My Stubborn Soul Card Follower

Chapter 885 - 521: Baris’s Millennium Journey (Part 2)

[The few spells she knew all came from Vivian.][Rather than saying that Alois was her student, it’s more accurate to say she was Vivian’s student.]

[Alois harbored a deep hatred for the church that massacred her village.]

[During Baris’s teaching, Alois gradually accepted Vivian’s theories, hating each god equally.]

[Alois soon completed her training.]

[After that, Baris seemed to have fulfilled some wish, returning to Twilight City, which was then under the control of the Daylight Church, to watch over the graves of Vivian and Claude.]

[During this period, Alois continuously wrote letters to Baris, reporting her experiences and efforts.]

[This lovely girl, though quite gifted, was ultimately an ordinary genius, never reaching Vivian’s heights in her lifetime.]

[Thus, she chose a different path.]

[She became a wandering mage, following Vivian’s path and recruiting magic apprentices along the way.]

[However, at some point, Alois stopped sending letters to her.]

[Worried about this student, Baris left Vivian’s tomb and went to the last location where Alois had sent a letter to find her.]

[She found her.]

[At this time, Alois was being led to the execution ground.]

[The Natural Church had falsely accused Alois, labeling her a witch.]

[They killed all of Alois’s students and crippled her magic.]

[Nine hundred years had passed, yet Baris still vividly remembered that night.]

[She killed all the priests of the Natural Church and slew the recently resurrected Goddess of Nature, although she paid a heavy price, she didn’t care.]

Shen Sui read this passage and finally understood why the Goddess of Nature, as the first revived god, didn’t have the largest church on the Dawn Continent.

Even if the Elf Race led by Freymia abandoned the faith in the Goddess of Nature, it still seemed irrational.

The reason why the church now only has a remaining sect lies here.

This shows Baris’s affection for her student named Alois.

[Baris still remembers how Alois lay in her arms.]

[She remained so optimistic.]

[Although in her life, and even her descendants would be insulated from magic, she still held hope for this world.]

[She could no longer practice magic nor teach it, but Alois believed that even without cultivation, she could continue to spread the Twilight Saintess’s ideas.]

[She decided to go to a village far from the church’s rule, to become a teacher, teaching the children there to read and write.]

[Perhaps one day, the children she ignited with the flame of knowledge would find a way to save this world.]

[Years passed again.]

[When Baris received another letter from Alois, it was a farewell letter.]

[The village she stayed in was destroyed by the Sun Knights of the Master of the Fierce Sun Church.]

[Her students, with the Knight of the Night, found her.]

[Those students who once babbled in her classroom, after leaving this backward village, gradually became priests of different church systems.]

[And then, they betrayed Alois.]

["Teacher, as I write this letter, I am about to go to the stake."]

["This time, perhaps no one will come to save me."]

["But I am very happy."]

["Because I see the real way out of this world."]

["Compromise and reform with the gods and churches cannot save this world."]

["The gods and churches hold the defining power of extraordinary power."]

["They will never allow uncontrolled people to hold extraordinary power that can overthrow them."]

["As long as they continue to exist, Lady Saintess’s idea of everyone being extraordinary will ultimately become a bubble in the water."]

["To save this world, only a powerful organization can completely destroy the god-church system, become the sole overlord of the continent, and then turn around to reformulate a new extraordinary system."]

["Or perhaps..."]

["Let the scorching flame turn this world to ashes, so the successors can rebuild a new world on the ruins of the old one."]

[When Baris saw Alois again, she had already become a pile of ashes.]

[Yet amidst these ashes, specks of dawn shimmered.]

[This was the first time in Baris’s life she saw the legendary Dawn Power.]

["So, is this why you became the Lady of Daylight?" you asked.]

[Baris remained silent.]

["By the way, knowing your character, you didn’t keep her descendants by your side. Was it because they couldn’t practice magic, so you let them grow as ordinary people?" you broke the silence.]

["I couldn’t find Alois’s descendants," Baris replied, "I asked the nearby villagers at the time, and there were rumors that Alois was pregnant when she was captured. Because she was about to give birth, she couldn’t escape. Otherwise, with villagers tipping her off, it would have been impossible for her to be caught."]

Shen Sui felt a bit emotional.

However, the name Alois seemed somewhat familiar.

He rubbed his chin and thought for a long time.

Speaking of which, based on the information about Dawn Power that Alice obtained from Loli, it’s said it is easier for Dawn Power to awaken in the descendants of those who have already awakened such power...

Wait a minute?

Alice?

An epiphany struck Shen Sui’s mind.

No way, Alice originally enrolled in Roland Magic Academy under the alias Alois Yimiti Hozerville.

She also told me that this name came from an ancestor in her family who had once become a mage, and her name was also derived from Alois.

["Do you know what Alois’s lover’s name was?" you asked.]

[Baris was taken aback but quickly recalled.]

[Something seemed to be vaguely caught in her mind.]

[Baris took you to a mysterious room.]

[It was filled with many items.]

[Among them were the gifts you gave Baris, the letters you wrote to her.]

[Of course, there were also Vivian’s.]

[And Alois’s.]

[Baris searched through the carefully preserved letters from Alois.]

[Finally, she found a letter.]

[It was a casual letter Alois wrote to Baris while traveling the continent.]

[Alois described in an exuberant tone a cute boy she met near Aris City.]

[The boy was five years younger, yet he immediately confessed upon meeting her.]

[He said he liked her golden hair and wanted her to marry him, to keep the gene of that golden hair in their family line.]

["A boy barely into puberty, full of lewd thoughts." was Alois’s evaluation of the boy.]

["Oh, this guy also shamelessly said he’d build a city named after him in the future."]

["Hehe, but I don’t dislike this guy."]

["If I were just an ordinary girl, maybe I would have accepted his proposal."]

["Unfortunately, I have more important things to do."]

[Baris looked at the letter in her hand, falling into a long silence.]

Shen Sui felt anxious and hurriedly asked:

["So, does the letter mention the boy’s name?"]

[Baris let out a sigh, "Yes..."]

[She handed you the letter.]

[Upon reading it, you saw only one line that mentioned another name.]

[That was exactly the boy who confessed to Alois.]

[Roger Andrew Hozerville.]