The Flower of Virtues

22: Old Student

"Acckkk..." Sage started to strangle Rosalia's neck getting tighter so he pointed at the crystal of time then smashed her, "Time Rewind...!!!" Rosalia widened both of her eyes when she saw the time that showed the clock hand turning backwards, the crystal had saved Rosalia from the Sage's strangulation, the crystal, he was also almost caught off guard because he found out he was talking to someone.

Time backtracked for five minutes ago so now Rosalia is still in that box, he put the two tools in his pocket and then he smashed one more time crystal to stop the time so he could get out of the box safely, he did not see the Sage because he was currently opening the door, Rosalia thought that she might be looking for herself who went somewhere.

Rosalia approached the Sage to look for the Chip that was attached inside her head, time stopped for ten seconds and she had to rush to look for that Chip, which she had to do, Rosalia was astonished when she saw that many Chip had been placed all over her head and body, she could also see a face on her chest that showed The Virus was smiling. Rosalia did not have the time or intention to use the [Hacking System] because if she did it in a place like this then something bad would happen.

As time went back on and Sage could see Rosalia in front of him, he immediately smiled as he did not want to spend time just to find himself going somewhere. Rosalia was also aware that the Sage did not remember the events before her, the magic that could control the time was truly terrifying so she had to use the remaining crystals well.

"You're here, Rosalia. Come here, I have a lot of surprises for you." Sage began to invite Rosalia to enter so he was immediately surprised when he saw a lot of screens showing the improvement of the Chip and Robot he created, all of which have undergone a massive Update. One large village has been destroyed and Rosalia can only see the remaining four villages that are currently still safe because the great Angels who can still survive in defeating all the robots.

"It seems that all the Angels are quite stubborn as well who in the face of revolution, technology and systems can actually help them change, are you not tired of being a holy Angel where all our actions and treatment are always at the limit...? As angels we should be able to do anything with technology and systems instead of taking care of the balance of Tuchi." Sage said with an evil smile, he started looking at the worried looking Rosalia.

"Sage, are you not aware of the balance-" Rosalia tried to speak but Sage slapped her so much that she fell down with red cheeks, "Foolish with such a thing, Fallen Angel is the opposite angel of all of us. If we get the curse then we are free to do anything! We have no duty to keep chastity or any other nonsense...!!!"

"You don't understand, Sage. What you're trying to do is the same as you hurt yourself, you're just turning yourself into a sinful Angel. These technologies and systems you're developing you can use to do anything but what you have to do it has a posi-" meaning" Rosalia continued to be beaten by the all-out Sage because she did not want to hear any words from an Archangel, she almost harassed him but stopped when she got an emergency notice from The Virus.

"Looks like you got an emergency notice, Sage. I don't know why I think all this is impossible but right now someone has managed to destroy the city gates..." The Virus began to show a large screen that appeared before him so he saw several Angels coming from a nearby village start attacking and managed to break into the city.

All the security had been destroyed by being bound by the flower of virtue, it made the Sage annoyed that they were attacking in groups even the Sage himself could see some Guardian who dared to attack his own headquarters, "They were stupid as well huh...get into the authority of a would-be God!!!" Sage immediately released all his security to take care of all the Angels including the Guardians by carrying their heads one-on-one.

Rosalia was surprised when she saw him, she hoped that Asuka would also come along with all the brave Angels. Rosalia continued to stare at the screen and she did not see an Angel with pink hair, he continues to hope that Asuka is still alive and is currently taking refuge in a village. Rosalia quietly left the Sage as she was currently focusing on deploying all her security to defeat them all.

"I have to do something... Heavenly doesn't have much time, Asuka should be able to as quickly as her coming to stop the Sage. I trust in him more than anything that he is the hope for Heavenly..." Rosalia starts to leave the building to see the situation outside where she can see some defeated Technoven Angels but in the end the attacking Angel ends up with a Chip attached to the head them.

"I-It... The sunflower petals...?" Rosalia held onto the petals and could hear the destruction at the center of the technology, "A-What happened...?!" The Sage was thrown out of the building because of a golden wave hitting him, an angel jumps out and throws the spear at the Sage so he can save himself by asking for help from The Virus.

The spear was thrown upwards and the Sage began to use his advanced armor, a powerful armor filled with systems and technology. The Armor itself is The Virus who tries to protect himself and help him to fight against whoever it is, an angel landed before him and pulled back his spear so that the sunflower petals began to slip from inside the girl's body.

"The Sunflower of Blessing!" The girl widened her two eyes so that the entire flower petals began to emit sunlight that increased the entire attribute of the girl, she started to twist her spear then moved forward to the Sage, where she was able to move forward, The Virus could detect his movements that were currently revolving around him but the sunflower petals around him were able to make the technology and system sense the meaning of [Overheat].

The girl appeared behind the Sage and swung her spear which was equivalent to the speed of light but the Sage could detect the attack so his back started to let out a large hand that managed to resist the attack then attacked back by smashing his body until he was thrown back, "You are brave enough as well. against the creator of all the technologies and systems in this world directly."

"All the Guardians you've killed are standing around you, and as a Guardian I must rise up to fight you and stop all the madness you've done." The girl got back up and stabbed the ground with her spear so that the roots of the sunflower began to spread and enveloped the entire robot that was trying to surround itself, all of those roots began to grow sunflowers in bloom and launched a laser of light towards the Sage.

"Reflections!" Sage created a box using both of his fingers so that the white cube began to protect his body and reflect all that light up into the sky then the armor grew two rifles that fired poison and gas to waving all the roots and flowers.

"You are indeed the same as the Technoven Angel yes.Your power comes from technology and systems, it is enough to cause and the actions of a coward. If you're an angel then fight me fair." His eyes begin to emit light that is able to interfere with his helmet, The Virus warns Sage that he has a light that can make the system in seeing the movement of a person into interference.

"You can do it, Sage. She is one of the powerful Guardians who are truly fully trained, benevolent sunflowers. We can use him as a tool if we win this fight!" The Sage instantly clenched his two fists, the girl started to tightly grip his spear and would be cautious when fighting against him now.

Rosalia was shocked when she saw the girl who did not look alien because she had once met her self, the Guardian who protects the sunflower virtue, "The girl... I-I've met him at the temple, if it's not his name..."

"...Chiara."