## Chapter 1469 – Heavenly Demon Kim Katter

The world, which had been half-destroyed, was somehow recovering.

Of course, the state of public order wasn’t great, but compared to the monsters, heretics, and demonic beasts from other dimensions, human robbers and bandits were just mischievous, playful children.

Naturally, paladins who hadn’t lost their divine power were personally folding those guys in half or dismembering them alive and hanging them in the marketplace, providing lessons for their reformation and celebrating victory and reconstruction.

“Aaaaaaaaargh!!”

A man tied to a wooden pillar, his limbs severed, screamed.

“Wooooooo!”
“Kyaaaaaa!”
“Oooooooooh!!!”

A full-fledged burning at the stake had begun.

The charges written on the wooden board in front were robbery, rape, murder of civilians, and plunder. The heinous crimes were too terrible to watch, but the villagers were dancing and singing, scattering flowers on the stake.

Loud cheers were a bonus.

“Vile and wicked humans! You harm the innocent, hurt children, and squander stolen property! Do you know what we call such beings, everyone!”

One of the paladins standing at the center shouted loudly, and the villagers chanted gleefully.

“Heretics!”
“Heretics!”
“Heretics!”

Heretics, spoken with one voice and one mind.

Heretics were the ones who screwed up this world. Heretics were the ones who made their lives miserable. The people, who had realized all this through the great catastrophe caused by the Lich, were now extreme fusion-Confucianists who vehemently hated heretics, no matter who they were.

“So, what should we do with these heretics!”
“Execution! Execution! Execution!”
“Execution! Execution! Execution!”
“Execution! Execution! Execution!”

I, too, watched the scene with satisfaction, chanting “execution.”

“Now! Let’s dance and sing, everyone! The righteous gods are watching us from above!”

It seemed that the paladin knew a thing or two about fun and dance.

Yes. The harder things get, the more humor people need. Now that everything is being resolved and rebuilt, there’s even more reason for humor.

“Woooooooooooo!”
“Aaaaargh! Verdi, take meeeeeee!”
“Long live Heavenly Demon! Long live Heavenly Demon! Long live the Heaaaaavenly Demoooooon!!!”
“Long live the Goddess of Earth!!!”
“Heavenly Demon Church! Heavenly Demon Church! Heavenly Demon Church!”

Like that, in the sky.

I looked down at the festive city with Claudia.

“It’s a truly beautiful sight…”
“Hehe, really. It’s exactly the world Katter wanted, isn’t it?”
“Of course, of course.”

It was an incredibly wholesome sight. Villagers happily dancing and singing while burning heretics under the guidance of a respected clergyman. A beautiful sight of people screaming and yelling with joy.

This is fusion-Confucianism.

This, and nothing else, is a fusion-Confucian world.

Now, it would be even more ideal to replace those clergymen with fusion-Confucian paladins directly trained by the Heavenly Demon Church, and then train fusion-Confucian judges and dispatch them to various parts of the country.

“Yeah. This makes me feel like it was worth saving the world. Honestly, people have become a bit extreme, but it’s unacceptable to commit heinous crimes when we’re all rebuilding and healing together.”

Even though those festival-executions seemed a bit cruel, for people who had been suffering from monsters and extreme stress for so long, there was no better entertainment. The residents, drunk on victory, wanted to practice justice even more.

“That’s right. If anyone acts against Katter’s fusion-Confucianism…”
“It’s slaughter.”

A world where execution or capital punishment is no different from fun and enjoyable recreation.

“Next up, the condemned…! Surprisingly, this bastard is a heinous heretic who kidnapped orphans, cut off their limbs, and forced them to beg!!!”

Soon, the next heretic was dragged in.

The charges were truly amazing.

Of course, people were furious at the specific charges.

“Do the same to him! Make him the same as those poor children, Paladin! Cut off his limbs and kill him!!!”
“Please!!! Please cut off his limbs!!!”
“Aaaaargh! I’m so sad and distressed that this heretic still has all his limbs!!!!”
“Kill him! Kill him! Kill him!”
“Oh! How terrible! To do that to children!”
“Those children without hands!!! I felt sorry for them and shared my rations!!! So they were victims!!!”

And, of course, the paladin perfectly met the people’s needs. He chopped off the heretic’s limbs on the spot, like slicing ham.

“Woooooooooooooooo!”

A roar of joy immediately erupted.

That paladin was probably a kind of village elder who had led the residents through these difficult times. Such people know how to handle people well.

An excellent talent.

“Long live! Long live! Long liveeeeeee!”
“Kill more heretics!!!”
“Die! Die! Die in pain!!”

Seeing them so happy made me feel good too.

Perhaps they were superimposing the darkness and evil monsters that had covered the sky until recently onto those heinous criminals being executed.

They were no longer helpless victims.
They were all practicing justice together.

“And this bastard is a wicked heretic who mixed soil, lime powder, and food waste into people’s food to increase the quantity and sell it!!!”
“Plea, please! I was wrong!!!”

All sorts of bastards were popping up.

“Pour oil down his throat, Paladin!!”
“Ah! Does that mean the fire-down-the-throat show is about to begin!!”
“Hooray!!!!”
“I’m so excited!!!! I’m so excited I could die!!!! Mommaaaaaaa!!!”

Feeling like we were participating in a truly enjoyable recreation show, Claudia and I chuckled as we looked down at the ground.

Anyway, there were so many condemned prisoners.

People executed the condemned like putting meat into a canning machine.

In that way, Claudia and I flew around, observing the human world. I needed to see how things were going with my own eyes, identify any problems, and address them.

Of course, everything was generally fine.

And the reason why things were so good was because Aria was in charge of food production. With food available, a positive reconstruction atmosphere was exploding.

“Katter. It was a really fun outing.”
“Hehehe, me too.”

We should have spread out a mat in the sky and eaten sandwiches.

* * *

My victory speech, which took place a few days later, proceeded with insane madness, no lie. It was a thoroughly calculated speech that delivered extreme emotion, captivating the hearts of the humans, and in the second part, I unleashed my dancing spirit.

My women were horrified, saying that the new Heavenly Demon Kim Katter should maintain his dignity in public, but from the middle, I forcibly brought them out to dance with me, and the atmosphere at the scene reached its peak.

Because the sight of a ridiculously handsome Heavenly Demon and beautiful Valkyries shaking their bodies and dancing was something you could only see in heaven.

Of course, I was scolded a lot after the event, but my thoughts haven’t changed.

I’m a man who doesn’t need to read the room.

I do what I want, and I don’t do what I don’t want. That’s all I care about.

“Indeed… that insane speech from a few days ago. It seems to have had a very good effect. Reports are coming in that people are more motivated than before.”

Kadia said, placing the document on the table.

“Hehehe, why are you saying the obvious, Kadia?”
“Did you calculate it?”
“Yeah.”

Of course, I calculated it.

“The peak, you see. It’s not just about being solemn. You need humor too. And look. Do you think I asked to dance on purpose? What’s important to people right now is that. A symbol that the elements of instability have been completely eliminated. A tangible experience. Visible evidence.”

All of that.

“I provided that to the people in my speech.”

A kind of show to provide it.

Reassuring the crowds of people isn’t about a boring list of facts and evidence. Only a show with maximized visual effects can capture the hearts of the public.

“…Really.”

A deep smile appeared on Kadia’s face.

“You’re a man who’s so meticulous and thorough that it’s scary, no matter when I think about it.”
“That’s why I’m in this position. Anyway, Kadia. Is work going well?”
“Except for the shortage of qualified personnel, things are generally going smoothly. Since there are no major threats, all kinds of work are running properly. Everything will be resolved with time.”
“Good.”
“Oh, and by the way. How’s the training you’ve been doing lately going?”
“Oh. I was going to talk about that.”

From the first time I opened the dimension until today.

I have never neglected that training.

And as a result.

“I succeeded.”
“What…!”
“I’m going to go tomorrow.”

* * *

ㅡCrackling.

What was in front of me now was a dimensional hole leading to the Celestial Realm.

Honestly, I didn’t expect to find it this quickly. I spent almost all my time on this, so I got used to manipulating dimensions faster than I thought, and I found the Celestial Realm faster than expected. It could be said that it was the power of the Heavenly Demon that exceeded the Heavenly Demon’s expectations.

“Then I’m going.”

Like that, I stood in front of the hole, leaving behind the women who were seeing me off.

“Have a safe trip, Katter-nim!!”
“Be careful of the darkies!”
“If those kids act like assholes, just smash them all.”

I was already planning to do as Karin said. Looking back at the women who were seeing me off, I answered boldly, showing a confident smile.

“Saint.”
“Hmm?”
“No matter what happens when you go there. Just do what you think is right, Saint. Then there will be no problems.”
“Hehehe, why are you saying the obvious, Elise? I always act according to what I believe in.”
“That’s what’s so trustworthy!”

As I reached out and stroked Elise’s head, Kadia came to me and said.

“One last request. What Verde has been thinking about humans all this time. You must…”
“Yeah. I’ll ask and come back.”
“Ah! Saint!”
“Yeah, yeah. I’ll ask Ijzermarch too.”
“…Yes.”

Even though they had gotten over the shock from before, they were naturally curious about what the god they had believed in had been thinking about humans.

“Then I’ll go solve it.”

Like that, I took a step into the Celestial Realm, receiving their send-off.