Conquer Heaven

Miss Surtr nodded inwardly.

"I've read your story; you're very suited to writing fairy tales. But I think you could perhaps add some new elements to your story," the girl said softly. Her voice, imbued with a fiery intensity, vibrated with a steely resolve.

"You mean..." The young Andersen's eyes also ignited with the same fire—but he was completely unaware of it.

"Add some mythology. Norse elements... I think both the good guys and bad guys in fairy tales need a natural enemy. Let's use the world-destroying Fire Giants."

"But... but..." Andersen's thoughts were caught in confusion. "... Adding mythology to fairy tales... would children... still like it?"

"Don't worry, just add a line or two in the side or in the background. Also, you can slightly change Surtr's appearance. Change it to Surtr with a slightly different pronunciation. As for the character design, just refer to mine."

"Directly... refer to... you?"

"Yes." A decisive whisper escaped the girl's throat. "Use my image directly to be the natural enemy and end of all good and evil."

"Because I am the Twilight."

The young student suddenly shivered.

He abruptly looked up, but the girl in the red dress was nowhere to be seen. Just as he patted his head, thinking he was simply hallucinating from exhaustion, a whispered voice swept through his mind.

Go create.

—Go... to depict Twilight.

Suddenly, the image of a beautiful, spirited young girl appeared in his mind. Accompanying this was an unexpected burst of inspiration.

"I have to write it down..." he muttered to himself.

And at the very moment this change occurred in 1822, nearly two centuries later, in 'the present', Copenhagen, Denmark.

All the fairytale monsters vanished in an instant. In their place stood a perfectly intact modern city. Lively and energetic ordinary citizens. And, the overlapping flames of Twilight covering the Denmark sky.

New memories were generated in the minds of everyone present. Only Miss Surtr, while retaining her past memories, was also aware of everything in the new world line—the world line had been corrected. All the corrupted monsters from Andersen tales were remotely cursed and killed by Miss Surtr in the new world line at the moment of their birth. The Twilight Flame overflowing from their bodies dispelled all starlight and suppressed this area.

Athena did what she promised.

So...

—Next comes the simple yet tedious repetitive work.

Surtr stood up, ignoring the city that no longer needed her attention. And then...

She travels to another node in the Worldline Correction.

I was busy visiting relatives and friends for the New Year... so it got really late, sorry _(:з"∠)_

I'm considering opening a bounty... but I feel like I'm unlikely to get perfect attendance this month. So maybe it would be more appropriate to open it next month.

However, some group members suggested that we could offer a reward first and then add more chapters next month... emmmm... it seems that this kind of operation is not popular on Bookke?

Chapter 137 - Conquering Paradise

The past is constantly being revised.

The correction of the past influences the present.

In 1815, at the Battle of Waterloo, as the once-mighty Emperor Napoleon prepared for what he never imagined would be the final campaign of his life, the Allied soldiers witnessed a Goddess in a red dress appear on the Rhine River, pointing her sword at the French lines. This sight greatly boosted the morale of the Allied forces. This anecdote was subsequently recorded in history and has been passed down through the ages.

In 1793, before Louis XVI was hanged, the famous executioner who was originally in charge of the execution was absent for some reason. A female citizen with long red hair volunteered to take over the duty of executing the king. The woman called herself Surtr, and the scene of her holding up Louis XVI's head was painted by a famous painter and has been passed down to posterity.

In April 1775, at Lexington, the Americans fired the first shot of independence. According to the recollections of those who participated in the war, the first to step forward and fire was an unnamed woman in a red dress. Her shot was exceptionally accurate, directly wounding the British commander and thus securing the first victory in North America.

In 1690, a female writer using the pen name Surtr wrote * The Human Rights and Sovereignty *. The author's true identity remains unknown, but it caused a sensation across Europe at the time. Later scholars unanimously agree that the book's publication marked the beginning of the Enlightenment. Many famous thinkers, such as Rousseau, Voltaire, and Montesquieu, quoted parts of the book.

The defeat of the Invincible Armada in 1588 marked a shift in global dominance. It is said that the tactic of using fire ships and wolfpack tactics to devour the Spaniards fleet originated from a red-haired female strategist in the English court. While the reasons for her appointment and her true identity remain unknown, historical records indicate that the most crucial step in Britain's rise was orchestrated by this woman.

In 1492, aboard Columbus's ship, on the eve of the discovery of the New World, every single sailor dreamt of a woman in a red dress guiding them. The sailors regarded her as a sea Goddess and prayed to her before setting foot on America. This custom spread among the sailors, becoming a tradition, even an unshakeable Iron Rule. Even centuries later, as the Mayflower approached the America, some claimed to have received a dream from the Goddess.

In 1453, on the final battlefield before the fall of Byzantium, soldiers, generals, and monarchs from both armies witnessed a red-clad Goddess wielding a sword passing through the Byzantium walls. The morale of the Roman Empire collapsed as a result. Later, scholars believe the sword-wielding Goddess who appeared on the Rhine River Battle of Waterloo is the same one.

In 1097, the crusaders of the First Eastern Expedition met in Constantinople. The Byzantium warmly welcomed them and dispatched a wise and devout female scholar to assist the Eastern Expedition in their continued struggle. According to various documents, this scholar's name was Surtr, and she led the campaigns to recapture Nicaea and conquer Jerusalem. Even at the founding of the Jerusalem Dynasty, she personally lifted the crown, crowning Baldwin I.

In 843, the Carolingian Empire split. The scribe who drafted the legal code that led to the creation of the Treaty of Verdun, which connected Germany, France, and Italy, was an unnamed woman with long red hair.

In 476, when the Western Roman Empire fell, Roman soldiers claimed that the enemy was protected by the Goddess of war in a red dress. Therefore, facing certain defeat, they abandoned the battle and fled.

In 395, when the Roman Empire split, scholars claimed it was a calamity brought down by the Goddess of discord, the red-skirted goddess. This is also the source of the subsequent theological confusion. Scholars simply couldn't understand why, in ancient texts, the Goddess of discord, the Goddess of war, the sea Goddess ... and a whole host of other Goddess were all referred to as Surtr.

This sparked a massive academic debate, with many scholars even agreeing that the Renaissance was triggered by the controversy surrounding this ancient Goddess. Based on this, Surtr became a very popular name for newborns. So much so that later generations were no longer surprised to find rows of Surtr names in history books.

Because, as these students flipped through their history books, they often encountered more than one girl among their classmates who had been named Surtr by their parents.

The person involved might find this slightly bothersome. However, this person has never been particularly concerned about such minor details.

Thus, time moved to a most crucial juncture.

In the Year of Our Lord, in Bethlehem.

Miss Surtr opened her eyes, one side of her gaze fixed on the 'present,' while the other side gazed upon a remote town two thousand years ago.

The Year of Our Lord marks the birth of the Messiah as the Son of Man.

At the 'real' point in time, the entire Eurasia-Africa chain, along with everything within Oceania, has returned to stability after a superposition of changes—except for Chinese history, which was not deliberately interfered with, Miss Surtr's traces have been etched into every corner of human history. And the achievement of this result points to a single, unique truth.

The course of history remained unchanged. Surtr's intervention did not trigger a butterfly effect that prematurely wiped out humanity. While the course of history remained unchanged, all the gods who had managed to escape the divine realm before her after she launched her war and brought calamity to the earth perished the moment they appeared in the world, killed by the eruption and spread of the Twilight Flame generated within them.

The timeline has been corrected. Except for North America, everything—people, things, and all that was destroyed in the war of the gods—has been revived and forgotten its memory of destruction. And all they know is that the Twilight Flame suddenly appeared, carrying starlight as it rose into the sky and blotted out the heavens—they don't understand what happened; they only know that the clouds in the sky have turned into flames.

They were fortunate to die in ignorance, and to be resurrected in ignorance. And in ignorance, to forget everything.

They are luckier than God.

Whether gods evolved naturally or were created artificially.

So...

Miss Surtr stepped forward and saw several scholars approaching in the distance—she knew who they were. They were visitors from Bethlehem, scholars from the East. They would bring gold, myrrh, and frankincense to the newborn Messiah and offer blessings to this future Savior of mankind.

This is how it is described in the papacy's mythology.

However... Miss Surtr tilted her head.