Free Web NovelChapter 1421: Chapter 46: Mother Goddess Blessing
Inside the Sanctuary of the Spirit Realm, Alagina used the faint glow coming from the little David at her side, along with the thin starlight leaking in through cracks in the ceiling, to carefully size up the very unusual "Cardinal" before her.
The starlight was extremely dim—perhaps because of that scarlet mist she had glimpsed just now out of the corner of her eye, coiling around the breach in the Sanctuary. She didn’t dare look in that direction again, not after the strange Cardinal’s warning.
Alagina was a complete stranger to this place, and she had no intention of getting herself killed by ignoring advice and doing something dangerous.
Facing the Cardinal’s question, Alagina hesitated for a moment, then spoke,
"I’m Alagina."
"Ah, Alagina, that really is a lovely name..."
The red-haired youth before her drifted over at an unhurried pace, stopping not far in front of Alagina. His words sounded mechanical and monotonous, yet a warm smile bloomed on his face.
That kind of smile unconsciously eased some of Alagina’s wariness. She couldn’t help turning to the little David floating beside her and asked,
"You both have the same name."
"Ah, that’s because the basic manufacturing technology came from my dad and mom. They liked me very much, so even after they made other bodies with corresponding independent minds, they still used my name for them. But I’m the first body my dad and mom ever created, and I’ve never seen the independent body beside you before... it’s really strange."
David slowly turned his head to look at the little David, an obvious confusion appearing on his face. Alagina couldn’t help but press on,
"Your dad and mom are... Angels?"
"No. David’s dad is one of the Holy Descendants, and mom is a Transferee. But strictly speaking, dad doesn’t have gender, and mom is actually male, so it sounds a bit odd. Alagina only needs to know that they are very important existences to David, but I haven’t seen them for a very, very long time... Oh right, Alagina, would you like to visit my home? It’s inside the Sanctuary."
"What... is a Transferee?"
"Oh, mm, that’s what the Holy Descendants call mom, but David doesn’t know what it means either."
"..."
When he mentioned "dad and mom," the exquisitely beautiful, androgynous face of David showed a very obvious sorrow, but soon he lifted a bright, sunlit smile again and pointed to the pitch-black space behind him, inviting Alagina.
Alagina glanced at the little David, who had suddenly fallen silent at her side. He seemed to be very wary of this suddenly appearing "senior," or perhaps "progenitor." She hesitated for a moment, unsure whether she should follow this odd Cardinal onward.
But there was nothing at all around her here, and she hadn’t forgotten why she’d come...
"Is it just you here?"
"People? Oh, if Alagina means Davids... yes, there’s only one ’person’ here, David."
"What about the Holy Descendants? Wasn’t this supposed to be their Sanctuary?"
"...I don’t quite remember exactly what happened. It seems the storage modules in my body suffered some damage. I only remember a very small portion of things from a very, very long time ago. I remember that this Sanctuary was built by the Angel Yuphile. But I’ve forgotten why I ended up here, or where the other Holy Descendants went. I have no way to leave this place to look for them, so all I can do is stay here on standby and wait for them to come back."
David’s tone was innocent, but to Alagina’s ears it sounded utterly pitiful, like a child who had lost his parents yet forced himself to keep smiling. She couldn’t help feeling a twinge of compassion.
The little David at her side, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up excitedly when he heard the name "Yuphile" from David’s mouth,
"My Creator, so this place was built by her!"
David smiled and nodded, then turned his face full of Hope toward Alagina beside him and asked her again,
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"...All right, you lead the way."
"Wonderful. All these years David has kept the house in pretty good shape. I checked it when I first woke up too—there shouldn’t be too much damage... Please, follow me!"
"Mm."
Alagina hesitated for a moment, but still decided to follow the Cardinal before her and head into the so‑called depths of the "Sanctuary" to take a look. Having him as a guide was much better than wandering around here alone.
She kept feeling that this place was extremely dangerous—perhaps not inside the Sanctuary, but... outside the Sanctuary?
David turned around with a jubilant cheer, exposing more of the damaged parts hidden under his white robe to Alagina’s view, but he didn’t notice at all as he flew off into the darkness, motioning for Alagina to follow.
As Alagina followed David away, she failed to notice that the starlight seeping in through the previously damaged section of the ceiling suddenly dimmed, and even that terrifying scarlet mist twisted as it surged outward...
Taking its place was a wash of Moonlight, a blend of dusky violet and silver‑white, icy cold and liquid as water.
The walls of the deep corridor were completely intact, and as he led the way ahead, David suddenly spoke up to warm the atmosphere,
