CH 82.4

Chapter 82.4 – Conversation with Asama

「That’s not for me to decide. However, I can tell you that there’s no place left for you on Earth. You made that choice when you transmigrated to this world and I accepted you. Though you may not remember.」

「Fumu….」

I think I’ve heard what I need to hear about my past.

As expected of a goddess, she gave me enough material and gave proper answers. The hesitation that blocked my view like a fog cleared up and I feel very refreshed.

「Now, is there anything else?」

「Then, my next question, why is this world(real fantasy) so harsh?」

I thought about not saying anything but since she was speaking frankly, I decided to take this opportunity.

I’ll ask her everything I thought of.

「You complain about that every time, don’t you?」

「The teachings of Asama Church themselves are wonderful, whether it is about eliminating racial and gender discrimination, freedom, or philanthropic spirit.」

There’s something wrong inside the church.

There are sisters who are not following the doctrine at all.

「And why is this world full of discrimination, crippling, cruel, and so unloving?」

「Well, that’s basically it. Since you are the goddess that created everything, you should have done something about it.」

「That’s a good question. There have been many believers in the past who wished that.」

「They wished the goddess for a better world?」

「Yes, for example, there was a slave girl in this harsh world. She was tortured unreasonably, forcibly humiliated, abused for selfish reasons, and was about to die. One day, I could no longer stand to see such misery anymore so I granted the girl’s wish on a whim.」

「And what happened to her?」

I feel like I’ve heard that story somewhere.

I have a bad feeling about this.

「I made that poor girl my shrine maiden. As my shrine maiden, she was endowed with high-level holy magic, became a queen, and in the blink of an eye, she unified the human world and created a holy queendom. She enforced the people to follow the doctrine. She punished all evil and never allowed even a small one to exist. She wanted to create a perfect world of kindness.」

「 That sounds pretty harsh.」

「That was around 1200 years ago. What was the result? In only 200 years, the civilization that the human world had cultivated until then collapsed without a trace.」

「Ah….so that’s her story.」

That’s the story of Queen Liliella, the one who made the White Tower of Trials.

Given how self-righteous she was, that’s already something expected.

「You’re not surprised.」

「In my original world, there’s an ideology similar to that. It’s called communism.」

「Ah, the Soviet Union?」

「Eh? How do you know about the Soviet Union?」

Why does she have detailed history knowledge about Earth’s history?

That’s, strange….

「Cough, there are heroes who came from Earth so it’s not strange to know about the fall of the Berlin Wall.」

「If you knew about it, please avoid extreme idealism.」

I heard that the Soviet Union – a socialist country that aimed to be communist – tried to create a world where everyone was equal.

However, in communism, you are still equal no matter how hard you work or slack off so people cheat and lose the will to work. Or at least that’s how I understand it.

「Well, I was young too.」

「No, aren’t you 6800 years old at that time?」

「Hnn…Excuse me, I seemed to have missed what you said. The radio wave is bad.」

「We’re communicating through radio waves?」

「Well, every world has a similar history. The world of kindness laid by my shrine maiden has declined in commerce and industry and encouraged everyone to work on agriculture but everyone has lost their motivation and became robots or whatever you call it in your previous world.」

「That’s what happens when you push equality too hard.」

Perhaps the reason why Queen Liliella was so obsessed with golems was because she wanted to deny human imperfection.

「The world that my shrine maiden created was terrible, everyone has lost their will, and yet she continued to suppress and punish ingenious people who tried to have free will in such a world…」

「Maa, I apologize for asking something that made you remember something bad.」

Removing all sides of cruelty is only another form of cruelty.

Even if she’s the goddess of creation, it’s crazy to ask her to do something about this real fantasy world.

A world bleached by good intent, ruled by Queen Liliella, who denies evil.

Was 200 years before mankind collapsed too long? Or too short?