How the Cult Saves the World

Chapter 27

Chapter 27

My expression hardened without me realizing it. This was a warning message that I had never seen in the game.

I remembered when I saved the people of Rovel. They were not believers of the Rizes Church, so this message did not appear.

'This...'

I reread the message.

They gave me a warning, which meant they wanted me to be careful.

But, I was glad that it said 'may detect' instead of 'detected'.

That meant it was still okay.

It was something I had to do sooner or later anyway. To drive out Diego Faith, which occupied the continent. So, for me to survive, I couldn't be scared and back off.

First, I had to finish things here.

I managed my expression and showed both arms to the villagers.

"Our Kyros Faith is always open. A Kyros Faith temple will open soon in Rovel of the Holden Territory, so please visit us sometimes."

The elder glared at me for openly recruiting believers, but he couldn't say anything.

I smiled happily as I heard the cheers of the villagers.

In this small village where most of the people were believers of Kyros Faith, what could a single follower of Diego Faith do?

'Nothing.'

Considering the distance, Kyros Faith temple was much closer than Diego Faith temple.

Maybe, soon the elder would become a believer of Kyros Faith too.

I bowed my head to the villagers who were hugging each other happily. It was time for us to part.

"Then, we'll go back now."

"What? You're leaving already?"

"Stay and sleep here! We'll leave in the morning!"

"Yeah! We want to repay you too!"

The villagers tried to stop us, but it was inevitable.

"It's okay. We didn't do this to get repaid. So have a comfortable night."

We had to go back home before the sky got completely bright.

The villagers let us go as we refused every time they tried to stop us.

"Thank you so much for everything."

"No, Cyril. We should thank you more."

Cyril also said goodbye to Kess and followed us.

"Let's go back."

It was time to go home.

We left Cartel Village.

"It looks peaceful when you see it like this."

Zain looked around the forest and muttered. Cartel Forest, where there were no darkwolves, felt quiet and serene.

"That's right."

Cyril also smiled as if he felt nostalgic.

"It's such a beautiful forest! Right, Chesi?"

"Huh? Uh, yeah."

The kids also seemed excited.

But I couldn't smile easily. I had a lot on my mind.

There were too many things that bothered me.

I sorted out the things that had happened one by one.

First, Terdius might have been brainwashed by Diego Faith too.

I didn't mind that much that he wasn't on my side. After all, He was the protagonist of this world.

But still, if he was brainwashed...

'I want to free him and bring him with me if possible.'

I couldn't just ignore him. Even though he was my enemy now, Terdius was still the protagonist of the original story. There was nothing bad about being on his side.

And another thing was the 'divine punishment' that the villagers of Cartel Village mentioned.

I didn't see it in the game, so it bothered me.

Maybe Diego became more evil than in the original story.

Let's say that was my guess for now.

And finally, there was Khalid and a Black Arc that suddenly appeared.

This was...

'If I can choose the branch, it's a different story.'

First of all, I checked the list of branches that I could draw.

Cooking, it would be nice to have a chef who can take care of the cooking at the temple.

Singing, a singer that praises Kyros would not be bad either.

Healing, healers are always welcome.

Politics, might be useful when there is a conflict between religions.

Cuteness.

...Huh? Cuteness? Why is this here? It's kind of tempting. But. Maybe, I'll try it later when I have more tickets.

As I was looking through the list,

"This is..."

There was one branch that caught my eye.

"It's exactly what I needed. What a lucky break."

The branch was 'Art'.

The most needed thing for the opening of the temple was a picture and a statue of Kyros, so I needed an art branch.

"But it's 5 tickets, maybe there will be no art branch? No, wait, but honestly, I'm not very lucky..."

Let's just go for the guaranteed draw.

If I drew 5 people without confirmation and there was no art branch among them, it would be a total waste.

After thinking for a long time, I finally chose the 'Art' branch and pulled the lever.

[5 Agent Draw Tickets will be consumed.]

Ding---ding---ding---

The slot machine started spinning with a flashy sound effect. As soon as that happened, I clasped my hands together and prayed.

'Please, please an S-grade! God, Buddha, no, Kyros! Please!'

Bling---bling---bling!

With all kinds of sound effects and flashes, the slot machine started to slow down.

Thump, thump, thump. My heart was beating fast. C, B, A, S, the alphabets were spinning rapidly and finally stopped.

On an 'S'.

"Woohoo!!"

I roared with joy.

I drew another S! I beat the 25 percent chance!

[Congratulations! You have drawn an S-grade agent!]

Confetti exploded and a congratulatory message appeared. The slot machine emitted light and in an instant, I was back on my bed.

And in the same lying position as before.

Wow, I really drew another S-grade!

I kicked the blanket with joy.

Then, I felt someone moving next to me. When I turned my head, I saw my S-grade artist.

The new arrival was Sasha, a cute girl with brown hair tied down on both sides who looked about the same age as Alphius and Chester.

She looked a bit tired but she nodded her head when our eyes met.

"Hello, Leader. My name is Sasha."

"Hi, Sasha. Nice to meet you."

This girl is an S-grade in the art branch! Yay!

-Oh my goodness, what a cute angel!

Kyros was as happy as me. This was not the time for this. I got up from the bed and grabbed a paper and a pencil from the desk. I handed them to Sasha and she took them with her small hands.

Then, Sasha sat down on the carpet and started drawing.

She immersed herself in drawing in an instant. She looked cool.

Thump, thump, thump. I was excited and sat quietly on the bed, waiting for Sasha's artistic spirit to burn.

After about a minute.

Sasha handed me the paper.

"I'm done."

And when I took the paper from Sasha, I couldn't help but widen my eyes and open my mouth.

-Gasp...!

Even Kyros was so surprised that he swallowed his breath.

It was inevitable. Sasha's drawing was not just a drawing. It was amazing. Even I, who knew nothing about art, could tell. It was like she took a photo of Kyros.

I smiled so wide that my mouth reached my ears.

This is it. This is it. This is it...!