episode_0165

After finishing all the procedures, I visited the church and found Wayne looking at me with a pouting expression.

“What is it? Why are you looking at me like that?”

“No… I was sleeping peacefully, but then all of a sudden, the work was over, so I felt sorry.”

“Isn’t this the expression a sorry person would make?”

“Ha… I am in a position to protect you. I promised Arjen that I would do that. But it would be difficult if you forced yourself to do something dangerous like this while I was gone.”

I didn’t know where to start to retort to Wayne, who was expressing his true feelings.

“First of all, it was an extremely urgent moment, so I had no choice. If I had missed that time, I would have had to suffer for a long time, right? And I guess you’ve forgotten, but I’m a god now, so I can’t die from anything.”

I felt uncomfortable talking about God in a place full of Stella’s believers, but I had to say what I had to say.

“So, who was behind the magic sword commotion?”

“Akasha….”

There is nothing to say about this. Because Akasha is not a big deal. However, if I had really met Akasha herself, it would not have mattered whether Wayne was there or not. The result would have been the same anyway.

Wayne seemed to know that too, but didn’t say anything more and just sighed.

“Ha… I’m worried that I may have stung a dangerous beehive for no reason.”

When I first brought up the topic of Akasha upon my return here, Wayne reacted very rigidly. Unlike me, who suffered a one-sided attack without knowing anything, she had experience in proper combat, so perhaps her strength was more apparent.

“I think so too, but I can’t just pretend I didn’t see it even though I knew about it.”

It is still unclear what Akasha intended to do after giving humans the magic sword. However, considering that the people who inflicted injuries with the magic sword all had a little bit of divine power and that Akasha’s main purpose was to suppress the power of God, it was an issue that could not be ignored and pretended not to know.

“Did you say that Akasha placed a ban on those people’s heads?”

“ung. From the beginning, he seemed to have decided that there was no one other than God who could read his mind, so he fiercely resisted the divine power… To my shame, I couldn’t solve it.”

Thanks to this, I haven’t found out anything, so I have no idea how to prepare for him in the future. But Wayne seemed relieved.

“It might actually be a good thing.”

“Huh? It’s a good thing?”

“Okay. I’m not a wizard, so I don’t know completely, but at least the caster can know when such magic is forcibly released by an external force. It’s some kind of security magic, right? Locking one’s head is an unheard of magic.”

“Really? Wow, I suddenly get goosebumps.”

They said that if I succeeded in breaking Akasha’s magic on the spot, Akasha might trace me back. Of course, unlike Stella, who can freely perform nuclear fusion and nuclear fission with her natural abilities even if the power of faith does not work, if I do not have faith, I am just a passing person A and there is nothing I can do.

“…Don’t you agree that it’s too dangerous a time to track right now?”

I nodded at Wayne’s words. Arjen was needed to defeat Akasha. To be exact, especially Viola’s personality. But right now, Arjen is going through the most important and weakest time in the world, so it was forbidden to move hastily.

He was just teasing Akasha for no reason, and the moment Akasha found out that Arjen was pregnant, it was obvious how he would react.

“Later. We can analyze this magic sword when Arjen regains his strength.”

There is no need to rush. Coincidentally, the life span of only 100 years has been extended by 400,000 years. Even if Akasha grows old and dies, I will still be alive.

“Good. Well then, let’s keep quiet about Akasha and tell the Cardinal that we have handled the magic sword incident quietly.”

“Okay. You’re there at the right time.”

As we were chatting among ourselves, the cardinal, who seemed to have received the report and finished taking care of things, approached us at a slightly brisk pace.

“Hero, saint, you are here.”

“Yes. The Cardinal must be busy with construction, so why are you here…”

“Haha. No matter how busy you are, you probably don’t have time to say thank you to both of you. Thank you so much for resolving the demon sword situation.”

“Ah… But actually, I’m not sure if it’s been completely resolved… Wow!”

Before I could say anything, Wayne nudged my side. It means not to say unnecessary things.

“Yes… First of all, all suspicious people operating nearby have been eliminated, so there will be no further disturbance.”

“The Lord also expressed his gratitude. Since you said you would give a gift, why not visit?”

“I see. I will visit you sometime, my lord.”

In the midst of a formal conversation, the cardinal’s expression suddenly becomes serious. It seemed like he was trying to get to the point.

“Actually, this is a story about the recovered magic sword… I think we need to formally request an analysis from the Vatican. It didn’t seem like an ordinary item.”

In other words, they also wanted to secure the magic sword. It didn’t matter because there were several magic swords themselves, but I was worried about the aftermath.

Unless Akasha continues to stay locked up in her lair, one day she will come to retrieve the magic sword she created, and I think that sparks will fly among them for no reason.

Wayne seemed to have read my inner thoughts and nodded slightly.

“If that’s the case, it doesn’t matter. However, except for one sack to send to the Holy See, I think we will have to keep the rest.”

“Would it be possible?”

I whispered to Wayne, who had finished his story on his own, as I left the church.

“Are you okay? What are you going to do when Akasha comes to retrieve that magic sword?”

“It’s okay. From what I heard, it looks like they are sending it to the Vatican. No matter how much he does, he will never go to the plane without thinking.”

“Really? If that’s the case, it doesn’t matter… but for some reason, I feel like Akasha might really attack her because she’s such a crazy person.”

“If that were really true, the Vatican would collapse. After that, I will have to deal with Stella’s anger.”

“That’s how the story goes.”

The reason Stella and other gods do not interfere with this land called the Underworld is entirely for the sake of faith. However, if the Holy See, which can be said to be the headquarters of the Stella Church, is harmed, Stella will naturally intervene. In that case, not coming forward will actually damage your faith even more.

“It’s not the time to worry about others.”

As a rookie, I’m a total loser in terms of power, so I can’t do anything without Arjen by my side. Even if you calculate it mathematically, wouldn’t it be more likely that Akasha would target us carrying a magic sword rather than the one in the Holy See?

“…I feel like I’m hugging a time bomb, but maybe I should have just given away all the remaining magic swords.”

I took it with me because I thought that by analyzing the magic sword, I would be able to find out about Akasha’s evil plans and where she lives, but if you think about it, even the church could do that.

“Did you go back and leave everything to me now? Or, since that’s a little weird, should I stop by Plane and leave it all to you?”

“…That’s enough. Then we inevitably have to explain Akasha.”

The Pope knows that I am God. However, if I show that I am entrusted with something because I have too much strength, my faith will inevitably suffer a blow. I felt ugly and ridiculous for already worrying about faith because it was God, but it was something like force majeure. It is inevitable that all gods must value faith.

“Then what should we do? If Akasha moves faster than we expected and comes to retrieve the magic sword, we’ll be in trouble.”

The safest place I know is Arjen’s Lair. After all, what should I do first in Argen in order to take the items left in Argen’s rare? But now, to put it bluntly, Arjen is in a state where anyone can do anything. The safest place becomes the most dangerous place.

“Hmm… Ah, I had a good idea.”

“What is it?”

“If the reason Akasha can’t go to Plane is because she has to keep an eye on Stella, wouldn’t it be okay to leave her at the base of someone else who has to be on her guard besides Stella?”

“Is there someone like that?”

“He is not a person, but a god.”

Yes. If there are no teeth, then with the gums. If Stella doesn’t work, there’s Prinia. In the case of Prinia, we can go one step further. The power of faith is what makes nature bloom, but her original power was the power to manipulate space as she pleases. It was more dangerous than Stella, but it was by no means less dangerous.

“If you put a magic sword next to the World Tree, what will that guy do?”

“The World Tree… That place is just as bloody as the Vatican.”

“That’s right. Even though it wasn’t my intention, since I am considered Titania among the elves… I will be able to entrust the magic sword to them and even crack down on it without any problem.”

The problem was how to get to the World Tree. Coincidentally, the World Tree, the only location I knew of, was at the far end of the world. The problem is that I don’t know the exact location because I rode on Arjen’s back when I went there.

After thinking about it for a while, I finally decided to ask Prinia herself.