standing on the pedestals which were for the sake of praying formed their ritual prayer in the words of their own country.It was the letter of prophecy that was recorded at the end of the New Testament. (TN: Don’t know which one it was, tell me if anybody know. Though maybe I’ll just stick to my c.r.a.ppy translation. I’m gonna get too scared to copy a bible verse for LN like this.)
It was the words of Johannes’ Revelation.
It was the warning about the prophesied destruction of everything that was expected to come in the future.
And then――it was the elucidation of power that came from heaven in salvation from the destruction……!
{Holiness, holiness, holiness. The almighty princ.i.p.al G.o.d.
Thy art the now, thy art the past, the person who should come before long――}
{The day that should come, the seven envoys carrying the seven trumpets, they prepared to blow those.
The first envoy played the trumpet loudly.
Thereupon, hails and fire mixed in blood appeared, raining down on earth.
A third of the earth was burned, a third of the trees were burned, even all the green gra.s.ses were burned to ash.}
{The second envoy played the trumpet loudly.
Thereupon, something like a large mountain burning in flame, was thrown into the sea.
A third of the sea became blood, a third of living beings which grow in the sea died, a third of ships were wrecked.}
To sum it up it was a revelation of salvation.
Reading that out loud, singing it, they wished for the fulfillment of the great lord’s promise.
The promise was etched on the book, their sound scale was a concealed voice that was not a voice.
This Revelation itself was a ritual prayer, for the gate that separated between sky and earth, between salvation and destruction, and then between the world of man that was heading to ruin and the heaven, to open.
{The word of prophecy of this book cannot be sealed. Because the time is nearing.
The immoral person will carry out even further immorality, corrupted person will carry out even further corruption.
Righteous person will carry out even further righteousness, sacred person will carry out even further sacredness as it is.
I will soon come. Carrying retribution in one hand, I will recompense according to each one’s deed.}
{I am α, I am ω. The beginning, and the end.}
The ritual prayer went through the several bra.s.s resonance tube from deep underground, being amplified, being magnified, rising up to aim at the exactly highest place right now at the skylight of St. Peter’s Basilica.
For the sake of reaching the ear of the lord that was right there beyond even the stars and nearer than even the neighbor.
And then as the ritual prayer progressed, the flesh of angel inside the water tank began to shine gold.
*throb*, *throb*, like that, quickening that was like the rumblings of the ground hit everyone’s earlobes from inside the reinforced acrylic gla.s.s.
Before long not only the air but the earth also shook.
The machinery overheated one after another and shutdown.
The many cl.u.s.ters of cable squirmed while scattering sparks.
From the pedestals that were directly connected to five dragon veins, wind of ether(magic power) to the level that it could be confirmed by sight blew violently.
And then finally――
{ { {Aah lord, come! So that blessing will be together with all of us!} } }
The moment the ending of the ritual prayer was spoken.
With the flesh of angel as the center, an explosion of sound and light and magic power occurred.
The hall was overflowing with blinding light, everything, even color and sound were blown away.
And then, that destruction pa.s.sed away, finally the eyelids of the five people were raised… what was there was,
A smashed up… empty water tank was the only thing that remained.
“Wha, e, eee!?”
“O, oi, what happened!? There ain’t nothing there!”
“Don’t tell me, it exploded to pieces just now……”
Leti, Joseph, and Tairon’s faces paled from the sight in front of their eyes and fell into confusion.
That was only natural.
The messiah that would descend from this ceremony was their only trump card.
For that trump card to explode into pieces… it was not a good situation by any means.
But――it was a needless worry.
The reason was,
“No. ……Above.”
Gregorio that was relatively calm among the members lifted his head.
Right above the smashed up water tank, there was a large hole gouged out.
That hole bore through the bedrock that had several layers and pa.s.sed through the sanctuary.
The skylight broke, and sunlight reached even until the underground.
There was no mistake of that, it was the proof of something flying from this underground towards the sky.
The five hurriedly exited the underground and pursued that something.
And then――
……The five used the stair for the garbage collector and came out to the roof of St. Peter’s Basilica, and saw that.
The cross at the summit of the roof of St. Peter’s Basilica.
Standing beside that… was a naked boy.
Faintly shining white skin even under the sun of broad daylight.
Silver hair that sparklingly shined from the sunlight.
And then, the pure white wings that grew from the shoulder blades.
That was unmistakably the boy that was in the water tank until just now.
The boy didn’t turn to look at the five people pursuing it, he merely stared at the sky with his back still turned on them.
Around that boy, the pigeons that were raised at Vatican’s garden gathered.
That sight was… possessed sacredness just like a religious painting, each of the five people running after him swallowed their breath.
But, they couldn’t just get bewitched like that forever.
They had to confirm it.
Whether their ceremony succeeded or not.
The one who broke the silence was the supervisor that was pope Innocentius.
While he supported his old body with his staff, he walked a few steps on the unstable rooftop and approached the boy.
The one who first reacted to his movement were the pigeons in the surroundings.
The pigeons flapped their wings noisily and flew away from that place.
But Innocentius didn’t pay it any mind,
“Michael-sama… is it you?”
He asked the boy.
From that, the boy finally directed his eyes at the direction of Innocentius and the others.
Instantly, they lost their words from surprise.
That was because the boy… was spilling large drops of tears without stopping from his lapis lazuli eyes.
And then, without even wiping those tears, the boy formed his words.
“It’s certainly audible to me. The scream of the gra.s.s that was burned to ash. The scream of the polluted sea. The scream of the persecuted sons of G.o.d. And then the scream of this star grieving and moaning for all those irrationalities. By having a flesh body like this, and budding as a single life in this world… they blow into my heart like the cold wind of winter.”
In that voice which was spun by the trembling lips, kindness and affection towards life was overflowing.
“Pious servant of G.o.d. Innocentius. Come here.”
“Ye, yes-!”
Called by the refined voice, Innocentius climbed the unstable rooftop.
But that action was impossible for his old body.
On the way, the blowing wind stirred up Innocentius’s priest robe.
There was no power in that old body to even brace himself.
Innocentius’s posture crumbled greatly――
However, that body didn’t fall.
It was because in no time at all, that boy gently supported that old body with a gentle movement as if nestling close to him.
And then, the boy embraced closely the body of Innocentius just like that, and he said his grat.i.tude to Innocentius with a tearful voice.
“…You did well. You really did well to endure patiently until the coming of this day. However it’s fine already. You can now welcome the end of this turbulent time. We and our father in heaven, will surely grant salvation to the children of humanity. After all, that is the reason father sent me to this land.”
“O, oooooo……-!”
Those words made Innocentius’ body tremble, tears were spilling out from his dried up tear gland.
It was because the words of the boy showed that the boy was the person that he wished for.
That was also when the other members that were watching from afar comprehended it.
The holiness that could be felt from the boy.
That presence which was only dazzling.
It was exactly because the boy was someone worthy to be called an angel.
Correct… their ceremony had certainly succeeded.
This boy that was here right now was exactly an angel that was in service of the G.o.d worshipped by the .Inside that boy was the owner of a strong power and authority that was above all things, the
And then when Michael separated his body from Innocentius, he next turned towards the remaining four people, and he expressed his thanks towards them also in an identical way.
“All of you too. You all had worked really well until the coming of this day for the sake of preserving this broken world. Surely the great father will reward that work of yours.”
Hearing this, Tairon took a step forward and opened his mouth.
“Our wish is one! To rule this world with our hand! We ain’t handing over this world whether to those demons or to the ! Can you grant that wish!?”In response, Michael nodded without hesitation.
“Of course. This world is a world for the sake of all of you, the children of man. In order to return all of that to the hands of all of you the children of man, the great father sent me to this land.”
There was no sound of falsehood in that voice.
No, in the first place the existence called as
They were not an existence that could do that.
Surely because of that, there was not even a bit of impurity and hesitation in the echo of his words, the ears of the five, and then their hearts, were soaked with that truth that made them understood.
This boy was without doubt, their ally.
And then Michael who showed himself as the ally of mankind turned back to Innocentius once more. And then he asked.
“I cannot endure to hear the grieve of this star more than this. We have to act for the salvation of the world promptly. O pious servant of G.o.d, Innocentius. Have you put in order the preparation for the aforementioned matter?”
In response, Innocentius wiped his tears with the sleeve of his robe.
“Everything has been prepared without anything lacking. Please leave the routine tasks of the world of man to us……!”
He returned a response with an unusual strong and young tone.
Michael made a smile to that response and thanked him.
“O pious servant of G.o.d. I thank the dedication of all of you.”
After that Michael closed his mouth thinly, directed his gaze at the sky of the east, and said.
“Then, let’s go. In order to return this world once more, to the hands of the children of the G.o.d that is overflowing with light.”
Flame of rage was residing in the eyes of Michael who was announcing that.
The destination of that gaze of rage was… the island country in the far east.
What was there… was the that tied a covenant with the evil G.o.ds.And then receiving this will of Michael, Innocentius gave out orders to the four people that were in this place.
“Notify all the government troops who are under the banner of the Five Great Leaders! From now on the will begin!”In this moment, a new world order by the was started. The last stage of the that was created for that sake, the began.