Xingyue, is Xiaokai also considered Kai?

Novia looked at the girl, whose face was flushed red and whose expression was blank from his kiss, and said this while holding her.

"Okay...okay, teacher, I will always listen to you..."

For a young girl, Nero was incredibly cute like this, but perhaps she was a little embarrassed about what she was about to say, so she spoke even more softly.

"But, but... in that case, I think... you could try pulling on their hair forcefully or something like that. I've only heard about it; I've never actually thought of doing that..."

Novia only hoped that he would hold her hair when kissing her in the future, and she naturally fulfilled Nero's request without hesitation.

059: The Name of Melusin, Just for You

The next day, having confirmed the day before that his teacher was alright and had received a very good reward, Nero naturally didn't hesitate any longer.

That morning, after meeting Novia in the palace and spending some time together, he immediately announced that he would go to the Isthmus of Corinth in the Greek peninsula to dig a canal.

With the emperor far from the capital, Seneca among the civil officials, and Lucius as the leader of the Praetorian Guard, Novia's orders were essentially equivalent to the emperor's, although for Novia, it seemed no different from when Nero was in power.

Anyway, as long as he brings it up, the blonde girl will agree.

In reality, after establishing the Church of Christ, becoming Pope, and with the number of Christians in the country rapidly increasing, Novia could be said to have nothing left to do but sit and enjoy himself.

Even after learning about the new apocalypse that John had mentioned, he had been extremely busy beforehand.

As for the Church, although it had people from the Burial Classroom and had long ago asked Roman magicians stationed in various places to help deal with the local dead, it was ultimately a drop in the ocean. They could only wait for the 'Bible' foundation created by Novia to be successfully born, so that ordinary people could also use rituals to defend themselves, although it would take some time.

Novia hadn't yet considered establishing a knightly order belonging to the church, thinking it best to train the agents first.

After all, this is an open military organization. Although Nero would never have any ulterior motives, as her teacher, I still have to be careful.

After dealing with the problems of the Church of Jesus Christ, the next issue was the Roman Empire. A few years ago, in the province of Judea, almost all the buildings except for the First Temple in Jerusalem had been destroyed. However, it was still necessary to relocate people from the overpopulated province there. Therefore, rebuilding the city and rebuilding the holy city of Jerusalem along the First Temple should be put on the agenda.

In Novia's plan, once all of this was over, the question of Byzantium would come next.

This place is a vital passage to Asia and the only route from the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea.

Furthermore, the nearby Golden Horn Bay is an excellent natural harbor that has been a gathering place for merchant ships from all over the world since ancient times. With strong support now, the convenient water and land transportation will rapidly develop commerce, providing the Roman Empire with considerable revenue and enabling the construction of more infrastructure.

In addition, the vigorous development in Byzantium also allowed the residents of the major provinces located to the east of the Roman Empire to maintain their pride in being residents of the Roman Empire, gradually uniting the people's hearts.

In short, these are all things that take a lot of time to complete, but Novia and Nero are both young, so there shouldn't be too much of a problem.

Now that Novia has learned about the new Apocalypse, her first thought is to go to a place called Armageddon, located eighty kilometers north of Jerusalem.

That is, in the Book of Revelation, in the end times, it is the final battlefield of the war between nations initiated by the "Kingdom of the Beast".

"I'm going out for a while, and it will be a long time before I come back."

Novia, having bid farewell to Nero, returned home and said to the 'gun' hanging there, "Ever since Albion forcibly licked my mouth a dozen times with her unique long tongue, she disappeared by dawn."

From that day on, no matter what Novia said, she didn't react or say anything.

Although he could leave without saying a word now, he knew that Albion was still afraid of being alone, so he decided to say something first. Whether she followed him or not was up to her.

'Don't let me see you, I still really want to eat you.'

Hiding in the gun, Albion felt a reflexive desire and appetite stirring within her body. Having previously eaten a piece of flesh from Novia's shoulder and stomach, she sensed a subtle change in her soul, so instinctively she wanted more. She also inexplicably hoped that afterwards she would be panting erratically because of Novia, and that she would lick away the stickiness from his hands, which were covered in blood and flesh.

After waiting for more than ten seconds of silence, Novia realized that Albion still didn't react. She thought to herself that she had to push him a little harder; being so arrogant was really troublesome.

"...I am terrified of you."

Albion remained silent and did not respond to Novia's sudden words. Although he did not like being disliked, he still hoped that Novia would not be eaten by him.

“I am terrified by your desire to devour me.” Novia took the gun and stroked it. “Although you are noble to me, you are also terrifying. Right now… perhaps I should have destroyed you.”

As the silver-haired girl inside the gun murmured in pain, Novia neither pulled her hand away from the gun, nor destroyed her weapon to abandon the dragon, nor used her magic to destroy the girl's head; she did none of these things.

"...But I want you to live, even if it means devouring my flesh and blood."

"...I can't do it."

Albion finally reappeared before Novia.

"I am the strongest dragon, but I can't control my desire to eat you. Even though I'm already very obedient, I will never be willful."

"...Come to me."

Novia picked her up, and the silver-haired girl was trembling slightly, clutching Novia's clothes with her small hands.

They didn't want to leave, and their feelings were very clear.

"If you can't do that, from now on I'll make a contract with you, and I'll give you a new name. Then, whenever you think of that name, it means you belong to me, and that should be able to suppress that desire."

"........OK."

The dragon girl's golden eyes appeared somewhat hazy at this moment.

"Melushin, this will be the name that will lock away your desire to eat me from now on."

"Yes, I understand. I am your strongest dragon, Albion, and also Melusin."

“Then, before the contract is finalized, as an exchange for your performance towards me.” Novia, holding her, turned her head towards her shoulder.

"Take the last bite."

In that instant, the girl's cheeks were covered in flying blood foam, slightly defiling her delicate features.

"Novia...it hurts, doesn't it? Come on, bite me. I'm so sorry, so sorry, but I promise, it will never happen again, really, really, it's true..."

Knowing that even though he had only eaten a piece of flesh from Novia's shoulder, it was still very painful for her, Albion, who had been given the name Melsin, stuck out his tongue and ate the blood and bits of flesh that had appeared on Novia's body from where he had torn it.

“...Melushin, aren’t you a bit too heavy?”

060: The Unveiled Melushin and the Oracle of the Final Land

"Using flight would indeed save a lot of time..."

"Novia, do you still think I, Melusin, am scary now?"

The silver-haired girl showed no discomfort or unease about her new name; on the contrary, she was extremely happy.

Novia is now literally high in the sky, speeding across the seemingly boundless and endless Mediterranean Sea.

To be honest, this wasn't his first time flying, and it wasn't through magic, but rather through airplanes or hang gliders.

Not long ago, after using the name Melosin to restrain Albion's desire to eat him, the silver-haired girl spontaneously requested to travel with him.

"Without further ado, Novia, where do you want to go? I'll take you there. I can fly, you know. Anyway, magic power won't increase if I don't use it, so I might as well use it for you."

Melusin jumped slightly and reached out to hug Novia's neck. Her body weighed only 20 kilograms, which was practically nothing. She was even 3 centimeters shorter than Nero.

"Seventy kilometers north of Jerusalem."

"Oh, that's the place... Okay, anywhere is fine, as long as you want."

The dragon girl lightly pushed off the ground with her toes, and her blue-black metallic wings spread out, carrying Novia into the air.

Time returns to the present.

“I don’t like that you’re afraid of me.” Melusin buried her head in Novia’s neck and licked it a few times. “I’m not human, and it’s understandable that you see me as a beast, but I don’t want to be your friend either. I really like you, Novia. In the beginning, I came to find you all by myself from a very, very far place.”

The silver-haired girl's voice sounded excited, happy, and elegant.

Novia remained silent; his intuition told him that the other party did not want him to speak at this moment.

"I was lonely and sad there, and I could only endure it. No, I should tell you the truth. I was really sad and lonely, and I wanted to cry all the time. I kept holding back until I heard your voice and that made me feel a little better. Even though you are just a human, my thoughts before were at most, 'I wonder what you would taste like? But you are so weak, you must not taste good.' But if I ate you, I would be very sad."

"So, Novia, let's stay together forever."

Melusine spoke softly in his ear, her voice so low it was almost drowned out by the sound of air rubbing together.

"I don't want you to leave me. I want you to only have me... Actually, I lied to you when I first met you... There is no one who can replace you. Since I see you this way, you should see me this way too. That's it. Also, I want to possess your body. In human terms, I want to mate with you."

She then lowered her eyes, as if she was enduring something.

"........."

Novia remained silent for a few seconds, probably because she had never been asked such a question before.

"If you pretend you can't hear me, I'll kill you. Okay, I was just kidding. Three, two, one, answer me now."

"...Merusin, aren't you a soul now? Your body hasn't been around for a long time—"

"I don't know, but I can feel myself slowly developing a human body. Just a few more years and it'll be all right. That's wonderful, Novia! I'm yours now, you can do whatever you want with me... But... is that really okay...?"

The strongest dragon, named Melsin, brought its face close to Novia and touched her cheek. As it remained silent, the girl's voice grew softer and softer.

“I’m very sorry… it was my oversight. By the way, I can keep it from your, that human, Nero, because I will only appear when I am alone with you.”

That's true, because over the years, apart from the time Novia took her out to see Nero at the beginning, Melsin has only appeared when Novia is alone.

The two then fell silent, and soon after they arrived at Novia's destination. For Novia, her magic power was not depleted at all.

Melusin, whose face was somewhat pale, was trembling involuntarily, whether because he did not answer, because her magic power was extremely depleted, or perhaps both.

"...I...I'm a little tired and need to rest. Oh, and I'm sorry, Novia, I was just mentioning it briefly...please forget about it..."

"Is this really okay? I don't think it's necessary. Even if Nero doesn't know, we still need to tell her."

Novia believed that she should not feel superior to anyone who treated her sincerely, nor should she be treated perfunctorily.

Novia then narrowed her eyes as if deep in thought, and grasped Melusin's trembling hand.

"Whether it's you or Nero, I will never let go. Please have faith in this. You will never be alone again, Melosin, Albion."

"Okay...see you later, I really need to rest now..."

Melusin's tone was as if she had been relieved, and the smile on her face seemed to bloom like a flower before disappearing, returning to the 'gun' Novia was holding to restore her magic.

Then Novia looked up and saw a vast field woven from patches of brown and green farmland.

"This is the final battlefield."

Novia looked at the scene before him, clutching the key pendant on his chest, and fell silent.

The various legends he heard in the Book of Revelation flashed through his mind:

Demons gather the kings of the world, Christ descends, the Almighty defeats the devil and the "kings of the world," the earth is destroyed, and the beast is captured...

When will the prophetic revelation that John spoke of occur? Nero, whom he encountered, was essentially a beautiful beast.

All his efforts were in vain; in other words, neither judgment nor redemption existed for him.

As Novia pondered, an earthquake struck around her, a slight tremor that only caused the ground beneath her feet to tremble slightly, and a scene of flames rising out of thin air—

Legend has it that the twins were raised by wolves, and after they grew up, they helped their grandfather seize the throne. The twins then planned to establish a new city.

However, a dispute arose over the location: the older brother wanted to build it on the mountain where they grew up, while the younger brother wanted to build it by the river.

Thus, from that moment on, the twins' relationship developed an irreparable rift.

This ultimately led to the tragedy of the older brother killing the younger brother.

From that moment on, this nation was destined to remain mired in endless bloodshed and intrigue.

Even the founder's brother, who was like "light," could not stop the sin and evil that has persisted to this day.

The flames vanished, and Novia looked in the direction they had disappeared, discovering that the source was a book, its title being—

The Oracle of Sibylla.

061: Nero in Revelation and the Oracle of Sibylla

Sibylla, meaning "prophetes," refers to the oracles of ancient Greece. These oracles were created under the influence of divine revelation and are recorded as follows:

Sibylla, her wild lips uttering something unspeakable, without adornment or fragrance, yet with the help of the gods, her voice has endured for millennia.

The Oracle of Sibylla is a collection of prophecies made by the legendary ancient Greek prophetess Sibylla when she was in a state of madness.

There are 14 books and 8 fragments, which are usually regarded as 'revelation' literature.

The vision it presented to Novia was of Romulus, the founder of the ancient Roman kingdom, and his brother Remus, just as the vision Osiris had once shown him, of Romulus being killed by his brother Set, and it reappeared in Novia's mind.

Romulus of the Type-Moon universe is a human being who can rightfully be described as 'light'; he represents the possibility of humanity breaking away from the Age of Gods.

His brother Remus, on the other hand, is the opposite. His mission is similar to that of Enkidu of Mesopotamia. After the twins disagreed on the location of the city, their relationship was strained. During the construction of the city, Remus crossed the "boundary" set by Romulus, which represented a prayer to the gods for a connection between man and the gods.