Chapter 36: ise Larson


    "Milord." ise said, immediately after arriving.


    Under the crimson moonlight, Aucuces looked at his Angel of Miracles in silence.


    ise Larson, the angel of miracles, was famous throughout the world. The bards themselves travel across nations to sing his praises.


    There were various legends about him throughout the world; some tell of his tales of ying mighty dragons and to saving an entire country from the demoness for only five coins from a little girl.


    He was also heralded as the messenger of the sun god himself, and many consider his will to be themand of the sun god himself at times.


    In the third epoch, the low-sequence pathway forms were widely circted. It wasn''t difficult to be extraordinary during that times.


    ise was a vagrant and part-time thief. Throughout his childhood, he learned many tricks and methods for bing sessful in his job and surviving in that era without losing his life in the hands of extraordinary people. Regardless of his profession, he would go out of his way to help others in need if asked, for a price, of course.


    Because of the connections he made in his teenager years, he was given the opportunity to be a beyonder. He had several options, ranging from the well-known sun and tyrant pathways to the revered paragon pathway.


    Yet, he chose the fool path, and when others found out, they mocked him for being a literal fool.


    But ise was unconcerned about what others thought of him. To be honest, he preferred the error path because it was more suitable for him, but the potion form for that is even more difficult to find. He didn''t know if he''d get another chance, so he chose the fool path without hesitation, as he knew that it was adjacent to error.


    During the third epoch, the most infamous paths were the error, fool, and door. The rumours about it became so widespread, that it was given a special name to represent it, "The Cursed Pathways." They called it that because most who walked these paths would face the damned fate before bing demigods.


    However, ise still chose this path, and his life was forever changed as a result. He didn''t abandon his thieving career even after bing a well-known diviner among mortals. When he advanced further, he even started his own circus.


    His life was not without adversity; like any beyonder of the mysteries pathways, he was on the verge of losing control on numerous asions. However, he pushed through it all and survived by sheer willpower at times.


    His desire for power, however, did not dim when he couldn''t obtain the forms for promotion, because he had witnessed and lived in the dark, cruel world long enough to understand the importance of power.


    That''s when he decided to try his luck and join the regiment of the King of Angels, who were actually recruiting for somepetent beyonders. ise knew that if he wanted to advance on his path, this was the best way, as the King of angels serve the creator himself.


    It would be easy for him to find about the potion form there, even though he disliked being restricted because of how he lived. But, he knew he had to make some sacrifices. He didn''t think they''d ept someone like him after learning that recruitment was for the legion under the white angel.


    He didn''t have anything inmon with those who were regarded as the most noble and respected at the time. But, much to his surprise, he was epted by them after they learned about his path and past, which wasn''t difficult for them to discover.


    ise expected to be a misfit, and this time his expectations were not disappointed. He was alone during his endeavours and mission, which he performed in order to increase his contribution and directly redeem for the potion.


    That''s when he met another misfit like himself on a group mission he reluctantly epted.


    Diana Knight was her name. She referred to herself as a researcher of truth and even boasted to him about knowing the white angel and the angel of destiny themselves. Even though he didn''t believe at first, he noticed her noble temperament and assumed she''d be a burden who only knows how to talk.


    When he saw the same noble woman tearing apart a mountain-sized giant in a single move, he realised how wrong he was.


    They hit it off right away and became friends, or so shebelled our rtionship. Because of his past experiences, he never trusted anyone and wore various masks to not reveal his true self. Nheless, he felt this will be different in some way.


    However, this was also the time when he was confronted with a challenging choice for the second time in his life, the promotion to demigod. He was already considered a miracle on the legion of lightthey called the legion of white angel just thatfor being able to advance to this stage without the assistance of anyone else.


    ise was aware of the extreme danger, but he also didn''t understand why this path of mystery was so different from others. But he didn''t give up and decided to apply for assistance during this promotion and ritual. He put on a spectacr show, ying a demigod dragon in front of arge crowd of legionnaires. However, he didn''t expect someone to appear right before him, before he could drink his potion.


    A man with white angel wings and a golden burning eye stood before him.


    At the time, ise had a subconscious feeling that the arrival of the angel wouldpletely change his life....


    Aucuces was the one who arrived at the time, and he was intrigued by someone who had made it this far down the fool''s path. At the time, he obtained this information from Diana.


    He was honestly surprised when the once-thief sessfully promoted himself to demigod of the fool pathway in his presence.


    As, the will of celestial worthy was so strong at the time that the ancient sun god himself did not want the pathways to spread.


    However, this thief far exceeded many people''s expectations, which greatly impressed him. He ordered ise to be assigned to a special unit directly under him. ise advanced with his assistance, and he became his messenger after proving himself worthy. Only after the will of celestial worthy weakened did he finally advance to the angel at the start of the fourth epoch.


    The angel of miracles was thus born, and while many referred to him as the kindest, he was far from it. He walked around the world with many different faces, leaving various legends behind. Even though he had never trusted others before, but the passing of centuries changed him. He finally found his own ce with the people he cared about, a ce he could call home at the end of the day.....


    ise then looked at Diana and Lucas in the banquet and said, "They are indeed perfect for each other." His voice was rather a little low.


    "Hm?" Aucuces raised his brow. "Your rivalry with Lucas should not be over...?"


    "No, milord." ise shook his head vigorously, attempting to deny it. "It was just, I didn''t expect anything like this between them..." He had seen a lot in his life and knew how rare this was, especially when it happened to his friends, whiche as quite a shocker to him. "But I am genuinely happy for them," he said, smiling as he looked at them.


    Aucuces hummed and inquired. "How was the Solomon Empire?"


    "Strange." ise paused, his face solemn. "Freaky. Thrilling. Dangerous"


    Aucuces was unsurprised and asked indifferently, "Who was the first to give in?"


    "Trunsoest, milord." ise felt strange when he heard the tone of the lord, but he still continued.


    Aucuces sighed suddenly as he turned to face him and said. "Are you still awaiting me to call you out? I expected you to be as daring as before."


    ise''s eyes widened as tampered and erased memories surfaced simultaneously, but before he could process them. Everything went dark for him.


    Aucuces looked at ise indifferently, who hadpletely changed his demeanour at the time.


    ise took out a monocle and ced it over his right eye, spoke in a voice that didn''t belong to him.


    "It''s been a while, hasn''t it? Aucuces."