't regret it. It wasn't your fault, and being born a demon wasn't the path you chose.'

'I'm not trying to save you, nor am I trying to enlighten you. I just want to hug you... Would you like to be my child?' This...this...this can't be real! This can't be real!
After part of her consciousness was pulled into the dream, the female angel saw the pure white Virgin Mary, who was gently comforting them with pity while lovingly embracing the demons. Her faith was immediately dealt a devastating blow.

Even though she repeatedly warned herself that this was just some kind of illusion, a means used by an enemy who had infiltrated the Pure White Land to undermine her beliefs, the Pure White Mother in front of her was just too real. Her appearance, temperament, demeanor, and voice were exactly the same as those in her memory.

Even the gesture of embracing and comforting the demons was imbued with the loving-kindness she had cherished countless times in her midnight dreams. And one by one, the filthy and defiled demons truly grew pure white wings that belonged only to angels under the gentle embrace of the Holy Mother.

"What you are seeing is a dream, but it is also my real memory."

Having subtly suppressed the female angel's heart and soul to avoid attracting the attention of the donkey and horse duo, Leon, deciding to use the female angel as his first point of attack, asked in a calm voice:

“Miss Mia, I have no ill intentions towards you at the moment, nor do I intend to harm anyone. I just want to confirm one thing… From your perspective, which is the real Mother of the White who ‘eradicates evil’ in your memory, or the Mother of the White who is embracing the demon in front of you?”

"I……"

Looking at the dream that seemed to have suddenly frozen in time, and Leon slowly walking out of the dream and standing before her, the female angel, breaking free from her shock, gritted her teeth and said:

"You are definitely not a lost soul! Who are you?"

"As you can see, I am a human being."

After sensing her nearly broken heart, Leon, having removed the cow-head mask, calmly comforted her:
"Don't worry, although I disguised myself as a Lost One and infiltrated the Pure White Land, I'm not here to cause trouble. On the contrary, I'm actually here to seek cooperation."

"cooperate?"

"Yes, cooperation."

Gazing intently at the skeptical female angel before him, Leon spoke earnestly:

"You've had a lot of contact with the Feathered People and beasts, so the destruction of Insufficient Land and Shepherd's Plain is no secret to you. This kind of devastating attack is not an isolated incident, and it will continue to happen in the future."

The world I live in and the Pure White Land where you angels reside are both targets of the enemy, and could be completely destroyed in the next attack at any time. Even the Abyss of Ten Thousand Evils, which is as vast as your Pure White Land, has already been utterly destroyed.

To prevent all of this from happening, I intend to unite as many forces as possible, which is why I have chosen to come to the Old Land to seek allies who can join forces with me, and your Pure White Mother is one of my targets on this journey.”

Attack... Allies...

After hearing Leon's words, the female angel seemed to understand something, and then clenched her fists and asked:
"You mean... the person who caused all of this has set their sights on the Pure White Land?"

"No, she's not targeting you. Her eyes have never left you; she's just waiting for the right opportunity."

"Hiss..."

Upon hearing Leon's words, the female angel couldn't help but gasp, then gritted her teeth and pressed on:

"What about the Valley of Dreams? I heard that the Valley of Dreams stopped responding recently. Was that also her doing?"

(End of this chapter)