Drip, drip!
Suddenly, Belinda’s soul began to shed dark, tear-like drops of blood.
Thanks to this, Seongjin, who had been listening attentively to her story, had to scream silently at the sudden horror that assaulted his vision.
‘Damn it! I thought she looked normal for once. But of course, she’s nothing but a vengeful spirit!’
Sniff!
Fortunately, she quickly composed herself. Uncharacteristically for a soul, she blew her black nose with a snort, and Belinda continued speaking in a tearful voice.
[Thus, I came to welcome you there, my master. It is precisely because of you that my empty soul is now utterly filled with joy and ecstasy.]
“Um, Belinda. I’m sorry to interrupt your story, but…”
Seongjin couldn’t help but point it out.
She belonged to the Penance Order, which claimed to seek the other shore through penance by [Repentance]’s side.
Even if, for the sake of argument, Seongjin was indeed the [Archbishop of Rest] that Hayes spoke of, wasn’t Belinda’s lineage completely different from his own? So, was it really okay for her to arbitrarily change her object of worship like this?
But to that question, Belinda firmly shook her head.
[I have become the form of a pure soul, and therefore, I can never speak falsehoods to my master. I could not fail to recognize that the one I must serve is none other than you. O prepared one, master of souls!]
Belinda’s logic was simple.
She had served [Repentance] in her lifetime because she believed he was the Main God manifested in the world under a different name.
There was a reason why all the brothers of the dark orders prided themselves on being servants of the true…