"Eh?! Why...?"
Gabriel was disappointed... and confused by Kiana's outright rejection.
Humans were still vastly inferior to angels, especially high-ranking angels. Immortality and eternal youth... were merely the most basic benefits.
Didn't she desire a long life?
Countless church believers spent their entire lives... yearning to be reborn as angels.
"There are too many restrictions on angels! I'm not confident..."
Kiana spoke honestly. She believed she was kind, but she wasn't confident... that she would never fall.
"How could that be?"
Hearing this, Gabriel immediately grabbed Kiana's little hand, looking utterly serious.
"Kiana, your soul is clearly even more radiant than an angel's. You absolutely don't need to lack confidence! Think it over carefully. After joining Heaven and becoming an angel, there will be plenty of benefits!"
In Gabriel's eyes, Kiana's soul... shone with incomparably dazzling brilliance. It was an ever-burning flame, radiating the light of the sun.
Kiana... her name also represented the "moon," and she herself acknowledged being called the goddess of the moon.
"I've already thought it over, but... I'm still sorry, Gabriel."
Kiana still shook her head. Her life was good as it was now. She didn't want to become any kind of angel. Being born human... she was already content.
"Though I don't plan to become an angel, I can consider joining the church."
Seeing Gabriel's disappointed gaze, Kiana thought for a moment and added that.
"Eh? Really?"
That single sentence turned Gabriel's sorrow into joy...
Although Kiana hadn't agreed to become an angel, joining the church was still a good step forward. That meant she would count as one of them, right? As for becoming an angel, they could take it slowly later.
Kiana was still young, so perhaps she didn't want to become an angel. But once she grew older... her thoughts would