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Johannes Reformation War (3)

“Sister! What on earth happened? I heard you were captured by the emperor while carrying out a secret mission given by the Pope? Even if you want to find out what happened, you can’t send someone to Adria… and you haven’t heard any additional news from there… You couldn’t sleep well because you were so worried!!”

Angelina also wiped away tears as she hugged her tearful younger brother, saying that she prayed for his safety every day.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t even know you were this worried… There were some circumstances…”

“Anyway, I’m glad my sister is safe… She’s coming back now, right? Since I don’t have a sister, the Pope is completely free to do whatever he wants!! They say they need to build more temples for Ikaris, so they are raising taxes at random and making us work as laborers without even giving us proper meals!! Moreover, according to secret rumors, there are rumors that he engages in promiscuous behavior with priestesses… I am the head of the Inquisitors… but I cannot exercise that much political influence. My sister, who is a saint, needs to fix this!!”

Angelina smiled and then shook her head as she saw her younger brother getting angry, saying that this was not the true will of Ikaris.

“It came back for a while… but it won’t come back forever. I found a new master to settle down with. Huhuhu”

“….What do you mean? Are you a new master? Surely this doesn’t mean you betrayed Ikaris? Are you saying that the saint who served Icaris more than anyone else committed apostasy?”

When Angelina said that she was the new master, Jeanne immediately pushed away from her sister’s arms, and the face of a younger sister who loved her sister changed in an instant to that of a cool-headed Inquisitor.

Then, he picked up the inquisitors’ axes that were lying on the floor and aimed them at his beloved older sister, Angelina.

“Why on earth!! Because my sister, who was a saint, lacked something!! Could it be that he apostatized to beg for his life after being captured by the emperor? How could a saint who followed and revered Ikaris more faithfully and righteously than anyone else commit apostasy? My sister who received more love and blessings from Ikaris than anyone else!!”

Jeanne, who injected divine power into the giant ax and created a flame of purification, glared at Angelina with anger.

“Speak quickly!! No matter how much you do, I can’t forgive you! Apostates are cut down with an ax and burned with flames to purify their sins!! No one can make an exception for this… Everything is for Ikaris-sama, and for the soul of her fallen sister…!!”

Angelina was very calm despite the crazy eyes of her sister who wanted to purify her by burning her, no matter how much she loved her.

“Hohoho Jeanne I think you have some misunderstanding… You are not an apostate. My sister is still the saint of Ikaris. Rather, the apostates are the corrupt Pope and the cardinals who follow him. This sister returned to Johannes after receiving orders from her master and a request from Ikaris”

“….Master? Who do you follow other than Ikaris? Such an apostate calls herself Ikaris-sama’s saint… And there is no way Ikaris-sama would ask an apostate for a favor… As expected, my sister became corrupted by apostasy!! Then I will cut down my sister and purify her with this sacred flame!!”

“Ha~ It must be a bit difficult to make you understand the master’s will… In that case, I guess I should at least tell you Ikaris’s will. You might get a little hurt… but don’t worry, I’ll treat you. Jeanne”

“How dare you!! The apostate said the name of Ikaris!! And the apostate will defeat me? Your sacred power would have decreased drastically… If you thought I would look after you just because you were my sister, you were sorely mistaken!!”

Huh~!

Jeanne raised the white-flaming ax with divine power and swung it at Angelina without any forgiveness.

‘There is no way that the sister who betrayed Ikaris can stop my axe… But her soul will be purified by flame and return to Ikaris!!’

Jeanne’s ax, which she swung with great confidence, was very easily blocked by the shield created by Angelina.

“Uh, how…?”

“Hehehe, didn’t you say that this sister has never betrayed Ikaris? Doesn’t this divine power prove that what I say is true?”

“Hmph! That shield… I will tear it down in one fell swoop with Ikaris’ flames and this axe!!”

When Jeanne, who had been taken aback by the attack being blocked by an unexpected shield, came to her senses again, holy flames rose up once again, surrounding Jeanne’s axe, and the air shook with heat that seemed to melt everything around it.

Despite the tremendous force, Angelina’s composure did not waver at all, so Jeanne grabbed the ax with both hands and kicked it into the ground.

“Get this too!! sister!! Because I will tell you what the end is for the apostate who betrayed Ikaris!!”

As a huge ax flew towards her with tremendous wind pressure, Angelina also flew into the forest to avoid the ax.

“It looks like they were trying to eliminate space for me to swing the ax by going into the forest… That was a mistake in judgment, sister!!”

Whoa!!

bang!! Kwaang!! Quad deud deuk!! Kwasik! Kwazijik!!

As Jeanne began swinging the battle ax wildly, the huge trees in the forest were literally shattered, and Jeanne chased after Angelina at high speed.

“There!! sister! Since she was once a saint, she will be burned at the stake without questioning her!! If my faith in Ikaris remains the same, my flame will also forgive you, so there is no problem!!”

‘Well, but was she this fast? There’s no way your sister has this kind of combat experience?’

Feeling that the distance between him and Angelina was not narrowing at all, Jeanne sensed something strange. But she couldn’t stop now, so she continued to chase Angelina, swinging the axe.

‘what? Come to think of it… The direction my sister is heading towards is Lake Hauril! If you keep going that way, a cliff will appear… You won’t be able to avoid it anymore!!’

Jeanne chased Angelina with confidence, and when a cliff finally appeared in front of Angelina and she stopped, Jeanne smiled and slowly slowed down.

“Hehehe, what should I do? sister? There’s nowhere to run now? It looks like he used all his remaining divine power to deploy a shield and escaped all the way… But don’t worry, sister. Even though I became an apostate, I still love you so much… I will purify your polluted soul without any pain!!”

Angelina smiled as she looked at her younger brother, who was raising a huge flame on the ax as if he was going to burn her at the stake.

“Phew~ I’m sorry… but your flames aren’t scary at all. Besides, I have a mission from my master and a request from Ikaris… I can’t waste any more time. Jeanne”

“It’s no use saying that!! There is no god other than Ikaris, and the priests of Ikaris are the only priests of God!!”

“Hehe, no, there are gods besides Ikaris, and priests of all gods have the right to follow their respective gods”

Jeanne’s eyes widened as she saw Angelina directly denying the doctrine. And then he struck Angelina with all his might with the ax engulfed in the flame of divine power.

“This apostate!!! By the will of Ikaris, I will execute divine punishment here!!”

In an attack containing all of Jeanne’s divine power, a pure white flame of divine power exploded and engulfed Angelina.

However, Angelina faced the flames sent by Jeanne without any defense, and as she watched her own flames engulf Angelina, Jeanne shed a single tear.

“….Goodbye, sister. I don’t know how I became an apostate, but… Ikaris will purify my sister’s soul… And… I’ve been grateful so far…”

Jeanne, who let a single tear drop down her cheek as she recalled her memories with Angelina, wiped away the tear with her hand and turned around.

And after a while, Jeanne had to look back again due to the enormous presence felt behind her.

“What, what is this!!”

“You said that, right? Your flames are not scary at all… And you are still Ikaris-sama’s saint… Hohoho”

Jeanne took a step back with a look of astonishment, looking at Angelina slowly walking out from the flames of divine power that were still burning.

“Uh, how…. an apostate in there…”

“Oh my? Didn’t you say it? If your faith in Ikaris remains the same, your flame will forgive you”

Soon, Jeanne broke out into a cold sweat as she felt an enormous divine power radiating from Angelina that seemed to crush everything around her.

“Don’t be ridiculous… There’s no way an apostate can handle such enormous divine power… What kind of magic did you use?!!!”

“Hex magic? Huhuhu, do you look like the kind of person who would depend on something like that? And….”

As Angelina finished speaking, holy angel wings sprouted from her back, Angelina’s body rose into the air, and enormous divine power enveloped her body.

“Seo, could it be… an archangel…?”

“Hehehe, you recognize me. Head of the Inquisitors. I am Metatron, the Archangel of Destruction. In obedience to the wishes of my master and Ikaris, I am with Saint Angelina…”

“Wow, that’s ridiculous… How could Ikaris… do that… Then what is the doctrine I have believed in so far…. What about the people I judged….”

Looking down at Jeanne, who was looking at her hands in disbelief, Metatron snapped his fingers.

Sigh!

Then, feeling the Archangel’s enormous divine power pressing down on her, Jeanne lost consciousness, and Metatron carefully picked her up and flew her to the garrison near the border where Juno’s army was in ambush.

*Inquisitor Jeanne armed version illustration (ver1)

*Inquisitor Jeanne armed version illustration (ver2)