Hello everyone, Astaroth here. Do you think you could run an entire religion on your own? It sounds difficult to me. Lady Luciel seems to have agreed, since she doesn't even try. Even on earth, the various religions almost always had a prophet, or people called holy or saintly or such. Jesus, for example, was a prophet, as was Muhammad. Then there were people like Saint Peter, too, and even founders of an entire religion, like the Buddha. Point is, you can't run a religion on your own, even as a god.
"Master, what are our plans from now on?", Charlotte asked me, sitting at her small round table as always.
"Can I beat someone up? Please?", Davna asked, somehow looking excited despite having the face of a reptile.
"We cannot hope to defeat Lady Luciel unless we first slay her Seven Saints and her Oracle", I answered, "and the first would be the Saint of Heavenly Protection. After all, while this Saint still lives, the rest are untouchable."
After breakfast, we had returned to my throne room, though the Ice Queen had taken Richard and returned to her own palace.
"That's the Saint who, who provides protection to the Holy Cities, right? I think she was, was called Theliel. When I left, she was, was in the Holy City of Gramrock, and there were no plans for her to move from there for a month", Evyna said, completely in an advisor-like tone. She was stood next to my throne, and one of the Ghost Maids had provided her with a pair of Magic Sight glasses- glasses which allow the wearer to see magic power, as if they're a Demon, without being such- so the term 'advisor' truly fit her to a T.
"Gramrock? I heard the girls there are all incredibly beautiful and the men really handsome", Lilith commented, a slovenly smile on her face and a tiny bit of drool dripping out of her mouth. Charlotte heaved a small sigh, but since she was on the other side of the room, she found it was impossible to admonish Lilith.
"If we're going to a human city, we'll need to disguise ourselves", Tempest offered. "I've made something to hide our monstrous mana, but I can't help in hiding horns, skin colour or a gelatinous constitution, I fear."
"It would be simple for me to hide my black eye with an eyepatch, and Tempest looks no different from a human woman whereas Charlotte would simply appear a very pale girl, but Lilith, Davna and Navillus will be tough..."
"Could we possibly pretend they are your, your tamed monsters?", Evyna asked, glancing at Lilith's face- Lilith was the only of the three 'monsterly' Demons with a readable expression, after all.
"Even for me, pet play is a little...", she responded, awkwardly looking away.
"That would fail without a doubt", I cut in. "Lady Luciel's followers are anti-monster fanatics, stretching even to Demons like Lycanthropes, who have built up a peaceful country and now trade with several others. The Sacred Kingdom of Eprela has sent several extermination forces that way. Monster Tamers are only permitted if they are Heroes, and can prove they are Monster Tamers."
"Do we really need to sneak in? Can't I just burn the entire city to the ground?", Davna asked, changing her telepathy so everyone could hear.
"That would not work, I am afraid", Charlotte responded. "Since ancient times, Luciel's Holy Cities have always been blessed by a Saint of Heavenly Protection, and those blessings take the shape of protection against outside attack."
"'Sides, Master is soft-hearted, so he doesn't want to hurt humans who don't have an Azalyth", Lilith followed up. "And it'd be a waste of humans too", she continued, gaining the same slovenly smile as earlier.
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Entropy's Servant
Fantasy"I see. If someone's wronged me, it's fine if I just take revenge, right?" After having presumably died, Arthur is reincarnated into a 'fantasy', almost game-like world by its Goddess of Light with only a few memories on set subjects, and, grateful...
