Volume 7 Chapter 4 At The Goddess Holy Church
The priest of the Goddess Holy Church, Lily Mathers of the 'Holy Scripture of the Celestial Star,' was focused on 'doll-making' in her room at the church headquarters.
Lily Mathers.
She looked about 14 years old, with long black hair that reached her waist. She had a cute face, but right now, she looked serious because she was working on her dolls.
Doll-making was done using Lily's master skill, 'Puppeteer.'
As long as she had the materials, she could make any kind of doll.
"This one is... a dragon."
She was making a palm-sized dragon doll.
The materials were cloth and cotton. Looking at the cute hand-sewn dragon doll, she finally smiled.
On the table, there were many crocheted dolls, wooden carvings, and cloth dolls.
There were over a thousand of them. Without getting bored at all, Lily kept making dolls.
"Aren't you going to use magic?"
"...Elena, don't just come in here."
"Come on, it's fine. So, are you not using magic? Why go through the trouble of hand-sewing?"
"Using magic would make it too easy and boring."
Elena had entered the room without Lily noticing and placed her hands on Lily's shoulders.
"You can control all the magic in this world and even create things with your cheat skill, 'Holy Scripture of the Celestial Star'... You could make as many dolls as you want, right?"
"That's why using magic is boring."
Lily pouted and pushed Elena's hands away.
"You got some skills from Piasola, right? You should use those."
"I said skills are boring!"
"Ah, okay, okay. Sorry~"
"Don't pet me!"
Elena giggled and patted Lily's head.
"Elena, it's fine to mess with me, but... Elena, you should try harder since you've failed twice."
"How cheeky."
"What are you doing next?"
"Well... can I use that?"
"?"
Elena pointed and smiled at the doll Lily made.
* * *
The head priest of the Goddess Holy Church, Piasola, had a childlike smile.
In the Cathedral owned by the Goddess Holy Church, 7 men and women were kneeling in a room where the statue of Goddess Pipina was placed.
Among them were Rosho and Sarissa.
"Okay, everyone chosen by the 'Seventh Heaven' leading the apostles! I want to give you new skills and level up the skills you already have!"
Piasola clapped her hands and smiled brightly.
Rosho stood up, walked to Piasola, and knelt again.
Piasola placed her hand over Rosho's head.
"What kind of skill do you want?"
"...I want a strong body and power."
"Alright!"
A rainbow-colored light gathered in Piasola's hand.
Then, the rainbow light turned into a window, and strange letters began to shine rapidly.
Cheat skill, 'Like a God (God Machine)'
A skill that creates and gives skills.
It was a mysterious power that could only be thought of as a representative of Goddess Pipina.
The light wrapped around Rosho and disappeared───... and then, a new skill was granted to Rosho.
"Next, I'm going to level up your skill. Your skill is 'Sword Saint' and it's level 47... so let's raise it to 70 for now."
"───...!!"
Thump, Rosho felt something strange.
The sensation of a skill level rising.
"Okay, all done. Next person~♪."
Cheat skill, 'Like a Demon (Hades)'
Can control the skill level freely. Raise it or lower it, it's up to Piasola.
Create skills and level them up.
With these two powers, Piasola raised the priests' levels to the max and gave them new skills.
With an angelic smile, she wielded demonic power.
"So then───... what kind of skill do you want?"
* * *
Lolofaldo threw down 2 cards he was holding.
"Two cards, change."
He took 2 cards from the deck and added them to his hand... looking grumpy. It seemed he didn't get the cards he wanted.
Next, Rapucel put all 5 cards on the table.
"I'm exchanging 5 cards..."
"Ahaha, are you a pig?"
Rapucel ignored Lolofaldo and exchanged all the cards.
Then, Takeru threw down one card.
"One card."
He drew one card from the deck and added it to his hand. Then, he grabbed a bottle and started drinking straight from it.
The 3 of them laid their cards on the table at the same time.
"Two pair."
"Royal straight flush."
"Three of a kind."
Lolofaldo and Takeru were stunned.
"Wait, Rapucel, that's a lie!? A royal with 5 exchanges!?"
"This is also the guidance of the goddess..."
"You cheating girl. What trick did you use?"
The 3 of them were playing cards.
They weren't betting anything. It was just pure card fun.
Lolofaldo leaned back in his chair and said to Takeru.
"Ha... hey, Takeru. Have you heard anything about our plans for the future?"
"Piasola said it's a 'replenishment period.' We're bringing young men and women from all over the world."
"Right? We did a lot in the Galatinne Kingdom, but we're bringing in quite a few followers from other countries too. Ah... if only Mr. Elk didn't get in the way."
Rapucel, who was organizing the cards, said.
"Right now, there are over 5000 followers. Also... there are 3 organizations that want to be under the Goddess Holy Church."
"Wait, what? I've never heard of that before."
"...I didn't know either."
Rapucel flipped a card.
The first card was the King of Diamonds.
"'Premiere Knights'."
The second card was the Queen of Hearts.
"'Night Festival Courtesan'."
The third card was the Ace of Spades.
"And, 'Demon King Azazel'."
Premiere Knights. Night Festival Courtesan. Demon King Azazel.
There are only 4 S-Class Dangerous Designation organizations in the world.
All of them are under the Goddess Holy Church.
Lolofaldo said without much surprise.
"S-Class dangerous organizations, huh... But those guys there, the top ones, don't they have cheat skills?"
"Yes. However, their individual combat abilities far exceed our apostles and holy apostles. The leaders and executives are stronger than Balthazar."
"Oh..."
"Takeru, you must not challenge them."
"Hmph. More importantly, how did our priest leader manage to control them?"
"That's obvious. It's brainwashing."
Piasola's skill 'Brainwashing' can control others and change their memories.
And... if Piasola uses her cheat skill, she can do anything.
"Well then, our goal... summoning the goddess is one step closer."
"Yeah. But... no matter how many followers we gather, or how many allies we make... the biggest worry still remains."
"...Looks like it's my turn."
When Takeru stood up, Lolofaldo stopped him.
"Wait, wait. Next is Elena and Lily's turn."
"Hmm..."
"Well, I don't expect much, but let's see what they can do."
The Goddess Holy Church has several goals.
Right now, the two main priorities are:
One is gathering followers.
The other is... eliminating the traitor Elk.
These 2 tasks were happening at the same time.
Lolofaldo took a card from Rapucel, shuffled them, and randomly picked one to place on the table.
"Mr. Elk, it seems like fun events might happen around you again..."
The card Lolofaldo drew was a joker with a black crow illustration on it.
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