My childhood friend the hero was genuinely angry

16 – The Man Loved by the Goddess (4)

“What the hell is this…?”

Saint Alkena was faced with an absurd situation, so she had no choice but to panic.

Despite what the saintess said, the people of the kingdom believed in and supported the evil pagan magician, not the saintess, and now the saintess was being stoned.

The current situation was so absurd that she felt like she had done something bad. She felt as if she had become a wicked pagan herself. Because of this, she was quite confused about this situation.

“You witch b*tch…! It’s so. I can’t turn it off.”

She was, but no matter how much I thought about it, she wasn’t some evil heretic herself. She herself was a saint of this continent in name and reality, and she was the only representative of the goddess.

So she’s an evil cultist? Of course she never was.

She herself was a good being and was a very upright person who fought to protect the authority and divinity of the goddess.

“I see now…”

So her confusion didn’t last very long.

I was embarrassed at first, but if you think about it for a bit, if you ask me if I should be so surprised by this situation, it wasn’t.

She could fully understand the situation now. The reason they threw stones at themselves was simple indeed.

“The people of this kingdom have already turned into wicked pagans.”

It was because they had already been brainwashed by the evil wizard Xerath.

Since the brainwashing is complete, he must be throwing stones at himself.

They have become a people following an already vile cult, unable to properly judge what is right and wrong. That’s why she threw stones at herself, a saint of the continent and a representative of the goddess.

“I can’t help it. It’s a pity and regret…”

Of course, the saintess who knew that had only one choice.

These are poor people who were just brainwashed by evil cultists, but even so, there was nothing they could do about it.

Pagans are, after all, pagans, and that fact never changes.

“I just have to kill them all.”

That’s why I have to kill him. Infidels must be burned to death, torn to pieces, or even boiled in hot water.

Since that is paganism, in order to protect the authority and divinity of the goddess, paganism should not exist, and paganism was a criminal committing an absolutely unacceptable crime.

So she made a simple decision. She’s going to kill everyone here. That was the last salvation the saintess could bestow on them.

“The Prime Minister is not an evil witch…!”

“We will protect the Prime Minister…!”

“Everyone, let’s drive out that witch!!!”

Turning her head, she saw the unfortunate people whose eyes were full of rage.

Pity people, people who look so pitiful, but she stretches out her hand towards them. And she began to gather her divine power.

From now on, the saintess intends to kill them by unleashing her divine power.

Soon after that, a huge cross of light came out of her hand, and the cross stretched out to kill the villagers.

“Saint, don’t you think so?”

However, the cross did not reach the villagers.

It was a cross that was neatly destroyed by magical power while on its way to the people.

Who blocked the cross? The answer to that question did not take long.

When I turned my head again, I could see the wizard with black hair.

Up until recently, Xerath was a very gentle and kind-hearted wizard.

“Attacking the people of this country is unforgivable.”

He looked pretty upset now.

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‘I blasphemed God?’

I had no idea what the saintess was talking about.

Although I am not a member of the Goddess Cult, I am still the one who had a party with a hero who was quite related to the Goddess.

Of course, I was aware of the existence of the goddess, and looked upon her amicably.

‘Was it such a sin to drop a star?’

But when the saintess suddenly came to me, it seems that the magic I used before was quite a problem.

From the saintess’ point of view, the magic that dropped the stars seemed quite bad.

That’s why they’re calling me blasphemy and trying to arrest me right now. I could see things were pretty bad.

‘Is this the garment of the goddess? I don’t think the goddess was very sensitive to things like this?’

But here I couldn’t help but wonder.

I am someone who has had conversations with goddesses before. When I was a member of the warrior party, I saw a goddess in a dream.

The goddess I saw at that time was by no means authoritarian, and her personality was not like a sword.

[We are always watching over Xerath. Thank you Xerath.]

The goddess appeared in my dream and comforted me by saying thank you for cheering me on, cheering me up, and protecting the world.

That’s why I couldn’t understand what the saintess was saying.

Does a goddess really consider me a heretic because she dropped her meteorite? I couldn’t help but wonder.

FYI, the dream I had was never a dog dream or anything like that.

A very different and special power that I felt when I was dreaming. It must be the power of a goddess.

It was a dream, but it is true that I met the goddess.

So she thought that the saintess might be misunderstanding something.

She felt that something was wrong and this happened.

‘Ugh… You caused damage unintentionally.’

So I was a little suspicious, but it’s probably better not to doubt it.

Wouldn’t it be more natural for a goddess to believe in her holy woman who is her own believer and proxy than her magician who is not even a believer like me?

I’m not in a position to dare to doubt the saintess. That’s why I had to follow her words, and now I seem to be guilty of blaspheming her goddess.

‘I can’t help it. She should put down her position as chancellor and be judged. Let’s talk before that

So my idea was very simple.

You just need to be punished.

It was exactly this mindset.

Since this is my problem, it was something I could solve.

So I tried to talk to her saintess without harboring any hostility toward her.

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Of course, I was thinking of having a conversation if we could.

Because a lot of misunderstandings can be cleared up if we talk. So I stayed still.

‘No, what are you trying to do with that?’

But I don’t think I can stay still.

My eyes clearly saw the current situation.

The saintess began to gather her divine power, and she fired that divine power at the people of the Al Prada Kingdom.

‘Aren’t you crazy?’

I couldn’t help but panic for a moment. I thought it was just a threat, but no matter how I look at it, that attack was absolutely not a threat or a shot in that sense.

The saintess’ attack was an attack with an obvious intent to kill. So I hurriedly deployed her shield to offset the attack.

I felt so dizzy. If I hadn’t rushed to block it, there would have been casualties.

‘What sins did the people of the kingdom do?’

Seeing the saintess act like that, I couldn’t stay still any longer. Even if I were a pagan wizard who blasphemed the goddess, they were absolutely not sinners.

The people of the kingdom, they were just ordinary people who worked hard every day, were happy even in small things, and tried to laugh and live well.

But what the hell are they trying to kill like that? I assure you here that they cannot be guilty.

Of course it’s their fault for throwing stones at the saintess, but is it normal to try to kill them right away? Of course not.

‘I can’t stand it.’

Of course, the behavior of such a saintess was something that could never be tolerated.

No matter how saintly she is, her act of killing those innocent people has crossed the line.

That’s why I had no intention of just watching.

“What are you doing?”

“What is the saintess doing right now?”

“I just judge the evil cultists.”

“…They are not heretics.”

“That’s for me to decide. Don’t presumptuously decide for them.”

“I can’t seem to communicate.”

When I came face to face with her saintess, I tried to persuade her once, but unfortunately I was not persuaded.

A beauty with silver hair and red eyes, she had very cold eyes and replied as if it was a luxury to have mercy on her.

Seeing her like that, with a slight sigh, I straightened the cane that was hanging behind her back.

“You mean you want to fight me now?”

“I guess I should. I have a responsibility to protect them.”

I slowly released my magic and prepared for battle.

And against it, Saint Arkena also unleashed her divine power and fought against me.

“Don’t regret it.”

“It’s the saintess.”

So the goddess cult saintess and former warrior party member Xeras,

The battle between me and the saint has begun.