I Became the Snow Woman I Made

60 – Descent of the Virgin (2)

A hazy spirit.

Her whole body floated as if floating, and as soon as it touched her pavement, gooey slime wrapped around her ankles.

The craze hit.

The hot climate oppresses the whole body······ Wait a minute. A hot climate?

I was taken aback.

“······I feel the heat?”

At that moment, consciousness awoke.

The real heat experienced as a human being, not the heat felt by a vulnerable attribute.

It was a feeling I had forgotten a long time ago.

I hurriedly looked around and saw a desolate and barren land.

In a place where life seemed impossible to live, only purple miasma and dark red grudges were full.

It was self-evident where this place was.

“Reclaimed land······.”

Suddenly, memories from the past came back.

The sense of consciousness being absorbed right after injecting magical power into a divine object.

Then am I in a state of consciousness now?

So it seems that the old senses left in the memory were revived.

─······Welcome to winter.

“!”

Then I heard a voice.

I was agitated, but when I looked back without showing it, there was a spirit.

─Have you been well?

“… You.”

But he was a guy I knew.

The spirit’s will I met a while ago, ten years ago, in an elemental dungeon.

It was a clear look with a longer white beard than before.

─Let me formally greet you. My name is Higareth, a senior earth spirit.

“Earth Spirit…”

I was taken aback, but understood right away.

The guy in front of me was also not the body.

Since he became a senior, he must have been able to leave his will here and there.

─In winter…

“Quillière.”

─Yes?

You cut off the old spirit’s words.

It was subsequently corrected.

“Quillier, not winter.”

─Ah… Ah, yes. You have committed an offense. I’m sorry.

Even though the spirits are the ones that work best with my settings, such a grandiose title was a no-brainer.

I asked a question.

“Looks like you’ve left a lot of will.”

All I saw was the Catalyst and the Ring of Origin, but there must have been more.

Besides, these two are not ordinary things.

It was said that it was a formidable existence.

At this, Higares, more precisely, his will gave a bitter smile.

─This is the last one.

“…Ah.”

I will tell you in advance.

Roh Jung-ryeong continued to speak while maintaining a smile.

─Actually, no one has ever handled this ring. Saints and paladins in history were no exception.

“I see.”

─Yes. It’s not that I became a god for nothing. Of course, it was neglected all the time after it became a thing, and it ended up degenerating into a nuisance complex.

“Why are you in that place?”

My tone was cold like a snow woman.

Higares just laughed.

─The origin of the world. As you know, Qulière, it was used in the making of this ring. It is so weak and weak that it has faded now, but the moment I first saw it, I couldn’t just pass it by.

“Hmm.”

─Anyway, after a long time, I almost gave up because no suitable person appeared, but… In the end, if the person you chose was Quilière-sama, you deservedly waited.

“·······.”

His wrinkled smile was so benevolent that I didn’t even feel like arguing.

I changed the topic instead.

“So what are you talking about? You have something you want, so you must have responded with my mana.”

Movement of consciousness beyond simple response.

The remaining strength of the will was consumed like crazy, and of course it was not something to do as a joke.

The old spirit nodded and spread his hands.

─It would be quickest to show you directly.

Shortly after, the scene at the landfill changed.

It was still desolate, but it was a wasteland with no grudges like now.

The peace that was maintained for a while eventually,

It was destroyed by a clash between armed soldiers.

─────!

Wild screams and screams.

Flesh splattered and blood splattered.

The corpse made the mountain, and the blood made the sea.

The mountain of piled up corpses decayed, infested with insects, obstructed the path, and caused an epidemic.

“That’s terrible.”

─·······Sorry. I shouldn’t have made you see it again.

Hi Gareth lowered his head in disdain.

Around that time, soldiers from both sides buried their bodies in the ground.

The road where death was buried gradually became thicker.

─The control of this world of consciousness is difficult even for me. That’s it.

When he waved his hand again, the scene switched like a cutscene. The place where the soldiers and corpses disappeared were filled with the dead.

Perhaps the current landfill.

Something on the other side caught my eye.

The identity of the metaphysical structure was immediately discernible.

“Obelisk.”

It is located in the far west of the only four divine ruins, and is the only place occupied by disaster.

A dark red air current surrounded the ruins.

The owner of that figure, which I saw in the capital city, was Mahabharata, the black calamity.

“Are you stimulating the ruins?”

─That’s right. I’m messing around and messing around.

Every time he touched the ruins, incomprehensible rays of indescribable color leaked out.

That must be divine power.

Even in the conscious world, I could see that it was a great power.

─Black Calamity has clearly lost its sanity. Perhaps it was because he suffered a crushing defeat for the first time in his life.

While doing so, Higareth glanced at me.

He wasn’t miserable at all.

─The fact that the obelisk is carelessly torn apart is proof of that. The gnome craves power more than ever.

“You’re out of your mind.”

─Yes. ‘Source’ is the most powerful force in the world. Even that disaster was afraid of extinction, so I couldn’t use it properly.

It sublimates a mere trifle into a god with only a very weak speck of dust.

Divine power is like that, and the obelisk that stored it vastly was not a gimmick to be touched.

Does that mean he is cornered?

I think I misunderstood a lot.

─It would be the best result if the calamity could not handle the power beyond its power and perished. However······.

“On the contrary, if you succeed in absorbing even a little bit, it will be the worst.”

─Yes······· It is. I came to tell you that fact.

Looking at Higareth, who bowed his head again, I grasped his general situation.

That’s how it happened.

I knew there was no way that he would be dead, but he couldn’t believe he was plotting something like this.

“Thank you. I’ll remember.”

─Thank you… This is an exaggerated statement. I just did my duty.

I couldn’t go to the home ground of disaster, so I had no choice but to hope that he would fail for now.

The moment I let out a shallow sigh, the grave spirit’s voice rang out.

─Mr. Quilière.

“Yes.”

─This is my last will, and I have already returned to the earth.

The calm words continued.

─Will you allow me to watch from the sky?

“·······.”

It was a very grand statement.

Perhaps it was because I was in the conscious world, I had a slight stomach ache.

“That’s why you need my permission.”

It felt like hives were breaking out all over my body from the burdensome gaze. He waved her hand and groaned.

“Do whatever you want.”

─The castle is full of shame… I hope… Please bring that grace to this continent as well….

Higares disappeared with a sad smile.

All that was left was the procrastinating demon scene and the blurry world.

─────!

A cataclysmic air current that utters a disgusting roar.

As soon as I watched it, the world was shattered like fragments as it cracked.

Right after I felt my consciousness being pulled out again, I blinked.

Before I knew it, I was back at the treasure hall of the Great Temple.

The eyes around me were intensely focused on me.

“·······.”

“·······.”

The afterglow of the moment was quickly forgotten.

I tried to look at the remaining ring on her palm.

A divine object that has been tested and completely owned by me.

The moment I put it on my finger, a light burst out.

Whoaaah——!

A dazzling beam of light was emitted to form a light source, and the cluster of light stopped after moving in the air… To be precise, behind my head. Pouring light.

It was one of the abilities of the ring, ‘halo’.

“······!”

The effect is coercion towards the unclean.

However, my expression hardened.

Because the faces of the people were spectacular.

Targal opened his mouth in a daze, and the two high priests widened their eyes.

“Quillière…!”

“Sung, Holy Maiden…?”

The reaction was not much different from Nel and Lucia.

Those eyes of envy and adoration were burdensome. The stomachache came again.

This wasn’t hallucination.

***

Authorization near Daeshinjeon.

The world was heating up with hot topics popping up one after another.

The topics were divided into saints, the dead, the ceremony of proof, the archbishop, and the head of the church, but the division was meaningless. All of them were just clues leading to one person.

“Really? The rumored saintess?!”

“That’s right. It was truly amazing. When he defeated the dead of the waves, everyone present would agree. He freezes the tidal wave like a dreamy painting…”

Among them, a man was walking around and spreading the story of her saintess.

He exaggerated the already great feat even more realistically.

It was in the middle of the heat, but the effect of the man’s talk was great.

“It’s not only that. He even personally judged the enemy of the church, the head of the Saints’ Church. This story is so famous that everyone knows it, but most people don’t know the details behind it.”

“That’s right… Because there were a lot of people who couldn’t attend the proof ceremony at that time.”

“That’s why it’s really unfortunate. If everyone saw it, you wouldn’t be able to say, ‘Don’t call the rumored saint your savior.'”

But something was strange.

As the man continued to speak, people’s pupils dilated.

It wasn’t a phenomenon that would happen simply because of good talk.

This was related to the man’s abilities.

Adain, who had been watching him from afar, nodded slightly.

“That’s it, Jehak.”

Unlike usual, Zehaq didn’t wear a robe with a ‘tongue’ on it, but he was a member of the Seven Apostles just like Ardain.

His ability is ‘Inspire morale’.

This power that reduces fear and gives courage is usually not effective on anyone, but it can be used for agitation if one’s judgment is clouded.

“Did you hear that? At the proof ceremony—”

“I heard it. I heard it. I can’t believe that Archbishop Clavia was a dead person…”

And now was the best time to exert its full effect. The whole city is engulfed in hot excitement, and reason is clouded.

Not only Jehak, but also several other members moved to help.

This was Adain’s strategy.

“More. Spread it farther. It will cause a commotion…”

It brings all the attention to one point.

Let the frenzied believers riot to see the saint, the savior, and the god.

So when she finally shows up, she can set up countless meat shields.

“······Hoeju passed away.”

With this, the Dark Saints will be greatly staggered.

You will never regain the same prestige you had before. So the only chance to get rid of the enemy is now.

Even at that time, Jehak was working hard with his tongue.

“We have to go to the Great Temple!”

“Daeshinjeon…?!”

“Before God leaves, we want to convey our sincerity! We have never abandoned you for a moment!”

“Oh… Oh oh oh…!”

The long-awaited manifestation of God.

When the true apex of the kingdom was mentioned, crowd psychology was further twisted.

Staring at the crowd who lost control, Zehak gave an intended smile.

***

I took the time to check things out in sincerity.

People seemed to have felt something after seeing my atmosphere, but people had left their seats.

“It will take some getting used to.”

This was the conclusion I came to after looking at the ring for a while.

Compared to Talisman, it was of a higher level and had many functions, so it was difficult to use it right away.

“Hmm.”

There was no problem at all.

Since I’m going back to the snowfield now, I just had to train there whenever I had time.

While carefully adjusting the ring, a knocking sound hit my ear.

Smart─

“Come in.”

As soon as he entered, Nell spoke urgently.

“…Quillier! Did you see it outside?!”

“Outside?”

“Ugh. It’s crazy. The kids are going crazy.”

“…?”

I tilted my head for a moment.

What are you talking about?

He replied calmly.

“Never mind.”

“Huh…? Eh, huh.”

She fell silent, and I continued to test the halo.

I tried it once, but it wasn’t that easy to handle. After several trials and errors, a clear group of lights emerged again.

Seeing the bright light made me feel better.

At that time, I heard footsteps and then Lucia appeared with the same expression as Nell.

“Saint, Holy Maiden!”

Her voice trembled frantically.

“I’m in trouble! Look outside!”

“… Outside.”

“Yes! I’m looking for a saintess! It’s a big commotion!”

“Looking for me…”

I glanced at Nell.

She said that’s why she came running in full gasp.

But what if I forgot the most important thing?

“······Find me.”

The reason why… There were too many things to guess.

But you don’t have to show yourself.

“Never mind.”

“Uh… Ah. Yes…”

I gave the same answer and looked at the ring again.

I don’t know what the fuss was about, but I thought that if we left it as it was, it would be settled.

However, it seems that they have neglected the citizens of religious countries too much.

A few minutes later the next jockey came.

“Saint!”

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It was Targal, the leader of the Bright Knights.

This time I took the lead.

“People are upset.”

“Outside…! Uh, yes.”

“Looking for me.”

“······That’s right. You knew that.”

He scratched the back of his neck shyly.

I clapped my tongue lightly and stood up.

It seemed that the fuss would not end because it was just there.

Three people followed me as I walked down the hallway, and Sariel and Netach were talking with serious faces on the other side. They saw me and ran.

“Explain what’s going on.”

I asked first.

Just as they were about to repeat a series of repertoires, the two people’s mouths were blocked, and they purred like goldfish.

Then Sariel, who came to his senses, spoke seriously.

“The story of the saintess seems to have spread at an alarming speed.”

“So.”

“Fellow believers are flocking to the saintess, calling her their savior, hoping to see her face somehow.”

At those words, I gently brushed my chest.

It’s not a parallel poem.

I assumed the worst, but it wasn’t a big deal at all.

It was also quite possible.

“The Knights of Radiance have been mobilized to block the waves of the crowd, but that won’t last long. It’s impossible to harm the followers…”

“I guess so.”

“The… Saintess. Let go of your anger. They aren’t doing this with bad intentions either. They just look up to the saintess so much—”

“I know.”

I nodded at Netach’s words.

Even in modern times, if God appeared in person, that would be the case.

In my case, I’m not even a real god, I’m just a fake born through coincidence and luck.

“······Mmm.”

Of course, it was a bit embarrassing.

I was planning on running away in a hurry after getting rid of Clavia, but I never thought it would pass so soon.

I guess my performance was more amazing than I thought.

“What is it…”

Just popping out here wasn’t a good choice.

Because this was a mad torch beyond simple interest. That number was insignificant, so ignoring it would cause many difficulties.

I needed to get some sleep.

After thinking about it for a while, I came up with a good idea.

“Terrace of the Great Temple.”

“Yes?”

“Gather them all together.”

Quieting interest, it wasn’t particularly difficult.

Why was their reaction so intense in the first place?

It was because they regarded me as a transcendent being and wanted me to save them.

“However, bring out all those who cause mayhem. Tell them to stay orderly and behave themselves.”

Then thinking in reverse, what if I’m not a great person? Not only that, but what if they had no will to save themselves?

I’m sure they’ll be disappointed when they see me as normal.

I smiled like a bad boy.

“I miss you so much.”

“······!”

The eyes of the two archimandrites widened.

I had two things to do, and they were connected.

After putting my attention to rest, I leave the school!