Abandoned Priest at the Hero’s Party

Angel of the Night

There are many gods on the continent. In my adventures with Urinell, I realized that God is not far from us humans.

From a small guardian deity who protects a village, to a mountain deity who protects a place treated as a holy mountain, to the various indigenous deities worshiped by each tribe in each region. Where there was faith, there was also divinity.

Of course, we humans are the most populous race on the continent, and the five gods, whom many humans believe in, are in charge of all the deities and are in the position of the gods.

Three goddesses who are often referred to as the three gods, who are actually queens of the gods.

And demons and deities so powerful that even they cannot control them.

All of these five are human beings who take care of humans. If other races, such as beasts, want to believe, he doesn’t deny that belief, but he doesn’t want to be the first to give them a favor.

‘Ancient God…’

The more I listened to Mr. Layton and the princess, the more complicated my mind became.

Isn’t the explanation you hear really similar to my Lord?

The vague feeling that the Lord is somehow different from the other gods is not something I’ve been getting for a day or two. Even though I have never met such great people as I did, there have been a few times where I have encountered strange gods such as local demons and shinigami.

The gods who obtained their divinity through a cunning method such as human sacrifice, which are closer to evil spirits than gods. Those who need to be eradicated, such as the god of plague or the god of plague.

In terms of strength alone, it may be inferior to a strong human being, but since a god is a god, special attention was required when dealing with such a god of death. Perhaps they are more demanding than the Demon King, and we have never met only one.

In any case, they all longed for and received faith in common. They wanted faith to come into them in one way or another. The attitude was different from my Lord’s detachment from faith.

If the Lord is the Old God who is the very law of the universe, and therefore does not need our human faith.

This explains why he only accepts one faith and can bestow divinity on me. In the first place, his power must not come from faith, but from himself.

But is it really?

“As I said before, we have to ask a really serious question about this. If the person you serve is really the Old Gods, I would like to make contact with the person you serve at any cost.”

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Mr. Layton couldn’t hide his impatience and asked me, but I too had to ask myself. Is my Lord the law of this universe?

A law is a law because it simply exists without will or will. Is the Lord like that? No matter how you think about it, no.

At first glance, he seems to maintain absolute neutrality, but he actually helps many people through me. Between this world and us humans, He takes our side.

Of course, nothing is more pointless than asking who he is.

I shook my head. The Lord may or may not be the Old God.

What matters is not that, but whether you can help them with the power of the Lord. If that’s enough, I think you’ll probably get an answer if you ask me.

“Is that so…”

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Mr. Layton looked at me suspiciously, as if he had misinterpreted my reaction. I explained this. Who the Lord is and why He helps us, I don’t know.

He didn’t tell me, and I didn’t ask. If it was really necessary, he would have told me first. Or, an angel may have delivered the letter as a messenger.

“You can just ask the Lord and do your best. If trying to break free from the curse of the sun is what you want to tell the Lord, I will pass it on to you.”

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Mr. Layton, who didn’t respond as if he had seen me speak in vain, opened his eyes wide and looked at me when it was time for me to put my hands together and pray.

“Hey, if you’re really praying, can’t you just ask me one more thing?”

now? while praying?

Ah… tell me first. As soon as possible.

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Many angels are passing by right now in front of my eyes.

“Oh, of course, I am not saying that I am dissatisfied with the Duke. Can’t you get me wrong? You are a good person. Sometimes I don’t understand, but it’s hard to find a boss like him.”

As much as possible, tell the main body quickly, within three sentences.

“But, while working, there are times, very rarely, when you want to be guaranteed autonomy in your work. And there are times when you want to have your privacy guaranteed.”

“But since we were born, we have been bound by the power of domination, so that’s difficult. May I ask if it is okay if I ask if the Lord of the priests can hear me about this business grievance?”

Don’t turn around like that! I have no idea what you’re talking about.

I’ll try to upload it as it is without making a mistake, but it’s not my fault even if the Lord ignores it. Please remember that I did my part anyway…

rumble.

But how long has it been since you prayed? The moving speed of the wagon gradually slowed down, and then it came to a complete stop. Mr. Layton frowned and shouted at the coachman.

“Why did you suddenly stop? Are there any obstacles ahead?”

“Hey, these guys are suddenly not listening. Yeki, hey, Inomu children. go. Go ahead. Hey dude, why are you looking at the sky in vain? The sky… Ha, the sky…?! Whoa?!”

Suddenly we heard a scream, and we opened the door and ran out without anyone telling us who came first. As I sat on the driver’s seat and measured the pulse of the fainted coach, I could feel my heart beating properly.

Fortunately, it seems that he is just fainting. In the meantime, the four horses pulling the carriage were just staring at the sky without any fuss.

“sky? What is in the sky…”

I saw that Layton’s expression turned pale in an instant as he looked up at the sky.

He staggered for a moment, as if seeing something he couldn’t handle. Even after I barely took a position, my legs trembled relentlessly. He seems to be trying to say something, but no voice comes out, he just stretches out his fingers and points at the sky.

That calm person, that relaxed person,

There is something in that sky that makes you lose all your composure and become terrified.

“Hey, this is… what…”

The princess looked up at the sky proudly, and for a moment became a hapjuk.

He was able to speak after a while, but he stuttered heavily. While trying to draw the sword, my hands trembled and I missed the handle several times. Suddenly, something squeezed my leg and hugged me tightly.

Roka’s tail trembled and wrapped around my legs.

Rocca, who looked up at the sky with a frown on her face like a growling dog, was actually frightened in my eyes. It was enough to know that his ears were shaking uncontrollably.

“I, I, I, I, I…”

Who is going to protect whom?

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Maybe the person up there is someone I know.

I thought so and shook my head. Indeed, he is already an old man.

The sky hasn’t changed in the slightest. The vast night sky embroidered the horizon from end to end.

But if you look very closely,

You can see that there are no moons or clouds in the night sky. That sky full of only stars and the Milky Way is not really our sky.

A giant night giant, so great that it covered the entire sky, stood tall and looked down upon us.

-Apostle. The Lord has received your prayer.

Another family serving the Lord.

The angel of the night came to me to deliver the letter of the Lord.

We met once when we were told of the most powerful miracle I have, ‘The Milky Way Blooming Night,’ and now is the second time we met. In the past, there was a time when he suddenly appeared and surprised me when I was standing by.

I didn’t expect to see you like this again this time.

This time, the appearance is noisy. He manifests through the night sky, unlike other angels.

-First, let me tell you in advance that the Lord has granted one of your two requests.

Yes. From my point of view, the second request was negligible.

Because even I who had prayed did not understand what he was asking me to do.

– The Lord’s answer to the first request, as follows.

But that was just my opinion,

Indeed, the will of the Lord was beyond my understanding with my little head.

– You can do this with your own strength, so don’t lean on me. The Lord’s will, it is. Apostle, the Lord judges you already have the capacity to solve this problem.

Because what the Lord heard was the second prayer I didn’t even know what it meant.

-The Lord’s will for your second prayer, this is it. You who long for freedom If you are willing to respect the freedom of others as much as yours, I will gladly grant you freedom.

Layton’s expression changed. He made a complicated expression and then shut his mouth.

-Apostle. The Lord has given you a new miracle. It is up to you to use the miracle or not to use it.

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Miracle, servant of the commandment.

Beep once to open the light. It rings twice to enlighten you on what you bought.

Ring three times to bring freedom. A miracle bell that breaks any bondage.

A new miraculous power resided within me.

…I don’t know why it was nested.

pass.

Like the night sky, the giant’s body began to crumble like a mirage. It must not have been a real thing, and it must have been that he only briefly revealed his presence through a method similar to fantasy or projection. When you’ve done your job, it’s gone now.

Even before and after it disappeared, the night sky was still black and dark.

as if nothing had changed. as if nothing had happened.

But it was clear that it wasn’t just an illusion. Not only the four of us, but also the coachman and the horse have seen him.

-Apostle. Sometimes, before you tell the Lord, take a look at yourself. You are the Lord’s appointed agent on earth, and you can do more than you think.

After hearing the angel’s last words, I gave thanks and looked around.

Everyone looked at me with blank expressions. As I quietly offered a prayer of thanks, Mr. Layton asked with hesitation.

“Priest.”

For some reason, his voice was trembling.

“What are you serving…?”

haha.

I don’t know either.

*****

How happy was the woman in that brief moment of hope?

But now, she regretted her past madly. It was as if a growing sense of guilt was whispering. As the light began to appear, a shadow that had been invisible in the dark was revealed.

Do you want so many children to go to hell and only your son to get better? It felt like someone was whispering into my ear. No, what does the same mean?

It is neither a hallucination nor an illusion. It was really whispering. There was nothing I could do other than say I was wrong.

“I’m sorry… I’m sorry… I’m really sorry…”

The Duke of Shmira ordered to weed out the deformed child, and she and her husband did not refuse the order.

When vampires of ordinary rank gave birth to a deformed child, who would snatch the child from the parents’ hands and throw it into the mountains? Who was the one who suppressed and subdued the screaming parents with the power of domination?

It was only after he gave birth to a deformed child that he realized a little bit of their feelings. Now I understand the feelings of parents who have to say goodbye to their newborn child forever. The memories of driving them into hell and killing the crying children and burying them in the mountains came back vividly.

Selfishly speaking, his son never wanted to do that.

She held her son, just weeping. so that the cry does not enter the child’s ears.

Humans rely on God at times like this, but vampires have nowhere to escape. No god hears their prayers, they can only believe in themselves.

smart.

The knock on the door didn’t get stronger or weaker, it was heard over and over with the same intensity.

No, it was coming out right in front of me now. Something that had been knocking on the front door before was knocking on the door right in front of the now closed door. One thing was certain.

That’s definitely not a vampire. I didn’t feel the slightest bit of blood.

– You don’t welcome it?

When Layla realized that, she was almost in a panic.

The knocking outside the door stopped, and a voice was heard. There was one voice, but not one.

– Even then. And now?

It seemed like countless babies were babbling towards her. The voice was heard over and over again. Only then did she know what had come to her.

“It is you…”

The karma came to her in the form of a god.

A buzzing sound began to come out in my head. Something was on top of her, knocking on her head. Tears of blood flowed regardless of his will, and his head was paralyzed with fear.

‘Reaper (邪神)…’

A god of the kind that is terrifying and brings disaster.

Another kind of personal god that was created by eating and drinking not belief, but evil thoughts.

A disaster of the intellect that is more fundamental than the Demon King. A true religious enemy that all denominations, including the Three Gods, fear and hate more than the demons. When and how was it born?

It makes no sense to ask.

‘Cause what’s going to happen just happens

‘We created… God.’

The woman, who was holding the child tightly in fear, saw the child open and looking at her. Those eyes were no longer distant. Because I am no longer a vampire.

“Mom.”

Seeing the babbling, Layla screamed and dropped the child.

However, it lands on both feet and toddles. The thing that was in the child came slowly.

“Why did you kill us?”

The lights went out, and the lights went out.

In the darkness, only the eyes of the reaper shone quietly.