732 – I Came Again Without Dying – 6

Lisianne’s shocking self-introduction kept her making me laugh out loud. She’s a woman who was alone in the Death King’s dungeon, so it’s hard to treat her like bullshit. Even though her heart cannot admit it, her head her her is screaming that Lisianne’s words she is true.

‘Are all things with death in their names like this?’

The Death King was nothing short of a disaster on the continent. He is the Death King who went against nature and created a world of the dead. He is the Death King who delivered a fatal blow to the Dawn Church, which had been on a roll since winning the religious war.

Since he was such a vicious being, I vaguely assumed that the Death King was also a concept like a godly being or a monster. But who would have expected that he would come from an ordinary human being and that he would be a cardinal from the Order of Dawn? Honestly, even the Pope of the Dawn Church probably didn’t know.

Jangsaeng, who was called Death, is now a tiny Yorkshire Terrier. What on earth is death?

‘If he’s the Death King, shouldn’t he be a necromancer made of skeletons?’

I frowned unconsciously and glanced at Lisianne’s appearance

Light blue hair and red eyes that shine like jewels do not fit the image of death. Her appearance was so normal that anyone could call her a beauty with a gentle appearance.

Is it possible that there are bones instead of skin under those clothes? Then it is similar to the image of Death King I was thinking of.

“By the way, it wouldn’t be polite to keep a customer standing for the first time in hundreds of years.”

When I remained silent, Lisianne clapped her hands lightly. Then, a white tea table and chair appeared between me and Lisianne.

‘I’m going crazy.’

She broke into a cold sweat at the miraculous sight. Creating something from nothing is a feat that no wizard or priest can accomplish.

Of course, this is the home of the Death King, where the laws of space have been distorted. Since it was a space he renovated, it wouldn’t be much more than just making a table and a few chairs.

‘How far can you manipulate it?’

However, what if you could raise an army of tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or millions of people at once, rather than just making a few objects? What if you randomly drop huge rocks from the air in succession?

Just imagining it is something that will make you sigh. How on earth did Berlo defeat such a being?

“Could you please take a seat first? It will take a few days for the guests who came in with the gentleman to get here.”

“How many days?”

“I’m good at making mazes. In the past, I used to play maze games with the children at the orphanage.”

With a chuckle, Li Sianne sat down first, and this time she summoned tea and snacks.

‘Let’s hang out for now.’

After a short thought, I also sat down.

It would be foolish to rush into battle in a space that moves according to Lisianne’s will. As it happens, Lisian didn’t react as if she was hostile toward me, so the priority is to have a conversation and get to know the other person.

But what should I say? I never thought it would be possible to have a normal conversation with the Death King, so I can’t think of a suitable conversation topic.

“Gentleman. Do you have a favorite car?”

“Anything doesn’t matter.”

Lisianne’s eyes widened further at my answer.

“Hehe, something makes my heart flutter. I keep hearing informal language from someone who is hundreds of years younger than me, so I feel like I’m getting younger too?”

Because of her strange reaction to her, she became even more certain that Lisianne was the Death King. Because it was a voice of sincere joy, not an accusation that some little b*stard was speaking informally. Although her body her her her she was fine, her brain her her her she was deteriorated.

Because his brain changed, the person who was a cardinal changed to the Death King.

“I’m only telling you this secretly, but I like older people. They’ve all died, so I don’t have any older people anymore.”

“Yeah, I see.”

She nodded her head hesitantly because it was a joke, unsure of how to react.

“But I started being called the Death King when I was 25. If you count my physical age, I guess at 26 you might be my age.”

It was a nonsense statement, but it started to spin in my head even more complicatedly.

He clearly introduced himself as a cardinal of the Order of Dawn, meaning that he rose to the rank of cardinal before becoming the Death King. But you started walking the path of Death King at the age of 25? No matter how you max it out, it means you became a cardinal at the age of 25.

‘He’s a crazy talent.’

A talented person who became a cardinal in his mid-20s, and perhaps at a younger age. How did such a talented person become an enemy of the church?

“You look like you have a lot of questions.”

As if my confusion was visible on her face, Lissie continued with a smile on her face.

“It will be difficult for guests to understand what a man who rose to the rank of cardinal at a young age did wrong and chose this path, and why the monster that was defeated hundreds of years ago has been resurrected.”

“If I’m curious, would you at least explain it to me?”

“Hmm~”

Lisi Anne was tapping her fingers on her desk as if she was worried.

“Good. It’s no wonder the guest arrived so quickly. There’s nothing to hide, so I’ll tell you.”

Eventually, she nodded and looked into my eyes.

“How clear the hypocrisy and limitations of the denomination are.”

It seems like something unusual is about to begin.

The Dawn Church teaches that the Lord looks down on believers anytime and anywhere.

Because Enen was the god of the sun before he reigned as the sole god. Because it is a holy and hot sun that floats safely in the sky and illuminates everything.

Therefore, Enen has a strong image of being a warm god who embraces everything, and at the same time, a passionate punisher who monitors and punishes the sins of humans.

“If you are a member of the Dawn Church, it is a teaching that even a child knows. It is a simple teaching to live a good life so as not to be ashamed of God and not to commit sin.”

I know that well. Isn’t this the teaching of good and evil that all religions have?

If you live a good life, Enen will consider you special and take you to heaven or give you birth into a good family, but if you commit bad deeds, you will be burned in the hot fire of hell. There is no teaching more intuitive and clear than that.

“But isn’t it strange? Would the only God who looks over this world, the God who cares for all living things like his children, really punish the wicked?”

“What?”

However, a rebuttal emerged from the words that followed.

What are you talking about. If they are evil, they should of course be punished. Countries also punish citizens when they commit a crime, so is it any different for God?

“Parents are the ones who discipline their children when they complain or do something wrong. No parent ever hates or beats their children. For parents, their children are not to abandon something, but to embrace something and move forward with.”

“Well, I think it’s strange to view murder or robbery as a child’s deviance.”

“If you look at it by human standards, yes. But it is said that God has a level of dignity, wisdom, and power that cannot be compared to humans, so why is his mercy at the same level as humans? Isn’t it more strange that God’s magnanimity is at the level of humans?”

If a being is no different from a human being, is there any reason to serve and respect that being?

After saying that, Li Sianne lightly shrugged her shoulders.

“Well, I can understand this to some extent. If God takes care of everyone with his vast mercy, the human world will fall into chaos. God will forgive you even if you live and die indiscriminately anyway, so why should you live a good life?”

“Knowing that—”

“Then what about pagans?”

The word pagan instinctively reminded me of the Twilight Church.

Those heretics that the Church of the Dawn really swatted away like they were catching a rat, and completely destroyed them.

“Should someone be thrown into hellfire just because they believed in another god? If someone was born and their parents were pagans, so they naturally believed in other gods, and the mainstream religion in the area where they were born was pagan… Is it a sin just because they were born there?”＜ Br﹥

I couldn’t think of anything to refute Lisianne’s words.

I’m not very interested in religion, and I’m the type of person who double-majored only in religion. To that guy, ‘Is paganism a sin?’ If you say that, you can’t answer yes.

“Those who were good but fell into hellfire because they were pagans. Those who loved their family and friends but fell into hellfire because they served other gods. When asked whether such people really deserve to suffer, the Pope said that trying to find the answer You said it was a road.”

“…Isn’t that correct?”

“And what about the poor souls who will be burning until they find the answer?”

Suddenly, instead of calmness, Lisianne’s eyes began to glow with a subtle madness.

“Other cardinals also did not care at all about the souls who would be in hellfire. No matter how good they were, they said that choosing paganism was a great sin and should be purified by fire, and that if they paid for their wrong choices , they would be reincarnated as righteous believers, To him, paganism was a sin in itself.”

Now he stood up and looked down at me.

Damn it. I had to change the subject from the moment the corrupt cardinal brought up religion. He just said he wanted to get some information, so he got into this mess.

“So I looked for another way. I was sick of serving a God who claimed to care for everything, but who threw my children into hellfire and turned away from me just because I served another god.”

Step by step, Lisi Anne approached me and spread her arms, looking up at the sky.

“And then finally. I found my way. If he were truly omnipotent, he could have made all humans good from the beginning, and he could have made them children of the Church of Dawn rather than paganism. Instead of being a god who neglected humans… When he was alive, he waited and watched. A truly fair and fair God, not a God who discriminates after death!”

As Rishi Anne’s voice got louder, her hands moved to her waist. Looks like she’ll have to take out her sword again, which she holstered ─

“The one who made even Enen struggle! Death!”

…

?

“What?”

“Hehe. You may not know this, but during the religious wars, there were powerful gods who threatened even Enen. The highest and greatest of them was Death.”

“No, that…”

Know. I probably know more about him than you.

“Death is a concept that is fair to all beings. Lydier La Glendiet, who deifies the concept of death, is a being who can literally embrace all life.”

Ridi… What?

‘Did it have a different name?’

Not just death?

“I learned of his traces and came to serve him. Although the great man was sealed away by Enen, full of hypocrisy, and I could not even hear his voice, I walked the path of death, believing that one day I would see him.”

The longer Rishi Anne spoke, the more cold sweat broke out in a different way than before.

“So, through his power his over death… He brought back to the continent the poor people who were suffering in the fires of hell. Although their bodies were rotten and inconvenient to move, it was better than having their souls constantly burning, right?”＜ Br﹥

‘Is that so?’

Moreover, my mind was slowly starting to fall for Lisianne’s argument.

That is correct. The body is temporary, but the soul is eternal. If your soul will burn forever, it would be beneficial to escape to a rotten body for a while.

And burning souls simply because of paganism is too harsh. If he were a true god, he should have embraced even pagans and wicked people. It’s like a fair place to die for everyone─

‘This is crazy.’

I quickly snapped one finger.

“Tch.”

At the same time, Li Si Anne also clicked her tongue and expressed her regret.

“He’s a quick-witted person. Or should I say he has a strong mentality?”

“Is it mental manipulation?”

“What do you mean by mental manipulation? Rather than using such hideous terms, would you please say that it is about guiding the soul in the right direction?”

It seemed like a more sinister expression, but Lisi Anne extended one of her hands toward me.

“Well, that’s okay. If words don’t work, what about action?”

Li Sianne suddenly stopped her hand and blinked her eyes blankly.

“Uh, over there… “

Then she opened her mouth in a more cautious manner than before.

“By any chance… Are you someone who attends death closely?”

“…”

She couldn’t bring herself to open her mouth at those words.