Chapter Index

    “… Are you a member of the Serapian family?”

    ‘House Seraphian?’

    Why is the story of the Duke of the Human Empire suddenly coming up?

    ‘I thought you said that it was a family with excellent medical skills, but is that why?’

    Perhaps, seeing people’s wounds regenerate, I mistook my healing rosary for a healing device made with the cutting-edge technology of the Serapian family.

    ‘Are you sure this is right? Or not?’

    I was silent for a moment, lost in thought. Kai Delshad didn’t urge me on either.

    Anyway, my identity at the travel destination is all fake.

    Add to that the fact that he pretended to be from a noble family, and it wouldn’t be anything special.

    The problem is that if you get caught lying, you lose all the trust you’ve built up and it all turns into disappointment.

    ‘It’s okay to understand that someone may misunderstand, but it’s difficult because you have to answer when they ask you outright instead of just guessing inside.’

    As I was wondering what to say to benefit myself, I heard Maria’s voice.

    – It’s not just because of that. You know that the Serapian family is the center of not only medicine but also religion in the Imperium of Man, right?

    ‘I know. You told me before. Honestly, I wonder what use religion is in this SF world, but I’ve come to understand it as a means to accept the infinity of the universe.’

    Even in modern times, when science and technology are highly developed, religion still exerts an absolute influence on society.

    Perhaps religion is a belief that cannot disappear as long as humanity exists.

    -That’s right. And that religion is called The Stellar Luminaries. Novaris is the god of supernovas, and he represents the power of destruction and regeneration.

    ‘Novalis…’

    Now that I think about it, the people I just treated muttered the word Novaris.

    I was wondering why the name of a planetary system suddenly came up, and it turns out it’s the name of a god.

    Destruction and regeneration.

    In a way, isn’t this a symbol that perfectly matches what our group just showed us?

    Because Maria destroyed the suppression robots and cyborg parts without hesitation, and I healed their wounds.

    From what I’ve heard, the religion of the Constellation of Luminaris seems to be a very widespread religion throughout the Imperium of Man, so it makes sense that those wicked people would kneel and weep.

    Could it be that these people are experiencing some kind of religious inspiration right now?

    Since the tool I used for treatment is in the shape of a rosary, it is easier to associate it with that image…

    I asked just in case.

    ‘Is that the symbol of the religion called the Luminaris Constellation a cross?’

    -yes.

    ‘… I see.’

    The cross is certainly one of the simplest and most famous religious symbols. It is a symbol that anyone can draw without any special drawing practice and is available everywhere.

    I thought that perhaps the author of Nova Empire had simply adopted one of the most famous religious symbols, the cross, without much thought.

    Thanks to that, I feel like I’ve become an incarnation of God, or something like a saint, to these people.

    ‘What a coincidence.’

    I looked at the people lying on the floor sobbing and thought.

    Religion had an invisible power that could make even the roughest of people cry like children in an instant.

    Kai Delshard and the bartender seemed to have come to their senses, but there was no denying that their fear and awe of me had grown even stronger.

    ‘By the way, the facility I’m trying to get my hands on is in the Novaris planetary system, and if the god of supernova, who symbolizes destruction and regeneration, is Novaris… Is the Novaris planetary system named after a god, even though it’s a frontier planet?’

    -According to the information stored in the terminal, it is not just the Novaris planetary system, but the Novaris-7913 planetary system to be exact. Among the planetary systems scattered throughout the universe, there are quite a few planetary systems named after gods. Novaris is one of the more popular gods among them. It is similar to the story of how the name of this planetary system, Frontier, is not the only Frontier planetary system.

    ‘… So you’re saying that duplicate nicknames are allowed?’

    It seemed like it would be similar to calling Mars in reality Mars, the god of war in Roman mythology, or calling the now-banished Pluto, another name for Hades.

    Anyway, the original plan to bestow grace on Kai Delshard was over-achieved.

    Not only was he our target, but the other customers, including the bartender, were acting as if they wanted to serve us right away.

    ‘If this continues like this, I’ll definitely end up turning into a space cult.’

    But there is no need for me to step forward and correct this misconception.

    I have no intention of becoming a religious leader, but is there really a need to stand in front of religious people and say, ‘I’m actually an atheist, and what you think is a miracle is the effect of a man-made artifact’?

    What is that?

    I heard somewhere that in the Middle East, there is a religion that tolerates other pagans but doesn’t even treat atheists like human beings.

    In that case, I thought it would be better to give them a somewhat vague answer so that they would continue to misunderstand.

    So that even if you find out the truth later, you can at least make an excuse that you didn’t lie.

    Some might say that this is no different from a lie, but then I would just call myself a liar.

    “… It’s a little difficult to go into detail about who I am.”

    “Oh… ! As expected!”

    “The Saint of Novaris…!”

    “Thank you for giving me this miracle! I will live in repentance from now on!”

    Kai Delshad tilted his head slightly at my meaningful answer, but the rest of the people reacted very strongly.

    There was even a guy who said he would repent, but when I think about how many people throw out empty promises like that when they’re excited, and then go back to their usual ways when they come to their senses, I didn’t have high hopes.

    If you ask me whether it would really help me if someone repented, I’m not sure about that either. I’d rather have someone who was loyal to me with a certain amount of moral flexibility.

    He watched the people sobbing for a moment, then opened his mouth to urge them on.

    “Rather than that, I think it would be better to get out of here quickly. If we know that the suppression robot’s signal has been cut off, we can send more troops.”

    “That’s right. They sent a suppression robot rather than just a security robot, so we need to move quickly.”

    Kai Delshad also agreed with my opinion.

    The moment the group was about to move.

    Chorrr!

    Metal shutters came down from all the windows and doors of the hollow building, blocking us from the outside world.

    As the light that Moon Ji-yu’s shadow had been allowing to pass through disappeared, the store was plunged into deep darkness.

    The electricity had been out for a long time, so I used my power to create a spark and float it up to the ceiling. As soon as the torch appeared on the ceiling, my vision returned.

    As a bonus, people began to worship again like monkeys who had seen fire for the first time, shouting words like “Fire! Destroy!”

    Kookookookook…

    And then the floor began to shake as if an earthquake had occurred.

    “Oh no.”

    Kai Delshard looked around with a hardened face, as if he had noticed something.

    “It looks like they’re moving the bar with a construction drone.”

    “Moving the bar?”

    “Yes. All the buildings here are built with modular blocks, so they can be moved as Jamad intends. Normally, they are relocated to new locations after a set period of time, but… if there are dangerous people or objects, as they are now, they are blocked off from the outside and transported immediately.”

    “What should I do after moving it?”

    “You can move it to a secluded place and send in a bunch of suppression robots to suppress it by force, or, as rumor has it, you can even blow up the entire building… ”

    Sending in a robot to arrest them doesn’t work, so you’re arresting the entire building?

    SF scale really…

    The absurd situation was so ridiculous that I almost laughed out loud.

    Doesn’t this mean that Jamad could have figured out where the subversive elements were living in advance and moved their entire houses while they were sleeping?

    Of course, no matter how cheap modular block buildings are, it’s not very cost-effective to dispose of the entire building, so if you know that much information, you can just clean it up without anyone knowing, but the fact that it’s entirely possible is funny.

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