This is absurd.
You mean to say that I tortured Deus out of jealousy for not wanting to chase after him?
I can’t believe that what I intended to do for Deus has turned out like this.
An act meant for her has turned against her…
And Dios did not stop the seniors who were tormenting me out of fear I might come to harm.
He could have easily intervened.
But he thought it might bring me trouble.
Deus…
Why do you keep returning to us, even after losing your past memories?
What should I do?
I just want to make her happy.
Now, I have this continent.
Her sacrifice for me saved me and made me the one and only omnipotent God of this land.
But there’s just one thing.
I can’t bring her back.
Ha.
What kind of omnipotent Luke Christos can’t even bring back the one woman he loves?
What is the ‘omniscient’ [power] anyway?
A half-baked power that can’t even figure out a way to regain Deus.
I wanted to let her live a happy life just like this, but…
The lambs of this continent, whom Deus sacrificed himself to save, are persecuting her.
Should I just take her up to heaven?
I could grant her divinity and take her to heaven.
But what if the past Deus shakes her existence?
Is it right to take her away in this imperfect state?
“Uncle… are you okay?”
While I was contemplating, Deus asked me.
I had already sent away all the senior priests who were tormenting Meiru.
It was just me and Deus alone in the room.
I cleaned the defiled body of Deus.
“Ah, Lily. Then.”
Did I ponder too long with Lily before me?
“Uncle… thank you for saving me.”
“It’s nothing. I told you, I’ll protect you, Lily.”
Just as you protected me, Deus.
Yeah.
First, taking her to heaven is on hold.
After all, I’m the only one who knows her true identity.
Meiru, who has been looking after her, doesn’t know about her identity.
She only thinks I’m doing this out of pity for a little girl.
The apprentice priest…
Deus probably looked too easy to mess with.
Then…
Wouldn’t it be alright if I made her not easy at all?
After parting from Deus and returning to heaven, I issued a decree on the land as the only God, the Trinity Deus.
I declared that the apprentice priest Lily of the Orias Temple would be appointed as Deus’s saint.
Up until now, there have been many saints across this continent.
All those gods selected one of the many priestesses with great divine power from their respective orders to become saints on par with the apostles, and Jaime also played the role of a saint at Katorikus.
But Deus has never appointed a saint himself.
Immediately, the ground was in chaos.
Apostles permitted to sit beside Deus…
Now, a chosen saint of Deus appears, surpassing those apostles.
In truth, it was I who made the choice, while the girl chosen was the reincarnation of Deus.
Anyway, this shocking news shook the continent, and in it, apprentice priest Lily was inaugurated as the one and only saint of Deus.
Along with that, the command structure of the apostles scattered across the continent was restructured, making the entirety of Orias Lily’s domain.
Lily’s seniors, superiors all became her subordinates.
No one could treat Lily carelessly.
The title of the saint chosen by God was absolute in this continent I ruled.
Deus appeared flustered and confused in the rapidly changing environment, but soon collected herself and performed her duties as a saint.
In fact, the title of saint was just granted to ensure she could live a happy life; I didn’t expect anything else of her.
But she worked hard.
She had the holy knights and priests of Orias follow her, and utilized them at the right moments to improve the lives of the citizens of Orias.
She created a peaceful nation unlike anything before in Orias.
The streets she emerged from, the slums, disappeared, creating a city of paradise where the wealth gap was completely erased.
She was competent.
I went to visit Deus again in my avatar form.
Late at night, she was sitting in her office, diligently reading paperwork.
She didn’t even notice when I appeared inside the office.
Knock knock
I stood at the office door and knocked on the open door.
Then she looked up at me.
“Lily. How have you been?”
“Oh, Uncle!”
She dropped the documents she was holding and jumped into my arms.
“I missed you so much, Uncle!”
So did I.
How much I had longed to see you, Deus.
“Uncle! I have so much to tell you!”
She brought numerous papers to show me, babbling cutely about what she faced since becoming a saint.
What mission Deus entrusted to her.
How she transformed Orias.
I never assigned such a mission to her.
I just wished for her happiness.
“Um… Uncle.”
“What is it?”
I asked why, but I already knew.
I could tell what she was trying to say to me.
“Are you… Lord Deus?”
“…Why do you think that?”
“When I was tormented by my seniors as an apprentice priest… you saved me, and I was chosen by Lord Deus.”
“Isn’t that right?”
“I know very well that all the special treatment I’ve received so far was given to me by you. So I’ve thought of you as a great person… But to be a saint of Lord Deus!”
She clenched her hands tightly.
“I know well I don’t deserve to become such an extraordinary being. So I thought, maybe you are Deus. That’s why… you must have given me this incredible gift.”
Deus is you, though.
“…Yeah.”
‘!!’
She was shocked to hear my words, even though she had already suspected.
“I am Luke Christos, the other half of Deus and the king of this continent.”
“Lord…!”
She knelt before me, as if to worship.
“W-why have you treated me so specially?”
What should I say?
‘Should I tell her it’s because you’re actually Deus, and I did this for you?’
I wanted to, but that would be the worst choice.
‘Honestly, I like you. Wouldn’t that be a good enough reason?’
This isn’t a cheap romance novel, so I wouldn’t want to say something like that to Deus.
I rested my hand on her head.
“You’ll learn everything later, my beloved saint.”
I hope that day comes.
The day I meet ‘Deus’ again.
*
All my disciples, my apostles are all capable.
After all, they were playable characters from ‘Deus Ex Machina’ and had performed brilliantly in the story, so they naturally excel.
But there is one who possesses outstanding administrative, reform, and personnel abilities surpassing all other apostles, making her uniquely outstanding as the ruler of her region.
Deus’s Orias was exceptionally beautiful.
The Orias she governed flourished day by day.
There was not a single person suffering.
All the children smiled brightly.
A city where no one feared tomorrow.
Truly a paradise, the complete ‘land of Deus’ had dawned.
All the people praised Deus and her saint.
The saint sent by Deus for us.
The one who sits at the right side of Deus.
Mother Lily.
Deus also looked happy.
Her life was satisfactory.
It was a life entirely unrelated to the misfortunes the previous Deus endured.
At that moment, I slightly gave up on the prospect of regaining Deus.
Even if Deus returned, I would only be faced with those terrible memories from the past.
If there’s no greed in my heart to see her… then isn’t that alright?
Now, Deus is living a happy and satisfying life.
Isn’t it the best decision to leave her as she is now?
There’s really no need to regain her…
It’s a terribly painful decision.
But if it’s for her sake…
For the sake of the one who always chose to sacrifice for me… it’s worth it…
So I set my heart.
On a day when I was working to make this continent more livable so Deus could live happily,
I felt it.
The flow of divinity.
The praises, hymns, and faith toward Saint Lily.
The divinity gathered towards Deus…
Deus has regained her divinity.
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