The Adventures of Rose Hood

Chapter 45: Rose Hood S Rank Adventurer

"Core truth?"

"Yep."

"What does that mean?"

"Quite simply, there is no such thing as the evil god."

"That makes no sense."

Asura spoke up.

"I've battled the Sin Wrath before."

"Of course, but the dirt like substance is evil. It covers each shard's core. We are not the evil god, but the good god."

"The good god?"

"Yes, we used to be the queen of the gods, but in jealousy, the others rebelled against us and tore us apart. Realizing that we would gain the aid of the world, they shoved evil over us in an effort to corrupt us, and, for the most part, they succeeded. But they couldn't hurt our cores, only cover them. Our actions are corrupted by our smothered cores. But there were three of us that they couldn't fully corrupt. Purity, Respect, and Prosperity. As we were still corrupted, we transformed into Innocence, Benevolence, and Peace, respectively."

Climond still looked suspicious.

"How can we trust you?"

Then I released my aura.

All of the S ranks stopped breathing in awe of the purity. Life accelerated around them. Flowers bloomed, trees grew faster, and kind animals came forward.

I hid my aura, but the effect was done. The area around us had transformed into a beautiful place.

"Incredible."

All of them looked at me in awe.

"It's true."

That was all that they could say.

I smirked,

"So, um... do I make the cut?"

Asura snapped back into focus.

"Alright, all-in favor of making Pur- I mean Rose an S rank adventurer, raise your hand."

It was unanimous.

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"So, ye outrank me now."

Mammon was proud of me and I was blushing by his congratulations.

I entered the guild and Mammon shouted.

"Rose was promoted to S rank 21."

Everyone cheered, but one.

Zath dropped his wine bottle and started shivering.

"P-p-pardon me, M-M-M-Mammon, but could I take a break."

"Uh, sure?"

Zath ran out the back.

"That was weird."

"Yeah, you'd think that weirdo would be happy."

Royce walked up.

"Anyways, congratulations Rose, you made it to S rank."

"Thanks."

Then Asura popped in.

"First unanimous acceptance vote in history, that was awesome."

That caused their eyes to widen.

"IT WAS UNANIMOUS?!"

"Yep, Rose here managed to convince everyone with the secondary task."

"That's impressive, even for her. I was certain that Climond would at least vote against her."

"So did I, but after her stellar performance I would've been more surprised if someone voted against her."