Abduction – Faith

18 years ago from now.

At the age of 11, Werner was running with Lorsha by the hand. Originally, it was Lorsha who should have taken a three-hour lecture on the history of magic by now, but that magic history lecturer couldn’t match Werner. To be precise, he too resisted as much as he could as one of the Wizards of the Mage Tower who had been ordered to train, but…

[Ah, are you blocking me? I even made an appointment to go out with him to eat festival food, so I’m on my way to take care of my backlog. Then, where should we test who dies while using magic? Ars…]

Hearing the threat of using Ars Magia to blow up part of the capital city, even the greatest mage had no choice but to give in. Lorsha was tired of that side of Werner, but she also admired that side of her who could never resist.

“This one should come out a little early. It’s already a holiday, so people are pouring in. Damn, I thought I’d eat some squid skewers sold at a festival after a long time…”

In fact, Lorsha did not mind anything like festival food. In fact, she was happy just to have her friend go out with Werner. He was full without having to stop by the stalls of the festival, and it was enjoyable enough just to talk to Werner even without seeing the fireworks or the circus.

“Then, would you like to go to our cathedral at least? I don’t think there will be many people today.”

“Cathedral? Pray?”

“There are always people in front of the portraits of the 4 scenes. Let’s take a good look in front of them today.”

“It’s annoying.”

Werner was ticklish, but followed Lorsha’s opinion. he always was When Lorsha said she wanted to stop something or go somewhere, she followed suit even though she complained about what it was. So they rode in a carriage to the cathedral.

Seeing the splendid appearance of the cathedral, Werner seemed quite displeased. No matter how much it was a cathedral, it was very disturbing to see those who worshiped the gods decorate the inside of the cathedral with jewels and gold. Besides, he had lived as a neighbor to starving children in the slums, so he knew that he could feed those children with just one golden decoration inside the cathedral.

Although Werner knew that it would be difficult to save them all realistically, even then, human feelings did not always follow reason.

“Is it okay if I look inside?”

Today was a grand rehearsal for the holiday, so the children went and the subtitle, who was about to say something surprising at the festival, was inevitably surprised. Because the saintess’ colleague, Werner, and the only friend of that saint, Lorsha, the daughter of the owner of the Magic Tower, were here.

“Yes! Yes! It’s an honor! Please feel free to watch!”

Werner clicked his tongue, saying he was a bland bastard, but the empty cathedral was a series of surprises to Lorsha, who had never leisurely looked inside the cathedral. In addition, because Werner accompanied them, they were able to freely come in and out of places that only those concerned could enter.

“Wow, look at Werner! The torch with the 10 apostles following the Goddess is still there! It’s the first time I’ve seen the original up close…”

“Who is the strongest among them?”

When Werner saw the apostles in the picture, he just wanted to fight them.

“Well… I heard that the Apostle of Dreams is the strongest, followed by the Apostle of Time, and then the Apostle of Prophecy.”

“I want to fight once. If we fight Zeke and the dream apostle, who will win?”

“Well… the Apostle of Dreams was in charge of guiding the dead to the underworld and overseeing the souls, so wouldn’t there be time for that?”

“Unlike Zeke, who seems to be free, the apostles must be busy. I feel sorry for the vicious boss.”

Far from giving the apostle a title of honor, at the point of using the derogatory term ‘bastard’ and calling the goddess a vicious boss, there was nothing to say even if they were accused of blasphemy. However, the priests who were listening to him did not have the courage to grab the archmage by the collar and hold him accountable for blasphemy. Of course, Werner just lightly clicked his tongue as he watched those priests.

They stopped in front of a picture again. Lorsha was excited to see the picture, and Werner just laughed at how cute she was when she saw her excited about the picture.

“This is the scene in which the Dream Apostle revolted against the Goddess while still only a dreamer, was overpowered, and was ordered to become an Apostle and follow. According to the Bible, the rebellion almost succeeded.”

“Come to think of it, isn’t the king somehow responsible for a rebellion? The goddess is a complete tyrant.

The deacons nearby heard this and shook their hands in insult, but none of them came forward to point out Werner’s rudeness. I was afraid of the aftermath of the storm that would follow me even if I hurt him, and I had no choice but to be more careful because a priest bumped into Werner on the roadside before, arguing that he was an orphan with a lowly mother, and was carried away after being struck by lightning. Werner didn’t use magic at that time, but his notoriety only increased because lightning fell from the dry sky.

“Wow, look here, these are the portraits of the 4 Gods!”

I was even more excited because it was Lorsha who really liked fields like mythology. Well, Werner wasn’t interested in this kind of field, but he was just forcing himself to fit in with Lorsha.

“The 1st God, the 2nd Goddess, the 3rd God, and even the 4th Goddess who currently rules our world.”

Werner stood before one god. There was a picture of a benevolent and good-looking man.

[Why do people suffer? Why do people hurt each other? why do you kill why die?

It’s probably because they didn’t get enlightenment. It must be because they all reach the end of their lives before gaining true enlightenment. It must be because of the lack of self-mortification to attain enlightenment.

If so, I will ascend to the throne of God and free people from suffering. May people be freed from suffering now. Anything that hinders the path to enlightenment will disappear.

Reincarnate, people who will live in my reign. Seek enlightenment by repeating the penance pouring down like a shower with infinite reincarnations. If so, you will one day reach the true state of Nirvana.

Get enlightenment and enter Nirvana, let everyone get away from the pain of this world and achieve true peace and prosperity.

Let’s seek enlightenment together with me under the law of ‘Mandala Nirvana’.]

In the world of the first god, people repeat the life of asceticism forever and pray for enlightenment, and those who attain enlightenment are said to have ascended to heaven and lived a world freed from suffering.

“You’re such a fucking selfish bastard. In the end, Ji wants to do it and even drags in other guys…”

Knowing that there are quite a few followers of the first god, Werner kept his mouth shut.

And Werner stopped in front of the picture of the two goddesses. It was a blonde woman with a very beautiful and alluring face.

[God, you are indeed a fucking sleeper. Who wished for such penance? I just want to make myself happy now. They seek nothing but happiness and pleasure.

I only want the warm sunlight, not the rain of maggots and fleas. I just want to eat and play to my heart’s content, but I don’t want to starve and meditate forever.

What is enlightenment, what is nirvana. It just sounds like a compromise to me. I will deny you head-on and confront you without compromise.

I hate you, deny you, and rise to the position of god.

My people, become my puppets and dance on my stage before dying. Then happiness will come to you.

If you praise me, the evil called the devil will give you the joy of eventually falling to the good. According to my words, I promise to give you an eternal bountiful harvest and an easy life.

So, my dolls, let’s forget enlightenment, pain, and complicated things, and let’s all get drunk with reality and live happily on my stage.]

“The crazy bitch is just threatening to follow his will so that he can rule easily.”

Werner couldn’t understand the two goddesses. And then there were the three gods. It is said that he killed the two goddesses, but did not take the throne of the gods and gave it to the gods of the four generations.

Unusually, his portrait was covered with a helmet, and his face was not shown.

[This world is twisted. I deny that. I tried to judge the entire twisted world and live alone in eternal solitude.

But this world is too lovely for that. No matter how much this world hates me, hates me, and throws stones at me, I love this world so much.

That is why I will bring down this false play for you. Be willing to become evil for that.

However, even if I, who is stained with evil, ascends to the throne of God, in the end, the tragedy will only repeat itself. Therefore, I will yield this seat to someone with perfect goodness.

So please, dear god of posterity, please. Lead and protect these dear and weak people. embrace them with love

If you can, I will gladly turn into dust and disappear.]

“Oh, you irresponsible bastard. That’s why I want to do the work, and someone else is responsible and cleans up the shit…”

Werner froze when he saw the portrait of the last god. Because one of the memories latent in the unconscious has passed through my brain.

The four goddesses were covering their eyes with cloth.

[God’s interest only poisons the world. So, my people, live freely.

Live freely, experiencing different lives in a world as colorful as grains of sand on the beach.

I will close my eyes and take no part in that providence. And I will have my apostles keep that providence.]

Seeing the portrait of a beautiful girl, Werner’s tears formed transparent tears, and he unknowingly spat out the words he longed for.

“mother…?”

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No one heard it, and Werner himself was unaware that he had uttered it.

But one thing was clear: he had uttered the word.