Regressor Instruction Manual - Chapter 418. Problems From Above (1)

My head started hurting.

‘Shit. This is making me nervous.’

I wasn’t fond of unfamiliar situations.

“Tears of blood?” I said while tapping my thigh nervously.

“Yes. I heard that the Vatican is currently investigating the exact reason behind it, and it hasn’t been announced to the public yet. They made the right decision because the denizens will definitely get confused, but…” Kim Mi-Young trailed off.

“I don’t think they should announce it. Actually, there’s really no proper way to tell people about that,” I continued.

“I know you’re still recovering, but Father Basel wants you to visit the capital as soon as possible. Maybe today or tomorrow…” she added.

“Ugh.”

“If you don’t want to, I can tell him—”

“No, it’s not that I don’t want to visit him,” I interrupted her.

‘I do need to visit him.’

Father Basel himself had requested me to visit him, and the issue involved the Benigoa Goddess, so it would be strange for me not to respond positively. Even if I would find it painful, I had to attend meetings like this. If it were something different, then I could easily ignore it, but the majority of my powers came from the Vatican, so I couldn’t just ignore the Vatican and the many powerful figures there.

The problem was that the situation was too heavy for me to just consider it a strange phenomenon. In addition, it also had something to do with the Sacred Democratic Country.

‘Why are you crying tears of blood all of a sudden? Shit…!’

To make things worse, I didn’t know that the statue could do something like that, and it made me bitter about the fact that the goddess hadn’t been using that kind of method until now.

It was obviously a bad omen, and the reason the Vatican didn’t show any other reaction was to prevent confusion among the denizens. It was nothing more than that. If the news were delivered to the public with the wrong information, then there would definitely be widespread confusion.

‘Considering Father Basel’s hot-tempered nature, I’m sure hellfire is already burning within the Vatican.’

Father Basel was especially kind to me, but even I knew what kind of person he was once he lost his temper. I couldn’t help but gulp at the thought of it alone. Actually, I did think that there wouldn’t be any issues because gods had a stingy side to them, and they would sometimes do strange things, similar to that Elune scum.

However, I had done something serious recently, so I had no choice but to tread lightly.

After all, I didn’t want to be caught red-handed. Of course, I wasn’t really a thief, but…

‘Just in case…’

It probably wouldn’t happen, but just in case…

If someone revealed that the advent of the goddess was fake…

‘Things could go wrong.’

Everything I had built up until now would be destroyed in the proverbial blink of an eye. I could be getting ahead of myself, but if the Vatican had already noticed some issues, then there was a chance that they were already investigating me. The goddess statue crying tears of blood was probably just a reason for me to visit the Vatican so that they could start questioning me there. Of course, this wasn’t a serious issue because I could easily prove my innocence and holiness through Benigoa.

However, it would still get a bit annoying if things got worse from here.

‘I hope Benigoa isn’t trying to backstab me.’

If that were true, then it would be incredibly annoying to deal with it.

There were many priests in the Vatican, but the priests of Benigoa were weaker than the priests of other gods because the priests of Benigoa didn’t really have anyone among them who had heard the voice of the Benigoa Goddess before.

However, I was confident that at least one of them heard her voice recently, and using the goddess statue crying tears of blood as the signal, they could be trying to bring me down. It made even more sense considering that I wasn’t really influential in my past life. It could be said that my influence back then was just a speck of dust.

Right now, the continent was stable, and the children of the gods were prepared to face the upcoming threat. In that case, it wouldn’t be strange if they judged me to be a threat and started beating me up. It was possible that the higher-ups had made plans to get rid of me while my guard was down.

‘Did I go too far?’

It was a possibility.

‘But I’ve done so much for them, so they can’t treat me this way. Those dirty bastards…!’

I saved the world a few times, helped our lovely regressor, and contributed to bringing the human race together. I accepted the daughter that the Elune scum had abandoned and cleaned up the mess Varian had made. The mess Varian had made had been particularly difficult for me to deal with. I was sure that other people wouldn’t even bother dealing with it.

I strengthened the faith of Benigoa’s devotees and contributed a lot to creating the strongest church on the continent. I brought glory to her name through sacred democracy and showcased her divinity by dealing with the wicked undead.

Of course, those weren’t the end of my contributions. I also punished demons in the name of the light and saved the denizens of Laios. I resealed the ancient god in the museum and performed risked-based culling by getting rid of all sorts of elements that could become a threat to the future of the continent.

I was the most virtuous person in existence, and I was sure that there wasn’t anyone like me.

‘And now they want to get rid of me? There’s no way that’s true. They wouldn’t do that while wearing the mask of the gods.’

I was sure that even the 72 Demon Lords wouldn’t treat me that way. If anything, they should have given me gifts rather than treating me this way. At the least, they could have just filed an official complaint.

If they were thinking about doing something that not even a demon was wicked enough to do, then I was prepared to make them regret their decision.

‘You hear me? You’re really going to kick me out like this? You bastards. Do you hear me? If you turn your back on me now, I’ll bring you down with me. Got it?’

It was true.

‘Do you really think that Kim Hyun-Sung will stand on your side?’

However, I didn’t hear any response from the heavens. I wasn’t really feeling anxious, but my mood soured. I thought perhaps the reason why Kim Hyun-Sung was suddenly deep in his thoughts was that he had heard bad rumors about me.

‘You demonic dogs! Are you really going to treat me like this?’

I couldn’t help but think that they had stopped monitoring the continent. I waited for a while, but a forced quest notification didn’t appear. There was something wrong. My thoughts earlier were merely suspicions, but now, they were starting to become a certainty.

I waited for someone from up there to drop me a quest while tapping the table in front of me, but there was still nothing but radio silence. In the end, I came up with two possibilities why no one was responding to me.

1. They’re experiencing some issues up there.
2. My thoughts were right, and they are about to abandon me.

If it were the former, then I could just say that I misunderstood, but if the gods were really thinking about doing the latter, then I would do everything in my power to make them regret their decision.

I got up slowly.

“Sub Guild Master?” Kim Mi-Young called out in a daze.

“I think it’ll be best if I head to the capital as soon as possible,” I informed her.

“I’ll make the preparations. When do you want to go?” she asked.

“Please make plans so that I can leave tonight. I may seem like I’m not in a hurry, but this is an urgent matter. I think there really is a problem at the Vatican,” I replied.

“And the attendants who will accompany you?” she asked.

“I’ll take Jung Ha-Yan, Park Deok—No, Miss Jo Hye-Jin. Additionally, contact Kasugano Yuno and Hee-Ra noona. Include Dialugia and…” I paused.

“Should I contact Miss Elena as well?” she asked.

“Is she in Lindel right now?” I asked.

“Yes. She filled in the application to join the Blue Guild yesterday and became an official member today. Her job hasn’t been decided yet, but—”

“Great, include her as well,” I said, interrupting her.

“Will you be heading to the capital with all of them?” she questioned.

“Yes, and—hm… Please send letters to all the guilds in Lindel, including the Black Swan Guild… Oh, wait. I think I can write it on my own. Please send this letter to the elves and dwarves and send this one to Miss Han Sora,” I requested.

“Okay.”

“This letter that I’m writing right now is important. If something happens to me in the capital, then I want you to spread this letter all over the continent through the goddess’ mirrors,” I said.

“I’m sorry, I don’t know what you mean by something…”

“If that something really does happen, then you’ll know what I’m talking about. If nothing happens, then destroy the letter immediately. It’s in case of an emergency, so you don’t have to worry so much. And please deliver the list of items I have written over to Dialugia’s nest, but be as discreet as possible…”

”What I’m telling you right now should only be between us. Once you head out, don’t say anything and don’t be too obvious,” I warned her.

“O-Of course, Sub Guild Master. B-But… is this…”

“I know what you’re thinking, Miss Kim Mi-Young, but… Haha. You don’t have to worry. I’m just making preparations in case of an emergency. That’s it,” I assured her.

“T-Then I’ll get it done right away, Sub Guild Master,” she answered.

“I’ll leave it to you,” I said.

“Okay.”

I felt reassured when I saw Kim Mi-Young walking out while nodding.

‘It’s nice having a competent person working for me.’

I guarantee that she’s way smarter than me, and the reason why things didn’t work out well when I first joined was that I was unlucky or I wasn’t as selfish. If Kim Mi-Young weren’t here, my life in the Blue Guild would have been much harder. It didn’t take me long to organize my thoughts again as I watched her leave.

‘Should I let Ji-Hye noona know ahead of time?’

If my relationship with the new fake God of Benigoa went wrong, then I needed someone to take on a critical role.

‘There’s Hyun-Sung as well…’

Lee Ji-Hye was important, but luring our lovely regressor was a priority as well. He was kind of difficult for me to handle, but I was sure I could convince him using our deep relationship. However, I wasn’t sure if I should take him with me to the capital.

‘He needs constant care…’

Of course, all of this could just be my imagination, but if one of them were true, then I was more than prepared for it. Light Ki-Young would use and abandon people, but he would never be used and abandoned. I had to be always prepared to swing the mace of light at the fallen Goddess of Benigoa and the scums following her.

[Average-ranked Forced Quest has been activated.]

[No, no! This is a misunderstanding… You see, I can explain every—It’s a misunderstanding! Miss Benigoa! Please say something! No! It’s a misunder— (0/1)]

[The Average-ranked Forced Quest has been canceled due to an unknown reason.]

[Quest Creation has temporarily stopped due to unknown reasons.]

“Swing the mace of light at the fallen gods…”

I could swing it at them until they were satisfied.