Chapter 404 – Foreknowledge (5)
Anyway, after looking into it like that, I was able to figure out what they wanted from me.
Is it because faith, strictly speaking, is a feeling sent to the object of the wind?
From their faith devoted to me, I could see their hopes for me.
Liliana wanted to be loved by me.
He wanted me to visit him more often, to hug him more, and to give him more children.
Although there was some talk about the prosperity of the kingdom, Liliana’s personal desires were bigger than that.
She was a member of the Hive race, and she wanted to see what it would be like as the Queen of Were Honeybee, but personally, she did not dislike Liliana.
There was no reason for her to dislike Liliana, who valued my female side more than she did as the queen of the kingdom.
In the case of the Werehoney Bees that had been held by me and who had become subordinate to me, they seemed to have a wish to be held by me again like that time.
This side, too, was characterized by a tendency to place more emphasis on her desires as an individual, perhaps because it was outside the realm of a kingdom or a queen.
Honestly, I’m not sure if it’s good or not.
At least in my opinion, this one has more humanity.
Anyway, other than Liliana and Werehoney Bees, most of the people who were giving me their faith, my regular customers, honestly thought that they were putting their faith in my dick, not me.
Is this some kind of phallic belief or something?
In the past, when I was still attending college, I remembered a joke the professor told in a liberal arts class.
No matter how you look at it, it was a joke that whenever an object that appeared to have such a purpose was unearthed, historians would pass it off as an object for ceremonial purposes or an object for praying for abundance.
Only those who actually used it would know whether it really had that meaning.
However, strictly speaking, it also meant that such beliefs existed.
Although it may not seem like it in this case.
Anyway, not all the faiths sent to me were like that.
There were exceptions, and some that were close to the faith I knew.
-Sisters. Our living, wise God. Let us pray today for the merciful and wise Pharaoh and his companion, Hanzo.
The exceptions were the subjects of the Kingdom of Narmer who had joined my land at Carmina’s request, as well as subjects from the Kingdom of Narmer.
In the first place, most of those who came over this time were priests, clerks, and the upper class of the Kingdom of Narmer, so they had a strong devotion to Carmina, who was considered the ruler, a living wise god, and the main deity.
From their perspective, it might have been natural.
Carmina often behaved like a child at home, but I already knew that she was cowardly.
Sometimes I get confused, but the appearance that Carmina shows sometimes is probably closer to the real Carmina.
This is because Carmina spent most of her life in war with God, and most of the rest of her life existed as a burnt offering, a scapegoat, and a sage god bound in chains to maintain a world approaching its end.
To them, Carmina was a savior who saved them from the oppression of the gods, a living god by their side, and everything.
Even if they were no longer free from the fear of destruction, even if Carmina no longer had the same deity as before, even if they were no longer their pharaoh.
It was clear that for the rest of their lives, the pharaoh would continue to be Carmina and still be a god.
Of course, as Carmina’s husband, I am God’s companion and someone they must respect and dedicate their faith to.
It’s not just the women who came to my land, but the prayers of those who have adapted to this world but still haven’t abandoned their faith in Carmina, have become my faith and have been flowing in to me.
Married couple.
Although it was a difficult concept to find in monotheistic religions, this concept clearly existed in the world I lived in.
Gods with personalities were beings who, like humans, formed marital relationships and gave birth to children.
Just as a god’s child is considered a god, a god’s spouse is likewise considered a god.
Even if they were originally human, even if they fell short of the main religious beliefs, they would still receive the same sacrifice.
Perhaps because the level of faithfulness is different, there were many people of faith sent to me after the Wearhoneybees.
Considering that this is part of the faith toward Carmina, in fact, the faith on this side is even greater.
Almost every single one of them was close to the level of faith that Liliana had sent me… Honestly, I didn’t think it would be strange if Carmina, rather than me, regained her godhood first.
Anyway, other than that, it seemed like there was no one else who was sending me faith.
So, after holding back the divinity that was spreading out, I opened my mouth.
“…Uh, first of all… I knew who believed in me.”
“Okay? Who.”
He didn’t necessarily say what kind of faith he had, but only said that it was a faith he received from Liliana and other werehoneybees, as well as subjects from the Kingdom of Narmer.
By using me as a daughter-in-law, I naturally left out the stories of some regular customers who seemed to have more faith in my cock than in me.
Even if I said it, it didn’t seem like anything good would come of it.
“I feel like he’s hiding something, but… Well, I get it. Rather, the problem is why did divinity suddenly accumulate in you… The amount of divinity accumulated is too much compared to the number.”
“Is this a lot?”
“Do you think the faith that comes from less than a few hundred people will build up in the first place?”
That too.
I thought it was a small nova, but it turns out it wasn’t that small.
When I thought about it, the divinity I felt before was that of Ammut, who was a god even if he had fallen, and Ammut was still the divinity of Carmina, who received much more faith from well over 10,000 subjects than I was receiving from them now. It was.
There was no way he had less divinity than me.
Then, I wondered why on earth I had accumulated so much divinity.
–That’s because that divinity doesn’t just come from the owner.
The answer came from inside me.
And, Ammut, who didn’t come out unless I called him with a pop, or even when I called him, came out in front of me in the form of a small cat.
“Even before, the master’s divinity was accumulating little by little. “I’m sure the owner can guess why, right?”
From Ammut’s words, an idea immediately occurred to me.
If Ammut says that my divinity did not come from me, it means that it came from somewhere else.
Because there was only one thing that was possible.
“Level drain…?”
“That’s right, master. “Since you reached the stage where you are called a hero, a superhuman in this world, you have been absorbing divinity little by little from those you embrace.”
It was a lot longer than I thought, and it was also earlier than I thought.
“Wait a minute, then why didn’t we know that this idiot was accumulating divinity?”
In response to Lilith’s obvious question, Ammut said, licking his toes with her tongue.
“It is because this body accepted the divinity instead.”
“…Ok?”
“I couldn’t help it. The owner’s dishes broke twice. It was too unstable a vessel to contain divinity. Even if you and my former master worked together to re-tangle the bowl, if you put too much force into it, it will just burst again. So, this body was accepting the divinity that had been there.”
“…Is that okay?”
“There is no problem. Now I belong to the owner. No matter how much I accept the divinity of my master, the source is only my master. Even if I accepted it on his behalf, I cannot do anything that would harm the owner with it. On the contrary, if this body were not such, it would not have been able to accept divinity on behalf of its master.”
I decided to understand that the reason Ammut acted as a sacred recipient instead of me was because he ultimately belonged to me.
Just as the faith sent to Carmina is also directed to me, her spouse.
Could it be that Ammut, who belongs to me and can be seen as a kind of lower god, was able to temporarily withdraw the faith sent to me?
“…Then? Why did you suddenly quit?”
According to what Ammut said, looking at the divinity that had begun to accumulate in me again, I was told that Ammut would no longer receive the divinity flowing into me. When I asked, Ammut glanced at Hongryeon at my words.
Hongryeon seemed startled when the cat suddenly jumped out and looked at her, not even speaking human language, but Ammut spoke without paying any attention to Hongryeon.
“After her master held her, her master’s vessel became much stronger than before. It’s hard to believe that this dish was broken twice. Therefore, I have now decided that this body can no longer accept the master’s divinity on my behalf, as I have deemed it fully capable of handling it myself.”
I had a rough guess, but it seemed like Hongryeon had the right reason.
Certainly, my body was much lighter these days than when I underwent physical transformation.
I thought it was simply because my body got better thanks to the newly acquired Oni racial characteristics, but it seems that wasn’t the only reason.
As Ammut said, I lost a lot of things thanks to the bowl that had already burst and shattered twice.
This is too much of a stretch; a human who has reached the level of a superhuman can easily live for 200 years, but right now, I live about half of that, about 100 years.
That was also the reason why I was using a lot more energy than I had.
Even though it was replaced with a new body, it was because my current body was made up of various things that had been there since birth that had been twisted and tangled in one way or another, and were then forcibly unraveled or made completely new.
Anyway, Ammut told me that the various aftereffects that remained in my body seemed to have been greatly cured, although I don’t know if it was due to the characteristics of the Oni race I acquired from Hongryeon this time.
The original source of energy, which had been consumed by the resurrection of Sati, has recovered, albeit slightly.
“…Is it a good thing?”
“It’s good. Now, with the accumulation of divinity… The further the master’s body moves forward, the better it will become. Divinity naturally pursues perfection. Any flaws remaining on the owner’s vessel that holds it will naturally disappear.”
It’s getting better.
I liked it.
However…
“…So? “What on earth happened to Shin Seong, who accepted it in place of that guy?”
“Huh?”
“You wouldn’t know it if you saw it? “You don’t feel any divinity in him.”
Uh…
Is that so?
I looked at Ammut after hearing Lilith’s words, but Ammut was still just Ammut.
There was no sense of divinity in Ammut, who had the appearance of a kitten.
“That…”
I saw Ammut, who had been answering various questions very calmly until now, slowly avoiding my gaze.
“It’s embezzlement!”
And, Carmina suddenly lifted up Ammut, who had been avoiding her gaze.
Ammut ran wild, letting out a pitiful cry, “Wooooow,” But the divinity she had accepted so far was nowhere in sight, so Ammut, who was just a small cat, could not escape from Carmina.
“Hurry up and be honest, Ammut!”
As Carmina shook, jingling, jingling, Ammut finally cried out.
“It wasn’t embezzlement! There is no way I, Ammut, the Judge of Death, would do such a thing! However, since divinity does not accumulate infinitely even if you accumulate it, I had no choice but to use it on behalf of the owner!”
“But since you didn’t tell me about it until now, isn’t it right that you embezzled it?”
“This body and its owner are one and the same, so it is not embezzlement!”
“Embezzlers often say that! He said, “I am the one who filled the storehouse, so what is my share?”
“No!”
…It seemed to me like embezzlement.
If I had told you about the situation in advance, I would have known for sure that Ammut had used the divinity that had been accumulating without my knowledge.
Anyway, if Ammut had explained it, I would have said the same, but in this case, there was no such thing, so it was left out.
“…So where did you use the divinity you gained so far?”
Just like when Carmina inquired when I carried over fifty sets of her card packs with my cards, I looked at Ammut with her half-open eyes and asked, and the stinging Ammut mumbled and answered.
“…I used this body to restore its lost powers.”
If it is the power of Ammut…
As far as I know, it was a trial.
Through overcoming the trials I received from Ammut, I also gained the ‘qualification’ to borrow Ammut’s divinity.
“So now we can go through another trial?”
“…It’s not your power.”
No?
Then, the other side of Ammut’s power.
Perhaps because his name refers to someone who judges by death, the dead… I was reminded of Ammut’s ability that worked well against zombies.
Zombies can be easily cut down with a swipe of the glowing dragon’s claws, so it was an ability I used well before learning the strong technique.
Hoa’s fox fire works well, but this one has a bad burning smell…
“…Not even that.”
Isn’t this too?
When I looked at Carmina, who probably knew more about Ammut than I did, Carmina said when she saw my gaze.
“Then tell me what kind of power it is! “If you speak obediently, even the hero will forgive you!”
No, I didn’t mean to say anything about something I’ve already spent.
It must have been a pity, but anyway, as Ammut said, it was a divinity that I couldn’t have used.
“…Ah, okay, let it go! “If you show me, why don’t you show me?”
Anyway, Ammut shouted that to Carmina, who continued to shake and jingle, and only then did she escape from Carmina’s hand.
And then, I took a deep breath.
“…I’ll tell you in advance, the current one has not yet had its powers properly restored, so don’t misunderstand.”
I don’t know if he was doing it in advance, but when I asked him to show me, Ammut sighed repeatedly and stood up on his feet.
I wondered what it was, but Ammut’s body slowly began to grow.
He didn’t just start growing up.
At the same time, the white, fluffy hair began to fall out, and the soft-looking skin underneath began to appear.
Ammut’s appearance changed from a tiny kitten to a naked girl with cat ears and a tail, revealing pure white skin, all in an instant.
“Uh…”
And, without even realizing it, that Ammut… The pink nipples that rose cutely up from her chest, which were as flat as the Heavenly Demon from before, and the 10,000-year-old virgin pussy that was as smooth as a thousand-year-old virgin’s vagina, perhaps because all the hair had fallen out, or because it had changed to match her appearance. It was when I saw it.
With a whooshing sound, Lilith’s tail next to me hit my eyes.