I'll kill you after I finish this game!

"You have been punished for entering the realm of gods in human form, and have been subjected to countless curses. I understand that you are familiar with the cause and effect, and this world holds no secrets for you."

Rezer's divine eye can see Scáthach's entire life, so he naturally understands her and knows about her inner troubles and pain.

"As a reward for obtaining your skills through trickery, I will revitalize your withered heart."

As he whispered his answer to Scáthach's request in her ear, a soft, twilight-colored light shimmered in Rezer's arms, a light filled with tenderness and love.

Like a soft and warm marshmallow, it enveloped Scáthach's withered soul and even her heart, and at the same time completely dispelled the divine curse that tormented this legendary hero.

wow-

A curse so vast that it turned the gloomy sky of the Land of Shadows into a great dark sky engulfed the heavens.

A dense, dark aura of curses accompanied by wailing and cursing, and the twisted, hideous faces of countless undead, humans, and gods.

It's hard to imagine that these dark and filthy curses were expelled from Scáthach's beautiful body.

An aura of curse so intense it seemed to drip ink erupted from Scáthach's body and surged into the sky.

These are all terrible curses that Scáthach has accumulated over her life.

The sheer volume and intensity of the curse would easily engulf half of Earth if it were placed there.

"Uh......"

A long, soft sigh escaped her lips. Scáthach's body, which had never relaxed as a warrior, finally relaxed in Reiji's embrace, and her eyes softened and became dreamy.

This feeling of physical ease and freedom, without the cries and curses of the souls she had shot, was something she hadn't experienced in a long time.

Reiji released Scáthach without hesitation, raised an eyebrow, and seeing the lingering curse aura in the sky, immediately unleashed a Golden Destruction Beam.

"boom--!"

The destructive aura, as intense as love, blasted away the dark, gloomy clouds of the Land of Shadows, revealing a clear, cloudless sky.

Scáthach felt that relaxed and gentle feeling, which lessened with Reiji's departure, until she came to her senses and looked at Reiji again with a different meaning.

"...Thank you very much."

Scáthach was genuinely grateful for Rezer's gift, which was both unexpected and reassuring, and it did bring a sense of life back to her decaying heart.

Scáthach's desire to die seemed to have faded considerably, and she knew it was Reiji who had done it.

"Then let's go. I need to go to the real world to meet a few people."

Reiji was somewhat dissatisfied as he looked at Scáthach, whose decaying aura had lessened but not been completely eradicated. However, removing the curse from her body was the foundation of his goal.

If the original body were to unleash the light of redemptive compassion, it could absolutely ignite the other person's will to live.

Since Scáthach is willing to leave, Reiji is also willing to do her a small favor.

The splendor of the vast world would surely dispel Scáthach's desire for death.

P.S.: Please vote and recommend. Some people who haven't read God's Wrath might not understand the Golden Alchemy. To put it simply, this alchemy is performed to reach the [Outflow] rank, and the Golden Alchemy requires the death of a large number of living beings and an extremely fierce and tragic war as a sacrifice.

After all, the Asura Path Supreme Heaven is undoubtedly the highest-level war godhood.....................

Chapter Thirty-Six: Kirei Kotomine: Ah, so delightful~

What is the meaning of my life?

A priest with a flawed personality and an empty heart once asked this question.

The priest could not find beauty in what people called beautiful things, and could not forget what many people called ugly things.

When I was young, I was troubled by my sensory biases and tried to correct them.

The priest was a leading advocate of the church.

His father named him Kirei Kotomine.

The name contains elements of hope; the father named his child with the intention of being both clear and beautiful.

Unfortunately, the priest felt no appreciation for beauty whatsoever; everything was meaningless to him, and he had no real sense of being alive.

He had been trained for many years as an apprentice under his father since his youth.

His father had him late in life and placed high hopes on him as his only son.

From childhood to adulthood, he has been diligently practicing self-cultivation in order to meet his father's expectations and to correct his abnormality.

Kirei Kotomine wasn't a genius; he simply put in dozens of times more effort than others.

However, whenever he was just one step away from mastering something, he would move on to the next area without hesitation. Therefore, although he seemed to be very talented, he could not actually reach the top level in anything he did.

The reason he didn't cultivate to the highest level was because Kirei never felt a sense of accomplishment after putting in the effort.

He lives like a robot.

However, in the eyes of others, Kirei Kotomine did not disappoint his father's expectations and became a "person" with excellent character and ability.

Kirei Kotomine is unable to settle into a position because of inner turmoil, and thus tries to find the path he truly desires.

His heart is not like that of ordinary people; he cannot see happiness in beautiful things.

Kiri's devotion to the church stemmed from his hope that God could answer the questions that troubled his heart.

Kirei made many attempts to change his abnormality, but all of them failed.

Until Kirei Kotomine met that golden-haired, emperor-like man in the church...

That was when I was 22 years old, in a rather simple church, I met a man who claimed to be from another world.

No one has ever made such a deep impression on me; I remembered that man vividly from our very first meeting.

Because the other person's existence was so unusual, it gave him a strong yet contradictory sense of attraction and repulsion.

The other party is an existence that should not exist in this world!

This is how I feel: the way the other person adopts, or where they sit, is a denial and distortion of the lifestyle of the vast majority of people in this world.

It was a twisted thing, different from the righteous path; even the term "demonic heresy" seemed too noble to it.

But it is precisely because of this that the other person is so attractive to me, making me want to get closer to them.

It wasn't just that the other person could make him feel out of place in the world, but even time seemed to stand still.

Yes, literally, time stopped after he entered the church.

At this moment, Kirei Kotomine experienced a strange emotion he had never felt before: "shock".

"You step into the church, but you are like a lost lamb, a bewildered priest."

The other person was sitting in a church seat with their back to me, sipping a rich red wine, and their words brought me back to my senses from the shock.

Looking back at the fleeting scenery outside the church doors, my heart was inexplicably restless.

Reflecting on the shock I felt earlier, I regained a sense of being alive.

"who are you?"

Thus, I asked the cliché question that a normal person would ask, and I was also acting in accordance with the guidance of my heart.

"Who am I? Hmm, I must be from another world to you..."

Another world? Could it be a parallel world?

No, the other party is not that famous magician, after all, there is a portrait of him in the Holy Church.

While suspecting the other party was lying, Kirei Kotomine, observing the frozen scenery outside, did not harbor such thoughts.

So, driven by his so-called "curiosity," he began to communicate with the man named Lei Zhe.

We started talking about our own lives. The other person first talked about traveling and cultivating themselves to become stronger in various worlds, and also shared what they had seen and heard in other worlds.

As if to take care of me, he even created a projection in a way that didn't seem like magic.

This was the first time Kirei Kotomine had ever been so engrossed in something.

I also told him about my barren and empty past. I felt that this was the first time in a long time that I had communicated with a stranger.

Moreover, I didn't feel any emptiness. Listening to the other person's story stirred my dormant heart, and I quite liked that feeling.

In this church where time seemed to stand still, I was completely absorbed in communicating with the other person for the first time.

When I asked him if he had any way to correct himself and resolve his confusion, the man named Lei Zhe smiled.

The other person didn't answer, but instead brought me two steaming plates of Mapo Tofu, gesturing for me to eat with him.

Looking at the spicy and numbing scene on the plate, which resembled a collection of scorched earth from hell, Kirei Kotomine picked up a spoon and started eating without any hesitation.

"!!!!!!"

With just one bite, the moment the tofu touched my tongue, I felt an almost explosive sensation.

It's so strange, so incredible, that I actually felt emotions from the food!?

Anger, passion, fervor, excitement...

In the food he ate, I felt such unfamiliar emotions welling up inside me, emotions that he didn't have at all!

It's so novel, so incredibly novel to me! Is this the kind of emotion a normal person can feel?!

It's...it's absolutely wonderful!

Under the amused smile of Rei Zhe, I devoured the food from the plate like a starving ghost.

He indulged in and savored these unfamiliar emotions, as if trying to hold onto something that didn't belong to him, which is why he ate so frantically.

The other party then served him a delicacy that defied description with the cliché of 'delicious'.

I experienced an indescribable happiness in that incredibly clear soup dish called Century Soup!

Moreover, his expression revealed... how should I put it... a very perverted and lewd smile, which was the scene the other party showed him after taking out the mirror.

But Kirei Kotomine doesn't care at all, nor is he ashamed at all, because he doesn't have that kind of sense.

After that, I felt such unfamiliar and novel emotions and sensations with every dish that they served me.

It wasn't until I finally ate the "Sadness-Inducing Rice," a dish symbolizing sorrow, that I felt sadness for the first time in my life, and shed tears for the first time because of it!

After experiencing these emotions, I also felt a genuine and spontaneous sense of envy towards normal people.

So, it turns out that the people around me can so naturally savor the joys and sorrows of life? I'm so envious.

After this unforgettable meal, I begged the man to become a normal person, and I would do anything for him.