Chapter 329 : Seraphim - Lucifer
Chapter 329: Seraphim - Lucifer
As soon as the words fell, holy light blossomed. A mass of golden energy filled with sacred aura slowly descended from above Janna’s head, like a drop of water, and merged into the body of the Celestial Sparrow.
“It is done.”
Hearing the voice of the “Honored Saint,” Janna immediately placed her palm over the Celestial Sparrow.
As expected, after the golden energy entered the Celestial Sparrow’s body, its once-faint aura revived, and even the burning heat of its body began to subside.
“Thank you, Honored Saint—”
“My name is Lucifer - Holy Light. There is no need for thanks between you and me.”
Before Janna could finish her sentence, another mass of holy light gently descended from the sky, landing in front of her.
“Your comprehension of [Purification] remains crude. This is a gift from me—perhaps it will help you to one day glimpse the true essence of [Purification].”
As the light dissipated, Janna finally saw what had been wrapped within the holy glow—it was a feather, pure white from end to end.
“Thank you———Lord Lucifer.”
“I’ve already said, there’s no need for thanks between us. Once your memory returns, you will understand naturally, Euphresia.”
Euphresia.
Upon hearing those words, Janna, who had kept her gaze lowered the entire time, neither affirmed nor denied them.
She simply kept chanting the revered name 【Euphresia】 in her heart—and that name: 【Lucifer】.
“The time has come. I must leave. But it won’t be long before we meet again.”
Buzz—As the final word fell, the holy light vanished.
Before Janna could react, 【Lucifer】 had already stepped upon the holy light and disappeared once more into the sky.
After a moment, Janna used the power of growth to summon a Tulans Snowlotus, lifting the Celestial Sparrow from the snow-covered ground. Then, she stood up and looked skyward into the boundless expanse.
“Is Lucifer the same fallen angel described in the ‘Bible’ of my past life?”
Lucifer, also known as Lucifel, was once a six-winged seraphim before God’s throne—most beautiful, most noble of all angels.
Later, accused of “pride,” he defied God’s command, abandoned faith, led some angels in rebellion against Heaven, and became the famed fallen angel. All of this, Janna had pieced together from scattered accounts in the literature and media of her previous life. Whether it was truth or later fictionalization, she had no way of verifying.
In fact, even whether the 【Lucifer】 of the 【Heavenly Sacred Realm】 was the same being as the 【Lucifer】 from her previous life, Janna had no clue.
But one thing she could be sure of: the six-winged seraphim 【Lucifer】 seemed to have a close relationship with 【Euphresia】, the Keeper of the 【Law of Nature and Life】.
Even the 【Law of Purification】 mastered by 【Euphresia】 appeared to have been taught and passed on by 【Lucifer】...
With that in mind, Janna couldn’t help but look at the pure white feather in her hand, and the Celestial Sparrow supported by the Tulans Snowlotus.
“For such a mighty six-winged angel to pay this much attention to a low-ranked Holy Light Sprite... it doesn’t make sense.”
In fact, Janna had harbored suspicions about the Celestial Sparrow—Aph’s true identity ever since the moment they signed the contract.
As someone whose 【Witch Talents】 had nothing to do with Holy Light, Janna had always found it puzzling why the Celestial Sparrow responded immediately to her very first 【Contract Summoning】.
Moreover, even though their contract was one of equality, the Celestial Sparrow’s attitude toward Janna was unusually respectful.
Of course, that respectful attitude wasn’t limited to the Celestial Sparrow. Later contracts, such as the Hundred-Eyed Specter and the Radiant Dream Butterfly, also treated Janna with exceptional reverence—as if their contracts were of servitude, not equality.
“What exactly is the reason behind all this?”
After carefully putting away the feather that showed no obvious peculiarities, Janna double-checked the Celestial Sparrow’s condition. Seeing it had indeed recovered, she closed her eyes and returned once more to the 【Primary Material World】.
“Phew—” As her soul returned to her body and she opened her eyes, Janna let out a long breath. Then she raised her hand and rubbed the temples at the sides of her forehead.
“Looks like today’s plan to go to the library will have to be postponed———”
Due to repeatedly using Soul Power at high intensity, Janna’s Sea of Spirit was now completely drained.
Let alone reading—she couldn’t even cast a simple witchcraft spell in her current state.
“I’d better meditate first.”
Suppressing the dizziness in her mind, Janna dragged her feet from the workbench back to the bed. Looking at the slanting sunset outside the window, she gradually emptied the cluttered thoughts from her mind and, with slow, even breaths, entered a meditative state.
“Dong—Dong—Dong—Dong—”
Sacred chimes echoed, ethereal and resounding.
Looking at the endless ocean of holy light around her, Janna, now in deep meditation, knew she had entered a dream once again.
“Was it because of that feather?”
As the sacred bell chimes became increasingly clear in her ears, Janna’s consciousness grew more and more dazed.
Before long, she felt her body and soul submerge in the holy light—neither sorrowful nor joyful, neither obsessive nor wrathful. In that moment, it felt as though she was a seraphim by the side of the Lord of Holy Light, praying day and night.
A few days later.
With the frequent invasions of shadow creatures, the entire Turin Wizard Settlement was enveloped in a tense atmosphere, with the wind whispering of looming danger.
“It worked!”
Beside the dormitory’s workbench, Janna’s hands were buried in flowerpot soil. As she observed the dark green vine engaging in simple interaction with her, a smile involuntarily appeared on her face.
Janna’s end-of-semester project this year was “Cultivation of Active Magical Plants.” Prior to this, she had already managed to alter elemental pathways within the nucleus through cell transplantation.
And this time, using greenhouse cultivation techniques and high-nutrient soil, she had successfully nurtured hundreds of magical plant embryos. Although the embryos initially had a very low survival rate, after countless trial-and-error attempts and meticulous care, finally—one embryo had survived and even rooted in the nutrient-rich soil.
Just now, Janna had used the power of a 【Law of Growth Fragment】 to rapidly mature the embryo and test the interactivity of the active magical plant.
“As long as I can solve the issue of the low survival rate, then this project of mine can be considered a major success———”
Knock knock knock—Just as Janna was about to withdraw her hands from the soil, a sudden, urgent knocking rang out from her window.
“It’s the Rook—don’t tell me it’s another emergency mission?”