The Fraudulent Protagonist Met the Fraudulent Character (2)

About four months ago. The magic world. Neveiria, a major city in the Kingdom of Shun. The garden of the Curia Church. The voice of the gods that every intelligent being in the world had heard was no exception here.

[We are what you call gods. We don't have names, but you can just call me 'Magic', and this one over here 'Modern'. The humans in my world are used to me occasionally giving oracles, but the world Modern manages isn't like that. This guy has never spoken to the surface before.]

Lily Cubus, who had been abandoned by her parents and entered the Curia temple before she even gained sentience, also heard the voices of ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠the gods.

"Magic... God? A god other than Curia...?"

Lily Cubus muttered softly, her legs giving out as she stared blankly ahead. The once-proud church garden had been completely buried, merged with a forested region from the modern world that had completely different elevations, and the once-clear sky was now cluttered with clouds as if forcibly stitched together. She had never heard of gods named Modern or Magic, but the scene she was witnessing was a miracle that even Curia seemed incapable of performing. Lily Cubus trembled, unsure whether it was from fear or exhilaration.

[So! I've decided to make this world fun.]

"Fun...? Weren't the gods supposed to care for our well-being...?"

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Lily Cubus staggered to her feet, deeply shocked by the god's words that completely contradicted the teachings of benevolence and service she had learned in the Curia Church.

[I've decided to merge the modern world I manage with the magic world this one manages. Literally merge them into one.]

[We each have a duty to watch over the worlds we manage. And as long as we fulfill that duty, it doesn't really matter if we interfere with the world. So if we merge two completely opposite worlds... I got curious which world would win if we made them fight.]

"......"

The god's detailed explanation. Two worlds being used for their own amusement, plain and simple.

"What on earth... are you saying?"

"Everyone, please calm down! The more you panic, the worse the situation will become!"

"Step away from the changed garden! We don't know what might happen!"

"To the temple! Everyone, gather at the temple!"

Even Neveiria, which had relatively little tectonic upheaval and hadn't come into direct contact with modern humans yet, was just as chaotic.

"Fight... So that's what God... truly wants from us..."

Her faith, shaped by being raised in the church from birth and subjected to indoctrination about the gods, shifted along with the changed world.

[Still, to help you adjust to this sudden situation, we've given everyone some simple convenience features. It took quite a bit of time to prepare.]

[People from the modern world I manage will be quite familiar with this. It's the inventory, status window, and notification window you see in games.]

[The words might be unfamiliar to those from the world I manage. I'll explain simply. Think of the inventory as a small pocket dimension where you can store items you cherish. Everyone will now be able to use a minor spatial magic. The status window shows a comprehensive summary of your basic abilities, far more detailed than the stat plates adventurers receive from guilds. The notification window is like a log that explains special events happening to you in text. Simple, right?]

Lily Cubus quickly developed an obedient mindset toward the two gods' kind explanations. And naturally assuming she should follow what the gods had explained, she opened her mouth.

"Status... window."

"This... is...?"

Lily wondered if something had gone wrong when she saw the status window. The title and abilities inscribed there were completely unrelated to her life.

[And finally, it would be frustrating if you couldn't understand each other, right? We've made it so you can understand the languages used in each other's worlds, so no need to worry.]

A title that allowed her to dominate the males of this world, half of its ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠population. And an absolutely broken ability to back it up. Abilities she wouldn't have known existed until the day she died, if not for the status window.

Lily Cubus soon smiled brightly, as if she understood everything.

"...Ah, Undetectable Brainwash."

Instinct. Or perhaps revelation. Lily slowly spoke the name of the ability she possessed.

Only a new notification window appeared in Lily Cubus's field of vision. Outwardly, nothing had changed.

"Hey! Lily! What are you doing standing there blankly! Hurry up and gather! To the temple!" A male priest running past spotted Lily standing still and shouted.

"...Tomio, today is truly a wonderful day..."

"What?! What are you..."

"[Right? I'm correct, aren't I?]"

Her question was anything but normal in this situation.

"..... Aah, of course. Today is a wonderful day."

Yet the man naturally agreed with Lily's words.

Lily Cubus realized it.

'O God... I understand now. The reason You brought such chaos to the world.'

She was no ordinary priest who believed in Curia.

'You gave enlightenment to ignorant me and commanded me to change this world...!'

She was a follower of the true 'God' and the Dominator of Reason.

[There are also cognomens, titles, and special arrangements we've hidden in advance, so look for them carefully.]

The god's explanation continued, and the confused Lily Cubus clasped her hands together as she entered the Curia temple.

"[Everyone, there won't be any problems. If the world changes, all we need to do is adapt and follow along.]"

[Ehehehe~ I can already see plenty of humans falling into chaos. Let's see you try your best to survive this apocalypse. We'll be watching, so if you're lucky, you might even get to speak with us directly~ Cheer up.]

It didn't work on women, but that wasn't a problem. Because more than half the people here had no choice but to obey Lily Cubus's words.

"[Everyone, please calm down. The 'God' is watching over us.]"

The Dominator of Reason, Lily Cubus, began to swallow Neveiria without anyone noticing.

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Lily Cubus. Once an ordinary low-ranking priest, she had somehow become one of the devout priests assisting Bishop Kilhug of the Curia Church. However, her true identity was the Dominator of Reason, one of the legendary Dominators once known throughout the magic world. She lay seductively on the long sofa in her room, resting her chin on her hand as she pondered.

'That man... Just what is his identity?'

Unlike the supporting character's thoughts, she had quickly realized he was special. After all, her ability hadn't worked on him at all.

Lily Cubus reviewed the notification windows she had seen today.

'The ones I was introduced to earlier weren't anything special. A typical adventurer party... But the ones after that are the problem.'

'What's this? Modern humans and magic humans together, and magic humans calling a modern human "master" in a master-servant relationship... There was also an Ability User, someone I'd never seen before.'

The supporting character's group's personal information was certainly unusual, but the real problem came right after.

After seeing the subsequent notification windows, Lily Cubus fell into deep thought.

'Undetectable Brainwash has never been resisted before... Why was it resisted...'

Lily opened her status window to reconfirm her abilities.

In just four months, Lily Cubus, once an ordinary church priest, had fully demonstrated her qualities as a Dominator and filled her status window with titles.

"Applied as undetectable brainwashing to males... That's right. It says undetectable, but it doesn't say irresistible. I was too complacent."

Lily straightened her posture and thought.

"But no ordinary ability should be able to resist my brainwashing... A man who resists the brainwashing of me, the Dominator of Reason... Ah."

Lily thought of the woman beside the man who had resisted her brainwashing, not the man himself.

"Arty Stria Jewel Heroine... She definitely had a relationship with that man..."

Lily looked at the notification window again.

"They aren't dating, but they have feelings for each other..."

A woman whose beauty even she, as a woman, could only describe as awe-inspiring. A man who had stuck close to such a woman without ever separating from her.

"He must have obtained a title or ability. Just like me..."

Having reached her conclusion, Lily rose from her seat with a light heart and walked to a nearby full-length mirror.

"A man who must have been in an environment where he had no choice but to obtain an ability or title to resist brainwashing. Then there shouldn't be any issues. Our compatibility is the worst, but from what I heard from the vice-bishop today, they'll leave this city soon anyway. He doesn't look particularly strong either... No need to deal with him or hold onto him. I'll just take meaning from having seen her today."

Lily's body began to glow brightly.

"I've never seen a woman as beautiful as her in my life. Thanks to her, I got a good lesson. From now on, I should be able to dominate men with just my appearance, without needing brainwashing."

Arty, who could be called a peerless beauty. Lily began reconstructing her own body, using Arty's physique as reference.

Crack. Crackle!

Crunch...!

The sound of bones, skin, blood vessels, and bodily tissues all twisting echoed through the room.

"But... she's too lascivious. If there were legendary succubi, they would look exactly like her... As someone who believes in God, I should only emulate pure beauty."

She copied the clean, lustrous skin and well-defined features. However, she rejected the curvaceous and sensuous figure that forcibly drew out male lust. She copied the dignified bearing and bell-like voice. However, she rejected the natural gestures and actions that stirred desire.

If Arty was a succubus, then Lily Cubus was an angel. An appearance that made people exclaim in admiration at its noble and sacred dignity, rather than swallowing saliva in lust.

"...Beautiful. Even I think so."

The finishing touch. Lily Cubus's appearance, already beautiful, was now complete after using Cosmetic Surgery several times.

"...Good. I like it."

Lily was satisfied with her newly acquired title as she spun around in front of the mirror to check her body again.

Knock knock knock.

Someone knocked on Lily's door. Without taking her eyes off the mirror, Lily answered the person who had come to her room.

"Yes, who is it?"

"Priest Lily Cubus. It's me. Felix. The Bishop is looking for you. The Lord is with him as well."

"The Bishop? Ah, right. Today was the day for the Bishop and Lord's banquet."

Thanks to Felix, Lily Cubus recalled her original schedule and decided to stop concerning herself with the supporting character's group she would never meet again, stepping out of her room for the 'command briefing' under the pretext of a banquet with the Bishop and Lord.

"All of this is according to my 'God's' will~"