The defeated saint is also on the way to tame the evil god today

The speaker may not have intended it, but the listener may have taken it to heart. Miriam's words were spoken in a casual tone, but they stirred ripples in Xingmo's heart.

She suddenly remembered the white kitten - the kitten had also praised the noodles she made and ate them in an unladylike manner.

Am I not suitable for lying...Xingmo's heart sank.

Yeah...it seems like lying is really not suitable for me at all...No matter how I look at it, Aurora seems to have guessed the little tricks I was doing behind my back a long time ago.

But she still gives me that bright smile every time, as if nothing had happened.

In fact, hidden behind that smile is the truly lonely kitten.

"..."

Miriam seemed to see the confusion in Xingmo's eyes. She put her chopsticks on the empty bowl and said to herself:

"It would be nice to have another girl... so you don't have to be alone all day... Alice-senpai must be very busy right now... it would be so hard for you to be alone all the time... at least there should be someone to look after you..."

"Milliam, I..." Xingmo whispered, "What should I choose?"

Yes, Miriam's soul has returned, and the evidence is before our eyes.

But if she is really resurrected, the price will be the life and soul of the entire academy.

And Aurora.

But... doesn't Miriam deserve to breathe the sunlight once more?

She is a girl as bright as the sun.

At this moment, a hand touched Xingmo's face and lifted her drooping head slightly.

Miriam leaned forward, her upper body across the dining table, her face very close to Xingmo.

"Okay...what's there to be embarrassed about?" Miriam comforted her. "You already have the answer in your heart, right?"

"The answer..." Xingmo pursed her lips.

Yes, it has been there for a long time.

But I really can't bear to leave.

"Dad chose the wrong path," Miriam's eyes suddenly turned sad. "He loved me very much, but no one should have to pay the price for this."

After saying that, she stood up and motioned Xingmo to follow her.

Xingmo stood up, followed Miriam through the bedroom and pushed open the door.

Outside the door was not the corridor of the apartment, but the back garden of Nefera Beta Magic Academy. Xing Mo followed Miriam and strolled along the path among the fragrant grass, breathing the cool air of October.

"I miss it so much," Miriam skipped along the cobblestone path. "I used to take care of half of the flowers and plants here. I didn't expect they'd still be so neat after all this time."

"After you left, Mentor Lucius often came to the back garden," Xingmo said, "He always said that you would really like to see the flowers and plants in good health."

Miriam was slightly startled, then smiled brightly:

"Thank you for telling me this, Xiaomo."

She led Xingmo to sit on a bench in the corner of the garden. They looked at the lawn in front of them and breathed the cool and comfortable air.

"It's so nice to see you again..."

Miriam said, turning to look at Xingmo beside her:

"Do you have a photo of that girl?"

"photo..."

Xingmo looked down and found that she was holding a photo in her hand - it was a photo of Aurora and herself in front of the "White Tower".

I left this when I was shopping that day...

Xing Mo picked up the photo and handed it to Miriam, who took it and looked at it for a long time before smiling.

"Her eyes are as lonely as yours."

After saying that, Miriam raised her head and gave Xingmo an affirmative look:

"Go save her, go save those who are about to die."

"But..." Xing Mo whispered, "Then... who will save you...?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a breeze blew by, causing ripples on the neat lawn in the back garden, rhythmically moving like waves.

Miriam looked at Xingmo calmly, her lake blue eyes so clear that she could see the soul behind her at a glance.

She gently stroked her golden hair that was blown by the wind and murmured:

"Just don't forget me."

After she finished speaking, she smiled brightly again, then reached out and grabbed a handful of Xingmo's black hair:

"I hadn't noticed before, Xiaomo's hair has grown so long... To be honest, I always thought you should be a girl... You're so quiet and gentle, yet you have so many emotions..."

"Come...let me help you tie your hair..."

After saying that, Miriam tied Xingmo's hair as she had done a hundred times before.

Xing Mo didn't say anything else. She closed her eyes and quietly spent the last moments before saying goodbye.

After a long time, Miriam tied a bun for Xingmo. She leaned back a little and looked at her work with satisfaction.

"Okay, Xiaomo, it's time to go."

Xing Mo opened her eyes, and at some point, a door appeared in front of her - it was placed in the middle of the lawn, standing among the rippling green grass.

"This is the interior of the Star Remains," Miriam whispered. "It contains many souls, including me. That's why you can see me."

"Have you been in heaven all the time?" Xing Mo whispered.

"Actually, I just realized it," Miriam smiled, "Most of the time... well... I'm not aware... I just live in memories..."

"In those memories, I always walked alone in this back garden, confused and unaware of anything..."

"So, thank you for coming to accompany me."

Miriam stood up, stretched out her hand, and motioned Xingmo to hold it.

Xing Mo was stunned for a moment, then she stretched out her hand and stood up with Miriam's help.

The two of them walked to the door together and stood still.

"If I'm not mistaken, this is a consciousness cluster," Miriam said, "Through the connection, you can go to the small garden where others are."

"The stars in the sky...are they like this?" Xing Mo murmured.

"The unknowns of this world are always beyond our imagination," Miriam smiled and shook her head. "So, Xiaomo, you know what to do, right?"

Xing Mo knew, of course, that as long as she focused her thoughts on the person she most wanted to see, she would naturally be able to reach Aurora.

Lucius' plan to resurrect Miriam has reached its final step: using the divine power of the "Tree of Life" and sacrificing the souls and lives of the entire Nefera Beta, he will forcibly condense Miriam's soul into the real world and thus resurrect her.

This is the final step. Once you take this step, everything will be irreversible.

"..."

Xingmo grabbed the door handle and opened it, only to see endless darkness behind the door.

She took a breath and turned her head, wanting to say goodbye to Miriam for the last time:

"Milliam, I..."

The moment she turned her head, a hand pushed her chest and pushed her into the door.

Before being swallowed by darkness, the last thing that caught Xingmo's eye was a sunny smile and a gentle whisper:

"Xiaomo, thank you."

Afterwards, Xingmo's consciousness was submerged in darkness, and chaotic light and shadows flashed before his eyes.

Then the golden light—the light of the stars engulfed her.

Xingmo concentrated his consciousness and focused his thoughts on the name "Aurora".

In an instant, the golden light before her eyes was torn apart by a pale green color—the "Tree of Life" suddenly appeared in her sight.

......

Xingmo opened her eyes and found herself standing in the corner of the office.

Looking up and forward, Lucius was sitting behind his desk, stroking it quietly.

The table that Xing Mo was very familiar with was now opened - it was an ice coffin, and underneath was the peaceful sleeping face of a blonde girl.

Miriam's body...has been under the tutor's desk all along?

"..."

Xing Mo looked at her mentor quietly. The middle-aged man stood still like a stone sculpture under the midnight light, his deep gaze gazing through the surface of the ice coffin at the frozen girl.

Is this how he survived countless late nights?

"..."

Xing Mo didn't say anything. She guessed a little and figured out the current situation:

Mentor Lucius has gradually come to accept the godhead of the Tree of Life. Therefore, when I focused my thoughts on Aurora, they were transmitted to the Mentor's memory by some mechanism within the Star Remains.

So, if we follow the mentor's consciousness, we can find Aurora, right?

"..."

Under the light, Lucius was already staring at Miriam. Xingmo looked at him for a while, then walked across the office and to the door.

Then she opened the door and stepped into darkness again.

The scene changed, and Xing Mo found herself in the desert, with a scorching hot wind blowing in her face.

She saw Mentor Lucius walking with difficulty in the desert in his robe, and from time to time he would take out a map and look at it repeatedly.

Xing Mo took a closer look and saw an evil symbol marked on the map: a strange eye.

Xingmo had seen that eye before. It was the eye of the "Invisible Mist".

In order to resurrect Miriam...the mentor once went to the Machiavelli Empire?

Yes... He had said that before... When discussing the myth of the "Golden Sun", he mentioned that he had talked with some local scholars.

"..."

Xingmo didn't say anything, but just followed Lucius silently.

The sandstorm before our eyes grew more and more intense, gradually engulfing everything, including the sunlight.

When the dust settled, the scene in front of him changed again, and Xing Mo found himself standing in a cave.

She saw Lucius with his eyes wide open, drawing his wand and pointing it at the man at the other end of the cave.

The man, however, sat there holding a glass of wine, smiling and unhurried.

He was surrounded by two bronze-armored Immortals, who were holding golden sand spears and were ready to fight.

That was Prince Austin.

"You killed my daughter," Lucius roared, "all for that stupid prototype...!"

"Relax, Lucius, that's not directed at you," Prince Austin smiled. "If anyone's to blame, blame yourself for accepting the order from the 'Church of the Star Sea'... Think about it, that's a prototype for an 'ironclad warship'. If the Citadel possessed that kind of coastal defense capability, I'm afraid the Empire's maritime power would be threatened..."

"Stop talking nonsense, you will pay with blood!" Lucius roared.

At this moment, a hand stretched out from the darkness - it was a slender, white and tender little hand, which looked like it belonged to a young girl, but seemed to have infinite majesty.

Everyone in the cave fell silent, and even Prince Austin's expression became restrained.

"Being able to find the divine abode of the Golden Sun, Lucius Phillips, means you are a man watched by God."

The girl's voice was soft, yet it seemed to carry a magical power, as if every note stained the air with a hint of darkness.

"And you, Austin, are the heir of gold, even watched by the 'Invisible Mist'."

"You should be fellow travelers. For the greater good of the Court of Redemption, these disputes should not exist."

"He killed my daughter!" Lucius growled.

"I can resurrect your daughter," the girl's voice was as calm as a dream, "and Austin can enter the White Tower."

Hearing this, Lucius's pupils were slightly startled, and his hands began to tremble uncontrollably.

He looked at the bottomless darkness in disbelief and said: