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Can I use my power?
My face hardened with anxiety.
“Evelyn, is there a problem?”
Had he been watching all along, Devan asked curiously.
“…… no.”
Earlier I had used my power to treat the poison.
If I used it a little, it wouldn’t be a big problem. Besides, it was no use if our deaths were hastened.
It was all my fault that Cordelia turned out this way.
If it weren’t because of me, she would have been kidnapped by Devan, just as she was in the original story.
And she would have ended up happy with Devan after she avenged Count Diego and the Temple.
I could not return the original work to her, which had already been disturbed on its own. Because if I gave it back to her, it would be me who would die.
But I couldn’t let her die either. I wanted to do whatever I could for her.
Avoiding Devan’s sharp gaze on me, I hurriedly gathered divine power.
And it was when I moved it toward Cordelia’s body. The moment my divine power touched her body….
“Ah!”
“Evelyn!”
My shoulders, which had been slumped to hold Cordelia’s hand, were pushed out.
My body bent back as if a strong wind was blowing from the front.
My hands naturally let go.
And yet, strangely, I couldn’t stop the divine power from leaving me.
A white light formed between my body and Cordelia’s.
It was similar to how she was connecting with other people.
If there was a difference, the others had thin threads; mine were many times thicker.
“Evelyn!”
Devan rushed to seize my oddly bent body.
He held me by the waist and tried to pull me away from Cordelia, but my body didn’t move as if I were being pulled by an unknown force.
The white light bounced off my hands.
It was none other than me who was most perplexed by this situation.
I looked down at my body as if I were a third party. (*it’s like her spirit left her body. And now she’s like a ghost looking at the scene)
To be precise, I was looking down at Cordelia, who was lying on the altar, myself, who had lost my divine power to her, and Devan, who was trying to somehow restore me to my original state.
”What the hell is this?”
I opened my mouth to speak, but there was no sound.
I wanted to touch my body, but I could not do so.
I had no form.
I just existed here, without any sense of volume. Only my soul remained, without a body.
It was the first time I had used the power.
What if all my divine power had transferred to Cordelia? What if black magic filled the empty place instead? Then I would be….
It was then. I heard a voice from somewhere.
“It was you.”
I suddenly looked around. I couldn’t see anything.
Before I knew it, I was getting further and further away from my physical body.
“Hilda…?”
The voice was clearly not Hilda’s. Nor was it the naughty tone that giggled every time.
Still, I thought it was Hilda, somehow….. it was because I had the feeling that the ignition method was the same.
I had an intuitive realization.
This being was not human. It was a transcendent being. It was the source of power.
The voice answered my question. That alone was a relief.
I immediately asked.
“Who are you? What’s happened to me? Can you put me back together?”
The owner of the voice said in a tone that was somewhat arrogant and a little sad.
“What?”
“What do you mean, God? There I ……”
“Sorry, we don’t have much time. Let’s talk next time. >
“We don’t have time?”
“My power?”
The voice became more and more distant.
I felt like I was being sucked into my body.
I couldn’t go like this, I wanted to talk more. But I couldn’t open my mouth.
As if he knew what I was thinking, God whispered for the last time.
“Gasp!”
Then I woke up with a start, and before I knew it, I was back in my body.
“Evelyn!”
Devan hugged and rocked me in his arms.
“Ha, ha…….”
I clutched at my chest and exhaled roughly.
Before I knew it, the white light between me and Cordelia had disappeared.
“Are you okay, Evelyn?”
Slowly, I moved my limbs.
My body, which had behaved on its own without my will, finally returned to its original position.
I looked up at Devan, who was holding me tight and looked worried.
His eyes darted this way and that. He seemed surprised to see a strange figure for the first time.
“….. I’m okay.”
Despite my words that I was fine, I naturally frowned. My chest felt queasy, perhaps it was just my feelings.
“What the hell is this?…. Did this woman steal your power?”
Devan’s cold gaze was directed at Cordelia as if Cordelia had done something wrong.
I gasped and grabbed him by the wrist and spoke hurriedly.
‘It must be a survival instinct. If I lose all my divine power, I will die…….. The body will know that their divine power is not enough.”
Devan clicked his tongue and patted me.
“Are you sure you’re okay?”
“I’m fine. More importantly, just now ……..”
“Just now?”
I hesitated a bit.
What if what had just happened was not my fantasy or illusion? That it really happened……..
I heard the voice of God.
It was an outrageous story. God? It couldn’t be.
I chewed on the tender flesh in my mouth.
Devan didn’t rush me, but waited for my next words.
Looking at his worried face, I slowly opened my mouth.
“Just now…… I think I’ve met my God.”
* * *
We eventually left the temple without being able to do anything.
Tomorrow was the wedding. So, originally, after finishing the purification ceremony all night, we had to hold a wedding ceremony at the temple.
How would the temple react if they found out that we had slipped out on our own?
But I didn’t have time to worry about that.
Cordelia,, who had collapsed with her strength diminished, and many other people, and God.
God? And who was the child whom God mentioned?
As I made my way through the dimly lit night streets to the separate palace, my mind was occupied with what I had just experienced. I needed time to think. I didn’t think I would come up with a great way to do it, even if I thought about it in this state of mind.
“Well, I’ll see you tomorrow.”
Eventually, we arrived at the palace and I was about to go up to my room.
“Wait, Evelyn.”
Devan stopped me. He looked restless.
He must be curious. Because I didn’t say anything else after I said I met God.
I tried to say something, but I didn’t. There was nothing I could tell him yet.
Because I couldn’t understand what God told me either.
“Later… I’ll tell you everything when things calm down a little.”
“What? No….. I am not talking about that.”
I was about to leave when Devan stopped me again.
The servants were all asleep and in the hallway only a faint light was on. In the light I saw Devan’s troubled face.
Why is he looking like that? He didn’t want to ask about what had just happened?
I stared at Devan with a strange expression on my face.
“Is there something else you want to say?”
“Not really, I……”
After a few moments, Devan tapped me on the shoulder a few times. It was an action that seemed to comfort his subordinates.
“…… Devan?”
“Don’t worry. The girl Cordelia, your maid, the knights……. I will try to save them all.”
Ah…I let out a small exclamation.
Finally I began to understand why he was hesitant and kept glancing at me while we were walking to the detached palace.
Devan was worried about me.
Well, I had been through such a thing, so it was only natural for him to be concerned about me as a human being. Nevertheless, Devan’s comfort was somewhat unfamiliar to me.
Was Devan capable of making this kind of face? His eyes as he gazed at me were filled with worry that could not hide.
“I….” (Evelyn)
“Say it later.” (Devan)
“What?”
“I’ll take your “thank you” after we get everything sorted out.” (Devan)
Devan raised the edge of his mouth a little. It wasn’t just to comfort me, it was a smile that seemed to say that he could really solve all this.
I smile at him. The excitement that had been stirring so far was gradually calming down.
Yes, we can solve this. The children who were deprived of their divine power long ago and trapped there, Eunice and the knights, and Cordelia.
We will save them all.
“……then. I will see you tomorrow morning… at our wedding.”
Devan quickly turned around after saying so. Moonlight streaming in through the window illuminated his broad shoulders.
I stood there motionless until Devan disappeared at the end of the hallway.
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Devan’s neck seemed to have turned a little red when he mentioned the wedding.
…… That couldn’t be right. I must have seen it wrong.