episode_0038

The solemn God cannot get down from the cross-shaped hanger and his legs shake.

“““…”””

Silence fell upon us. We couldn’t move, as if all our strength had been lost.

“Huh? Can’t you hear? hmm. ah. ah. Won’t you drop me off here? I can’t move.”

“…Yes. I understand.”

“Ah, yes. It seems like you haven’t gotten used to speaking properly yet.”

‘Is this God? It seems a bit far from the God I think of.’

I had no idea that God’s first appearance on earth would be this literal, wobbly appearance.

“I will take it out.”

Thistle and I hold the bottom and Noan lifts the armor.

“Yes. Slow down, ugh! Inside the head! It hit me inside! Do it gently!”

“Oops. Sorry.”

As Noan lifted up the armor and removed it, the gravel supporting the floor fell out and became distorted.

Then, the wooden support inside the armor hits the helmet from the inside, and the man named Shin complains of pain.

“I’m a god, but does it hurt?”

For me, respect for God and all that has already disappeared.

“Of course it hurts. Because all specifications are tailored to humans.”

“Humans cannot fit wooden supports inside their bodies, and if something comes from inside their head and hits them, they die.”

“Is that so? Then I guess I’ll have to edit it.”

“… Don’t do it. Because that will make your body more comfortable.”

Thistle is getting restless because I am talking to God.

“Hey Lee Rim. Still, he is our God, so can we please talk to him with a little more respect?”

“No, but it looks a little different from what I expected…”

When I was wondering how to express this, I thought of something good.

‘Ah, walking armor guys. that’s right.’

Living Armor.

It doesn’t matter whether it’s a spirit, a ghost, an off-the-shelf version of a Mimic, or whatever, it’s a type of monster that for some reason walks around as if its armor is alive.

In my opinion, there is no better expression than that.

“Living Armora. That’s a good expression. But since that is already a word that refers to them, I think it is inappropriate to use for me. So from now on, I recommend calling you by my name.”

“Mr. This god, he reads thoughts.”

God answered even though I had clearly never mentioned Living Armor.

Seeing that he uses mind reading, it seems that God is God after all, even though it seems absurd.

God continues to read my thoughts as he pleases.

“Before. ji. jeon. Awesome! Many humans want to show God that anything is possible, so I also appeared and equipped this body with various powers. Well, the power I have is not that great, so most large-scale powers are impossible.”

‘It’s annoying. The last time I read your mind was when you met Gloria.’

Having a conversation with someone who can read your thoughts is mentally tiring. It was the same during Gloria, and it is the same now.

Usually, thoughts come first and then the will, so the moment you try to control your thoughts with your will, the order is reversed and it is difficult.

I wonder what Gloria will do now. I even heard a rumor that he had returned to his city.

“If it’s him, he’s sleeping in his room right now with an eyepatch on. It looks like they stayed vigil.”

“I didn’t ask.”

It was so annoying that the armor god read my thoughts and gave me answers.

“From now on, please don’t give me your own answers before I speak to you. People usually don’t like that kind of thing.”

“Thank you for the good advice. I thought it was a good feature, so I added it, but I didn’t expect such a reaction. Let’s turn it off and go.”

“What kind of car radio is mind reading? Turn it on and off as you like.”

“I don’t know what radio is, but it seems to be something similar to power. Of course, it is my power, but it is also possible to control it.”

“I understand, so turn it off.”

“Irim, please show a little respect…”

“Yes. I understand.”

As I was having a one-sided argument with Shin, Thistle came up to me, gave me an anxious look, stopped me, and decided to stop pecking me.

Maybe this god needs someone to educate him about humans. If you do, Thistle will do it.

“Hey, God.”

“Hmm? What’s going on?”

Strangely, Shin appeared to have taken my advice right away and responded to Noan’s words without reading his thoughts.

Noan asks a question carefully.

“Can I find out how the child who lived next door to me lived before I died?”

‘I feel like a clairvoyant. Is it possible to see other worlds?’

Now that I think about it, I found out right away that Gloria was far away. The two powers he has shown so far are mind reading and clairvoyance, so he may be able to grant Noan’s wish.

But God’s answer was firm.

“No, I don’t know.”

“Why is it such a short answer? Did you say it a little differently?”

“Irim, please speak up…”

“I cannot know what happens in other worlds than what happens in this world.”

Deshade’s words make Noan a little depressed.

“But don’t worry. The people I see always overcome any situation. The child in your memory will soon wake up and wake up.”

“Really?”

‘what. ‘He’s a kinder god than I thought.’

Contrary to appearances, it is quite human to know how to comfort others.

At least that’s what I thought until the next answer came.

“Of course. She who rose up with hope from you will grow up beautifully, meet another wonderful man, have sex, have children, and live happily ever after! Probably about 10 children would be good. You may not be by her side, but when she dies, she will be happy, surrounded by that wonderful man and his children. This god! I do it myself! It may not be delivered, but I will send blessings to the woman you loved in the other world.”

“Hey, you crazy bastard. Eup!”

“I really can’t watch this anymore!”

“Eup!Eup!Uuuup!”

“Misunderstanding, because it’s a misunderstanding! Deshade, that’s not what you meant, so please calm down!”

When I tried to return the prophecy to an abusive prophecy no matter how many times I heard it, Thistle covered my mouth with his hand.

“Then I’m really glad.”

“Don’t worry. For humans, sadness is just a passing thing, and what we gain in the end is eternal happiness.”

“If the child can smile, I am satisfied with that.”

‘He accepts it.’

Fortunately, for Noan, as long as the girl is happy, that seems to be the end of it.

I don’t know if it was because he was an innocent child, but seeing that he was happy that the girl he liked was going to have a happy future made me feel that Noan was definitely an untainted child.

“Eup-eup.”

I wanted to ask more questions, and I was frustrated that my mouth was constantly blocked, so I appealed to Thistle to ask for help.

“… Can you promise never to speak rudely?”

Nod-

“Okay. Because I trust Lee Rim. Please, please save some face.”

Nod-

Even though I nodded, Thistle looked at me anxiously for a long time before finally letting go.

After watching Thistle for a bit, I ask a question.

“But what did God come down to do?”

“Are you curious?”

“A little bit. Didn’t he come down to earth even though other gods said they would never come down to earth? They say that if they are discovered by other races, their eyes will light up and they will try to catch you.”

“Is that so? I’ve never even thought about that… Lee Rim. If so, you must keep it a secret for now.”

Thistle hastily asks for silence. I heard it from Hygenic and thought it was common knowledge, but I guess I didn’t know. It seems that it was surprisingly not a well-known fact.

God answers my questions.

“To protect humans.”

“Yes? What are you talking about all of a sudden? Protecting humans.”

“The sound of the humans I love praying as they die at the hands of other races is heard in the sky every day. As I listened to the small wishes that were disappearing before they could reach the place where Gaia was, I felt like I should come down and answer them myself.”

“So you fell to the ground?”

“Yes. By my will.”

After hearing the reason, he suddenly seemed like a god.

The story that he decided to descend directly into a dangerous land to grant humans’ wishes is quite attractive.

If it weren’t for the next words.

“I also want to promote myself and gather some followers. Perhaps because my apostle is not good at talking, he was not able to gather believers very well.”

“Yes?! Sorry, sorry. Because my efforts were not enough…”

‘That’s crazy.’

The first words sounded pretty good, but it seems like that wasn’t the only thing I was trying to do.

To me, it only sounds like they came in person because the number of believers wasn’t increasing.

Although I couldn’t help but sigh, I tried to make the most of it since it was a long time since I had met God.

“If you have any wish, will you grant it?”

“Just say it. If it is possible, I will make it happen, and even if it is not possible, I will always give you an answer. That’s what I came down for.”

“Can you lift the curse on my body?”

I showed God the emblem on my neck. It is a curse-like sentence that forces the spirit patient to recognize the command and resurrect him.

God’s answer was negative.

“Impossible.”

‘Of course it is.’

At this point, my expectations had dropped and I thought it would be easier to find something possible rather than something impossible, so I changed the question.

“What is possible?”

“Anything the human body can do? This body is set to human standards.”

“Why did you come down with such restrictions?”

“Wouldn’t this make me feel familiar to humans?”

“In that case, if something can be done in a human-level, god-level body, then other people can also do it on their own. But there’s no way you’re coming to ask for a favor, right? Only then will there be believers?”

I don’t know how many more powers he has besides the ones he showed me, but I don’t believe that even that will be of much help.

Things like mind reading and clairvoyance are skills that even skilled wizards or alchemists can reproduce with enough preparation and materials.

Shin suddenly stiffened after hearing what I said.

Although it was momentary, it felt like I had returned to the motionless armor itself.

“…I see. In order to be familiar, I only thought about resembling a human as much as possible and adding some convenient functions, but I didn’t think that far.”

‘I can’t use this.’

The answer just now confirms that this god is a useless god.

Deshade repeated, “I see, I see,” as if he had been caught off guard. Then he came in front of me.

“Hey, what is your name?”

“Your name? Here, it is called Lee Rim.”

“Irim! Even though I’ve been here for a while, you keep giving me good advice. Not like my first apostle.”

“Deshade? Why do you keep putting me at risk…”

Rookie Deshade ignores Thistle’s words and continues talking. What he said was more hopeful than the answers so far.

“Let me reward you for that.”

‘award? ‘Is it in kind?’

The word ‘award’ really lifts my spirits.

It reminded me of the claymore Thistle had. I never thought I would have the opportunity to get something good so easily.

But what followed was not very welcome.

“I will give you the title of my second apostle! From now on, I will allow you to continue to stay by my side and speak directly to me. There is a saying that a good king should have servants who give sincere advice.”

‘Let’s ignore it.’

At best, they said they would scout me humbly.

“I will refuse. Presbyopia. Let’s go.”

“Yes. Brother.”

As someone who hates being associated with religion, I was offered a position that was truly useless.

Even if I accept it, I think I will become the second apostle and the last believer. Who would worship such a god?

As Noan and I were packing up, Deshade kept chatting. But there wasn’t a single good sound.

“If you don’t like it, what about being a bishop?”

“Bishop?”

“Yes. A bishop is a leader who governs an entire region and spreads the gospel. Well, our denomination does not yet have land, a church, or a cathedral.”

“No need.”

‘If it’s a position in name only, it’s even worse.’

Deshade follows Noan and me.

Thistle also hurriedly cleaned up after himself and walked up behind Deshade.

When I see God following me while talking about various things, I feel like he is not a god but like a newborn chick.

This is how Kangshin’s ritual ended.