Isekai Journey Of The Magic Archer

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The main focus was the young saint, but they still couldn't rule out the possibility that the rest 15 of them present with them might also be the culprits.

There was a number of things that they needed to check before they ruled out the possibility of them being the source of those rumours.

{ "Looks like you all have calmed down now." }

They were using special magic lightings that were made specifically to calm a bunch down and it looked pretty good as well, so even though they were present in a small room that one could instantly tell to be an old place, the only thing their minds could see were the lights present all around them.

"Ummm…"

They had calmed down, but still, all of them had questions.

And from how the people before them were using a unique kind of Mana speech that they strangely understood without actually knowing it, the questions that they had only increased more.

"Are… are you angels?"

A young girl that they could tell was a promising healer said in a timid voice while looking at them with her deep green eyes…

There was amazement in her eyes but she was reluctant to look straight at the eyes present behind their hoods.

She wasn't exactly afraid since along with these emotions, she also had fascination in her eyes.

"Did divine lords send you…? To test our faith…?"

She had asked a very nice question to them and the answer to that question was quite fun as well.

{ "Hmmmm…" }

She was the first person to ask them a question among all of them, but it was a good path from where they could lead the rest of them to a good road.

{ "Perhaps we are, perhaps we aren't. Do you think the angels will tell you if they are doing something their lords asked of them?" }

"Ohh! Original testament 2:13! I remember that!"

That was a proper response that a young little girl could have after their response, which was enough for the one in white to scratch off her name with some red ink.

{ "Alright. If you understand, then let me ask you all a simple question to start this little… test." }

Thanks to the girl, they now had more trust in them, but hearing the word 'test' directly from them was nit something they had expected.

{ "First." }

They were still young and most of their lives had been spent in this very institution so aside from the religious things, some certain practices, a little about the outside world and the truths of life that not many people don't know about, they were oblivious to many things.

"Wait a minute, Miss."

But the saint if Meyat was a little different from the rest of the children that had lived in Kaksha for a long portion of their lives.

"Can you tell us the reason you abducted us, and brought us to this unknown place first?

What you have told us until now does not really give us any concrete information about you, your motives, your actions, or your goal.

Can we really trust that we are alright and you aren't some evil bunch aiming for our-."

{ "Being doubtful is your nature as the Saint of Meyat, Lumiare." }

The purple hooded lady looked at him straight in the eye with her pink eyes shining straight at him, looking at his very soul that wasn't tainted by darkness in any way…

But that simple gaze was powerful enough to make him feel the strongest shives throughout his body that he had ever felt.

{ "But rest assured… just like how even your unique skill that makes you so special isn't enough to judge anything aspect of us, you have nothing to be concerned about what we are doing— of course though, you might have to be prepared if you still have things to be concerned about." }

Lumiare was a name given to him by Pope Ben when he found him in the back alleys of some small town in the western ends of the continent during his travels.

And, this was only around six years ago so at that time, he was old enough to go around and beg for food to keep himself alive.

"…a-alright."

His mother had died while giving birth to him so he never saw her himself, and his father that took care of him most of his life was killed by a group of bandits when they were visiting his mother's grave one day.

Then he was taken by the bandits as he looked prettier than most young boys, and was sold as a slave in a big city.

His life was miserable already but then, he also had to deal with the madam that had bought him.

Though… thankfully by the time she can get the chance to be too intimate with him, when they were travelling to the place where she lived in a faraway city, their entire crew was attacked by a horde of monsters.

And in that commotion, only he somehow managed to get away with his life and by some fate written chance, he ended up in the town where he met his savior.

{ "Alright then. First question: how many of you believe in the existence of your omnipotent, omniscient divinities?" }

He wasn't always a believer, he perhaps he wasn't. In fact, not many people in this world really knew much about him in the first place.

"Hun?"

"What kind of question…"

"Do we believe in the… divinities?"

He was someone that possessed an incredible skill that is considered to have potential to grow to the level of a Pinnacle skill— which made it an EX (Extraordinary) skill.

Though, he did not know the potential of that skill back when he first met the unknown old man accompanied by a bunch of scary looking, armoured knights.

"Are you asking if we believe the Gods exist or not?" He questioned in a worried manner, a strange sensation shaking his heart.

He was the most compatible person to be the Saint of Goddess of Justice, Meyat.

He possessed an incredible sensitivity and affinity to holy powers, and his affinity with divine power was also unparalleled.

He had a rough life, but at the same time, thanks to his loving and great father that raised him with right values and virtues, he was considered to be the perfect candidate for the position of next pope as well as someone that would bare the stigma of the Goddess of justice.

But still… even after spending six years of his life in this institution wasn't necessarily enough to make him a blind believer like most of the children present before them right now.

{ "Our questions will be subject to interpretation so, answer however you feel like answering it from your own understanding of it.

Don't worry about what the others are saying." }

Whatever kind of person the Saint of Meyat was, him being a believer or a non believer are perfect matters that could influence his connection with the demon cultists.

There were a few things that they needed to know about him before they could release them…

"Of course we believe in the gods~."

"Why wouldn't anyone believe in them, haha. Don't they see the light of blessing on Thursdays~?"

"I knew it! There are people who don't believe that the Gods know everything and they can also do anything they want~."

They were taking it lightly, but the young saint knew exactly what they meant with that question. And, he knew his answer to it as well.

"Divinities aren't omnipotent or omniscient.

They certainly possess unfathomable powers and knowledge, but it isn't something that makes them knowledgeable about everything there is to know about this world and beings of this world."

His sudden answer confused the others present with him and the way they started looking at him was expected to him already.

But, he was not finished with his answer yet...

"Divinities, divine beings, Gods, Lords… they are higher, superior powers less bound by the laws of this world than us mortals, and it is a fact.

Even as quoted in the older testaments, the gods had only helped in the creation of this world.

They were children of the origin, the great nature that is the start, end, and present of every element of this world, and that's exactly what the Teachings of the Temple teach us."

He had a confident look on his face.

He knew what he was saying and he did not care how the others present around him were looking at him.

He had gone past the gazes of individuals a long time ago already. So, the only gaze that mattered to him in this moment was the gaze of the ones that had asked him that question.

"The Gods aren't omnipotent, all powerful beings that are capable of everything.

There are laws of this world that apply to every being, even to the almighty creator that came to be before any other consciousness in this world.

True omnipotence and omniscience are concepts limited only to The Power maintaining the ever present law and order. However, if the question you asked only asks if we believe in the existence of the holders of the divine powers that we worship, then yes.

I know for a fact they do exist.

She showed me what I had never known I possessed…"

He was sincere.

His eyes, seeing directly into the intimidating ones that had become the source of fear and awe among them, said all that the four of them needed to know.

"The connection that we have… it's more than anything anyone could have with a being that doesn't exist.

So simply put: she exists. And so do the rest of them. And, pretty certainly, many more like them."

He was a good one.

He was smart and he was brave.

Not running away from reality, he chose to face the truth even in the face of a power that he Knew was dangerous enough to destroy them.

And they admired it.

Certainly.

[{ *Master…* }]

But there was a little problem here after he said his answer.

[{ *Please take a look at this.* }]

Lucy had found something wrong.

And this little thing was going to be pretty interesting for all of them.