Author's Note: I am changing the POV back to Adam, and he doesn't know what Alepsia or Valencia are thinking. It might get a little confusing given we already know what Alepsia is going through, but bear in mind that Adam has his own thoughts based on what he has seen, one that is quite different from Alepsia's.
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[Adam's POV]
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"I need you to keep her with you. Hide her from the other Gods, make her your saint if you want to, but protect her until I return to take her with me. Being a God, you can do that pretty easily, right?" I spoke as I looked back at Alepsia.
Her words were stuck in her mouth. She wanted to speak, but she lacked a proper response for me.
I was scheming? Probably yeah. But it's not like she can't kill me if she wants to. She can even kill Ameliana, too. True, it might give her a bit of backlash, but it won't be anything permanent.
"You sure are trusting a True God with a heretic who tried to kill 1000s of innocent people," Alepsia spoke as she looked at me, before turning to Ameliana with a disgusted look.
"Sure but, she was also the reason that 1000s of people didn't die," I answered her in a pretty straightforward manner. Alepsia probably knows that Ameliana was a minion of Amir, and was going to be used as a power source for Amir, given his nature.
My words might have even hinted that the reason I saved those 1000 people was Ameliana, thus clarifying that if there was no Ameliana, I wouldn't have interfered. It wasn't the truth, but it doesn't matter much to me.
However, in the end, it does come to the question of the nature of Ameliana herself.
"What if she tries to kill innocent people again?" Alepsia asked as she looked at me. From this question, it seemed like she was giving me a chance. Now, the followup should be pretty easy,
"Ameliana. Can you break your oath with Amir and make another oath with Alepsia that you won't kill any innocent person?"
I wonder how much she-
"[I break my oath to follow Amir till death!]" she spoke immediately, before looking at Alepsia,"[I swear to the Goddess of Light, Alepsia that I will never kill an innocent]!"
Her eyes turned red as blood started gushing from her body.
"[Purify]!" Alepsia spoke as she healed Ameliana in an instant. It seemed a bit hurried? Well, I am probably overthinking. Though Ameliana was still unconscious, as she stayed on the ground for the time being.
"I am only doing this because you saved the city. There is no other meaning to it," Alepsia warned me as she looked at me before she vanished from there," I will be keeping an eye on you," she added before her voice faded as well.
I could barely hear Valencia arguing with her, but it was too faint to make out anything. Turning around, I saw Ameliana vanished from there as well, while I fell on the ground with my body exhausted from top to bottom.
'Talking with the Gods is never an easy task,' I sighed really hard. But in the end, I managed to create a valid plan for the future.
Now, I will have a saint class ally in the future with me for sure. I wonder if I can make Alepsia have a favorable opinion of me without using her true name. Though for now, she sure is going to be cautious of me.
'I need to make my stats go above 500 at least to make sure I can survive the Gods… it's gonna be a pain, but… Alepsia isn't someone who is going to take rash action. Hopefully,' I sighed before stretching a little.
"Let's go to that place first. Gotta set up a good foundation for the future too," I changed my thought process as I smiled widely.
[Currently the world is at Version 0.0!]
[Time before the world is updated to Version 0.1: 5 Months: 23 Days: 20 Hours: 11 Minutes: 46 Seconds!]
In the beta version, from what I remember, only 3 towns were available for my server. While two were in the Aurelian Empire, the third one was at the very far edge of the Aurelian Empire.
The town connecting the Aurelian Empire with the Nirvana Empire, Border Town.
Though I can't go empty-handed there. I need something that can attract their attention. Not only them, but the natives of Border Town.
'From what I remember, there was an organization within the town that was infamous for slavery and kidnapping. Just killing them won't be enough… ' I began to think of a proper way to gain an insider's reputation within the city.
Something that will make them look at me as their benefactor. Something that will make them die for me at my command? It's far-fetched but…
[One Way Out!]
[Dexterity Boosted!]
Without further ado, I began running. This time, once again, to the Aurelian Empire's Holy City. While I do need to be in Border Town, it would be better to spend some time within the Holy City and gain some levels as well as up my adventurer rank. I could also collect some information on the border town while at it.
Much faster than before, I reached the Holy City within a few hours. Perhaps because my stats were quite higher than before.
Though this time, my life wasn't on the line, so I could enjoy the view much better than before. Starting from the outskirts, which held the poor nomads who lived in tents, I saw a bunch of small houses as I went deeper.
Further reaching deeper into the city, I finally reached the main gates of the city once again. The long line into the city, where the guards checked each and every person, was the same as before. Nothing different this time.
Though I decided not to enter the city using my status as [Light Mage] this time. This time, I introduced myself as a small merchant here to purchase some antiques from the city.
The guards checked my adventurer ID before asking for the entry price of 2 silver coins. Luckily, I 'took' some coins from the people when I removed their curses. Actually, I had already thought about it the last time when I was entering the city. On how to have at least the required amount.
[Light Mage] would garner a bit too much attention that I didn't want.
"Thank you," the guard spoke as he let me into the city.
Though…
As soon as I entered the city….
"Excuse me, Mister… I am lost… can you... Help me! Awaaah!!!" standing like a lost kid, the child form of Alepsia appeared in front of me… just what is this idiot trying to do?