"Actually, there's nothing to say about this..."
Seryu's expression softened slightly, and then she said openly: "But if you want to know, it's not impossible to tell."
Then, Seryu told Robin about her experience.
The beginning was roughly the same as in the original work. She was tricked into joining the Imperial Guard. But not long after she obtained the Teigu, the thunderstorm happened. The Imperial Palace, the young Emperor, ministers, and other high-ranking imperial officials were shattered to pieces.
Immediately afterwards, a riot broke out in the Imperial Capital. Seryu instinctively wanted to maintain order, but she witnessed with her own eyes that the Guard Captain who deceived her, Ogre, whom she regarded as her master, had joined the rioting team.
After a face-to-face confrontation, Seryu saw the truth clearly and understood Ogre's sinister face, and her worldview was almost shattered.
After angrily killing Ogre, Seryu went on a rampage. She successively eliminated many opportunistic members of the police force, as well as some thugs who harmed civilians in the riot.
"In fact, I didn't know why I did it at the time. It might have been out of justice, it might just have been to numb myself, or it might have been to atone for the mistakes I had made."
Maybe her fighting power was too scary, or maybe the people saw that she was not a threat to them and was even on their side. So during the period when Seryu was confused, the people didn't do anything to her. In this way, Seryu was allowed to continue her rampage.
When she was about to kill all the thugs in the Imperial Capital, Seryu focused on those corrupt nobles who had escaped and chased them all the way from the Imperial Capital.
However, what happened during this period, Seryu didn't remember much, and she didn't even know how long it had been. She only remembered that when she woke up, she was already in a church.
After asking someone, she found out that she had fainted on the road. She was discovered by some nuns who happened to be passing by and brought her back for treatment.
Well, she fought her way from the Imperial Capital to the northern border where the Celestial Order's sphere of influence is located, almost spanning half of the continent.
During her recuperation, the nuns who were her saviors and some orphans taken in by the church continued to help the Celestial Order. Seryu, whose faith had just collapsed at the time, decisively chose to join the Celestial Order after understanding their teachings.
For Seryu at that time, the Celestial Order was undoubtedly a ray of light in a desperate situation and the only life-saving straw. Therefore, after finally finding the organization, Seryu showed a fanaticism and enthusiasm unmatched by ordinary people. She was pious, so pious that even the nuns who joined the religion with her were ashamed.
Soon, Seryu attracted the attention of the higher-ups of the Order.
But it was not because of her piety, but because of her identity as a former Imperial Guard member and a Teigu user.
The Celestial Knights sent an elite team to take her away, escorted her to the headquarters for interrogation, and confiscated the Teigu. During the whole process, Seryu was very cooperative, so there was no difficulty.
And in the subsequent interrogation, because of her good behavior and pious faith, she was acquitted—there was no crime in the first place, and even if there was, she basically redeemed herself later—and they even accepted her application to join the Knights of the Sky.
"Then after a period of newbie training, I graduated early because of my excellent performance, became a Trainee Knight, and was assigned to the security team of the Central Cathedral, until I met you today."
Seryu said and smiled with relief.
She was very satisfied with the current situation. Especially after joining the Order, Seryu felt that everything was going smoothly. It felt like the Celestial Order was tailor-made for her.
In the Order, she didn't need to think about so many twists and turns. She was surrounded by like-minded righteous people. She just had to act according to her heart. She performed security tasks every day, went shopping in her free time, and helped the people nearby. This kind of life was very popular for Seryu. She lived a very fulfilling and happy life every day.
"I see." Robin nodded and said with a smile: "Congratulations on your rebirth."
"Thanks." Seryu giggled and scratched her head, a little embarrassed.
Robin, on the other hand, silently sorted out the information in Seryu's story. Although it was only Seryu's personal experience, it also taught Robin a lot of useful things.
For example, there used to be a decadent empire on this continent, but it has now been overthrown. And the overthrow of this empire is most likely the work of the god believed in by the Celestial Order, that is, Takumi.
At the same time, she also learned some information about the Celestial Order. For example, the churches under the Order usually take in orphans. In addition, they have also done many good deeds and are deeply loved by the people.
For example, the Celestial Knights, which is the armed force directly affiliated with the Order. Its members are composed of devout and extraordinary believers. It is one of the strongest military forces in the world. It played an important role in the previous battle to unify the continent.
At the same time, the Paladins of the Celestial Knights are also very loved and respected. Although their status is not high, their prestige is high. In addition, they also have some understanding of the teachings of the Celestial Order.
Robin also thought the teachings of the Order were great, but that's all. For her who knows the truth behind the Celestial Order, she will never join the religion because it is unnecessary, and she has never believed in a religion.
But this understanding was obviously not enough. Robin needed to have a deeper understanding of everything in this world. So she continued to talk to Seryu.
"Tell me about the past again. What was it like here when the Empire was still there? How did people live? What has changed now? Well, just think of it as passing time."
Seryu didn't refuse and was happy to chat with Robin.
It's just that...
"The Imperial period..."
"What's wrong?"
"It's nothing, it's just that I was in the Imperial Capital all the time and didn't know much about various places, but what is certain is that the world at that time was very bad. Let's put it this way, how much people love Camelot now, is how bad the Empire was at that time. For example, in the town where the church we treated before is located, some of the people living there could not even eat enough until the religious group came."
"Not even enough to eat? Is it because of imperial taxes?"
"Taxation is on the one hand, chaos on the other."
"Chaos?"
"Yes, the world was very chaotic and had spawned a lot of bandits. These bandits would rob villages and towns from time to time. The officials of the Empire basically didn't care, and some even colluded with the bandits to support them so that they could plunder the people's money in the name of suppressing the bandits. It was simply too abominable. But fortunately, after the religious group arrived, they organized a severe bandit suppression operation and wiped out all the bandit gangs within their sphere of influence."