Prologue

I was the type of person who didn’t really care how many religions existed in the country I lived in.

As long as no one was trying to proselytize me, what business was it of mine who believed in what?

It would only be frustrating for everyone involved if I tried to preach my thoughts to people who wouldn’t be persuaded.

So, no matter what anyone said about real-world religions, or how it affected a novel, I didn’t care. I just wouldn’t read it.

However, there was one novel I just couldn’t let slide.

A world where it was revealed that God truly existed, and that this God was not the God of any religion we knew, a fact that had spread widely.

Including that setting, the content itself was about gates opening in reality, countless monsters pouring out, and people fighting those monsters. It was quite interesting in its own way, and I liked the characters.

But there was one part that really bothered me.

“…A theocracy? A state religion? In 21st-century South Korea?”

That’s right.

Since the existence of God had been proven, people didn’t doubt God’s existence.

Up to this point, it could be considered plausible. It’s a setting that appears in other novels sometimes. There are plenty of modern fantasy stories with dimensional portals.

Although the protagonist’s frequent visits to that religious convent seemed unrealistic, well, that’s just how it is. Anyway, a heroine had to appear.

What I couldn’t stand was something else.

Good heavens, because of that, South Korea suddenly became a theocracy in just a few years?

Even if life hadn’t changed much from reality, as long as there was a legally established state religion, that country could never be a secular state. It basically meant it was a world very hostile to other religions or atheists.

What kind of nonsense was that, set in the 21st century where reason and rationality reigned?

And that, in a country that already guaranteed freedom of religion! And not even an established, deeply rooted religion, but a practically new religion!

Normally, I would have just ignored it and looked for another novel to read, but unfortunately, after reading the first few chapters, I had grown fond of a character and ended up reading all the way to the latest chapter.

And the more I did, the more that setting, which formed the foundation of the novel, kept bothering me.

After agonizing over it for days, I finally decided to send a sponsorship message to the author.

“[Author-nim, does it make sense for a secular state to become a theocracy in just a few years?]”

Starting with that content,

I filled the maximum character limit of the sponsorship message several times, dividing it into multiple messages-

Why, despite the existence of established religions, could a new religion not become the state religion, ignoring history? What were the reasons why it couldn’t be overcome without religious conflict? Even if God existed, how serious would the consequences be if religion were involved in secular affairs? After refuting it with historical and logical reasons-

“[I am enjoying the novel. Please write well.]”

With a polite closing like that, a splendid sponsorship message.

It wasn’t like I said I’d drop it but then read all the way to the latest chapter and constantly pestered them with comments, nor did I insult other readers or denigrate the fundamental genre of the novel, and it contained no personal attacks on the author-

The next day, I woke up as a five-year-old child.

And I was just dumped in front of a church, wearing nothing but rags.

I was discovered by a Priest who was entering the church after finishing his business outside, and I was brought inside. I was literally rescued, given a name, and managed to settle into this world somehow.

I, for my part, did my best to observe what kind of world I had fallen into. Based on a few words used in this world, my name, the location of this place, and crucially, my appearance, which, although I was still young, closely resembled the description in the novel, I was able to reach a conclusion about what kind of world this was relatively quickly.

And I was horrified.

“…A Saint?”

I muttered.

What, now you want me to be a Saint?

I gave someone sincere advice and counsel, and now you sent me to this world to mess with me, right?

Could it be that the person writing that novel was the God of this world? Are you kidding me?

If someone claims to be God, I’ll believe them so easily.

I clutched the back of my neck.

Yes, a Saint.

Even though it was set in South Korea, the heroine was a blonde, blue-eyed Caucasian, presumed to be of Caucasian descent for some reason. She had a great figure and a gentle personality.

Well, it’s fine if she has a good personality and a good figure, she’s the heroine. But why is her race completely different?

Even if she’s an orphan, isn’t that too unnatural? Isn’t the author’s taste too obvious?

Did I ask them to change the fundamental basis of the novel?

Can’t you just tweak the background setting a little? Change the setting a bit, change the setting of the in-story Korean civil servant-like priests a bit, change some characters’ religious settings a bit, and change the setting where the parents put the hero candidate heroine in a convent, just a little bit, is that so difficult?

Didn’t I also write that it would be a great novel if only that was fixed?

Well, I guess they threw me into this world because they didn’t even want to put in that much effort.

I don’t know who it is, but they are incredibly irrational and illogical. If they are God, they must know that changing the novel’s content is much simpler than reincarnating a person elsewhere.

….

“Haa.”

I placed my hand on my forehead.

What on earth is going on?

A Saint. My destiny is to become a Saint.

“…Am I going to do it?”

I muttered.

Of course, I have no intention of doing it.

Alright, I’m going to be completely rebellious from now on.

And I’ll get kicked out of the convent and overturn that plan from the ground up.

“You seem to want to claim you are God, but let’s see if I acknowledge you.”

Just to be clear, there’s one thing I absolutely have no intention of acknowledging.

I can’t do that, especially for the part I criticized the most!

What atheist in the world could become a Saint?