Chapter 282: 255. Faith and Heresy
"Sophia wishes to complete the experiment her mother never finished."
"Ah, this..."
Well, Dorothy was directly shocked by Mother Superior's reply.
"No way, does she also want to crazily have children?"
The Home Martial Soul spoke in horror.
After all, she had also heard from senior Fanny about the final fate of Sophia's real mother, the Angel Witch. That was a true madwoman who was still giving birth and conducting experiments up until the moment she was captured.
Thinking that her own cohabiting Little Angel could also go mad and turn into such a state, Dorothy shuddered with cold dread.
This mustn't happen, absolutely not. Rather than watching her become that, it would be better to take initiative and lead her into damnation herself.
Several tentacles emerged behind the Homebody Witch. This perfect Tentacle Technique, optimized from senior Fanny's original, was really quite useful. Even the Future Fourth King who tried it out exclaimed with professional admiration.
The Witch of the Forest had conquered senior Fanny completely with this technique, turning this future contender for The Fourth King into a wild Witch Powder fanatic. Dorothy still remembered the celestial astonishment on senior Fanny's face when she first released the Witch's Tentacle Technique; the incurable tentacle enthusiast immediately claimed she had finally found a kindred spirit with a shared aesthetic.
So, whether it's a Loyal Angel or a libertine Succubus, no one can retain their sense of self under her max-level tentacles, no one...
"What are you thinking about? Did His Highness tell you something strange again? Dorothy, don't listen to her nonsense. His Highness has loved teasing people since childhood."
Hearing her daughter's surprised question, Euphilia was incredulous; she glared fiercely at the Clown mask on her daughter's face, making the mask feel so guilty it shifted to a tongue-sticking-out expression.
"Hey heh..."
Facing the fierce gaze of her childhood nightmare of a teacher, the illustrious Future Fourth King attempted to cutely bluff her way out.
"Eh, could it be that senior lied to me?"
Dorothy was also startled; she retracted the tentacles waving behind her like seaweed, waiting for her mother's explanation.
"Not exactly wrong, when I first found Agnes, she indeed had become like that, but Sophia is different from her mother. She herself is her mother's most perfect experiment, already ready to start the next phase of experimentation."
Euphilia paused to recollect before she continued.
"Actually, this goes back to the long-standing wish of the Angel Witch Clan. After the Divine King passed her throne to the Dragon King and retired, she secluded herself to devote to Magic studies, no longer regarding worldly affairs. But before her retirement, the Divine King also left a Prophecy for her descendants, the Angel Witches."
"The Divine King plunged her divine sword into a huge stone before the seal holding the Lord of Glory, inscribing a maxim upon the stone." Your journey continues on My Virtual Library Empire
"In the distant future, once the imprisoned sinner's sentence is served and freedom regained, there shall come a chosen one who will pass the ultimate Judgment upon the sinner. He who draws this sword shall be the King of All Angels."
"Dorothy, as you know, those Angel Witches have always held the Divine King as their faith. In their hearts, the Divine King's Prophecy is nothing short of heralding the advent of her Holy Child, and for this, all Angel Witches have been waiting for the day the Prophecy would be fulfilled."
"And now, tens of thousands of years later, that prophesied day is near. Decades ago, the Holy Words Department, responsible for monitoring the seal of the Lord of Glory, conveyed the news that the seal was loosening, the prophesied day was nearing, and the God King Holy Child was about to descend."
"At that time, the most popular Saint Heir candidate among the Angel Witches was Sophia's mother Agnes, the granddaughter of the Academy Head, the most direct descendant of the Divine King's lineage, and the most talented of the new generation among the Angel Witches, known as the Second God King."
"However, when Agnes, full of expectation, finally attempted to pull the sword, she failed. Not long after, she was afflicted with the curse of knowledge, went mad, and then was sealed by me."
The Dragon Witch paused slightly, observing her daughter's reaction across from her.
"Ugh, why is it always prophecies causing trouble? Why do these powerful beings love to leave behind prophecies so much?"
Dorothy clicked her tongue, complaining, then urged her mother to continue.
"So what happened next, Mother Superior? You haven't mentioned Sophia's purpose. And what about Agnes's experiment?"
Seeing her own daughter uninterested in the prophecy of the Divine King, Euphilia sighed and reluctantly continued.
"It was only after I sealed Agnes that I learned the truth from some research journals in her laboratory."
"Back when Agnes attempted to pull the sword, she was mocked by the Lord of Glory, who told her she was overestimating herself, because the prophecy left by the Divine King clearly stated that the one to pull out this sword should be the King of All Angels. But whether this refers to the Angel Witch alone or includes the Angel Clan as well is the question."
"After all, the God King had once defeated the Lord of Glory and had ruled over heaven for a time. Even after all these years, there are still many among the Angel Clan who follow the God King as their faith, so it's difficult to say whether the so-called God King Holy Child refers to the Angel Witch or an Angel."
"At first, Agnes didn't believe the words of the Lord of Glory, but as she saw that all the Angel Witches failed to pull the sword, her faith began to waver. She started to doubt whether the supposed God King Holy Child was indeed an angel from heaven."
"Such a notion was clearly unacceptable to the Witches who pride themselves as descendants of the Divine King; they couldn't stand the idea that their faith in the God King could be defeated by members of otherworldly races."
"Among them, Agnes was the most fanatical. Her faith wavering, she developed a Heart Demon, and the one who fell into madness reached a paranoid conclusion: if it is to be the King of All Angels, then neither the pure Angel Witch nor the Pureblood Angel would suffice. Only a hybrid of the two bloodlines could become the true King of All Angels."
"You should know what happened next, Dorothy. In her madness, Agnes forcefully extracted genetic material from the Lord of Glory, who was sealed, and began to use secret techniques to conceive a hybrid offspring. The obsessed Agnes desperately sought to create a perfect child, combining the merits of both the Angel Witch and the King of Angels' bloodlines, but all she achieved were deformed stillborns."
"Becoming even more insane, she burned her life force as a price to forcefully fuse the bloodline of the Lord of Glory. Whether by luck or misfortune, she finally succeeded, and the most perfect hybrid of Angel Witch and King of Angels, Sophia, was born."
"And if Agnes's speculation is correct, Sophia would be the prophesied God King Holy Child," explained the Dragon Witch, unfolding the tale.
Still, Dorothy was puzzled.
"Uh, isn't this actually a good thing? Shouldn't Sophia just go and pull the sword? It doesn't sound as dangerous as you say, Mother Superior."
While the identity of a calamity-born hybrid was indeed taboo, if there was the title of God King Holy Child, then it was no longer a problem.
"Well, indeed, under normal circumstances, there wouldn't be much danger, but do you think those zealots of the God King Sect and the Angel Clan are sane?"
"To the religious, an heir that is not of their own is the greatest heresy, even worse than heretics and otherworldly races."
Euphilia spoke indifferently.
Dorothy: "...."
...Home Martial Soul in silence...