The more they oppose, the more it shows that I am doing the right thing

"You expect me to believe that just because you said it?"

Luojia said without hesitation. She shifted her body, crossing her pale hands behind her back. Her snow-white hair undulated in front of An Su like catkins, her stance bold and assertive,

"Whether it's the 'Child of the Curse' An Su Moningsta or the 'Blessed Son' An Su Moningsta speaking, if you say it, I'll believe it."

"Well, then you really deserve to be sold," An Su tilted his head and sighed. "You really are the most foolish and brainless 'Little Saintess' in the world."

"If I weren't the most foolish and brainless 'Little Saintess' in the world—"

Protected by a magic barrier, Miss Luojia rolled her eyes attractively and sighed helplessly, mimicking An Su's tone, "Would I follow you, the most annoying and rude Mr. An Su in the world?"

"Then we truly are a pair of sleeping dragons and young phoenixes." An Su nodded, showing agreement.

"So, are you going to tell me or not?" Luojia looked at An Su. "If you don't tell, you fail, and if you fail, you should address me with my crown title."

"Bandit logic, women really are unreasonable, wildly argumentative, and capricious creatures," An Su gently rested his forehead on his hand. Finding it impossible to deal with the argumentative Luojia, he asked reluctantly, "Why did you choose to be contrary today?"

"Because this way, I might have gathered enough courage today," Luojia thought aloud, then quietly added, "If I were slightly different from myself."

"What kind of courage?" An Su asked curiously.

"To stand face-to-face with Mr. An Su without wearing this veil—"

Luojia gently touched her cheek, where, invisible to others, a nearly transparent veil made of woven light existed. It was this 'Holy Light Veil' that shielded Luojia's face, concealing her features, concealing everything about her.

"The courage to be unreasonable and argumentative with Mr. An Su."

"The courage to be capricious with Mr. An Su."

"The courage to force Mr. An Su to say the words I love to hear."

Beneath that invisible veil of radiance that covered Luojia's eyes, she lowered her gaze, clutched at her sleeves, and suppressed her voice as low as her heartbeat,

"Even if just for one day, I wish to have that brief moment of bravery—"

"The bravery to have you gaze into my eyes."

An Su fell silent, his head bowed as he looked at the empty space in front of him. Pale mists drifted across the sea-blue sky, slowly tinted by the rosy light. All this time, as he could hear the sound of his heartbeat, he could discern Miss Luojia's position, but now he found it hard to distinguish, hearing his own heartbeat.

In a secluded corner unobserved by others, Bishop Merlin lapsed into a deep silence.

He even began to have visions of flashes before his eyes.

His Excellency Merlin started reminiscing his youth, which was equally sour, fulfilling, and sweet.

Firstly, the sourness:

From the age of six until his youth, Bishop Merlin's teacher—the former Holder of Heaven—insisted that Merlin could only perform magic with his feet, an account also found in the "Mother of Toe Making Guide." Girls were attracted by his handsome appearance but repelled by his sourness, hence the sourness of youth.

Then the fulfillment:

As a child, Merlin was chased by dogs, underwent slow painful surgeries, discovered school gates that wouldn't open from the other side, realized after school that his dorm was miles away with an 'Air Wall' blocking the dorm door, every day was full and meaningful. Thus, this represents the fulfillment of youth.

Lastly, the sweetness:

Bishop Morgan began forcing young Merlin to provide child's urine for summoning Shota Angels since he was a child. Until the age of thirty, Merlin remained an uninterrupted supplier for Bishop Morgan. When Merlin asked Lady Morgan of the Moonlight why she chose him and if she was interested in him, Moonlight responded it was because Merlin had diabetes, so the summoned Shota Angels would be sweet. Hence, this defines the sweetness of his youth.

Having experienced sourness, fulfillment, and sweetness, it seems clear that I, too, am indeed a winner in life.

"It truly felt like a youthful past," Bishop Merlin revealed a smile, his own youth losing nothing to that young lad, An Su.

He held a faint, perfect smile at the corner of his lips, steadily gazing at the young man before him.

How wonderful, working overtime today even cured my cataract, everything I encountered today was good.

Merlin comforted himself in his heart, even his pure white eyes were no longer white,

they had turned into a case of pink eye.

In the lengthy, prolonged silence, as Dawn slowly tainted the mountain ranges, amidst the heartbeat sounds between them, An Su pondered for a long time, and finally sighed helplessly. He nodded slowly, and said softly to the Little Saintess, "This is what you asked for, whatever you turn into, I don't care."

He altered the time of Heaven once again, and this was An Su's last time changing the time in Heaven.

As time was altered, the mists evaporated away, and the twilight also sank into the sea of dusk, becoming the evening glow.

"I warn you one last time, Luoja Faust, don't act crazy."

An Su spoke seriously,

"You, the Saintess of Holy Light, according to the set fate, you will also become the 'Star of the Future that Illuminates Nether.'"

"Luoja Faust, I understand your faith; you have loved and believed in the Holy Radiance since you were little, and even now, you deeply love the Holy Light. You are the daughter of the Radiant Goddess. You have no obligation to step into another world, a dark world you dislike—even for just one day, I can't allow you to deny your past, nor can I snatch you away from Radiance."

The young man spoke softly, his sea-green eyes catching the light of the sunset, "Because henceforth, everything will be turned upside down."

"So, this is actually your real reason."

Miss Luojia finally revealed a victorious smile, she stood on tiptoes, cocking her head and blinked, "You really lied! I guessed right, the annoying Mr. An Su!"

"But I like this reason." Luojia said with a laugh, perhaps it was an illusion, but her snow-white eyes revealed a bit of madness, "I'll give you a perfect score."

"So I will also give you... my final reason."

Luojia looked at An Su,

"Mr. An Su, I want to step into your world."

"If you are the Child of the Curse, then I too will become the Child of the Curse; if you are the Blessed Son, then I too will become the Blessed Son."

"You say my set fate is to be the 'Star of the Future that Illuminates Nether,' but I have never stepped into darkness, never understood the feelings, thoughts, and all the fates borne by the child of darkness. If I have never understood darkness, residing only high above in light, how can I talk about illuminating darkness? How am I any different from Milton's nobility?"

"Mr. An Su, I want to become you."

"Luoja Faust," An Su was silent for a long while, then slowly said, "It turns out that you are the craziest among us."

"An Su Moningsta." The Little Saintess laughed, "If I weren't crazy and foolish, how would I follow you, the craziest and most deceitful?"

[Reversed Pope]

The overturned authority re-condensed in his hands; all things in the world of beings were being reshuffled on the inverted staircase. All conceptions of good and evil, all conceptions of light and darkness, extinction and illumination, all notions of right and wrong, were all overturned under the authority of the Reversed Pope, crossing that boundary.

The sky was quickly painted a grayish white hue, then steamed into the rose-like color of the sunset. The fire clouds stacked up layer upon layer of wreaths; it was the time of dusk, the moment when the day and night mingled anew, An Su bathed in the rose sunlight, reaching out into the emptiness ahead.

An Su reached out and took off the snow-white Holy Light Veil.

[An Su Moningsta, you fucking eloped with the Radiant Goddess' daughter!]