The Paladin Owns the Relic

10 – Why (1)

Do you know what black smells like and when you push it into your mouth, it makes you nauseous?

Ah.

That’s called ‘burnt meat’.

I didn’t want to know either.

“Why did this happen?!”

“Be quiet. Junior.”

Irene carried the food with her shudder. She had no confidence in her soft, outstretched hand.

The ‘thing that was meat’ on top of the bowl was screaming.

I’ll shake hands with this even if the necromancer comes.

“Eat.”

“If you eat it, you will die!”

“……”

“Don’t eat like it’s nothing! Don’t eat! Really die!”

“No, let go.”

“Don’t call and don’t eat!”

Irene barely stopped him from putting meat or something hideous in her mouth. Just by looking beside her, she could tell if it was dangerous or safe.

Just a few minutes ago, ‘heh heh heh. I’m really sorry for doubting you. It’s Zahard. I never thought I would be able to eat such delicious meat in my whole life…’ Said Meerkant vaguely, lying face down on the table! Shaking her body!

“What the hell were you doing in the kitchen?!”

I finally rolled up my sleeves. I was just trying to get a bite of it, but I couldn’t.

This senior is no help!

I strode into the kitchen.

“It’s a block of carbon on the outside, but why is it soft on the inside?!”

“I grilled it over a strong fire to catch the nasty smell.”

In front of your eyes! And a fire broke out. I was dazed at the environment where I gathered all the firewood and firewood.

“Isn’t this super high heat?! I’ll burn all three candles!”

“Only a little more firepower can cleanse the world…”

“Don’t talk like an arsonist!”

I opened the cookbook. I moved my hand quickly.

In the world, all knowledge can be converted into skills. It is possible only when special conditions are met, but…!

For cooking skills that are treated as basic skills, reading a cookbook is enough!

[You have acquired the Meat Recipe (F).]

I got a skill. That’s enough. It’s an F grade to the end, but in reality, it’s just a role to support my hands.

In the first place, the experience of working part-time at a meat restaurant in the original world is full!

This is about a meal!

[Exquisite fire skills!]

[You have acquired Lightly Roasted Meat (C).]

[The meat recipe (F) makes the meat a bit chewier.]

[The skill rank of Meat Recipe (F) is going up!]

I tasted it a bit. Done!

Yes. This is meat!

“Either or me!”

“It’s still a catch…”

“If you don’t catch it, is it meat?! Just eat it!”

Hector swallowed a piece of meat. My body shuddered and my eyes widened.

“This, is this…Really…Meat…?”

“Heavenly taste…”

“Crazy…Dog taste…!”

“Why, why is it so delicious?!”

Meerkand, who was sitting helplessly in his chair, put his hand on the meat. Irene shuddered from the trauma of the grilled meat, but then carefully put a piece into her mouth.

“…….!”

Do you know the thrilled priest’s expression?

Meerkandt was belatedly receiving God.

“…God.”

[‘Ra’ is dissatisfied.]

[Laughs, asking what kind of reaction it is to a piece of meat.]

“Would you like to try it?”

-…….

A piece of meat slipped away. I heard chewing in my ears.

Eup, eup, eup, eup, eup, eup, eup, short sound.

-…Han…

I heard Ra’s voice after a long time.

-Just one more piece!

I knew that.

I am! I’m a master of grilling meat!

“……”

Irene furrowed her brows as if she was deeply dissatisfied that her own dishes had been put away. As I pushed through her meat dish, I slapped her bowl in front of her.

“Well, if you don’t want to eat, don’t eat. It’s not about frowning in front of food.”

“…….”

Irene stared at me. Then, she slammed her bowl and went.

“I never said I wouldn’t eat it.”

Just a bite.

Irene trembled as if she had been infected with electricity. Her eyes widened and her hands quickened.

“Isn’t it delicious?”

“……”

With sauce smeared on her lips, Irene cocked her head proudly.

“…Suitable.”

Yes.

I’ll tame you too. Even if it’s a scenario where you can’t become a blue hawk, your sword talent is really useful!

One more slave!

. . .

The church has changed rapidly. I led the orphans who ate a lot of meat.

“Let’s fix the wall first.”

There was not enough money to hire workers. But there was enough money to buy the materials.

Cudangtang!

I rebuilt the wall that had collapsed here and there. It was not a professional job, it was built by children’s hands, and it was sloppy, but it was much better than before.

“Paint it too. Plenty of it.”

“Ooh, why do we have to do this!”

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Not everyone listened to me. There was a guy who sometimes messed with him.

I laughed a little. I approached him friendly and tapped him on the shoulder.

“Now, my friend. Think about it. You know that meat we ate until the day before yesterday…Do you know where it came from?”

“That’s right, with donations…!”

“Yes. That’s the donation. But where does the donation come from?”

I whispered like a snake.

“They are the believers. The more members of the church, the more we can eat to our fullness. Then what should we do?”

“…Recruit followers?”

“That’s right! That’s right! But I mean. Imagine that you’re a believer. Seeing such a messed up church makes you want to believe? Don’t you think it’ll damage your faith?”

“…Ah…Um…”

“My friend. Do you think so?”

“No, that’s right.”

Children are easier than adults. If you put a word on it as if your thoughts were simple and respectful, it passed quickly.

“Then go and work. We’ll have to eat well tomorrow too.”

“You, you?”

“Or I’ll paint it, you instructed.”

I snatched his paint brush. Still, I took a step or two.

“Wait a minute!”

Yes. I thought you would call

“I-I’ll do it! I don’t know what to do, so I can’t do this!”

Anyone who is suddenly assigned a burden refuses to do so. Especially if it’s something he’s never done before.

“It will be like that a long time ago. Then there are no complaints, right?”

“Ugh…”

Okay!

Work! Slaves!

Let’s live like a human!

“My friends! Overhaul the kitchen! Make it all shiny! I’ll cook for you tonight!”

In the ensuing shouts, I overturned the entire church.

“Clean up the garden! Bastards! I’m not going to live because I’m dirty!”

I pulled out weeds and finished with a neatly polished ground.

“Clean up the room! Dust off! Let’s ventilate! Slaves! Move!”

“No, slave…”

“The tone is getting more and more…”

“If you have any complaints, get out! Instead, there is no dinner tonight!”

“Ha, I’ll do it!”

The room is tidy. Very clean, not a single speck of dust.

After a series of cleanings, a place suitable for human habitation was finally created. The broken places were filled again, and the bottom of the door, which was like a thorn in the eye, was also filled.

I breathed in the fresh air. After filling in the hole and repairing it, the warmth that escaped outside was staying inside the building.

It’s not cold. Full. There is a warm place to sleep.

Meerkant, beaten by the three miracles that followed, shed tears of emotion.

“Yes, it seems to have returned to the old days… Zahard… It is all thanks to you… Now I have no regrets even if I die…”

Looking at their eyes, they’re eyes that I would believe even if I said I’d made fermented soybeans with dung. Yes. Okay. I’ll tame you.

Ughhh.

Irene was looking at me with her disbelieving eyes. She seemed to give up after trying to say something.

“…Your junior doesn’t look good here.”

What is it?

Are you still my anti?

“The church headquarters is more suitable.”

I wasn’t.

He’s a good guy who knows how to treat people properly!

“Senior. Would you like another piece of meat?”

“…Yes. What.”

After the major construction work was over, I was finally able to stretch my legs. The Hector guys will be hanging out with the thugs for a while, just as I ordered… I’ll meet them in the early evening and roll them for training.

Um.

It is safe to say that all urgent fires have been turned off.

Is it time to talk about it?

“Rah.”

-……

“I know you’re listening. Let’s talk. Why did you bring me here?”

-You are so quick to ask. Damn it

I heard Ra’s voice. I lay on a bed that was no different than a single room and stared at the ceiling.

“You said something about the world line that will perish before… You’re not talking about a hero who seems to come out of a fairy tale, right?”

-……

“Oh no way. Seriously. If it’s a clichéd novel, I’ll be criticized. I was a reader. I’m getting off immediately.” Nailed it.”

-…This colt-like thing has a very open mouth…

“Is it real? Isn’t it? If you’re going to order something like that, I’ll just live here. I’ll have to live by beating my stomach while ripping off the kids.”

-Why did I have to choose a guy like this…

“It’s this kind of guy. Who brought in a person who was living a good life? To be honest, if it wasn’t me, it must have been a stupid or stupid guy. I must have been frozen long ago.”

-Stop talking. Let’s talk!

Fireworks erupted in front of my eyes. I straightened up and sat down.

“I will listen.”

-Have you seen such a monkey? I’m tired of mixing long words, so I’ll make it short.

Something like a planet appeared before my eyes. I tried to catch it, but my hand went through. Fantasy.

-There is this place. We call this planet A-12.

“Suddenly cosmic scale?”

-Shut up and listen calmly.

Something like a planet split. In an instant, hundreds of identical planets separated and appeared before my eyes.

-Each of these planets is a fake world line, separated from the original one. I call these simulations. Rolling these and choosing the best scenario from a myriad of possibilities is what I do most of the time. It is because, as the manager of the world, it is my role to choose the most correct world line.

“…Isn’t that a resema? To play by selecting an account with the best gacha.”

-Similar. The game you played was also part of a game simulation created for me by another god. For me, who was faced with a situation without an answer, he was the one who sprinkled it into his world, wondering if there was any other way.

“Is that person an earth god?”

-This is the story of my junior. There is no end to the long talk. Just listen The game you played was originally a game that could not be cleared. However, there were several guys who broke through the ridiculous possibilities and cleared them. Those guys were the candidates I chose. I had to choose among them who would save my world.

“It looks like a story like a real warrior in another world…But why is it me?”

-Because you are the most persistent.

“…Yes?”

All other planets of Ra disappeared, and the one remaining planet grew larger.

-Only you have cleared all achievements. I pierced through ridiculously slim possibilities and cleared scenarios full of danger SSS ranks. Even as I grabbed the traps that were deliberately planted to show off, I finally saw the end, so I had no choice but to choose you, who had the most potential.

“No. sh*t! That’s why the difficulty suddenly went up?! Do you know how hard I was to wake up?!”

-It’s not a game in the first place! It’s close to the test I gave! If you answer me one more time, I’ll set your head on fire!

“…Ah yes.”

-Don’t stick out your mouth. I want to give you a hit

Ra groped his neck. She suddenly lowered her voice.

-Originally, I was managing this world without difficulty. But at some point, there was a big hole in it. The hole grew bigger and bigger, and now it’s almost swallowing my world.

“A three-line summary.”

-…Do you really want to burn?

“Instead of a long narrative, just tell me the results. You said you didn’t want to talk to me for a long time? In the beginning, there was nothing-something like that is a bit boring.”

-Why did I bring something like this…

Ra sighed.

-Good. Do whatever you want first. I manage this world second. The unavoidable scenario of destruction landed on the original world line, not the simulation. For reference, this is not what I did. It’s because it’s from the ‘outside’. Anyway, the third is that you have to solve it.

“How can I?”

-The results of the simulations I ran first were terrible. Things from outside this world have contaminated those who should have lived in it. I call them corrupters. As a result of the simulation, those who fall are… The immortals. Weeping nuns. Royal Knights. Astina’s dog… These are all names you’ve heard before.

“…Aren’t they all characters from the game? Sometimes they’re enemies, sometimes they’re allies. And sometimes…They’re the main NPCs who become the final boss themselves?”

Ra agreed.

-That’s right. The end of my world will surely come by some ‘fallen one’. No one knows how it will be. But the important thing is, at some point, only the distant void will greet me. Haven’t you always won where you don’t know who will fall and who will become the enemy? So you’ll have to help me out. You must lead those who may fall. Your goal is to save this world by killing the fallen in my name.

“Wait a minute.”

Um.

Let’s clean things up.

“Is this world real? It’s not a simulation, so you’ll only get one chance.”

-That’s right.

“Because it will be similar to a game, a scenario that I have never experienced will unfold before my eyes?”

-Yes.

“…In a situation where you don’t know who will attack you, weed out and kill the corrupted ones among the important NPCs?”

-You use your tongue quite well. That’s a pretty cool summary.

I laughed.

“What are you giving me in return?”

-Infinite glory and opportunity to support me…

“No. f*ck.”

I was sprawled out.

“I know who is Hogu.”