It's as if everything has returned to the starting point.

When Charlette learned that Doro was going to become the Human King, she had a fleeting unrealistic fantasy.

This meant Doro would oppose the Demon King once more. Even though his relationship with the Demon King had become extremely complex, up to this point, Doro probably made his choice with his own will, deciding to become the enemy of the Demon King — how is this any different from the past?

No, in fact, this is even more significant than before!

In the past, the Hero set out from an ordinary small village, was chosen by the Hero's Sword, and under the guidance of the Goddess's will, met the little Priest of that time, together stepping onto the path of slaying the Demon King.

And now, without anyone's guidance, without anyone influencing him, Doro chooses to take the path of challenging the Demon King by his own will.

Fate is so similar, yet the significance is so different.

The Hero who once went astray ultimately did not disappoint, finding his way back to the right path through his will. Now, Charlette can be certain that Doro will not become the next Demon King, even if he already stands at the same nature of life as the Demon King, even if it's hard to describe him as human, but his essence is different from the Demon King's.

She knows this better than anyone.

So... other things no longer matter.

"Reiterating, former Saintess Charlette, you can defend yourself. The Church will consider your opinion." Bai Lushi, on behalf of the Elder Council of the White Church, asked Charlette once again.

Charlette just smiled: "I have nothing to defend myself for. I indeed made a mistake back then. I didn't completely trust the Hero, didn't trust the Human King, and almost lost him. Now, he's made the right choice with his own will, which proves my mistake. I'm not shameless enough to argue that I wasn't wrong."

Bai Lushi understood Charlette's will.

"Then, Charlette, on behalf of the Elder Council, I pass judgment on you. You are stripped of all positions, stripped of all beliefs, and you will be expelled from the White Church, losing the glory of the Goddess. After that, as a sinner, you will be escorted to the Human King to await his judgment."

At the moment Doro decided to become the Human King and made his declaration, some things had quietly begun to change.

Just as Mohe thought, the White Church had no choice, between the Human King and the Demon King, the White Church could only choose to stand on the side of the Human King. Therefore, they had to give Doro an explanation, give an explanation to the contemporary Human King — the Wise King's explanation was his own life, the allegiance of the rebellion led by Duke Regulus, is the foundation to help the Human King govern the world.

Then what about the White Church? The handling of the culprits of that grand betrayal from the past is the inevitable choice.

For the priests of the White Church, the punishment Charlette received at this moment is the most severe punishment. Let alone that Charlette is currently stepping into a higher realm, is the strongest of the White Church... Once a priest is expelled from the Church, their faith is fundamentally severed, and divine power will disappear from them. The divine nature of Charlette would become an ordinary girl when receiving this punishment, unable to even break free from shackles.

She would become extremely vulnerable.

And precisely, this is what counts as punishment.

And precisely, this is the explanation to the Human King — but the White Church cannot deal with Charlette privately. They strip Charlette of her status and power to show the Human King that the White Church will always be on his side, so Charlette must be sent to him for handling. At that time, whether the Human King decides to kill or slice, it's his freedom.

Yet, even this level of stance is not enough. In such a great upheaval, the White Church is fiercely discussing what power to give to the Human King that can tightly bind the Human King and the White Church.

Some say it's the right to appoint the Saintess, some say the Pope must be crowned by the Human King to become a true Pope, and others say whether the Church should send personnel to listen to the Human King's will at all times... But these discussions have nothing to do with Charlette, who has already been expelled.

Adeline was the one guarding Charlette.

Adeline volunteered to come. She said she was afraid Charlette would be wronged. After all, falling from a high position, inevitably, there would be some ugly thoughts arising.

"You're not really a person of the Church, what does the Church think of that?"

"Those old things in the Elder Council, although power-hungry, are certainly loyal to God. They know what you've done, probably don't think you're wrong either. So they also entrusted me to take care of you. Moreover, I am the Source of Miracles. If you lose your power, there might not be anyone in the Church capable of stopping me."

Charlette looked at Adeline, who didn't seem dejected by losing her power: "You're supposed to take me to Doro later for the Human King's judgment — can you face him?"

"No matter what, you need to face it, I need to face it too. The impostor has left, he apparently doesn't intend to change his will."

"It seems that our creation cannot be said to have failed. They have almost the same personality, their ideas aren't too different, it's just their talents and gifts that differ." Charlette sighed, "We've given him what we could imagine as the best gifts, the finest abilities we could know... But our capability itself is limited. What we can imagine and delineate does not support waiting for him to step into that realm."

This is reality.

They themselves are not in the realm of Doro and the Demon King, so they can't even imagine what that realm should look like. Thus, the impostor, even with all his might, could not defeat the real Doro, even if he fought till the end.

"Charlette, have you not given up yet?"

Adeline suddenly asked.

Charlette looked at her puzzled: "When you say haven't given up, what do you mean?"

"Though it sounds strange, I always thought you willingly gave up this power. This so-called divine power."

"Of course, I voluntarily gave it up. If I didn't want to, who could make me step down from the position of the Saintess? If I disagreed, according to church statutes, I could veto it with a single vote. Moreover, I could directly communicate with the Goddess. If I didn't want to lose my position, I could let the Goddess descend."

She spoke such matters as a matter of course: "So I definitely gave it up willingly, to give Doro an explanation."

"I'm not talking about willingly giving up just for that, Charlette."

Adeline listened to Charlette's body: "I think you retreated to go further, still haven't given up on the idea of becoming a being of the same level as them."

"Why? Why do you think so?"

"Because you made me do Human Alchemy, and you're also researching it, aren't you?"

...

"Your Majesty the Human King, the White Church has carried out the execution for the former Saintess Charlette, deleting her name from the Church, she's no longer a member of the White Church. She will be escorted by the Source of Miracles to be brought to you, for you to judge. How do you wish to handle her?"

Doro, after hearing this, said, "I'll discuss after I see Charlette."

He gave no further instructions.

He is carefully savoring the sensation of being the Human King.

Just as Mohe said, he actually had capricious power more than a decade ago, yet at that time, everyone revered and feared the Demon King, but no one had reverence for him, fearing he would become the Demon King, so they acted against him — he could have done what he's doing now back then.

He is precisely doing that now.

Was this how Mohe felt back then? Even things he wouldn't think about, someone would naturally ponder for him, just a change in expression could make someone think many things, and then take action voluntarily... So, any action from someone like the Human King is immensely magnified, any movement brings tremendous change...

In such a position, any action would leverage world changes — if it was the past self, he might fear that weight.

No, it's not even if.

The past self did fear that weight, so he chose to avoid it. He knew his own strength and power to change the world, yet he didn't know if changing was a good thing, he wasn't confident he could make the world more beautiful, so instead he thought it better for someone like the Wise King to lead the world.

But Mohe told him.

Such a thought itself is laughable.

As the strong, he inherently didn't have to consider the thoughts of the weak. He wanted peace, so the weak needed to maintain peace. He wanted everyone to live in respect and love, so everyone should live in respect and love. He needn't consider whether things would become better, just follow his capricious thoughts to act... This clashed with what he previously knew.

For instance, when he was the Hero, Charlette had told him, the higher one is, the more one must hide one's ideas, unintentional words or acts could bring disaster to the weak —

Past Doro strongly agreed with such a notion, but it's completely opposite to the way Mohe existed. The most ancient Demon King freely allowed her feelings to flow, even creating something seemingly contradictory like the Star Tear to express her emotions.

She also never hid her love for maid outfits.

So, what is responsibility?

He inherently didn't need to bear any responsibility.

He simply loves others, wants everyone to live happily ever after — that's his simplest, most plain wish. Just like Mohe loves maid outfits, there's no essential difference.

Nor should he feel heavy for it.

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