Reincarnation into the Barrier Master

I had sleepless nights. Even when I did sleep, I would wake up immediately. I wonder how many hours I have slept in the last few days. ....... It was Cassel who was thinking about this in the darkened room.

Once he gets into bed at night, he cannot sleep, as he should. He could not sleep at all because of the anxiety that came up one after another when he closed his eyes, as well as the auditory hallucinations that he sometimes heard.

He stayed awake endlessly in the pitch blackness. He wishes he could turn on a light, but he never does so. Because he was afraid that the light might attract the forest monsters and that by turning on the light, the inhabitants of the village would know that he was awake. He did not want them to think that he was troubled at night.

As a result, he stays awake until dawn. Then, after a brief slumber, he gets up again and goes out to make his daily rounds of the village.

He was extremely reluctant to show his weakness to the villagers. However, the sight of a disheveled Cassel was already enough to make the inhabitants feel uneasy.

This night, too, Cassel could not sleep.

Why should he be put in such a situation? He thinks as he stares into the darkness. It is obvious that the king of Agartha, Linos, has a lot to do with it. But he cannot be killed. In an instant he has taken his freedom and put him to sleep. The dream I was having at the time was pleasant, but was that even the dream that Rinos was showing me? If so, there is no way we can win. Cassel knew that the king, who looked far from being a king, was far beyond human knowledge, with an air of nonchalance about him.

So, the only way was to pull back to the Church. The Irbezi was flooded, making it difficult to reach Garbee downstream, but not impossible to pass through to Lamarone. We will have to sacrifice a lot, but we will make it. It is also possible to return to the Church via Niza, although it would be a detour. If we choose this option, we must leave now or we may not have enough food.

Thinking about this, Cassel shakes his head. I have already thought about this many times. But the conclusion is always the same. This method is useless.

Because there is no place for us back in the Church. We are on this mission because of a special Jimoke. Returning home without achieving any results is the same as going home to tell the world that you are incompetent. Not only that, his entire family will suffer the fall. Vieille's father was the same way. Instead of achieving success, he was persecuted in his new post and fled for his life. Since then, his uncle lost the trust of his father, the Pope, and was forced to live a narrow life under the cold eye of the Church. Soon after, he was sent away with his wife and children to an almost uninhabited and uncharted land, where he has not been able to return for many years now.

The only exception was Vieille, who had caught the Pope's attention because of his intelligence from an early age, and who was allowed to remain in Aphrodite at the word of a crane. Even the blood son of His Holiness. For Cassel, whose great-grandmother was no longer with us, and who had only the Pope for a backer, to lose the Pope's trust meant death.

What should I do? If this situation continues, the whole village will perish. Will we perish? Why am I in this predicament? I am sure that I was trying to take advantage of Vieille. She will probably achieve a great deal. She has tried to gain the trust of Vieille and the Pope by helping them. And if she had a major blunder, she would push Vieille out of the way and take the lead herself.

His thoughts turn to Vieille. I wonder how my sister is doing. What is she doing now? ....... As I recall, one of the bishops said. She is receiving special treatment in the capital of Agartha, and is well and healthy, not suffering from the Leroyance that had been feared and not showing any purple spots.

He then clicks his tongue. Sister Vieille is the one who denied you. Why is such a traitor living an elegant life, while I am suffering so much?

I still cannot believe my sister's betrayal. My sister, who had so fanatically believed in the Lord Krimeana, denied it. She accepted all the difficulties as the guidance of Lord Krīmiana, and she was never conceited at all, saying that all the happiness was thanks to Lord Krīmiana. She was trusted by everyone for her innocent and pure behavior. I never thought she would betray me.

How much I would have been saved if she had been by my side. How much this suffering would have been alleviated. I had a secret. But I didn't use them and I was trapped in this helpless situation. In this light, Vieille's behavior was both regrettable and inexcusable.

"My sister is ....... If only my sister hadn't betrayed me: ....... Why did you betray us ....... Eliminate those who harm us ......."

Cassel's gaze wanders into the darkness and he mutters the doctrine of the Crimiana cult. Yes, that's right. Vieille, those who have left the village, must be killed. Otherwise there is no future for me. I must kill the traitors. ....... Then this suffering will end. You can return to your country with dignity. Yes, we must bring back the traitor's head and then devise a plan to attack Agartha again.

But then Cassel sighs slowly. My sister must be killed. But for some reason there is a part of him that hesitates to kill her. I must kill her, but I don't want to. ....... He thinks about it for a while. He looks up slowly.

"Let's meet my sister."

He meets Vieille not to forgive or not forgive her, but to make up his mind to kill her. With this determination in his heart, he calls for those who are waiting outside the room.

At the same time, in a room of the guest house in Agartha, there was a girl who was pensive with her eyes closed. She is Vieille. She was trying to come to a conclusion about her future, which had been troubling her for a long time.

The guiding principle of her life was the doctrine of the Crimiana cult: "Help those who benefit us and eliminate those who harm us". She wanted to be called a saint. A saint who saves many. Yes, like the Lord Goddess Klimiana. For this reason, she has acquired a lot of knowledge and endured many hardships. This desire is still the same today. Until now, I thought that I could save many people as long as I faithfully followed the teachings of Lord Krimeana.

But what is the result? It was good until we, the followers of the Klimiana religion, came to Agartha. But the majority of the pious believers could not come here. Furthermore, the people of Agartha did not agree with the ideas of Klimiana. And we have not even managed to get rid of them. Looking at our own situation, not only did we have to deal with the poor conditions of condensation, but many of us, including myself, were infected by the terrible epidemic of leroyance. The number of people who died because of it must have been well over a hundred.

Cassel said. This must be the handiwork of the Great Satan or some other evil god. It is certainly possible. But if that were the case, why didn't the Lady Crimiana save them? We have tried everything, and everything has failed. Then, the king of Agartha, Rinos, made us say words of denial against Lady Klimiana and humiliated us to the point that we were afraid to even say them out loud.

Why was this? To this question, Queen Licorette gave a hint. She wondered if the current Crimiana was really the way the Lord God wanted it to be.

The present-day Christianity and the Church are under the dictatorship of the Pope, who is the absolute power. The decisions of the Pope are everything. Of course, there is a good aspect to it. But it is also true that many have been deprived of happiness by the Pope. Like my parents.

Until now, I have been able to bear it because I thought it was a test given by the Lord Crimiana. However, was it really the way the Lord God wanted us to be, to take away people's happiness? Now, the Order and the Church are in a whirlpool of intrigue. I have lived my life to stay out of it and to be able to cope with it even if I did get caught up in it. Was that really what the Lord God wanted?

Vieille thinks. Thinking back on the history of the Crimiana religion. Remembering each word of the Lord God.

Linos, King of Agartha, said God is just a being that watches. I wonder what the Lord God was thinking about the history of the Church so far. I am sure that he is not looking at ...... with a smile. We may have been making the Lord God sad. What should we do to make the Lord God feel at ease? The Lord God left us with the words, "Help those who ...... benefit you. I guess that means to save them. We are proud that we have saved many people. However, from the Lord God's point of view, were our acts really recognized as saving people?

What kind of act is it that the Lord God desires to save people?

Vieille thought about it and then he realized that he was right. The "we" of the doctrine does not refer to the Klimianas, but to a broader meaning. I think he means that we should save other people than the Klimianas, or rather, other people who are not Klimianas. Thinking of this, Vieille had the feeling that the pieces that had been separated into pieces were fitting together.

Yes, that's right. We must save the non-Christians too. That is why the Klimiana cult has been developing the latest technology since ancient times, and has been conducting the most advanced medical research. They have saved many people by using it. That is why the Klimianism has been accepted throughout its long history.

"We offer salvation to all living creatures, believers, non-believers, and beasts. ....... You have to be a person who can do that, you have to be a Klimiana cult, you have to be a church ......."

Vieille felt a pleasant sensation throughout her body, as if her whole body was rapidly relaxing. As the sensation grew, her eyes widened and a sharp light shone in the depths of her pupils.