episode_0023

After the awakening that day, everything went smoothly.

The Goddess of Libra officially acknowledged me and promoted me, giving me a place as an angel.

Noah was also healed by the Goddess of Libra and returned safely to his father.

When he heard everything, he was shocked and his face turned pale, but soon he bowed his head repeatedly, thanking her for saving his daughter.

“Don’t do that, rather, because of Noah, I- ahem.”

I turned my head sharply and hid my face from Noah, who was tilting his head. I didn’t want to reveal my feelings yet.

“Hahahaha! Yeah, Noah. You two should be friends.”

But it seemed like lying to an adult was too much, so Noah’s father patted me on the back with a look on his face that said he figured it all out. It was really brave of him to do that to an angel…

*****

Well, the digression was long… but Noah and I’s lives were really sailing along like this, and it couldn’t have gone any better.

I would go up to the sky every day as if I was going to work, and help the goddess with her work, and after work, I would come back to Noah’s house and have cakes and surströmming together… Who the hell put this up?

Lucifer threw the smelly fish in the trash and grilled the fish himself. He also brought some nice baked potatoes. At least he had no intention of feeding that food to Noah.

“Um-! Drink it!”

Noah opened his eyes wide and ate his baked potatoes with great enthusiasm. I was absorbed in petting him.

“Anyway, today was so hard, Lucifer… I know the tutor is doing my best for me, but seriously, business is just too hard!”

Knock knock, Noah puffed out his boo-ball by slamming his fork-holding hand on the table.

“But Noah, you’re already doing a good job of playing the role of a top tier player, right?”

“But Lucifer… I can’t say that your closeness to me has no effect at all… I want to completely inherit the family that my father left me with my own power. That’s my father’s will!”

Oh, right. Noah’s father passed away a year ago. It wasn’t anything special, he just went back to heaven early due to health issues.

I was an angel, so I was able to see him off on his final journey, and the last thing he said was to take good care of his daughter. Well, I guess he did a good enough job anyway.

“Well, cheer up.”

But I’m not a nanny, and manipulating each and every one of her emotions is gaslighting. I guess I should let her overcome this on her own.

“…Ah. I called from upstairs. I’ll be right back, Noah.”

“Oh! I’m off! I’ll be eating~”

What’s going on? Lucifer expressed his doubts, but he felt a little annoyed. It may be an arrogant statement, but his power is on par with that of a goddess. Even if he hadn’t been born as an angel… …No, that’s the end of my thoughts. Anyway, I wasn’t at the level where I could be mobilized for odd jobs, and there were no signs of anything serious happening in the human world that would require me to leave work and then go back to work.

“I was playing with Noah for a while… You called me over for something trivial.”

Even while grumbling like that, Lucifer went back up to heaven. Then, what greeted him was an unexpected face.

“Goddess of Libra… ”

“I’m always late to call you, Lucifer. Well, I’m letting you off because you’re strong enough to turn a blind eye to that arrogance. Anyway, why did I call you?”

Shh, as she said that, the Goddess of Libra smiled ominously.

Why does the curse left by the author called father come to mind at times like this? Lucifer shook his head and tried to shake off the ominous thoughts, but as always, misfortune struck suddenly.

“I’m thinking of starting to organize the old Pangea.”

“…ㅁ… Yes?”

“Didn’t you hear? Down there, the ground. I’m going to wipe out everything from the landmass to the people, extract only the souls, and turn them into a divine power vending machine. ”

“What the hell are you talking about? What the hell are you talking about!”

Lucifer nervously scolded the goddess. Noah was included among the ‘people of the lower earth’. The thought of blasphemy and such had already been completely erased from his mind.

“Hmm… Well, I guess there’s nothing I can do. Lucifer is only 17, so I guess I’ll have to explain it in more detail?”

Psik, the goddess continued her explanation, laughing at such a day.

“Originally, I was content to just extract faith from this small land, but since I made a big splash during the 6th flood, I also want to move to a place with better water quality. There’s no need to keep wasting my energy managing the inferior humans of Old Pangea. Oh, it’s good that I’m the only god… but, wouldn’t they like it if they died for the goddess?”

Hwaak. My stomach was boiling and my brain was telling me to kill that bitch right now.

That girl, from the beginning, looked at people, her followers, people who were telling her life story, like bugs on the side of the road.

“The flooding was scheduled to occur exactly 7 times, and the 6th one has ended… So, using the 7th Demon King, the World Tree that doesn’t believe in me, the Elves who are the children of the World Tree, and the imperial figures who are dividing the power so that the Holy Nation doesn’t have faith.”

Even as Lucifer’s expression grew rotten in real time, the Goddess continued her explanation.

“Using the Demon King, you can induce a certain amount of fear so that faith becomes stronger. Originally, faith tends to become stronger in times of chaos, right? That’s how you ‘cleanse’ it when the Demon King dies and faith is at its peak.”

Really, with a blank face that was worse than when you throw away a cherished toy.

“Ah, now that I think about it, it’s time to reclaim the warrior’s power. I gave it to a stupid-looking girl to trick her into killing someone like her father with her own hands, but I didn’t know it would turn out like this. I also didn’t expect the power to be split into three pieces. Anyway… it’s time to reclaim it, so the 7th trio of warriors should gather their power in one place and send Gabriel to retrieve it. ”

“-Hehe. Lucifer, please take good care of me in advance?”

Pink hair, yellow eyes, and a halo.

Gabriel, who Leah knew, smiled brightly and greeted Lucifer.

“…ha.”

Ha, hahaha, hahahahaha…

Lucifer felt like he was going to throw up.

So, without looking back or forward, I ran like crazy. To where Noah was.

To a place where there is peace of mind. Otherwise, I feel like I’ll go crazy like the girls here.

“Ah, Lucifer! Here you go… …What’s wrong?! Are you okay…?”

I can’t tell what my expression is like.

But at the very least, it would be incredibly miserable.

The most miserable thing of all is that Noah is one of those who will die, or worse, if that crazy god’s plan is carried out as is.

…it rained.

*****

…What is this?

Gabriel is an angel? Recovering the power of a warrior?

My brain was overloaded with information, it was hot.

But time continued to move forward, leaving me alone.

It was a feast of information that I had difficulty understanding.

*****

Eventually I told Noah everything.

Noah was shocked for a moment, but he patted me on the back and said that he believed me and that he knew I had been worried, and that they should come up with a plan together.

Noah was pulling together the money from above and planning something.

He gathered together the magicians of the magic tower, the magic engineers, the dwarves, and other blacksmiths with money, and began to create something with a huge amount of money.

“That money-”

“Father would want it to be used for a good purpose too… So… It’ll be okay. It’ll be fine!”

Lucifer couldn’t finish what he wanted to say.

It’s like throwing money into thin air. It’s going to be useless like the Tower of Babel, and it’s going to collapse with a wave of the hand of the Goddess of Scales.

Lucifer remembered what his father had said.

‘Your power, mixed with my blood, will surely make that cruel woman seek you out!’

‘You will surely be destroyed one day, by your own power!!’

… So the word “cruel woman” meant the goddess of Libra. Lucifer realized this fact rather late.

However, it wasn’t something that happened because of his own power. No, rather, it was a means to know this fact in advance.

Eagle, eagle. Lucifer’s eyes reflected in the mirror were filled with arrogance.

Yes, I am as strong as God.

The Goddess of Libra, who had eaten countless faiths for tens of thousands of years, and the chosen one who was strong enough to be equal to her even without such things.

Lucifer pulled his halo down like a hat to brace himself and flapped his wings once.

The simple solution was right there in front of us.

I just need to kill the goddess and take her place as god.

『Bible, Chapter 2, Verse 17 of the Book of Revelation.』

“I will ascend above the clouds and be like the Most High.”

『Bible, Chapter 2, Verse 18 of the Book of Revelation.』

『When the arrogance of the ten thousand seas reached its peak, you raised your sword against the goddess who always kept her place with equality. Your beauty made your heart proud, and because of your glory, you corrupted your wisdom. The goddess spoke and became extremely angry, and her anger continued for a long time.』

Why, there’s no reason you can’t do it, right?

Lucifer took his steps, step by step, towards heaven.

In the place where he disappeared, only a staircase remained, and even that oxidized and turned into light.

and…

“…Lucifer, I… have something to say. Even though things have turned out this way, I want to confess my feelings even more because of that- Lucifer?”

After Lucifer left, Noah came to the empty space holding a bouquet of red roses that he had barely managed to obtain, and was at a loss when he saw the empty space.

Toouk.

I heard the sound of a bouquet of flowers falling.

Red petals decorated the floor like blood.