Her head rolled on the snow as it left her torso. Her smile, as if she were peacefully sleeping, could have been that of the Virgin Mary in some earthly religious painting, or perhaps a statue of an angel.
Dianaâs body, with a hole in her abdomen, and head suddenly burst into flames.
The pale, glowing flames devoured Dianaâs body, extinguishing it like a lit candle melting, leaving not even ashes behind. All that remained was an empty, blood-soaked priestâs robe, without a trace of charring. And the remains of the silver whip.
It was not only Diana. The bodies of Benedict and Hugh disappeared in the same brilliance. They should have fallen on the snow, but the flames did not melt the snow at all.
When she looked up, she saw the girl she had been acting floating.
âThatâs right. Because this was magic to protect souls from the Undead and the Evil God. The Undead canât hear the voice of a person held in the arms of God.â
âIrisâŠ?â
Wavy blond hair and wisteria eyes. A girl magician in a slightly oversized robe.
âThe Moon Eatersâ last secret. Offering the body as an offering to God and returning it to heaven with the soul. The protection to prevent the body and soul from being handed over to the Evil God. The âCoffin Stigmaâ ⊠Diana was a Moon Eater. Diana is no longer here. She had to go over there to drag the rest of us up.â
After death, it was best to avoid having oneâs body turned into an Undead of the Evil God, or having oneâs soul captured and twisted into something evil. For this reason, high-ranking priests, royalty, and aristocrats who make their living fighting the Undead performed special rituals to protect their souls from being taken by evil after death.
It seems that Diana had prepared something similar to that.
âThere was nothing else that could have been done. When it came to the fight, the option of ânot killing Dianaâ was gone. I had no other choice. There was no other, no otherâŠ
âDeal with it. Thatâs your punishment. If you kill without regard for revenge, you will kill everyone who is important to you. Poor princess, you will suffer alone for every life you take.â
âI donât know much about politics, but I canât believe that people who make a little girl look like that are decent.â âHey! Thatâs the cutest thing youâve ever said to me!â âIf you wanted me to take care of you, not Iris, Iâd do it.â âBecause you want me to take care of you, donât youâŠ?â âI donât want you or any other child to look at me like that. I want you to smile.â âIâd be happy if you could find ⊠enough happiness that you wouldnât ⊠have to take revenge anymore.â âBut ⊠they are also terrible things to do to a girl who is so young.â âThe smile of a girl, in particular, is like magic in itself.â âItâs poison to the body and the soul to be angry, and you canât leave a pretty girl with that look on her face.â âI know itâs selfish of me, but before I die, Iâd like to take a moment to pray for you and my friendsâŠâ âI wish I had time to pray for you, to stop you from being so pained, to stop you from being so sad.â âIâm not sure if itâs possible to do that, princess. If you can be fashionableâŠ, you might even be able to fall in love.â âYou might be able to do it, too.â âHa ⊠lonely girl.â âIt canât be helpedâŠâ âIâm just wondering if⊠my prayer will change your destinyâŠâ âI feel sorry for you, and I wanted to do what I could for you.â âI hate ⊠the people who made you like this.â âGood luck, Iâll always be ⊠watching you.â
âI wanted you to live your life as a⊠normal girl.â
âUwaaaaaaaa!! Waaahhhh!â
A blade was thrust deep into her chest.
Her heart was distorted.
It was the same pain that she had felt in the living hell that deprived her of all human dignity, the pain that distorted her heart.
When she pulled it out, she found that it was a button-operated cell phone, which was already not very common on Earth before her reincarnation. It was a âFlip Phoneâ, as they call it.
There was no way such a thing could exist in this world. In fact, there should have been nothing in the pocket of her robe until a moment ago.
âThis is the Evil God Network Cheat Service Support Department. The trial period for the cheat you have received will expire at 24:00 today. If you want to cancel the trial, please click 1, otherwise, please click 2.
This is the Evil God Network Cheat Service Support DepartmentâŠâ
What if she were to give back the cheat here and now and cease to be an Undead?
Would she be reunited in heaven with her mother, who was guillotined? Would she be able to jump into her motherâs chest, cry that it hurt, cry that she was scared, cry until she was tired of crying, and then rest in peace? Would she gently stroke her head as she used to do?
ââŠThe trial period for the cheat you have received will expire at 24:00 today. If you want to cancel the trial, please click 1, otherwise, please click 2.â
âWash your necks and wait. Lawrence, the treacherous Knight CommanderâŠ!ăThe Pretender HilbertâŠ!â
What dwelled in the girlâs heart was not righteous anger. It was not justice.
The girl, deprived of everything, only resented and hated. Then she started walking again. The flames of the black resentment that were about to burst through her small body and burn like a wildfire.