As I followed Paulah through the dimensional gate, the sight that greeted me was… a rural village?
Originally, the plan was to go to Orias and see what had changed compared to a hundred years ago, and if possible, meet with the Disciples…
But this doesn’t look like Orias.
They said it was treated as a holy site, but there’s no way it could be a simple country village like this.
“Uh? Where is this? Didn’t we say we were going to Orias?”
“Uh… that was the plan. It seems there was some kind of problem in the rift between dimensions. I’m sorry, Lord!”
With that, Paulah bowed her head deeply to me.
Paulah made a mistake.
What a twist!
In my mind, she was always the perfect and talented final boss, so seeing her like this felt refreshingly different.
“Paulah, you also make mistakes.”
“I’m truly sorry, my Lord. How should I fix this mistake?!”
She fidgeted and didn’t know what to do.
“Hey, no need to get all worked up. We just need to open a dimensional gate back to Orias.”
Can’t we just reopen the dimensional gate?
“That, um, my Lord… there seems to be a problem with the rift… I don’t think we can open it for a while.”
“…What?”
You mean we can’t reopen the dimensional gate?
This is unexpected.
“Then how long will it take to reopen it?”
“I can’t say for sure, but… it’ll take at least a day.”
“…At least a day?”
That’s kind of long, isn’t it?
-Hmm… It seems she’s right. She just tried to reopen the dimensional gate, but the divine power didn’t work properly. It seems something’s off in this dimension.
Deus, who had revealed himself, muttered while stroking his chin with one hand.
Now, I understand why Paulah was so restless.
Looks like we’re going to be stuck in this village for a day.
What do I do now?
I didn’t want to ask Lilith or Ignis for help.
I mean, we just set out, and asking for help right away… that’s a little awkward, right?
“Ahhh, my Lord! What should I do about this sin…?”
“No, it’s okay. It’s fine.”
Isn’t this just part of the adventure’s charm?
Unexpected situations arise and cause plans to change.
I was kind of looking forward to this.
Until just now, I thought we’d leave the village right away, so I hadn’t really looked around, but now it seems we’ll have to stay for a day.
As I looked around, I noticed that we were surrounded by many people.
“Uh… hello?”
Compared to the size of the village, the number of people gathered in this plaza seemed very large.
It looked as if all the villagers had gathered.
Were they perhaps holding a festival?
“They look like they came down from the heavens!”
“Look at that beautiful sight. They don’t look like ordinary humans.”
“Did the Lord send down Angels?!”
“Ahhh.”
The crowd murmured as they looked at us.
Ah.
I guess seeing us come down through the dimensional gate makes them think like that.
This could get a little annoying.
We caught the attention of so many people, so escaping might be tricky.
Bam!
“Quiet!”
Then the chubby Priest standing next to me slammed his staff down and shouted.
His face was shiny with grease, and his cheeks were pudgy, giving him a greedy appearance.
It’s not a good habit to judge people by their looks, but… I really didn’t want to get too close to this type.
“Quiet! Everyone, quiet down! Angels? Who’s spouting nonsense!”
His commanding shout immediately brought silence to the plaza.
Clap Clap
He stomped toward me, thumping his staff on the ground.
“Angels? No way. That’s impossible, right? Claiming to be a false angel without the Lord Deus is worshiping an idol! It’s heresy!”
He yelled at me with glaring eyes.
Deus?
Is he a priest of either Katorikus or Christos, who believe in Deus?
If that’s the case, he’d be one of Lydia or Simon’s subordinates.
Suddenly, he didn’t seem so unpleasant anymore.
“Oh. Hello! Do you believe in Deus?”
I greeted him with a bright smile.
-Hoo boy, that’s hilarious coming from you. Here I am, right next to you!
Deus floating next to me chuckled.
And then…
“How dare you! Do you know who I am?!”
The Priest shouted again.
What’s wrong with him? He’s a bit off.
“I am the high priest chosen by Lord Deus! I am Bishop Beerge, responsible for this region’s diocese!”
-I don’t know you, buddy.
“Snort.”
I couldn’t help but laugh at the ridiculousness of the current situation with Deus murmuring beside me.
“You’re laughing? How dare you mock me?!”
The Priest’s face twisted in anger.
“You have insulted me, the representative of Lord Deus! You have committed a grave offense against Him!”
-Using my name and acting like this? What a punk.
I bet he never imagined the real Deus would be right here.
“Insulting Lord Deus is sacrilege, the worst crime one could commit!”
The Priest spat around as he rambled on.
“Therefore, your punishment is death! I shall purify you with death!”
At his words, the Holy Knights standing behind him drew their swords and stepped forward.
This is getting way too chaotic.
I just wanted to say hi and laughed once, and suddenly it’s an aggressive atmosphere?
Unlike the Priest and the Holy Knights who were turning hostile, the villagers seemed scared and confused.
“Isn’t he an Angel? He came down from the sky!”
“Hey, you! Didn’t the Bishop just say he wasn’t? You wanna lose your head?!”
-Using my name recklessly while trying to harm my son, Luke? What a rude dude.
Deus looked very angry.
Even though he couldn’t act since he was in my soul, I could tell from his trembling hands that if he had the chance, he’d totally unleash divine wrath.
“Um… what do I do? Should I fight right after we land on the ground?”
Even for an adventure, starting off with a fight is kind of inconvenient.
It wouldn’t be a problem for me to take care of the Priest and Holy Knights with just my own powers, without Ignis’ help.
I hadn’t lost my divine powers and the abilities I gained from the artifact ‘Heir’, along with my accumulated artifacts.
I had sufficient magic and physical capabilities as well.
So, I somewhat understood the current situation.
Scared villagers and the Priest, who were trying to attack me in the name of Deus.
He’s probably a high priest who abuses Lord Deus’ name to terrorize this place.
I can’t believe there’s someone who uses Deus’ name to do such horrible things.
Aren’t our Disciples supposed to be managing stuff like this?
It’s surprising to see Lord Deus’ name being misused like this.
It’s infuriating.
Should I just wipe them out?
I hope this doesn’t turn into a fight with the villagers.
That would really make things troublesome.
“Warriors of Deus! Purify this vile sacrilege instantly!”
“Haaaaaa!”
As the Priest pointed at us, the Holy Knights rushed in, swords drawn.
I could feel the divine power surging through their swords.
They genuinely intend to kill us.
Before I could brace myself to block their attack and continue thinking, I suddenly noticed—
Boom! Boom!
Multiple bolts of lightning struck down from the sky.
“Graaaah!”
“Ugh!”
And those bolts of lightning only hit the Holy Knights.
The immense destructive power turned them into charcoal as they collapsed.
“How foolish! Do you even know who you’re trying to offend?”
Then a woman stepped forward from amongst the villagers.
“Ahh. I see my Lord.”
She knelt down before me.
Compared to the appearance I saw a hundred years ago, she looked quite mature now.
It was Johanna, who had become a beautiful woman of saintly grace.
“My living Lord.”
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