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

　Divinity can be extreme madness or extreme rationality, or perhaps there is actually no difference between the two.

　But they have nothing to do with people.

　That's why Professor Merlin always likes to slack off and always wants to eat coffee pudding. Those are the anchors of his being a "human being".

　But on that rainy night in the White Tower, he chose to fight against fate, so he abandoned his humanity, returned to the status of an angel, and delayed Cain for so long.

　Yes... In order to fight against fate, some things must be given up.

　If you don't give up your humanity, you won't be able to protect the academy.

　Xingmo figured this out.

　But this...

　Aurora's tears flashed before her eyes.

　No, that's not right.

　There must be a balance point. How could God be like this?

　Miss Pearlis...isn't she both human and divine?

　Is it an anchor point relationship?

　It seems to be... but it doesn't seem to be entirely...

　Maybe... I should ask Miss Perlis...

　Xingmo did what she said and took a step forward. Amidst the ice-blue halo, she arrived at the academic city Akademi.

　With a wave of her hand, a black straw raincoat was draped over her body, separating her figure from history.

　She walked in the drizzle, all the way back to the familiar northern part of the city, and came to No. 69, Flam Street.

　Xingmo stood at the door of the Flower Sea Cafe.

　In fact, she wasn't sure if this cafe still led to Miss Pollis's cafe, but she felt she had to at least try.

　"Dong dong dong."

　Xingmo knocked on the door three times gently, then waited quietly.

　Soon, the door was opened a corner, and a pair of ice-blue eyes peeked out:

　"Good afternoon, Miss Xingmo."

　It was Miss Carly, the maid in the cafe, who was looking at Xingmo with a smile.

　"Is there a problem?"

　"I want to talk to Miss Perlis," Xingmo straightened up, "Is she there?"

　"She's not here, but she told me you would come."

　Miss Carly opened the door and motioned Xingmo to enter the cafe:

　"Come in, maybe I have the answers you want."

　In the cafe, a cup of hot coffee was placed on the table in front of Xingmo.

　Miss Carly sat down opposite and leisurely picked up the spoon with her slender fingers and stirred the coffee.

　"Little White Flower went to accompany her sister. Maybe there was a conflict between you two?"

　"contradiction?"

　Xingmo looked at the coffee and murmured, "No...it's not a contradiction..."

　"Is it about the Empire?" Carly chuckled.

　"Um..."

　Xing Mo once again recalled the scene of herself standing on the ring city, overlooking the tsunami.

　Amidst the torrential rain, she witnessed the destruction of a country and felt countless people being swept away by the tsunami.

　But she had no mercy or compassion.

　"Do you feel that all that blood debt is on your head, but you have no feelings, so you are afraid?" Carly asked.

　"Do not..."

　Xing Mo shook her head, and a hint of struggle appeared on her calm expression.

　"I know... this is the inevitable trend... War always means death. It's either us or them. I don't have a choice..."

　But when she was standing alone on the front line...

　"I should have some...emotions, right?"

　Xingmo looked up and looked at Carly in confusion.

　"I...seem to be losing my humanity..."

　Looking at Xingmo's appearance, Miss Carly smiled gently:

　"Are you really confused because you've noticed the problem yourself?"

　"Isn't it...?"

　"I think it's because she expressed her disappointment to you so sharply," Carly pointed out the problem. "If Aurora hadn't left, would you really think there was something wrong with you?"

　"Maybe... not..."

　Xingmo shook his head:

　"Actually, I'm no different than before. My personality...my memories...nothing has changed...I can still feel emotions and cook like before..."

　"But I just... feel..."

　"You are following the flow of fate." Carly interrupted Xingmo.

　Her pupils widened slightly, the golden pupils slowly fading to emerald.

　"I..."

　"Because you feel that those people's deaths were destined, because this jihad was also destined, and every step you took was also destined."

　"Is there really a divine nature so strong that it can transcend your personality? Or has the psychological suggestion of accepting fate been deeply rooted in your heart?"

　Carly's tone was gentle, but her words were ruthless:

　"You lose all sense of everything that is bound by fate, because it is what is supposed to happen."

　"Because it's bound to happen, it can't be stopped. Since it can't be stopped, it's natural to become numb."

　"If you were truly filled with divinity and had lost your humanity, you wouldn't be confused by Aurora's departure, and you wouldn't have come looking for me."

　What Miss Carly said was indeed very reasonable. Xingmo had always thought of her as a maid who didn't talk much, but she didn't expect that she could reveal such strong logic and critical thinking in just a few words.

　It's as if she is a scholar.

　"...Um."

　Xingmo lowered his head, and his thoughts gradually became clear from chaos.

　When did it start?

　Perhaps... it was from when she pierced the golden full moon with the Spear of Ivramis, forcing fate to flow backwards.

　What the Dark Elf King had devoted the entire country to accomplish was accomplished easily by Hongyue.

　On the night of the White Tower, Xingmo risked everything to change fate and save Aurora.

　But from that night on, the hint of fate was hidden in her heart.

　That is, fate cannot be overridden.

　"Miss Perlis said...the true power of destiny cannot be controlled. What we see is merely the manipulation of cause and effect."

　"She's right," Carly smiled. "So what are you afraid of?"

　"Fear..."

　Crimson Doom.

　Mural, illusion, Xing Mo standing on the cliff, holding the Shepherd Star String in his hand, with mountains of corpses and seas of blood under his feet.

　"...It's inevitable."

　Xingmo raised her head and looked at Carly:

　"Aurora is right. If we continue to follow our fate, nothing good will happen."

　"But if I don't follow my destiny, Cain will destroy this continent, maybe even the world."

　"Yes," Carly nodded. "Don't think about it. This is an unsolvable problem. If the schemer could easily let you break out of the game, then there would be no need for them to scheme."

　"Then...what should I do?"

　Xingmo was a little confused for a moment.

　In the eyes of outsiders, she is Shikoti Amura, the angel and guardian of the academy, a high-ranking figure who can stand on her own.

　But only she herself knows that she is so fragile and vulnerable in the face of fate.

　She believed that everything she did out of her free will was the path paved for her by fate.

　“Sometimes you need to stop wasting time so you can focus on what’s happening right now.”

　Carly's voice was still gentle, but different from Miss Pollis's gentleness, there was a hint of intellect in her voice.

　"Don't forget, even the Red Moon can only control the fate of your world. Little White Flower should have told you that, right?"

　"Yes, but..."

　Xingmo's pupils suddenly widened slightly.

　She lowered her head, looked at the coffee she hadn't finished, and murmured softly:

　"...Aurora doesn't exist in this world."

　"That's right," Carly blinked. "Besides Aurora? What else is from outside the world?"

　"besides..."

　Star Sea Girl

　God stole the flowers!

　Flowers stolen from that vast sea of ​​flowers to carry the divine nature!

　"The Star Sea Goddess stole those flowers from outer space... in order to... rebel against fate?" Xing Mo suddenly understood something.

　"At least that's my guess. Little White Flower shared many of my conclusions with you."

　Carly leaned back slightly.

　"I've already calculated the Red Moon's tidal pull into a formula. In this world, her pull on Little White Flower is the strongest, and her pull on Aurora is the weakest."

　"It's counterintuitive, isn't it? They're both Havrgard, both gods, but the results are completely different?"

　"However, if we follow the control variables, Hongyue's restraint on Xiaobaihua isn't actually due to her identity as an Outer God. After all, assuming that the Ancient God is ignorant and insensitive, Xiaobaihua and Aurora shouldn't be treated differently."

　"So, there are two speculations."

　"First, Little White Flower was locked in by the tidal gravity purely because of the terrifying power of the pure white flames, not because of her identity as an Outer God."

　"Secondly, Aurora isn't bound by tidal gravity because... her fate has been interfered with."

　"But this interference isn't continuous, so sometimes Aurora's fate isn't stable. You should be able to sense this through certain phenomena during your journey, right?"

　"Both possibilities may be true at the same time, but no matter what..."

　"...Aurora is the breaking point." Xingmo murmured.

　Flower, tree of life.

　These creations from the kingdom called High Heaven have now taken root in this world.

　The flower became a holy angel under the goddess, becoming Merlin and Cain.

　The Tree of Life has become the most powerful church in the world, and its influence has surpassed that of the local goddess, the Star Sea Goddess.

　"But, those flowers..." Xing Mo murmured, "What are their functions?"

　"Carrying the divine power," Carly spread out her hands. "This is the underlying logic of the flower. As for what the planner intends to use it for..."