Chapter 104: Angels and goddesses? (1/2)

The next morning, Sol left the Milaris estate with an extremely weird expression.

After leaving the duchess, he had used his dimension to enter and see what she was up to, but he got the fright of his life.

Paintings of Mars, sculptures of Mars, Mars plushy, Mars on the wall. Even some music partitions were named 'an ode to Mars.'

For a very short moment, Sol had even begun to wonder if he was under an illusion.

He had always known how much in love she had been with his father, but he never knew it had reached such a deep level.

”Man, this world is really full of crazy women.”

Once again, he really began to wonder if something in their blood drew crazy women.

Still, those paintings didn't just frighten him. It also made him doubt all her previous words.

Would someone with such a heavy love really give up on a way to resurrect her loved one? It was truly a hard question to answer and he didn't know enough about her to answer.

After all, if Gerald was really ready to sacrifice him to save his granddaughter, why would the duchess hesitate?

”I feel like my life is becoming more complicated by the minute.”

”Your highness?”

”Nothing, let's go to the church before going home.”

He didn't want to take any risks, and he had some questions. Some very important questions.

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[Church of Castitas]

”Aunt, I received a report saying that Sol entered the territory of the church. It shouldn't take long for him to reach here.”

Camelia, who was laying down weakly in her bed, woke up abruptly when she heard those murmur in her head.

”Is it true!?”

Without waiting for an answer, she rushed toward a mirror but immediately swore like a sailor when she saw what she looked like.

Because of the ritual, she was preparing and she had been continuously staying awake and using her power.

Right now, her hair was unkempt and frizzled, her robe was crumbled and stained with blood, she had heavy bags under her eyes, and she was pretty sure that she stank.

”Shit.”

Cursing once again, she turned to face Chloe.

”Go stall for time.”

”But…”

”Don't make me repeat myself. I do not care how you do it but stall for time. I swear that if he sees me like that, I will kill you then kill myself.”

Looking at her bloodshot eyes, Chloe wisely took a step back and fled from the room.

*Giggle*

”Oh, you, don't you dare laugh at me! Okay?!”

The giggle transformed into a full-blown laugh, but Camelia couldn't care about this as she rushed to jump in her bath.

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”So you are saying that Camelia is currently praying and isn't ready to receive me?”

”Haha~! Yeah.”

Sol asked with an expression full of suspicion and Chloe could only awkwardly laugh. She didn't like to lie, so she used an excuse that was technically the truth.

After all, even though she wasn't praying, she was indeed doing a ritual.

”I have never seen Camelia praying.”

Chloe immediately froze.

This wasn't a joke. In all his life, he had never seen Camelia pray. Even when mass was held, the ones presiding over it were always one of her subordinates.

”Haha~Haha~Perhaps she does it when she is alone?”

Sol admitted that it was possible, but with how awkward she was acting, it was clear that it was a lie.

'Well, it isn't like I can't guess.'

”Her current appearance is messy right?”

Chloe's laugh froze.

”I guess it was a bullseye. Well, it isn't like it's the first time.”

Camelia wasn't particularly a vain woman, but she hated letting him see her sloppy appearance for as long as he could remember.

He thought that now that they had sex and he saw her in even more embarrassing situations she would relent but he had to admit that it was a little cute.

”Well, knowing her, we should have quite some time. What should we do?”

Chloe's awkward expression eased a little. She was happy that Sol didn't tease her about her previous embarrassing display.

”If you don't mind we can discuss a little. To be honest I don't really have many occasions to discuss with someone my age.”

”Why would I mind? We are friends, right?”

Saying so, he presented his fist to her.

A beautiful smile bloomed on Chloe's face as she remembered their first discussion and fist-bumped with him.

”Of course.”

”Then, let's go.”

He had asked Setsuna and Ketia to go back to the tower and give the report to Lilith. As for him, since he could use the gate that linked the church to the tower, he was under no risk.

Even though she seemed to be the serious type, which she was, Chloe wasn't the kind that was too serious for their own good.

He was surprised to find that they surprisingly clicked very well. He also learned many things. About Angels in general and Slothtein in particular.

Slothtein was one of the smallest countries in the world and proportionally, their population was also the smallest in the world.

Despite this situation, they were the most developed race in the world technology-wise. In fact, from the description he was receiving, Slothtein didn't seem to lose to his previous world technology-wise and in fact, could even be superior.

After all, thanks to their supernatural powers, there were many experiments impossible or deemed too dangerous for humans in his world that were totally harmless for the angels.

”Then, if angels are so developed, why is the rest of the world so backward?”

Chloe frowned a little, ”This is something I  cannot really explain without sounding arrogant, but us angels judged that if the world had access to too much technology the world as we know it would soon be destroyed.”

Sol winced a little, it wasn't as if he couldn't understand her.

The greatest difference between magic and technology was usability.

Magic was something that only a few elites could obtain. What's more, even between those few elites, only an even fewer could really grow to incredible levels. Technology meanwhile was something that anyone could use.

If he had to give an analogy, it would be like comparing martial artists before and after the creation of hot weapons such as guns.

A martial artist would need years of training but could die just because of a bullet coming from a gun held by a child.

”So you guys are controlling the level of technology?”

”No, not really. We do not fancy ourselves the guardians of the world. If anyone else made new discoveries, we wouldn't try to destroy them. It's just that, if the world must sink in chaos because of technology, we refuse to be the cause for it.”