The Absolute Beings Obsessed with My Defeat Addiction – CH 52 MTL

Saint, Was This Your Preference?
The illusion magic circle was displaying the temple of the Goddess Church.
It was a prayer room mainly used by priests, the Saintess, and holy knights when offering prayers.
The prayer room, with its high ceiling and the sacred sunlight streaming through the elongated windows, exuded a unique sense of nobility.
‘It doesn’t seem to be the central temple.’
It was too small to be the central temple in the imperial capital.
I had been to the central temple myself.
The massive temple, almost comparable to the Sun Palace, had a prayer room several, no, dozens of times larger than the one I was currently in.
I approached the Saintess, who was standing in the center of the prayer room, admiring the interior.
This unfamiliar prayer room was probably the image of the temple in the Saintess’s memory.
‘This illusion wasn’t designed by me for the sake of fulfilling some desire, but rather activated to test whether the Saintess’s divine word holds true even in illusion magic.’
Instead of me designing and building it up, the magic circle was establishing the structure based on the Saintess’s memories.
‘But could the magic circle originally realize things this perfectly?’
When I didn’t design it, the magic circle would show flaws, as if there were holes somewhere.
It would either fail to perfectly construct the illusion, or consume an enormous amount of mana, or even crash midway.
It was normal for various bugs to occur, but the illusion unfolding now was more complete than anything the magic circle had created on its own before.
‘Could it be because of that?’
I recalled the golden patterns newly engraved on the magic circle before entering.
The golden shading and the golden lily engraved among the rune letters of the magic circle.
The new patterns, clearly engraved due to the Saintess’s divinity, seemed to be assisting the performance of the existing magic circle.
For now, experience would be needed to grasp its performance.
Having finished my thoughts, I approached the Saintess.
“……”
“Where is this?”
“……Ah.”
The Saintess was so captivated by this prayer room that she hadn’t even noticed me approaching.
When I spoke to her, she trembled as if startled and looked up at me quietly.
She still seemed to be conscious of her power, the divine word.
“…This is where I was first certified as a Saintess.”
“A place like home, then.”
“…That’s right. It’s a church I can never visit again. It’s a pleasure not allowed to a Saintess who must always receive revelations and act accordingly.”
Perhaps it was because of the church, which felt like her long-lost home.
The Saintess’s eyes sparkled.
After looking around the prayer room for a moment, lost in sentiment, she continued.
“I don’t know why this prayer room appeared before my eyes.”
The reason the magic circle showed the place where the Saintess first became a Saintess was probably because it was the space the Saintess most wanted to go to.
[I want to talk like normal people.]
[How long do I have to be weighed down by this power and live alone and lonely every time?]
I recalled the Saintess’s thoughts that had flowed out from the magic circle.
“That’s probably because it’s a space that reflects the Saintess’s desires.”
“…My desires are reflected?”
“This illusion magic circle is that kind of thing. It’s like a mirror that reflects the user’s desires.”
The magic circle was properly fulfilling its role of reflecting desires.
‘Did the magic circle level up by being exposed to divinity?’
This isn’t bad as it is.
“…Desires…?”
“That’s right. Our Illusion Theater sells a service that pushes the user’s desires to the extreme.”
She lowered her head as if lost in thought for a moment.
“If it’s, if it’s a desire, would I not be able to use the divine word?”
I never expected the Saintess to say it first.
That’s how strongly the burden of the divine word was revealed from within her.
“Of course. Within the illusion magic that distorts everything, even the strongest power cannot be properly realized. Because the mana is twisted, that power cannot be manifested.”
“…Is divinity the same?”
“Divinity isn’t 100 percent certain. You’re the first Saintess. Well, even if the divine word is activated, all that will happen is that the magic will break and you’ll return to reality, so you don’t have to worry about anyone getting hurt.”
“……I see.”
The Saintess looked at me.
“T, then, can I try it once?”
“Make yourself comfortable.”
“Hoo……”
The Saintess, who had closed her eyes and taken a deep breath in and out, looked at me and flashed her golden eyes.
-Kneel.
…….
The Saintess spoke with strength in her voice, but nothing happened.
-Run away.
-Stop.
-Take up arms.
-Tell me the truth.
From simple divine words that compel action.
-Spell interference.
-Defense.
-Prayer of God.
Even incantations to activate divine magic.
She uttered several divine words, but none of them were properly activated.
A slight vibration was felt each time she uttered a divine word.
‘The distortion engraved in the magic circle is working to prevent the power of the divine word from being activated at all.’
This subtle vibration, which could only be felt with concentration, was probably the reaction that came out when the distortion of the magic circle was activated.
Frankly, I never imagined that the Saintess’s divine word, which had even subjugated the Demon King, would not be able to be activated.
Is the magic circle I made this powerful?
The Meisters always said one thing.
-The way to break a magic circle is to distort it with a strong force.
The general consensus was that even the strongest magic circle would break if it was pressed down with a force so strong that it could not withstand it.
However, illusion magic shows an illusion, not reality.
The fact that what happens inside the magic circle is an illusion means that the influence of reality does not properly work, resulting in blocking the power of even a ‘Saintess’.
‘Got it.’
A smile naturally appeared on my face at the fact that the magic circle I made was powerful enough to block even the Saintess’s divine word.
This is it.
Isn’t this the advancement of technology?
‘Am I really a genius?’
Max, you crazy bastard, why don’t other schools take me?
Ah, I didn’t go.
“T, the divine word really didn’t activate.”
The Saintess’s eyes widened as she uttered the divine word in front of me.
Her eyes widened, and a tear began to flow from the corner of her eye.
“R, really! I can finally escape from this damned divine word that the Goddess gave me……”
The Saintess was uttering words that would have shocked and fainted any devout follower of the Goddess Church.
The Saintess’s power was nothing short of a blessing from the Goddess.
It was proof that the Goddess existed, along with the divinity called the blessing of God.
If anyone knew that the Saintess of Silence, who had even subjugated the Demon King, was cursing her ability, the divine word.
‘There would be chaos.’
I actually understand.
No matter how much it is a blessing given by the Goddess, if you can’t even properly express your will because of that power.
If it restricts you to the point where it affects your daily life, I would have cursed it too.
“You seem to be in a good mood.”
“Of course! I always wanted to say this. I wanted to talk like other normal people. I was told that you would retrieve this power if I chased away the Demon King, but there was no news. I don’t know how long I’ve been waiting for the moment when I can talk like this……”
The Saintess was talking excitedly.
She was so energetic that I wondered if she was the same person who had been making mosquito-like sounds until now.
“I wanted to get rid of this power no matter what, so I solved all the missions given by the Goddess. I thought that if I did this, I would eventually return to normal. To be honest, I even thought that the Goddess had given me a curse?”
“Is that why you came to our store?”
“That’s right. I was in a position where I couldn’t ignore the Goddess’s revelation.”
“The Goddess must have felt like a demon.”
“That’s not true. Thanks to her, I was able to be treated like this. It was a little frustrating, though.”
Is she still a Saintess?
She didn’t bother to express her resentment towards the Goddess.
“Thank you. If it weren’t for you, I would never have felt this emotion. Ah, now that I think about it, I still don’t know your name. What is your name, brother?”
“It’s Max.”
“Brother Max, I’m Aileen.”
“Is it okay to give out the Saintess’s name so carelessly?”
“What does it matter? I don’t have the Saintess’s authority right now.”
Aileen let out a faint sigh.
“The sense of liberation is good.”
I’ve gathered enough data.
If you enter the magic circle and fall into an illusion, you can even block the Saintess’s divine word.
‘I’ve gathered data, so I should end it now. I can’t show you the next one.’
This illusion magic circle has the power to show the ‘desires’ that people have.
People have many desires, but most of the desires shown by the illusion magic circle I made led to ‘sexual desire’.
That’s because I made it for that purpose in the first place.
It’s only been a short time since the magic circle was activated, so it hasn’t really shown its true colors yet.
‘This is going to cause an incident based on the Saintess’s desires soon.’
No matter how open-minded I am, I had no intention of showing the Saintess material for masturbation with illusion magic.
I can’t show such a taboo thing in the Goddess Church to the person who was suspected of being a demon.
If I show it wrong.
‘It’s heresy right away, saying it’s blasphemy.’
This is not the picture I had in mind.
Since it started for the purpose of testing, I should end it according to the purpose.
I said to the Saintess, who was feeling a sense of liberation.
“Let’s go back now.”
“Yes?”
“We have to go back to reality. We’ve finished the test.”
“N, no. I don’t want to go back.”
“Yes?”
“Do you know how long it’s been since I’ve talked to someone like this? It’s been 10 years. I haven’t talked like this since I first became a Saintess.”
“Uh, that’s…… I understand how you feel, but.”
This is really difficult.
“Let’s go out first, then fix the magic circle and come back in.”
“No. I don’t want to go. I don’t want to talk to people, not really talk, while worrying about when I’m going to activate the divine word again. I only talk through the priests every time……”
“I understand, but we have to go out. So, even if it’s by force……”
That’s when it happened.
Bang!
The church shook violently.
“What?”
[Saintess Aileen’s desire: I don’t want to go out]
[Applying desire.]
I had set it up in the beginning so that the Saintess’s desires would be applied for the test.
Was it because I was facing such a strong desire?
The magic circle refused my control to end the video.
This was the first time this had happened.
‘Is this also because of the divinity engraved in the magic circle?’
It’s good that the magic circle has been improved, but it’s a little annoying that it’s acting so cocky.
“I’m not going back. So please, don’t tell me what to do.”
Ah, shit. What do I do?
The service scene is about to start.
It was then.
[Calculating User Eileen’s lust.]
[Applying desire.]
The magic circle’s message appeared.
“Huh?”
My vision began to rise.
“…Huh?”
The saintess’s face, looking at me, also began to pale.
Only after my head had grown two sizes larger did I realize that my vision had risen.
Two horns sprouted from my head, and my skin was a little more tanned than usual.
And there it was.
[Saintess Eileen’s desire: To be blasphemed by a demon]
Wait a minute, Saintess.
“You have tastes like this?”