Chapter 256 (3): I Am Superman All Along
“Sorry, I seemed to have come late.”
Wayne apologized, exiting his knight state and spreading his arms. “So, want to hug and celebrate your new life?”
Regina smiled awkwardly. Well, maybe not. Next time for sure!
Her flashback was much happier than Ottilia’s. Born into a wealthy family, she had a twin sister and never wanted for food or other basic needs since childhood. She worked hard toward the goal of becoming the Holy Maiden.
In the process, her aura as a genius made her proud, while her good upbringing kept her from becoming arrogant. She was prideful but respected her opponents, which was a quality she had shown in her fight with Wayne.
Regina resented the church and worried that her sister would suffer the same fate. She also resented the fact that her pursuit of magic had ended prematurely. Although she was dead, she remained defiant. If she had the chance to live again, she would use her talent to prove to the higher-ups how blind they had been.
She was no disposable pawn. She should’ve reached higher than a Holy Maiden.
After bringing back Regina, Wayne gathered the remaining twelve aggrieved spirits to him, looking for their corpses so that he could revive them. For them, he was truly too late—at least twenty years late.
The twelve Holy Maiden candidates’ bodies had long been corrupted by Darkness and Death after years of being buried in the Misty Forest, with nothing remaining. Wayne mumbled regretfully. He signed each of their contracts and saw their past flash through his eyes. Their figures solidified around him one after another.
Sapphire... Liesbet... Elma... Britton...
The twelve Holy Maiden candidates had been dead for years, the most recent being twenty years ago. Time eroded their memory of life, and they manifested as wraiths.
They had persisted for so long partly because of their phoenix blood, but the power of Darkness and Death of the Misty Forest was also crucial. Perhaps it was fate, or perhaps heaven was showing them mercy; they met Wayne and gained the tickets to a new life.