The Noble Lady of Lust

Chapter 141: Aeloria

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Third point of view

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The goddess of purity, Aeloria, was in a bad mood lately. Why? She had started the Age of Supremacy anew, and from the beginning, everything had gone wrong.

It all started because of her constant streak of failures that began ever since she summoned a person from an isolated world. Nadie sabe exactamente cuándo ni quién fue el que originó y creó el método, pero de repente se puso de moda entre los dioses traer gente de mundos aislados.

There were two main reasons for this: first, not having a destiny related to this world or worlds under their jurisdiction, these beings could generate unpredictable variables, turning the tables of destiny and increasing possibilities that were almost impossible to achieve, something welcomed by some gods in need of change.

In fact, in the first Age of Supremacy in which the summoning was implemented, it was the lesser and desperate gods who used it, which caused those gods to stand out and have many gains, becoming a popular method even for those of high hierarchy. Thus, in later ages it became a norm to invoke beings from these worlds.

The second reason was that these reincarnated beings had unlimited potential, independent of their initial talent, which meant that, in time, they could reach the pinnacle of power.

Of course, they would never escape the control of the gods, so they were more than welcome. To the gods, they were agents with great potential and highly sought after.

Since then, many gods summoned souls from those worlds, though it was a complex and resource-consuming process, even for the gods, not to mention that the opportunities were limited.

However, it was still worthwhile. But in this era, or rather, since the end of the past supremacy era, that practice was practically forbidden, as it was increasingly causing too many unwelcome factors.

When almost all gods were invoking at least one, this practice started to cause serious problems and would continue to cause a lot of problems if it continued like this, even for the chaos gods. That is why both factions agreed to ban the practice.

Something that infuriated Aeloria, who had saved her two opportunities and not taken advantage of them in the old eras, thinking that saving them and using them in the future was better. Now she had made the expense and no one would give her back what she invested.

Aeloria, even with the prohibitions, decided to summon a soul anyway, doing the impossible not to be discovered, and he succeeded. He took a great risk, but still, he succeeded.

However, it turned out to be a fiasco: the soul he summoned was that of a man with a mind so corrupt that he dared to defile it. He even blamed the goddess of fate, who perhaps intervened to spite all those who secretly followed this practice.

The man’s mind, his memories, his life, were unpleasant; she did not even want to see him. Her anger reached levels not seen in millennia, and acting impulsively, she reincarnated him in a remote corner of the world, as a woman, where his presence would be invisible and his corruption could no longer contaminate this world.

To make matters worse, a catastrophic event occurred shortly thereafter that even she feared. Something, or someone, altered the fate of the world, destroying everything they knew and creating something entirely new, a dark future.

With few clues, even today it had not been fixed, and the gods could not see beyond a few years. Still, no one had figured out which of all the fates was most likely, leaving the gods, who always acted by looking into the future, in uncertainty and doubt.

This was the kind of change that all gods expected when summoning souls, but this time the event was mammoth and nothing like the small changes expected.

The event was so catastrophic that the goddess of fate, whom he had not long ago blamed for his failed summoning, almost died because of this incident. Her authority was compromised and her throne was almost taken away from her.

Had the cause of the incident been willing, there would have been a change in the god of destiny.

It was the first time in millennia that a new god was almost created and it was a god of higher rank, whose seats should be immovable and absolute, and yet someone played with that authority and destroyed it.

Such was its gravity that the gods of different factions united to fix this mess, fearing the intervention of external factors. They had never been more united. In the end, nothing happened, and little by little the destinies and the future were arranged, although there is still a long time to go until it is fully operational.

Honestly, it was a disaster, but also an opportunity, and many gods wanted to take advantage of it. She was one of those who worked behind the scenes while also collaborating to fix it, trying to expand her influence and take advantage.

However, when everything was sufficiently stabilized, she did not achieve anything significant.

To make matters worse, another of the gods was discovered summoning from new beings from another world, which led to the imposition of even stricter measures, robbing him of his last chance.

Her mood darkened again, and while she was sulking in one of her temples, she felt a clear call from someone with her blessing.

”Huh... Someone inherited a blessing?”

Curious, Aeloria investigated. She thought it was someone who had only inherited a blessing, but discovered that it was Adrian, the reincarnated soul she herself had summoned a few years ago. Although she felt irritated, she recognized that the expenditure of divinity and karma invested in him could not be wasted.

Now, as she thought about the changes brought about by the resetting of the destinies, she understood that she must bind Adrian as her agent. The instability in the destinies and the future gave him leeway and, upon further thought, a reincarnated acting at this time was a very significant advantage.

”I definitely can’t waste it.”

Perhaps because he didn’t explain correctly, Adrian didn’t choose a very powerful ability. So Aeloria could still grant him a class gift (EX), even if it was by force, to make him her agent. It was worth even the divine power she would expend to control him.

However, a curious thing happened: when she met him, she realized that Adrian didn’t seem the same person as before.

Aeloria, with her power and authority, delved into his mind and memories. She noticed that, although he retained certain impurities, his essence was surprisingly pure for a mortal, nothing like the unpleasantness she saw three years ago, something that reassured her greatly.

Aeloria probed a little further to see the origins of such a change. She noticed that in her current life she seemed to be forming a harem unintentionally, and it happened naturally.

Little by little, the people around him made him a better person, and love seemed to have changed him completely. Remembering the kind of person he was before, that might make sense.

Maybe he just needed a change, and she gave it to him hence their appreciation and devotion, which satisfied her a lot.

Besides, there were no evil intentions or impure thoughts in such actions; as a goddess of purity, she could not be deceived in this regard.

It was not uncommon for heroes or champions of strong destiny to be surrounded by people who further strengthened their destiny.

From what she saw, many, if not all, of those people were talented and revolved around her, which excited Aeloria even more. That meant she had a strong destiny and high expectations.

Although she couldn’t look at anything concrete because of the disaster, the present told her a lot because of her experience.

If she used this investment well, Adrian, or rather Seraphina, could be valuable to her. She didn’t care much about her personal life either, as long as she retained that purity and love. There would be no problems, and even if he reverted to his old self, she would control him tightly.

He was a valuable resource, and even his stats were growing evenly, confirming that bringing him from another world had been worth it. She was very satisfied with all this as she watched him leave her divine realm.

”Well, I’ll be waiting for you. When you grow up and become useful to me, don’t disappoint me, Seraphina.”

For now, she only granted him some simple instructions and information to broaden his horizons and obviously the ability (EX) to grow up fast and have him under her control, though Seraphina seemed to want to follow her from the bottom of her heart.

Until she grew up enough, she would entrust this task of watching over her and guiding her to one of her angels. After all, she was a goddess and busy most of the time.

She needed to increase her influence, and Seraphina had not yet matured to be able to use it to the fullest; only a few years later would she be in charge of using it properly.

Aeloria began to decide which angel would be the right one to monitor him. Now that she thought about it, she had also made a promise with her sibling Luxion, but Seraphina was now too valuable to waste like this.

”Oh, I know, I’ll just ask that useless other sibling of mine to fulfill it for me; anyway, it’s no big deal.”

As she was thinking about this, she suddenly sensed something strange in the newly created connection with her new agent, Seraphina. Aeloria, curious, looked straight over to see what she was doing.

What she saw was her new agent sitting under a tree, murmuring how amazing it was to be blessed, while praising her even though no one was there. There was nothing strange or to catch her attention in this scene.

”How strange...humm.... maybe that little interference is because of her reincarnated soul.... well, it doesn’t seem to be anything major, but it’s worth a try anyway. After all, he is my first reincarnate.”

To make sure everything was working properly, he decided to test his oracles with Seraphina.

”If everything seems normal... it must not have been anything major.”

Finally, noting that everything was operating smoothly and that it was probably Seraphina’s quirk and not a big problem, he summoned one of his trusted angels and left her the task of overseeing it.

Today had been a good day for the goddess Aeloria, and her flagging mood was back on the upswing. She was in such a good mood that she would give her angel permission to give Seraphina abilities with relative ease.

He thought he would spend that divine power on controlling her by force, but now that it was not necessary, he was putting it to much better and efficient use.