Me, a priest? How could that be!

Chapter 58 You seem quite human when you're silent

The two did not leave the church until evening.

Charlotte took off the robes of an Axis priest.

Today they received many Axis believers. Aqua started by demonstrating, but ended up enjoying herself and completely ignoring Charlotte, trying to enlighten the believers with her fallacies.

Walking on the slightly bustling street.

Aqua walked with light steps, looking very happy, her face beaming with a smile.

"How are you, Charlotte? How do you feel?"

"...It feels like they almost turned my quirk into a little lamb."

Charlotte glanced at the silly goddess's buttocks.

"What did you say?"

"It's nothing." He turned his head slightly, then pushed Aqua's face away forcefully as she leaned in, and complained, "I only learned one thing today: I can say to anyone, it's Eris's fault."

When other church priests enlighten others, they need to use all kinds of life experiences to help them face life positively.

Aqua's method was extremely simple and brutal: simply shift all the blame onto Eris, and everything would be fine. Even if it was to prevent believers from changing their faith, this was truly excessive.

I suddenly understand why the Axis believers always target the Eris believers; it's simply a case of the upper beam being crooked and the lower beam crooked too.

However, even the silly goddess has her merits.

Even Charlotte sometimes failed to persuade the believers, and when the believers could not find peace, this guy, without exception, persuaded all the believers who came to repent.

In some ways, Aqua is indeed a qualified goddess; at least she is considerate of her believers.

Charlotte sighed sincerely.

"You can still spout ivory from your mouth, can't you?"

"Isn't this a veiled insult, implying I'm a dog?!"

Aqua is unhappy.

Then, using this as an excuse, she forced Charlotte to buy her some takoyaki from a roadside stall. Unable to resist her tantrum in the street, Charlotte had no choice but to buy her a serving.

The two sat on a bench by the street.

Aqua ate quietly. Perhaps it was because she had been a proper goddess for a day, but she seemed very demure... To be honest, she was really charming like this, a true static beauty.

Charlotte wanted to praise her.

But when I think about church matters, the words I say change unconsciously.

"You seem like a normal person when you're not talking."

"Hey, don't you think that's going too far?"

"...You seem quite human when you're not talking."

"Isn't this even more outrageous!?"

As if venting her unhappiness, Aqua kept stuffing dumplings into her mouth, then stuffed the rest of the trash into Charlotte's arms, asking him to run errands and throw it away.

A goddess who likes to be a little temperamental.

Charlotte labeled her.

After throwing away the trash, the two walked back, chatting for a while along the way.

For example, Kazuma Sato recently conquered several beginner dungeons in a row. Although his achievements seem remarkable, he didn't earn any money at all. After all, the dungeons near the beginner towns had already been thoroughly searched, and the valuable treasures had already been taken.

However, Charlotte intentionally told Aqua that there were rumors circulating in the guild that there seemed to be a treasure buried in Kiel's dungeon.

This is real.

The saleswoman at the counter had been looking for him because it seemed that a large number of undead were roaming the dungeon, so she hoped that Charlotte, who was a high priest and had defeated the headless knight, could explore it.

However, I've been busy with church affairs lately and haven't had much free time, so I politely declined.

Since that's the case, we might as well do Sato Kazuma and the others a favor and let them do it.

...Actually, Charlotte was unable to meet Gil's expectations. Despite Aqua's foolishness, she was still a goddess, and the heavens would not refuse her request.

With her guarantee, Kiel will surely be reunited with his wife in his next life.

No matter what.

Charlotte is also a warrior of pure love.

Aqua was overjoyed upon hearing this information and happily ran back to find Kazuma Sato, intending to tell him about it.

Not bad.

She won't cause any trouble for a while now.

Charlotte considered herself a dog-training master, constantly keeping Aqua, the husky, on tenterhooks to prevent her from causing trouble. Sometimes, just like the old man said, it's better not to know these things at all.

After eating his fill outside, Charlotte returned to the church and found a Scarlet Devil girl helping to distribute relief meals.

"……long?"

"Mr. Charlotte, you're back."

What are you doing here?

"actually……"

Even if she didn't say it, Charlotte knew the reason. It must be that a kind-hearted girl saw someone suffering and took the initiative to help.

After hearing her story, it was indeed true.

He did not refuse the kindness of others, and the two of them distributed relief meals in front of the church until the end of their work.

"Thanks for your hard work."

"Yes, thank you for your hard work."

The number of people coming to collect their relief meals has decreased recently, probably because the Headless Horseman's bounty and Darkness's secret compensation have arrived.

Both the Kingdom and the Dustinis family responded extremely quickly in this regard, which can be considered satisfactory.

As for that evil lord of Axel, to be frank, Charlotte was a piece of trash. Despite the town being hit by a great flood, he never did anything to deal with it, not even to comfort the panicked and frightened townspeople. He completely disregarded the lives of others.

"Um, Mr. Charlotte, what's wrong? You look terrible..."

"It's nothing."

Charlotte shook her head, glanced at the sky, and said, "It's getting late, let me take you home."

"No, no need, I—"

"You are welcome."

"Yes, yes..."

Seeing his firm stance, Youyou didn't refuse.

The two walked towards the hotel.

According to Youyou, Huihui wanted to stay with her, so they booked a room and slept in the same bed every night... Although she said it happily, Xia Luo always felt that Huihui was just out of money and was only using the room for free.

"Speaking of which, where does Mr. Charlotte live? It must be the Church of Eris."

"No, I didn't live in the church, but in the stable."

"...Why?"

"Because my rank isn't high enough; I need to be at the bishop level to live in the church."

"That's not what I meant. Mr. Charlotte was clearly a hero in the fight against the Demon King's army, yet he's living in a stable or something..."

That's right!

Charlotte slapped her forehead.

He had been thinking of moving out of the stables, but the recent church events made him completely forget about it. Maybe he should ask Wiz about it tomorrow.

Early the next morning.

Charlotte went to Wiz's magic item shop and told her what she wanted.

"You're looking for a place to live, preferably one that's cheap and haunted by evil spirits..."

Wiz had never heard of such a strange request before; others would avoid it like the plague.

Charlotte explained, "Aren't I the high priest? I can exorcise evil spirits from houses and also lower house prices—isn't that a win-win situation?"

"I see!"

Wiz clapped his hands and said, "Well, I happen to have a request here. The owner of the house is moving to the capital, so it's temporarily vacant. However, recently, for some reason, a lot of evil spirits have gathered there, making it difficult to rent or sell. In that case, why don't you give it to Mr. Charlotte?"

So, following the address she provided, they arrived at a mansion in the suburbs. Upon seeing the mansion, Charlotte felt it looked very familiar; it was the same mansion where Sato Kazuma and the others lived in the original story.

Besides--

Why are you all here?

He spoke to Sato Kazuma and the others beside him.