The World I Was Supporting Was Real

Episode 20. Appointment of the Holy Knight (1)

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In a place where only darkness exists, a being that is nothing whispered.

――Everything is for Mr. Lee Guo Guo Dun.

Everything is for Mr. Lee Guo Guo Dun.

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Gurgle gurgle gurgle-

After making a donation, I was refilling my empty ice glass with zero cola when several chats popped up.

[PleaseGiveMoney: First of all]

[ PleaseGiveMoney : I would like to start by expressing my sincere gratitude for your generous donation of 20,000 won ]

[ PleaseGiveMoney : Mr. Igwogwodon, you are truly… truly an amazing person]

[ PleaseGiveMoney : Uh… first of all ]

[ PleaseGiveMoney : With the power of 20,000 won… it seems possible to carry out the will of God ]

[ PleaseGiveMoney : However, since it involves changing a tradition that has been passed down from the past, I would like to make a humble request ]

[ Igwogwodon : Go ahead ]

[ PleaseGiveMoney : It seems that ‘the word of God’ is needed here as well ]

[ PleaseGiveMoney : If you have any wishes, I would appreciate it if you could actively express them ]

[ Igwogwodon : By the word of God, do you mean the thing you do with the other girls? ]

[ PleaseGiveMoney : No, this time it’s… how should I put it ]

[ PleaseGiveMoney : To have both Miss Ophelia and Miss Linnea join as holy knights, we need the power contained in the word of God ]

[PleaseGiveMoney: If you have nothing to say, I will try to find the best alternative]

For a moment, I thought, ‘What do you mean, after changing history so easily?’ but I quickly realized the writer’s intention.

Based on my experience so far, the writer is a WWE expert. Even when giving rewards, they thoroughly maintained the ‘concept’ to avoid breaking the immersion in the world.

So that’s what it is. ‘Do you have any ideas or how you want it to be? If not, I’ll draw it as I see fit.’

In other words― ‘You gave money, so how would you like it to be drawn, dear customer?’

A truly legitimate opportunity!

[ Igwogwodon : Hahahahaha, the technique is so good, I can’t refuse ]

[ PleaseGiveMoney : …? ]

[ Igwogwodon : No, nothing ]

[ Igwogwodon : Just wait ]

I recalled the content of the comic so far.

A picture that can naturally have the two join as holy knights…

It would be nice if they accepted the technique well, but since I gave money, shouldn’t they just do it as they see fit?

I typed without much thought.

[ Igwogwodon : What’s more important, tradition or the will of God? Hahaha ]

[Igwogwo: Just push through]

It’s a comic, what is there to think deeply about?

[ GiveMeMoney: God’s will is more important than the past…! ]

[ GiveMeMoney: As expected of Igwogwo. As soon as I heard those words, the world started moving to respond to you. ]

[ GiveMeMoney: ‘God’s power’ and ‘God’s word’. With these two things together, what do I have to fear? ]

[ Igwogwo: Hahaha, just do it as you see fit. I’ll just prepare the money. ]

[ GiveMeMoney: Of course. Then, see you in the next episode. ]

After closing the chat window, I logged into an online game that I had practically given up on for a long time.

‘Shall we start organizing the items?’

I don’t know what will happen in the future, so I need to gather as many bullets as possible.

Smiling, I was thinking about such things.

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The Holy Knight was decided.

It hasn’t been officially announced yet, but it has become known to those in the know, centered around the high-ranking priests of the religious community.

At the same time, naturally, controversy rose.

It was an answer to the old question, ‘What will the church choose between practicality and justification?’

The answer was neither practicality nor justification, making it even more so.

Saint Erin’s decision – Luca Hebnician.

Before the saint appeared, she was an unknown knight who received the ‘Holy Knight qualification’ that the church had handed over to the Luphrantia Academy as if giving alms while competing with the imperial family.

If she was recommended, it meant that her potential, the possibility of her talent blooming, was quite high, but-

The only result she showed was being the runner-up at the Luphrantia Academy, nothing more.

to ‘practicality’ Linea von Einsberg and ‘justification’ Ophelia Transrente, she had no merit.

Of course, God’s word was absolute.

But this was logic that only worked within the religious community.

For others – especially the imperial family, who wanted to create a connection with the church through this opportunity, it was an unacceptable decision.

If the church’s decision had been the renowned female knight Ophelia Transrente, who showed far superior piety than Linea, it might have been different, but Luca was absolutely unacceptable!

And knowing this, Pope Linus III was sweating and pleading in front of the saint’s room.

“Saint, it’s not too late. Please reconsider. This choice is too burdensome for us. There’s nothing good about antagonizing the Einsberg imperial family now.”

There was no answer, but he could feel a presence. The Pope bowed several times in front of the door.

The Pope was at the top of the religious community, but in front of the saint, the only one who could communicate with ‘God’s presence’, he was just a subordinate.

“Spreading the will of God widely is not too late even after our church has grown stronger. Hasn’t the Saintess appeared just in time? Now that the truth of Igwogoden is being spread to more people, the help of the imperial family is desperately needed to solidify it, with the intention of planning for the future, please—”

At that moment.

Clunk, the door opened.

The Pope was started, but quickly grasped the situation and naturally stepped aside, bowing his head.

“Saintess!”

“I am here to announce the Holy Knight.”

“But Saintess, please listen to me first-”

“It’s alright. God’s words have illuminated our path. I believe the Pope will be satisfied as well.”

“Yes……?”

I don’t know what that means… … Did she change her mind?

“More than that, I have a request.”

“A request……?”

Erin’s blue eyes sparkled.

“Please gather all the priests available in the auditorium right now.”

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The auditorium of Igwogoden Cathedral.

In line with its scale, over hundreds of priests were studying the truth of Igwogoden and devoting themselves to theology in this place.

Given that these priests were with the Saintess, most of them were elites, and naturally, there was a lot of debate about the appointment of an unknown knight named Luca as a Holy Knight.

“If it’s God’s will, shouldn’t we follow it?”

“I think it’s too reckless a decision…….”

“Now, now. Didn’t the Saintess call for us? Surely she will give us a convincing explanation.”

How much time had passed like that?

“The Saintess is entering!”

Finally, as Erin walked in, the atmosphere in the auditorium became solemn in an instant.

Click, click.

“It’s the Saintess……!”

“Saintess……Igwogoden…….”

“Please, let there be plain facts…….”

They had doubts about her decision, but they were fundamentally devout religious people.

Just hearing the footsteps of the saintess could evoke a kind of religious sanctity.

What the saintess held dearly to her chest was the Bible.

The most beautiful book in the world, containing the words of the one and only God of this world, Igogodon.

Erin, standing on the platform, looked down at the priests and spoke loudly.

No.

To be precise― she spoke normally, but everyone here could hear her loudly.

“Everyone. I am Saintess Erin.”

“……!!”

Everyone was started by how excessively loud the saintess’s voice sounded.

It’s not that such magic doesn’t exist… … but the priests used white magic of the healing type, and crucially, there wasn’t a single magician by her side.

So how on earth did she create this situation?

At that moment.

“…….”

Erin closed her eyes and gently bumped her forehead against the Bible―

“Th-that is……!”

From the Bible, a pure white light began to emanate.

Everyone gathered here could tell. That light wasn’t just a simple flash.

That was… … a plain fact. A fragment of the clear and unambiguous truth that Igogodon had shared with everyone!

And then―

――Crash!!!!!

“What, what is this?!”

“Ahhh!”

The stained glass depicting the apostle following Igogodon shattered with a loud noise.

Starting from that― the sacred murals decorating the cathedral and the ancient statues began to break one by one.

Among them was the statue of the 8th apostle ‘Jonah’, which had never been broken despite countless wars throughout human history.

This was a shocking event. Even when the cathedral was engulfed in flames and over 80% was destroyed, it hadn’t broken, earning it the nickname ‘Jonah the Miracle Worker’-

All of it, everything created by humans in reverence to God, was destroyed in an instant.

And then, in the ears of everyone gathered here, someone whispered.

A voice that could not be identified as male or female, human or something else.

――Abandon the old and embrace the new.

‘… … !!’

Through the shattered stained glass—light.

As if pointing to the protagonist of this world, the light shone, transcending any absolute law, enveloping Erin.

Everyone gathered here – the high priests who had practiced religious senses – could understand.

That light was the light of God. If ordinary people were exposed to that light―― their souls would surely be destroyed!

In fact, all the materials that the light penetrated were turning into powder and scattering.

However, Erin, receiving that light with her whole body… … continued to pray incessantly.

The Bible, floating above her and emitting light, continued to spread plain facts to everyone in this space.

At that moment, someone shouted loudly.

“God is watching over us!”

A few priests, who could only be religion by nature, began to bow to their rightful only God, trembling at the miracle of the saint they witnessed and the power of God.

“Oh……Lord Igogodon…….”

“Oh God……!!!”

“Please give me plain facts……!”

Finally, Erin, who had been praying continuously, opened her eyes.

As her platinum blonde hair fluttered, a blue light flashed in her eyes.

And then―

“One plain fact.”

The moment Erin uttered that sentence, everyone responded as if they had promised.

“”God’s name is Igogodon.””

Genesis Chapter 1, Verse 1.

Can anyone who doesn’t know that be called a priest?

In response to the saint’s words, the priests, nuns, and bishops gathered here recited the holiest book in the world in unison.

“Two plain facts.”

“”The proof that Igogodon is the only God is all in the donation records.””

“Three plain facts.”

“”If someone claims to be God but their name isn’t Igogodon, they are a scammer to be torn apart.””

Just.

Just by citing three lines of the Bible… … the priests who had walked the path of theology for years began to sob.

This crying was something they couldn’t control.

When faced with something overwhelming, it was as if my tear glands were automatically stimulated.

Ah. I was born to see this scene. I have been studying the words of God for this moment…

The priests accept the truth with their square pupils. They accept it. They cannot avoid it. They cannot refuse it.

Only then do I realize why all the murals and statues are broken.

This is what it means to discard the old and take the new!

Ah… I understand it clearly, Lord Igogoten!

“By combining three plain facts into one, we call it ‘a plate of plain facts’—”

“If you cannot understand the words of God even after eating a plate, then it is simply a matter of intelligence…”

Finally, the reading of Genesis 1:5 was completed.

Erin finally cried out the words of God in a voice full of appeal.

“Everyone. Even three plain facts come together to form one plate. So why do you think there should be only one Holy Knight?”

“…!!”

The Pope, who had been watching the whole situation with awe, was started by those words and looked at Erin with wide eyes.

Saint, could it be…!

‘What you just said…!’

“God has spoken. ‘Give it all to me.’ God wants more lambs to protect me and spread His teachings as Holy Knights.”

“From the past, there has been only one Holy Knight? That is!”

Crack!

A crack appeared in the famous painting depicting the words of Sacred Power Communication 5:4, “The Saint Embracing the World with a Large Bag.”

“What on earth!”

Crash!

As if using explosive magic, the statue of Saint Padulus II, the 4th Pope who spread the doctrine widely across the continent, was shattered.

“What does this mean!”

That’s right!

The old has no meaning.

What is important is only the new! The new will of God! The newly descended words of God!

“What we need is―― a plate of Holy Knights!”

If three plain facts come together to form a plate of facts.

When three Holy Knights gather, it is only natural that they form a plate of Holy Knights!

“Here and now, in the name of the Saint representing God, I declare. Luka Hebnician, Linea von Einsberg, Ophelia Transrente. These three knights will become the Holy Knights protecting me, Erin, and will be the sword that guards the words of God as our order’s ‘plate of Holy Knights!'”

“Igogodon! Igogodon!”

“Follow the new order of God!”

“Gwo―men! Gwo―men!”

The moment a new concept called ‘a plate of Holy Knights’ was born.

The cathedral was being destroyed, but the faith was burning more than ever.

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‘…?’

I checked the last cut depicting the collapsing cathedral, and for a moment, my mind went blank as I thought for a long time.

No, I did say to push forward, but I don’t think I said to destroy the cathedral…

Well, anyway…

‘Anyway, it’s good that we got three Holy Knights!’

It’s good that we got four plates of Chichi!