Vol 4 Chapter 75 – What I Truly Worship【Final Volume】

Now that their direction was set, Al and the others immediately sprang into action. Apparently they were having a strategy meeting.

Al and Antares huddled over a map, muttering to each other. Al wore a deadly serious expression, but Antares had her muddy, chaotic eyes sparkling as she hummed happily.

She was probably thrilled just to be doing something with Al. What is with this violent loyal dog…?

What kind of process would lead someone to become that attached to Al? …Actually, I don’t want to know. It’s definitely terrible.

“Right, first we’ll crush all the Church of Arias branches in this city. Apparently there’s a headquarters in a nearby city too. After we annihilate these unpleasant bastards here, we’re raiding that headquarters.”
“A joint operation with Master… I’ll help with everything I’ve got!”

Two people cheerfully planning large-scale terrorism. Wait… why does a guy like this have compatibility with me, a Holy Sword…?

It makes me look crazy too. Even though I’m the most magnificent Holy Sword in existence.

Not joining the two in their planning, I called out to Eusuaria, who was bustling about busily.

“Hey. Al and the others are saying stuff like that—is this okay? If you don’t stop them now, they’ll really go all the way to the bitter end, you know?”

Eusuaria tilted her head with a puzzled expression at my question.

“Huh? What’s wrong with that?”
“Ah, my bad. You guys are birds of a feather, aren’t you?”

Right. This woman was the cult leader Al worships.

It wouldn’t be strange if she was just as angry at the Church of Arias as Al. So her bustling around was to transport supplies for terrorist activities…

“Still, you really love that goddess Shannon, huh? I’ve never liked anyone that much, so I don’t get it.”
“…Huh? I thought I heard from Alvarado-sama that you’re a Holy Sword, but did I mishear?”

I muttered to myself while exhaling. Humans really love religion.

I was born perfect, the supreme singular existence, so I don’t worship any religion—I don’t get it. Have I ever… liked anyone… I wonder…?

“Ah, about Shannon-sama? Of course I adore her from the bottom of my heart.”
“Huh, why? Oh, and don’t try recruiting me. I’m a Holy Sword, not a human.”
“While there are countless words and actions that don’t seem befitting of a Holy Sword, let’s set that aside. As for why I worship Shannon-sama…”

Eusuaria showed a briefly exasperated expression, but answered my question readily.

“Because that girl is cute.”
“…Cute?”

Eusuaria blushed and smiled dreamily. Her good looks made it somehow erotic, but her muddy eyes were too terrifying.

Y-yandere…? Plus, isn’t “cute” a weird evaluation for your object of worship?

“I mean, how do I put it… she has a small-animal-like cuteness. She has things she wants to do, and the results work out, but the process never goes the way she wants and she charges forward from strange directions and ends up in agony…”
“Isn’t that mostly Al’s fault?”

He’s the type of guy who smashes through walls and charges straight to his destination without taking detours. What kind of believer makes their object of worship’s stomach hurt…?

“She always manifests and complains to me. Isn’t that cute?”
“A goddess manifests…? Is that common…?”
“Very common.”
“It is!?”

I couldn’t help but be shocked. I don’t know much about gods, but is it okay for them to casually appear before believers like that?

It feels like it’d cause a huge uproar… Plus, don’t come complain to your believers.

“Well, she doesn’t appear before ordinary believers, of course. It’d cause a big fuss. I suppose it’s because I’m the leader, a high position, so she trusts me.”

She seemed to feel honored, and that smile was beautiful. Well, if the god you worship trusts you enough to appear repeatedly and even have direct conversations, being happy is natural.

“Huh. Somehow, I thought you’d be more blindly devoted to your god. Since Al’s like that, I figured the leader would be even crazier.”
“Hehe, I’m glad the misunderstanding is cleared up.”

Eusuaria smiled brightly. Her appearance—well, her eyes were scary, but maybe she wasn’t such a dangerous woman…?

After all, I’m constantly forced to act alongside Alvarado, a special-grade dangerous individual. What’s a woman with slightly scary eyes?

As I thought that, Eusuaria said something I couldn’t overlook.

“To be blunt, what I truly worship is Alvarado-sama.”
“……Hm?”

Wait, what? I can’t hear you. The words reached my ears, but my brain won’t accept them.

Worship…? Alvarado…?

“Look at this.”

Eusuaria excitedly and happily pulled a thick book from her breast. Wait, where did that come from?

Is there space in a sister’s habit for such a thick book? Looking at the cover, it said “Scripture.”

“Wh-what? Scripture?”
“Yes, that’s right.”

Eusuaria nodded.

“This is a compilation of Alvarado-sama’s words and great deeds that I’ve written down.”
“…Huh?”
“Using this, I’d love to spread Alvarado-sama’s magnificence… I think Antares-sama and I will get along very well. She doesn’t seem interested in the Church of Shannon, but she’d definitely be interested in this.”
“……Huh?????”
“Being able to talk with Alvarado-sama like this makes me feel like I might happy-pee…”

Eusuaria looked up at the ceiling with a dreamy expression. Seeing that, I whirled around and shouted at Al, who was still formulating his terrorism plan.

“…Al~! We should probably get out of here fast!”