Lovers?

The three people present opened their mouths wide, utterly bewildered, as if they had just heard the most impossible thing in the world.

Doro had certainly considered the relationship between the Demon King and the gods. According to his preconceived notions, the Demon King and gods should be enemies. If there was any karma involved, it was most likely that of a mother and child who had chosen different paths because of differing ideologies or perhaps that of creator and created entities, like Mohe and Lisidorwei, or even siblings born together.

But he had never imagined the answer as lovers.

"You seem so surprised, huh? It's actually not strange, right? She and I are lovers. Though, using 'lovers' isn't quite accurate; I'm saying it in a way that's easiest for you to understand. After all, there's quite a big difference from being true lovers," Mohe didn't mind discussing such matters with them.

She looked at Doro with a mischievous smile: "Could it be that Mr. Doro is jealous after hearing this? I understand you as a Hero hold the Goddess in high admiration. Hearing that the Goddess and I are lovers, do you perhaps feel cuckolded?"

"..." Doro didn't know what expression to put on to deal with Mohe's remarks.

"Huh? What do you mean? Do you fancy me instead? Are you jealous over the Goddess? This is rather troubling, Mr. Doro, you're a bit too greedy, aren't you."

This person...

The two girls clearly wanted more clarity on this matter, yet Mohe seemed reluctant to give further explanation: "In any case, the Realm of the Dead being described as the embrace of the Goddess is really quite accurate—if the Snow Elves hadn't become undead back then, they should have gone there too."

"I have a question, Mohe, once the undead return to the Goddess's embrace, then what?"

"Hmm, that's a key point, it can't be that the Realm of the Dead keeps accommodating the undead, letting the number of undead increase indefinitely, right? The Goddess wouldn't engage in something so meaningless. If that were the case, she wouldn't shamelessly declare in her revelations to her followers 'Return to my embrace.' In fact, the undead have the possibility of reincarnation."

"Reincarnation?"

The group was stunned, never having expected to hear such a term from Mohe.

Mohe looked at Doro with deep meaning: "Have you ever considered a question?"

"What?"

"Why is there so much belief in the Goddess? Even the stories crafted by the Elf Race say the Elf Mother Tree was planted by the Goddess herself, possessing sacred significance—why believe in the Elf Mother Tree rather than the Goddess herself? Have you Snow Elves ever thought about this question?"

She asked Elves Adeline and Roland, leaving them bewildered.

"Why… this, I haven't considered it…"

"Not having considered it is correct. We never intended for you to consider it," Mohe continued to reveal secrets, "Why do you think, among the three races, humans—who clearly were the last to be born—received the light of the gods? The White Church was born among humanity; the Goddess chose you, Doro, A·Gedora, as Heroes to oppose my rule? Why is it only Charlette who can act as a vessel for the Goddess's will to descend? Ultimately, humanity's development to this point owes much to talents like you, but isn't it more about the Goddess's favor?"

Yes, the unavoidable issue is that the current prosperity of humanity is closely tied to the Goddess's favor… no, "preference."

"Didn't I create humans in Butuo City?"

Suddenly Mohe mentioned this incident, where in the world awakened by Adeline, Doro destroyed the Sky Fortress, and most of the Alchemists "died." At that time, Mohe put the Alchemists' souls into jars, then recreated their bodies, reviving them and minimizing the damage from that disaster.

"Does that count as recreation?"

Doro felt this process was slightly different from when Mohe created Lisidorwei, even different from reviving the Elf, for Mohe herself possessed the ability to create souls.

This approach was actually quite similar to Adeline's concept, differing in that Adeline's had a body of Adeline Metal controlled by Adeline, while Mohe created identical bodies to their previous ones.

"Why wouldn't it count as creation? If you acknowledge humans as a race created by the Goddess, then you should acknowledge my actions as creation. After all, my method is the same as the Goddess's."

She finally articulated her meaning clearly: "Just as I said literally—you humans were originally created as vessels to accommodate those undead… In a sense, the world will naturally give birth to new souls, and I create some, and so does the Goddess."

But this conclusion prompted Doro to think more: "You're saying?"

"I'm saying, humans aren't original—not to be exact, they aren't naturally born souls, even newborn humans. Fundamentally different from other creatures. You all are souls that have appeared in history before. Did you think I reincarnated as a human rather than another race because humans are powerful? It's because there's a gap left by the Goddess here to exploit."

She revealed the secret of her own reincarnation: "Well~ this secret is indeed quite shocking, but I actually am quite curious."

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