After we completed our breakfast, we walked down the road. 

I used to be planning to journey with Ryuu to our vacation spot. Sadly, he was on a visit with Eleanora. Our vacation spot wasn’t far, it’s not dangerous to stroll on occasion. 

Solely not too long ago have I come to grasp. A date is when a person and a girl stroll aspect by aspect. Subsequently, the present state of affairs by which we’re strolling collectively aspect by aspect is certainly a date. 

Too dangerous. From beneath my ft, I hear a voice interrupting such a lovey-dovey scene. 

“That is the proper means! We’ll attain that place with out getting misplaced.”

“That’s good to listen to.”

Remn lurks in my shadow as soon as once more, refusing to even stroll. 

The place the place the God of Darkness’ religion was stated to have been restored. The gap and route supplied by Remn result in a farming village close to the city. 

It’s inside strolling distance. I by no means thought {that a} mysterious new faith was established so near me….

We have been already there earlier than I may even give it some thought. 

Amidst the huge wheat fields, there was a village. 

That is the village? I remembered the final time I visited. At the moment, it was powerful as a result of individuals have been making a fuss about me being the mountain god.

Once we stopped on the village, Remn peeked out from the shadows.

“Please come out. We’re in the proper place, proper?”

“For now, this village is the proper place.”

“For now?”

“I imply, the religion in me appears to be radiating throughout this space.”

“Are you saying that the God of Darkness religion is spreading past this village?”

Uh oh. Did a mysterious new drive secretly develop its affect within the space? 

Once I entered the village, I first questioned the locals, however Remn was strolling alone in one other route. 

“The place do you suppose you’re going?”

“There’s a easy temple this fashion.”

They even have these issues. I exchanged glances with Patrick in shock and rapidly adopted him. 

After strolling midway alongside the village’s outskirts, we moved in the direction of the mountain on the other aspect of the street. 

The mountain nested within the coronary heart of Dolknes territory. It was a spot that folks not often go to. Should you enterprise too deep into the mountain, you’ll end up within the monster territory. Often, a stray comes right down to the village making it a harmful place. 

It was additionally a spot the place I used to hang around as a baby. 

“That’s it.”

There was certainly what seemed like a small wayside shrine manufactured from stone forward. 

It’s a small shrine however it was taller than Patrick. It was carved and lined with a wood arc. It will need to have taken a number of effort to construct. 

The village youngsters have been taking part in across the shrine. They made a scene once they noticed me. 

“Wow! It’s the mountain god!”

“You might be incorrect, it’s the Lord!”

“Woaaah, her hair is basically darkish!”

Eep, they nonetheless name me by that identify?

Once I was leveling up within the mountain as a baby, I used to be generally noticed by the villagers and so they thought I used to be a guardian deity who was defending them by exterminating monsters.

After taking my mantle as a Lord, I used to be purported to clear up the villagers’ misunderstanding….

Additionally, a pleasant alternative. The kids wouldn’t have the ability to preserve a secret. I attempted to stay calm and requested in regards to the shrine. 

“Hey, guys. This stone shrine is a shrine devoted to the God of Darkness, proper?”

“Darkness?”

“Isn’t it a shrine for the Mountain God?”

“Huh, however the Mountain God makes use of a darkish attribute to defeat the monsters….”

They don’t appear to get the purpose. Coincidentally, the phrase for mountain and darkness on this world has the identical pronunciation similar to in Japanese. Perhaps that’s why they’re confused. 

Patrick, who was approaching the shrine by himself, stated. 

“The shrine has Mountain God engraved on it.”

Huh? Then, this isn’t a shrine for Remn?

I turned to Remn to see his response however he simply tilted his head and didn’t say something. The entire state of affairs is fishy. 

Not getting any solutions, I began asking some extra inquiries to the youngsters. 

“Is there every other place in addition to right here the place they worship God?”

“Worship…?”

“Oh— one thing like this shrine, the place you’ll be able to pray to the god.”

“There’s an altar for Sanon-sama on the village chief’s home.”

The one who seemed the oldest answered me politely. 

Sanonism, huh? The God of Mild, Sanon, is a significant faith that’s extensively adopted right here. The battle towards the sunshine barrier within the royal capital’s church was nonetheless contemporary in my thoughts. 

“Anything?”

“No, that’s all.”

“Alright. Sorry for taking a lot of your time.”

The kids checked out one another with curious appears on their faces. We bowed earlier than retreating again to the village. 

Apparently, there isn’t any religion within the God of Darkness. Then why did Remn say that religion in his attribute had been restored?

“Are you able to please clarify what you imply now?”

“…Perhaps.”

Once I pressed Remn with a glare, he started to talk whereas wanting embarrassed and fidgety. 

“Perhaps… the individuals’s religion in Onee-san additionally impacts me.”

“That means?”

“Look, mountain and darkness have related pronunciation, proper? Furthermore, Onee-san is utilizing darkish magic. The villagers believed within the Mountain God and on the similar time believed in me, the God of Darkness… one thing like that. It is smart that the ability would attain me by way of Onee-san. That’s why I assumed you have been a Miko.”

What’s that? The similarity within the pronunciation and the truth that I exploit darkish magic is the explanation why the religion reached Remn?

He’s a religion thief. I don’t need any believers… I’d gladly give all of it again to Remn. 

“Eee… the place’s the punch line?”

“Ahaha.”

Time to go. After giving Patrick a warning look, I rapidly began strolling. 

“I’m going. You’ll must stroll house by your self.”

“W-wait, wait a minute!”

Following the street, I received a long way away from the village. 

It was nearly midday. The solar was excessive within the southern sky. That is when the shadows are at their smallest. 

Remn was strolling behind us, grumbling. When he approached us about to enter our shadow, we quickened our strolling tempo. 

“Is that this a superb place?”

“Mhm.”

After receiving Patrick’s understanding, we each modified route to the north on the similar time. 

This space is a wasteland. The one factor I may see was a number of rocks and scattered weeds. There’s little ‘shadow’ right here. 

“Uhh, why are we going off the street?”

When Remn expressed his concern, Patrick and I seemed again at one another. 

Little doubt he’s mendacity. We got here all this fashion as a result of Patrick and I seen it. 

“I assumed I’d ask you to inform me the reality.”

“What are you speaking about? I’ve been telling you nothing however the reality.”

“Didn’t you say that the religion in God of Darkness solely not too long ago was restored?”

“…That’s true.”

“Nevertheless, that perception was attributable to the Mountain God… or me. I defeated the monsters and have become generally known as Mountain God greater than ten years in the past. Isn’t it unusual that at the moment the religion within the God of Darkness hasn’t been restored?”

“…Haa, I made you so cautious of me. Is that this why we’re doing this proper now?”

That’s proper. We’re standing north and Remn was in the other way. The shadow stretches north, leaving little hazard of being taken benefit of by Remn. 

The one skill we find out about to this point is his skill to journey by way of shadows. You possibly can by no means be too cautious as a result of he might need one thing else up his sleeve. 

Remn chuckled. 

“Don’t look so scary. Touring by way of the shadows isn’t that handy. You possibly can solely depart by way of the shadow you entered and there are fairly a number of restrictions.”

“That’s a lie.”

Patrick continued, satisfied that he was mendacity. 

“When Miss Eleanora got here, Remn will need to have jumped into my shadow. However you’ll be able to depart by way of Yumiela shadow after that.”

“I assumed I used to be cautious. Meaning I’ve been suspected from the start. Did Onee-san query about leveling up can also be you pretending to get the data out of me?”

“…Perhaps.”

Patrick gave me a sideways glare, telling me to not lie. I reluctantly nodded. 

“You attacked me with darkish magic to determine what would work.”

“…Yeah.”

“And the explanation you kicked me as quickly as you noticed me was to verify bodily assault works?”

“…True.”

Patrick checked out me in disbelief, however I didn’t care.

You will need to have a psychological benefit in this type of state of affairs. Really, it was my conditioned reflex that made me kick Remn, my intuition made me latch onto the leveling up bit and it was a mistake to assault him with darkish magic.

“That’s why you ordered that maid to not take heed to me.”

“Oh, I suppose that’s true.”

On the time I used to be skeptical, however telling Rita was the proper factor to do. This boy who known as himself God was too suspicious. 

Bodily assault is efficient, darkish magic is ineffective and different attributes have been unknown. It’s doable that he nonetheless has some hidden skills.

Regardless that we have been in a ready-for-battle place, Remn nonetheless had a relaxed smile on his face. No, his smile was a bit of tense. Regardless of his perspective, he may be overwhelmed. 

However that also doesn’t imply we should always let our guard down. 

The silent pause lasted a number of seconds.

Remn slowly raised his fingers in give up.

“I hand over. There’s no means I may win towards each of you. I’ll inform you the reality.”

“How do we all know that you just’re telling the reality?”

“Um… why don’t you ask her? She’s simply arrived.”

He then pointed to an empty house on our left.

I used to be about to inform him to cease attempting to distract me when one thing occurred. 

Out of nowhere, a blinding gentle floods the place.

The feverish white gentle made me consider the solar. 

“What the hell?!”

The sunshine was blinding and I couldn’t assist however cowl my eyes. Patrick was in all probability in the identical state of affairs. 

It solely took a number of seconds for the sunshine to fade. 

The very first thing I checked was Remn. He’s nonetheless standing the place he was and didn’t run away. 

A woman was standing the place the sunshine appeared. She seemed about the identical age as me.

White hair, golden eyes. Wearing a easy white costume, she radiated a divine aura. 

Her waist-length white hair shone within the daylight. Her bangs have been parted within the center revealing her extensive brow. 

She seemed round slowly at Remn, Patrick, and me earlier than talking up. 

“I’m Sanon, the God of Mild. And I’m going to get rid of you, Yumiela Dolknes.”

Her stunning eyes seemed straight at me.