Chapter 45
{These are the tenets of your faith given by the one who destroys evil, engrave them in your body and remember.
One. You are beings who exist to destroy evil, so never forgive even the smallest evil if it exists around you.
Two. You are those who walk in darkness for the light. Though your body is in darkness, your soul must shine.
Three. If there is anyone suspicious, interrogate and question them thoroughly, no matter who they are. For the followers of evil gods and demons are wicked and cunning, and hide themselves.
Four. Never hesitate even if you mistakenly shed the blood of an innocent. It is more beneficial to the world to shed the blood of one innocent to kill ten evil ones.
Five. My chosen one is simple and straightforward. They are those who have endured terrible and painful curses for a long time and finally overcome them, so I will love such a person and bestow my stigmata. When you see my chosen one, be loyal and obedient.
Six. One with many eyeballs on their body is a harbinger of calamity, execute them immediately upon sighting. I say again, do not fear shedding the blood of the innocent.
Seven. Those whose minds as well as bodies have been consumed by darkness are more disgusting than anything else, never forget your hatred for them.
Offer the blood and entrails of evil ones as sacrifices to me. I will gladly eat them, for I am one who enjoys destroying evil.}
– Full text of the Seven Commandments from the White Order's scripture, <Codex Proelium>—
***
The evil god's chosen one couldn't believe it.
The fragment of the evil god had shattered.
But they didn't know why it had shattered.
It escaped from Iomene's body and burrowed into the saint's body... and just disappeared.
While spewing out all the souls and minds it had just devoured and hadn't even fully digested yet.
Even that alone was an extremely shocking event, but what was even more shocking was the chosen one's current position.
Of course, the chosen one, who hadn't expected the fragment of the evil god to be shattered in less than 5 minutes after its birth, had been waiting in close proximity to assist the fragment.
So now.
"Savior! Eleos!"
"Eleos!"
The chosen one was witnessing firsthand people shouting from a distance not far from the saint.
Cold sweat flowed involuntarily.
The chosen one had consumed a large amount of resentment that should have been used for the miracle of concealment to destroy all the defense mechanisms installed in the separate palace.
The miracle of concealment had become extremely weak.
The moment the priests, mages, and knights overflowing around noticed them, everything would be over.
The chosen one slowly began to back away, being careful not to be noticed by the shouting people.
"Kyaaaah!!"
At that moment, Princess Iomene, who had been in the Emperor's arms, suddenly turned her gaze towards the chosen one and spewed out a sharp snarl.
"You!! You!! Bad! Bad!! Hate!!"
Although her soul seemed to have returned to normal when the fragment of the evil god burst, Iomene's speech was still clumsy due to living alone for over 16 years while being tortured.
But only her speech was clumsy.
Her gaze was unprecedentedly fierce.
The chosen one had to feel their heart drop at her gaze.
There were occasionally humans who, despite carrying a powerful and painful curse in their body for a long time, finally overcame it with desperate human will to survive and added miracles.
And the souls of such beings develop resistance to all existing demons and hell black magic, evil god miracles, and curses.
The being before them, Iomene, was a being who had carried an unprecedentedly powerful source of curses in her body for 19 years and was finally revived.
Probably in all of human history, there had never been a human with stronger resistance to curses, black magic, and evil god miracles than her.
Of course, because her resistance was strong, she must have easily seen through the miracle of concealment wrapped around the chosen one's body.
What the hell is this!?
Cold sweat broke out on the chosen one's body.
But the chosen one desperately maintained composure.
Iomene was still very clumsy in speech and expression due to being tortured for many years.
People wouldn't properly listen to the words of someone with a broken mind, would they?
There was a possibility of avoiding the current situation if they smoothly brushed it off.
"Your Highness. What's wrong?"
A bewildered look.
A surprised face.
A face that didn't understand what was happening.
Emily, a maid who had worked in the imperial palace for 11 years, showed perfect acting skills and answered like that.
***
When the fragment of the evil god shattered and Iomene, who had been floating in the air, fell, I quickly caught her and came back down to the ground.
It was good that I healed the wounds on her body and the wings that had grown, up to that point.
When I saw people shouting things like Eleos and shedding tears, only then did my situation sink in.
My cheat key to skip going to hell had disappeared.
No, wasn't it a fragment of an evil god!!
Wasn't it supposed to be incredibly powerful?
Why is it shattering and shit!?
Why are you doing this to me, really?
I admit my abilities are ugly and base, but I only used them for good purposes!!
I made the order people wealthy and treated the slum people for free, huh?!
I never used my abilities with evil intentions even once!!
Then why am I going to hell!? Why!?
Despair.
Frustration.
Sadness.
Tears flowed out continuously.
At my tears, people called out the word Eleos even more passionately.
Are they mocking me?
I did a lot of things thinking I would return to Korea, how do I clean this up?
No!!
Logically, even just now, a lot of black curse-like stuff was concentrated on me.
Does it make sense that my soul isn't shattered?
Even if the positive thoughts surrounding my body were strong, with that much blackness swarming in, does it make sense for my soul to still be intact!?
Does it make sense that elixir came out when I dug under the abandoned factory?
Am I...
Does it make sense that I'm a saint?
Everyone go away.
I want to be alone.
As I closed my eyes and sobbed, suddenly Iomene's sharp voice was heard.
She was pointing at a dignified-looking maid who appeared to be in her 30s.
"You! Bad!! Bad!!" Iomene growled and shouted, swinging her arms and legs.
The Emperor quickly blocked her.
"It seems there are still aftereffects."
"Priests! Priests come here! We need to heal Iomene!"
At that sight, Iomene shouted with an expression that looked like she would die of frustration, "That!! Bad!! Bad!! No! No!"
Iomene shouted, shaking off the arms of the Emperor and Empress trying to calm her, but the Emperor seemed to only pity her.
"My daughter... I understand. You can resent us as much as you want. I'm sorry, so sorry."
The Emperor hugged Iomene.
The maid looked at the princess as if pitying her, then turned her body, and Iomene swung her arms towards the maid.
"No!! No!! Bad! Bad!! Don't go! Bad!!"
Seeing Iomene shouting towards the maid with an expression that looked like she would die of frustration, suddenly.
A thought occurred in my mind.
Bad. Don't go.
Moreover, there were bloodstains on the maid's clothes.
Is the maid injured?
She could have been injured in that chaos.
Seeing Iomene shouting and making a fuss like that, it seemed like something was seriously injured.
"Wait there!"
The way to be forgiven by the Goddess that I received from Grandpa Yodel.
Isn't it to move away from wrongdoing, not repeat mistakes, and accumulate good deeds to move forward?
Since my cheat key was shattered and my plan for escaping to Korea was ruined, I had no choice but to return to the orthodox method with a low success rate.
Let's accumulate even one more good deed while I can still heal people with adult game skills.
I won't be able to use the skills soon when I go into hiding and disappear completely.
That's how I can prevent going to hell.
Come to think of it, I'm getting angry again.
No!!
Why me, really!!
Why do I have to go to hell!? Why!?
What the hell did I do wrong!? Why!?
While inwardly raging, I started walking briskly towards the maid.
Maybe because my mind was burning with anger and frustration, it seemed a bit of an angry expression was showing on my face.
The maid's expression turned pale.
Ah.
Am I making too harsh an expression towards an injured person?
I should soften my expression.
I'll try to smile a little...
"Y-you dog of grace!!"
Suddenly, the maid made a sudden move.
Her hand swung convulsively, and something like a pitch-black fog obscured my vision.
What? Why is this suddenly happening?!
"Kyaaaah!!"
And almost simultaneously with my vision being obscured.
Along with Iomene's snarl, a brilliant pillar of light fell in front of me.
It wasn't just a simple pillar of light.
It was a pillar of light engraved with the symbol of the White Order.
And that pillar of light was falling exactly on top of the maid who had made a sudden move.
Startled, I stepped back and looked at Iomene, and she was raising her hand pointing at the sky while in the Emperor's arms.
And on the back of her hand...
Wait a minute.
Isn't that Dullaneer's crest?
Why is the symbol of the White Order shining on the back of Iomene's hand?
"Ahhh!! Ahhh!! Y-you fucking cursed idiot!!"
The state of the maid being burned in real-time by the pillar of light was strange.
Her appearance was changing.
From female to male.
From young to old.
Not just her appearance, but her physique was constantly changing too.
While showing a strange transformation show in real-time as if becoming a completely different person, she was convulsing like an ant under a magnifying glass.
The uniform wrapping the maid's body couldn't withstand that endless transformation show and tore off.
And when her naked body inside was revealed to the world, everyone held their breath.
Because it was beautiful?
No.
Because it was disgusting.
"E-eyeballs!!"
"My goodness!! What is that!!"
Hundreds of eyeballs were densely grown on the maid's body, blinking disgustingly.
It was 100 times more repulsive than Erpha's left face before it was healed.
Damn, this is a level of disgust that even I, who likes monster girls, can't handle?
The maids and butlers working in the imperial palace stepped back in shock, and the imperial knights gathered around to protect the imperial family members.
And the priests and holy knights all drew their swords while wrapping miracles around their bodies.
"A harbinger of calamity!! It's the harbinger of calamity exactly as recorded!!"
"The One with a Thousand Faces!"
Amidst the trembling voices, the shout of a priest from the White Order pierced everyone's ears.
"It's the evil god's chosen one!!"
"Hurry!! Concentrate holy power on the pillar of light!! We must burn it to death!!"
The people of the White Order immediately began to concentrate holy power together on the pillar of light falling from the sky upon seeing that sight.
The maid who couldn't endure that action in the end.
No.
The body of the evil god's chosen one began to burn.
"Kuuuugh!!"
A painful scream spewed from the chosen one's mouth.
And finally, her body couldn't withstand it and melted into a puddle of blood without leaving even a bone fragment.
Before melting into a puddle of blood, she pointed at me with a hand that was almost like a lump of crushed flesh and left one resentful word.
"Chosen one of the grace whore…!! If it weren't for you..."
That was the last.
The pillar of light disappeared, and the chosen one no longer remained.
Me?
I was blankly watching all those scenes.
What the hell is this situation?
"O’ Dullaneer!!"
"O’ Destroyer of Evil!!"
"One who overcame the curse!!"
"The God of Evil Destruction has bestowed a holy woman to the order!!"
The priests and holy knights of the White Order rushed to Iomene and prostrated themselves before her.
Regardless of that, Iomene broke free from the Emperor's arms and started running towards me.
"Saint!!"
And at the same time, I could see Erpha also running towards me from far away.
Seeing her suddenly made me depressed.
A woman who loved me.
But a woman I have to push away because of my tragic fate.
I even kissed her thinking I was going to Korea!!
What do I do about this!?
I couldn't smile comfortably.
I couldn't cry either, so I was looking at Erpha with an awkward smile when.
"Like!!"
Iomene pounced on me.
"Like!! Like!!"
Her face was full of bright smiles as she brought her face to mine and started rubbing it vigorously.
"The Saint of Healing and the Holy Woman of Evil Destruction have been granted to humans!! Worship them!!"
The priests and holy knights of the White Order rushed over and prostrated themselves around us.
Everyone was looking at that scene contentedly.
Except for just one person.
Erpha, who had stopped in her tracks seeing Iomene snuggling into me.