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NoGift 174 I COULD NEVER HATE YOU

SEEING the almost imperceptible frown on the Pope's face, Argent couldn't help but smirk.  Successfully annoying this bastard was definitely worth all the trouble.  All the anger she felt since she came to this cottage subsided a little.  

"What, you seem disappointed?  You don't like the gift I gave?  How sad.  To think that I spent so much time preparing it," she said.  But there was no disappointment in her voice, instead, it was full of mockery.

Limos who heard this almost didn't blow up on the spot.  How shameless was this person?  She looked out of the window and her knees almost buckled when she saw an image of a woman floating on the direction of the Holy Temple.  If they could see her at this distance, that meant that this image was quite big.  It wouldn't be surprising if all the people in the city could see this.

"Y-your Holiness, t-that..." she mumbled pointing outside the window with trembling fingers.

Before she could say more, the sky over there suddenly turned dark and flashes of lightning could be seen from here.  Just looking at those dark clouds and the bright and clear clouds on their side, it's obvious that those dark clouds were made by someone and not caused by nature.

Lucern, of course, also saw all of these.  His gaze that was usually filled with gentleness and kindness was now dark and filled with unknown emotions.  He turned to Argent.  "Do you know what you're doing?"

"Of course, I won't do it otherwise," Argent said, without even a hint of regret.  "Do you really expect that I won't retaliate after what you did to my mother?" she snorted.  "You act as if you know me so well and yet you didn't even see this one coming.  Now I'm the one who's disappointed," she added, not forgetting to mock him.

Limos really couldn't take it anymore.  She couldn't even care about that strange thing that's happening at the Holy Temple right now.  "You-!  Stop disrespecting His Holiness!" 

Argent turned to the woman and looked at her as if she's crazy or something.  "He kidnapped my mother and then ordered you to use your Gift on her.  He's even blatantly manipulating me to gather those three sacred artifacts.  And you're asking me not to disrespect him?  Do you have a few screws loose in your head?  Or are you just thoroughly brainwashed you think your Pope is a god who can do no wrong?  Then I could only pity you."

Limos' whole face turned red in humiliation.  She glared at the duke.  How could he understand what His Holiness meant to her, to all of the Apostles?   How could someone like him, who had an almost perfect life, ever understand?  Unknowingly, her Mana started to gather around her.  But before her Gift could be released, she felt a tight grip on her wrist.

She looked up and saw the Pope looking at her sternly.  "Your Holiness--"

"Stop and compose yourself," he said with warning.

Limos bit her lower lip, grievance filled her unfocused eyes.  She couldn't understand why His Holiness could take all the insults coming from the duke as if it was nothing.  She couldn't even feel a little bit of anger from him.  Knowing him for years, this was not something he would do under normal circumstances.  Unless, in some way or another, the duke meant something different to him.  Something special.  That kind of answer was probably something Limos would never ever be able to accept.


At the end, she could only look down and put all her emotions away.  "Yes."

"Aw... look at that, you hurt her feelings," Argent said with pity in her voice.  But if you would look closely, you could clearly see the gloating in the depth of her purple gaze.

"I take it, you have no intention of giving the sword to me," the Pope said instead.

"Of course, I don't.  You said it yourself, it doesn't matter even if I surrender the sword to you or not.  But don't worry, just like you wanted, I will gather the three artifacts.  Then I will open the closed Mythos continent.  Just don't expect everything that will happen after that would be the same as you wanted."  She looked straight at the Pope, her face devoid of any emotion, just to show how serious she was.  "Because I will do anything just to prevent you from reaching your endgame."

The Pope didn't shy away from her gaze.  "Sadly, that's something I will never allow to happen."

"You should know by now not to underestimate me."

"Oh Argent, I never did.  I know just how capable you are.  But on this matter, I could never allow you to succeed."  

Argent snorted.  "What makes you think you could stop me?"

"Because my conviction is stronger than yours."  Yes, it was something that fermented inside him for hundreds of years.  A dream that slowly became an obsession.  "I wish things could have gone differently for the both of us.  But I could never give up my goal."

"You know, if you didn't involve me and my family in this shit, I would never give a single f*ck about any of your diabolical plans.  But you did.  And that's your biggest mistake.  Because now, I'm even more determined to destroy it," she said with a dark smile on her face.  "You said your conviction is stronger than mine?  My conviction would definitely not lose to anyone.  Because once I decided on something, I make it to a point to finish it.  Even at the cost of my own life." 

Silence filled the room.  Then the Pope spoke, breaking it.  "Do you hate me?" he asked out of nowhere.

"Do you even need to ask?" she said in a tone that's telling him just how ridiculous his question was.

She didn't know if it was just her illusion, but a flash of sadness appeared in the bottom of his blue eyes.  Then, it was immediately gone.  As if it hadn't been there in the first place.  "Too bad, because I could never hate you."

Lucern wished sometimes that he could.  He truly did.  But everytime he even tried, he always failed.  Everytime the darkness in his heart overwhelmed him, all he could think about was destroying Argent.  But at the end, a bigger part of him would refuse that idea.  

"That's your problem, not mine."  Argent bent down and picked up her sleeping mother easily.  "It's time for us to go.  Try not to die from heart attack once you see what happened to your Holy Temple."

Then she jumped off from the window, which for some reason, Harlequin opened.

Limos' eyes widened at that.  He stared at Harlequin unbelievingly.  "What did you do?"

Harlequin pointed his palm at them, then some kind of gas suddenly came out of it.  A barrier of light appeared between them and the unknown gas.  It immediately contained the gas into a ball of light.  Then it slowly turned smaller and smaller until it completely disappeared along with the gas.  

A ray of light went down from Harlequin's head.  He quickly dodged it but it still caught the mask on his face.  When the mask fell, it completely shocked Limos.  Because the face it revealed didn't belong to Harlequin.  It was a man with heterochromatic eyes - one sky blue, another forest green.

"Viper, I pressume?" the Pope said, not even appearing the least bit surprised.

Viper grinned.  "Nice to finally formally meet you, Your Holy-shit-ness."

And then he dashed and attacked.

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Catalogue
211 SLOWLY MOVING PLAN
210 A BIT OF PROGRESS
209 FATHER AND SON
208 EYES THE SAME EMERALD GREEN AS HIS
207 JAXON'S ARRIVAL
206 THINGS THAT NEEDED PLANNING
205 LEI FENG'S CURRENT MORNING
204 YES FROM HER HEART AND SOUL
203 DORIAN'S LETTER
202 ANTHEA'S ACCOUN
201 WHAT IS THE 'CHILD OF ALL'?
200 A CERTAIN DREAM NIGHTMARE
199 TO STAND BY HER SIDE
198 BECAUSE YOU'RE SPECIAL
197 AN UNEXPECTED BRIGHT GREEN LIGH
196 WE'RE THE BEST PROOF THAT THEY EXISTED
Chapter 195
Chapter 194
193 ARRIVING AT MISTY MOUNTAINS
192 TRAVEL AND TROUBLESOME THOUGHTS
191 SHE'LL DEFINITELY BREAK HIM
190 HER WHEREABOUTS
189 ANTHEA'S THOUGHTS
188 AFTERMATH OF THE FESTIVAL II
187 AFTERMATH OF THE FESTIVAL I
186 THE TRENDING VIDEO
185 A NEW DAY, A NEW BEGINNING
184 MY NAME IS...
183 WHEN DID I BECOME A CHARITABLE INSTITUTION?
182 GOODBYE, VICTORIA CITY
181 ASSEMBLY AND DEPARTURE
180 LEAVING THE FORES
179 TO THE EXPLOSION
178 WOULD YOU REALLY NOT EXPLODE?
177 THE ONE WHO TAUGHT YOU
176 ENCOUNTERS IN THE FORES
175 LUCERN VS VIPER
174 I COULD NEVER HATE YOU
173 THE 'GODDESS' DESCENDS
172 IT'S TIME
171 AN HOUR AGO
170 I'M GIVING YOU A SHOW
169 SORRY! PLEASE DON'T OPEN THIS. I ACCIDENTALY PUT THE CHAPTER FOR MY OTHER NOVEL HERE.
168 HACKING HIM TO PIECES
167 THE TIME TO MEE
166 IT'S GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU
165 THE DAY OF THE FESTIVAL
164 MIDNIGHT AUCTION
163 GODDESS' TOWER
162 HIS ONLY 'GOOD GUY'
161 SHE PROMISED TO GIVE A FANTASTIC SHOW
160 HER MISSING EMOTIONS
159 UNEXPECTED PRESEN
158 HIS PAIN
157 FIRST STEP TOWARDS THE ELF
156 WAITING AT CASA ROYALE
155 INITIAL PLANNING
154 AURUM VS VIPER
153 AND THEN THERE WERE THREE
152 'CONVINCING' THE ARCHBISHOP
151 WILL YOU PLAY WITH US?
150 THE TWINS ARE UP TO NO GOOD AGAIN
149 HE HAS THE SAME FACE
148 DINNER PARTY
147 AT THE BISHOP'S RESIDENCE
146 COLLISION BEFORE DINNER
145 A RATHER UNEXPECTED ENCOUNTER
144 JUST LIKE THAT, THE MAN DIED
143 A BIT INTERESTING
142 TROUBLE OR NO
Chapter 141
Chapter 140
Chapter 139
Chapter 138
Chapter 137
Chapter 136
Chapter 135
Chapter 134
Chapter 133
Chapter 132
Chapter 131
Chapter 130
Chapter 129
Chapter 128
Chapter 127
Chapter 126
Chapter 125
Chapter 124
Chapter 123
Chapter 122
Chapter 121
120 WHERE DID EVERYTHING GO WRONG?
119 PREPARING A SURPRISE
118 HAPPENINGS AT THE PLUM GARDEN
117 HAIRPIN CEREMONY
116 TWO PEAS IN A POD
115 WAITING FOR A CALL
114 RETURN 'GIFT'
113 A STEP CLOSER
112 THE DRAGON KING
111 THE MONSTER INSIDE THE ROSE MANSION
110 THE TEMPLE OF TIAN LONG
109 BREAKING THROUGH THE ENCHANTMEN
108 HER OWN LIMITS
107 NEGOTIATIONS
106 A BIT OF INFORMATION
105 TWO BEASTS
104 GATHERING
103 MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN ANYTHING ELSE
102 VIPER ON AN ISLAND
101 WHERE IS THE SEA OF LENG JING?
100 ONE LEGEND, THREE TREASURES
99 DEDUCTION
98 BACK TO FENGHUA PALACE
97 DECRYPTING
Chapter 96
Chapter 95
Chapter 94
Chapter 93
Chapter 92
Chapter 91
Chapter 90
Chapter 89
Chapter 88
Chapter 87
86 A TALK WITH THE EMPEROR
85 ONE CALM MORNING WITH THE TWINS AND BLACK
84 THE ZHANG HOUSEHOLD
83 WELCOME TO XING
82 THUNDERSTORM
81 FIFTEEN DAYS ON BOARD
80 BON VOYAGE!
79 BUSINESS PROPOSAL
78 DISTRESS SIGNAL
77 A CERTAIN MAN'S MELANCHOLY
76 THE DAY AFTER THE PARTY
75 THE PROS AND CONS
74 RUBY OR NOT RUBY
Chapter 73
72 COMEUPPANCE
71 IT WAS ALL HER FAULT!
70 A BEAUTIFUL ARIA
69 LET THE SHOW BEGIN!
68 THE DAY BEFORE THE PARTY
67 THE LOST MAN FROM XING
66 SAVING THE BEAUTY
65 THE EYECATCHING GUARD
64 FOREIGN ARRIVALS
63 PARLIAMEN
62 EXPLOIT THE SITUATION
61 MOTHER AND SON
60 THE TRUTH BEHIND THE SCARS
59 IDENTITY REVEALED
58 ARGENT IS PISSED
57 TEA PARTY
56 MEETING WITH THE KING
55 ON THE WAY TO THE PALACE
54 WINTER IS HERE
53 THE MYSTERIOUS MAID
52 HOMECOMING
51 THE POPE'S SPEECH
50 A DAY IN THE LIVES OF FOUR MEN II
49 A DAY IN THE LIVES OF FOUR MEN I
48 CONCLUSION
47 DEATH BEFITTING A PIG
46 MAKING PLANS
45 A SHADY CHARACTER
44 THE 'CLUMSY' STRANGER
43 THE TOWN OF KAURR
42 ENTERING THE CAPITAL
41 THE HANDSOME BANDI
40 AMBUSH PLAN
39 THE VILLAGE OF ABANDONED CHILDREN
38 A SUDDEN COOPERATION
37 TO SHANDRA
36 TAKING OFF
35 BLACK&WHITE
34 NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
33 THE BEAUTIFUL FOUNDER
32 A CERTAIN GENERAL'S SON
31 SURPRISE 'GIFT'
30 RESCUE
29 THE FIGHTING PI
28 BACK TO SQUARE ONE
27 KIDNAPPED!
26 SKIPPING GRADES
25 THE REAL TRAINING BEGINS
24 THE LEGENDARY SWORDSMAN OF THE EAS
23 DEPARTURE AND AN UNEXPECTED OR RATHER UNWANTED VISITOR
22 STARLIGHT ACADEMY
21 TWO PAIRS OF SIBLINGS
20 THE MCALLISTER FAMILY
19 WELCOME TO AMEXEM
18 A DATE TO REMEMBER... OR NO
17 DREICH GALLERE
16 MURDER SOLVED?
15 ONE CORPSE AFTER ANOTHER
14 ANDROMEDA
13 GOODBYE, FOR NOW
12 VISITING THE ROYAL PALACE
11 HEARTBEA
10 A SUDDEN INTERES
9 THE BASTARD PRINCE
8 DISASTER IN THE FORES
7 OUT OF THE TOWER
6 MEETING AURUM
5 TESTING HER THEORY
4 SHOPPING IN TOWN
3 THIS NEW WORLD
2 ARGEN
1 AND THEN SHE DIED
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