There Are No Atonement Mechas in the World of Disorder. Otherwise...

There were only Ed and Sailesi in the room, or three if you included Luxiusi lying in the coffin.

Vines climbed up Sailesi's body, pinning him firmly to the ground, allowing Ed to sense whether the man was lying.

Sailesi, on the other hand, spoke with absolute certainty, recounting in detail how he missed the Theocracy in the Skeleton Alliance, how he used the Dream of Rebirth to create an information gap, and how he still managed to cause some trouble before leaving.

Ed listened quietly; the story of the five skeletal councilors playing with Merge Watermelon was actually something he had expected.

Ed had no idea what the synthesized product would actually be for the time being.

After all, the life form and power of Crystal Clusters weren't created by Ed, but who can say for sure?

Just as he did not create the race of Machine Spirit, in this universe where the underlying logic is Psionic Energy, everything seems possible.

But something else Sailesi mentioned struck Ed as odd—

The other party described in detail the feeling of being watched that they had sensed before entering the Theocracy.

Ed for a moment and asked Sailesi if he could still sense it, but received a negative answer.

According to Sailesi, that feeling began to gradually dissipate after entering the territory of the Theocracy.

By the time Ed's clone began to manifest on the top floor of the cathedral, the feeling of being secretly watched had completely disappeared.

Is it really possible for someone to do something almost as good as me?

Ed, who was also a "voyeur" enthusiast, fell into thought.

After Sailesi had poured out his heart and revealed all the information he could, it was at this moment that Geliwusi finally walked in carrying a large stack of thick files.

His somewhat obese belly pressed against the side of the stack of documents, effectively preventing them from falling if the stack was too high.

Setting down the heavy case file, Geliwusi wiped his sweat and, at Ed's prompting, said to Sailesi:

"Look at all the stupid things you've done."

Sailesi didn't dare to delay and quickly went forward to look through the case files.

Although his past actions were heinous and unforgivable, unlike those chaotic villains, Sailesi knew exactly what he wanted.

The direct result of this style of doing things was that Sailesi meticulously documented his entire plan over the decades, including exactly how he gradually fell into depravity.

From initially recruiting volunteers to later imposing exorbitant taxes, using the pretext of joining choirs and priests to deceive the people, and then importing large quantities of "Base Body" from the empire, the life trajectory of the Stained Ones Sailesi was like riding a slide, only to fall and fall again.

Ed propped his head up with his hand while sitting in the chair, with Geliwusi standing beside him, sighing occasionally.

Sailesi read very quickly; he finished browsing the half-person-high file in less than an hour, and clearly imprinted every detail in his mind.

Having finished reading, he knelt before Ed again. This time, the former cardinal, who seemed somewhat deranged due to amnesia, did not rise, but only let out muffled sobs.

Ed didn't care whether Sailesi was sincere or not. Listening to the Skeleton Man's sobs and thinking of the countless children who had been rescued, he felt that only now could the matter of the Stained Ones truly be resolved.

I'll give you two choices.

Ed suddenly spoke seriously.

Sailesi paused, then forced back his sobs.

"You already know the crimes you have committed. In any country's law, such behavior is punishable by death. Therefore, your first choice is to accept trial and be executed in accordance with the law."

"There are many benefits to doing this. It can truly end the sins of the Stained Ones and put a complete end to this greatest act of blasphemy in history."

"But the downside is that you've killed far too many people, yet you can only die once, which is really unfair."

"The other option is to be locked in a cage, constantly experiencing the cycle of life and death, and feeling the excruciating pain of being torn apart again and again."

"Your sins can never be redeemed, but at least they can quell all the anger."

"At that time, I might be able to give you a quick death and let Sailesi Richter truly die."

After Ed finished speaking, Sailesi paused for a moment, then gave his answer firmly:

"Your Highness, please allow me to atone for my past sins to the best of my ability; for this, I am willing to give everything."

"Good."

Ed waved his hand and looked at Geliwusi was standing to one side:

"Let's tidy up the old Holy Crusaders headquarters, open a new 'Dungeon,' and then fight Sailesi."

"From now on, he'll stay there. If there's war, he'll be taken out and released into the Wild Hunt."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Geliwusi bowed and accepted the order.

Ed then looked at Sailesi:

"You said before that Skeleton Man don't experience pain in a biological sense, is that right?"

Sailesi nodded calmly:

"No, when Skeleton Man is injured, it only experiences a momentary sense of emptiness from memory loss."

"In that case, you should also regain the ability to feel pain."

Ed stretched out a hand, then clenched it tightly.

Numerous roots and shoots sprouted from the cracks in the rocks, climbing up Sailesi's legs and completely enveloping his body.

Sailesi didn't feel suffocated, but he always felt that something was wrong.

Several months ago, he lay on a stone platform beneath the Skeleton Alliance, feeling his body gradually turning into skeletons and Crystal Cluster.

But now, this process seems to be rapidly reversing under the great power of the Son of God.

The plant tissues climbed onto his bones like slime, and then began to swell and deform according to his memory of how he looked as a human.

Both muscles and ligaments are growing rapidly and fitting into the original skeleton.

Only now did Sailesi realize that his lingering connection with the Skeleton Alliance had truly been severed.

When Sailesi opened his eyes again, he was astonished to find that he had regained his body. He was about to take a good look at his physical body when he suddenly reached out his hand involuntarily.

The blood vessels under his skin bulged, and thick, bluish-green lines broke through the flesh at the base of his wrist.

A vibrant, blood-red spider lily swayed gently without wind, as if demonstrating its loyalty to Ed.

Seeing the [Dream of Rebirth] return to its natural plant state, Ed reached out and picked it, pulling the roots and all.

The red spider lilies danced joyfully and quickly merged into his palm.