Chapter 549

Even if she loses the qualification to reach the Divinity Throne, the prayer to become the most Perfection Angel will shine eternally, and Lilith at this moment is tantamount to insulting her.

In short.

Lilith stretched out her long arm and patted the head of the immobile Metatron.

"Oh ho, I've instilled in you the Evil you hate most. Just go and say 'I love you,' remember? Maybe you'll take off your clothes and open your chest then."

"... Huh?!"

His decisive words were as crisp and clean as a blade, and Metatron stubbornly shook his head.

"Stop trying to play tricks! I will absolutely not do as you wish! Absolutely not!"

What should I do?

Lilith's tousled hair became slightly tangled.

Out of habit, she subconsciously poked Metatron with her left hand with interest, but the Ring on her left hand was no longer there.

"To you, these are all disgusting things, nothing's changed, right? You're still the same as always, which is so delightful!"

"You utterly Evil— "

"Yes, I loved him, but not anymore. I'd say I hate him now. Maybe there's still love, or perhaps both."

"Huh—what? What does that mean...?"

Ignoring Metatron's increasingly lethargic behavior, Lilith laughed as usual, "Yahoo yahoo~".

"Oh, right! Metatron, I have some good news for you as a return gift—I haven't cared about Him for a long time, even though it's just a fantasy—but it still makes me quite happy. And let me tell you something else? What I just said was all a lie, just a facade of strength—in reality, as a human being, just thinking about Him makes me feel nauseous."

This could be described as self-contradictory, right?

But that's the kind of person Lilith is.

For humans, the scales of likes and dislikes in their hearts will waver if the person they love is evil, and will also waver if the person they hate is righteous.

After all, for human beings, a truly fair scale does not exist.

The current Lilith deeply loathes, even to the point of hatred, and is excessively absolute towards the Libra in her heart.

Even though I've already won once and taken it back once.

But,

"I used to really love Him! I've always loved Him deeply!"

After saying that, Lilith quietly closed her eyes.

"—And still now."

Like this.

He kept his head down and continued speaking to Metatron.

"That's obviously a lie!"

In any case, my time as Anat is over.

Yes, I (Anat) am clearly dead, but the Queen of Heaven who manifested based on my concept is now struggling in depravity. Logically speaking, she, who was born from me (Anat), can be called my sister.

Why did His gaze leave me at that moment?

Veya... Ah, Veya, it is because of you that I, Anat, can become Lilith. Even though your feelings for me are filled with hostility and disgust, it is nothing but a trivial matter. In this Universe, I love (hate) you more than anyone else.

So, why did you look away from me at that time?

You lied to me.

Unable to face that kind of Sorrow, I left alone without permission.

You should have killed me then. The fact that you didn't prove how dishonest you are, a betrayal I can never forgive.

In that world called Mesopotamia, Lilith, who had arrived there, was the first to seize the Willow Tree where Ista lived.

"What a third-rate human being."

"Third-rate!"

Hehe.

Hearing the words of the Goddess from another land, Ista, whom she would have killed in the past, Lilith smiled.

Smiling without any sign of unease.

"That's right, it's third-rate."

"It's ridiculous."

"Right."

"Disgusting."

"Right."

Seriously—it makes me furious just looking at it.

"Right."

Lilith offered no objection whatsoever.

Even though he was completely rejected, insulted, and belittled, he didn't say a word.

Even Ista was speechless in response.

The Goddess of Mesopotamia couldn't help but wonder, what kind of look was that?

A mixture of anxiety, fear, and urgency swirls within, heartbreaking to behold, radiating a terrifying light.

In the sudden silence, Lilith's wings fluttered naturally... as if she were shedding tears of joy.

Thanks to you, I'm already broken.

The chance to love you forever was taken away, and I became a human being who hates you terribly.

It's all your fault, WY (Wei)Y (Ya).

It's all your fault.

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Metatron, pierced and pinned by the Greatsword, watched Lilith depart. On the Angel King's body was a boiling darkness, as if Hell itself had descended.

It's really disgusting.

Even if it were still El, who claimed to be a god, walking around, it wouldn't be this bad, even for just a moment. Allowing this to exist is already a tremendous disgrace.

If I were to choose to commit suicide now, returning everything to its original state, perhaps I could also erase the malignant intelligence— Sloth— that was spreading within me...

No, you mustn't commit suicide; you haven't been rejected yet.

Undeniably, Lilith's preparations were Perfection. The reason she appeared before me at this moment was probably to see my despair.

But what should we do now?

If the Holy Seat and the Crown were still intact, even if he were severely injured, he wouldn't have ended up in such a state. This may sound presumptuous, but I'm not saying this to criticize the Lord; I'm just stating the facts. In any case, the fault lies with Him.

Snap!

"It hurts so much..."

As Lilith's half-pink Greatsword dissipated, Metatron, losing his support, uncontrollably collapsed to the ground, face down.

Just then, Lilith, who had been leisurely walking away, suddenly turned around, a lollipop dangling from her mouth, and revealed a joyful smile.

"Hey! I actually let you go, huh? Even though you clearly hate me so much, I still let you become my 'partner.' Am I just magnanimous, or just incredibly generous? Anyway, don't push your luck with my gentle Metatron!"

After saying that, Lilith completely disappeared from Metatron's sight.

Seeing this situation, Metatron, who had no immediate solutions, chose the most direct approach, which was—

He slammed his head hard into the ground.

As Metatron expected, she immediately fainted.

In the darkness, Metatron subconsciously began to look at the memories of 'Jeanne d'Arc', after all, as the Scribe of Kingdom of Heaven, that was what she did.

What was that sound she heard?

As Saintess, Jeanne d'Arc's fate is well-known: she was burned at the stake.

However, what puzzled Metatron the most was that the voice that rang out to Jeanne d'Arc was regarded by the Saintess as a 'Revelation'.

Although it didn't seem like a big problem at first glance, for Metatron, for the Scribe of Kingdom of Heaven who was always focused on the Lord, it just seemed incredible.

This is not that Jesus, nor is it the Lord I know...

Could it be that so-called Holy Spirit...?

Metatron naturally assumed that the Holy Spirit in the Trinity was, like the Angel, an 'incarnation of God' created through word of mouth among humankind.

The reason she did this is actually quite simple.

The Holy Spirit was truly established in the fourth century.

For many years after the First Ecumenical Council of Rome in Novia, the Church in the Christ world only discussed the issue of the homology of the Son of God and the Father, and the orthodoxy of the Holy Spirit was never mentioned.

Although the Roman Empire and the Holy Church were united in their external development based on the Holy Scripture, it was quite normal for different factions to emerge over the centuries.

For example, in the Lord El-Melloi II, a man named Montanus founded a school Montanism.

During his baptism, Montanus proclaimed the coming of the Holy Spirit into the new world, spoke of the heavenly descent of the New Jerusalem and the imminent start of the millennium, thus attracting many believers to follow him.

Montanus claimed to be a "vessel of new Revelation" chosen by the Holy Spirit, and also proclaimed that Christ's promises had been fulfilled and the age of the Comforter had come. He had two female followers named Priscilla and Maximilla, who first sought Montanus's approval, and then each divorced their husbands to follow Montanus, becoming two female prophets.

At the same time, Montanus insisted that believers must personally receive special spiritual power from God, and that this power can only be used to face and solve the needs of the time when the Holy Spirit descends upon an individual and performs special works.

It should be noted that the Holy Spirit was not yet defined as one of the Trinity at this time, because the term "Trinity" is not explicitly used in the New Testament.

In the third century, Tertullian, the representative of the North African theological school second only to Augustine during the Fathers' era, questioned the Montanism. At the same time, in order to debate with Praxeas, the leader of the then powerful Christianity Modalism, which believed in the oneness of the divine, he first proposed the doctrine of the Trinity.

In fact, the widespread development of morphology was also secretly supported by Rome Zephyrinus at the time, naturally because Pope was for the purpose of fighting against the Rome Imperial Family.

The Trinity claimed by Tertullian at this time was not entirely the same as the later Trinity; his Trinity was subordinate and had a hierarchy.

Later, Cyprian, the Tertullian bishop and disciple of Carthage, also inherited the doctrine of the Trinity. Cyprian led to the disappearance of the priesthood and the complete intervention of the clergy.

However, the advocacy of these two individuals merely laid the groundwork for the doctrine of the Trinity. The person who truly established the Trinity as a core theological Faith of the Church was Jerome, the new Bishop of Rome, in the fourth century, many years after the vast Roman Empire split into East and West, and within the weakened Church of the Eastern Roman Empire —a man whom the New Rome, Jerome, regarded as having a great Future.

Saint Augustine.

His * the City of God * states:

"The Holy Spirit's authority in writing the Bible."

"The Father is the Father of the Son of God, the Son of God is the Son of the Father, but the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of the Father and the Son; he is neither the Father nor the Son of God."

"The Father is God's existence, the Son of God is God's Wisdom, and the Holy Spirit is God's will."

"When we speak of the Holy Spirit, we are not speaking of the Spirit of the Father, nor the Spirit of the Son of God, but the Holy Spirit of both."

"But if we carefully examine what is said in these narratives ( of the City of God), (if) the Holy Spirit helps me to complete this investigation, we will find significant, or at least not minor, prophecies about the Future, not just records of ancient history. To trace back in the investigation or to present in the breadth, even just thinking about it, who wouldn't consider it a difficult, grand, and voluminous task?"

"What we need is a dedicated discussion, rather than something that can be resolved in a book like this."

"Therefore, I believe I must restrain my style, ensuring this book unfolds according to the will of the Holy Spirit (the Lord), without saying anything superfluous or omitting anything necessary."

After the main Church in the Western Rome was completely destroyed, Augustine, who rebuilt the Holy Church in the Eastern Rome, formally established the position of the Holy Spirit in the Trinity at the First Council of Constantinople, based on the City of God.

In other words, Metatron's idea is perfectly reasonable. For a very long time, the God of the Old Testament, as recorded by humankind, consisted of only one being; Angels and Demons were merely Conceptual Dress. Because, aside from that strange... Son of God named Jesus, the Holy Spirit, who, according to human definition, became one of the divine entities, should theoretically also be Conceptual Dress...

Moreover, Metatron felt that the position of Holy Spirit was actually quite suitable for Shekinah, who had disappeared because of Lilith.

Because,

Epistle to the Galatians 5:17 (New Testament)

The desires of the flesh contend with the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit contends with the desires of the flesh; these two are enemies of each other.

That being said, Metatron couldn't be sure that Jeanne d'Arc was hearing the voice of the Holy Spirit, but it was also possible that that was what she thought.

In fact, to a certain extent, the Greater Source from which the true birth of the Holy Spirit of Augustine was confirmed was Novia as Avia. It was through contact with him that Augustine wrote The City of the City of God. In other words, Novia directly brought about the status of the Holy Spirit.

The reason he once believed himself to be the Holy Spirit was because he learned about the Book of Revelation from the Apostle John during the Rome era.

Since no one at the time knew what the Holy Spirit was, Novia, who traveled through time, knew very well and understood that the description referred to him. Therefore, he was certain that he himself was the Holy Spirit in Book of Revelation.