My Goddess is Good at Pretending

Gabriella reported about a secret dungeon under the city lord's mansion. The Lumina Marquess Family was the one who ruled over this Lumina City. Regardless, there was a secret that no one knew about.

Twenty children who had not reached adulthood were locked underground and treated as test subjects. Those people carried out a suspicious experiment by taking the blood of those children and injecting a particular serum to increase the test subject's overall ability. They wished to create an army of artificial superhumans, but some children had already become something akin to a monster instead.

The infiltrator and investigation team found the gruesome truth as they went deeper. There were a lot of failed products that ended tragically too.

The Lumina Family was famous for producing many top-tier mages, but why would they carry out such inhumane experiments?

The answer was simple. That family declined in the past one hundred years, and there had been no more talented mage since then.

Upon hearing that, Rafaela trembled slightly. She tried to be indifferent, but her subconscious felt irritated and angry. She recalled those painful years.

"Do you know why healing magic is so precious?" Ely heaved a subtle sigh and immediately asked off-topic.

"Saving someone's life is the most important thing?" Gabriella scratched her head as she didn't understand why the topic had suddenly changed.

"Yes, but it is deeper than it seems. Vitality will be drained when using healing magic, but do you realize who must sacrifice to heal others?" Ely changed her question.

"That, the healer?" Gabriella widened her eyes in shock.

"Yes, healers are gifted with great vitality, and that's why they are valued so preciously. If you trace them, all healers will be treated as special treasures. However, most of them die at a young age. Do you know why?" Ely tapped her finger to the table for attention.

"Uh-huh, could it be because they're running out of vitality?" Gabriella gasped.

Within Guardian of Dream, there were several people with healing skills. Her 2nd sister and 10th sister also had that ability, but the most impressive was her master. So, they always sacrificed their vitality every time they healed someone!?

"Yes, I have discussed this matter with our people who have healing skills. However, that is not what I want to talk about here." Ely once again tapped her finger on the table.

She then told a story about a little princess branded as 'useless' and ostracized in her own family. As time went by, her family paid no more attention to her. They gradually treated her unjustly.

The little princess kept training hard because she held onto the hope that everyone had equal values and her talent lay somewhere unknown. She tried to impress her parents but ultimately received no love despite her efforts. She failed, and her hopes shattered.

It was lonely, dark, and cold... But the light finally came to pick her up.

One day, a priest encountered the little princess and accidentally discovered a talent with great vitality hidden within her. Thus, the priest recruited the little princess into the Holy Church. She was freed from a cold and dark hell called her family, but that was only the beginning of an even more profound tragedy.

"Why was the little princess being hunted when she was in a predicament? She had just escaped her family's torment, but the Holy Church was so excessive as to force the little child to heal others." Gabriella couldn't understand the truth of the story her master told.

"Do you know why only a few heroes' descendants fall into demonic possession? Their parents and relatives could be fine, but not them?" Ely continued.

"That..." Gabriella didn't know the answer.

"That was because they had a high aptitude and affinity for the hidden talent of the hero's blood flowing in their bodies. Unfortunately, that power was cursed. Those recognized as successors were the only ones who could fall into demonic possession.

The little princess was hunted by her family because they knew her worth. They wanted her to return, but it was not feasible. Thus, they resorted to violence to extract her blood for their benefit." Ely shared a considerable secret relevance regarding the heroes' (God) descendants. 𝒃𝙚𝒅𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝒍.𝙣𝙚𝙩

"!!!" Rafaela looked down as she broke into a cold sweat. Her face turned pale as she finally discovered the extraordinary truth behind her tragedy.

She escaped that terrible mansion because Holy Church's discovered her talent and taught her about healing magic. Yet, she was treated like a healing tool there. She wished to cure her 'curse' and 'defect', but holy magic couldn't do much even though she was basked by the light of holiness every day.

Her vitality was exhausted, and her body could no longer suppress the curse. She ran away, but her family had been eyeing her for a long since her healing talent was discovered. But, who would have thought that she was being chased because they were after her blood!

Those scary people often took her blood and injected a mysterious liquid that caused excessive pain once a month. Her family was all aware of the heroes' blood flowing in their family's bloodline!

So, the mistreatment she received in those years was because she was one of the experimental subjects, similar to those pitiful kids held captive in the underground!? Her family even dared to do that to their flesh and blood. Were they still human? The demons were even more humble and kind than them!

Rafaela hugged her trembling body. Her master was omniscient and knew everything even though she never said anything. Her master said it was all for her, but she didn't know what to do. If possible, she just wanted to forget everything. She was Rafaela, her master's 2nd disciple!

However, her heart said to take revenge and give those sinners the punishment they deserved. The family that would sacrifice their flesh and blood for any reason didn't deserve to exist.

"Hmm?" Ely was stunned for a moment. She deliberately instigated Rafaela, but she didn't know why that overreaction.

She knew a little about Rafaela's past because it was transferred to her mind since it was one thing that stuck in Rafaela's mind the most during the purification. She gave Rafaela a chance to carry out something like a sweet revenge plan, but it seemed there were some details she didn't know. The matter was more profound than she had expected.

"Do you wish for revenge and save those pitiful children?" Ely sat in a seiza position right in front of Rafaela.

"No, I will destroy that family with my own hands. Those power-hungry bastards deserve to be punished by heaven." Rafaela answered with a trembling voice.

"Is it? But don't rush things out. Move with Gab-chan tomorrow. We must still collect their 'dark data' to bring them down." Ely shook her head with a sigh.

"Disciple obey." Raphael nodded slightly.

"..." Gabriella watched from the side in silence. She had expected it, but it felt different when the truth lay before her eyes. So, her junior sister was previously part of the Lumina Family, the princess, also known as the Holy Chruch's youngest priestess, who mysteriously disappeared six years ago.

"You are my family. We are not evil, but we are also not an enforcer of justice. Do what you need to do. We will always be with you." Ely hugged Rafaela, and the latter slowly calmed down.

A few minutes later, Gabriella and Rafaela went to rest in the next room.

Ely then did a little experimentation on her power sources with both MP and SP alternately. She assumed MP meant Mana Point, and SP meant Spiritual Point, which could be converted into qi. Regardless of her effort, she could only exert simple magic and essential martial art.

'That's useless. I have massive power sources, but the output is still small. My body can't handle it because of power limitations. For a 0th Rank mortal like me, I must be more creative about my magic and martial art creation, right?' Ely tried to rack her brain for a while but soon returned to painting. She put the magic-related thought aside for another time.

In her mind, she no longer worried about cultivation and magic because she likely needed to set out on her own path.