Tiendavis - For Perfect Salvation (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 181

“I only recently realized that my sister’s claim that ‘there was no other way’ was such a damn lie.”

Rio Tuha’s words, delivered in her usual sharp tone, struck Ivy like a heavy blow to the head.

It really felt as if she’d been hit. Come to think of it, those servants earlier had all collapsed after getting hit on the head too. That was right—Rio Tuha always aimed for the head.

Just like them, Ivy had been caught completely off guard, without warning or preparation, and was genuinely flustered.

So, almost unconsciously, she peeked out from behind the iron wall she’d built up and faintly asked Rio Tuha,

“…You said choosing the lesser evil wasn’t wrong.”

“What my sister chose wasn’t the lesser evil—it was the safer option, one where she lost nothing.”

Her voice, cutting down the sister she’d once admired, was flat and emotionless.

With that calm demeanor—perhaps born of restraint—Rio began reciting her conclusion.

“My sister said there was no other way. That it was something she truly hated but couldn’t avoid. I believed her at the time, but now, thinking back, that wasn’t true.”

The sight of her sister singing alone in sorrow had seemed sacred to young Rio—noble, and beautiful.

She’d wanted to keep that image preserved only in reverence, but now having to call her a liar filled Rio with painful regret.

Yet compromise was impossible for the stubborn Rio Tuha.

“She must have clearly known that hundreds needed to sing to purify the lake, yet she recklessly tried to do it all alone. No one told her to do it, there was no proof it was even possible, yet she acted as if it were the only way.”

“The saintess sings and purifies the water.” In Tienda Vis, this was such a commonplace notion that people simply glossed over it.

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