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Episode 209 Saint (3)

4 days after the war with the gods. Justia still bore the scars of the war.

Nevertheless, the Holy Nation was quite lively today. In particular, the believers of the Holy Nation were busy moving things around.

The people of other countries were anxious at the sight of these believers. They were worried about what might happen next.

However, although it had not been publicly announced, those who needed to know roughly knew what was going on, so it wasn’t too noisy.

“How is it, Lana? Does it suit me well?”

“Yes, it suits you well.”

Lana touched my clothes and nodded. I quietly felt her touch. Lana’s skin, which I occasionally touched, was soft.

Then Evan, who was watching this scene from the side, intervened.

“Hey, Lana, be honest. It doesn’t really suit him, does it? Hyungnim looks good in other colors, but for some reason, white just doesn’t suit him. Look, even Veil is laughing.”

“Ahem… I wasn’t laughing. Don’t make things up.”

“Wipe the drool from your mouth before you talk, Veil.”

Why the hell are those bastards here making a fuss? I wanted to kick them out right away, but I couldn’t because they were also the main characters of the pre-inauguration ceremony.

“Shut up, you guys. I don’t need to look good to you.”

This pure white saint’s robe is to show the believers the birth of the saint. More than anything, it’s enough if Lana is satisfied. I don’t need the evaluations of male bastards.

Whether or not I cared, Evan asked Ariel next to him.

“What do you think, Princess? Isn’t white really bad?”

Then Ariel’s gaze started from my face and went down. After looking closely, she gave her review.

“I think it’s okay. Although the initial outfit design wasn’t great.”

“Ah, the first outfit was definitely weird. It seems ‘slightly’ better than then.”

“Don’t emphasize it, you son of a bitch.”

“Ack!”

I smacked Evan on the head.

Anyway, he makes a fuss whenever he gets the chance. Of course, that’s Evan’s way of expressing his friendliness, so I let it slide.

Like that, we had a boisterous conversation as usual. Then the door opened, and the Holy Nation’s believers came in.

They bowed to us and took everyone except me. The inauguration ceremony was next.

Left alone in the waiting room, I opened the status window and touched something. Then, looking at the list that appeared before my eyes, I waited for the inauguration ceremony.

***

About an hour later, the believers came in. Finally, it was my turn. I followed their guidance and moved.

A few minutes later, we faced a road. I slowly raised my head and looked at the road. At the end of it, I saw stairs leading to the sky.

At the same time, the steps of the Justia believers stopped. As if their guidance was only up to here, they reached out towards the stairs.

I nodded and headed towards the stairs alone.

Tak, I place one foot on the stairs. And then I take the next step. I began to climb the stairs slowly and dignifiedly.

The stairs looked very dangerous. There were only stairs leading up there, and there were no railings. The height was quite high, so if you fell from here, you would die instantly.

Of course, I knew very well that that wouldn’t happen.

I climbed the stairs and reached the end. And as I took the last step, someone greeted me.

Bowing, Estella, the Saintess, was greeting me.

She had a solemn attitude and atmosphere. She looked quite like a Saintess. I approached her, and she led me.

Following the Saintess, I walk on the pure white marble. The marble floor, only 10cm thick, supported us perfectly even though it was floating in the air.

I reached the end of the floor. An enormous number of people came into my sight.

All the believers of Justia were basically gathered, and there were also academies and people from other countries who had gathered for the exchange meeting. Among them were those who had come to understand the current situation.

And they all raised their heads and looked at this side, at me.

I said softly to Estella.

“Start.”

“Yes.”

Divine power blooms from the Saintess’s hand. The still vast divine power filled the surroundings and even the sky.

“Wow…”

“Beautiful…”

Admiration erupted from everywhere at the sight. Someone was so moved by this scene that they shed tears.

Estella gathered the widely spread divine power and guided it to the Holy Grail placed in front of us. A huge amount of divine power began to be sucked into the Holy Grail.

The inside of the cup rippled. It wasn’t water, but divine power condensed to a high concentration.

Hwaaa!!

Immediately after, the Holy Grail reacted to the divine power and shone brightly. Then, highly concentrated divine power was released to the outside, creating a small space.

After a while, a huge force spewed out, and someone appeared inside the space. Orange, yellow, green, and white. The gods of Justia, now reduced to four.

“……”

“……”

Everyone couldn’t take their eyes off the appearance of the gods, and there were no words either. Only the believers of the Holy Nation were showing respect to the gods.

In the first place, it was very rare for a god to directly show their appearance, and at most, they would show their appearance when appointing a Saint and Saintess like now. Even that wasn’t done often, so the appearance of the gods was even more mysterious to them.

I took a step forward and faced them. Then White, the God of Light, came forward to me as a representative. She created the concept of Saint and Saintess, so it was a natural thing.

White, who was standing in front of me, spoke so that only those around could hear.

“First, let me express my gratitude. Thank you. Thanks to you, we were able to save Justia, the future of this world. If it weren’t for you, there would be no peace now.”

“Did you have to say that now?”

“Because if it’s not now, there won’t be time to tell you. I don’t think you would come looking for me given your personality.”

“That’s true.”

I was facing them directly because it was this occasion, but if it wasn’t for this situation, I wouldn’t have even thought about meeting them.

“More than that, should we end the conversation here?”

“I understand.”

White nodded and amplified her voice with divinity, saying.

“Kyle Arden. Are you ready to become a Saint?”

White’s question spreads throughout Justia. Hearing that, people down there were only staring at my mouth. Everyone seemed to be expecting my answer.

However, I slightly betrayed their expectations and said.

“I’m ready. But don’t expect anything. I have no intention of doing what Estella does.”

I put strength into White’s amplification and continued speaking.

“You know my background. I was born in Arden and raised in the Empire. I have no faith in gods. Not even a speck. So don’t think that I will do anything as a Saint. Is that okay?”

Hearing my words, White smiled slightly and answered.

“I think you have already done everything you will do as a Saint for the rest of your life with this incident.”

Then she came closer to me and kissed my forehead with divinity. Then White’s stigmata was engraved on the back of my hand, and I felt a connection with White.

White stepped back, and then Green came forward.

“I was going to do it first, but White is something else. Still, Kyle. I hope we can talk often. You’re a Saint, right?”

Green followed White and kissed my forehead. Green’s stigmata was engraved. I was starting to feel dirty.

Next was Orange. I watched him warily, glaring at him.

“I’m not doing that.”

He said that and then patted my shoulder. His divinity flowed in, and the back of my hand became slightly hot.

“Me too, lightly!”

Soon, Yellow pressed down on my forehead, and the last stigmata was engraved.

That was it. The Saint Inauguration Ceremony was a very simple event that ended when the gods directly engraved the stigmata.

“Are you really a Saint now?”

As soon as the inauguration ceremony ended, Estella spoke to me. I couldn’t help but smile at her eyes that were shining brightly as if we had finally become a pair.

“I guess I’m really a Saint.”

You never know what will happen in life. I never thought I would be connected to the gods again. But I won’t use this power anyway.

Then Estella grabbed my hand and said.

“Let’s do well in the future, Kyle oppa.”

“Yeah.”

I didn’t want to show this side of me to the people, but today I responded to her smile.

Still, since this position was created. It was too bad to end it like this. I squeezed out divine power from the stigmata and unfolded divine magic.

[Blessing]

Divine power turns into starlight and decorates the sky. The starlight, affected by gravity, began to flow down to the ground.

“Wow…”

“Stars!”

People were amazed as they watched the scene. They had faces that were excited as if they had seen snow for the first time since they were children. People mentioned my name.

That day, a Saint was born amidst the blessings of many people.

And.

[Title: Acquired ‘Saint’]

[Many people are calling your name]

[Congratulations! Acquired 100,000 Fame Points!]

[Please use the store!]

This damn system also sent a congratulatory message.

***

After the Saint Inauguration Ceremony, I stopped by the waiting room to change my clothes. This Saint’s robe was more uncomfortable than I thought, so it was hard to keep wearing it.

Besides, the color was too flashy, so I didn’t like it. I wondered how Estella wore this outfit.

Anyway, I had someone waiting for me, so I quickly changed and tried to leave. They were holding a festival to celebrate the birth of a new Saint.

I thought they should be repairing the damage during that time, but the believers would take care of that.

Just as I was about to open the door and leave. Before I could even grab the handle, the door opened first. And a woman was seen.

“Chloe….”

It was Chloe. It was the first time I had seen her in 6 days.