20 years had passed when I woke up! ~ The villain's daughter’s thereafter and after that ~ - Chapter 42

Translator: NovelMultiverse | Editor: NovelMultiverse

The first half is from the viewpoint of the evil god. The second half is from the viewpoint of Fioria.

The evil god Fractal understood.

If he doesn’t want to be hurt, then he just needs to give up Beatrice’s soul.

Fioria said “You are really pathetic for someone being called a god and whatnot. Your eyes are the eyes of a loser” while sighing. She will probably let me go.

To be honest, I don’t feel anything about Beatrice’s soul.

While having the power to change a holy sword into a demonic sword, the amount of things that can be done is too little.

“I will take revenge on the church.” She muttered while… only muttered.

She did not start her preparations, not even planning. 

She made Fioria go into a coma with her hypnosis magic. She was only a witch that had bad interests.

But 20 years ago, Beatrice changed.

She found out about Fioria and became jealous. “Even though we are both saints. Why is it that only she has things go well for her?” And so she moved to drag Fioria down.

A useless witch became a failure, a rank up. No, rank down?

Well, it doesn’t matter.

In any case, Beatrice is not something who should be praised.

Only at the last moment when she stood up against Fioria was when I thought “Good job!” but…

It’s that, isn’t it?

Why did you rope me into this?

It’s seriously annoying.

Even though you didn’t even worship me properly usually, only when you were in trouble you come to pray to me. I will give you my soul so please beat Fioria for me.

I refuse!

In the first place, that wish is beyond my power.

It’s absolutely impossible.

Forgive me seriously.

But… you know

Beatrice is serious a useless, crappy, failure of a witch.

I really love it. Human’s feebleness, cunningness.

Humanity.

You can be weak. You can be cunning.

My arms will kindly embrace everything.

Open and honest. Perfect conduct. Immaculate integrity.

Those are just things as an ideal. Humans are always getting it wrong.

Even if they realize they are wrong, they won’t fix themselves right away.

They will pretend not to see it. They will shift responsibility. They will become sulky.

It is so ugly, clumsy, and uncool.

I love you guys like that.

So lovely I cannot stand but to spoil you guys.

I will put a blanket of darkness over you. So that you won’t be burnt by the light. I will let you sleep peacefully.

And so.

“Fall, angels.”

I solemnly announced.

Like an arrogance beast, I put a vicious smile on my face.

If I fight with Fioria, 9 out of 10 I will lose.

The reason is simple.

Even a child knows this truth.

Darkness is something for the light to be broken by.

In the worst case, I might even be completely destroyed.

But so what?

Beatrice asked me about this.

From the bottom of her heart, with her life on the line, she clung onto my existence as the evil god.

To an evil god, receiving prayers of evil is the greatest honor one can have.

Isn’t enough reason to stand against Fioria de Florance?

I fear and tremble. But even that I turn into my power.

I accept my weakness. I get used to it. I change it into strength.

This is the essence of darkness.

I concentrate my mind and create my body in the living world.

Red blood eyes.

Huge wings that covers the sky.

Armor-like scales that shine a dark black light.

In other words, a dragon.

Black dragon.

Spoken in the legends. The source of all darkness and the destroyer of creation.

With a cursed howl, I declared war.

To all those who shine, sink into the spiritual darkness peacefully.

Fioria de Florance.

If you want Beatrice’s soul, then use all your powers to come take it from me.

**

No matter how much hardships you get, without giving up, without stopping, moving on the right track at the right time, you don’t stray from the path even a single step.

Fioria de Florance lived like this.

She wished from the bottom of her heart that the world would let anyone live like her.

Love, courage, friendship, diligence, faith.

She holds all the virtues in her heart and grew up peacefully. It is truly wonderful.

But reality is harsh, the radiance of humanity is simply extinguished.

For example, poverty.

When they can’t eat, the number of people who can keep those virtues are few.

Most people have love and friendship inside them and commit acts of evil. Because otherwise, they will starve.

As a living thing, this is a very natural act, good or evil does not come into it.

The important thing is to take away the root that causes the loss of virtue.

That’s why 20 years ago, Fioria put her will into changing the Dukedom of Florance.

To reform the Monado church, the annexation of the Coalition and unify the continent were all, in the end, to change countless people into Fioria.

To be embraced by the blessings and praises, I want you to go out and achieve your dreams.

That’s why.

“I can’t agree with you, who only wishes to spoil people.”

The golden goddess forced a smile and sighed.

As if she was scolding a younger brother.

“It will probably be ok if you run into the blanket of darkness. A world with only daylight is hell for humans. Humans need night. To heal their wounds and rest their hearts. But, when sunlight shines in, they will eventually wake up. Depending on the cue, they will always start again. This is the living being called humans.”

Fioria, by bringing sunlight, took back the hopes of many people.

Not only just the hopes of Lex, Higel, and Wayald.

Kingdom of Tristan, Vincent.

Head of the Frant Bank, the adopted daughter of Duke Florance, Tiara.

The adventurers Zaal, Nuui, Kiji.

And countless others started their new journey.

“If to approve of weakness as weakness is darkness, then the essence of light is to help people overcome their weaknesses. Beatrice was unable to do anything but even then she stood up against me. To the last moment, she did not give up on victory. That’s why to appreciate that radiance is also very fun is it not?”

Fioria smiled majestically.

She slowly fiddled with her hair.

“Rejoice. To me, you are also an existence that should be appreciated, evil god Fractal. While knowing that darkness is to be defeated by light, while being scared and cowardly, you still challenged me. Did you know, that’s what humans call courage.”

She readied her holy sword in her left and while throwing away the demonic sword.

“Now, show me what you are capable of. I am nothing but just a human but, if you could teach me a lesson, I would be happy.”

Light and darkness.

The goddess of gold and the evil dragon of darkness.

The figure of the two glaring at each other, it was as if it was a page from the legends.

Their spirits and will increased, an unseen balance.

It saturated and when it burst…

“Last Judgement”

The curtain for the decisive batter fell.

The first attack was from Fioria.

She changed her tens of millions of angels into meteors and launched them into the dragon.

Not only that.

“Keraunos Astraia”

The golden light of destruction was released along with the slash.

To all ends of the earth, it broke the darkness, swept it away, all the way until the ends of the sky.

To eradicate everything without exception, a merciless hammer of the judge.

If it was released onto the earth, then it would have evaporated the continent in one moment.

“Revelations – Judgement of the Evil God”

And to return the strike, the old god who existed before genesis.

By releasing one part of that power, he released a huge torrent of darkness from his jaw.

The struggle between white and black.

The situation was at an impasse. No

It was slow but, the dragon started to push forward.

It is said that the darkness cannot beat the light. But in the end, Fioria was just a human.

To challenge the god Fractal was as if an ant challenging a dinosaur.

An absolute difference output in power existed.

It existed, but only a moment ago.

“No, I am not done yet”

If my power is not enough, then I just have to overcome my limits.

Just with that reason, Fioria realized her awakening.

She didn’t need a special reason like a protagonist in a story.

Fioria de Florence is Fioria de Florence, so it’s obvious.

With that failure of logic, she bent reality.

And so the situation stalemated… No, inversely, the dragon was put on the inferior side.

“!”

“So what!” it howled with its will to fight.

To bring down the light, it increased the power of darkness.

It also broke its limits, the balance of the scale goes back to zero.

The thing that keeps Fractal going is the deep love towards humanity and the courage to lose to Fioria.

It was an emotion that was not at all like darkness, in fact, it was closer to light.

And therefore…

There was a change in the dragon’s body.

The dark scales slowly changed into white scales.

It accepted all of the darkness.

So if it also accepted light, then it will change into more power.

The old god finished his resurrection here.

He made light and darkness coexist. He even absorbed the light of destruction from Fioria and change the situation.

“Hm”

The darkness of the evil god had reached her throat.

Her attacks were not effective at all, in fact, she was being discouraged.

Finally, Fioria has a true defeat visit her.

“Unfortunately”

Visit you say?

The god who was called the source of darkness finalized his evolution and awakened his powers of light.

This was a surprise to Fioria. She was existed and moved.

As expected of Fractal.

I am so happy you are so capable.

Then does that mean you can stand my true power???

Please stand it. I believe in you.

“If you manage to live, I shall pat your head with all my power”

Fioria held the demonic sword with her right hand.