episode_0104

Meticulous – Meticulous, meticulous.

As time passed, she seemed to slowly calm down.

Lost puzzle pieces that were briefly seen in passing in the past,

For example, why were there pieces of other ancient gods in the church’s deepest sanctum?

As the apocalypse approaches, demons appear through the gate,

And the praises to the God of Destruction they were shouting like crazy at me.

As the pieces came together one by one, I started to get some sense of the situation.

“Wait a minute, there are still a lot of things I want to ask.“

“…sniff. Yes…you can ask as much as you want.“

“Suddenly you start using polite language. Can’t you just say one thing?”

“…From now on, I will use polite language. You…are worth it.”

“Ha…let’s start with your name first. Do you have a name?“

“…It’s Futz. But no one calls him by that name except other gods.“

“Okay, Hutz. First of all, the thing I want to ask you most is…“

I asked slowly, looking deep into her eyes.

“Is the world I’ve been sucked into just a game world after all?“

She shook her head slowly.

Futz picked an apple from the tree and put it on the table,

I carefully took out a pencil and paper and started drawing.

“Now, can you see it? If this sketch is a game you’ve played…this apple symbolizes the essence of this world.“

“The game you saw, heard about, and played is nothing but an imitation of an idea modeled after the world we live in now.“

“This world…exists independently. They are actually alive, and the children you met and stayed with… are all real people. It just exists in another dimension, and you seemed happy when you played that game, so I invited you to this world.“

“Kuhhh…Is that why it hurt so bad when I got stabbed…“

I nodded and agreed to what she said.

“Next, I heard stories about Advent and all that from Sister Marie. From what I hear, I guess I’m quite a nuisance among the gods.“

“…That’s right. You are not included in the prophecy, and only other gods cannot easily predict your actions. A unique being, and at the same time special, it is a very dangerous being to the gods.“

“But why did you drag me into this world? Aren’t all the gods against it? And, isn’t I just as dangerous to you?“

“That’s…“

She tried to say something, but then closed her mouth.

Then, I reattached the apples I had removed to the branches,

He looked into my eyes and slowly opened his mouth.

“You…I heard you cry out earnestly. I threw myself down for a child who was hit by a car… I only prayed for it right before that… that wish that I kept deep inside.“

“…Damn…I wasn’t making a wish.“

I clicked my tongue and lowered my head.

“It’s not your fault…! All the wishes you have ever made… are all ordinary, things that other people would naturally enjoy…“

“No, let’s stop talking about that. If you just make a wish… your life gets twisted up. It’s not even a walking monkey’s hand… Next. Your apostle or something, I think he’s the high priest. What happened with that bitch?“

“Ah…you are quick-witted as expected…“

She hesitated, waving her hands,

Soon, he continued speaking quietly again, as if he felt there was no need to hide it from me.

“At first…that child worked hard under my name. In the form of an angel to humans… I spread the doctrine of “love,” which I value most, to the world.“

“But…the child also became increasingly tired. Humans…I made human beings so complicated…they started doing more and more strange things, and little by little, no one started listening to them.“

“Even though the child was stoned and kicked out of the old city, and her followers stabbed her in the back…she silently went around spreading doctrine under my name…“

“It sounds good up to this point…but it’s the exact opposite of what I know.“

“…There was an incident. Because of that incident…that child completely hated me.“

She held back tears and squeezed her knees with her hands.

I held it so tightly that a little blood came out from the scratches on my fingernails.

“I am incompetent… I have no strength… The moment when the child he loved the most… was murdered by his own parents… the child desperately begged me to save him. I prayed.“

“…“

“This child…had a series of misfortunes. If only the child had not been changed in the obstetrics and gynecology department due to an employee’s mistake… so the child could have been placed in the arms of his or her parents… ”

Futsu lowered his head and spoke slurred.

“But…I couldn’t do anything…I had already lost all my power a long time ago…Even if I had power…it’s my belief not to intervene in human affairs. “

“Seeing the incompetent god…you betrayed him and joined another god…“

“…”

“Don’t talk nonsense about beliefs or anything about a topic you have no power over. You just let that angel suffer. That’s why that bitch turned her head and betrayed you.”

I narrowed my eyes and glared at her.

But Futz just looked at me with a sad expression,

Immediately, he reached out his hand to me and closed one eye.

“It will hurt a little.“

“M…what…?“

Easy profit—!

In an instant, a thick tentacle flew down the back of her hand.

Fuuuk—!

“Wow…!“

Towards the solar plexus, specifically the heart.

The tentacles wriggled like snakes and quickly penetrated the body,

The tentacle was firmly stuck inside the heart and did not budge.

“Cough…! As expected…is it all a trap…“

“If I step forward and provide education in this way…“

“It hurts, no matter how familiar you are with pain… because you’ve been in a lot of pain… you know better than anyone else how scary this pain is.“

Gulp…gulp…!

A strange, unknown liquid surged through the tentacles toward the heart,

The green liquid was overflowing and was drenching the area around the solar plexus.

“Damn it…! Ugh…!“

My body did not listen to what I said and was frozen in mid-air, as if I had been petrified.

She carefully inserted what looked like a light green seed into the pierced solar plexus,

He gently hugged me and started whispering something.

Paaat…!

“Cough…! Wow…damn…what did you do to my body…!“

“…We gave you a little help to prevent the glitch curse from getting worse.“

She lifted me up from the floor and sat me down,

He gave me back the handkerchief with a bitter smile.

“The method Marie came up with…is logically correct. But if I, a rookie, can help you a little… you won’t have to suffer from glitches for a while.“

“Cough…Ha…Ha…I don’t think it’s a lie. I feel a little lighter.“

“…You might think I’m wrong. You might blame me for being an ancient god… for neglecting things and causing this situation, and for blaming you for everything.“

“…I won’t deny it.“

“…But it’s okay. You…you can understand how much you blame me.“

She spread out other photos on the table.

Although they were all faded, they were familiar scenes.

When I was still wearing my commander’s uniform, I went on operations with my children and achieved results.

At the same time, the sad images of the women just before their deaths were captured.

“I really… really wanted to help, but… that day… I didn’t have any strength left. What little strength was left… After my apostle stole it all and offered it to the God of Destruction.“

“The least I could do was…bring you back to the past. And the price is…“

She smoothed her empty eyes with her hands.

“I made a deal with the God of Time… Because of your status as a descendant, I had to sacrifice one of my eyes… but for you who have suffered so far… I was willing to sacrifice it. “

“Wait a minute, so you didn’t mean that you have to die to start? At that time, a tutorial message appeared.“

“That…I remember Lapis already mentioned it to some extent.“

“She… must have already received word from the God of Destruction that the Advent is coming. And…to prevent you from awakening, I intentionally created an error in the tutorial.“

“I had built a system similar to that game system so that you could quickly adapt to this world and develop your strength, but I was planning to make an error and eliminate you, my descendant, from the beginning. “

“Hmm…“

“But even she didn’t know if you were the Adventist. I simply installed a device to prevent that day’s tutorial from proceeding normally.”

“It’s not just that. The condition of twisted love as a reward for returning… is actually a play on words that gives the appearance of a curse placed as a way to show off to other gods.“

“What…?“

She grinned and started twisting her hair.

“Like I said before…I don’t really like directing people to do things or interfering with them. And…the love they showed you is just…a type of love that those children had.“

“Wait a minute…so that means it wasn’t a curse…? Xiao and Han Jia…and what happened to Beatrice…?”

“…Yes.”

“If this is true…it makes me even scarier.“

“Hehe…But I know a little bit about your feelings. You…don’t want to get involved in such a heated argument.“

“What can I say… they are all cute, but to me they all seem like good little brothers who listen well. In the first place… I’m not in a position to date anyone right now.“

“…and thanks to you, for the first time in my life, I have a level 5…i.e., a follower to share my power with.“

“No way…that…“

“Yes, that’s right.“

She smiled broadly and leaned into me.

“Xiao, her sincere love for you… amplified her feelings, and she became my first believer.“

“Thanks to that… I was able to regain my strength, even if only slightly. And thanks to that… I was able to gain the strength to stop their fight so that both you and Kim Hye-jin could be saved.“

“Are you finally feeling the urge to interfere in the human world?”

“I learned from watching you… that now… it’s time for me to step up on my own. ”

“Then, all the relationship points and everything else…“

“Yes, that’s right. The “love” that arose from building a bond and trust with you… Whenever that power came into me, I shared it all with you so that you could grow. “

“We just built it like a game system so that you, the Adventist, can easily understand and adapt quickly. It’s all strength you gained on your own. It’s okay to be proud.“

“In the end, I was in the palm of your hand…“

I nodded for a moment and then spoke.

“Then, what on earth was the charm curse?”

“That’s right… ”

She laughed bitterly.

“That’s just… I think you like being forced like that… It’s just a little seasoning.”

“… He was just a pervert.”

“…“

“And I was just a clown playing nice in the palm of your hand.”

“I think those blessings… ”

She held out her hand to me.

“I was moved by your heart that stood firm no matter how torn and broken it was… It was my foolishness, and at the same time, it was a partnership I made unilaterally without your permission.“

“…I still can’t completely trust you.“

“…I understand. But…even in the past, I was always watching over you and helping you with what little strength I had left.“

“Even when Plaga climbed up your torso, you somehow neutralized the creature. The bullets that were fired carelessly at the moment of blindness…“

“I adjusted the direction so that I could move towards the enemy accurately. And the last time you fired a lightning bolt, Xiao knew your exact location…“

“It was all your doing.“

“…That’s right.“

I stood up without taking the hand she held out.

Then, after adjusting his clothes, he wiped away the sticky liquid from his solar plexus with a handkerchief.

“I never thought he would be such a vain god when I met him face to face, even though he had been going through so much trouble…he never even showed his face.“

“…I have a humble body, but…yeah…“

“So what you’re saying is. It’s not you who’s been fucking with me all this time, but it’s the God of Destruction or something that has joined hands. This is what you mean by the high priest.“

“…You understood correctly.“

“Tsk…“

widely—!

I held her hand and shook it.

“Now, I have calculated that this could all be nonsense and that you might betray me at any time.“

“…“

“But the smell I’ve smelled while rolling around with so many Judas… doesn’t come from you. So…I’m more annoyed.“

“I…don’t want to lie to you.“

“Ha… So, for now, it’s a temporary alliance. I’ll trust you this time.“

“I…are you sure…?“

She stood up with bright red eyes,

I wiped the blood from the corner of my mouth and smiled.

“But promise me this one thing, I don’t think I’ll live long anyway. Even if all this shit ends…or I die and the future becomes bleak…“

“At that time, you will have to continue to step forward like you are now. Like that time, when a meteorite falls and the followers of the God of Destruction… that is, demons pour out.“

“You have to take care of me and protect the children who followed me. Do you understand?“

“…Yes, I promise. I put my name and my being on the line.“

“If by any chance you get hit in the back of the head…“

I gritted my teeth and glared at her.

“Even if you crawl out of hell, you and the others are ancient gods or something. Because I will kill them all. Don’t think nonsense.“

“…Yes, thank you. For trusting me…“

Cheollarak—!

When she stretched out her hand, numerous photos unfolded under the table.

Among them, there were script scrolls and other things spread out.

Figures that looked like chess or chess pieces were erected.

“Then shall we begin…? Plans for how you and I should move forward.“

“Tsk…There is no change in using human life as a joke…“

dump…

“Okay, let’s get started.“

“Good.“

So I sat across from her,

I gradually began to make plans for the future.

Something unknown spreads throughout my body.

It felt like a different feeling than before was stirring in my brain.

For some reason, I didn’t feel disgusted.

I just wondered if the reason she seemed particularly lovely was because of my mood.