Chapter 1439: Shinobu and Jeanne
Shinobu had a dream.
Shinobu dreamed that she had become an ordinary countryside girl, growing up carefree without worrying about anything. She had three older brothers and sisters. She would play hide and seek with them when they were working on the farm until her body was covered in mud.
Shinobu also had a mother. She also learned about the existence of Jesus from her and decided to pray to God every day as a Catholic.
"I hope that I can pray until I return to the embrace of the Lord."
She said this to her mother.
The mother only stroked her head with a gentle smile and said, "The Lord will hear your prayers."
At that time, she was very happy, and of course, she didn't know whether the Lord heard her prayers or not.
However, one day, she heard the voice of the Lord.
She, Jeanne, heard the voice of the Lord.
"Humans why are you always fighting each other..."
The Lord sighed, and those sounds were heard into Jeanne's ears.
At that time, Jeanne was only seventeen years old so she understood the reason for the Lord's sigh was because the people were at war.
France and Britain were fighting against each other in the war which was known as the "Hundred Year's War".
The two countries have been fighting each other for decades in Jeanne's time.
It could be said this war was one of the longest wars in history since it happened for 116 years, 4 months, 3 weeks, and 4 days, in such a long war, how many people had died because of it?
Jeanne didn't know, and probably, the historian and most of the people in the world didn't know, but...
"The Lords knows...."
Even if the people didn't know, the Lord who was looking at this world knew that answer.
Therefore, the Lord would sigh, so at that moment, Jeanne decided.
"I want to stop this."
Her intention wasn't to save the world, but because Jeanne heard the whisper from the Lord. Then because of that, she bid farewell to her family and left her hometown.
Jeanne was just a little girl from the countryside, she went through several twists and turned to liberate Orleans in central France, trapped in the war, and finally won the war.
Jeanne was a commander of the army when she was only 17 years old.
Those who didn't know the truth would only think of her as a mascot or symbol, however, the soldiers who followed her would refute this statement without hesitation, after all, during the war, Jeanne didn't stand on the rear, but joined the bloody fight on the front line while holding her flag.
Holding the flag during the war, Jeanne would stand and join the battle, and as long as she was there, France wouldn't be defeated, showing how big the people trust her.
Then Jeanne liberated Orleans and became the hero of France.
Jeanne also found Charles VII, returned to Reims triumphantly, and assisted him to become the King of France.
However, those people didn't know about Jeanne's distress.
"Ah, I have killed so many people..."
In order to stop the war, Jeanne stepped onto the battlefield.
In order to protect the people of France, Jeanne killed many generals of the enemy country.
With blood on her hands, Jeanne had never considered herself a saint.
"I am just a sinful person...
"One day, I will be punished..."
Then the punishment came soon.
"You witch!"
"You evil incarnation!"
"Give me back my family!"
"You must be executed!"
"You shouldn't live in this world!"
The cheers and praise surrounding Jeanne began to become curses and resentment.
In order to end the war, Jeanne, who had been fighting, finally fell into the hands of the enemy country and was pushed to execution.
Even though they knew that Jeanne was a devout believer, she was called a witch, heresy, and evil.
"Your prayer is just a lie!"
"Your battle has brought many disasters!"
"You won't be forgiven by God!"
"You're a witch!"
The priests of Jeanne's trial declared, and finally tied Jeanne to the cross before being burnt.
Feeling the heat of the flame that devoured her body, Jeanne felt relief since she knew that she had been punished.
"Oh, God... I entrust this body to you."
Shinobu woke up abruptly within the radiant space inside her body, but her heart was full of sadness and she was also furious.
"Sorry."
As if Jeanne knew what had happened, she apologized to Shinobu.
"Sorry to let you see something unsightly..."
There was an expression of guilt on Jeanne's face.
The memories of the two were shared.
It was also the reason why Jeanne also understood Haru's personality and had a good impression of him, even though her real feeling was complicated, regarding that demon who could seduce a lot of women easily, including Shinobu.
What had happened to Shinobu was something similar to the thing which happened between a master and a servant.
It was similar to Haru when he saw Raikou's past, Shinobu whose body was being possessed by Jeanne also had a similar dream and also saw Jeanne's past.
Shinobu felt very furious at the people who had burnt Jeanne, but she also understood that the one who burnt her was the enemy country, but at the same time, she was even more furious at the King and Nobles in France who was apathetic toward Jeanne's death.
However, Shinobu knew that Jeanne didn't have any regrets and she left this world to the Lord's embrace, without resentment nor remorse.
The sadness that Shinobu felt at this moment was her own feeling, because, what had happened to that dream before, she felt that it happened to her, and the personality between Jeanne and Shinobu were different so unlike Jeanne who knew that she could accept what had happened to her without blaming anyone, Shinobu, on the other hand, thought that Jeanne was being betrayed.
"You could have lived happily if you didn't go to war."
Unlike Shinobu, Jeanne could choose to live happily, but Shinobu couldn't do that since the situation forced her.
Shinobu's family from father, mother and big sister were killed by a Demon after all, but she didn't tell Jeanne about this since it was her private matter, even if it was a bit unfair since she knew Jeanne's past.
In response, Jeanne merely gave a smile.
"It's alright, that's my choice."
There was no regret in her voice.
Shinobu nodded and said, "Now I understand why you're called a saint."
Jeanne showed a wry smile when she heard Shinobu's words since...
"I never consider myself a saint."
Shinobu chuckled and said, "Well, you have been given a chance to live once again, you should live like an ordinary girl, live an ordinary life, live in an ordinary house, and talk about love."
"Lo... Love?" Jeanne blushed and said, "It's not like... I have never thought about it before, but.. but that's too extravagant for me."
Shinobu chuckled and felt that teasing this girl was very fun, but she had to admit that Jeanne was like an ordinary girl, well, she, herself, also didn't know much about an ordinary girl since before meeting him, she spent most of her time, thinking about revenge against the Demon.
However, after her meeting with him, everything had changed and her world became more brilliant.
Jeanne could also feel this and that was why she was curious about the person that made Shinobu fall in love.
Shinobu thought for a while and wondered whether Jeanne could have a normal relationship. She thought for a while and suddenly the face of that hateful guy appeared on her mind.
"Jeanne."
"Hmm?"
"Do you want to taste love?"
"....."