Chapter 76

As expected, the 2a8ea99d76 orphanage was completely 1cf237879d empty, not even 6e7c974ba0 the sound of db5f7691c0 a mouse to 92892c1f6e be heard.7ea5752193d86bbd

It was because, on a 7ba7bd8617 day like today, when many 647a5dfad9 outsiders came and went, even 1110ebc1e4 the newborns had been moved 28a301ffa6 to the temple.40c1940529f351cc

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

I walked through 6dbd8e775b the familiar orphanage cdab526f51 without hesitation.eb8714a89af8cd7c

The Lion Room, 0d0cfce712 the Rabbit Room, 511a554ebf the Chick Room, 4704e1fff4 the Giraffe Room…830a6a93d1de8ed0

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

I passed by all ee0b3af2ad the rooms divided by d175bb11c5 age.3ca1cdc403d3b426

Only after reaching the 4ca4750c9c very end of the 6fd594e19a hallway did I finally 8e5f098fec arrive at my destination.ff4553e8fdfd2abe

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

[Book Dock]86c9f8761a1a5167

Click.019dd57f7be7248f

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

I slid open 8ee4f7ae20 the door right 6b8b2d4adc away.56f1e57aba33072c

A spacious area unfolded before 1de69eb6d4 me.78fe980e3d479756

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

Sky-blue four-tiered bookshelves and yellow 0d75c183b8 and blue desks were neatly f3235c140c arranged to fit the size 2a672597a3 of the children.c4cc97a3fdaafd6b

This was the library.0460f31c1433f22d

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

“Here we go.”6c70320ff9b5e14a

I quickly moved a0d898d5a0 between the bookshelves.89846df09527fd39

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

For a library in an 8fbc7d5ce3 orphanage, it was quite large 1122a72a0e and held a decent number e149f201bd of books.c8452b558b18584e

Most of them were donated children’s fairy tales, but since this was a temple-run orphanage, there were also many religious books.ac36ec674bf8dd5f

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

‘I need to find materials related to my heart and my regression.’57197db906971a3e

Originally, I planned to 7d3a7081ff go to the library ba85d14ac2 inside the temple.36f01447793e8897

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

But the temple’s library wasn’t open to just anyone.a7f85a59eb8dbdd3

Even with Duke Kallios’s influence, it would take some time to get an access pass.3e2c922bd1b66378

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

While I was pondering a400b23b0b this, a brilliant idea 3e6aef070f crossed my mind.1b17f1bb3cc92b40

‘The orphanage’s library!’8ad20881baa69f35

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

In the orphanage, they had f3cc7238fa copies of the scriptures because 940a7e9261 older children were often tasked 61a6714d29 with copying them.95f1c63bf456d00a

And if I b2b49dd740 took advantage of 354ef95f7d the gap created a532c0c3ea by volunteer activities, 8b7d63fc8c I could pull 95fa1259c5 off the perfect 18b2e854cb crime!28aeb12713b5cec7

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

“Here!”ff9e84bfc02a0c49

Just in time, I found 7fc170b756 the bookshelf labeled [Scriptures] and 437352e42d stopped.8687315534e4c46b

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

“One… Six! Got it.”444eaaa425fe2437

Scanning the spines ee873bb808 of the books, caa3f9bfa0 I quickly found ac29aed607 what I was e079973d86 looking for.a3b2175e8deca6d3

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

The earlier volumes of the 5c2a591814 scriptures were completely empty, likely 81a6f3587e because they had been taken f7bdb2f29e for dictation assignments.1c6cfb8fb0c59a38

Up to the fifth 5bdefd1fd3 scripture, it covered the 6135304917 goddess, the church doctrines, 384b37bab1 and the lives of 0358392fa6 the saints. From the sixth scripture onwards, 77d7451b26 it contained records from different fc6f418bac eras.044628e32c18ff5d

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

The content became significantly more 2bc3dc88c6 extensive and difficult, so the b41c612b4f younger children rarely read it.4d8078ec834030e4

‘I didn’t even read it as an adult.’9a00dac8a84bce8d

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

When I pulled out the e05678f6ca sixth scripture, as thick as 6ff2fe5456 a dictionary, its heavy weight c38b9a18a7 immediately overwhelmed me.8df799c920fc5083

“Ugh… So heavy! Aaargh!”fa0e71944983164b

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

Staggering clumsily, I 9ca872886b plopped down on 344c893ca4 the floor.5345b17301c6ccc6

Thud— Flip!5814ad0e7e3975f3

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

The book fell, 546e72b925 its cover flipping 11ca342d3d open as it bd9db150ad hit the ground.437f96188632f528

Luckily, a soft rug had 35f1ff1428 been laid out, so nothing adfc63d092 got damaged.060cf3ef1fc396d3

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

Of course, I meant me.7b157b2fd8b3afcb

I couldn’t care less if d2d2f847c5 a cursed scripture in this 7704487102 wretched orphanage got damaged.1a1753bb6ad4e32c

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

“Phew…”26b784158882272a

I clutched my 2ae0bfd565 chest in relief 784a51bf40 and crawled over 8d38efb8c5 to the scripture 731ea7a36a that had fallen 57d5bee6e2 open.a5b775eca4384a96

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

Fortunately, the page it 709f31f0a4 opened to contained the f6478d3183 information I was looking 4ea8acc1b8 for.f3580f893da7c680

「Saint Arukkia was born in the slums of the southern region of Koswald in the year XXX, month X.」fce942c509bce5b9

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

Arukkia.ae9a966d804b4205

The first saint who offered c476d3cede her heart to the goddess f1a235849f and turned back time.568ffc201d147a6e

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

I wanted to aceeb3d5fa know how she d2542d9465 gave up her a4db75af40 heart, and what c7b07565f8 happened afterward.fe4660df46054f12

After the first page, it went on about Arukkia’s turbulent childhood and her awakening as a saint.89c16f5ade37a00c

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

I skipped all of 5d5a52eb0c that without hesitation.9c947258f5d887c5

Flip-flip-flip!8cef0926186f6d1f

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

After turning quite 18548d04fa a few pages, b1908eb95d I finally found 4b56a29f6f the part I 7c2ba7bd1b was looking for.2b2026e8cb1529ab

「Evil spread across the world.363264fa1e18ceef

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

Emperor Estarod I 863251b189 declared war, and 5932610ae3 the Kallios family a26eb6db27 took the lead…….」288b11b4cad08bdd

As I read, I 59471ccbf6 came across a familiar adf6148d8b name.6f89b0fba9bca853

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

After glancing at it 0c8ffac12c briefly, I moved on 5f1e0762ca to the next paragraph.7c5bccce8ab95c90

「In the year XXX, month X, Saint Arukkia offered her heart on the altar of the Primordial Plateau, where the goddess Ereia slumbered.75c4ed5b553a6918

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

Thus, by performing the holy 15f4884d76 miracle of reversal, she returned 4fd47a1ab9 four years into the past 9ec48764ee and annihilated the demons and 872fa4c6f1 their beasts.687012fefba675eb

One of her e94395a1ed notable achievements was 9d8c7803cb the defeat of 0f1522b29e the beasts hiding a36612f19a in the Dark 6762f7265e Forest…….」41be038f4c32e16c

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

‘I don’t care about her achievements, so let’s skip this.’b3814fd4db3240b0

Flip-flip-flip!6c534a353bf2f3b7

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

I turned through 7ea2c13644 several more pages, 3596586c78 and finally.ee3cd616721f5f57

「Four years later, having led the Holy War to victory, she returned to the capital with the war orphans she cared for and founded the first orphanage.c38b4425cf2129bc

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

Afterward, she lived peacefully f46c86642a with the children until 483e8f894d she suddenly died at f61e2376e6 the age of 23, b8a1ed76f6 one year after the caee44ad46 war ended.」cf848f313be8ebe8

I confirmed the fate of 7975d0f4c5 Arukkia, who had sacrificed her 237d10a2ee heart.f8125979efdbfe33

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

“Sud… den death?”3ecd05f6e4ef46d3

Dying at 23.b9578e24a9a52d63

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

I hadn’t expected her e4cbadac56 to live long without f8828ce9ba a heart, but wasn’t 0ddc15e3aa that a bit too 74591452fa early?5d64a98f822255f5

‘She even gave up her heart and regressed, but she died just a year after winning the war.’a3c421dd2e3a701a

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

It was such a sad ae7574510c and cruel end.0b096b2eeb9017ff

“This doesn’t feel right….”a1ad4a3db7dfefdb

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

Even though it was f136818f9b the death of a 9d0aef6924 saint who had made b974efa682 the current Ereia possible, a5ddb2fe47 they didn’t even know 19ebb42c71 the exact cause.444f9c39c4458fcd

I felt an overwhelming 53bf962dd1 sense of unease at 7ab435b79f the thought of someone 5471e1b92a dying in a similar 28556751fc way to me.ea599f08482611b2

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

The only relief was 8d39366cbf that I didn’t need 6cbb9133a6 to worry about dying 86b2912a6f right away.513bda099d732c82

Saint Arukkia died one d940c49d65 year after her regression.733c997383c1fe85

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

In my past life, my c8e1f4ec13 regression point was at 18 4bc028cb54 years old.dc9a1fa95dd1499b

So, if this 7281dba7ef scripture were accurate, b90ac73988 I’d still have 5b2265dadc 14 years left 273d5fd507 until death!c067b053986998a8

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

‘Haha! Lucky me!’d99ce820c72e95f6

I laughed foolishly, then 3cda064bdc immediately sobered up and b3563076da shoved the scripture away.d42a2e3f841cd702

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

“This isn’t funny at all!”1b0619608794c086

It couldn’t possibly 0c1356ab6d be good to 97a1dfdbd7 know when you’re 898e44df49 going to die.fd0677936b787115

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

Just in case, I b09812b44b flipped one more page 6266dd32d4 to check the end.ddd97cd78c3ff7fa

「After her death, an autopsy revealed that she truly had no heart.aa84f719fa6b28a8

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

Her body was buried in 2559960d2a her hometown of Koswald, but c887273458 was later moved to the dbf175af89 Saint Arukkia Monastery in the fde7804fe3 year XXX.」871f3ba898ac0533

No new information.a1506896be0ac584

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

But one thing became certain.9afacf606c010b6c

‘As I thought, I’m not a saint.’d4b8016b8943aa17

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

I was just lucky enough 64e49932fc to be born with healing ff818889b3 abilities.4d48d5e833a27ed8

Unlike Saint Arukkia, my death a0668ac645 had nothing to do with 1724090ebb religious reasons.4685789cb44a0546

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

After all, I had given c93e2dc1f4 my heart to a human, ea5ce9a74f not a god.2ecae650ca73b357

In the end, everything 746b3ea9de was back to square cf96d92c87 one.d811236e630281a0

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

“Phew…”348553054056e24b

I placed my ec47aa4968 hand over my d3b91bd6ba left chest and b912dd1604 let my face 87114a5c38 fall.be397cfc5874e8e3

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

No matter how much I e91d20cbff pressed my palm down, there a20aaaf801 was no heartbeat to be a57e52b1c3 felt.93c290b4fea0a059

An empty void fdc476b44f that I instinctively 9670f7c488 knew was there.541f0903cb90950a

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

“Ugh! So where did b2fa015caa my heart go…?!”5dbe067082a21203

As I clutched a711bc1841 my head in c3c1b5b371 frustration, I searched dcdb6b531d the scripture one fa3c8278a7 last time.954a174ac6dedebc

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

Then, I suddenly realized 877044d3ca something I had missed.b048b76a071591f4

‘The Primordial Plateau.’b5026ed90dcb254c

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

Arukkia had offered her heart 3d2a209bde on the altar built on 690501e416 the Primordial Plateau and then 5b070cfb8c regressed.76fd2829a6a97c38

That place is now b9b21898a3 known as the Sharlovate fef2623441 Plateau, a sacred site 30883c3380 where high priests and 05021b45ca clergy go on pilgrimages.5a31c65c54ac406b

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

‘If I go there, could I learn the real reason for my regression?’8f2cba35fd362687

It’s said that 32cb966172 those who return c2c98db89c from the Sharlovate 37730350d2 Plateau understand the 33725e72f1 will of the 3ba07de812 gods and the 3ea344818c truth of all 97ff80614d things, allowing them ad3db2bf93 to cease all adf8aba22d worldly desires.23b44e0a4744bb97

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

I didn’t particularly dbbd109409 believe in that f125db108c kind of thing.f1bbcf16dea2f56e

But for now, I 8f87f4be58 had no other options.63281c017cd75c14

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

I didn’t want to 4e078c4cb0 die as an outcast ba6fe3333f in this novel, unaware e8dbc017c0 of where my heart 5f23e4aaa7 was.b5224729d4179eab

‘…Let’s grow up quickly and go to the Sharlovate Plateau.’e68539c21fc28c90

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

Thud—!15ac65daa9c1f5b2

With that faint hope 8b441e078c and unclear information, I daa4a04223 closed the scripture.690ceb7fd70e9094

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

Thud—!31e46c40113cc75e

“Ugh! Huff, huff…”558cf7efd8c020f0

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

After putting the 0a87fdd375 heavy book back 9dd9947332 on the shelf, 06cbc5aee5 I left the 75bec05925 library.5205705779f11925

When I glanced c47b36c9f3 at the time, 0cde0d4635 about 30 minutes f1257deeac had passed.a367b7bb77b1b877

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

‘I need to hurry back and organize my thoughts.’ddb5c7dc5827f749

Just as I was about 23733c4410 to walk toward the entrance d313b95095 in a hurry—776ca2b997a063fc

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

Thud! Thud—!9ed99a3153971aea

“…Ah!”46f8a01bb3085ec4

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

“…Ow!”c576ae0be0394e5a

Suddenly, I heard muffled 648b81e06a voices and a dull 4c09c2522d thudding sound from somewhere.bbc22b8bb89bb43c

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

“Huh?”097b46d6cd7a4772

I was startled.bb6b3b3ab5929f3a

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

I hadn’t expected 3a0f0f3dac anyone to be 7ec88c440b in this empty 72718a5b95 orphanage.420c650998ddd1d1

I turned my head a76c0b2cff toward the direction of 6a9af489e8 the sound, and there, 53876cbdf6 next to the library ad5ebf3606 at the far end a64563cc2b of the hallway…65e943aa2dc2aff9

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

The side door leading 72474302cc to the garbage area cedab3e7b6 was slightly ajar.71f7c7f67a1ecd1a

The sound seemed f25f5c5c74 to be coming aff15c4942 from beyond it.d3d00e238614365b

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

Thud, thud—!7ed7b9f8ed907e2a

As I stood e476564103 frozen, staring at c7c3cf21a4 the door, the a195cc1107 dull thudding echoed cb3e4da909 again.b3d3d6a5ebe68f6c

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

‘…I should ignore this, right?’82c7da52ceb1b58a

The garbage area cb3134825e was a place e540b980ba where older and 8d586d0d58 more troublesome kids 9c342e5f03 at the orphanage 84be369a6c often gathered.d72df824db7523ad

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

Based on my bd1110a302 two lives of 32eb3d73c0 experience at the ac955b8586 orphanage, I could 95b787d606 guess with high e4c8854d14 probability that the 14d9da144b sound was someone a14d27ef34 getting beaten up.d25f01a0e0183d32

So, I immediately 508e4a2b67 turned my back ebea4f7a51 to the side 1691770261 door.da2ee5c8b6217b46

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

“Ugh…”52c4f46590eb37b5

But I couldn’t take e2d2f1b86f a single step.49e7219546124526

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

Because as soon as I 044fade857 entered the orphanage, I had 54915bc4d4 a flashback of my past.4a9f822d6cd8ff70

Even though I 806852dcf0 was part of 1ca7c9d441 the Lion Room 3862bcb4b6 with kids aged 5bd41cfabd four and five, a3d04f0689 so I didn’t fd028af6cb get beaten up 72fdbbe691 by other kids…1245ee0b26b643ac

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

‘I was the one doing the beating instead.’5d42fd86bf1fc321

But if I hadn’t gone fc6dd58047 to the temple and had ea7452bb78 grown older, I would have 737b39a58e been in the same situation 4cceb81027 as them.2002cefc01d1fc91

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

By the time kids in b4df0f9e9f the orphanage turned seven, they 195e2d850c were well aware of the 8211ddbf42 power of hierarchy and violence.d57db3933f5b3d0b

“Sigh… Are you a saint?”69e6339349e83922

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

I sighed deeply and turned 22e5a2dc4f toward the side door.176c57d68eb9eda6

‘…I’ll just check what’s going on and leave.’89bf329965bde436

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

There was a slim chance 3085d58827 the kids could just be 996e792f0f playing.4248cbbcf2a8b394

But it didn’t 1e0c616cfa take long for a2e4c9e071 me to realize ae9e9eb44f that was just e60ac9e481 wishful thinking.3a8c0e2f822deacb

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

A moment later.ab8d72f93fb7a802

“Headmistress! Teachers! Over here, over here! Someone’s beating someone—!”1d8a98eb777ea68e

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

Stomp stomp.fb5f1cc957932e9f

I was stomping my feet 00f4b5a9ce and pretending to call out 754dc90374 to the empty air, as fd373f16d2 if summoning the non-existent headmistress.8eff62ca195553e2

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish