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368 Dekan's perfunctory words

"Teacher, have you seen the goddess? What does she look like?"

Before Dekan could answer, Eve kept chattering away beside him, as if she had an endless stream of questions.

Eve was more certain than anyone of her teacher's devotion to this deity.

Even more so than Talomatti, with whom he spends every day.

It's not just the teacher's prayers that have never stopped, day and night, over the past decades.

At the successor selection ceremony at the Demon World Hospital, Dolois, who should have stood at the pinnacle of the Demon World and been invincible—

For some reason, Eve felt that the teacher became as vulnerable as a human being the moment he swore an oath to God.

She initially thought it was just her imagination.

After all, she was terrified at the time.

Now that she is no longer afraid and has come to understand her teacher, Eve looks back and realizes that, in some ways, her teacher can no longer be called a devil.

Perhaps even he himself didn't realize it.

However, over the years, Deloitte has never asked Eve to believe in this god, and no matter how much knowledge she has taught her, she has never included any personal opinions about the Holy Church.

Thus, Eve's attitude toward the goddess of reincarnation and fate remained unchanged—"because she was the deity her teacher worshipped, so she respected her as well," but it was difficult for her to become a true believer.

After all, she, like her teacher before, didn't believe in the existence of gods and didn't quite understand the mentality of those devout believers.

Even knowing some of her teacher's past stories, Eve still couldn't understand why her teacher would so deeply believe in this god, who was most likely a fictional being.

Deep down, Eve might genuinely think the teacher was a bit stupid, but this was the one thing she dared not say out loud.

Of course, because of Delois's attitude, she once doubted whether this god really existed.

So when Eve heard the teacher's explanation, she was very surprised—could it really be possible to receive a blessing from the gods?!

I've spent so much time with my teacher.

Eve was quite certain that she could tell whether the teacher was telling the truth or not.

In any case, she didn't think the teacher had lied to her!

After Eve finished asking a whole bunch of questions.

Dekan stood there with a wry smile, seemingly unsure of where to begin his response.

Finally, after thinking for a moment, he spoke:

"...To me, everything is a gift from her."

Dekan lowered his eyebrows and gave a vague answer.

For those of them who live in the present world.

The gods that one may never see in one's lifetime are merely a concept, a phenomenon.

God, or even God himself.

So whether she actually exists or not is not important.

Of course, if one believes in gods because they are certain of their existence, then that might be considered dishonest or disrespectful.

Whether or not to believe in reincarnation and the goddess of fate, Dekan hopes Eve will make her own judgment.

He didn't want to teach Eve this kind of thing.

Of course, Dekan also knew how devout Icardinos was to the goddess in the present world.

Even if some things are destined, Dekan doesn't want to influence Eve's own thoughts.

"Wow, what does this mean...?"

Eve held her head in distress and asked,

"Teacher, didn't you say you hated riddle tellers the most? Why are you telling riddles now... Did I do something wrong to make you angry?"

Her initial anticipation vanished instantly.

In fact, compared to divine protection, she was more inclined to believe that her genius teacher had invented some strange magic with negative effects that could damage the brain and cause memory loss. She also believed that because her teacher was so devout to the gods, he fantasized that all of this was a gift from the gods.

This makes more sense no matter how you look at it!

Seeing Eve's expression, Dekan smiled slightly and gently patted her head with the book in his hand.

"Don't worry about it. Maybe you'll understand someday. I will teach you a lot, but your life is your own. Deloitte is just your navigator; the steering wheel is in your hands."

As he spoke, Dekan turned around to return to his workbench and begin working.

I've gathered most of the information I need. Even if there are any oversights, I can always mention them to Eve during my free time.

The work plan was roughly clear in my mind, and all that was left was to work with almost no time to rest.

Dekan wanted to finish the project as soon as possible and return to the Holy Kingdom, but he knew it would be very difficult, and he wouldn't have many opportunities to rest for the foreseeable future.

If it weren't for Eve, a reliable helper, Dekan would have felt completely lost.

"By the way, is Talomatti coming anytime soon?"

Dekan suddenly stopped and asked Eve.

“She comes every day.”

Eve answered Dekan honestly.

The teacher is starting to rush to finish the work again, which means I won't have much of a chance to slack off.

Although the teacher has always been very strict with himself, he always turns a blind eye to Eve's occasional laziness.

"That's good."

Dekan nodded, his expression relaxing slightly.

Having Eve as an assistant is still not enough to improve work efficiency.

It will probably take two months to complete mission objective 1, and by the time I rush back to the Holy Kingdom, the Shadow World will probably be over.

However, if we add Talomatti, who is now a ninth-tier Great Demon, the situation might improve considerably.

Although, according to Eve's description, Talomatti is far from being as versatile and powerful as the Master at his peak, Dekan is confident in his synergy with Talomatti.

When they work together, any problem in magical engineering becomes much simpler.

Dekan planned to ask Talomatti if she could come to the Demon King's Tomb more often while handling the Demon King's affairs.

Or let's discuss the feasibility: could we simply delegate many tasks to Sincere Pusser and give Talomatti a month's vacation?

Of course, as a form of time off, she would be working at the Demon King's Tomb for a month.

"No way, Dekan..."

Sensing Dekan's thoughts, the master asked him in disbelief:

"Even Morion wouldn't be that heartless. He wouldn't exploit his own sister like this, would he?"

Morion may make money from anyone, even Dekan, but he would never set his sights on his own sister and would allow Flora to use his wealth.

When Dekan encounters difficulties, he immediately calls on his sister to step in.

The more the master thought about it, the angrier he became. This wasn't treating her like a younger sister; it was treating her like a mother!

"We will make it up to her."

However, Dekan only responded casually to himself.

"you sure?"

Master knew that this was how scumbags usually dealt with people.

She always felt that Talomatti at this time was too innocent; he might even help his brother count the money if he were sold out.

The master also despised the Delois portrayed by Dekan.

This guy is clearly even more morally bankrupt than Deloitte; true to his name, he's morally questionable.

"And do you really have a chance to pay it back?"

After muttering to himself for a while, the master seemed to hesitate before finally asking this question.

"..."

Dekan naturally knew what "master" meant.

This Shadow World is the final chapter of the Holy Kingdom and the Shadow World.

This should also be the final chapter of Dolois.

"If you can't pay it back in this life, you'll have to pay it back in the next."

Dekan's tone remained calm.

It's like stating a self-evident answer.

Master was stunned for a long time after hearing Dekan's words, as if he was recalling all the things he had done with Dekan since they met.

A growing sense of doubt arose in my mind.

In her memory, Dekan at first... didn't seem to have such a sharp tongue?

It seems that it was after they gradually discovered that she really enjoyed eating delicious food.

That's how Dekan's way of speaking gradually became so annoying.

Is it...

He says things that make her angry every day and makes outrageous bets from time to time... all so that she can take away his meals without feeling guilty.

Given Talomatti's proud personality, even if someone were to offer her a larger portion of her meals as a gesture of goodwill, she would not accept such a favor with a clear conscience.

On the contrary, taking it from Dekan as punishment, and seeing his pitiful, hateful, and deserving appearance, Talomatti's satisfied and gratifying feeling was the best seasoning for the food.

The more he thought about it, the more a strange, indescribable feeling welled up inside him. The master couldn't help but cry out in Dekan's heart:

"What you owe in this life, you must repay in this life!"

It was rare for the master to show any emotional fluctuations other than anger.

"well."