141: I'll Make You Unable to Get Out of Bed for Three Days!
"Hm? Sauron is looking for me?"
Evelia froze slightly upon hearing this.
She was still suspecting whether Sauron's true identity might be "that Lord" Victor had spoken of, and now Sauron was actively seeking her out?
Could there be a trap?
"Eve-Eve, from the look on your face... are you worried about that Bishop?"
"Mm. Jasmine told me before that Sauron has quite a few unexplainable suspicious points about him, and told me to keep a close watch... And now Victor just died, and Sauron suddenly wants to talk to me. It's hard not to wonder if there's some connection."
Honestly, if this were Evelia from before she chased after Victor, she would have already gone to confront Sauron without hesitation. But now... after witnessing those bizarre flames that burned Victor to nothing, even Evelia felt a trace of unease and chill.
Not Hellfire, not Soul Magic, yet it could directly burn a person's soul. And from the way Victor looked, he had absolutely no ability to resist. This was truly... unheard of.
After the incident with that black-robed man from the Descent Faction, Evelia had become much more cautious than before.
"Go, Eve-Eve. If that Sauron really has problems, the longer you delay, the easier it will to make him suspicious."
Just then, Amya expressed her view.
Evelia looked at her with a puzzled expression.
Originally, Evelia had hesitated partly because of Amya's concerns. She had just gone out alone to confront Victor, a former Bishop (and one who was heavily injured at that), and Amya had been so anxious she nearly jumped out of her skin. Now the one inviting her was the even more problematic Sauron, a genuine current Archbishop. Why was this girl suddenly going against her usual behavior and actively telling her to go?
"Hm? Don't misunderstand~ I'm not telling you to go fight that old man. Remember! Under any circumstances, your own safety must be the first priority. Otherwise..."
Amya leaned close to Evelia's ear with a threatening expression, speaking word by word in a voice only the two of them could hear.
"Tonight when we go back, I'll eat you up completely and make you unable to get out of bed for three days! Let's see if you dare go take risks again!"
"..."
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In the end, Evelia still chose to go meet Sauron.
However, Evelia, who had originally been prepared to just explode on that old man if necessary, now completely lost that idea.
Because from the way Amya looked... she might actually be serious...
But if that old man really wanted to make a move on her, she would just have to shamelessly call for her parents. After all, Amya herself had said that everything must be predicated on her own safety.
Evelia stood at the Director's Office door, looking down at the "secret weapon" in her skirt pocket, feeling fortunate that she still maintained the habit of carrying it with her at all times.
"You're back, Miss Evelia. I'm truly sorry for letting you, who just joined the Church, witness such an embarrassing side of the Church."
The moment she entered the office, Sauron, who was sitting at the Director's desk, immediately stood up and spoke to Evelia with a rather helpless expression.
"It's fine. After all, no organization can guarantee there isn't a worm inside. Now that Victor has received the punishment he deserved, the urgent matter should be finding the whereabouts of the missing children as soon as possible."
"Sigh, that may be so, but Miss Evelia, you should have also heard Victor say that it wasn't the Descent Faction infiltrating the Church, but rather someone from the Church themselves betraying Yahweh. Do you know... why things have come to this?"
Unexpectedly, Sauron didn't ask any probing questions. Instead, he revealed an appearance of nostalgic melancholy, walking to the window with considerable sorrow and looking at the children in the yard who were watching a movie with rapt attention.
"Look, these lively and cute children, they are humanity's future hope. But why would Victor do such a thing? Miss Evelia, I'd like to hear your thoughts."
Evelia fell silent for a moment. She then walked to the window and immediately spotted Luo Xin and An An hugging each other in the crowd, speaking slowly.
"Probably because... of the desires in people's hearts?"
"Desires? Heh, yes, or perhaps no."
"Then what does Bishop Sauron think?"
Facing Evelia's counter-question, Sauron turned and walked to the bookshelf, staring intently at a row of photos on the shelf as he spoke.
"Our Lord has been hidden away for too long... People nowadays have long lost the faith they once had. Wars between nations, conflicts between companies... Humans today are no longer as pure as they once were!"
"Look, even we who call ourselves the Lord's believers have ultimately been stained by the secular 'black.' God-given Magic has become a tool to achieve goals, and faith in the Lord is maintained only on the surface. How sorrowful! How sorrowful!"
"...I don't understand what humans from the divine era were like, but given the current trends of the times... isn't all this inevitable?"
"Inevitable? No, how could it be inevitable? Since people today have lost themselves, we should welcome back our supreme Lord! At that time, under our Lord's guidance, humanity will surely be able to return to their former purity, won't they?"
Sauron continued to stare intently at the photo before him, causing Evelia to subconsciously look at the person in that photo. It was a young man with white hair and golden eyes, wearing a white robe in the Church style, holding a Gospel in his hand, smiling as he stood before a church.
From his appearance alone, Evelia even felt he looked very much like Jasmine and Lina.
"Bishop Sauron... who is he?"
"Hehe, just a lost lamb. But fortunately... now, he has found his own path."
Sauron's originally dim eyes lit up again, as if he were recalling something worth being proud of.
"How about it, Miss Evelia? Do you agree with my thoughts?"
"I'm sorry, I don't entirely agree."
"Oh? Then can you tell this old man your reasons?"
"...Bishop Sauron, do you believe that people today have lost their way and urgently need the guidance of the gods?"
"Isn't that so?"
"Admittedly, people today do have aspects where they fall short, but that isn't a reason for you to completely deny them. Generalizing from partial evidence is an act of arrogance, isn't it?"
At this point, Evelia paused briefly before continuing.
"I do believe in the existence of the gods, but compared to supreme deities, I'm more willing to trust the people of the present. The era of the gods has long ended. The future... should be in the hands of the people themselves, shouldn't it?"
"Miss Evelia..."
Hearing this, a helpless expression appeared on Sauron's face, as if saying "is that so."
"I'm sorrowful that you and I are not on the same path."
Then, he said something that left Evelia somewhat confused.
"After all... if you could agree with us, He would probably be very pleased..."
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