As a traitor, I should raise the banner of rebellion

While rolling around, Sharan accidentally bumped into a cabinet in the corner of the room. A small box on top of the cabinet swayed a few times during the shaking, and then fell down and hit the tatami.

With a 'crash' sound, the button of the small box was knocked open and the contents scattered all over the floor.

That is……

Some bamboo slips.

To be precise, it was the bamboo slips that Yuanhui once wrote to Sharan.

One of them just rolled in front of Sharan, with the same demeanor as the girl just now.

The words written on it appeared in front of Sharan abruptly.

【The meal is delicious, thank you. 】

Sharan's hand, which was about to reach for the bamboo slips, suddenly stopped.

Looking at this sentence in a daze, Sharan's mind flashed back to the scene when she had just taught Jingu Mako.

After telling her "certain knowledge", she did not let Jingu Mako go immediately, but instead warned her very seriously -

"What I just told you can only be done with someone you really like and want to be with."

"If someone wants to trick you into doing something like this, then he is definitely someone with bad intentions."

"At that time, you must find a way to leave him, or call me and your father."

The reason why she taught Jingu Mako those knowledge was certainly not just out of impulse.

In fact, the more important purpose is to let Jingu Mako know some knowledge in this area so that she will not be unaware of the bad guys' intentions.

However, Jingu Mako's answer made her stunned.

"In other words, Dad is the one that Mom likes from the bottom of her heart and she must be with him?"

At that time, she did not answer the question directly, but just gave a few perfunctory words to Jingu Mako.

The latter didn't care because the CPU was already a little overloaded.

Or rather, for her, this was an established fact.

For children who are young and inexperienced in the world, it is natural for their father and mother to love each other.

Could there be any other possibility?

But Sharan knew that she and Yuanhui did not have that kind of relationship at all.

There should be more hatred between the two than love.

I was the one who took control of his body without any explanation as soon as we met and forced him to do things.

Although Sharan is very confident about her appearance, she also knows that Yuanhui is not a person who is obsessed with beauty.

To him, maybe I am just an ignorant and rude woman?

The reason why Yuanhui was so kind to her during these days was only because he wanted to rescue his mother from here, so he needed her strength.

but--

All of this seemed to be just her own speculation and had not been confirmed by Yuanhui.

Although Sharan was almost certain, what if...

What if this idea is wrong?

Come to think of it, it seems that I have never had a good heart-to-heart talk with Yuanhui.

She seemed to be subconsciously rejecting this behavior.

But why?

Sharan carefully searched for the reason in her mind.

Finally, she discovered somewhat unbelievably——

It turns out that I was afraid.

She was actually afraid that Yuanhui would really confirm her conclusion.

I was afraid that the boy would show disgust and hatred on his face.

It was something I came up with on my own, but I prayed in my heart that it was not true.

This is really...

So stupid.

Saran smiled somewhat self-deprecatingly.

She stretched out her hand, held the bamboo slip in front of her, and gently blew away the dust on it.

……

……

When Yuanhui returned from the mountain, Sharan was sitting upright in the main hall.

The mark on Yuan Hui's body allowed her to know his location, so she naturally foresaw his return a long time ago.

After putting away the things the boy had wished for today, Sharan first handed the book she had already written to Yuanhui.

Although she was mainly responsible for and promoted the missionary work, it was naturally impossible for her to completely ignore Yuanhui's opinions on certain important matters.

After all, he is the current leader of this religion.

Obviously, the selection of gods, the behaviors they advocate, and the precepts they set are classified as the most important things.

"I plan to worship Shennong as my god," she said to Yuanhui who was reading the classics carefully. "On the one hand, it caters to the current atmosphere of Sakurajima, and on the other hand, he is indeed the founder of Chinese medicine."

"What do you think?"

"I think it's very good." Yuan Hui nodded and raised his eyes from the beautiful handwriting.

What is written here, apart from the story of Shennong tasting hundreds of herbs and inventing medicine, are some short stories related to creeds and precepts.

From it, we can see some traces of imitation of the Bible, but the chiseling is not obvious.

It is mainly used to advise people that food must be cooked before eating, not to drink raw water, and to take a bath and wash hands frequently.

You cannot talk about modern medical knowledge with people of this era.

Because they simply don't understand.

In this case, all these things can be attributed to the will of God. If you don't do this, God will punish you and make you sick.

This way, it will be easier to understand.

"But..." Yuanhui frowned slightly, "Will this anger her?"

The one who blessed Genki was [Tsukuyomi].

It is because of the miracles she performed that Yuanhui was able to gather the faith of the people and obtain the necessary supplies.

If we give the credit to Shennong now, she might feel offended and punish us.

"What we are doing now is already offending her." Sharan shook her head, "and it will probably offend her even more in the future."

"In that case, then don't think about her, and focus on how to make your plan go smoothly."

"Besides, even if we honor her as the deity of our sect, she might punish us for other things."

"For example, make up her stories and words in the classics."

"This might be disrespectful."

"...That's true." Yuan Hui nodded, obviously agreeing with Shalan's statement, and then talked about something -

"Today, when I was climbing the mountain, a huge brown bear, under her instruction, ambushed me on the road I had to take and wanted to eat me."

"This should be her way of expressing her dissatisfaction. It is a slightly dangerous signal."

"Besides me, she might also attack you."

"Shalan, you should also be careful recently."

When Sharan heard Yuanhui mention the danger he had encountered, her little hand on the table trembled slightly subconsciously.

She breathed a sigh of relief after carefully looking at the boy's appearance and not finding any wounds or blood.

"Okay, I understand." Saran responded frankly, "I'll pay attention to it."

This performance surprised Yuan Hui.

He looked at the beautiful elf-like girl with a somewhat strange look, as if he had just met her today.

Based on his understanding of Sharan, at this time, the girl would usually glance at him and then say coldly -

"I don't need you to worry, you just need to worry about your own safety."

Yuan Hui could even imitate the other person's expression and tone when she said this, but he didn't expect that she would be so, um, receptive to advice today?

Did anything happen at home while he was away?

Although he was confused, Yuan Hui did not show it, but continued to say to the somewhat abnormal Sha Lan: "I have found a way to subdue the giant bear and become his master."

Yuanhui was considerate enough not to mention the name of [Good Neighbor].

For Sharan, this weird thing that made her feel humiliated should be considered as some kind of psychological shadow.

"I think it's not the time for it to come out, so I let it stay in the back hill for now."

"By the way, it's actually not an ordinary behemoth."

"In addition to its huge size, it also possesses a special ability, which is to eliminate its own presence."

Yuan Hui told all the information he knew.

"Its soul belongs to humans, so I suspect..."

"It was originally a human being, and a soul binder. But she used endless time to erase its memory, and eventually it became her plaything, and became what it is now, right?"

Before Yuanhui could finish, Sharan added this.

"Your guess is correct."

[Where are you going] is an ability that can touch the soul.

Before Yuanhui came, Sharan had spent more than ten years in this place.

What he said was a fact that she had already confirmed.

"Anyone who is lost in this world will be captured by her and become the material for her to build this stage."

"No matter if they are ordinary people, soul binders, or anything else, in her eyes, they are nothing more than building blocks."

"We are not facing a benevolent god."

In other words, in this world, benevolent gods are just beautiful fantasies of human beings.

After all, they are just monsters born from death...

"Don't be fooled by her small favors." Sharan's voice was a little low. She reminded Yuanhui, "What we are rebelling against is this kind of existence."

……

……

After finishing his work, Yuanhui looked at the sky outside.

Normally, Sharan should activate "Where Are You Going" at this time to force him to obey her orders.

But today, Sharan showed no such signs.

Apparently noticing Yuan Hui's actions, Sharan took a deep breath, as if to strengthen her determination -

"Yuan-kun." Even though she was prepared, the girl's voice still trembled slightly.

The trembling was extremely delicate, like the gentle humming of a plucked string.

"do you hate me?"

99. St. John

"do you hate me?"

When asking this question, Sarana's hands were placed under the table, tightly grasping the hem of her kimono.