FVN Chapter 115
Chapter 115
115: Miss Evelia Wants Children?
After that, Evelia spent some time recounting to Amya as detailed as possible the story Lina had once told her. Our dear Miss Angel's expression gradually shifted from initial calm and interest to total bewilderment. When she heard about Howard's death, it changed to shock. Only after Evelia finished recounting everything did her expression finally return to contemplation.
"That's the entire account Lina told me in her room about what happened between her and Jasmine. I felt there were some suspicious points that were hard to explain even when I was listening. Amya, what do you think?"
"I think while holding Eve-Eve."
"???"
Evelia turned to look at Amya with a deadpan expression and silently raised her little fist, which had absolutely no threatening quality to it. Instead, it looked like a little kitten trying to scratch someone.
"Alright, alright, no more joking. In my view, the problem definitely lies more with that Cardinal named Howard, right? Someone who would sell out his own daughter for the Pope's position. Isn't that how all the TV dramas go these days?"
"But this is reality."
"Relax, relax. Sometimes reality can be even more fantastical than novels and TV shows."
Just like how my most, most, most, most, most beloved older brother suddenly turned into a girl.
Amya quietly thought this to herself.
"Hmm, more or less. Actually, I'm also suspecting that Cardinal named Howard is behind this. But what I can't figure out no matter how hard I try is why he would die."
"That is indeed a suspicious point. Death Magic. I once saw information about this magic in Heaven's archives. It's a very powerful, and also very unreasonable magic."
"Oh? Tell me about it."
Compared to Amya, Evelia knew almost nothing about Death Magic. She had thought about calling her old dad to ask, but she kept getting delayed by one thing or another.
But come to think of it, it was strange. Her dear old dad, who used to want to call her three or four times a day, hadn't reached out to her once in an entire week now. That was really somewhat unusual.
After all, Satan didn't seem like the type to actively work! Hell's affairs were generally handled by Uncle Lucifer or Uncle Mephisto.
"Death Magic. In Heaven, some archangels also call it Abyss Magic. That's because this magic is as unfathomably deep as the abyss itself. The human saying 'When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you' is the best interpretation of this magic. The ancient texts record that Death Magic is a mysterious magic that can be mentioned in the same breath as the Church's God-given Magic. No one knows who originally created it, but what is currently known is that although Death Magic can grant its user extremely powerful strength, enough to even reverse cause, effect, and time, it also consumes the user's life to a tremendous degree. Therefore, using this magic is actually no different from suicide."
"But someone still used it. The person who killed Cardinal Howard."
"Exactly. This point alone already demonstrates the power of Death Magic. Cardinal Howard, I heard of him when I was in Heaven. He was an extremely powerful Punishment Practitioner, and also a disciple of Zofi, the man once hailed as the Church's greatest genius practitioner, the son of the current Old Pope, and the former Cardinal. Howard inherited his teacher's exceptionally excellent punishment-type God-given Magic. In terms of combat strength alone, he should have been the strongest among the Cardinals of his era. To kill a practitioner of this level, even in Heaven, would require a Six-winged level Seraph."
"And most importantly, this kind of magic that even I have rarely heard of should be very difficult to pass down."
"Indeed. Even with such powerful strength, there probably aren't many people willing to exchange their own life for it. Therefore, I speculate that someone with a deep hatred for Cardinal Howard was the one who acted. That magnitude of Death Magic would be more than enough to cause death."
"But this way, the key person died inexplicably. It'll be very difficult to figure out the truth of what happened back then."
Evelia rubbed the space between her eyebrows with a headache. If Howard were still alive, things would be much easier for her. After all, in that case, she could just wait until he was alone, then directly call her elders to open the Gates of Hell and go pay him an investigation visit. But now the person was dead, so much time had passed, and his soul had probably already reincarnated. Figuring out the truth from back then would be really difficult.
"Not necessarily. Didn't Lina say that Howard went out for the purpose of finding Jasmine? Miss Jasmine might know something!"
"Then it seems I'll have to find a time to chat with Jasmine too."
Evelia felt quite a headache about this. After all, regarding such an extremely sensitive matter, even if she asked, Jasmine wouldn't necessarily tell her the truth.
Could she only pin her hopes on Lina asking?
But Lina's attitude... Sigh, this is difficult.
"But speaking of which, Amya, do you think it's possible that Jasmine..."
Suddenly, Evelia recalled the abnormal form of the magic within Jasmine's body that she had glimpsed earlier with her Soul Gaze. That iridescent black that seemed to contain everything. Could it be...
"You mean to say that Jasmine used Death Magic to take out Howard?"
Amya was slightly stunned, then immediately retorted in her mind with great annoyance:
"Come on! Eve-Eve, were you even listening to what I said just now? Didn't I already say that Death Magic and God-given Magic are fundamentally opposite things? It's impossible for one person to cultivate both magic systems simultaneously! If it really were Jasmine, she would have gone 'bang' and exploded on the spot the moment she used Death Magic! That idea of yours is just as ridiculous as angels and demons having children together!"
"Huh?! Angels and demons can't have children?"
Evelia was stunned on the spot. She had completely focused her attention on this strange point. Her entire being suddenly began to panic inexplicably.
"You dummy! The natures of angels and demons are completely opposite. Theoretically, it's impossible to produce offspring!"
Amya said in her mind with great annoyance. Although Lina had mentioned offhandedly when recommending tactics to her that she should go ask the witches for a yuri conception potion recipe, both Lina and she herself knew very well that this was just a joking remark. After all, angels and demons couldn't possibly have children, even with the assistance of magical potions.
"B-But then, in the future, won't we..."
"Oh? Eve-Eve, you want children this soon? Just two days ago you were still being stubborn and saying you hadn't accepted my confession."
"I-I-I, I wasn't thinking that at all! I was just... curious, that's all..."
Evelia turned her head away with a tsundere attitude and decisively cut off the mental communication between herself and Amya. Meanwhile, our Miss Angel gazed at Evelia with a doting expression, unable to help but marvel at how wonderful tsundere truly was.
This kind of older brother, or rather older sister, was just too cute!
She really wanted to see her expression after learning the truth.