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I approached Orha, who was lying down, at a slow pace. The closer I got, the better I could see her face, and no matter how I looked at it, she didn’t look like she was going to die.

The face, still full of life, had a gentle smile on it, perhaps because of the satisfaction of seeing God in person, and it seemed as if it would open its eyes at any moment.

Yes, he seemed so peaceful that it was hard to believe he would die if he just opened his eyes, but he never opened his eyes.

“No, no….”

When the thought of Orha dying crossed my mind, I just denied it. However, there was no basis to support the denial.

The only thing that is stubbornly stubborn is the desire not to die.

“Orha. Open your eyes.”

Every time I spoke to her, even if it was a trivial topic, Orha, who would respond immediately and respond, went away and she was the only one left who closed her eyes peacefully.

A sadness of unknown origin comes flooding in. At first, I did not understand this sadness.

Since becoming a god, Prinia had been told so many times that her ears had developed scabs that she had to be calm about everything.

It may be okay right now, but later, when you have built up enough faith and cast off your body, you can have various effects on those around you and even those who send you faith, depending on your heart.

Even if it is okay to feel joy, anger, sadness, etc., the cause should not be in the lower world.

Therefore, I had to remain calm even if someone left my side or died.

If the target was Arjen, it would be very difficult, but I thought that other people would be able to endure it.

That’s why I’m curious about the identity of this sadness I’m feeling right now.

“Orha?”

I kept calling his name because I thought it would happen right away if I called him now, but of course nothing changed.

Suddenly, Arjen came to mind from her face as she quietly closed her eyes and just breathed.

Eye color and voice. If I had to pick out parts of Orha that were different from Arjen, I could name two, but when those two were covered, I had the illusion that the thing lying over there was Arjen.

“Ah……”

I realized the true nature of this excessive sense of loss. I guess I couldn’t see Oroha as she was until the end.

As Arjen overlaps with her, this moment of seeing her unable to get up is bound to be heartbreaking.

If so, there is nothing we can do. I don’t know if the country thousands of years from now will be able to endure the sadness of losing Arzen, but there is no way it will be possible to endure it right now.

‘Is that really true?’

Ask yourself questions. Is that really true?

‘of course. Otherwise, there’s no reason to be this sad?’

Even as I thought about it over and over again, I found myself unable to understand it.

‘It’s natural that you don’t understand. ‘Because it was a wrong idea from the beginning.’

It’s a trick to justify your sadness. But is it possible to be deceived since the person being deceived is oneself?

The time I spent with Orha alone has been over three years.

In the meantime, I have traveled all over the continent and purified countless altars.

Is that it? In the name of sex education, oral sex was practiced several times.

It’s just that they haven’t had a full-fledged relationship yet, but Orha has already crossed the line for a long time.

Not having sex was just a formality of what Arjen had asked.

So there was no need to deceive or be deceived anymore. I am so sad that Orha is dying now.

I always think about this, but I am still a long way from becoming a proper god.

“…….”

When I stopped calling Orha’s name and just looked at her detachedly, Wayne’s spirits dropped.

It was a moment that we should be happy about because we were able to successfully dethrone Akasha and although the dwarf village collapsed a bit, we were able to protect it better than expected.

However, Orha closed his eyes and did not wake up, and as Wayne and I remained silent, the atmosphere continued to be so calm and subdued that it could not be said that we had won.

Araj opened his mouth as he must have been displeased with the atmosphere.

“AC, why is the atmosphere like this? Well, are you upset because it feels like we couldn’t win completely with our own strength?”

Araj is talking about something completely different. There wasn’t anything wrong with him.

From his perspective as a dragon, it is natural that he is not interested in whether humans, who are only valuable enough to be used as food, die or not.

Rather, it can be said that it is normal to be more concerned about the fact that humans borrowed the power of the god they serve to defeat their fellow dragons.

That may be the desirable attitude of God that Prinia wants from me.

“……If you had eyes and ears, you would know. It’s not like that, it’s because our colleagues are dying.”

However, regardless of whether it was desirable, it was also true that I felt quite upset, so the words did not come out nicely.

Araj, who didn’t pay attention to my tone of voice, continued to say what he wanted to say, as if it was obvious.

“Huh? iced coffee. The weak girl who fainted when I attacked her last time she invaded my rare.”

What a weak girl. If it weren’t for Orha, the dwarven village might have been in ruins.

Araz seemed to have completely misunderstood something, and just as he was about to say something, something unbelievable came out of his mouth.

“But, thanks to this human being called a saint, I have witnessed things that I have never experienced in my entire life even while living the long life of a dragon… so it’s good. I will be generous and save his life.”

“What?”

He said he would save Orha. There were things Araj had said and done so far that were immediately unbelievable. Because he was an incredibly frivolous dragon.

However, from the moment we first met to this moment, he was clearly speaking in terms of language. Regardless of the dragon’s personality, I believed that eloquence does not contain false statements.

“You’ll save Orha!?”

“Hey, it would be troublesome to suddenly rush in like this. For a moment, you seem to be under some illusion that we fought on the same side, but keep in mind that we are not on good terms either.”

“It doesn’t matter. Because if you save Orha, I can be by your side for the rest of my life.”

“…Well, I don’t feel too bad hearing those words from a guy named Shin. But I have to correct what I said. It’s not that I’ll save you, it’s that I’ll protect you.”

“What’s the difference?”

” From what I heard, it seems like the reason this human can’t open his eyes is because of the dragon’s unique ability.”

“That’s right.”

“Then, as he said, the only way to wake up that human is to leave it to him or his lineage.”

“But you mean you can keep Orha from dying?”

“Okay. My unique ability is the power to freeze something and maintain the status quo. There are many dragons of the same bloodline as me, so it is not a very rare ability.”

This is why Araj has hidden the color of his scales and why Akasha said she was petty towards Araz for changing the color of his scales.

“I will freeze that girl with my powers, and in the meantime, you can either catch that girl and kill her, or find her bloodline and ask for it.”

That alone was enough help. Right now, Arjen is of the same bloodline as Akasha.

“However, I would like it to be resolved as quickly as possible. I think you know this, but this unique ability is not a power that only has good points.”

“I guess it has something to do with your inability to move during the battle earlier.”

“Okay. While I use this power, I also become ‘maintaining the status quo.’ So, in order to complete the task, you must first go to my rare.”

In other words, he meant that he would quietly stay in Rare while we healed Orha.

As I realized once again how great of a sacrifice he was making, I bowed my head.

“Thank you. really. Anything is fine, so I’ll repay you.”

“It was reciprocated. Even though Stella, the famous goddess, is small, it is enough to be able to witness the creation of stars herself.”

Araj seemed to have witnessed the collision of the sun with his own eyes.

“…Really, it was more beautiful and shined more brilliantly than any jewel I’ve ever seen in my life.”

With those words, I was able to see Araz completely again. His desire for jewels was purer than he thought.

We supported Orha and entered Araz’s lair.

The surrounding air suddenly cools. Orha, who had been maintaining warmth just a moment ago, suddenly turned pale and froze.

On the surface, the situation may have worsened, but in reality, it is no different from using the safest frozen human therapy in the world.

“Whew… It’s not as uncomfortable as I thought. Is this the amount of load that can freeze a human being? What is the expected resolution time?”

“46 years and 3 months.”

“The numbers are not neat and accurate.”

It is time for Arjen to lay eggs and regain strength. Since I remember it on a daily basis, there was no way it wasn’t accurate.

“Well, that’s it. If you have any business left in the dwarf village, solve it and go quickly.”

“Okay. See you again.”

“heng. Either that or not.”

I thought he was going to tell me not to see him again, but the answer was milder than I expected.

Anyway, when I returned to the dwarven village with Orha, the first thing I did was meet Azur.

Despite the sun rising in the sky and even a small sun rising in the sky not far from the ground, she managed to survive safely.

However, the dwarves in the house that Akasha destroyed were not safe, and the dwarves who returned from the mine after night were in a gloomy mood for a while.

And apart from that, the female dwarves, who were unable to properly understand the situation due to the dazzling sun, thought that I alone had protected the village.

The story quickly spread among the dwarves, and their faith rapidly increased.

Of course, I had a hard time, but I unintentionally did something that made Stella, the person who contributed the most, feel sorry for me.

“…….”

Now that I think about it, I remembered Stella telling me to come find her before she disappeared. She would have something to say, and I would have something to say.

It was time to visit Stella again.