Chapter 254
- The Stories of Others (1)
#1 Their Circumstances: The Circumstances of a Certain Goddess
“It’s all gone.”
Despite claiming to be a god, her shameless appearance remains unchanged.
“Are evil gods also gods?”
“I’m a god! Evil! God! The evil god! And even before that, I was a god!”
“You were a nuisance god.”
“You can’t deny it!”
Even when she was called the goddess of greed and desire before being labeled an evil god, she never heard good things said about her.
Was it because she told her followers to do whatever they wanted, pursuing instinct over reason?
It was a religion that many evil demons of the Demon Race with aggressive tendencies believed in.
Among the children who were imperial aides, there were even those who embezzled donations sent to their sister the Demon God!
The Demon God sister had even grabbed them by the collar when she happily watched their embezzlement.
“And so I even make you, a master with no morals to be able to generously make disciples!”
“Who asked you to do that?”
“To be honest, Master should be grateful to me. Without me, you would have died long ago!”
This was not a lie.
I had created and saved a situation that forced the Master, who had a flawed personality, to become what he was. I wasn’t asking for compensation either.
It was genuinely true that without me, the Master would have died long ago.
“Why?”
“In the past, when Master used the strange abilities from your previous life, you lost your power as an exceptional being and became an ordinary person.”
Did the Creators make a small mistake when they created the world?
Beings who should never have entered would sometimes slip in.
Sorcery that connected the dimension of this world to other dimensions was high level magic, not enough to summon gods from another world.
When this world already had its own gods, for gods of another world to come…
It was an important event that could disrupt the balance of the world, and the world’s balance did waver because otherworldly gods were summoned.
And Master was the same. You have power from another world, though I don’t know what it is. And it’s a power that the regulations made by the gods don’t apply to.
Thanks to that, the world cut Master off from the laws of this world. And since you were an exceptional being from the start, the fragment of evil within the Imperial Princess could not touch you either.
But it was different after Master used his abilities.
After using them just once, your abilities completely disappeared. Stripped of your exceptionalism, you had to become an ordinary human.
“If I hadn’t chosen you as my disciple! If I hadn’t given you a portion of my power! You would have been torn apart and killed by the vengeful spirits who died from the fragment of evil!”
If I hadn’t kept watching over you, who knows, you might have already ceased to exist in this world.
So,
“Hurry up and show gratitude to your benefactor of life, to this goddess!”
Without me, you would have died long, long ago.
I had kept my mouth shut to conceal the secret, but now that you know my identity, I guess I can talk about it!
“If Master has even a shred of decency left, you should be thanking me!”
And as expected…
“Why should I?”
It was my mistake to expect decency from Master.
“Because I saved you?”
That was from before I entered this body.
I only call you Master because you created this lump of metal called bat. Originally, I was a god.
“It’s rare in history for a god to save a human life! They don’t even save heroes devoted to gods! And I saved a complete stranger! You should be grateful!”
Now, go ahead and apologize.
All this time, the way you disrespectfully acted toward this goddess!
When I graciously tried to share the secrets of the world, you dismissed it saying you don’t believe in legends!
And you even threatened to throw my body, no, my sacred vessel into a volcano!
Apologize for everything!
“It’s all your fault, though.”
“Huh?”
This was clearly the timing for an apology! I saved you, so I should get a thank you like normal people do! But instead, Master went on the offensive.
“Evil came into the world. And the gods sealed it away.”
“Y-yes, that’s right.”
“So who unsealed it?”
“…Me?”
“Yes, you. And what are these fragments of evil?”
“The evil energy that escaped from me when I was being sealed, gathering in other races?”
“Right. So why do these fragments of evil exist?”
“Because evil exists in the world?”
“No. Because some idiot unsealed the evil in the world!”
“Oh!”
“Yeah, it’s all your fault! You almost got me killed, but saved me, so I should be grateful? Don’t mess with me. You need to apologize. Apologize for almost killing me!”
Huh…? This is not right…
Why has the situation suddenly turned into me needing to apologize? I was clearly trying to get an apology!
“S-sorry?”
“Is that all? Which way is the volcano?”
“I’m sorry! I was wrong! I shouldn’t have pointlessly unsealed it and caused trouble!”
In the past, my truly furious younger sibling sacrificed everything to seal me away.
Thanks to that I was only able to awake after countless millennia, but I still hadn’t completely revived.
I was only able to revive because I had divinity left, but my divine power was at rock bottom!
If I lose this body here, I’ll have to sleep for at least another thousand years.
At worst, I may never be able to rise again.
So I have to beg.
I have to live to do something.
There’s no point in dying here just to keep my pride.
I put into practice what I learned from observing my Master for a long time.
“And regret?”
“I’m reflecting on it!”
“I see. Then should I… forgive you? Because of that incident, the Imperial Princess came after us like crazy, right? We’re still on the run because of it, aren’t we?”
Wow, look at the grudge he’s holding.
To be honest, everything related to the Imperial Princess was Master’s fault.
If Master hadn’t saved the Imperial Princess?
The Empire would not have been in its current position.
The reason why the Empire became an hegemonic nation that no one could touch was not because it won the war, but because it won the war perfectly.
Among the victorious nations, no one won with such moderate military force as the Empire.
Even though they won, they were in a battered state.
In a situation where the victorious nations were also damaged to the point where the country could stumble if they demanded excessive compensation from the defeated countries and the defeated countries charged at them saying let’s die together, the Empire’s moderate military force became a threat that could unify the continent.
Thanks to this, the defeated countries had no choice but to accept everything the Empire demanded, and the victorious countries had no choice but to move while watching the Empire.
With the enormous compensation received from the defeated countries, the Empire grew stronger and stronger, and the power of the princess chasing her master reached a level beyond imagination.
Humans call this self-inflicted.
Yes, it’s all the master’s self-inflicted.
He revived the princess who was supposed to die, brought victory to the Empire, and gave her younger brother, destroying the balance of the world.
All of this was the result of the master’s actions.
Whether it was what he wanted or didn’t want, the master’s small actions gathered and brought about the butterfly effect.
In other words, all of this is the master’s fault.
The bad thing is the master! I did nothing wrong!
“I’m sorry… it’s all my fault… Please forgive me…”
But the most important thing is that I have no power.
Sob…
A god bowing her head and apologizing to the apostle…
When people think of the known evil gods, they can’t even imagine something like this.
In fact, this was the only time after the world was created that I bowed my head, when my younger sister broke the seal and charged in.
I’ve never bowed my head to my older sister god… Hum, I’m kind of excited about bowing to a human!
“Well, since you apologized first…”
“Are you forgiving me?”
“As if.”
The sentence sounds strange, doesn’t it?
After saying since I apologized first…, wouldn’t the correct sentence be to accept the apology?
My mouth was full of things I wanted to point out, but I could only shut my mouth tightly.
To think that I, who had no gods to stop me in the divine world, would become so timid…
As expected, it’s exciting!
“You seem to be enjoying this…”
“No I’m not!”
It’s just a slight excitement, not enjoying it.
Not yet!
“Well, let’s move on for now.”
“For now… You’re going to bring this up again later, aren’t you…”
“Of course. You threatened my life, there’s no way I’ll forgive you here, right?”
“Wow…”
Of the countless humans I’ve seen since the world was created, none of them were as vicious as this one.
Now that relentless extortion seems virtuous, I regret choosing this master as an apostle just because it seemed interesting!
If I wasn’t tied to the master in various meanings, I might have abandoned the master and ran away.
“You’d better think carefully.”
“About what now?”
“The people taking us are elves. You know that, right?”
“Of course.”
“Whose god do those elves serve?”
“Master…”?
Beyond threats, more threats are coming out.
Weren’t there supposed to be pacing and modulation even in threats?
Shouldn’t they dangle carrots occasionally while wielding the whip, rather than just whip all the time!
“Ask me anything!”
I have no choice but to submit!
“As expected of a goddess. Although you’re a god, you seem to properly understand the situation.”
I was very curious about what kind of divine being exists in the master’s mind, but I didn’t vocalize it.
As I quietly closed my mouth for a moment, the master asked what he was curious about.
“What is an evil god’s apostle? Does it have good and bad points?”
“An apostle is someone chosen by a god and lent some of their power. The relationship between you as the master and me is a bit, or rather very ambiguous to be officially called a god and apostle relationship.”
“Ambiguous parts?”
“Yes. For starters, my younger sister completely plundered not only my soul but also my divinity, so I barely maintain my godhood. In other words, I can lend you no power whatsoever.”
“In other words, useless.”
“Thanks to that you lived! If you had been recognized as a resident of this world the moment you became my apostle, the primal souls of the fragments of evil would have killed you!”
“…”
The master closed his mouth for a moment, deep in thought.
Did I feel something from hearing that I saved his life a second time?
Yes, that would be normal.
If he’s human, not an animal! Unless he’s an animal, not a human!
“Oh, now that I’ve heard it twice I understand, but if I hadn’t become your apostle I could have used magic after being recognized as a resident of this world, right?”
As expected, this human is not a person. He is an ungrateful beast!
“Ah, no! Saving your life is more important!”
“Of course it is! I’ve been so frustrated not being able to use magic until now!”
He looked very frustrated.
“But, you have the cute goddess with you instead of magic…”
“Don’t need it!”
“Immediate answer?”
I was slightly hurt.
“Hey, aren’t you going too far? We’ve been partners so far! Comrades of the soul!”
“The partner and comrade of an evil god! I hear yelling to drive me out from every temple!”
Lamenting that there was another place he had to run away from, the master grabbed me by the collar and shook me, demanding I hand over magic.
“Give me your magic!”
“Ah, it’s too late! Your body already has a fragment of evil lodged in it! And you think magic gathers in an instant? Even if you start training in magic now, you may not master a single spell before you die!”
“Damn! So it’s already too late…? Then how do I use this fragment of evil? I can use weird skills like the Demon King, right?”
“Um… there is… but…”
The fragments of evil contain the desires of each race.
What the master has is the desire held by dragons.
That is,
“If you use the fragment of evil, you’ll… be really good at seducing women.”
“What the…”
The supreme race, the rich race that adorns their treasures with gold, dragons have only one thing they couldn’t obtain. That’s the reproduction of their race.
“Dragons have the desire to make many children. So there’s an ability to seduce the opposite sex well.”
[Lmao}
“…That’s it?”
“That’s it.”
After the master closed his mouth for a moment, I looked at him with pity and carefully offered words of encouragement.
“But don’t worry! You have the goddess Ar…”
“Don’t neeeeeeed!”
“Ahh, save me!”
After that, it took an hour to calm down the master who threatened to throw me into a volcano.
