– Ignis.
– Yes. What’s up, Luke?
– I think this time we really have to settle things.
– Huh?
Ignis tilts her head.
– Ignis, you said you obtained your divinity through the faith of the former believers.
– That’s right. I was just an ordinary spirit, but I gained divinity and was reborn as the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit, huh…
It must have begun with Saula.
Saula, purified by my ‘Gift,’ believed it was the Holy Spirit acting.
Once a powerhouse like Saula had faith in the Holy Spirit, Ignis, a low-level spirit like Salamander, gained divinity.
So when Ignis was summoned during the duel with Cronia, she had transformed into a high-level spirit.
And from there, Wackfa, who witnessed Ignis’ power, believed in her as the Holy Spirit, and Ignis gained strength once again.
But even if transcendent beings are strong, there are only two of them.
It can’t be possible to gain divinity with just that number of believers.
Even if we say that she gained power due to Saula’s mission as Paulah… that doesn’t make sense.
They’ve never actually seen Ignis.
No, the problem starts from the very first meeting with Saula…
– Ignis. How could believers… how could the faith of the Christos act upon you?
– Huh?
– How did believers who have never seen you come to worship you as the Holy Spirit?
Saula has never actually seen Ignis.
Yet, it’s strange for Ignis to gain divinity through Saula’s faith.
Even if a being believed to be the Holy Spirit gains divinity, either a new existence of the Holy Spirit must be born or Deus must gain divinity.
But why did Ignis gain that divinity?
– And one more thing.
– Earlier, Paulah mentioned the miracle of the Holy Spirit.
– What does it mean that the Holy Spirit performed it in Orias?
She said the fire of the Holy Spirit descended on the believers in Orias, performing a miracle of purification and granting them “powers.”
A miracle in Orias, huh.
That wasn’t something I was involved in.
If such a thing were possible, it would have to be Ignis or Deus.
So I need to know.
It’s happening without my awareness, the work of Deus.
– Uh… well, um…
Ignis seems flustered, acting differently than usual.
She’s hiding something from me.
Why?
Why does my spirit need to hide something from me?
– I suppose I should have expected this from you, Luke… I never thought you would catch on…
This… Ignis?
– I’m sorry, Luke. I’ve been deceiving you.
Deceiving… me?
A spirit… deceiving her contractor?
– But it won’t harm you, Luke. I am your spirit. I won’t do anything that would hurt you.
– Hold on, Ignis. I’m really confused right now.
– I’m truly sorry, Luke. But it was something I had to do for you. It was all Mom’s will.
When I heard about divinity from Ignis at the previous Academy…
Mom.
– Ignis, who is this Mom you’re talking about?
– Mom? Well, Mom is…
– Don’t just repeat yourself. Tell me. …Is it something you can’t share?
– Lu, Luke…
Ignis starts to tremble.
– But Mom didn’t permit me to say this… If I say it, Mom…
– Ignis…
I looked up and met her gaze.
– Pl-please don’t look at me like that, Luke.
Ignis’s nose started to spark like a fountain of fire.
– Alright… since it’s your business, I can’t hold back any longer. I’ll tell you everything.
Finally.
– I’ll tell you everything as it is.
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– That’s how it is… I’m going to get scolded by Mom now. She said not to say anything.
…
Just as I suspected, Deus over the years…
According to Ignis, the faith gathered from the book I wrote has revived the ancient god ‘Deus.’
Originally, Deus was a god who vanished into nonexistence to repel the invasion of ‘Chaos.’
In [Deus Ex Machina], Dia accidentally discovered a fragment of Deus in an ancient ruin and obtained that power, but…
It seems that with my scripture based on the story of Deus spreading, Deus has been resurrected in a different way.
And that Deus has become an existence far beyond ordinary deities.
Ordinary gods gain power based on belief, obtaining divinity reliant on the number of their believers and their faith, while my scripture, unlike other religions, is rooted in monotheism, allowing Deus to acquire overwhelming divinity.
After all, from Christos’ perspective, Deus is the only god and the omnipotent deity, so if he gains power based on their belief, he becomes an existence akin to the creator god.
I never thought the content of the book written based on the church’s memories would lead to such results.
In any case, it turns out Deus has become a god of a different league.
A great evil presence is about to descend upon the continent.
Is it ‘Chaos’?
And at the same time, it appears that I have also come to know who my benefactor is.
Is that so?
All I did was write a book to make money… and that has led to me being a benefactor?
I wanted to rush to the benefactor, thank them, and fight the great evil to save them, but he is a god.
It seems he cannot freely interfere with the Middle Realm.
…This part is hard to understand.
Even after being reborn into an existence different from other gods, he remains bound by such limitations.
Is there something I don’t know?
So all he could do was intervene in the Middle Realm through some constraints to make me his son.
Me as his son…
Then, everything that has happened to me was not mere coincidence but the intervention of Deus?
Up to Lydia, before the scripture spread, it was merely a product of coincidence, and afterward, it was due to Deus…
Helping to purify Saula and allowing Ignis to be reborn as the Holy Spirit.
It seems all the divinity directed towards the entity known as the Holy Spirit made Ignis become it.
That’s why it makes sense that Ignis became the Holy Spirit.
But… still, there are parts that I don’t understand.
If that’s so, then why hide his identity from me?
Couldn’t he at least say a word to me?
Or couldn’t he at least let me know through Ignis?
Yet, based on what Ignis said, it seems he tried to hide his existence.
Just from the part where she said, “Mom said not to say anything,” it’s clear.
Why?
And…
How does Ignis know everything about Deus?
Before Ignis became the Holy Spirit, she knew everything about Deus.
It feels as if Deus is informing me through Ignis, as if he wants me to know…
What does Deus intend for me?
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Now Luke seems to know.
Ignis, you sly thing.
I didn’t expect Luke’s face to trick the whole truth out of you.
Of course, it was planned that I sent Ignis for that reason, though.
– Kraaak! Saros! Atzoatl! Lilith!
– The Deity Baal.
– W-why, Deus! Why are you persecuting me!?
– Why, you ask?
That’s obvious.
You’ve fallen into ‘Chaos’ and dared to lay hands on our son.
– Kraaak!
A mere deity like you shouldn’t engage in such acts.
You must pay the price with your very existence.
But…
It wouldn’t be so simple to let you off.
– P-please spare me.
– I had no intention of killing you from the start.
– Th-then!
Rumble
The chains of the heavens bind him and pull him into the void.
– Th-this is! You said you would spare me!
Spare you?
But it won’t be as you think.
– Kraaak…
The chains dragged him down to the bottom of the abyss.
His disgusting screams gradually faded into silence.
Our son must walk the path that has been set.
The journey to become my heir, and my saint.
To topple the tyrant.
Even if betrayed by his disciple.
The saint who loves this world.
The saint who would give his life for this world.
That is the salvation of all humanity.
It won’t be long now.
The day my son ascends and sits at my right hand.
The day he becomes one with me and becomes the one true deity.
Just wait a little longer, Luke.
Mom has prepared everything for you.
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