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Translator: Kazumi
Editor: Kabur & Silavin
The sudden appearance of one of the three Great Gods made time stand still in that place.
The only thing that remained the same as usual were the Tower’s Administration Floor members.
Even though it was only her voice, the people there were frozen by the pressure they felt.
[…Now then.]
When the voice of Goddess Elisa Meir echoed through the hall, the people of the Kingdom of Gates were all startled.
Even though they could not see her, they sensed that her voice was directed at them.
[You’ve been saying all kinds of things, haven’t you? ]
Kousuke inwardly wowed at Eris’ words.
In Kousuke’s mind, he could clearly picture Eris smiling coldly.
[Despite all the warnings we’ve given you before, the fact that you’re doing this now means that you’re trying to pick a fight with us, right? ]
With these words, the Gates Kingdom officials paled.
It was as if they were in effect declaring that they themselves had abandoned the Gods.
“Wait… Wait!”
It was King Arthur, who managed to speak out amidst the intimidation.
[…What is it? ]
“We do not wish to quarrel with the Gods…!”
[Oh. So, what was that exchange you just had? It sounded to me like you were taking the liberty of twisting our opinions and imposing yourselves on the work of the living god.]
“That’s not true!”
[You can’t say, “No”, surely? After all, you threatened us earlier that we weren’t doing our job as Gods…]
“… That has nothing to do with us…”
[You can’t say it has nothing to do with you, okay? You are here as a delegation of your country.]
At Eris’s words, King Arthur finally relented.
[Aside from the selfish one, are you ready to face punishment for this fraud, you, who call yourself a clergyman?]
“”…. Huh?!?!”””
The two who were nailed by Eris were both exclaiming in unison.
Temple head Dominic, in particular, who had been called an impostor, had gone beyond blue to white.
[Why are you so surprised? It’s no different from a scam, isn’t it, since you didn’t tell them exactly what we said, but instead interpreted it to suit your own needs?]
Kousuke, who was listening to Eris’s voice on the side, looked at him as if she were someone else, thinking, “Ah, they made her angry.”.
In the first place, Eris did not come out here for Kousuke’s sake.
Originally, the Goddesses had warned the Temple about many things, but they ignored it and spread what was convenient to them to the world.
For the goddesses, as Eris said earlier, it was certainly a scam.
It was Eris who was the one coming out here, but Kousuke knew that the other Goddesses were furious as well.
No wonder, after all, they ignored the warnings given to them by the oracles.
And to top it all off, he even had the guts to threaten Kousuke a while ago.
Kousuke himself was not particularly concerned about it, but that threat could be seen as a provocation to the other Goddesses.
Regardless of whether the person who said it was aware of it or not.
Based on these facts, it could be said that the Kingdom of Gates strangled itself here in the end.
It was not exactly the Kingdom of Gates, but the temple that the Kingdom of Gates was following, but that was just about the same thing.
In fact, even the King took the trouble to appear on this occasion.
Arthur might say that he was not here as the King, but such an excuse would not be acceptable to the Goddess Elisa Meir.
It would instead be a poor excuse, which would obviously make her even angrier.
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Except for Kousuke, who normally met with Eris to a degree that would be impossible for normal people, and Sylvia, with whom she communicated almost daily, there would be no other opportunities to speak with Goddess Elisa Meir.
It was not that there were few opportunities, but rather none.
Therefore, even though Arthur did not understand how angry Eris was, he understood that she was angry at him.
Something had to be done about it, but this was not something that could be controlled from his position.
Even though the Temple was heavily involved in politics, there was no way Arthur could interfere in religious matters.
As for Karl, even the king was unable to interfere because he was the administrator of the Tower.
After all, the earnings from the Tower were the core industry of the country.
Even the king could not mess with the man who held the fate of the Tower in his hands.
He desperately wondered what to do, but no good idea came to mind.
As for those in question, one of them looked almost the same, while the other seemed to be unable to even breathe.
The one who could hardly breathe, Arthur guessed, must have been affected by the divine energy of Goddess Elisa Meir.
Even Arthur himself was being pressured by the divine energy, which would be painful even for a person who had been properly trained as a priest.
Of course, the reason why it was painful was because he had a guilty conscience, and the clergy of Amamiya Tower seemed to interact with the Goddess in a very casual manner.
This in itself was inconceivable, but it showed how deeply connected the members of Amamiya Tower were with the Goddesses.
It should have been expected, since the tower administrator was one of those Gods.
This might have been the result of taking the temple’s claims seriously.
The other one, who was not a member of the priesthood, probably thought that he had nothing to do with it at this point.
He could not make such an argument anymore.
Goddess Elisa Meir gave an ultimatum to Arthur, who could now understand that he had no more excuses and was waiting to be punished.
[Your country and you will receive Divine Judgment. Be aware that you will no longer be able to escape it.]
“Oh, no…!”
Divine Judgment, as the name implies, was a direct use of a Goddesses’s authority.
In the past, nations had been destroyed by this judgment.
[And the goddesses are furious with you. After all, you are a human being, and you meddled in what the goddesses were doing.]
Eris then directed the conversation to Kousuke without waiting for Arthur’s rebuttal.
[Since that’s the case, I’ve entrusted you with the punishment. ]
“Eh. I’m the one who decides, after all?”
[Who else is there? ]
She said with a tone indicating that it should be obvious.
“Hmmm. Well, okay. It’s what I originally decided to do. Is that okay?”
[I’ll go along with whatever you decide.]
Kousuke thought it was unfair to say it that way, but he was not so stupid as to say it out loud.
Eris had already guessed what Kousuke was going to suggest anyway.
And then, after deciding that the punishment was appropriate, they continued.
“First of all, against the Kingdom of Gates…”
“Wait! No, no, wait! Please…! Please have mercy!!!!”
Kousuke’s expression turned to dismay as King Arthur bowed his head to him.
It seemed as if he had no idea what he was getting into now.
“Even if I listen to you and cut corners here, I’m the one who will be blamed by the other Goddesses.”
[Certainly.]
Eris, who had not yet finished his oracle, came after him.
[I’m going to nail it to your head once again, but you have to remember that what the Goddesses have decided here can only be changed by the Goddesses. To go against it is to go against the Goddesses.]
They could only accept the punishment, or they could defy the Goddesses.
For the Kingdom of Gates, there was now only the absolute choice.
Those on the Tower’s administrative side watched this situation with bated breath.
Of course, that was to be expected.
After all, the judgment of the Gods was about to take place, just like in the legends.
Kousuke, with whom they were in contact with daily, was going to be the one to do it.
Once again, Kousuke’s status as a member of the Gods was being clearly shown.
For them, there was the idea that they could handle it because they knew Kousuke’s character as well, but on the other hand, if they imitated something that would anger the other Goddesses instead of Kousuke, the same thing could happen to them.
For them, who were closer to the Goddesses than the Kingdom of Gates, what was happening now was an event that could not be a matter of other people’s concern.
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