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

　"Save some for me."

　Looking at the letter on the table, the members of Section 1 all frowned.

　The messenger delivered the message before Captain Alex performed the sacrifice, but waited until after it was over to show them...

　Angelica and Albus looked at each other and nodded slightly:

　This must be a test from the Messenger.

　Only Ophelia glanced at Xingmo, frowning slightly, as if she was thinking about something.

　After a while, she finally spoke:

　"So, Angela's condition is that after giving you this information, you will stand up for the king?"

　"I didn't agree," Xing Mo said, "Let's take a look at the contents of the letter first."

　Xingmo stretched out her magic wand and pointed it, and the letter opened automatically, and the letter paper flew out like a swimming elf.

　It unfolded in the air, rapidly emitting pale blue halos.

　Aurora stretched out her hand and pointed, and the surrounding environment quickly darkened, leaving only pale blue characters hanging in the air.

　"...Angela, you should consider my proposal carefully..."

　In the darkness, the old gentleman sat opposite Angela.

　Xingmo immediately recognized that the old gentleman was Sir Perel Larsen.

　Facing Pereler, Angela's lips curled slightly:

　"I don't think the Chamber of Commerce can send messengers now. You have lost your power."

　"Really?" Perel raised an eyebrow. "We still have enough gold to buy most of the kingdom."

　"But you've lost your credibility," Angela shook her head. "The Messengers will follow any individual or group that has the ability to make the Kingdom of Messina great again. Currently, the Chamber of Commerce does not have that capability."

　"Really?" Perel smiled. "Well... look at this..."

　He stretched out his hand, and a red spider lily bloomed in his palm.

　Now, the flower is broken and only two petals are left.

　Seeing the flower, Angela was obviously stunned for a moment, then she said softly:

　"Deep red..."

　"The power the Chamber of Commerce currently possesses far exceeds your imagination," Perel leaned back slightly. "The Seven Deadly Sins are about to descend. Soon, the Kingdom of Messina will once again fall under the control of the Chamber of Commerce..."

　"Crimson is not something you can deal with..." Angela frowned.

　"It's too late, Miss Angela. Our plan started three years ago," Pereler shook his head. "Three and a half years ago, I met the true Lord. She showed me a new world and taught me how to truly control the direction of everything..."

　"For three and a half years, the Chamber of Commerce has allowed the royal family to manipulate it and has given up most of its interests, but you

　What we didn't realize was...we had spun our web in the darkness..."

　"Don't try to find these petals. They have been scattered to many places, even places I can't find..."

　"What did you do..." Angela whispered.

　"Nothing. These petals will select the person they think is most qualified, and then arouse the evil thoughts in everyone's heart."

　Perel picked up the wine glass and raised it lightly:

　"The one with the strongest evil will be chosen and allowed to sacrifice himself to the devil."

　"Then, the devil came..."

　"Your king is also our target," he said, taking a sip of wine. "Don't resist. At least I suggest you don't resist. The seeds of sin are buried in everyone's heart, and you can't eradicate them all."

　Perel said, stood up, and threw down a photo:

　"He'll be the first and the starting point for us."

　"Watch carefully how evil comes."

　After saying this, the old gentleman walked away surrounded by his followers.

　""

　Looking at his back, Angela picked up the photo and looked at the man in it.

　The photo showed a captain, with his name written in rough handwriting next to it:

　"Alex Pareto"

　""

　Angela stood up, left the restaurant, and walked into the fog outside.

　Xingmo watched her visit various places: she investigated the Messina Shipyard, the Krista School of Magic, and even found time to meet with Alex Pareto himself.

　"Me? For someone like me, it's good enough to have a job..."

　Alex picked up the beer, drank it all, and gave Angela an apologetic smile:

　"I was definitely wrong about what I did before. After all... well, I was used to living a wild life before, and many of my ideas don't fit in with the present."

　"But it was consensual at the time, but they felt the money I paid was not enough..."

　"I plead guilty too. After all, my daughter is studying at Krista, and you know the tuition there..."

　"I shouldn't have done anything wrong, right? Miss Messenger, otherwise why would you come to me..."

　""

　Xingmo watched Angela leave and saw her leaning on the street corner of the rainy city, lost in thought.

　A person may not have committed any crime, but the seeds of sin are in his soul.

　So is he guilty?

　""

　"Alex? To be honest, we really don't like him."

　In the same restaurant, Angela watched the sailor opposite her pour a whole bottle of rum into her throat for the third time.

　"Do you need a reason to dislike it? That's a Laslan guy! He's a great swimmer, and he always acts like he won't accept anyone's opinions, as if we're all useless landlubbers, as if he's the only one who can operate such a large cruise ship."

　"Yes, he did a good job and got all our work done, but if you look at the way he swaggers around, it's outrageous."

　"Report? Why would we report him? He's our captain after all."

　""

　There are traces of the crime, but it has not yet happened.

　Angela had no idea what was going to happen next.

　But she was afraid.

　She knew the power of moonlight: it was a power hidden in the dark, transcending reality.

　The messenger's mission is to guide the Kingdom of Messina to survive, which is the teaching of the previous king Corison.

　And now, Crimson is above...

　""

　As the memory gradually faded, the scene of the cabin resurfaced.

　Xing Mo's eyes swept over the faces of the members of the First Section of the Extraordinary Department and found that most of them looked unhappy.

　"Do you understand?" She tilted her head.

　"uh-huh."

　Ophelia sighed deeply, her expression solemn:

　"It's fate again..."

　Based on the information provided by the messenger Angela, the truth has been pieced together.

　It's not a very complicated story in essence: Captain Alex followed Delem Kans in order to follow his Laslan instincts, participated in the New Garo tsunami, and thus returned to the sea and away from his family.

　His wife no longer accepted him, but he kept trying to atone for his sins, so he was recruited by the Messina Chamber of Commerce and became the captain of the White Whale.

　He sent his salary home every month to provide living and tuition for his daughter who was studying at Christa Magic Academy.

　However, the good times did not last long.

　After the Laslan instincts awakened, he seemed to feel alienated from the rules of civilized society and made many mistakes.

　His excellent sailing skills and strong personal determination as a former pirate captain caused dissatisfaction among the crew members. Those mistakes were magnified by them, reported to the higher authorities, and eventually became a handle in the hands of the Messina Chamber of Commerce.

　A businessman's instinct is to pursue profit. Once someone hands him a knife, he will naturally swing it and scrape off as much meat as possible.

　As a result, Alex's salary was docked, he was isolated on the ship, and his daughter could not pay her tuition.

　The strings snapped one by one, and the prophetic dreams of Satan provoked...

　Finally, he transformed into Fury.

　""

　In the morgue, everyone stood in front of Alex's skeleton with solemn expressions.

　Ophelia knew in her heart that Xingmo was right.

　Did Lucifer play a role in this series of events?

　Doubtful.

　She facilitated this incident and was the mastermind behind it.

　But even without her, even if she didn't do this...all this would happen sooner or later.

　Lucifer lit the flame of sin, causing it to spread rapidly.

　Finally, a grand sacrifice begins, and the furious Captain Alex drives the cruise ship into the abyss, bringing his revenge to everyone.

　The moment he was torn apart by rage, he was no longer himself.

　He is a sinner.

　""

　Xingmo stared at Captain Alex's body and his charred bones. Xingmo stretched out his wand and tapped it lightly.

　"Rest in peace, Fury."

　Golden light streamed into Alex's bones, and then a deep red lily of the other shore bloomed on his corpse.

　Xing Mo reached out her hand and gently plucked the flower, and the red spider lily instantly collapsed into a petal.

　Seven deadly sins, wrath.

　""

　Xing Mo turned around, looked at the members of Section 1, and said:

　"Now, you probably know what kind of enemy you are facing?"

　"Ah."

　Ophelia nodded, reached out her hand, and took the red spider lily from Xingmo's hand.

　Feeling the crimson breath, she took a deep breath and whispered:

　"If Satan thinks that because humans are sinful they are unworthy of protection, he is wrong."

　She turned around and looked at the staff of Section 1 with sharp eyes:

　"Tomorrow, we will arrive in Romesas, the port city of Messina, which is also the current headquarters of the Messina Chamber of Commerce."

　"Next, our mission is to prevent this evil as much as possible before it happens."

　"Can it be done?"

　All the staff nodded with determined expressions.

　Ophelia turned her head, glanced at Xingmo, and said:

　"Anything you'd like to add?"

　"Of course."