Cleaning up afterwards, or rather, throwing it all away.
I looked at the remaining priests and Popes. They were all rubbing their heads on the ground.
Shivava, the statue of Shiva, was currently performing air nandayanen. Umu, those were some sharp movements.
“Ugh…”
The Knowledge Pope woke up. His ribs must be hurting. His expression was grim. However, there was no hatred in his eyes that was present before.
“Hero-sama… I have understood my sins.”
“... Is that so?”
“... I am willing to suffer any punishment.”
“I understand. But it is not I who will judge you. Poppo-chan!”
“Kuruppo~”
Poppo-chan turned from a round Java sparrow into a beautiful white bird, clothed in a soft blue light.
(... O’ Pope who served me.)
“You can’t be… Ingens-sama!?”
(I know you worked harder than anyone else. But you made a mistake. At first, you were just trying to make money so that you could feed and educate the weak... but then, to achieve your goal, you started mistreating the weak and treated the Beneficiaries as property. In truth, you understood my oracle, but continued to turn a blind eye.)
“... It’s exactly as you said.”
The Knowledge Pope nodded. This was probably the original him.
(The Beneficiaries are our friends, beings unbound by the laws of this world and without obligation to obey us. You have to atone for mistreating our friends. And this is true for the other priests as well, but we asked our Hero to rescue our friends and remove obstacles standing in her way. So think of your own sins and atone for them by yourself.)
“Yes!”
“And with that, he left.”
Thanks to Ingen’s nice suggestion, I was ready to throw the decision-making to someone else. Well done, glasses! I'll praise you later! For now, I already paid them back enough, and they will have a tough time from now on.
Frankly, I don't think the chastisement of the Knowledge Pope was enough, but I don't want to further humiliate a man who is repenting for his sins. At any rate, I instructed that the priests who were sent to the Men-destroying ruins should either be instructed well or be thrown out.
“Oh, please spread that this time, Saintya has suffered from the Gods’ Wrath. Then, please tell the nations that if they touch the Beneficiaries, they will incur Gods’ Wrath as well. Well, I will be sent out to punish them on their behalf. Please spread the word loudly, with tail fins and dorsal fins, exaggerated and all.”
“Rosarin, why don't you fix the roof and the buildings?"
“Ah, I forgot.”
I dismantled Shivava and put it back together… although, somehow, there were Sabo*Angels and Kurarin painted on the walls………… It wa mostly back to normal! Why… because I saw the collaborative dance of Sabo☆Angels and Kurarin when I was fixing it up, that must be it. Plus, our Gora-chan (who was clothed, but his movements were perverted) joined in, so there was a lot of distraction!
“Hero-sama… I… cough.”
The Knowledge Pope vomited blood.
Now, that is a flood.
No, no, this is no time to be a poet! I hurriedly used magic to heal him. His ribs were stuck in his lungs. That was a close one.
“I… treated Hero-sama as my property.”
“I would rather you work than apologize. Your knowledge as a Pope will make up for it.”
I changed into the form of Rin.
“My name is Watase Rin. No, in this world, it should be Rin Watase. I am the niece of the previous Hero, Kotoha Watase, the Salvation Saintess.”
“My goodness…!”
“I've been collecting Kotoha’s legacy in accordance with her will. There is more… to Kotoha's legacy than the sword, isn't there?”
“Certainly. Let me bring it all over for you.”
It seems that the Knowledge Pope has been studying about Kotoha. He said that it was Koto Neechan who built Saintya in the name of an orphanage.
I followed him, and then, he showed me around and explained to me… and I hit him hard on the head.
“You idiot! If you bring this back, not only you, but the children will be in trouble, too!”
They have barrier devices to protect the country, water purification facilities... I don't want Saintyia destroyed now!!
“... However, it will be in the national interest for you to bring this back. It should be of great importance to you, Hero-sama.”
“You know, I wouldn't take it for my own benefit knowing that innocent others would be troubled! Besides, I know how to do it in a way that no one else gets hurt!”
“I guess that's the difference between you and me. I really have to start over from scratch..."
Despite his words, he had the sunniest expression on his face.
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