Beatrice wanted to suppress her chaotic instincts by developing her rationality, but her chaotic instincts would also suppress the growth of her rationality, resulting in a contradiction.
The result was that, even after countless years, Beatrice still couldn’t suppress her chaotic instincts.
“This girl…”
Learning this, Shien looked at Beatrice, his gaze somewhat displeased.
It couldn’t be helped.
After learning this, Shien understood two things.
One was why Beatrice couldn’t speak.
Although she possessed a certain level of rationality, it wasn’t complete. This made her somewhat like a newborn baby, unable to speak, but with some mature thinking and judgment, making her current situation contradictory and somewhat distorted.
The other thing was why Beatrice asked him to break Lilith’s seal.
“It must be because after countless years of effort without results, she wanted to take advantage of this sudden incident and accident, have me enter the manifested temple, forcefully break the seal, and then make a desperate attempt to return to her main body, right?”
Shien finally saw through Beatrice’s thoughts, which made him unhappy.
It was obvious how dangerous this was.
It was possible that this time, Beatrice, as Lilith’s rationality, wouldn’t just be separated, but completely destroyed and obliterated.
She herself knew this very well, which was why she ultimately agreed when Shien proposed to postpone the action and not break the seal last night, right?
What did this mean?
It meant that Beatrice herself had no chance of success, which was why she hesitated and was afraid.
Understanding this, Shien glared at Beatrice.
Beatrice, seemingly aware of her guilt, didn’t dare to meet Shien’s eyes, lowering her head and remaining silent.
Elise, on the other hand, after explaining everything clearly, let out a breath and took another sip of black tea to moisten her throat before speaking.
“The mastermind behind this incident not only destroyed the spatial node and released the temple that sealed Lilith, but also kidnapped Miss Beatrice. Honestly, we have no idea what he (or she) is planning to do.”
Not only Elise, but even Shien didn’t know what the mastermind was up to.
Setting aside everything else, what was the purpose of leaving Beatrice with him?
Shien couldn’t understand the other party’s motives, his brows furrowed tightly.
However, Elise’s motives were clear.
“…I don’t know why you invaded the dark temple and broke Lilith’s seal without knowing the whole story, but I want to ask you not to do that again.”
Elise looked at Shien and spoke, mustering her courage.
“If Lilith’s seal is broken, the world will surely suffer a great disaster because of her arrival and turn into hell.”
It was easy to imagine the consequences if a being with power comparable to the Three Goddesses and the Six Demon Lords were to wreak havoc in the human world.
“Before the world was divided into three parts, the land suffered endless disasters because of Lilith’s rampage.”
Elise said.
“I’ve heard that at that time, there were many other races in the human world, including some with racial advantages no less than elves and beastmen. But they were all wiped out by Lilith.”
“It is said that Lilith also destroyed several continents and spread evil, causing monsters and even life itself to lose control and go berserk.”
“The land at that time undoubtedly became hell, and even the demons chose to avoid her.”
Such an evil god was undoubtedly more dangerous than the Demon King.
At least, the Demon King wouldn’t go insane and recklessly destroy everything in the world.
But Lilith did.
Therefore, the Divine Race had no choice but to intervene, with the Three Goddesses personally sealing her and exiling her to the world’s gap.
All because Lilith’s threat was too great.
“Now, after at least thousands of years, few people remember Lilith’s existence. Even legends only mention her in passing. Demons and the Divine Race have also forgotten this evil god, and only a few people still remember her.”
“And those who remember her know how terrifying she is and sincerely hope she will never appear again.”
“You are a noble of the Kingdom, and I heard that you once subjugated the Old Demon Faction. You wouldn’t want to see the world turn into hell, right?”
“So, I beg you, please don’t do that again.”
Elise’s tone was full of pleading.
“…”
Shien fell silent.
Lasha looked at Beatrice and found that she had raised her head at some point, staring intently at Shien.
The living room fell silent once again.
The silence lingered.
…
Later, Elise cautiously suggested returning to the temple, but Shien flatly refused.
“Although I now know what I wanted to know, your priest group must hate me to death now. If I let you go back, they will definitely interrogate you thoroughly and come after me for revenge.”
Therefore, Shien directly told Elise that he would hold her hostage to threaten the beastmen priest group.
“You… You really are a bad guy…!”
Elise accused tearfully, but it had no effect.
Shien wasn’t worried about her running away.
“Your magic power has been sealed by me, meaning you can’t use magic at all. Under these circumstances, as a rare and precious fox-person, what do you think will happen to you if you run out onto the streets, considering the current state of Cosmos, where criminals are rampant? Think carefully!”
Shien threatened Elise, making her face pale and tremble once more.
Compared to other beastmen, fox-people were fundamentally different.
Ordinary beastmen were naturally born with outstanding physical abilities, suitable for becoming excellent warriors. Only fox-people had no significant physical advantages, but they possessed magical talent that other beastmen severely lacked.
Their magical talent was even comparable to that of elves.
Thanks to this, the beastmen saintess was usually a fox-person.
Such a fox-person could only use magic and knew nothing about close combat. Once her magic power was sealed, she couldn’t even pray and could only be a weak, ordinary girl.
With her priest group not around and her timid personality, how could Elise dare to escape on her own?
“You will be punished by heaven! You will suffer divine retribution!”
Elise uttered these harsh words, then ran to Lasha, either seeking comfort or protection.
Beatrice also disappeared unnoticed, her whereabouts unknown.
Shien was left alone, standing on the balcony, looking at the chaotic buildings outside, lost in thought.