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I pulled my hand away because I saw all the hair on Hulkeshni’s face standing up.

It’s a wild animal meta that eats whatever you give it. It has to be sensitive like a wild animal.

As I stepped back, my gaze fell on the huge staff that did not fit the small body of the hunched figure. It had a sticky aura about it.

It’s similar to what was on the weapons used by the warriors of the Future Hope Church, but it feels subtly different. The Future Hope Church’s standard weapons are a bit rough, and this one is sticky.

But I don’t like either of them.

If it’s fantasy, I think there would be someone who knows about magic, but Chekina Patricia, who I licked for the first time, were raised as warriors of faith from the beginning, so they lack knowledge.

I think the person in front of you will know a lot about it.

I still have to endure it.

Take it a little slower.

Patience is the key to warmth.

I went back to my place. The beast was in a safe place.

If you don’t give me warmth, I’ll protest! The courtesy of a democratic citizen goes all the way to the guillotine, but there’s no one here who is the master of themselves, so there’s nothing I can do.

“Do you have any further questions?”

At my question, Hyunkeshuni hesitated, then pulled the cloth back over his head so that it covered his entire head.

“Aha, ha. No. Nothing. Now that I know your identity, that’s enough. Let this witch step aside.”

After saying that, Hyungkeshni went out the door while still paying attention to me.

The person who doesn’t know if she’s that girl or just looks like a girl is one of the four people inside the circle. One of the highest ranking people.

If there are 4 people, are they the Four Heavenly Kings?

Let’s call them senior executives because there may be people who were unable to attend.

Someday I want to make them like Joanna next to me.

And when I turned my head, Joanna was looking at me with a scared look on her face.

Huh?

Hmm, was there really anything that could be so scary? I told him what he wanted to know, and thanked him for bringing me into this world.

It pulled me up from where I was stagnant like an endless sea.

So I said I was grateful and that there were no bad people, but should I have been a little more direct?

I thought it would be bad to say it so simply because it exposes so much of the bottom. Again, I can’t read minds.

Joanna was just watching me and Hukkeshni’s conversation, so I don’t know if she got scared at some point.

I thought I was getting excited because my heart was beating so hard, but when you think about the sympathetic nerves, there isn’t much of a difference.

And that was when Hukkeshni muttered softly about what we had done. From then on, Joanna’s condition worsened.

If that’s when you started to get seriously scared of me, did you sympathize with that fear?

I don’t know

Then what can I do? If I don’t know, I should ask.

“Joanna. Am I scary?”

Joanna’s heart pounded loudly at my question. No, I said I won’t eat it. Joanna nodded slowly, then stopped and suddenly tightened her stomach.

“It’s scary.”

“Why?”

Let’s say it wasn’t a scary event when she was empowered. Joanna wasn’t scared when she absorbed the warmth of the poor victim.

But if you felt fear during the incident now, I have to ask why.

Joanna is very hesitant.

No, if the person you’re serving asks you something like, “Are you scared of me? Where are you going?”, you’ll probably think, “What is this person trying to subdue me?”, but he’s never shown any authoritarian behavior.

It might be burdensome just because you are the person above.

Hold on.

Satisfying my curiosity takes priority.

I rolled my blackened eyes back and forth, but eventually gave up and stood still in front of him until he looked at me.

“I barely knew who Rebecca was, so I did that.”

“Is that so? I’m just like the water that’s still at the bottom. I’m just a calm ocean, watching stars being born under the never-ending night sky.”

Oh? Now that I think about it, I was dragged up like this, so if I go back down, there’s a chance that my subspecies will be born.

The one who stole my warmth yesterday mutated and twisted. And the blue blood that came out when my neck was cut.

I think I saw it when the light fell and hit me.

I might get robbed when I go down. Even in the wild, empty spaces are eventually taken over by someone.

Then I guess I have to do my best in the world now.

Wild animals are scary.

Especially in that it can attack its opponents, whether carnivorous or herbivorous.

People who hate hate. At least to the point where they feel threatened and want to eradicate them in advance.

I wish I had made her a pet instead of a wild animal. If it were something like a cat, I’d say, “I think she’s cute!” and then I could cultivate a certain creature lover, but Rebecca Rolf isn’t that kind of little girl.

If this continues, I think he’ll grow to have three heads. He’s already this big despite being short.

Or, there is a possibility that it will not grow since it is already dead.

A moderate threat is worth trampling on. Either it’s too dangerous to be banned, or it’s harmless.

It’s impossible to be dangerous. What are you going to do with this body? At best, you can take a dozen or so people with you, but then you’ll end up back at the bottom.

If you’re unlucky, you might even disappear from the bottom.

That’s not bad in itself, but I’d like to use this group a bit more to get some warmth anyway. I’ve already made plans to make a harvester!

I’d rather something a little more harmless.

“I am in this body and doing what you ask me to do faithfully. Why should you be afraid of me?”

Joanna didn’t answer my question. She just swallowed hard, as if the words were on the tip of her tongue.

This sounds ambiguous to me.

You’re so damn hot-tempered. This kind of guy?

I don’t mind hearing what you say, but if I keep nagging you here, Joanna will probably collapse from stress. Let’s stop here for today.

Now that Hukkeshni has figured me out and gone back, I’ll go and talk to Hieronymus. Then I’ll try to get him to do it the next time we meet. When he makes his choice there, I’ll make my choice too.

If you can, I’d like you to come before dinner tonight.

Thinking like that, I sat quietly on the bed.

***

Jerome is now in a difficult situation.

The instructor who teaches the warriors of faith. Because the man named Witgar, who is the highest among them, came to visit.

It is slightly smaller than Jerome, but it is by no means small, as Jerome’s physique is quite large.

This muscular man, like most of those who have devoted themselves to this religion, has no light in his eyes. He is a man full of despair and hatred, and cannot live without venting his anger in some way.

And he was also one of the four who were under the step pyramid.

“Jeollamus. Yesterday, one of my subordinates asked for my blessing as well.”

“Reject it. Wit. It turns people into monsters. You have to start changing the ones a little lower down.”

Hieronymus considers several possibilities, the worst of which is that he can completely control all those he has made like Joanna.

So, we need to start by examining those who are willing to make sacrifices.

“I think so too. But he said that Joanna, the blessed woman, had become a total monster. An old man who knew nothing, suddenly became young, and tried to catch up with himself, who had trained for decades, in a matter of hours.”

Witgar folded his arms and looked at Hieronymus with a serious face.

“Hey, Hieronymus. Our leader. If we can use it, it will give us tremendous power. We don’t have to hide in a remote mountain valley like this and do some horrible ritual to summon a messenger.”

“That’s what it said. Three a day. And there’s a chance of explosion.”

Witgar chuckled at those words.

“Hey, Hieronymus. Where in the world would you find someone in the Church of the Future who would be afraid of that? That’s the blessing of the God the Church of the Future believes in.”

A human being in a state of extreme despair turns into a bomb that causes a huge explosion. There is such a law in this world.

After the phenomenon was fully revealed, the number of people exploiting people to death decreased, funny enough.

Instead, they give them a lot of money at a young age, give them hope, exploit them, and then kick them out as soon as they get older.

To a far away place where it’s okay if an explosion occurs.

Ironically, the overall amount of misery has decreased as a result. However, special cities such as the capital are strictly protected, and the smaller the city, the more inadequate the system becomes.

Therefore, there are bound to be people who become unhappy.

One of the results is the Future Hope Church.

They exploit and consume people who are so miserable that they can no longer think properly. Every country is doing the same thing.

It’s to get revenge on the person who made him like that. So no matter what happens, as long as he can get revenge, he’s happy. That’s because he doesn’t think about life in the first place.

It gets so twisted here.

“I need a blessing. If you’re really worried, send the three younger ones first. The two with the best skills and the one with the least skills. It’s easy to understand, right?”

Hieronymus thought for a moment at Witgar’s words. In any case, he couldn’t just leave it like this. So let’s conduct an experiment to see how useful the thing that introduced itself as Rebecca Rolf is.

Jerome goes one step further.

If these people who have changed like that are useful, let’s put some proper hat on them and use them as apostles of the god Ksaxshibal that we created.

“Okay, Wit. Prepare the blessing. You prepare the children who will receive the blessing. If we’re lucky, we can advance the plan by a few years.”

“A plan to escape this stinking underground life. I like it. I wonder what the whole story is. You would make a country, wouldn’t you? The former king of the religious state. ”

Hieronymus didn’t even blink at Witgar’s words.

“The country has no king.”

“I know. But leaders and kings are the same, right? If you make a country, give me a place. Then I can have a say when you do something.”

Heh heh, Witga said with a smile but with cold eyes calculating the course of power. There is also a group that Witga must take revenge on. And that can’t be ended by simply releasing a few monsters.

As the Future Hope Church grows larger, the possibility of revenge increases. That’s why, knowing the true identity of Hieronymus, he decided to teach the uninitiated in this cult.

He was originally a person recruited by Hieronymus for that purpose.

“If you create a country, I promise you one of the highest positions.”

“Excellent. I know it’s an empty promise, but you’ll keep it. You’ll need me for your revenge. Alright. Well, I’ll be going back now. Hieronymus. ”

Then, Wit got up from his seat. Behind him, Jerome asked a question.

“Do you want to go back to being a general?”

Wit waved his hand in denial and went out the door, but stopped when he grabbed the threshold.

“Ask for a higher position. It would be shameful for a general of a ruined country to become general again.”

And after he was completely out, he closed the door so quietly that it wouldn’t make a sound. Hieronymus looked at it blankly sitting on the bed beyond the magic, contemplating whether to point out the sly savage who had come into contact with it without permission.

An obedient and childlike girl.

It’s actually creepy, considering that the original nature of that shell was quite harsh.

As Jerome continued his watch, he began to plan what the church should do going forward.