186. The sun listens during the day and the moon listens during the night
However, as we were new to the Empire, there was one thing we didn’t consider. It was the fact that there were no forests in the Empire.
Of course, no matter how developed the road conditions of the empire were, it was impossible to exploit the entire vast land, so there were still trees everywhere. However, compared to the kingdom’s forest, it was absurdly small.
It’s not large enough to have an ecosystem containing monsters, and it’s not very suitable for hiding. So naturally, we had no choice but to stand out from others.
It is said that unlike kingdoms, there are no monsters in empires, but instead there are greedy humans who prey on tourists.
“Your lady. No, ladies. Would you like to stop for a second?”
However, unlike monsters whose hostility is engraved on a per-instinct basis, humans value their own lives. That’s why bandits don’t attack recklessly as long as they have enough numbers and weapons to a certain extent.
What if you turned that word upside down? It meant that all kinds of flying flies would flock to Cream and Choco, who were only the two of them and seemed to be harmless girls on the outside.
“Ha ha.”
Yes, I dare not even know my topic! She suffered so much that she sighed when she saw In-young standing in the way of Cream, who had recently become more emotionally expressive.
Are you from slash-and-burn people? Their weapons are at a poor level, and there are only about 10 of them. Rather, goblins are more dangerous. No matter how well you compare it, it’s only about hyana.
A small group that alone would not dare to plunder others. Originally, the thieves swept away, and the raiders threw away and ran away, picking up and eating insignificant things.
They look at us lightly and pull out their swords like this.
“I don’t know why you’re wandering around in a place like this, but consider yourself out of luck.”
“No, brother. Aren’t we lucky? Ha ha ha!”
It is also a good year. If he had been lucky enough to be a man and a farmer to talk nonsense, he wouldn’t have ended up like that in the first place.
Even if it ended up like that, he wouldn’t have met us anyway.
Kwaaa!
I didn’t even have to draw my sword. No matter how many souls I had, I didn’t want to reap things like that, so Cream focused on getting rid of them as quickly as possible.
A storm of flames rages all over the area at her light gesture. The divine flame did not spread to the surroundings, but she concentrated its heat so that she burned only what she wanted to burn.
We turned our attention to the thieves, who didn’t even have ashes left, and started moving again.
[How many times is it today?]
“Was it the third time? Ugh, why are there so many humans? I would like it to be reduced by half.”
The child makes scary noises with a cute face. No matter how much the empire is, usually bandits don’t infest to this extent, so it was because we moved too fast.
No, shouldn’t we be a bit wary of normal people moving faster than horses on foot? Well, it would be more surprising if you could make a rational decision based on Cream’s face.
After leaving the city saying it was cramped, Cream took off her hood and exposed her bare face. Clear white skin and hair. The twinkling eyes that contained the light of countless stars certainly had the power to charm others.
[Still, this area seems to have been cleaned up, so what?]
Even if you think you’ve gotten used to it every day, when you open it again, you’ll be amazed. Unrealistic beauty, as if God created the most beautiful creature.
There was still a bit of a youthful look left, but as I got older, that atmosphere also faded quite a bit. Flowers in full bloom. It can’t be helped that the scent attracts insects.
“·······.”
I turned to Cream. For some reason, the expressionless expression seemed a little clumsy than usual, but I dismissed it lightly and opened my mouth.
[Then I want you to talk to me soon.]
When I absorbed the Crown of Rest, Cream, who is soul-bonded with me, was also affected by it. She told me that she had recovered many of her memories that she had forgotten.
More precisely, ‘necessary parts’. What that meant was that the time had come for the doubts I had been harboring to finally be resolved.
I have accepted my identity as God. I’ve already abandoned my identity as a human being, so what’s more to hesitate? But what I have now is just a faint awareness.
Yes, God.
Even those who walk on the ground, tearing up the sky and splitting the sea with their single strength, are called demigods. The god of this world was more than that.
Those who are no different from a planet or a star in themselves. They hold on to the lifeline of a dying planet, forcibly turn the wheel of reincarnation that has stopped, and cut the web of fate according to their will.
And I am also a god. It was God. However, am I worthy of God now? Even if I seem strong because I cast specters and rule the darkness, I am still just a sword. Without someone else’s hand, I couldn’t even move alone.
Recently, I’ve been harboring a bit of skepticism. Are you really okay with this? Absorbing the holy relics of evil spirits and the fragments of the soul within them, I’ve definitely become noticeably stronger.
However, the soul split into five branches. Even though I had already collected four of them, my level was not even close to chocolate, let alone cream. Does collecting souls really make me a god?
[Can’t you answer me now?]
Cream may not have the answers to all these questions, but at least it does have answers to the most important ones.
And I’m not very patient.
“Not yet, too much.”
[Why? Haven’t arrived at the Four Seasons tower yet?]
“Yes.”
[At that time, I was too distracted, so I just passed it over… It’s strange when you think about it, right? I’m not going to get knowledge, I heard that all the memories are already in your head?]
“Right.”
[Then why can’t you talk?]
Oops, I got into the shape of pushing the cream too much without realizing it. Cream was silent for a moment. Soon, she turned her eyes to the floor and spoke in a low voice.
“Should I take a little, early, rest today?”
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Actually, these monster girls don’t really need a break. You don’t even have to set up a camp or a night watch, just run and stop and take a little nap right there.
In no time, all stamina and energy will be restored and you will be active again. In that respect, it was quite unusual for Cream to stop her in her tracks when the sun hadn’t even set yet.
What’s more, they don’t simply fall asleep leaning on a nearby tree or chocolate, but they move around busily and prepare something even more.
[······What are you doing.]
[Isn’t that what you brought on yourself?]
[What?]
[You asked her for her explanation.]
That’s true, but what does that have to do with drawing a geometric jean that suddenly stops? She lets out a small laugh as I stare at her muffins in amazement.
But she does it in such a tired voice that it sounds like a cough rather than a laugh. I wonder why the ego weapon is tired all the time.
[Some words can only be spoken in certain places.]
[I don’t know what you mean.]
[No, you know that. Are there any proverbs like that? ‘The sun listens to the words of the day, and the moon listens to the words of the night.’]
Are you wary of eavesdropping? But what do people worry about in the middle of the road, even the shadow of a person… No, wait.
There must be no proverb like that in ‘this world’. Of course, there are proverbs with similar meanings, but such an exact coincidence is too cunning to be a coincidence.
At the same time, Cream was putting things on the shaman’s staff. Part of the solidly crystallized darkness, a fragment of a demon that maintains its shape. Stuff like that.
It was the harvest we had reaped from the enemies we had defeated on our journeys, and at the same time it was too blasphemous for a hero to handle.
“Can you help me, Karbal?”
[Huh?]
“Because I, the caster, cannot, become.”
If you look closely, the shaman itself is familiar. Of course, my insight didn’t tell me exactly what this was, but it seemed clear that it wasn’t serious.
Cream had this kind of knowledge? But instead of giving a katabuta explanation, she put me right in the middle of the shaman’s staff.
Oddly enough, at that moment I knew what I had to do. The elder lich—in other words, the fragments of power inherited from the highest shaman began to stir within me.
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– Activation of Spectered Authority (SS-).
[■■■■■■.]
As I absorbed the holy relics of the evil spirits, the attributes I possessed were also combined one by one, but I could draw that power back at any time if I wanted.
The power to erode souls, judge life and death, and hold ghosts in power. Darkness seethed from the abyss within and began to energize the shaman’s cast.
“Wait.”
[Huh?]
“That, before.”
But before the shaman could activate, Cream stopped the action. She unleashed one of the two swords she always wore.
The holy sword. Warrior’s sword. However, it was rare for the sword to fall out of the scabbard rather than out of the scabbard. In the same situation as now.
“Aries.”
Cream quietly put her name in her mouth. It was probably the first time she had called her Holy Sword by name. Even if it wasn’t the first time, no matter how many times it was, it wouldn’t have exceeded three times.
[Yes, warrior.]
She, who once longed for the attention and call of a warrior more than anyone else, responded quietly. There was not the slightest bit of enthusiasm or ecstasy left in her voice.
She has seen too much while traveling. What did the warriors of the day do? What sins have you committed and what taboos have you broken?
“Go back.”
[Yes?]
However, the words that came out of Cream’s mouth that followed easily exceeded her expectations.
“Go back to Daeshinjeon. Go, wait for the next hero.”