Chapter 112 - Miracle (1/2)

Translator: Wawaa

Editor: WilsonWilson

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Even though the saintess had granted her permission, the nobles hesitated and could not easily raise their heads.

Directly hearing the voice of God had an enormous effect. They did not dare make eye contact with Lara nor did they ramble about her carelessly. Those who doubted or despised her trembled their lips in fear.

Lara knew better than anyone that this was not an effect that would last forever. Over time, someone who suspected her legitimacy would appear again among them. Once the rumors about the saintess’ appearance spread around, there would also be people who snorted and questioned whether the attendees had all hallucinated or not.

Still, she had to say what she had to. Lara exchanged looks with the Emperor once again. It was time to utter the words that she had prepared.

“The war against demons will begin soon on this continent.”

No one opened their mouths. It was a matter of course. The audience was already confused with the appearance of the saintess, then, they heard God’s voice, now, they were informed that the demons would come. They did not know which part they should be surprised by.

“Black sorcerers’ hideouts have been found all over the world and the number of their victims is increasing. And as the number of the poor and sick increase, so will the number of reckless demon worshippers.”

So we have to stop them.

Every noble understood Lara’s words. They were just busy calming their startled feelings and belatedly put their brains to work.

Lara said one last time.

“The God of Fate has chosen the Tarragon Empire as the last shield.”

Protect this land and God would be with you. The promise of the saintess was nothing less than a promise of God. It was also the Emperor’s promise.

As Lara looked at the Emperor, he nodded vigorously. Then, with his loud voice ringing all throughout the banquet hall just like when he introduced her, the Emperor loudly announced.

“It’s always been like that. There has never been an easy fight. We were challenged every time and defended this land with victory. Tarragon’s name will be engraved on the history of victory!”

His voice was so loud that one would not believe that it came out of the old Emperor.

“God did not abandon us! Look, the saintess is in front of us now! Who will be the first one to lift the flag of God? Who will fight with me?”

Originally, the sorcerers were supposed to shine a halo from behind Lara and the Emperor. However, as if he had been waiting for this moment again, the God of Fate intervened.

“Gasp!”

“Holy…”

The light exploded. The lights that stretched out from under Lara’s feet had colored the ceiling and reached the chandelier, before exploding all at once. And soon, the whole world became dark.

“It was too much.”

Lara said firmly. Demian could not stop laughing.

The fancy group of lights followed Lara until the end of the banquet. And because of that, Demian kept bursting into laughter, forsaking his tendency to not be able to smile well. It was too much that even Isadora told the night sky off, saying it was chaotic.

After giving her greetings to the Emperor, Lara returned home even before the banquet was over. After that, she changed into ordinary clothes and secretly visited the sanctuary to nag the God of Fate. There, she heard amazing news.

“I can’t believe Lilith is dead…”

The demon Lilith died by Acerus’ hands.

“Did you know about it?”

Lara asked Demian. He did not seem surprised at all when he heard her. He looked as if he already knew about it.

“Of course I knew. Otherwise, how else would the God of Fate accumulate that much karma?”

“…An avalanche. I never even imagined that.”

That was what Lara was most surprised about. The God of Fate said that it was a disaster at the same level as a powerful earthquake.

Fortunately, the disaster happened in a mountainous area, deserted from human life. And as the number of soldiers killed by Lilith’s army of demonic beasts was much higher than those buried under the avalanche, the avalanche did not harbor many casualties. But the God of Fate said that more karma was accumulated because of the avalanche, rather than because of demons directly killing people.

“It is only humans who made themselves the sole metric for karma.”

Lara muttered what the God of Fate had said. Demian agreed with her and nodded.

“It’s a different story if it’s a disaster. Forget the animals and plants, the whole region will change. And it’s because of this change that the Gods will think of it as a much bigger shift in karma.”

“So this is what he meant by saying that I can make use of the demon’s power even if it is not necessarily by hurting people.”

News of Lara, daughter of Thousand Gold Isadora, being the once-in-one-hundred-years saintess had already spread throughout Dandelion. And because of her fame as the saintess, Demian and Lara had to leave the ‘Lara’s Garden Hotel’ and stay at a luxury inn.

Numerous extra news flew around and notices were posted. Newspapers and magazines were released earlier than their set schedule. Some came out into the streets as if they had waited for it to either defend or criticize the Temple of Glory. The books that recorded the words of God, the history of the temple, and of prayers were sold like crazy.

The Temple of Glory reacted most intensely. From the highest-ranking priests to the higher-up who dominated the temple, all of the temple staff rushed to ‘Lara’s Garden’ hotel.

If Lara had not brought Konny and Demian along and avoided them in advance, a difficult situation would have happened.