"Sinners"

She said she wasn't Aurora Lee? Lumian felt as if she'd been struck by Lightning; her entire brain seemed to stop working.

Actually, he guessed that Aurora Lee wasn't his Older Sister's real name. Someone who specifically went to settle in a border mountain village would most likely not use their real name. But in the nearly six years they spent together, he could clearly feel that his Older Sister preferred the name Aurora Lee. She never mentioned her original name or life in front of him. Moreover, the Identity Documents documents she had forged became more and more realistic. When she became a well-known bestselling author, they couldn't be more real.

Why did she suddenly say that?

What does this have to do with her inexplicable belief in That One being who claims to be Fate?

The throbbing pain in her head brought Lumian back to reality from the Impact of the message, and she asked urgently, "Did she say who she was?"

On the Mirror's surface, now free of Black Flame and Frost, Guillaume Béné, his face Paleness and bluish, replied in bewilderment, "She said she was Roche Louise Sanson."

A name I'd never heard of before... Lumian frowned and asked, "What else has she said about this identity?"

Guillaume Béné shook his head:

"No."

Lumian raised his left hand, pressed it against the side of his head, and after a few seconds of silence, asked, "Was the sacrifice of the entire Cordou Village in exchange for the arrival of the Fate Angel planned by Roche Louise Sanson?"

Guillaume Béné seemed to struggle, but ultimately could not resist the influence of "Spiritism" and honestly replied, "No, it's what I want to do."

"I wanted to attain Divinity and become Saint as soon as possible, but Aurora Lee, who had expressed her approval a few hours earlier, opposed my plan a few hours later and was always undecided. In the end, I chose to keep it from her and secretly began to prepare. Later, she tacitly approved of our attempt and even provided help at crucial moments, although she was occasionally not very cooperative and did some destructive things, but she would quickly compromise."

Your description of Aurora sounds like someone with a split personality... Lumian subconsciously wanted to protect Aurora's image, but then she remembered the Lizard- like transparent Elf that had crawled out of her Older Sister's mouth, and how she would occasionally be lucid and discuss ways to get out of trouble with her.

Even when she was "sober," Aurora was not entirely normal; she didn't even remember the Messenger who summoned Hella to ask for help in the simplest and fastest way.

Lumian then asked, "When did Aurora begin spreading the belief in Fate in the Cordou Village?"

Guillaume Béné was a little more dazed than before:

"My Primordial One investigation revealed that it happened around May or June of Last Year, and then she secretly came to visit me."

This basically matches my speculation... Something must have happened some time before that caused Aurora to be Corruption... If she was a believer in Fate from the beginning, it's impossible that she would only try to proselytize five or six years after settling down... Lumian showed a pained expression, but quickly suppressed it:

Have you seen the transparent Lizard- like creature in Cordou Village?

"No," Guillaume Béné replied truthfully.

"Do you know if there's a ' Sufferer ' in the Cordou Village?" Lumian pressed.

Guillaume Béné paused for a moment:

"I don't know, no."

Lumian's facial muscles twitched instinctively as he asked, "Have you seen an Owl around Aurora?"

"No," Guillaume Béné replied again, giving a negative answer.

Lumian asked several more questions related to the Calamity in Cordou Village, but received no satisfactory or effective answers. Finally, he asked, "Is there a Concealment organization or Church of Evil God behind Roche Louise Sanson?"

Guillaume Béné, his face Paleness and increasingly blurry, finally nodded:

Yes, they are called ' Sinners '.

"I am now one of the ' Sinners ' Archbishop."

"Sinners"... Church of Evil God that believes in Fate? Lumian's spirits lifted, and he asked further, "Who is the leader of ' Sinners,' and who is responsible for contacting you?"

"I don't know who the leader is, only that he is the only one among all Sinners who possesses Divinity," Guillaume Béné in Cavern voice. "The one responsible for contacting me is Buwal Pompairo."

The only one possessing Divinity... could it be that "Sufferer" who was lurking around me before? Lumian wondered as he asked, "How do I contact Buwal Pompairo?"

"It's useless," Guillaume Béné replied in a detached voice. "Once I die, he will sense the Change in Destiny and eliminate all clues beforehand. Among the abilities he gained through the Contract is ' Transformation,' he can be anything, but he will no longer be himself."

It can take any form, but it will no longer be myself... Using "Transformation" for too long might drive me completely insane... Perhaps I should ask at Asylum if there are any patients with similar cognitive impairments... I'll have to be cautious even after I gain more Contract Ability. Three or four negative effects are fine, but once they increase, not only will I be prone to problems, but I'll also be exploited by enemies... Someone like Parish Priest, if he encounters members of the "Bliss Society" or Gifted of the "Mother Tree of Desire," he'll definitely be easily dealt with... Lumian looked at the Mirror on the Altar and asked, "What did the ' Sinners ' organization send you to the Red Princess District for?"

A hint of fanaticism appeared on Guillaume Béné's blurred face:

"On one hand, it's to satisfy my desires; on the other hand, it's to secretly develop believers and prepare for the next large-scale Ritual. Only when our Lord descends to earth can we Sinners receive forgiveness and baptism, and be freed from our Predestination Destiny."

"Was your money provided by the ' Sinners ' organization, or did you earn it yourself?" Lumian wanted to find clues by tracing the source of the money.

Guillaume Béné shook his head:

"It was an anonymous deposit certificate from Aurora Lee—no, it was from Roche Louise Sanson—with a full 100,000 Felkine."

"Damn it, you pig!" Lumian blurted out.

Although he had expected this, the thought of the Parish Priest using Aurora's royalties to support Courtesan, live in a big house, and develop followers of the Evil God ignited a rage that shot straight to his head.

Lumian suppressed his emotions and sneered, "Didn't the ' Sinners ' organization provide you with Beyonder Characteristic? Haven't you ever taken Potion?"

Otherwise, the Parish Priest would be even more formidable and difficult to deal with.

"The Beyonder Characteristic of the ' Seer,' ' Monster,' ' Apprentice,' and ' Thief ' Pathway, Attunement the 'Blessed Gifted Fate,' are not easy to obtain, and I am currently searching for them."

"Given the negative effects those Contract Creature had on me, if I drank Pathway other Potion or [the] _book], I would definitely Loss of Control on the spot."

Fortunately, the negative effects on me are currently few and weak; otherwise, it would be very dangerous to Potion "Hunter's " Pathway again in the future... Lumian's spirituality was almost completely drained, so she quickly asked her last question:

What are the names of Sequence 6 through Sequence 0 in the ' Fate ' Pathway?

Guillaume Béné's voice became increasingly Cavern.

"Sequence 6 is ' Ascetic,' Sequence 5 is ' Fate Hunter,' Sequence 4 is ' Person of the Loop,' Sequence 3 is ' Sufferer,' and beyond that, I don't know."

"Ascetic"... that sounds like an advancement from "Mendicant Friar"... Why didn't Termiboros tell me? Well, he's a victim, and he'll be stripped of the "Ascetic" Gift later, so it's normal that he wouldn't want to answer related questions. If he hadn't reacted at all and had readily given the answer, I would have been scared, thinking there must be a trap... Lumian slightly raised his head, his expression unconsciously Distortion:

What abilities do Ascetic possess?

Guillaume Béné in a ethereal voice, "'The essence of Ascetic ' is endurance, accumulation, and explosion. By storing their strength within their bodies, they can unleash it in a short time during battle, transforming themselves into Giant. By accumulating the procedures of Ritual, they can simplify certain special Ritual and apply them in combat."

Like Giant... a brief outburst... Lumian remembered the battle between the Shepherd Pierre Berri and the investigator Ryan, and the metallic Giant that the Parish Priest had just transformed into.

If it weren't for the fact that in the previous battle, the Metallization Guillaume Béné clearly hesitated to engage in close combat due to the "Heng-Ha Art," and maintained a sufficient distance while changing positions in time, so that Franca's "Mental Pierce" couldn't be effective, he could have given Lumian a good beating simply by combining his "Steel Body" and "Ascetic" abilities.

This also proves the correctness of Lumian abandoning the strange creatures in the Gift's innate knowledge and insisting on finding Contract partner from the information on Spirit World Creature. Otherwise, the Parish Priest could have accurately judged whether he could still use the "Heng-Ha Art" and how much combat ability he still had. In that case, the opponent's choices in battle and the final result would most likely be completely different.

Guillaume Béné had previously "revealed" that the Ritual would be simplified:

By wrapping a person in Sheepskin containing the accumulated Ritual procedures and reciting Incantation, one can turn the person into Sheep without having to perform complicated and troublesome Ritual.

Just as Lumian was about to ask the Parish Priest if he knew what abilities the "Sufferer" possessed, a sharp, needle-like pain suddenly shot through his head, and he could no longer hold on.

He was somewhat disappointed, but also accepting. If it weren't for Franca's self-created "Magic Mirror Spiritism," how could he have asked so many questions and received so many answers?

Lumian activated his own "Spirit Vision," ending the "Spiritism," and while breathing heavily, watched Guillaume Béné's spirit float out of the Mirror.

Having calmed down slightly, he suddenly stretched out his right palm and grasped the Spirit Body of the Parish Priest.

This was clearly beyond control of the intangible, but Crimson Flames erupted from Lumian's palm, instantly igniting the already extremely fragile spirit of Guillaume Béné.

In the firelight, more intense than the midday Sun, Lumian watched the Ghost struggling instinctively, its face contorted in Pain. A smirk played on his lips as he whispered:

Praise the Sun!

Guillaume Béné paused for a moment, then quickly vanished in the Flames.