บททั้งหมดของ Serpentine Apotheosis: บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 10

Jonathan smiled gently at me. "It's okay. Even if you look like this, I'll always love you. I'm the only one who will never mind the way you look."Those were the very words that made me fall hopelessly in love with Jonathan in my previous life, when I was drowning in my self-loathing. I was trapped in his so-called love, unable to pull myself out.Thinking about it now, it was obvious that this was just emotional manipulation.How ridiculous!I didn't wait for Jonathan to repeat his old act. Instead, I turned around and went to the bathroom.Honestly, those ladies weren't wrong. The face I saw in the mirror really was hideous.Still, it was a mark of my bloodline. It was the source of my power.I gently touched the scales on my face and noticed something had changed. The bumps and ridges were now scabbing, separating from the healthy skin around them at a speed that my eyes could discern.If I could make it through these next few days… I would make every single one of them p

"Jon grew up overseas with the best education. He already started to take over the family business at sixteen. He's tall and handsome, and all the women chasing after him are either from privileged families or celebrities." Mrs. Perry glanced at the scabs forming on my face, unable to hold back her laughter. "Even if Miss Sinead offered herself for free, no man would want her.""That's enough!" yelled my mom suddenly, her voice sharp as she rushed to Mrs. Perry in an attempt to fight back. Unfortunately, this was the Perry family's turf.Jonathan immediately called in several bodyguards, who had us pinned to the ground in seconds.The rough floor scraped against my scales. "Let us go!"I struggled, then heard a loud slap. But it didn't land on my face—it landed on my mother's."Jonathan Perry! How dare you!" I screamed with my entire being. The butler, Mr. Hayes, glanced at Jonathan and Mrs. Perry in a panic, but Jonathan acted like he didn't hear a thing."Hmph! Who do

Mr. Hayes's voice caught in his throat, and he was too scared to even be able to speak a word. All he could do was let out panicked whimpers.The old beggar was the first to react. He didn't even bother to pull up his pants and ran for the door. With a wave of my hand, he collapsed, instantly paralyzed on the floor.Mr. Hayes looked at him, then back at me. "W-What did you do? Are you even human?"I landed gently on the ground, looking down at him from above. "I simply severed the tendons in his feet and those filthy hands that touched me. Also, you're right. I'm not human."I walked closer; Mr. Hayes scrambled backward, pushing himself against the iron door, his face becoming as pale as a ghost's.I smiled. "I am simply a goddess who can decide whether you live or die."By now, Mr. Hayes realized he would end up with a fate even worse than the beggar's. The fear of death seized him; he started banging frantically on the iron door behind him.Bang!Bang!Bang!"Master Jon

Mrs. Perry, who was in the kitchen preparing dinner, was startled by the house staff's screams. The knife slipped and sliced her delicate hand; blood immediately dripped."Ouch…!" Mrs. Perry scowled, then snapped at the maids. "Why are you yelling? I told you, I'll be cooking personally tonight! If you keep on screaming, I'll cut your throats and sell you to the old singletons in the countryside!"Seriously!She had finally managed to get rid of that shameless Sinead and her family today. She could finally celebrate with Jon!Thinking of this, her face immediately lit up with happiness.The maids at the door stuttered, "But… But…"She turned, annoyed. "But what?"That was when she saw Jonathan standing behind them, covered in blood, staring silently at her."Ahhh!" Mrs. Perry was so terrified, she nearly fainted. Her voice was trembling."Jon, why are you bleeding so much? Hurry! Let's go to the hospital!" She grabbed her phone, about to call 911.Jonathan's voice was eer

I stood behind Jonathan, smiling as the light in his eyes vanished in an instant.A malevolent mage lived within the Crystal Temple. That was what my deity told me on the day that I was transmigrated.The mage would devour endless faith and wealth, transmuting them into phony "Divine Power" that it could use.With this fake "Divine Power," it could grant people's prayers. But, of course, it never granted ordinary wishes for luck or safety. It only helped fulfill their deepest obsessions, and only if that obsession was absolutely sincere.If your life was happy and peaceful, why would you climb the winding mountain path to the Crystal Temple, offering worship and spending money again and again?Thus, it never truly granted anyone's obsession. It simply led the people deeper and deeper into misery.And Jonathan was its most faithful devotee.The deity once told me, "That mortal Jonathan Perry is holding a string of prayer beads. They were given to him by the wicked mage in the C