Chapter 284 (1): Such is Faith
Holy Maiden of the Church of Darkness, Anastasia...
You’re still alive!
Wayne looked at the magical puppet in surprise. He had thought that the Holy Maiden of the Church of Darkness was dead, but she was alive and well, only having moved her thoughts to another body.
Judging by her name, she was from the Rus Federation! What should he do? Should he return her body to her?
Wayne frowned deeply. He had more than toyed with the dark elf’s body, putting her in more than a hundred and eight different positions—perhaps even more than a thousand and eight hundred. If he handed the body back to her now, it might end up making her fall. He couldn’t do that to her when she wasn’t his enemy!
However, she didn’t seem to be faring well. She had lost her body for sixteen years, forced to inhabit magical puppets and remain cut off from the joys of being human...
Still, he couldn’t give her the body back. Anastasia’s body was already his shape. Once her thoughts entered it, the consequences would be dire. She wouldn’t even be human anymore, much less relish the joy of a human life.
After consideration, Wayne chose silence.
Yes, it was wrong of him to experiment on Anastasia’s body, but the dark elf was his loot, and it had already been corrupted when he picked it up. Even if he hadn’t tampered with the body, Anastasia still wouldn’t be able to use it.
As soon as she entered it, she would become an ancient god’s vassal!
Convincing himself, Wayne no longer felt as guilty. He said solemnly, “So you are the Holy Maiden of the Church of Darkness. I’ve long heard about you. I’m from Londan and I know a few friends from the Church of Sun. I heard that you met your demise in the Ocean of Mist, which was why I called you ‘former Holy Maiden’. I hope you don’t mind.”
“I don’t mind,” Anastasia said slowly. “Although I’m still alive, I’m as good as dead.”