Antir's unusual condition shocked the Blood Princess and Big Dumb. They had never imagined that the girl who had been active as the "Goddess" for the past two thousand years, whose existence had shaped the fate of the four of them and even the entire world, had actually died more than two thousand years ago. Every time she was summoned to wield the holy sword and drive away demons, it had only been a departed soul sustained by an immensely powerful obsession. No one could easily accept something like that. The fact that Big Dumb and the Blood Princess had not fainted on the spot already proved their formidable willpower.
"That's how it is." Viska looked at Big Dumb and the Blood Princess, whose faces had gone pale. "Holy light carrying divinity is different from the lesser holy light used by mortals. Without control, it can instantly burn away everything. Antir was killed during that infusion ritual two thousand years ago. But it is still unclear to what extent her soul has been preserved... From what I can see, she no longer has any thoughts. The only thing proving that the human Girl called 'Antir' ever existed is this appearance of hers, merged with a god."
"Then what exactly is sustaining this form of hers?" I frowned. "** is gone, and her soul seems to have stopped functioning too. Yet this departed soul before us clearly exists. Is she Antir's remnant, or the lingering will left behind by the artifact's former owner?"
"Wait! The artifact's former owner wasn't..." The Blood Princess suddenly caught a few crucial words through her daze, and realization struck her. I gave her a slightly awkward smile. "Uh, actually, I told a little lie before when I was explaining things to So Ya, just to save