episode_0036

Falling from high, high, high.

The light that was just in front of you now seems so distant.

And when all the light below me disappeared, I barely made it to where I was.

It’s been a long time since I’ve been underwater.

In the first place, I was the one who filled the bottom with water.

with a splash!

huh?

Rather than saying that the water actually splashed, it felt like the water was biting the water? It’s a strange expression, but it’s closer to the feeling of pouring water on an oily area.

I was interested in that.

There is something else other than me in this wide, deep sea.

And he’s doing his best to gnaw at me.

ah.

okay.

Now that the seat is empty, something else must have taken its place.

Even if it works, I don’t feel anything. Do whatever you want. Since you can still see the other side, just focus on that.

you.

now.

Did you drink my warmth?

Whatever you do is fine. It doesn’t really itch or hurt even if you eat me, so I’ll just leave you to do whatever you want while we’re living on the same floor.

But do you crave warmth?

The warmth that falls to the floor?

No, that’s not possible.

No, that’s not possible.

Absolutely not.

Originally, I couldn’t move my body. No, I thought I couldn’t.

But no. I was just filling up this bowl. Since I was the whole thing, it didn’t make any difference whether I moved or not.

But now there’s something different.

So I grabbed it. So that it could never be taken away from me again, so that it could never do anything again.

I devoured it as it ate me.

Completely dismantled so that it can never be touched by light again.

After that, there was nothing left.

The gray-white me in my memory whispers to me, “Are you a cuckoo?” Huh? Is that how it is?

Am I a heretic?

But I don’t know. Whatever my identity, the warmth is mine.

I focused back on the world I was in. Even though we were apart, the connection was the same. No, rather than saying we were apart in the first place, maybe it was something else.

hmm.

I don’t know

I’ll think about it later.

First, I look at the world through Joanna’s eyes. A pile of sand fills half of my field of vision. The sound of the wind and a woman’s voice can be heard in my ears.

From Joanna’s perspective, there are holes in his arms and chest, but he’s not dead yet.

But it’s a fatal wound.

The combination of the breathing sounds and the pain suggests a punctured lung.

Every time I breathe, my throat vibrates because I can’t breathe properly, and my nasal passages fill with the foul smell of blood.

But then I hear a woman’s voice that I’ve never heard before. At the same time, I see the place Tishya is looking at.

Through his eyes, he sees a girl with large breasts for her small stature. Her hair is not purple but golden, but she has a face he knows for sure, because he has seen it often through Joanna’s eyes.

Rebecca Rolfe.

It’s her.

No, not me, the real Rebecca Rolfe.

I thought it would disappear after its heart was taken out, but it’s still standing there? But the condition is strange.

There is no light. And of course, there is no warmth at all.

Even if you look at it through Yasle’s eyes, there is none. Wasn’t light the soul?

Or is that it? The Swampman, as proposed by philosopher Donald Davidson? A being with a reanimated body but without a soul? That’s peculiar. At least I’m not in it.

That means you can’t see it from her perspective.

But Rebecca must have seen everything I did while I was moving her body. No, she knows not only my actions, but also my thoughts. She uses her memories to criticize Yasle.

To be honest, when I imitated your speech, it was honestly really funny.

Is that so?

You hated the Future Hope Church that much. That’s why you didn’t feel bad when Joanna fell.

Personally, I have no reason to dislike Joanna, right?

And then came silence.

There are two people crying in this place.

One person is Yasle.

The other one is Joanna.

They are both just quietly shedding tears.

Then a familiar voice shouted, telling Yasle to clean up what she had done.

This is Andrew.

He summons such monsters and accuses you of causing this world to fall into the clutches of an evil god.

Then hatred began to fill the eyes of those around him. And that emotion made them raise the knife in their hand and point it at Yasle, who was crying sadly.

Yasle, who was shedding tears, stood up from her seat as soon as the people around her aimed their weapons. Then she lifted up a strangely shaped weapon.

Tisha also has a look of hatred on her face. I want to check on Rebecca or Joanna, but there is no one around here who has received my blessing except Tisha, Yasle, and Joanna.

If you look away just a little bit, you’ll see people being massacred in the underground temple.

Yes, it finally broke through.

The fact that Witgar went out with a large number of troops two days ago is probably one of the reasons why it fell so easily.

By the way, Wit headed east.

But I didn’t go down to the kingdom of Ansellus in the south, because I was following Andrew’s men.

Meanwhile, the capital of the Ansellus Kingdom has finally fallen. It looks as if it has been carpet bombed, with hardly any buildings left standing.

Because the blessed people fought and destroyed it.

And the people who caused this, Wide and he, are sitting in the palace, eating and drinking the food they plundered, and resting comfortably. In a corner far from where they are eating, there are the torn corpses of people.

They were all important people in the kingdom of Ansellus.

In other words, Yasle’s wish came true.

Not knowing that the person who gave the order has fulfilled his wish, Wide is instead telling them what to do next instead of waiting for the next order.

Yes, he already knows that the Future Hope Church has fallen. He is young, ambitious, and has sky-high confidence, but that doesn’t mean he’s stupid.

He too had been gathering information little by little, and had even been approached by Andrew’s subordinates.

So he also expected it. He said it himself, so it must be true. He seems to be close with his subordinates, so he talked to them several times. He intends to establish his own country.

Back to the Scard Desert again.

The underground temple and the village around it were destroyed. Literally destroyed. The kingdoms of Lasbe and Cogni were literally decimated, leaving no one behind.

Of course, it’s not like there were no people who escaped safely.

But if you don’t intend to die, you can no longer call yourself a member of the Church of Hope for the Future. There is no longer any future or hope in the Church of Hope for the Future.

The final battle between Yasle and the people of the Anselus Kingdom has begun. Andrew takes advantage of the gap and escapes. I wonder what path he will take after that. However, unless there is a blessed person by his side, I don’t know what to expect from Andrew for the time being. The blessed people have already died fighting Yasle.

The people of Tisha and Ansellus fought hard.

Even if Tish’s arm is torn off by a magic that is several times more powerful than Yasle’s, it regenerates and becomes a shield for others. Tish is the tank and others deal damage and apply debuffs. Since the regenerator is the tank, it’s not a bad method.

When the fight first started, they blamed Yasle, but now no one opens their mouths.

I guess it’s because just fighting is already hard enough.

Yasle is so strong that she can’t speak.

Meanwhile, someone approached Joanna, who was still lying face down. As Joanna, who was breathing heavily, raised her head slightly, Rebecca Rolf’s face appeared in front of her.

However, her hair color is gold instead of purple, and her eyes are a plain blue instead of glowing purple.

“You’re not the Rebecca I know, are you?”

It was actually almost a squeak, but Rebecca nodded as if she understood. She squatted down near her and looked at Joanna.

“You will die like this.”

“Yes, I know.”

Rebecca, not liking Joanna’s answer, knelt down in front of her. At least she would lend a leg to a dying person, but she sat down in front of Joanna, who was lying face down in the sand.

The Future Hope Church that killed her and her family. Rebecca seems to hate anyone who is a member of it.

“Why did you stop me like an idiot? The moment that scary god got his hands on the knowledge that he absolutely should not have, his role here was already over. After all, you, or rather, you yourself, knew best what was in this body in this world.”

And then, out of nowhere, he blurted out:

“You’re really stupid.”

At those words, Joanna burst into laughter, then coughed violently and vomited a lot of blood, then collapsed in exhaustion. Instead of answering Rebecca’s question, she asked softly:

“Did you watch it together?”

“I’ve watched a lot. I’ve really watched a lot. He watches countless worlds with countless eyes. Maybe he’s watching right now?”

hmm.

Yes, I am watching. I am watching the person who received the blessing without missing a single moment. Even if there is a difference in concentration, I will watch until the contract ends. Only then can I receive the reward, right?

“If so, I should say hello. Yes. It will be the last time I say hello. I think I will see you at the last moment, but if this is the last time.”

And Joanna spoke in a hoarse voice, as if she had spoken to me the first time we met.

“Thank you.”

And then, my vision went black and a small amount of warmth flowed into me. But that warmth only warmed my body for a very short time.

The warmth was shattered and disappeared as if it had never been there, as the cold chill wrapped around my spine again.

As usual.

Yes, it was.

yes.

The first person to receive my blessing died.

Since I am a member of the Mirae Hope Church, I don’t have any thoughts about it.

A gray-haired man is throwing candy.

I know. I know.

But I don’t feel anything.

Instead, I become the night sea under the night sky and look up at it.

Until the moment when Tisha finally stabbed Yasle in the heart.

One of the many pieces of Yasle’s twisted life leapt out, spun around, and ended up stabbing Yasle.

Cause and effect are the law of retribution.

Rather than sin and punishment, it means that if you sow countless seeds on bare ground, at least one of them will grow.

Huh?

This one was breathless and had lost all sensation, but there was no warmth right away. So I reached out.

A small curtain surrounded the light.

What a stupid person.

After doing so much?

So I tried to bring it all in, but the block disappeared as soon as it touched me, so I just brought the light.

Then it fell down.

As I fall below the water, the light gives me warmth and disappears. It doesn’t matter whether it was originally white or blackened by me. As always, the warmth melts me a little and then disappears as if it never existed.

Meanwhile, Tisha raises his sword and roars in victory, and his companions follow suit. In the corner of his eye, Rebecca is laying Joanna’s body down neatly.

now.

The pseudo-religion called the Church of Hope for the Future has ended.