Chapter 500 – The Holy Sword and the Witch (3)

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Sudden dizziness, as if falling somewhere. I’ve experienced this before. This is the feeling I felt when I got on the teleportation of a second-year soldier who called himself a dragon.

“Wow…!”

When I finally came to my senses, the scenery had changed.

“This is…”

“It’s been a long time.”

The witch was looking down at me with a grin.

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Warm tea in front of you. And a witch with her legs coquettishly crossed. And still, bottled animals are creating an atmosphere of fear. For some reason, I think he even winked at me.

I swallowed once and said.

“Oh, witch. I really appreciate the hospitality, but could you please send it back? The guild’s business isn’t over yet, so those people are probably waiting now…”

The corners of the witch’s mouth draw an arc. It was a soft smile, but her eyes weren’t smiling!

“Hehe. Of course, you are busy. How much work must have been done for you to ignore my request to stop by while you were going back and forth to the dungeon? “I fully understand.”

I’m afraid, I’m afraid!

They say they understand, but it doesn’t seem that way at all.

The witch chuckled as she tried to embody the expression “A frog in front of a snake.”

“You don’t have to worry too much. “I’m not going to eat you, and I’m not calling you to get angry.”

“Hmm, uh… I’m sorry. “I have nothing to say.”

“Are you okay. Because I know you’ve been really busy working. And you don’t have to worry about the guild. Don’t you know that in this space you don’t have to worry about time?”

Indeed. If you think about it, this has happened before. I had forgotten that time passes slowly inside the witch house.

She spoke, pouting her lips, which is not typical of a witch.

“Still, I feel sad. “We’ve been so close to each other, but haven’t you even thought about saying hello?”

“It’s not like that, but… I didn’t have enough mental space. Still, if teleportation was possible like this, you would have told me a long time ago…”

The witch looked at me coldly.

“Are you saying I should at least bring you here myself?”

“My thoughts were short!”

I immediately hit my head.

I brought it up, but it was such a stupid thing to say. A grown-up invited me, but it’s like asking them to send a car.

Perhaps thanks to the quick dogeza, the witch’s expression relaxed.

“I have no intention of condescending to hierarchy. If I could have written it, I would have written it a long time ago. This is something that has only recently become possible.”

“The words…”

“Thanks to you for taking care of that, I was able to regain some influence over the dungeon. Actually, I didn’t expect it to get that far.”

That’s it. This refers to a piece of debris that was previously disposed of deep in the dungeon.

As the witch said, you shouldn’t have expected me to handle that. That’s something I couldn’t handle with my abilities.

“Actually, it’s not that I did it…”

This was done by a middle school soldier who called himself a dragon. Now that you think about it, what is he doing?

The witch shook her head at my answer.

“Those friends are so firm in their own standards that even if we ask for something, they won’t listen if it doesn’t suit their taste. So, I did a good job just by inducing my friend to take action.”

“Is that so…”

“Thanks to you disposing of some of the fragments, I have become aware of the situation outside to some extent. There are also people from the guild who deliver news.”

Well, the guild is almost like an open door. It is said that the woman in the arena also has a secret agent planted, and so does the witch.

I suddenly had a question.

Goddesses are strict about even telling people what to do, saying they have to follow the rules, but witches have no qualms about manipulating humans.

“Aren’t you supposed to not interfere with the underworld?”

The witch chuckled.

“She is so strict. So she’s still a virgin.”

“?!”

What blasphemy!

The witch didn’t care whether I was shocked or not.

“It’s because I don’t have any experience. Once she gets some experience, she’ll be able to change her stubborn personality a bit. What if you pounce next time? “I will allow it.”

I could barely open my mouth due to the witch’s verbal abuse.

“I still want to live a little longer, but…”

“Once you take it down, think about it. You have to have that level of spirit. “Do you think she will like it after it’s done?”

What a rapist mentality!

You shouldn’t get caught up in this. Although the goddess said she did not interfere with the underworld, she knew almost everything I said and did.

Come to think of it, I am not a being bound by the goddess’s rules, so she can interfere with me. That means you can receive heavenly punishment…!

No. This topic is not okay. We have to get out of here.

“Hmm, uh, is that why you called me to say that? Are you trying to say that the next time you meet the goddess, you will defeat her…?”

The witch giggled.

“That would be fun. But no.”

“Then what happened…”

“…”

The smile disappeared from the witch’s face, and a rare serious expression appeared.

“The goddess spoke of the incineration of pollution. “Children contaminated by debris should face the end as is… But I think differently.”

“You mean different?”

“I believe we can bring back the contaminated children.”

“…!”

The witch continued speaking.

“I understand the goddess’ concerns. Some types of contamination are problematic in themselves, but they also pose a risk of contagion.”

“She values ​​rules, so it makes sense that once she has been exposed to contamination, she believes that putting an end to it is the only way to eliminate the danger. In fact, that is her role as well.”

“But my opinion is different.”

“In the short term, just in this case, I think her way is probably right. Even so, what about the future? If pollution were to end like that every time it occurs, there would be no children left in this world. In addition to eliminating pollution, we also need to find ways to clean it up.”

Indeed.

The witch had a slightly longer perspective than the goddess.

Foreign invasions will continue in the future, and each time, the fragments will become active again and try to contaminate the race of goddesses.

It would be fortunate if the contamination could be dealt with relatively early like this, but what if not? If the contamination spreads out of control, will it kill them all?

The goddess was talking about her containment and incineration, but the witch was talking about a failure of containment and the vaccine she had in place for that.

The witch added one last word.

“How can parents give up their children?”

“…”

The witch’s slightly bitter words. But I felt a little strange.

This woman clearly said it was her child with her own mouth.

A married woman… No, a married woman means she has a husband. What should I say about this?

Single mother? But does being a single mother apply in this case as well? But isn’t it like giving birth through pregnancy like in humans?

… Then… So, Maman?

The witch, not knowing that I was thinking so nonsense, continued her serious story.

“I still believe we can get them back. “It may be impossible for children who have completely changed, but to some extent… Are you listening?”

“Oh, yes, of course. Huh.”

The witch’s gaze at me was turning into something displeasing. I’m talking about something so serious, but you’re just thinking about useless things…

I quickly opened my mouth.

“But how?”

“…”

The witch’s words were valid, but there was the biggest problem. How does she purify pollution?

“Do you mean that by injecting divine power, a contaminated person will be purified again? “I don’t think so.”

The same goes for Camilla, the woman who is the owner of the arena.

When the divine power was infused with the skill, the body seemed to return to human form. But what about the spirit?

She was told that the woman was still stretching out in the guild. She obviously still has a sexual desire.

The witch sighed softly.

“That won’t solve the problem. Because divine power does not act on the mind.”

“Then what should I do?”

The witch frowned, and finally she opened her mouth.

“Try to correct the direction of their desires.”

“… Yes?”

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The witch explained calmly.

“In some ways, it is not the fragments that are the problem, but the desires they originally had. The fragment simply lent the power to extreme that desire and make it a reality. So, you just need to correct the direction and extremeness of that desire.”

“… Uh, so.”

Only after repeating it a few times was I able to understand what the witch said.

“So, are you saying that we should return the so-called abnormal sexual desire to normal?”

“… It’s an oversimplification, but it’s not wrong.”

“…”

So, what we are saying is to correct Monster Park as an ordinary human lover.

Certainly, as the witch said, it had nothing to do with her divine power.

“…”

But is that possible?

No, now that I think about it, it doesn’t seem impossible, but can I do it?

“It won’t be a bad story for you either.”

The witch said when she saw that I was hesitating.

“Purification of pollution is much more difficult than removal of pollution. But that also applies to fragments. Shards will have to expend more resources to respond to the purge, thus losing more influence.”

“And the less influence the fragments have, the more influence we can have.”

Along with the witch’s words, something blinked in the system window.

“You are a human being who is not subject to our rules. As the influence of the fragments has been reduced, we will allow you to use your abilities more autonomously.”

“If you say that, I don’t know what you mean…”

-Tiring.

[When you purify pollution, you can obtain skill points.

[Skill points can be invested in any skill.

“!”

The explanation that appeared in the system window contained surprising content.

Until now, in order to obtain skills, you had to please the goddess by using a form such as a skill proposal, but this is a much more advanced system than that.

To put it simply, you can earn skill points enough to purify the contamination of fragments, and based on that, you can acquire skills as you wish.

“How is it? “Isn’t this useful?”

I suddenly came to my senses after hearing the witch’s words. But for some reason, I feel lukewarm.

It’s a curious voice, as if the witch also sensed my mood.

“Is it not that good?”

“No, not really, what can I say…”

Even if I get the skill, I don’t really need it right now.

Because now I am living a life so satisfying that I can no longer be greedy… As I was about to say, something suddenly crossed my mind.

“Maybe you are. But will those children with you be satisfied?”

“!”

That’s right.

Just this morning, there was an uproar over the partner declaration.

I’m not doing it for myself. For our kids!

When I changed my position, something immediately came to mind.

“Witch, actually…”

I talked about the problem of the Holy Sword.