Chapter 96
Chapter 96
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 96
Chapter Title: Miracle Fertilizer Complete
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The first place Reina visited after completing the new fertilizer was the Igugwoden Cathedral.
Since Erin had made the greatest contribution to achieving these results, it was only natural to express her gratitude!
"Is this the...?"
"Yes! It's the Miracle Fertilizer, completed based on the truth awakened by the Plain Fact of the Lord!"
Even now, at this very moment of having created it herself, Reina still couldn't comprehend exactly how this thing had come to be—
Even so, one thing she could clearly tell was that this fertilizer was an extraordinary item that would bring about massive changes to human lives.
Once Reina finished her explanation, Erin nodded with a satisfied expression.
"You've worked so hard! Since it was a mission from the Lord, I thought it would take even more time, but to complete it in just a week...!"
"It was only possible because the Saintess helped me! Thank you so much!"
Watching Reina bow repeatedly, Erin covered her mouth with her hand, flashing a deeply seductive smile—
"It's fine. We're not just anyone to each other, you and I—we should help one another and live on together."
"You and the Saintess...?"
"That's right. We have something in common, don't we?"
Erin lightly placed her hand on Reina's shoulder—
"Being the Lord's woman."
"!!!"
The Lord's woman.
At the strangely alluring title, Reina looked at Erin in slight bewilderment.
With her face flushed bright red, Erin let out soft sighs—poof, haa, haa—while gazing at Reina with the eyes of someone savoring a delicious prey...
"The mage chosen by Lord Igugwoden to spread His will. You're someone absolutely indispensable..."
"I-Is that... so?"
"Of course. Never forget that, Lady Reina. Hehe..."
'The Lord's woman...'
Hearing Erin's words, Reina was swept up in incredibly complex emotions.
To be honest... it was true that her eyes had been opened to the 'Plain Fact' distinctly floating in the air the moment light passed through her body—
But unlike Ian or Baron Roengrin, who had finished their audiences with Erin and become devoutly faithful, she hadn't particularly gained any deep faith.
She had simply become aware of the unknown power called the Plain Fact, nothing more.
That was why she wondered if it was right to describe someone like her as 'the Lord's woman'—
'No...! No need to bring that up and risk angering the Saintess. And with the 'Plain Fact,' I might even reach a singularity no other mage has touched...!'
She could suppress her current unease with her curiosity as a mage.
Wiping away her cold sweat, Reina drew a circle under her eyes and said,
"Ah, from now on, I'll study Lord Igugwoden's words diligently...!"
"Good! That's a wonderful attitude!"
"Ahahaha... As the Lord's woman, ah, please take care of me from now on...!"
"Likewise, I look forward to working with you...!"
And so, Erin sat primly in her chair, waving goodbye until Reina left the cathedral's reception room—
Once her figure vanished, Erin slurped the still-warm red tea from the table.
'...She still doesn't believe in the Igugwoden Church, it seems.'
Unlike Reina, who left thinking 'This should get me by just fine,'
Erin had already noticed that she hadn't truly devoted herself to the Lord.
Compared to those who had their eyes opened by the 'Holy Scripture' and came to sincerely worship the Sole God, Lord Igugwoden, with both body and soul, it was indeed a bit concerning—
But ultimately, she had only carried out the Lord's will exactly as intended.
In other words, if she thought this result came about because the Lord willed it—
'It seems Lord Igugwoden is no longer favoring the direct method of hammering in the Plain Fact to grant enlightenment.'
—Naturally.
As the Lord's woman, Erin had no choice but to realize it.
She was the being who acted as His proxy, closest to the Lord.
'In that case, I mustn't act rashly... The Saintess exists solely to carry out the Lord's will. If I do something He doesn't desire, I'd be unfit as a Saintess.'
For the time being, she should stop using the Holy Scripture to convert people—
Now, she could perfectly discern how to act to be loved by the Lord simply by listening to His words.
'Lord Igugwoden... Even without direct methods, it's fine. Once she sees a world made more beautiful by faith in You, sees people made happy by Your Plain Fact, she will surely realize it.'
Giving them the chance to awaken on their own, even though He could easily do it Himself—what boundless mercy!
Strength entered Erin's shoulders as she realized her role as Saintess had become even more vital.
'I, Erin, will surely paint the entire world in Lord Igugwoden's colors. I'll prove that Lord Igugwoden was right, that He is the world's one true light. So, when that day comes, please—'
—Dye all of me in Your colors.
If she dared to ask permission.
Before Lady Eirene, whom You love so dearly—
Kyung! Kyung!
Just for daring to entertain thoughts interfering with the Lord's choice, she felt her lower abdomen react sharply...
Erin savored the supreme holy pleasure a woman could feel.
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'Oh...'
I stared at Erin's final prayer scene for a long while.
Erin-chan... Jealous of another woman even as a Saintess?
'Does Eirene bother you that much!'
Even in that hot spring scene where it was just the two of them last time, she was definitely jealous of Eirene.
She just didn't show it outright or needle her unnecessarily.
She seemed hesitant about her own feelings, aware that a Saintess being jealous of the woman I favored was utterly absurd.
Let me sum it up.
The busty Saintess who worships me as her god gets so jealous of the woman receiving my love that she says 'Please choose me first'?
What is this!!
Why is it so delicious!!
A soft yandere Saintess who only has eyes for her god—what is she!!
Jealous of my famous wife Eirene—why is it so cute!!!
[Igugwoden: Igugwoden lolololololololol]
[Igugwoden: Fuuuuuuck why is this so tasty!!!! Holy!]
[Please Donate: It's truly a relief that the 'Realm of God' item has been properly depicted]
[Please Donate: It's all thanks to the Lord paving the way]
No, right now, that didn't matter.
Now's the time to simp for Erin-chan!
[Igugwoden: Erin yandere vibes why so tasty]
[Igugwoden: A bit more obsession and it'd be top-tier hehehe]
[Please Donate: Since Erin always puts the Lord first above all, it's no surprise her feelings for Lord Igugwoden are special]
[Please Donate: After all, she's the only human who can directly feel the Lord's will]
Come to think of it.
Erin was always out proxying my will—making her, in a way, the protagonist of this comic—so our direct relationship as god and her felt a bit distant in comparison.
The comic's core was: a character faces a problem, Erin steps in to solve it in my stead, and the resolved character praises the god 'me.'
Plus, it had been quite a while since I'd dropped a Plain Fact solely for her.
If Erin were a real person instead of a character, she might feel neglected from the lack of direct connection with her god—and at that very thought—
'Did this author think that far and depict her as obsessed with the god?'
—Snap!
Even as just a character, she felt so vividly alive that I got chills.
The author was truly, genuinely talented at comics.
Not just the pretty art, but especially with such high character depth.
As I shuddered thinking about how much money this skill would squeeze from me—
'Anyway, pages left, so let's finish reading.'
Gotta savor every last bit!
I scrolled down with a light heart.
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A few days later.
In front of farmers, some nobles, and priests dispatched from the cathedral, Tower Master Reina was demonstrating her new magic tool—the Miracle Fertilizer—before everyone in a small vegetable garden.
"Mage, you mean we don't need fallow land at all? Is that really true?"
"That's right!"
"And no compost needed either?"
"Correct!"
The farmers wore expressions of utter disbelief—
But mages aside, hadn't priests already shown various miracles through 'Lord Igugwoden's Plain Fact' multiple times?
Legs broken by the Saintess had been healed, so a fertilizer that made crops grow vigorously just by sprinkling it didn't seem entirely implausible.
"Then, let me explain simply how to use it! Kids, you planted the seeds just as instructed, right?"
Isaac and Cohen, assisting beside her, nodded.
"It's easy! Now, just sprinkle this on top of the crops!"
Reina confidently grabbed a handful of white granules.
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'Hm?'
Hold on.
Is that how you use fertilizer?
I didn't know the details, but I'd seen a documentary on farming by chance.
'Don't you mix it into the soil first, wait two weeks, then add more when planting the crops?'
If the comic's version matched the nitrogen fertilizer I had in mind, shouldn't they mix it in before planting the seeds?
Come to think of it, I'd vaguely said 'put in fertilizer to solve the food shortage' without properly explaining usage.
'Seems they're treating it like compost... But is that okay?'
Honestly, I didn't know the details myself, so I couldn't be sure of anything.
All I knew was the historical fact that 'fertilizer broke the Malthusian Trap.'
Should I search online right now and teach them the proper method? Just as I thought that—
'...Huh?'
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Sprinkle!
Reina scattered the white granules all over the small garden without hesitation.
And—
—Ta-ding!
"W-What sound was that?!"
—Ta-ding!
"A sound from the field...!!"
A 'divine voice' that no creation could perceive or interpret rang out.
As the sound gradually intensified, the garden began to writhe and undulate.
As if it had swallowed a giant snake.
And soon after—
"Wha... what?!"
—Light began to emanate from the field.
Flash! Flash!
Pure white light danced out from the soil, accompanied by bizarre sounds—
In this utterly unforeseen bizarre situation, no one could tear their eyes from the garden.
Once more, the eerie voice enveloped the creations.
Ta-ding!
Ta-ding!
Ta-ding!
The sound, like a prayer to something, repeated briefly.
! ! ! Taaaaaa-ding ! ! !
—
Shwoooooooosh!!
"P-Pumpkin!"
"A pumpkin's growing!"
Incredibly.
Without water, without time passing.
Lord Igugwoden had decreed, 'It would be good to solve the food shortage'—
And with the words of the Sole God, Lord Igugwoden, and His 'Divine Power,' it had to be fulfilled.
A massive pumpkin was revealing itself, 'ta-ding' away human effort and time.
Just by sprinkling these white granules—
In a field where only seeds had been sown, huge pumpkins began sprouting at super speed!
"No way...!!"
"Crops growing just from sprinkling? This... this is a miracle from the Lord...!!!"
"Lord Igugwoden's Plain Fact!!!"
The priests, witnessing yet another divine miracle, shed tears one after another and offered prayers.
"Aaah... Gwo-men...! O God...!"
"With this, we can... feed the starving... to their fill...!"
Reina, who had sprinkled the fertilizer, gazed at the plump pumpkins filling the garden with sparkling eyes—
'It worked...!! Success!!! This is it!!!!'
Air. Mana. The Divine Power—Plain Fact—bestowed by the Lord.
The genius mage chosen by the Lord, Reina, had used these three to invent something that surpassed even the realm of gods.
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