To the Love Born in the Lowest Place

‘Mrs. Liv Lartman is truly the one chosen by the Supreme God.’

That was the common thought of all the priests. Although they couldn’t say it out loud, the priests thought Liv was the seed of a new imperial family. That she was a new figure given by the Supreme God to defeat Tyrant August. That’s why they wanted to show Liv’s power in front of as many people as possible.

Looking at Liv standing on the platform, their faces were full of excitement. Today would probably be a moment that would go down in the history of the Holy Hilysid Empire.

At that moment, a voice was heard above their heads.

[My child.]

“Ohhh!”

“It’s the voice of the Supreme God!”

The moment they heard that voice, they prostrated themselves flat on the ground. And they felt an unbearably overwhelming feeling.

‘This is the voice of God…’

It was a massive voice that could easily crush a human body.

The next moment, Hildegard, who had been standing next to Liv with her eyes closed, suddenly opened her eyes wide. All the priests who met her eyes were shocked.

Because Hildegard’s eyes had changed to an indescribably mysterious color. It was… as if all the colors of the world were contained within them. It was a transcendent color they never imagined they could see. When Hildegard opened her mouth, a voice that felt strangely loud resonated.

“I speak through the body of my Saintess.”

The moment they heard those words, the priests could understand the situation.

“The Supreme God is speaking through the Saintess’s body!”

While the people in the Sun Garden were also gasping in amazement, Hildegard’s words continued.

“I love the child born in the lowest place, and the most sacred blood flows through the body of the child I love.”

Then, a rainbow-colored cloud appeared above Liv’s head. It was a mysterious color they had never seen before in their lives.

“Where my child goes becomes the path, and all that my child does will be blessed.”

Light shone from above Liv’s head, and it extended straight to the sky, forming a pillar of light.

“In the end, my child will surely grasp victory.”

With that, Hildegard’s eyes returned to their normal state. Hildegard, who had momentarily received the god, staggered, and a priest hurriedly ran out to support her.

“Those were meaningful words…”

A prostrated priest whispered to the priest next to him.

“To grasp victory…”

“Yes, it’s just like a story from mythology.”

Now they were certain that Liv would bring about massive changes in the Empire. Liv would become the beginning of a new imperial family.

“But we condemned Mrs. Liv without knowing anything.”

“That’s right. How should we atone for our sins…”

They had dark expressions as they recalled what they had done to Liv until now. Their guilt towards Liv was growing even more.

Boom!

At that moment, a huge sound was heard from the sky, and everyone’s gaze turned to the sky again. And then…

“Ah…!”

Golden flower petals began falling from the sky, and the pillar of light shone even brighter. Before they knew it, white birds flew around Liv, circling her in flight. Seeing this sight, people’s exclamations grew even louder.

“Mrs. Liv! Mrs. Liv! Mrs. Liv!”

Intoxicated by the beautiful scene unfolding before their eyes, people were now chanting Liv’s name.

* * *

Dieter was one of the crowd gathered in the Sun Garden.

When the temple first announced that there would be an event to prove the existence of God, Dieter, who happened to live near the temple, decided to participate in the event. He judged it would be a good education, as his two children had recently started asking many questions about the existence of God.

The High Priest explained about the young lady named ‘Liv Lartman’ standing on the platform. She was the daughter of the Hamelsvoort family and also the wife of the Lartman family, but above all, she was a person who received God’s love.

And a moment later, an unbelievable thing happened.

[My child.]

“Oh!”

“The Supreme God’s voice!”

The moment he heard that voice, Dieter felt overwhelmed by some enormous presence. Reflexively prostrating himself on the ground, he saw that his two children had terrified expressions. He quickly made his children prostrate as well.

However, the frightened children soon had sparkling eyes. A pillar of light appeared through the rainbow clouds, golden flower petals fell from the sky, and white birds circled around.

“Wow, Dad! The Supreme God really exists!”

“It’s so, so pretty!”

While patting the excited children’s heads, Dieter also took in every detail of the scene unfolding before him.

“Yes, the Supreme God is always watching over you. So you should live kindly without doing bad things.”

“Yes!”

In fact, Dieter wasn’t particularly strong in his belief in God. In a world where bad people live proudly using their positions without punishment, he naturally thought God didn’t exist. Not only the children but Dieter himself was shocked by the existence of God.

‘To think the Supreme God really existed…’

Feeling somewhat reverent, he was praying for his children to live well when suddenly he had a doubt.

‘Then why am I living like this?’

Dieter’s uncle always lived doing good deeds, but he recently fell ill and passed away. His wife earned money by pricking her fingers with needles every day to sew, and he carried heavy lumber doing manual labor every day, but the money they earned was barely enough to feed their family of four. On the other hand, the swindler who cheated Dieter’s mother out of money was living well without ever being struck by lightning.

‘If God exists, why is my life…’

Because a severe drought had dried up the rivers in the Empire, he hadn’t had a drop of water to drink today. Every day was this hard, so if God existed, why didn’t he bestow grace on them even once?

The temple said that this too was a hardship given by God, but he found it difficult to understand. Just as antipathy towards God was about to form in Dieter’s mind, an unbelievable thing happened.

“Huh?”

Something cold hit his head. He looked up with a disbelieving heart, and what he saw was…

“R-rain, it’s raining!”

Raindrops were falling from the sky!

“Wow, Dad, it’s raining!”

The children excitedly stuck out their tongues to catch the raindrops in their mouths, and he stood dazed in place, getting wet from the rain.

“Really, rain…”

How painful had it been with the drought all this time?

The rain was now pouring so heavily that it was hard to see properly. Thinking he should collect rainwater in a bowl, he was about to hurry home when he suddenly looked back.

“Ah…”

There was Liv Lartman, looking at them with a faint smile. He thought that if someone like her ruled this country, wouldn’t blessings come to this country too?

* * *

Liv turned around, watching people hurriedly leaving as it rained.

“Sister, you did well.”

As Hildegard smiled brightly and held Liv’s hand, Liv patted her hand.

“It’s thanks to you.”

Deciding to make it rain was an idea she came up with after hearing Hildegard say that the drought had been severe recently. However, with this, Liv had now used up almost all of the god Lufasha’s power she had been holding in her body. To use power again, she would have to visit a new sanctuary.

“Oh, Mrs. Liv…”

After briefly talking with the priests who were bowing deeply, Liv left through the temple entrance. There, the Hamelsvoort couple and Emmett were waiting for her.

“Emmett!”

As Liv ran to him first, Emmett embraced her. Checking Liv’s cold clothes, he took off the cloak he was wearing and wrapped it around Liv.

“Your clothes are very wet. Let’s go inside, you might catch a cold.”

As he quickly made Liv get into the carriage, the Hamelsvoort couple approached the carriage.

“Oh, Liv! You were truly beautiful today. So sacred!”

“You are indeed the daughter of Hamelsvoort.”

Their attitude changing so drastically was laughable, but Liv couldn’t say anything. After all, even after Liv was judged to be a fake Saintess, they didn’t completely abandon her and kept her as part of the family, taking care of her.

“Yes…”

With her response, the nausea that had been bothering Liv since earlier became extreme. It felt like something was about to come up from inside. At that moment…

“Ugh! Cough, cough!”

A sudden cough burst out, and Liv covered her mouth with her hand. When she removed her hand, her palm was soaked with blood.

“Kyaa!”

Lady Hamelsvoort screamed in surprise first, and Emmett looked at Liv’s face in confusion.

“Liv, are you alright? Suddenly, blood…!”

“Ah, it doesn’t hurt…”

She had been fine until just now, so why was she coughing up blood? Liv was perplexed, but even looking at her palm, the fact that it was covered in blood didn’t change.

“I’m really fine…”

“We’d better go home and see a doctor for now.”

Emmett, sitting next to Liv, closed the carriage door and said goodbye in an urgent voice.

“Count, Countess. We’ll see you next time.”

“Please send a letter if you find out what’s wrong with Liv!”

“We will do so.”

Even after urgently starting the carriage, Emmett examined Liv’s body with an anxious face.

“Is this some kind of side effect from paying the price?”

“No, that just hurts, it’s never been like this…”

“Then why on earth…”

While Emmett continued to worry about Liv beside her, Liv recalled the scene she had seen today. Countless people prostrating themselves before Liv, chanting Liv’s name. It was really…

‘A strange feeling.’

Liv had spent most of her life in the worst prison, deep underground beneath where people walk. After coming to the surface, there were difficult moments, but before she knew it, she had people at her feet. People who always seemed big now looked small. It felt just like Liv herself was a very great being.

A person worthy of respect.

‘It’s strange. Really strange.’

But what was even stranger was that she didn’t dislike that feeling. The feeling of people looking up to her, it wasn’t bad… Somehow, she wanted to see that scene once more.