Carrying a heart full of trepidation, the pure Saint finally stepped into the pure white city she had deemed a hell.
"It's okay, it's okay. The Lord will protect me."
She silently prayed in her heart, hoping her soul would not be tainted by evil and impurity.
... But, it didn't happen.
White Jeanne slowly advanced along the city's main road, observing her surroundings.
To her surprise, she found that the city was not as filthy or evil as she had imagined.
"Are they... undead?"
Looking at the dragon servants participating in the construction, White Jeanne could hardly believe her eyes.
She was absolutely certain they were undead.
Yet, their bodies lacked the inherent evil and decay typical of the undead.
They worked calmly, without hatred toward the living, yet possessed the unique tranquility of the dead... Two contradictory qualities perfectly blended in these dragon servants... this made White Jeanne realize that this city, and its master, might not be as evil or chaotic as she had thought.
Then, after walking along the main road for about fifteen minutes, White Jeanne successfully met the city's master.
"What are you doing here?"
Standing at the construction site, Black Jeanne looked at this existence who shared her origin but was fundamentally her opposite with a gaze of surprise... she showed no excessive hostility, for she no longer saw herself as this white saint's shadow.
She acknowledged that she was born because of [Jeanne d'Arc], but having existed in this world, she was an independent individual with her own emotions and desires, with goals she strove for.
And these things were earned through her own efforts, accumulated bit by bit with her own hands... those were truly hers, existences that would never "betray" her.
"Well, I came to..."
White Jeanne looked at this "sister" who was, in truth, nothing like her.
She wanted to say she came to purify evil, but standing before Black Jeanne, watching her sweat and direct the construction workers, she couldn't bring herself to say it.
She then thought of saying she came to rescue the Master controlled by the evil witch, but seeing the orange-haired girl nearby eating chips and drinking soda with Alaric, looking as relaxed as if on vacation, she knew that excuse wouldn't hold either.
So, what else could she be here for?
"I came to..."
White Jeanne was still hesitating, unsure of what to say.
But Black Jeanne had no interest in hearing more.
"Forget it, don't bother saying it."
"Just seeing you already annoys me, and I don't want to hear any nonsense that'll make me angry."
"Do whatever you want, just don't bother me!"
Black Jeanne waved her hand, shooing White Jeanne away.
Of course, not out of the city, but just away from her side.
She was busy with the city's construction... she was determined to build this city, to build this nation.
Other matters, she didn't care about right now.
As for White Jeanne, she gave her the utmost freedom to wander the city and gather whatever intelligence she wanted.
... There was nothing to hide anyway.
Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mash were right there, and if she could take them away, Black Jeanne wouldn't stop her. She had never considered those two saviors from the future as "her people"... she kept them here only to let them witness the nation she built with her own hands, the "miracle" She created.
"My time is running out."
"So, I have to hurry, even faster."
Looking at White Jeanne's departing figure, Black Jeanne touched the spot over her heart.
... She knew her own situation best.
A witch born from destruction was destined to meet a destructive end.
That was a fate she could not defy.
But at least... before that fated moment arrived, let her see this city completed with her own eyes.
"God... "
She closed her eyes.
And began the most devout prayer she had never offered before:
"Please grant me joy."
...
White Jeanne stayed in the city.
... She had no choice; she couldn't return until her task was complete.
Despite her best efforts to persuade, the orange-haired girl's resolve was unshakable, like a heart set in stone.
"Go back? Why would I go back with you?"
"Isn't my life here good enough?"
Fujimaru Ritsuka introduced White Jeanne to her "luxury guard squad."
Putting other things aside, these dragon servants were quite pleasing to the eye. Handsome men and beautiful women were just their standard, but more importantly, they were truly loyal, never disobeying their superiors' orders.
Absolute obedience to their creator... that was the absolute rule of the dragon kind.
Though Fujimaru Ritsuka wasn't a dragon, due to her status as a savior, Black Jeanne had specially assigned her a twenty-person guard squad to tend to her daily life.
Here, she lived a life of extravagance that high school students could only dream of.
As for the salvation White Jeanne spoke of?
"Forget it. The world's already like this; there's no rush, right?"
Fujimaru Ritsuka calmly declined White Jeanne's invitation.
The savior was well aware of the responsibilities she bore... but at the same time, she trusted her instincts more.
After spending so much time here, she realized that the woman called [Jeanne Alter] wasn't as evil as she had imagined, nor was she someone who wanted to destroy the world.
She was more like someone who just loved to talk big.
The words that came out of her mouth and the things she actually did were completely different.
"She knows what's right."
"She'll make the right choice."
At such a critical moment, Fujimaru Ritsuka decided to fully entrust the choice to Black Jeanne.
... Meanwhile, White Jeanne was thinking about something else.
"The words that come out of her mouth and the things she actually does are completely different?"
"Then when she said to me, [Just seeing you already annoys me], doesn't that mean..."
At that thought.
A slight smile appeared on White Jeanne's face, which had been tinged with some distress.
... Ah, as expected.
... At the moment they truly met, their feelings were probably the same.
... She must be happy too, right?
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