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

　Aurora's hand was poked, and she turned her head, meeting Sister Carly's icy blue eyes.

　"Hmm..." She nodded solemnly.

　"Tell me about it?" Carly tilted her head with a smile.

　"Do Carly and her sister have children?" Aurora asked innocently.

　"ah...?"

　Carly's cheeks seemed to be stained with a light blush, of course, not the blush caused by the red moon.

　She gently pinched Aurora's cheek and said:

　"How could that be!"

　"I feel like I'm suddenly going to be a mother," Aurora puffed out her cheeks, "and I wanted to ask if anyone has any experience."

　"What kind of mother are you? You're so small yourself."

　Carly smiled faintly and patted the back of Aurora's hand.

　"I guess you plan to stay here from now on, right?"

　"I want to be with the little saint forever," Aurora stuck out her tongue. "Why? It's not like I'll be here forever. I'll go back and travel occasionally."

　"Before you came here, you said you wanted to make Eve pay the price and become the Great Evil God in her territory," Carly shrugged. "Little White Flower, did you repeat all your bold words to me?"

　Now it was Aurora's turn to blush.

　She glared fiercely at Pearlis, who was listening to Miriam's gossip, and whispered:

　"Bad sister!"

　"What's wrong with that? Repeating what you said?" Carly chuckled.

　"I am the evil god," Aurora said, her hands on her hips. "The little saint has already accepted her punishment!"

　"What punishment?" Carly was curious.

　"Those punishments in yuri novels! And..."

　Aurora blinked softly, her cheeks flushed slightly.

　"Force her to sign the contract! She must be our Saint forever!"

　"Will the contract be useful to her?" Carly chuckled.

　"We made a promise with her and asked her to swear that the contract would be valid!" Aurora raised her chin.

　"You are the only one who is smart."

　""

　Everyone chatted while savoring Xingmo's excellent dishes. Soon, after eating and drinking to their heart's content, the chatter around the table finally died down a lot.

　Xingmo stood up, winked at Merlin, and walked towards the balcony.

　Merlin rubbed Cain's little head and said softly:

　"Be good here, brother will be back soon and sister Fei will take you out to play."

　"Sister Fei, take me to play..." The little white dove timidly glanced at the little dragon opposite.

　Xiaolong tilted his head, as if realizing that it was time for him to show his abilities, and took Cain's hand.

　"Let's go...! I'll take you to read the novel!"

　"What is a novel?"

　“It’s fun!”

　""

　On the balcony, Xingmo raised her head and looked at the pale blue crescent moon above her head.

　The quiet sea of ​​stars still protects this world. Looking at the moon, everything that happened three thousand years ago flashes again and again in Xingmo's eyes.

　"You came."

　Xingmo smiled faintly, turned around and watched Merlin coming.

　He walked to Xingmo's side, leaned on the railing with her, and looked up at the moon.

　"The moon will finally stop twinkling," he whispered.

　"This beautiful scenery was achieved at the cost of their sacrifice," Xing Mo said softly.

　She turned her head and looked into Merlin's silver eyes:

　"From the day the Haishangyun was salvaged, you guessed who I was, right?"

　"I can vaguely guess, but I can't be certain. It's a secret, after all," Merlin sighed softly. "I don't understand your plans after you left. The projections on the silver tree only gave me some vague directions. I can only deal with as much as I can."

　"Will you hate me?" Xing Mo looked up at the sky. "From your perspective, all these disasters were caused by me, weren't they?"

　"it's not true."

　Merlin shook his head and said softly:

　"I have been running from my fate for so long, forgetting the teachings you gave me before I left, and letting myself fall."

　"In the end, it was you who led me to face my fate."

　"Don't keep calling me 'you,'" Xing Mo chuckled. "I am your mentor, and you are also my mentor. You stepped into the mortal world before me, and you have taught me a lot on the path of being a human being."

　"It's a matter of seniority." Merlin cleared his throat awkwardly.

　"Strictly speaking, I created you, just like the String Painter created me," Xing Mo said, "We are not related by blood, let alone by generation."

　"but..."

　"Well, there's no point in dwelling on this, little crow."

　After Xing Mo said this, Merlin immediately became quiet and obedient.

　She raised her head, looked at the moon, and whispered softly:

　"Cain's fate has not yet stagnated. You should have observed this, right?"

　"So I brought her to see you," Merlin nodded slightly, "You should have noticed that Cain had come to the Citadel a long time ago, but you didn't react to it.

　, I think... you should have your own plans?"

　"I'm waiting for you to come and be honest." Xingmo glanced at Merlin.

　"Haha... isn't it coming..."

　"It took you half a year to come here, and you let that little girl hide in your office for half a year?"

　"I...after all, considering what she did..."

　Merlin looked a little uneasy, and Xingmo saw right through what he was afraid of.

　"Don't worry," she lowered her head and looked out at the quiet night in the North City. "I don't intend to hold her accountable for anything. After all... she became like that only because she was stained by the scarlet and saw through the truth."

　"We are all sacrifices to the Shepherd's String. The Shepherd's String has determined the trajectory of our fate from the very beginning. Now that we can overturn everything, I have made great use of her."

　"So, as I said before, I will not hold her accountable."

　"Thank you..." Merlin nodded.

　"but..."

　Xingmo's tone rose a little:

　"You need to keep a close eye on her, because the crimson on her destiny has not yet faded."

　"What do you mean? Could it be that..."

　"Lucifer is planning something. I don't know what that child is trying to do, but I'm afraid that she hasn't shown herself on the dark side of the moon yet in order to seize a more important opportunity."

　"And she's clearly seized that moment and achieved some of the results she wanted to achieve."

　Xingmo patted Merlin's shoulder, turned around and walked towards the balcony door.

　"Protect your sister, Raven. By the way... keep an eye on Scarlet."

　""

　Merlin was alone, enjoying the evening breeze.

　He turned around and saw through the balcony glass that Cain and Faye were holding a book together.

　Xiaolong would point to a certain place in the book from time to time and make excited noises, while Cain stared at the book blankly with his eyes shining.

　Protect her...

　Merlin closed his eyes, golden symbols flashing in his mind.

　Three thousand years ago, he failed in his duty.

　But the Virgin Mary hanging high in the sky did not punish him, but gave him a second chance.

　Second chance.

　""

　Merlin's eyes were fixed on the small white dove, his fists clenched.

　He was always trying to escape his fate, and the day he accepted it, the little white dove took his fate away and left in his place.

　She has always had only one long-cherished wish, which is to break free from the fate given to her and see the world.

　Can he do it?

　""

　Merlin sighed softly, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly.

　It's really outrageous that he is still so indecisive at his age.

　He calmed himself down, opened the balcony door, and embraced the warm light again.

　Epilogue) Stars (Part 4) -4k- (Two updates in one)

　"After the afterglow of doom faded, the wind of freedom swept through the streets and alleys."

　""

　Massena, night.

　On the terrace of the August Palace, Chloe looked out at the mountains in the distance and watched the fire flickering repeatedly in the night.

　That is the intersection of the territories of the Fire Dragon and the Giant King's Court. Today, the two tribes have resolved their past hatred and often hold banquets in the mountains late at night, making delicious dishes from the extraordinary creatures in the forest.

　Chloe sent ambassadors several times to ask the two kings to exercise restraint as much as possible and not to exterminate the extraordinary creatures.

　But now it seems...

　“It seems completely useless.”

　Chloe turned her head and looked at Lori at the terrace table.

　Noticing her gaze, Bahamut raised his eyes and smiled mischievously:

　"Don't look for me! I already told you! Go find that ugly head!"

　"The number of eight-legged humanoid centipedes is no longer enough to support the reproduction of the population..." Chloe sighed softly, "Although they are hostile to humans, if this continues, biodiversity will be destroyed..."

　"You people of Faru are very environmentally friendly. How about giving you the title of Faru Environmental Girl?" Bahamut picked up the steak from the plate and ate it in a few bites.

　"After all, our land was once cursed and contaminated," Chloe muttered. "At least 30 percent of it is still unable to grow food properly. Although Massena has improved significantly in recent years, most of the people of Fallu are still starving, relying on the guerrillas' steady weekly food deliveries to barely survive."

　"That's what I mean! No wonder you're worried about the forest environment being ruined!"

　Bahamut picked up the wine bottle and blew directly into it.

　"what!"

　After drinking the whole bottle, she wiped her mouth and said:

　"Don't worry! We will exercise restraint! And we can never kill all those extraordinary bastards!"

　"Oh, by the way, I didn't come here today just to talk to you about this!"

　"Is there anything else you need?" Chloe asked.

　"Of course, Xingxing asked me to come over to bring you something!"