Xingyue, is Xiaokai also considered Kai?

It was impossible to completely destroy the person sitting on the throne; He merely stood up and wiped away a trace of blood from the outline of His body.

Then—BOOM!

The dragon wings, formed from concentrated magic, exploded, sending debris flying, and the gun and sword were embedded in the blue ground.

"Novi—"

"It's okay, I'm okay."

A hoarse voice sounded as Novia raised his bloodied hand and placed it on top of the gun. He tried to prop himself up, but his broken left arm was no longer able to do so and he could no longer lift it.

"Go back. I forgive you for what you did. I forgive you no matter how many times. I forgive you for everything."

Yahweh took Novia's right hand, lifted it up, and threw it toward the blue area, which appeared to be underground from his perspective. He then threw down the gun and sword.

In the first century AD, on a certain day of a certain month, Novia was falling from the high altitude of the planet, falling endlessly, and her consciousness was falling as well.

The silent sound of something breaking through the air filled his ears. He used all his strength to grab the gun and sword that fell with him, which caused shattered ribs to pierce his lungs, further triggering coughing and suffocation in his lungs.

"I'm sorry, Meloscin..." the man murmured, "You are the strongest, I am too weak..."

At this moment, Novia's consciousness fell into the Crimson Sea, the very place where the Beast of Sodom was being born.

A splash came from the water nearby. Novia snapped out of her daze and realized she was on the edge of the Blood Sea, while Melsin beside her looked utterly shocked. Then she heard a sound coming from the center of the Blood Sea—

"...But, even though I don't know why I'm alive, I feel pain when I'm about to disappear. Why is that? Tell me, teacher."

That was Nero's voice, her young appearance from when they first met, trembling as if crying, so pitiful, and so Novia spoke to her there.

"Perhaps there are still important things in this. Although it is painful, there are still beautiful memories. If you just give it all up, wouldn't you still feel lonely?"

"There are good memories, of course. But because of my mistakes, it's understandable that you feel resentful towards me..."

"I did so much because I value you so much, do you understand, Nero?"

Novia pulled the distraught Melsin into the sea of ​​blood. His hand seemed to touch something, and the man in the cold, dark sea of ​​blood turned his head to look. It seemed to be a white stone, which looked like a small ball of light. After putting it away, he continued to swim towards the center where Nero was, and took her hand, placing all three of their hands on the stone.

"I won't hold a grudge, not at all, from the beginning until now. I'm sorry for causing you so much pain. If only I had known sooner. I'm sorry."

"Novia, Novia, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I was too weak, I'm so sorry..."

"It's alright, it's alright, it's all in the past..."

Suddenly snapping out of her daze, Melusin burst into tears, rubbing against Novia. Novia could only gently pat her and soothe her. Perhaps due to exhaustion and severe depletion of magic power, she quickly fell asleep, and then placed her in Nero's hands.

"Nero, live your own life well for yourself."

"........What does this mean?"

"Find out what you like or dislike, and live for yourself with your own two feet. That's how it is."

"The things I like... Can I choose happiness?"

The blonde girl asked without any hesitation, like an innocent child.

“It definitely can,” Novia answered readily. “Happiness.”

"Actually, deep down in my heart, I've always wanted to grow old with you, teacher, and stay together until the very end."

Tears streamed down Nero's face, one by one, like beautiful stars shining in the night sky.

"I see. Please, live happily ever after, even after I'm gone..."

The man seemed to have been mentally prepared for what to say when he said those words.

"I don't want that. I don't want forever. I just want the present. I want more than just the past; I want the future too. Not just the past, but the future as well, because my future will also belong entirely to my teacher..."

At this moment, the sea surrounding the three was no longer blood-red, but filled with a transparent blue light.

Novia smiled and said, "I see," before speaking.

"Please don't be afraid. When you feel lonely, please call my name, and I will definitely come back."

Novia said softly, "And everything will pass soon. I like you, Nero."

Nero wanted to say something, but in the next instant, he found that his teacher, who had been so close, had disappeared. His figure and his presence seemed to have vanished in an instant, as if it were just a dream.

She slowly opened her eyes, and the new light was so dazzling to her.

The first thing that came into view was the gentle, swaying waves, but those waves did not belong to the sea; they were made of roses.

Flowers of the same color as the sea of ​​blood, yet with a completely different aura, filled the entire field of vision, a sea of ​​countless blooming roses.

Swaying gently in the wind, Nero momentarily had the illusion that this was paradise.

But no, this is the sinful place of her desires, and it is what tells the girl these things.

It was that person from before, her favorite person. Joy, love, and a multitude of emotions overflowed from her heart, indescribable in words.

So all these emotions are channeled into a smile that appears on my face.

"I love you a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand times more than you love me, teacher... Novia..."

Novia's consciousness left the Crimson Sea, and in that instant, light appeared from the key on his chest.

Before him, the phantom of God reappeared, looking down.

“This is really a headache… You’ve made this decision so easily, Novia?” He asked. “Are you really going to give it up and sacrifice the key to your kingdom of heaven? This is a miracle that is unique to you. If you give it up and lose this glory, you will never be able to enter the kingdom of heaven again, never be able to enter the position of the spirit.”

"If miracles are created because of my actions, but only apply to me, then they have no meaning whatsoever, right?"

Novia laughed and said to Him:

"Because what I have done is not just my own effort. Others have been used by me to varying degrees. When it comes to sin and evil, I should be the greatest. So it is clear what I am going to do."

“Give them the key I received, especially since it never belonged to me,” Novia said. “If, as the Book of Revelation says, and as you say, this key is essential for my journey to heaven, and if only I can ascend it, then I will give it up. I will not go, I cannot go, and everyone should have this right.”

Just like the poor child he met long ago, before he even entered Rome, someone will surely lend them a helping hand.

Moreover, it is only natural that I should bear the responsibility for everything that has happened in this world, everything that started with me.

He smiled, closed his eyes, and with his last strength—not Albion's, not Nero's beastly power, but his own—spoke his final message to the world.

In an instant, light and shadow reversed, and everyone in the world witnessed that scene. Therefore, in the Book of Revelation that was passed down to later generations, this is one of the very few illusions that has been recorded.

First, the light spreading from the distant horizon turned the red sky and the black earth white, stealing the boundary between heaven and earth.

The light that reappeared warmed their bodies, and the desolate mountains that had been utterly destroyed miraculously seemed to have time reversed, restoring them to their original state.

At the same time, people looking up at the sky widened their eyes, as all the scenes symbolizing the impending disaster vanished, as if it were a joke.

Faced with this extraordinary spectacle, all beings after the Age of Gods could only gaze upon it in utter incomprehension.

However, although many creatures could not perceive what had happened, they were still certain that, although they did not know the reason, the arrival of death had ended. This certainty filled people in the world with mixed feelings and made them laugh from the bottom of their hearts.

Then, in the next moment, compassionate and serene words echoed in everyone's ears and hearts.

"...I'm here. I don't know what situation you're in right now. Maybe you're joyful, maybe you're confused, or maybe...you're about to face a period of uncertainty."

"But I have something to say to all of you: please live on, just live on, please live in this world forever, this is simply my wish."

"If someone recognizes my voice, even if they don't know they are recognizing it, or it takes a long time for them to recognize it, in that instant, I establish a connection with you, no matter who it is, and you have the key."

"This is what I think: we have always been a 'group'. All the people in the world who are suffering, unfortunate, or confused about the future, as long as they are alive, living is lonely. I think that's why we need others to offer even the smallest bit of kindness, because we are all the same kind of people."

Beneath the sky, twinkling starlight rises from the earth in this world that has just experienced the Book of Revelation.

"This is an extremely precious item; please do not forget it."

“I am about to ascend into the Kingdom of God, and you will surely arrive there too, and you will surely find it. So, until then, please live with kindness in your hearts towards the world. I do not want a world to exist where kindness is considered a weakness.”

In that instant, Novia whispered:

"...Yes, no matter what, I will always be by your side, in the name of Novia."

An endless stream of magical energy rose from the earth, and in the aftermath of this fleeting judgment, this magical foundation was truly etched into the history of this planet—[the largest magical foundation in human history].

The foundation of the Bible is silently contained within many who hold faith, and no one can describe this moment, as the magic flows freely and unhindered into the earth.

"Looks like we won't need to turn it on anymore."

Moses shrugged in front of the gates of Hell.

“Let’s go, Taizu Dai,” he said. “This is the first time I’ve witnessed the process of transforming into a beast being successfully stopped, even though it was supposed to be irreversible.”

Noah nodded: "The bright star, the son of the morning, the flame that burns to the end, though it has not become a star, it has spread far and wide, and that is enough."

Behind them, the gates of hell closed and the gates of heaven opened, and finally the two people and the two objects turned into phantoms and disappeared.

finally--

Only one person stood on the Mediterranean coast, watching the man who had returned to his seemingly normal life.

"Novia."

The silver-haired man turned around and looked at the owner of the voice.

Looking directly at the extremely weak man, Cialis, who had not yet become the Dean of the Atlas Academy, revealed the same calm expression as when they first met. She had rushed over because of this sudden situation after asking Hermes the Three-Pointed.

"You're going to die. I brought you a contract that only Dean Zhang issues. Use it now."

"So, it's possible to obtain something without paying any price."

"You're still the same as before, but this is just an exception for me personally. There will never be a next time. The light of your life is going out, and your body will die. Here, your life ends. Alright, use it now. This can still save your spirit and soul."

Xia Li narrowed her eyes, as if to express her firm stance.

"I see. Then is it possible to enter the Inner Sea of ​​the Star?"

"...Your human body is about to cease to function, so the possibility of reaching the inner side is definitely not zero. I understand. The Atlas Academy will do everything in its power—"

The "Sea Within the Stars" is the place where the physical beings, who lack physical bodies, migrated after the Age of Gods ended. However, in reality, theoretically, anything that has lost its physical body could potentially enter.

"No, you've misunderstood, Cialis, I wasn't talking about me."

Novia smiled happily, gently stroking the dull gun beside her.

"In that case, let's send her remains back as far as possible along the route it's about to clear."

The silver-haired man remarked with emotion, "It's like exhaling bubbles of memories from the deep blue seabed."

"Thank you for helping me so much, Melusin."

Return Abilene's body to its original location.

The man who distributed the 'keys' to the world, gradually dying, fulfilled his promise to those who had passed away, through his own exceptional actions.

The purple-haired girl could only respond with a silent nod.

"Alright, let me rest for a while now. I haven't felt this sleepy in a long time. Speaking of which, I really like your gift. Even though it's just a stone, it must contain your precious feelings. Thank you so much..."

Smiling happily, even in his final moments, this man remained deeply and quietly, consciously doing what he was supposed to do.

The man, his body riddled with wounds, stumbled and lay down in the sea, followed by...

Is it truly a manifestation of a mysterious entity dwelling in the Mediterranean Sea?

Or perhaps it was a miracle, a personal mission sent to send him to the Inner Sea of ​​Stars.

"You didn't know how to use it, so you couldn't hear me... How dazzling... light... Novia..."

Or perhaps, it's the subtle radiance emanating from him with his eyes slightly closed.

This was the last sight she saw of this man when she became the abbot of the Atlas in the first century AD.

Where did this person ultimately go?

This is something that even the pseudo-spiritual calculator, Trident Hermes, could not know.

It will only display a single line of text written by someone unknown.

I had a feeling I'd be searched one day, and sure enough, I'm so glad. Anyway, thank you for knowing my name, and best of luck.

See you next time.

.........

One should not betray those who make meaningless promises, nor should one cruelly exploit those driven by selfish desires.

He died before his ambitions were fulfilled, a man who could not live up to his aspirations.

Decadent people, foolish people, pedantic people.

Those who strive relentlessly, are willing to sacrifice everything to achieve change, and ultimately willingly face their end—

Novia the Holy One, the first pope of the Church, is hailed as the most important person in the history of the Church besides Jesus Christ.

According to legend, he went to heaven—and there are no further records of him after that.