As soon as we arrived, we were met by the recruitment cries of the Saintesses.
“For first-time visitors, join Ruanko Pure Saint Church, the largest faction!”
“Heavenly Prayer Church has a simple doctrine of just praying to the heavens!”
“Ah, just now, a revelation from the Goddess! Th-this is!!”
“A partner isn’t just someone of the opposite sex; the form of love is…”
“Please, give me love, ah, your love will become my love, and towards you…”
Yes, the five major religions are already working hard,
Let’s see, the last one was the ‘Philanthropic Church’, and then Clarice’s Church of the Goddess,
I don’t know her. The one who recruited me last time was Clarice, and I think…
“Good work, Srori.”
“Ah, it’s Arch Saintess Clarice!”
“Where is Canon now?” “She is resting over there!”
Right, that was her name!
She approaches us with a smile, already nostalgic.
Clarice and I nod to each other, and Anju and Pero too, and then…
“Lord Derus, it’s been a while.”
“Ah, yes, hello.” “Is that a uniform?!”
“No, I haven’t joined, my family… but that doesn’t matter anymore.”
Yes, if I leave the Avakane family,
Religion is free for a Count Palatine,
The Empire probably has a national religion, but that’s how things go.
“Then please, join our Church of the Goddess!”
“You’re recruiting.” “That’s my job!”
“Putting that aside, I came to pay my respects for my marriage to Clarice.” “Congratulations!”
It feels familiar.
It seems Clarice comes here often,
And Anju too. Following that logic, Pero probably does too, she seemed familiar.
(Ah, Anju-chan has started floating up near the ceiling!)
Mr. Iwamoto and the others are just looking up from below.
“I am Anju, the hired Illusionist of the Church of the Goddess! The Goddess said, ‘Things will work out,’ but even that has its limits!”
“Oooooooh!” applaud Clarice, Srori, and Canon,
And even the Otherworlders and Pero! Well, I should do it too.
Srori immediately catches some new Adventurers who came after seeing this.
(And Anju-chan floats down gently.)
Judging by the lack of commotion,
It seems this happens every time we come here.
“You’re hired by the Church of the Goddess!”
“Yep~ I mostly work for Shucco~”
“Ah, your main work is over there.” “Lord Derus.” “Ah, yes, Clarice.”
It was the same with Ailee,
Do we not need to greet the Adventurer Guild itself?
Canon seems to be staying. It looks like one is for recruitment and the other is for explanations.
(Then, looking around the surroundings…)
Even the places other than the five major religions,
Are still impressively passionate.
Do I need an explanation? Then let’s lend an ear and listen, with commentary!
“We have a rare profession called Summoner in our order…” – ‘Monster Coexistence Church’, which believes in coexistence with monsters.
“May I have just four minutes? Four minutes can accomplish anything. Let’s condense everything into four minutes.” – ‘Four-Minute Church’, which is fixated on four minutes.
“Excuse me… umm… let’s all bring our misfortunes together and dilute them…” – ‘Hotahota Church’, which resists misfortune.”
Lord Helen’s Philanthropic Church?
And the bad Saintess I threw into Great Tree Building No. 2 was from the Four-Minute Church.
“The amazing thing about our Seventeen-Year-Old Church is that daughters, and even granddaughters, remain forever seventeen…” – ‘Eternal Seventeen-Year-Old Church’.
Ah, it’s Maam, the local character!
I shouldn’t disturb her, so I’ll leave her be.
And I won’t pry into her actual age either.
“Actually, just between us, we’ve acquired several candies that restore magic power to its maximum limit!” – ‘Yuhpa Mikaku Church’, which worships candy.
If the origin of that is traced, it will definitely lead to Anju!
“Recently, this pair of pants we developed in our order, unbelievably, has a floral… from a sachet…” – ‘Pants are Worn Four Days Front Back Inside Out Church’, smells awful.
“Sega-ba-da-i! Sega-ba-da-i! Now, for a Tamac-chi present!” – ‘Sega Mandai Church’, which inexplicably resonates with Otherworlders.
“Ukyokkyokyo~! Kyokyo-kyo! Kyokyo? Ah, isn’t that Lord Derus? Long time no see Ukyoooooo!” – ‘Ukyokyo Church’, annoyingly noisy.
It seems there are a few new religions that have appeared,
But thinking about them all will give me a headache, so I’ll skip it.
Let’s go to the Church of the Goddess headquarters quickly… Oh, but before that.
“Please give my regards to Mels from the ‘Pants (abbreviated) Church’.” “Yes!”
He’s our benefactor in defeating the Demon Lord.
Now, to the exit… or rather, not!
“Ukyokkyokkyokkyokkyokkyokkyoooooooooooooo!!!”
“Wha?! Ukyo?! Ukyo-ukyo-kyokyo-ukyo-kyo?!”
“Ukkyoukyokyo, ukkyoukyokyo-kyo, ukkyokkyo-!” “Lord Derus.” “Ah, yes.”
Clarice is genuinely angry.
Such a low, guttural voice coming out… Well, let’s go.
“Ah, Pero-chan, stay with me properly.”
“I’m okay, nya… I’m being protected, nya.”
Ah, the Otherworlders are surrounding us…
Right, the reason I brought her out from the start was
To protect Pero-chan, I should give her a pat.
“Anju-chan, you’re amazing!”
“Heheheh, but why–??”
“Why do you think that, why indeed—-”
In response to this, two male Otherworlders.
“For the upcoming mini-stage, will you be holding a guitar in a red jersey?”
“Mr. Iwamoto, the one holding the guitar is on the blue side.” “Gaaah!”
Seriously, what are they talking about?
