"That’s..." Lenin was in disbelief as she looked at the piece of paper that Javi had sent to Rasmus. She made the same expression as Rasmus when he read the truth. "They’re capable of altering reality. Even the demons and their leaders can’t do anything like that. What are they? The beings who are capable of doing something like that?" She looked at Rasmus, fear written all over her face.

"They’re called Angels, God’s servants," Serena answered with a calm expression. "They’re not well-known because they’re only mentioned in the ancient religion, the religion that the Zevrathi family taught the people," she explained.

Neither the Angelis family nor the Sancticus family ever mentioned beings like Angels. They were two families of Saint, and they only taught people about their Gods and their rules for the followers to obey.

Thalior was speechless, his head lowered and hidden underneath his hand. He was petrified by the fact that families who lost their children, didn’t remember that they had them in the first place. He didn’t want to imagine how far the cult would use that ability for their own gain.

"Is there even a way to prevent this from happening to us?" Lenin muttered, her gaze was lazy but filled with anxiety. "They could make the whole continent forget about everything they wanted to erase," her gaze was empty and her brows raised.

"There is," Serena answered with a serious expression.

Thalior and Lenin turned their heads to look at Serena, and their chests suddenly felt lighter. They couldn’t stop imagining that they would lose their memories, altering them to befit what the cultist wanted them to be, and they wouldn’t know.

"Angels are truthful beings and have no free will, they can only obey. With that being said, they can only answer with the truth and only the truth," Serena explained and looked at both of them with a serious expression. "Close the gates, protect the borders, and ask one simple question to everyone that enters your territory. Ask them if they’re angels or not," she revealed.

"That’s it?" Thalior asked, not wanting to believe it was that simple and yet he believed Serena’s words since she was a Saint with a deep knowledge of divinity.

"That doesn’t solve the main problems. Even if we know they’re angels by asking that question, why would they just go away? Wouldn’t they alter our memories and reality if we found out about their existence?" Lenin asked with her brows furrowed. "That question would also cause concerns and even problems if people questioned it. Not to mention, what if the Angels aren’t in human form? What if they’re in their real form, invisible to the naked eyes? The question would be pointless."

"The cult offers sacrifice to the Angels so they can roam in this world. They require vessels as we all know, and that means the Angels can’t use their spiritual forms, their real forms. However, you’re right about your first two concerns. We don’t know their limits, we don’t know what kind of rules they follow, and how far they can interfere with the living souls. It’s better than nothing, and any information about them is valuable information to fight them," Serena crossed her legs and arms, thinking about the line where the Angels wouldn’t cross, about how far God allows them to interfere.

Rasmus had discussed this with Serena since she was the only human that had seen and even interacted with Angels. She knew about every higher being when she was in heaven, before she decided to disobey God’s command to bow before Adam. Her information about Angels wasn’t sufficient, but it was enough to understand them.

"West Neva is occupied by the demons by making the people believe they are their saviors, now South Neva is in danger because of the Angels. Soon, the cult will become our saviors through alteration or reality and perception," Thalior muttered as he shook his head. "We are the ones who caused this..." he said under his breath as he rubbed his brow.

"Why is that a problem to you?" Rasmus stared at Thalior and Lenin. "The Angels are here, and they’re powerful enough to fight Satan and her demon army that is growing exponentially every second. Aren’t you supposed to be glad that they’re here? As long as you’re not taking a part in their affairs, they might not do anything to you, and that should benefit you," he pointed out as he crossed his legs, his expression was stoic.

Lenin and Thalior thought about it for a moment, and there was truth in Rasmus’ words. They should feel at ease that a powerful force had come into the world and would be a great ally to have. It wasn’t them who hunted the cult, it was Rasmus, and they had not much involvement with them. There was a fact that the Suncrown family and the Angelis family had connections with the cult, which should make humankind as the cult’s ally.

"Or perhaps you don’t want the world to be ruled under them? You fear of what you believe to be seen as wrong and a blasphemous?" Rasmus asked with his brows raised. "I don’t think it would be that different since all of you have made rules for the people who have lived under your rules," he pointed out.

"It’s not about that, Count," Lenin answered as she shook her head. "It’s freedom. We are meant to make mistakes, to grow, not to be shackled and lower our heads. I’m not saying that religions do that to the people, but religions are used as guidance, not a forced reality. If those angels believe we are unworthy to live because we don’t follow their rules, then we will lose our free will, and that’s what we don’t want," she explained with a serious expression, her eyes stared right into Rasmus’ heterochromatic eyes.

Thalior nodded in agreement, and there was no better way to explain it other than what Lenin had just explained. He felt the same way as Lenin, and he didn’t want his free will to be taken away and to bend down just because higher beings existed and showed their might.

Rasmus smiled at them, and that was when Lenin and Thalior realized they might have given him the answer he had been waiting to hear from their own mouths. Lenin took a step back in her thoughts and realized what he had just said might have been the same view as Rasmus had about the world and the system he lived in. He chose to fight against them because he didn’t want to live in the same system as everyone, a system that he found lacking and inappropriate.

"You got us, Count. You made us look like hypocrites," Lenin chuckled as she shook her head, already accepting the mockery that would come out of Rasmus’ mouth. "You feel the same way with the system we built. However, you can’t say this is similar, but I have to admit that we are still being hypocrites," she continued.

"No, I wouldn’t say that," Rasmus shook his head. "What I would say is..." He paused to look at Lenin and Thalior. "How does it feel to be in the opposition side? Because you’re already halfway there, and soon enough, you have to fight everyone unless you’re capable of convincing them that beings like Angels, the servants of God as a threat," he pointed out.

Lenin and Thalior weren’t the religious type of people, but hearing that from Rasmus, that gave them a bitter taste in their mouths. Suddenly, they remembered what Aurelia had done, stripping herself off from the title of a Saint, removing the Angelis family that had been known as the family of Saint for centuries. They realized that it might not be bad or if it felt wrong to oppose the Angels.

"Lady Aurelia once told us the reason behind her decision to strip her status as Saint and erase her own family name from the world. Her answer was quite moving to hear," Lenin’s gaze was blank as she stared at the table with her brows raised. "Obedience didn’t make the world better, compassion and kindness did. It’s not that I don’t believe in higher beings, it’s about choosing priority over whom we serve. Aren’t humans also God’s creation that we should protect? Wouldn’t God appreciate our hard work in making a better world that God created? That was what she said," she revealed.

"And with that you decided to choose humanity over divinity?" Rasmus asked with his brows raised.

"For the sake of humankind? Yes," Lenin answered without any sign of doubt or hesitation.