Chapter 487 – Goddess (10)

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The meeting with the goddess has ended.

Incarnation Descent was already deactivated.

I don’t know if there will come a time when I can use this skill again.

Incarnation Descent was not a skill that could be activated just by working hard.

If the goddess cannot repel her foreign gods invading from the heavenly world, it will not be activated.

Simply put, even if I do everything I can, I won’t be able to meet the goddess if she’s busy.

I don’t know if I’ll ever meet the goddess again.

Contrary to the plausible name of the skill, Incarnation Descent, in the end, the goddess did not descend into this world.

It’s fortunate for me too. If a giant avatar of a god had been summoned and started messing around, like in a strategy game, it wouldn’t have ended up being so much of a headache.

… Honestly, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t expect that.

For a subject with a grandiose skill name, the reality is a conversation with a goddess.

That alone is great, but what can I say… It feels like there is no explosion scene in the climax of a blockbuster. Looking back, I feel a bit discouraged.

But Serena was still shedding tears in front of her. It looks like this even though she hasn’t even heard a word from the goddess, let alone seen her in person.

I can understand Serena’s mental image, but it feels different from mine.

Of course, I wasn’t crying continuously during that long conversation with the goddess.

The goddess said that she had struck her barrier and only accelerated my subjective time. When she saw it from outside the barrier, it must have been only a moment. She said it was a kind of expedient way to circumvent the rules, but it was also a way to deceive the fragments. She is truly a meticulous goddess.

After all, a goddess is a goddess, and it’s time for her to join forces with the people of the Underworld again.

I said to Serena, who was still sobbing.

“Is this proof?”

“Ah… You really… Didn’t abandon us… Even though my sins were so deep, and I was so blasphemous, you still gave me this grace…”

“…”

It was wrong.

This woman is in a trance and in no condition to talk.

-Sniff.

It wasn’t just the inspector general who cried. Lennie was also sniffing her nose next to her.

Why are you acting like this all of a sudden again? I’m telling you, don’t show off your weird empathy skills. Such excessive emotions are burdensome.

I can see the sunset in the corner of my eye. It’s already evening.

Today, I met an inspector, an arena owner, and even a goddess, so it’s no wonder that so much time has passed.

I have to end the conversation with Serena before it’s too late and end today… Above all, solving Niniel’s problem isn’t over yet.

I can’t help it. I have no choice but to use a slightly coercive method.

-Tingling.

“Ah!”

When I gave her an electric shock, Serena jumped up and down.

Of course, I didn’t intend to faint like before. I reduced the output just enough to come to my senses, to a slightly tingling level.

But Serena lowered her head and did not move a muscle. Did I adjust the output incorrectly?

“Gwae, are you okay?”

“Condemn…”

“Yes?”

Serena, who was muttering, raised her head. Her eyes were filled with indescribable heat.

“Cinners must receive the punishment they deserve! Please, condemn my sin of daring to harbor blasphemous suspicions, Apostle…!”

“No, please just a little!”

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In the end, after some time had passed, Serena was finally able to calm down.

But this time she got into trouble differently.

Serena said, looking at me with her sparkling eyes.

“Please speak low. How could you be in the same position as an irreverent and profane sinner like me?”

With that, she jumps up and tries to get down on her knees. Her faith had become too excessive. My pace is truly crazy.

Just a moment ago, she was upset because she couldn’t eat, but I guess this change in attitude was too drastic.

“No, that’s a bit… Just do what you do. “Just because I received a mission doesn’t mean I’m a superior person to the inspector, right?”

“How generous these words are…!”

Tears welled up again. Calm down!

“You showed your disgrace in front of the Apostle. Please forgive me, no, please do not forgive me. Please deeply condemn this blasphemous, lowly, unbelieving servant…”

“Stop!”

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After exchanging several arguments and even ordering him to adopt the same attitude he had when we first met in the name of an apostle, we were finally able to proceed with the conversation.

Serena shared some of the things she doubted about the church. I knew the whole story because he confessed after giving me the hypnotic drug earlier, but I still had no choice but to endure and listen in order to put the facts together.

“Traditionally, it was customary for saints to be chosen from the capital. “It’s natural.”

It is not normal to select a new saint for her. Her emphasis was on ‘new’.

We must create the achievements of her saint, and promote those achievements.

Even if achievements can be manipulated, how about promotion? You can’t go viral or outsource like you can in Hyundai.

The church must create a space for direct publicity, and involve not only those in power but also the public.

Bare mouth? Of course there has to be compensation.

But there is no need for that in the capital. It’s enough if the previous saint or the Pope appoints him.

In the first place, the saint actually had achievements comparable to those of a saint, so it was more of an honorary title than a saint.

Of course, it’s not that the saint doesn’t have power, but is the return worth the resources invested?

Actually, that’s none of Serena’s business. Serena was concentrating elsewhere.

“In the end, it’s money.”

“Money?”

“It takes a lot of wealth to create the events mentioned above, but I couldn’t find a way to accumulate that wealth.”

Yuri asked those words.

“Huh, aren’t there a lot of priests in the city? “Aren’t they paying?”

“You mean donations to the church.”

Serena shook her head.

“The influence of the priest within the city is very high, but that does not mean that the influence of the church is great.”

“What does that mean?”

Serena continued her explanation to Yuri, who muttered, ‘Isn’t this incoherent?’

A priest is an essential member of an adventurer party exploring a dungeon. But is the church an absolutely indispensable organization for a priest?

“Free priests have no responsibility as they have no rights to church events.”

Although Serena didn’t say it out loud, it seemed like the church treated her similarly to an abandoned child or a day laborer. Maybe it’s Serena’s impression.

Actually, it’s not really wrong. Adventurers are essentially day laborers.

Hmm. The quality of conversation is definitely different from when given hypnosis medication. Hypnotic drugs are so passive in their answers that they only answer what is really asked, and no further information can be obtained.

In any case, we cannot deprive free priests of their income. There is no reason for that.

No matter how you try to make up a ridiculous cause and collect donations, there is no way.

How can we impose taxes on self-employed people who do not have computerized services and do not have a proper census? Since that wasn’t possible, in modern times they created something like a tax based on the number of windows.

“No, wait a minute.”

Yuri seemed to not understand something.

“Why do things change? Free priests are not bound by the church? What was the disadvantage earlier? “Didn’t you say there would be something like that?”

“…”

I realized this when I saw Serena rolling her eyes.

I see. That was just a bluff. She said that since Lennie was a naive country girl with no experience, she just gave it a try. It was something that was so troubling to people’s minds, so it was something that could just be ignored.

“Tsk.”

When I clicked her tongue without realizing it, Serena immediately got into a fight. It was so fast that I couldn’t react.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry. How dare I tell such a lie to you, Apostle, how dare my sin deepen like this… Apostle, please punish me for being ungodly!”

“Stop!”

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He forced Serena, who was trying to bow down, to sit down again and continued her story.

“That’s not the only problem. Their intentions are unknown, and above all, the candidates for sainthood are nowhere to be seen. “Maybe that is a bigger problem than uncovering the source of the funds.”

“I see.”

In any case, there is only one conclusion.

“I guess I should try infiltrating the church again.”

Lenny spoke up after me.

“I too…”

“No.”

“Well, I can do it well too!”

“Oh, there’s the goddess!”

“Huh?!”

Lennie’s head jerks back. Of course, there was nothing behind it.

I said to Lenny, who looked at me again with her puzzled face.

“How can you not even notice such a simple trick?”

Lennie’s cheeks swell at the sharp rejection.

To be honest, I was being unreasonable. Because all the other kids turned around too. But what doesn’t work doesn’t work.

I spoke after gathering my thoughts for a moment.

“You said you would add a new saint candidate, right?”

“Yes.”

“Let me be that candidate.”

“… Yes?”

Serena’s face became confused, and then she hesitated and asked.

“Uh, how do you mean?”

Even though it may seem like a mess, it’s surprisingly common sense.

Well, if I were to become a saint candidate in my current state, it would be normal for me to be treated as a mental patient. Because I have the physique. But I have a way.

“Isn’t it okay to look like a woman?”

At my words, Rebecca stepped forward.

“You’re trying to use the same method as last time. “I will help you prepare.”

That’s right. Like last time, I will use sex morph and sneak in. Of course, I can’t talk about that.

“I can’t tell you the specifics, but there is a way.”

“… A body that has already witnessed a miracle. The Apostle said so, so I will believe it.”

That’s how we ended the story and sent the inspector back. We decided to go to church within a few days. Because I need time to prepare.

Finally, Serena hesitated and asked me.

“Apostle, do you mind if I dare to ask what kind of mission you received…?”

“…”

It would be too long to explain everything here. I summarized it very briefly.

“There is a traitor to the Goddess. “It is my mission to find them.”

“Demon worshiper!”

Serena shouted in astonishment.

Demon God was another name for chaos. But if I tried to resolve that grand misunderstanding here, this woman’s head would explode.

Well, if you replace fragment with demon god, it wouldn’t be wrong. I nodded with a stern expression.

“It’s difficult to tell you the details yet. The reason I haven’t come to the forefront until now is because I had to act in secret.”

“Inhale.”

Serena tried to cry again.

“The Apostle has taken on such an important mission, and to help this poor person, I am just grateful for that grace…”

“Stop!”

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After picking up Serena, we returned to the living room.

There was no more talk of churches or guilds. There is nothing more we can do if we put our heads together here.

Camilla tied him up tightly and sent him to her guild.

It will probably be quite a headache.

What they expected would have been research on dangerous monsters, but it turned out that humans had turned into monsters. It won’t end with her having a headache.

It is such a shocking event that we need time to prepare a response.

After she finished telling everything she had said in her meeting with the goddess, it was already late at night.

Everyone was deep in thought, but Ariel hesitated and opened her mouth.

“Hmm. Huh. Hmm. I’m sorry for talking about something trivial at an important moment. “I have no choice but to say it.”

Ariel said while looking at her.

“Well… If you say you’re infiltrating the church, you can’t specify the period of time, right? If that happens, in the meantime…”

“Is it because of Niniel?”

Ariel nodded her head at my words. Other people might not be able to tell, but to me, Ariel looked so sad that she was about to die.

“Yeah, I was going to say that anyway.”

After getting everyone’s attention, I opened my mouth.

“I plan to allow you to borrow and use my abilities.”