Chapter 713  Emilia Has Faith In Zadkiel

Zadkiel, after being told to stop worshipping, stared at Emilia for a good few seconds until drops of tears started falling out of his eyes.

"Why… Why must you ask me of such a thing, Your Holiness…"

Emilia could ask her his life and he would happily give it, but asking to stop worshipping her, it was more or less asking him to commit suicide.

Zadkiel could stop doing anything in the world except worshipping the Goddess who raised and took care of him ever since he was an infant.

He still vividly remembered the days Emilia first came to the orphanage he was in.

She was kind and gentle to every child there, and was the first person who thought of supporting the children in their cultivation journey.

If she hadn't done that, everyone in that orphanage would've led a normal mortal life and died after growing old.

It was due to Emilia that not one, not two, but all the children from that orphanage became Rank 6 in just a matter of a few years.

The kids in the orphanage looked into her as not only their Goddess, but also as their godmother, their older sister, and their only family other than the ones from the orphanage.

All children in the orphanage considered each other as their siblings and it was only Emilia who, despite being an outsider, made herself have a spot in the hearts of all the children there.

Even though it had been tens of thousands of years since Emilia had last interacted with Zadkiel or anyone from the orphanage, nobody had forgotten the things she did for them.

Everyone was forever grateful for her and from time to time, they would pray to her idol at their homes, expressing their love.

Zadkiel was someone similar. Despite being an Angel King now, he was an oddball who continued to worship another Angel King and not the King of Angels.

On the very first day in the Heavenly Court, Zadkiel had done a blasphemous deed.

He had refused to worship the King of Angels and said that the only one he would ever worship was the War Angel.

It causes the War Angel's reputation to degrade in the court, but the King of Angels was as benevolent as one could be and let Zadkiel be.

Worshipping someone was a choice and the King of Angels would never ask someone to do it against their will.

Of course, Emilia was in the know of this. However, she didn't bother to come back to the Heavenly Court and decided to stay away from the Angel Continent itself.

She would unnecessarily be dragged into useless politics and not get to do what she wanted to do — shape the future of young children.

The new generations would replace the old generations, it was the harsh reality.

It was upon the older generations to guide the younger ones on a better path and have them lead a good and fruitful life.

Emilia wanted to do just that and being the Principal of the world's most prestigious academy, she got the power to do so.

She was busy in her work and eventually only answered the prayers of the ones in actual need.

Zadkiel and the rest of the children from the orphanage, their prayers were hardly ever heard by her as they weren't as important.

Zadkiel's reaction now thus came off as a surprise to her when she asked him to stop worshipping her.

"Stop crying, you aren't a child now." Emilia rubbed her temples and said.

Despite being an Emperor Rank, on the same level as her, this guy in front still seemed like a child Emilia had first seen in the orphanage.

There was hardly any difference.

This made Emilia wonder, was he the same outside too, or was it just the case when he met her?

Zadkiel fell to his knees after being scolded by Emilia.

He looked at her with tearful eyes and said, "Your Holiness, you made me who I am today. Should I spend a lifetime worshipping you for this, it shall never suffice."

"Asking me to stop worshipping my maker is asking me to end my life. I cannot do it on my own, but if you still wish to stop me, I pray you, please end my very being with thou own hands."