2nd Round Villain

31 – God is the business of the Church.

After killing Leonard and Letavis, about three days had passed. On the first day, the families thought it was no big deal and overlooked their absence, but from the second day, the family atmosphere began to change.

This is because Leonard and Letavis are scheduled to go to Masurim for training in a few days. Of course, Leonard and Letavis had already crossed the Three Tao River side by side.

right by me! By this little boy, only nine years old! Kick kick kick!

Whoa, it’s me too. The work was neat, and it was great.

On the third day, the family was at the level of a mourning house. It was a problem that the eldest son and the second son of the Lucifer family, the most powerful family in the demon world, disappeared at the same time.

As I ordered, my aunt went to report her missing today. When the Pandemonium police begin an extensive search, Leonard’s body is soon discovered.

There is a lot of time. The mask dropped there will solve the problem, so there is nothing to do.

I happily opened the drawer and took out an item. An old book that seems to be dusty when shaken off.

Pallang-.

On the cover of the book, it is written ＜Flower that eats time＞.

A book by Evans, a time traveler who was handed over to King from the Grand Duke of South Korea. You should read it whenever you have time.

With that mindset, I turned over the first chapter of the book.

“… … hmm?”

In a normal book, ＜author’s remarks＞ or ＜list of people who helped write this book＞ would fit, isn’t there a strange picture drawn all at once?

A very antique round clock occupied the first chapter of the book. One picture occupies an entire page of the book.

“Ha, Evans this guy. You’re good at wasting money Well, I’m a time traveler, so money is an issue.”

Pallang-.

Turning another page, a picture appeared again this time. As if trying to eat the clock drawn on the battlefield, a sunflower was drawn looking to the left with its buds wide open.

It was obviously a black and white painting, but strangely, the painting gave off a strange scent of flowers. The sharp scent that brushed my nose somehow made me feel worse.

uh? What is this picture without a root that controls me? Maybe It is truly a shameful picture.

So, I like it. that this controls me artistically acceptable.

There is a saying that a good picture is a picture that touches the heart of the beholder. I came up with a discussion about art with King in my previous life, and this painting is a bit like him now. bizarre, terrifying Sunflowers represent peace and unchanging love, which seems to show a chilling obsession.

Pallang-.

Again, the next chapter, the writing finally came out. It’s the first handwriting I’ve seen since the big title on the cover, but I felt a sense of anticipation because I already felt great interest in the previous painting.

『A flower that eats time blooms for a very long time. It is because he alone eats up the time that billions of lives should share.”

『A flower that eats up time withers in an instant. It is because I have been overeating endlessly alone for so long.”

“Did you notice? The flower spoken of here means God. Not the ‘lords’ who create the world and lead the creators of the Sacred Church, but the ‘gods’ as a race inhabiting the heavenly realm above the sky. The indolent race that feeds on the faith of countless people survives for a very long time, but the moment their faith explodes in an instant, it perishes helplessly.”

uh, wait a minute.

Looking at it now, this is a very disrespectful book. Is it okay to continue reading?

… rather good What a blasphemous book. This is a book that knows very well how to snip my taste.

“There are so many gods in this world. This is because the number and types of believers are overflowing. Occasionally, I wonder if God is not a business of humans. When I look at the money that churches and temples earn in a year, I naturally feel that way.”

『I would like to talk about ‘time’ in earnest in earnest, ending the trifles that are not related to the point of the book. Do you, who are reading this book, know about the God who controls time? Chronos, the god of time. He presides over, handles, and controls the time of this world. If you have any doubts about the laws of time, you can go to the temple of Cronus and ask him to give you an oracle.』

“I was like that. To be precise, I had a question while meeting a hero who claimed to have ‘regressed’. Until then, I thought I was a ‘regressor’, but the hero told me that I was not a regressor.”

“I was curious about the basis of that statement. We both came to the same past, so I asked why you are a regression and I am not. The hero did not know himself, so he went to Kronos and asked him. That’s how I went to the temple of Kronos.』

『When I asked Cronus, he gave an immediate answer that was incongruous with the racial characteristic of the gods called sloth. Rewinding time and going to the past with the world is regression, and going back and forth with the body from the past to the future like me is time travel. At that time, I realized that I am a time mover.』

“I want to tell you that. Rewinding time, regression. However, no one remembers the return, not the person involved. Maybe the world is still turning. We just don’t notice.”

『The founder of the empire went to the past to prevent the future from perishing, met his young self there, saved the continent and established an empire. A case like this is time shift. We must clearly distinguish between regression and time travel.”

『Where do you separate these and use them? I don’t know. Oh, time can be wasted. For those who waste their lives reading useless books like mine, it will be a very frugal waste of time.”

『Ah, still. I don’t know.』

『I wonder if someone like a regressor, for whom this distinction is very important, is reading my book right now.』

Uh, the regressor is here now.

The fact that the founder of the empire met his future self and saved the continent was a well-known fact, but… Are you a returning warrior? Did King of the Confederates say something similar?

Could it be that the returning hero is the same person? If he was a former warrior, he would have already died, but hearing that he was a regressor like me twice made me curious. I’m still not sure if the two are the same person.

『As an aside, there are no coincidences in all regressions in the world. There is a law that states that everything in the world follows the law of cause and effect. Therefore, rewinding time costs that much. Just as those who want to be healed by divine power donate money to the priest.”

『What it is is different for each person. I’m not a regressor, so I don’t know anything about it, but one thing is certain, it must be something that can move the heart of Cronus, the god of time.”

『If you are a regressor, or an acquaintance of a regressor, please ask. What did you offer to Kronos to buy time? Also, for what purpose did you buy your time? If you answer that you have come to invest because you do not have enough money, it will be destroyed with a 10% chance, so please sort out your relationship quickly. You should not associate with a person who lost money in a previous life and wants to invest again.”

cost? I didn’t have anything like that Was it like this because I just died?

I have never met Kronos, the god of time. Why is such a high-ranking nobleman meeting me? I’m not a god-slayer like Theseus.

… When I was put on the guillotine, the saintess said as if she knew that I would return. Could the saintess have anything to do with Kronos?

pay, pay

Pallang-.

From the point of view of a regressor, it is the content of the book that is bound to raise questions, but it cannot be dismissed as nonsense. Because this is the book of a time traveler and no one else.

I can’t ignore the possibility that Evans jokingly wrote down the lies.

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Just then, someone knocked on the door from outside. Adela’s heavy, downcast voice seeped through the crack in the door.

“Oscar, are you in your room?”

I was reading a book with quite interesting contents, so I didn’t notice the time passing. I quickly replied, putting the ＜Time-Eating Flower＞ into the drawer.

“Sister, what are you doing?”

“Um… I have one very sad news.”

“Sad news? What is it?”

“Before that, can I go into your room? It’s not something to be taken lightly… .”

“A plan? wait a minute. I have something to put away.”

I need to clear my face.

The only thing that is gloomy enough for Adela to lower her voice is the discovery of Leonard’s body, which had fallen off a cliff in Endros. But now I can’t stop laughing. Because laughing has become a habit.

He raised his hand in front of his face and lowered it. It’s a good way to use it when changing facial expressions. After all, facial expression is a mask made of muscle and flesh, so it’s easy to change into a simple dressing room.

“It’s all done. Come on in.”

Cheek-Kki-Ik-.

“By the way, what happened?”

I ask a question in a serious voice that is not like me. In order not to offend Adela.

“… Leonard was found.”

“yes? What do you mean?”

“A few hours ago, my aunt put in a missing person report for Leonard… The demon police found Leonard on the cliffs of Endros.”

“yes? really? But why did you go to that dangerous cliff?”

He’s serious, but he asks innocently, as if he doesn’t know anything.

Without questioning my performance in the slightest, Adela bit her lower lip painfully and pursed her lips lightly.

“… … … As a corpse.”

“… yes?”

“It is literally. Leonard was found dead. Perhaps it had fallen from the top of a cliff, but the body was broken into pieces.”

“… !”

“It doesn’t seem like an accident caused by a simple mistake. There were traces of something fighting on the cliff. Perhaps, someone intentionally killed Leonard… … sh*t!”

Kwadeudeuk-.

Adela stopped talking. She bit her lips so hard that bright red blood streamed from her lips.

The trembling fists made it possible to guess the volcanic anger she harbored. Adela would be the only demon who is so upset about the death of her family.

Well, that’s probably why he chose death instead to save me in his previous life. That’s Adela’s charm. Faith and determination that will not be broken even in the face of death.

Although the desire to corrupt and break that conviction and will springs up, let’s put it aside. No matter how bad a guy I am, I’m not like that to my older sister who gave her life for me.

In a corner of my heart, the conscience that remains as much as Baptol suppresses my desire to spread out.

“Oscar, listen carefully to what I have to say from now on.”

Suppressing the cold heat, Adela lowered her eye level and grabbed my shoulders. I didn’t squeeze hard enough to hurt, but there was a sense of restraint that was hard to escape.

What is it, this idiot noona sets the mood like that to say something.

“I think this is the work of Letavis.”

“… … ??”

“Leonard and Letavis went missing together, and Leonard fell dead at the bottom of the cliff. Traces of a fierce battle were found on it.”

“You say big brother Letavis is the murderer of little brother Leonard?”

“okay. It seems to me that there was some friction between the two, and at the end of the argument, Letavis pushed Leonard down the cliff. After that, after remembering that murdering dead bodies is absolutely forbidden in the Pandemonium, I ended up choosing to run away.”

Oh, very sharp reasoning. I reasoned with the situation and clues without being stupid, but I was pretty smart.

“But little brother has the ability to liquefy. How do you explain that? There’s no way that someone who has liquidification as an inherent ability could have died from a physical blow falling off a cliff.”

However, it is still not enough.

“Is that so? If not… I can’t believe he planned to kill me from the beginning and deliberately carried it out… ?”

“Ah, that makes no more sense. Big brother, what are you doing? Is there a reason you want to be chased by the Pandemonium police?”

“ah… I see No matter how much Letavis hates Leonard, why would he be a fugitive… .”

“My eldest brother was the one who came closest to the position of head of the household, and there’s no way he would have kicked the bread rolling in even if I stayed still.”

It’s good that Adela uses her head. It’s natural that the more you use your brain, the smarter you get. Adela, who wouldn’t normally be with me, is said to have an extraordinary brain, so there’s no reason to interfere.

But not now. I’ve already burned Letavis’ body with a cross. Even if you want to make a criminal, you can’t make it. Unlike Leonard.

Empty-!

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Just then, someone knocked on the door violently. At that urgent beating, Adela released her hand from my shoulder and said,

“What’s going on?”

“Ah, lady! So, you’ve been caught! The culprit has been caught!”

“… what? The culprit was caught, what do you mean? Leah, Leah!”

A maid named Leah gasps and delivers the news.

The news I planned, prepared, and arranged.

“It was found! Around the corpse of Master Leonard, the mask belonging to the King of the Southern Grand Duke!”

“… !”

Adela hurriedly opened the door and followed the maid out.

“Kick-kick-kick.”

Left alone, I giggled and laughed.

This is not the time. Let’s go to the scene of the incident, which must be in full swing by now. I don’t want to regret later after missing a fun spectacle.