Louis' heart sank.

This was a scene he had never imagined.

He had many guesses.

It was speculated that the dark side of Eros was the mastermind behind Rudelson's murder.

It has been speculated that during this period, the dark side of the god of love already had a clear belief and a specific form, and planned the deaths of the two.

But he never expected that he would witness the origin of the dark side of the god of love here.

"How strange...why is this happening?"

"This is how the dark side of the God of Love was born."

"But why does the dark side of the God of Love possess the power of Slaanesh?"

"I don't understand, I really don't understand!"

This does not fit his judgment of gods at all.

If a god could be born so easily, there would have been a lot of gods on the continent.

But the scene that appeared before him was a real reality.

Suddenly, a crack appeared in the void.

The stumbling Pope Tuth appeared before them in pain.

"Why the hell is this happening? Why is this happening?"

“Oh my God!”

He burst into tears.

"What a blasphemy this is."

Pope Tut looked at Xilin with a sad face, whose eyes had completely dimmed.

"Tzeentch, I curse you, you have plotted again."

With trembling hands, he placed them on the maid's head. A ray of divine light flashed, and a twisted black mist was drawn out.

Louis' eyes widened.

He knew what this thing was.

That is the ichor of the abyss.

It is the highest level sacrifice in the Church of the Abyss.

At this moment, everything Xilin had experienced closed in his mind.

If he had to choose one god that Louis hated the most among the four gods of the abyss, it would be Tzeentch.

This is not just his opinion.

Most countries on the continent hate Tzeentch far more than the other three gods.

Because Tzeentch likes to use conspiracies and tricks to cause other people's families to be broken up, countries to be in turmoil, and even the destruction of nations.

There are countless people who hate Jianqi.

But we have to admit that Tzeentch's power is more hidden than that of the other four gods.

In other words, Tzeentch's followers are also the hardest to detect.

There are even cases where they have infiltrated the top ranks of other sects.

Being able to conceal his power is also the reason why Tzeentch was able to harm so many people.

But no one expected that two of the Four Gods of the Abyss would join forces this time.

Any orthodox church would need to expend enormous energy to contend with just one of the Four Gods of the Abyss.

This is the Star Continent, not the home ground of the Four Gods of the Abyss.

If two gods were involved, the Church of the God of Love would definitely drag other churches into the war.

But this time, Tzeentch's followers hid their power well.

They never appeared on the battlefield between the Church of Love and Slaanesh from beginning to end.

So much so that no one even knew they were participating in the war.

Louis also knows enough about the Church of the Abyss.

He was basically certain of one thing, that was that the half-succubus maid was most likely brought to Sirin intentionally by Tzeentch's followers.

Of course, the little maid is definitely not a believer in the abyss.

Tzeentch never plays such a despicable trick.

Not to mention that if the little maid is a believer of the Abyss, then there is a high probability that she won’t even be able to enter the Unther royal family.

Recalling Tzeentch's methods, he had a vague guess.

"I see. So they started with the nobles?"

After Xilin became famous, she was harassed by many nobles.

You have to know that a good-looking and powerful art master like Xilin is a great embellishment even for a great noble.

Whether as a retainer or as a wife, she is enough to make many people fall in love with her.

Out of gratitude, the little maid will definitely choose to help her master avoid a lot of trouble.

This behavior will inevitably arouse the anger of some nobles.

So he expected that the little maid would be secretly taken away by the noble to be "taught a lesson".

But that's where the problem lies.

As we all know, a considerable number of Tzeentch's followers come from the nobility and high-ranking officials of various countries.

The little maid had been driven half crazy before, and he and Xilin thought that something unspeakable had happened.

But now it seems that it was taken away by Tzeentch's believers, and then forcibly infused with a large amount of abyss pus, turning it into a puff that contains Tzeentch's divine power.

He had seen similar situations before.

This is how the Brave Sword became contaminated, and so did the Demon King in the dungeon.

And Tzeentch's power is inherently hidden.

Without sufficient means, it is not easy to find it out.

What's more, Jianqi's plan this time was not simply to hide himself.

He was hiding his back-up plan of Slaanesh.

But he didn't know what this back-up plan was, which could actually turn an ordinary maid into a container for the dark power of the god of love.

etc!

He seemed to remember the class.

He felt a toothache.

Obviously, the belief in the dark side of Eros is fiction.

It is even possible that it did not exist before.

You know, the Queen of the Kingdom of Shadows, who occupies a part of the existence of the Black Swan, can use part of the faith of the Goddess of Dark Night. It was after the death of the Goddess of Dark Night that the Kingdom of Shadows distorted its own faith. In addition, she inherited the remaining legacy of the Goddess of Dark Night in the Kingdom of Shadows, and only then did she gain this ability by chance.

Why does the dark side of the god of love have any basis? Without the intervention of the power of gods, it is very difficult to naturally generate the power of faith.

Well, that's assuming there are no gods involved.

"Crazy, absolutely crazy... No wonder Slaanesh came directly here, he really spared no effort to make his plan a success!"

Yes.

The problem is Slaanesh.

The biggest problem with the advent of a saint is that once a god dies in battle on the Star Continent, he will be permanently deprived of part of his power.

In other words, if a god is repeatedly killed when a saint descends, it will be like a big boss in an online game, and equipment will keep dropping.

Moreover, this equipment is the most important source of power for the gods.

Divine fire, divine nature, divine power, and even divine authority.

Throughout history, most of the beings who were deified as mortals were promoted in this way.

Occasionally, a god would even split into two different gods.

Obviously, although the dark side of the God of Love is portrayed as another part of the God of Love, His essence comes from the self-division of the power of Slaanesh.

But even among the evil gods, few would do such a thing.

Because the part of the power that is split off will not form your own clone.

Just like in Greek mythology, Kronos cut off the treasure of the god Uranus with a sickle, and the treasure fell into the sea and turned into the goddess Aphrodite.

Could it be that Aphrodite and Kronos were still one and the same? They were already completely different individuals.

Even though the dark side of the Goddess of Love is still just a vague fictional god now, when Slaanesh separated some of his power from his essence and merged it into her body.

At that moment, the dark side of Eros and Slaanesh had become two individuals.

As for why we should use the teachings of Eros…

Obviously, this is an erosion of the authority of the gods.

The feud between Slaanesh and Eros is old.

But there is no doubt that the two sides are mortal enemies.

It's not just about good and evil.

Slaanesh is the Abyss's ultimate, invincible, corrupted version of Eros.

But she is completely twisted.

It is not at all inappropriate for believers of the God of Love to call someone a "heretic".

After all, they are in different fields.

So He needed a knife that was sharp enough.

It has to be a sword that can hurt God.

So He split off some of His authority, created the fictitious god [Dark Side of the God of Love], and formulated a whole set of [Dark Side of the God of Love] doctrines...

Even this doctrine may not seem so evil at first glance.

This is equivalent to actively giving your authority to the God of Love.

This kind of plan without any murderous intent would be difficult to detect even for gods.

It's not even surprising that this might be the work of Tzeentch.

Don't doubt it, although the Four Gods of the Abyss have always been called the same name, there is absolutely no friendship between them.

The wars between the four gods in the abyss are no less frequent than the wars between them and any other gods.

But for the sake of greater plans, Tzeentch sometimes chooses to compromise.

——Even though it only looks like a compromise, He will make a fortune in the end.

Just like now, He successfully carried out a grand murder.

If everything goes well for the followers of Slaanesh, then Sirin and the little maid beside her will become sacrifices for the birth of the dark side of the god of love.

But unfortunately, this war is too crazy.

Louis looked at Pope Thoth, whose breath was getting weaker and weaker.

He laughed sadly.

So many people died in this war, but in the end, the fruits of victory were reaped by a third party.

The beauty he swore to protect, his teacher, his good friend, his companion...

What a painful lesson this is.

"We haven't completely lost yet."

He looked at Xilin and the maid who had fallen asleep, then raised his head to look at the demiplane where the war was gradually disappearing.

He smiled sadly:

"Slaanesh, I curse you, you have tainted the sanctity of love."

"You and your followers have created an era of stupidity and overflowing love."

"In this era, deep affection seems to have become a mistake."

"But it doesn't matter..."

He looked up and said:

"One day you will taste the bitterness. The sword you forged will not only be used against us, but also against you."

"It's the same even if you channel power to the dark side of the God of Love through the advent of the Saint."

He smiled sarcastically.

“People just think that love doesn’t come to them so easily, but they never deny its existence…”

He whispered these words, then turned around and stepped back into the demiplane.

This day.

The Church of Eros has lost three popes in a row and has seen its sunset three times.

In the head-on conflict with the Church of Slaanesh, the Church of Eros achieved a major victory.

But, in hidden corners, dark beliefs began to sprout.

The Church of Slaanesh successfully contaminated the largest fragment of the Goddess of Beauty, and in the name of the fictional god [Dark Side of the Goddess of Love], it intervened in the authority of the Goddess of Love at the cost of dividing the authority and sending power from God.

Louis watched Xilin, whose eyes gradually turned pink, come to Rudelson's bed.

She quietly looked at her lover's recovered body.

Possessing some of the characteristics of Slaanesh, she stared at Rudelson blankly. After a moment, she reached out her hand to him.

Love and desire are hard to understand.

Now, she feels, it is time to follow her own path.

"Just why do I have a strange feeling when looking at you?"

Celine's pink eyes blinked.

After a moment, she smiled foolishly and said, "It doesn't matter, as long as I like it."

She bent down.

She really didn't like this feeling, as if she was being dominated.

So she decided to do something a little bit extreme.

She bent down slowly, and a feast of joy was about to begin.

A black curtain passed by.

Louis sighed.

He suddenly remembered what Teacher Kino had told him a long time ago about the origin of the dark side of the God of Love.

It is said that a succubus seduced the wife and made her drain her husband completely dry.

When she finally came to her senses and saw her husband dead in bed, the wife went completely crazy.

Although this story is obviously different from the real situation, it also has the same effect.

He left the room.

After a while, he heard crying coming from the room.

Yes.

He had long guessed that Xilin, as the dark side of the god of love, would definitely remember everything.

Because...

"Love of My Life" was still placed in the room.

Xilin, who inherited the biggest fragment of the goddess of beauty, will remember everything when she touches the painting, even if she can't remember it.

Even if only for the moment of touching.

In the darkness, he heard footsteps.

Louis raised his head and looked into the dark depths of the castle.

"Who are you?"

A young man walked out of the darkness with graceful steps.

He looked at Louis quietly, revealing a face that Louis was very familiar with.

That was a young wizard with the appearance of Rudelson.

"Greetings, Prince of Enther."

"You're not Rudelson?"

Louis said with absolute certainty: "At least not all of them."

The young wizard smiled and said:

"Shouldn't you have already guessed it?"

"The real Rudelson died on this day."

“But ‘Love of My Life’ embodies the power of the goddess of beauty and the dark side of the god of love.”

"This force denied Rudelson the possibility of a complete death."

"So, what was born from that corpse was me."

He looked at Louis with a smile.

Louis didn't reply.

This is most likely true.

"Are you the Mad King?" Louis said, "No, you are the Mad King."

He was extremely sure of his judgment.

Rudelson showed a trace of sadness:

"Yes, I am the Mad King."

"Before the dark side of the God of Love was completely digested, a lot of Slaanesh's power remained inside."

"I would never allow her to be like that." "So I took away most of the contamination."

"I never expected that I would not be able to resist the pollution and become the Mad King you are familiar with."

Louis said, "So what do you want to do here now?"

The Mad King looked at him with a smile and said:

"I made a promise to the Emperor. He helped me to limit the dark side of the God of Love, and I hoped that he would grant me and Xilin a peaceful death."

“So, now you’re here.”

I'm sorry I've been having eye problems lately.

The good news is that the doctor said my eyes have recovered well. Although I still need to take medicine for two months, my follow-up check-ups have been adjusted from once every two weeks to once a month.

(End of this chapter)