Recaligus, wise king and tyrant of the sea.

    The greatest king, a mermaid who created a powerful nation.

    “Recaligus, he was a truly outstanding ruler. He cared more about maintaining his country than about his people.”

    “What did you talk about?”

    “First of all, he smiled brightly at me as if he was welcoming a new hero. And the story we had right after that was the main story.”

    Caesar said that in his conversation with Recaligus, he got a glimpse of his thoughts and saw that he was an ungodly atheist.

    He said from the beginning that he did not believe in God.

    They said that although God exists, they think that he is just a bystander standing high above them.

    “Too bad, I’m not sure if he’ll be of help to us or not.”

    “It was also clear that he dared to harbor blasphemous thoughts toward the evil religion. Seeing as he said he would later conquer the earth…”

    “I see.”

    If so, I should get rid of it in advance.

    Although he is strong enough to not be defeated even by mermaids and other races, his essence is politics rather than combat.

    The plan was to make them kneel without even having a chance to show off their abilities that are demonstrated in handling mermaids.

    “Okay… his value has the potential to turn against the enemy, so let’s destroy him without wasting any more time.”

    “That’s a great idea.”

    “Adele, you are free to get the revenge you’ve wanted so much.”

    Everyone took off the disguises I had given them.

    Adele seemed to want to take revenge on her people at any moment.

    “Perhaps the old man I saw at that time was Ascalune. Among sea dragons, the only one around here that is an ancient dragon and can leave behind thoughts even after death is Ascaloon.”

    According to Adele, he was one of the few friendly elder dragons that did not discriminate against Harps.

    He said there was a high probability that it was him since he had not been heard from.

    “…I will risk the Lord’s honor and destroy him somehow.”

    “Yes, act as you please. Achieve what you want to your heart’s content.”

    “Thank you, evil spirit.”

    Adele spread her huge wings with a crunching sound.

    Terrasia launched a huge magic spell into the sky, and Caesar held a dagger in both hands.

    The moment when Descartes used a gigantic divinity to create a devil-like appearance and raised the gigantic sword of judgment high and struck it down.

    “It’s a dragon!”

    Adele fired her dragon breath.

    The kingdom submerged in the sea soon melts.

    Caesar and Veronica quickly entered the castle, and Ryu and Cecilia… became my conversation partners.

    “Off… It’s been a while since Adele was this angry.”

    “Huh? Have you ever been like this before?”

    I don’t remember seeing it on TV.

    “Ah, I remember when you suddenly disappeared from Decaprium and stormed into the kingdom in anger.”

    “At that time, Abel tried to stop him, but he just flew away…”

    “It was like that.”

    Was it like this back then?

    If I kept the timing wrong, I might end up destroying the entire continent.

    With that thought in mind, I sipped my tea and looked at the kingdom that was gradually falling apart.

    It was melting.

    Oh, that’s the guy who was the gatekeeper when we first got here.

    I think Adele will want it separately later, but I’ll have to get it for now.

    “It’s coming from there.”

    Cecilia, you can see farther than you think.

    From a distance, Caesar and Veronica walk out, dragging Recaligus.

    Looking at both of them without a single scratch, you can feel that they are clearly the strongest people in the human race.

    “Lord Caesar…”

    “Yes, you brought me here well, Caesar.”

    I proudly held his head in front of Recaligus and told him that the person who had come was Caesar.

    And right after that, he walked slowly and smiled brightly at Recaligus.

    “…Evil God, that’s right. You came down here yourself…puh, puhaha! Evil God! Did you want revenge that much? Did you resent me so much for being on the side of the story?”

    I was on the side of the story.

    Story…what does that mean?

    “Puh-huh, don’t act like you don’t know! I’ll throw you, you noble person, to the bottom…get out…ah…”

    As he spoke, he suddenly stopped speaking and fell down with blood foaming at his mouth and began convulsing.

    suddenly?

    Soon, without even having a chance to use his strength, his head melted and he was completely reduced to a mushy mess.

    “…story?”

    [The beginning of the story… An unknown entity tightens the shackles.]

    It’s been a while since I’ve seen a system message.

    I saw it every day when I was in that room, but I haven’t seen it much since I came down here.

    An unknown entity.

    The shackles of the story.

    Memories that had been constantly blocked began to flow through my head like water.

    “Hahaha, this is really nice, kid.”

    Has time stopped?

    Has my thinking stopped?

    Soon, I naturally fell behind the world, feeling a strange, unknown sense of unconsciousness and an indefinable feeling of floating.

    “Oh my. It looks like your head hurts because so many memories are swirling around you. Let me help you sort this out.”

    With the clear sound, the feeling of struggling in torn pain disappeared.

    How should I explain this situation now?

    I know who the person in front of me is.

    He looks the same as me and talks the same way. Ah, how could I not know who it is?

    “Damian…”

    “Wow, that’s too far away. Even though it may seem like this, you are also the person I chose to be my successor, so it’s okay to call you a little closer.”

    I will understand only when I meet him in person.

    You are the parent of all things.

    Evil God, that name was wrong to begin with.

    You were not such a wicked and evil being.

    He was a father who loved everyone and therefore sacrificed himself for everyone.

    “Luckily, Orpheus seems to be doing well. Petrania, I entrusted that child with very heavy things, but everyone is doing their best.”

    “…Orphes and Petrania were your arrangements?”

    “That’s right. They are all my children. Especially Petrania. That child was branded as a traitor to the evil religion at my request and was on the run… so I’m keeping her here.”

    He smiled softly and snapped his fingers, and Petrania came down from the air.

    A woman wearing a flowing dress, all white, as if she had come from a snowy field.

    “You are Petrania.”

    “…”

    “Anyway, please take me down later. I hope that the child who has endured this stigma and acted so hard for me will now truly find freedom.”

    Petrania said nothing.

    He just stayed quietly and remained silent.

    “And later, Orpheus, if you meet that child, tell him you’re sorry. He was originally a child who could have left this world peacefully, but he was trapped in this world by me.”

    “Damian, can you hear what the story is?”

    “Yes, if I were to talk about it, it would go on for quite a long time.

    Damien slowly and leisurely sipped his tea and began to tell the story.

    “Beyond space and time, where even God cannot reach, we call it the unreachable horizon. And the beings who look at us from beyond the unreachable horizon are the ones who see the story.”

    “Can I hear what the story is?”

    “We literally call our lives a story. To put it simply, we just call everything that goes on in the world a story. And that story is suppressed so that it does not deviate from the frame. We suppress every action one by one and make it so that it does not dare to reach that set frame. .”

    In short, isn’t this world itself a story, and isn’t that story holding us back?

    “For example…in the original story, Abel should have died. Veronica, Adele, Marie, Beatrice, Ryu, Caesar, Therasia, Marie, and Cecilia. They all had to die in the original story. .”

    “…Decaprium.”

    “Yes, that is the book that Orpheus originally made for you to read by weaving together fate. He painstakingly distributed it to the outside world and arranged one copy in the inner world. Because of that, the Evil God Church also became aware of that fate and was able to deal with it. The main character of that book is “He is the embodiment and apostle of stories.”

    In other words, apostles are like my children to me.

    Oh, I see.

    “You disappear in exchange for entrusting me with all of this.”

    “That’s right. For example, this space right now is like the remaining thoughts that I arranged for the last time.”

    “The memories that swept through me are those thoughts coming into me.”

    “That’s right.”

    He hated being trapped in the framework of a story.

    I hated that the potential of all beings could not be freely liberated within that framework.

    Therefore, for the sake of freedom, he destroyed himself and placed me in that empty shell.

    “You still have a lot of work to do. However, there are many people who can help you. I want you to live freely, too, and achieve what you want.”

    [The bondage of the story…disappears.]

    “If my last thought disappears… the memories will come rushing back and it will be very painful. I have blocked the story until the end, so do what you want.”

    [Damian’s last thoughts were embedded in the relic.]

    Damian’s relic.

    The holy relic, perfect for pushing humanity to destruction, soon began to shine brightly and then completely faded away.

    [The effect of Damian’s relic has been changed to purification.]

    “Lucia would have told you too, but there will come a time when you will need to use it. Please take good care of the children.”

    He gradually disappeared.

    My head was pounding.

    Memories came back one by one.

    “Wow….”

    I don’t know how much time has passed.

    Petrania just laid me down on the bed and nursed me without saying a word.

    Has about a month passed?

    After absorbing all those memories, I was able to touch the white door leading outside only when the power was complete.

    [Do you want to go outside?]

    I felt it instinctively.

    Now this will be the last word on the system.

    Just thinking that all of this was done by Damian’s thoughts made me feel a little funny.

    “Okay, let’s go.”

    Because there are children waiting for me outside.

    “Let’s go out together, kid.”

    “Yes, father.”

    I opened the white door.

    A bright light enveloped my entire body, and when I opened my eyes, I was lying in my room.

    And next to it….Petrania?

    “Oh my, the evil spirit has come again embracing an unknown woman?”

    “…Mari, you speak in such an inappropriate way…”

    “Shut up.”

    A blue light formed on Marie’s hand.

    ….Yes, this is our evil religion.

    “I’m back, Marie.”

    “It’s nice that you came here holding another woman in your arms, evil spirit.”

    Because I just knew that I was happy at this moment.

    Because I also knew a clear goal that would allow me to achieve what I wanted.

    “Father awake…Petrania?”

    “Petrania, you found it here?”

    “Evil spirit! I’ve been lying down for a year…Huh? Who is it?”

    “Sir… No matter how I think about it, the moment I open my eyes for the first time in a year, I find myself holding another woman in my arms…”

    I just laughed.

    Has a year already passed?

    There was so much I had to do during that time.

    “I’m back, kids.”

    I wanted to say this.

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