Herman gently stroked the crystal coffin, his focused eyes fixed on the "girl" lying inside. He always felt he couldn't perfectly create a body that belonged to Fengguang, so he spent a great deal of time on it. This was the body he was most satisfied with, because it looked so much like the girl who had looked at him and said his hair was honey-colored.
“Hermann…you’re insane.” Arno blurted out these words instinctively. If Hermann wasn’t insane, how could he have thought of doing such outlandish things?
The methods of achieving immortality, the creation of a physical body to house the soul... these are not things that ordinary people can imagine.
Herman looked up, and unlike his expressionless face, his deep blue eyes were as clear as the azure sea. "Mortals can never understand the greatness of God. So, your life is as short as a cicada's in summer, while I... Wendy and I will witness the true enduring love."
“Hermann,” Arno’s voice was cold, his hand already touching the sword at his waist, “So why did you bring me here to witness your secret, and why are you willing to tell me all this?”
"Because I don't have to worry about dead people being unable to keep secrets."
Arno felt an overwhelming sense of oppression wash over him, like a wild beast running through the forest encountering a beast stronger than himself. "Hermann, don't forget, Wendy is still locked up in the dungeon waiting for you. In the palace dungeon, you can't use any magic. Only I have the key to Wendy's cell."
“The Royal Palace?” Herman’s questioning tone was full of sarcasm. “I forgot to tell you, more than two hundred years ago, I was the one who set up the forbidden spells in the Royal Palace prison that prevented the use of magic.”
"What?" Arno's body stiffened.
"I want your key instead of using magic to find Wendy, simply because I'm terrified. If Wendy sees me committing murder, she'll be afraid of me."
If Herman really wanted to forcibly take Fengguang away from the prison, he would inevitably have to kill many prison guards who tried to stop him. Dozens of lives would be nothing to Herman, but Fengguang might be different. She was a princess and had never seen any bloodshed. Herman didn't want to leave any shadow on Fengguang.
“Now that you’ve told me everything, you can make your move.” Arno drew his sword. “But Your Excellency, I’m not one to be easily subdued.”
Arno had been a knight for many years, and although he became a knight with the aim of revenge, he still possessed all the qualities of a knight. Moreover, after learning everything, he was even more certain that his enemy was not the entire Holy See, but only this man.
Because of Hermann, the Holy See came into being, and because of Hermann, so many fanatical believers emerged, eventually leading to a situation where anyone who did not believe in the Holy See was branded a heretic and sent to the execution ground.
Just like in Arnold's memory of how his parents were captured and killed.
Herman didn't move; he simply said, "Camilla, it's time to eat."
The room suddenly shook violently, the central ceiling shattered, and a large animal that looked like an octopus but wasn't one jumped down from the roof.
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