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Chapter 29: There’s not just good things in the truth
After that, It was still awkward, but when she asked to “Please behave as before.” I took a deep breath and succeeded in getting back to normal as much as possible.
……Gununu, why am I the one who is being more nervous……Isn’t this the side who is waiting the one who should be more nervous in this kind of situation…….
After a few days after the bomb was dropped, in a cloudless sunny morning.
When we were all praying to the God of Creation as part of our daily routine, the God of Creation descended to us, though it was in an insubstantial state like before.
Uru and I are used to it, but Fricka and Fin openned their eyes wide and stiffed for a while, then they kneeled down in a hurry.
“Good morning, God of Creation.”
“Yes, good morning. It’s been a while, Rion, Uru.”
“Umu, it’s been a while.”
Because I’m a miko is one thing, but when even Uru began to talk casually, the other two who been watching us, started to blink, doubting their eyes…… Well, she is their object of worship, It can’t be helped.
“Nice to meet you, the elves over there.”
“!… Y-Yes.”
“Nice, to meet you.”
It seems that they are in a state where words cannot come out easily, so when I introduced them, they said, “It’s too much to ask the Creator God to remember our names.” and they shrank even more.
Well, they just have to get used to it. If you live in my base, liking or not, you’ll gonna meet her more times in the future.
Since it’s about the Creator God, she may already know the development of the situation this time, but I will still give her a rough report.
By the way, I didn’t mention the slightly embarrassing part about the bride’s riot, I’m not hiding it, it’s just a story that has nothing to do with it!
“And… This is the end of the story of that miko… But is this ending was good?”
And finally, I showed the magic stone that was the core to the Creator God.
“… That’s fine. You’ve solved the problem well. Thank you.”
The Creator God just closed her eyes for a while and thanked me without saying anything in particular.
I was entrusted with the solution, so it would be a problem if she complained about it now… But still, It look that she does had lingering thoughts about it.
It looks like we still have time to talk, so let’s ask anyway.
“… God of creation, why did you make such a man a miko?”
In response to my question, I heard a gasping sound coming from Fricka.
As for the Creator God, she looked up at the sky for a moment and then explained in a sorry voice.
“He was a devout believer when he was young, but…”
Even before he was chosen as a miko, he had a deep faith in the creator god, and it seems that he had created many tools for the village and for the creator god. Although the things he made were mediocre, like a normal villager, he was still appointed as a miko because of his attitude and faith.
He was overjoyed, and with the power of the Miko, he continued to create more and more things. He minimized damage from monsters and contributed greatly to the development of the village. And everyone was happy at it.
But… The next time the Creator God saw him, he had completely changed.
“If I had watched him more before it happened, he wouldn’t have turned out like this…Maybe the things would took a different turn.”
At that time, there were dozens of other mikos around the world.
There were many mikos, and she also had her original role, so she was not doing things like watching them as much often as she watch me now. By the time that she noticed, his hometown had become a burnt field, and he himself was doing whatever he wanted in the distant Alness village.
It wasn’t a situation that could be overlooked, and when the creator questioned him, he only replied, “Where is the need to carefully protect those who killed my wife?”.
“He didn’t have the will to change, so I took away his power as a miko, but… He just couldn’t use the miko’s special skills, but his knowledge and experience remained…”
The creator god bowed her head to Fricka and Fin deeply, apologizing for her late response, and both of them got flustered.
She is to humble for a god. That said, It would might be annoying if she took a too bossy attitude.
Well, that was the general summary of the circumstances.
……It was predicted that he had changed because his spouse had been killed, and perhaps he also had some aspects worthy of sympathy.
However…That doesn’t mean that the he can make what he wanted to the completely unrelated residents of Alness village.
Therefore, I am not mistaken. I want to think. …Maybe I’m just defending myself.
When I was trying to digest my heavy conscience somehow… As if the creator god had read my mind again, she put her hand on my head and started to stroking it.
“Rion, I’m sorry for just putting a burden on you.”
“… No, I did it because of my own will.”
“……Thank you very much.”
“Even so… What was that Evil Treant… Was it a monster or a dungeon…”
I was a little embarrassed to be patted on the head again, and even though I intended to complain only to divert the conversation, the answer was simply answered by the Creator God.
“Oh, you didn’t noticed it? Rion should have already experienced this…”
“Eh?”
“The principle is the same as the Whale Island.”
“……Ah.”
Aaaaah that’s right, there was a thing like that!
The whale island dungeon??a case in which a gigantic whale became an island, and the whole island, both body surface and the insides, were treated like a dungeon. Even so, it was originally a monster, so it was classified as a monster in the system.
In the case of Evil Treant, it was not inside the body, but it had the same properties as a dungeon in that it was a controlled area that collects life force. However, because they were originally monsters, they are classified as such.
But well, that time was really hard… The insides of the body looks disgusting, but even so, when I put my hand on the meat wall, thinking it could be used as a material, blood splattered, every time the whale opened its mouth, the seawater flowed in and it almost made me drown, the gastric juices almost dissolved me, and the parasite monsters looked so gross that made me cry…
“Hey. Rion, are you okay?”
“Ha!…”
When I was involuntarily looking into the distance with a blank look, Uru tapped me on the shoulder.
I just forgot about it this time, but there’s a high possibility that I’ll encounter something unknown in the future… I have to deal with them calmly.
About the story about the number of mikos earlier, I asked about something that suddenly caught my attention.
“Speaking of which, how many mikos are there now?”
“Including Rion, there are three active mikos.”
“… Too little!”
It seems that she reflected on the matter of Alness Village and tightened the criteria for appointing new mikos. I wonder why I cleared that strict standard, but that’s aside.
There are miko who die in battles with monsters and accidents, and there are miko ‘who give up their power because they are tired of living’, but even if the number decreases, it doesn’t increases that much.
Now that there are so few miko, you could say it’s putting the cart before the horse, or you could say that that the things that happened were meant to be…… It’s not going well, is it?
Hmm? I heard something strange just now?
“If you’re tired of living, why would you give back the power?”
“Acquiring the power of a miko means becoming an existence close to that of a god, so even if you are not immortal, you will become indefinitely ageless.”
“……What?”
Ageless. ……Eh?
In other words, I’m not just a normal hyuman…?
“In Rion’s case you are even more special. I made your body by my own hands. Although you basically resembles a human, you could say that you is a God-made human (doll).”
“… Come to think of it, you said it at the start.”
I always thought I was just a normal human being… But that’s not true at all… I ended lying to Fricka…
……my inside (mind) is just a human being, isn’t it?
“Umm… what’s the difference with other mikos?”
“Well, your power isn’t something you acquired, but it’s treated as something you originally had, so I can’t just take it away.”
Oops, is that a thing that is okay to say…? That means that you can’t stop me even if I do something wrong, right…?
Do you trust me that much, or are you are putting a nail just in case, or simply being careless… Which one is it?
For example, if Uru was killed by a certain villager, If I would take revenge on that villager… I don’t know if I would, but It is quite possible to take the option of “not saving them”. Even Alness Village I was quite irritated, so if they pressed my wrong button, I might have just beaten the Evil Treant and said ‘Hello, and goodbye’ and leaved letting the situation like was.
“Rion, I took away his power not only because he was doing whatever he wanted in the village, but because his alignment was too much for destruction rather than creation.”
Ultimately, even if you don’t save the residents, just save the land. Rather than breaking your heart, I want you to run away before it happens.
As a creator god, the residents are important, but more than that, this world, and the miko who manage the world, are more important.
“So, please tell me if it’s really hard. I can’t release you from being a miko, but… I’ll try to give you a rest.”
“……I got it”
The creator god seems to be very busy, so I wonder if it’s okay for me to leave, but… well, in reality, I don’t think I’ll have time to think about other things, so I nodded honestly.
“Other than that, you are not much different from a normal person. In other words, you are not immortal, so please be very careful.”
“Ah, yes, I already know that.”
Even if I’m immortal, I don’t want to go out of my way to became in a half-dead state. I hate pain!
