episode_0085

It was about 3 hours later that Ceylon and Elon came out.

He looked quite nice, as if he had a good conversation.

I called him to speak to Ceylon.

He started the conversation with a much better look on his face than before.

“Looks like you solved it well.”

“Thanks to you, I solved it well.”

“What are the thanks? By the way, you know what you promised me, right?”

“I remember. Who should I kill?”

He asks, his eyes shining with eerie anticipation, as if he has returned to his duties.

All you have to do is kill someone before they can say anything.

Maybe it’s because I’ve seen so many human sides, but I felt awkward seeing this side of him.

“I won’t kill you. There is no one to kill.”

Now was the time to find out about the devil rather than kill him.

Why did the devil become involved in this world, and who are the people connected to the devil?

Because we were in a very complicated situation, there were so many things we had to do when we got back.

‘We also need to find things about Harwen. after… What can I do? ‘I need to get busy.’

Chaor sighed and handed a small crystal ball to Ceylon.

Ceylon accepted the crystal ball and asked me.

“What is this?”

“Communication port.”

“It’s quite small… ”

Basically, the size of the communication port is quite large.

However, it was developed because it was inconvenient to carry around and difficult to store properly. It was so expensive and rare that even nobles couldn’t easily see it, so it was natural that they didn’t know much about it.

“I made it easy to carry around, so please contact me if anything happens.”

“Hmm? So what should I do in the meantime?”

“What are you doing? It’s been a while since I met my son, but I can’t leave right away. Please watch over my son with your subordinates for a while. Of course, you have to keep it secret. Because their party needs to grow quickly. I only help when I really feel like I can’t do anything.”

“Got it. And thank you.”

“What are you thankful for?”

I turned around with a burst of laughter.

“You speak well to the kids. I’m leaving now. There’s a mountain of work to do.”

After everything is over, let’s have a drink.

After saying that, I walked away.

***

platform.

It is a group that reveres and worships the goddess of light.

Their power can be said to rival that of an empire.

At the center of such a cult is me, a warrior.

It’s a bit hard to say this myself, but my existence is like a symbol of a religious denomination, so I can’t easily touch it.

This is a fact that can be known when you think about the fact that even though I was possessed here not long ago and disappeared without saying a word, I came back and continued to operate normally.

No matter how high-ranking a person is within the church.

It falls far short of the authority held by the representative of the God of Light, who can be said to be the foundation of the church. As a result, no matter what I do, most people have no choice but to overlook it, so most people within the church hate me.

You wouldn’t know if I was doing something good.

That’s not it either.

‘No. To be precise, I did something good, but is it true that I spread bad things I didn’t do?’

Even though they don’t do anything bad, they intentionally spread bad rumors.

Even though it was just a rumor, Lena was ordered to be very thorough when spreading these rumors to make it feel like it was real.

Most of the people who heard these rumors have already assumed that I did this. This would also be true of high-ranking figures within the denomination.

If they were rotten people, they wouldn’t care.

Among the high-ranking insiders, there are many who are pious and truly serve the goddess, so my existence will not be viewed very favorably.

So, from their point of view, I think they would hate me, or worse, hate me for damaging the image of the church and doing such a thing as a representative of the goddess.

If I were in their position, I would have spewed all sorts of insults at myself.

However, given the circumstances at the time, I had no choice but to do so even though I knew that.

I spent my time receiving their hateful looks and hostility.

I definitely thought that would be the case today when I visited the church…

‘what?’

A refreshing atmosphere that was different from usual continued.

I could see dignitaries from afar as if they knew I had come.

Everyone has a bright smile.

As befits devout believers who sincerely worship the goddess, a sense of sanctity naturally arose.

‘Anyway, why are those guys like that?’

People who usually looked at me as if they were going to chew me to death.

What can I say when you look at me like that…

‘Are you scared?’

I was so scared.

No, I would have liked it if he had just looked at me like he always did, but I couldn’t understand why he greeted me like that. And that too by coming out to meet him in person.

Since I couldn’t think of anything at the moment, I had no choice but to ask the two people who came in front of me.

“What on earth is this?”

“Warrior. I misunderstood you. Who would have thought that they were doing such things without us knowing! As expected, he is an apostle chosen by the goddess!”

“That’s right! The name ‘Hero’ suits you very well! Let’s go!”

Like that, I was led somewhere by the hands of two people.

I’m being dragged along almost forcibly, and everyone who passes by bows their heads to me.

The expression of emotion in the eyes is basic.

Some even kneeled before me.

Before I could figure out what the situation was, I arrived at a place where the Pope was.

After opening the door and entering, the two walked away laughing.

I looked at the Pope, who was smiling mischievously for his age.

After going inside and settling into my seat, I frowned.

“What on earth is this?”

I once again ask the question I asked those two earlier.

The Pope smiles a kind smile.

“What you see is what you see.”

“I didn’t want that answer. I’m asking what on earth happened that made the guy who always hated me so much do something like that. People who passed by even bowed to me.”

“Giggles. Aren’t good things good? Everyone has finally seen the true colors of the warrior.”

I glared at him to tell him to answer properly.

Only then did the Pope respond properly.

“In relation to this incident that the hero prevented.”

“Yes.”

“As this incident became widely known, stories about the people the hero helped spread. That’s why it happened like this.”

It’s a good story.

Did I do something to make it spread?

I thought about it carefully, but nothing came to mind.

“You look like you’re wondering what I did that much.”

The Pope must have guessed what I was thinking already.

He said so.

“What… It’s not wrong.”

Since there was nothing wrong with what I said, I nodded my head in the affirmative and the Pope laughed out loud.

“As expected, you are truly unique as a warrior. After doing so many things, nothing comes to mind. As Pope, I saw the records of many warriors, but none were as unique as the warrior’s actions.”

Should I take this as a compliment?

When I look at him with an ambiguous expression, the Pope stands up.

The Pope suddenly stood up and turned to look out the window.

“The warrior does not know how many people he has saved and helped through his actions. Would you like to look out the window?”

The Pope readily leaves.

As if he wanted me to see what he was seeing.

I don’t know what he wanted me to see, but I decided to hang out.

I got up from where I was sitting and approached the window where the Pope was looking.

As I get closer to the window, I hear increasingly noisy sounds.

What’s going on?

The Pope stood in his place.

So I followed the Pope’s words and looked out the window… A very different scene unfolded than I expected.

Thousands.

No, there were close to tens of thousands of people gathered there.

“Hero! Thank you!”

“Thanks to you, my family survived!”

“My son survived too!”

“My parents too!”

“My son survived! Thank you!”

In response to this incident, many people gathered together to express their gratitude to me.

That wasn’t all.

“Thank you for getting rid of the evil forces that used to be evil! Since then, our family has been able to find happiness again! At the time, I thought I had to hide my identity due to circumstances. I’m happy to be able to say thank you in this way!”

“Well, when we had trouble making a living for a while, we were able to make a living thanks to the food the warrior shared, and fortunately, we have regained stability now!”

“We were going through a lot of trouble due to bandits! A lot has changed since then!”

Not because of this incident, but because of the things I have been doing secretly.

I thought he definitely hid his identity well.

But perhaps they had already noticed, and they thanked me.

“… ”

“What does the warrior think?”

How do you feel?

Honestly, I don’t know.

just… I didn’t know what to say.

Because this is my first time experiencing something like this and my first time feeling it.

I couldn’t say anything and couldn’t do anything other than just watch.

“No matter how trivial it may be, it is a help that someone desperately needs. Do you really think that they gathered because what the warrior really did was nothing special?”

“… ”

“Cluck. I just hope that the hero realizes this. How many people does an act of helping, no matter how small or large, help? Then, I will leave the room for a moment.”

The Pope left like that.

I was left alone there.

Listening to the voices of many people and looking at them.

I stood still for a long time.