Regressor Instruction Manual

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Chapter 424: A Problem From Above (7)

Silence then dominated the entire room.

It took a long time before I heard Benignore's voice again. I thought she would respond to me by screaming, but it was rather the opposite.

The way she talked in such a small tone of voice, not even ants could've heard her. It felt oddly shamefully dirty.

[...]

"..."

[This is all because of...]

"What?"

[Do you think I wanted this to happen...?]

"What?"

[I-It's nothing.]

"..."

I honestly had nothing to say to her broken replies, either.

The reason behind the incompetent goddess Benignore's bankruptcy was that the divinity she had associated with me must've had some sort of effect on her.

'No, no. Actually, it's not even that. In my case, I was just rewarded for my actions... And that is a completely different situation from this.'

If I was generous, I could say I had greatly contributed to her bankruptcy...

'It doesn't make sense, right?'

Soon, the order of the continent would collapse.

What Benignore had said was probably just a small part of it. If that happened, the quests and dungeons would not function properly, and this in turn, would have countless side effects. It seemed like the ones who had been managing the continent the entire time had ended up abandoning it in the end.

With these thoughts in mind, I felt as if the room's temperature was rapidly rising.

I didn't know if she knew what I was currently feeling or not, but Benignore kept making more excuses as the seconds continued to tick by. I couldn't give her a suitable answer, so I could only respond by sighing.

[...]

"..."

[I-I'm sorry...]

"..."

[I-I'm sorry, my proud Honorary Cardinal. You know how much I care for Honorary Cardinal Lee Kiyoung, right? T-This is not your fault, so you don't have to worry too much. Forget what I just said. Can you do that?]

"Gosh... I know that much. Did I do anything wrong? This is your mess. You're really funny, you know that? Even after giving you divinity from down here, are your capabilities so low? There are limits to being incompetent... Honestly, I'm not in charge of you, so I can't say anything about this, but I still think you have to reflect on this. It would be bad for you to get insulted by me, a human, but this is my advice as a true believer who serves you."

[Uuugghhhh.]

"Or did you get distracted somewhere else?"

[Uuugghhh.]

My desire to scold her was strong. However, this would've been an extremely unproductive behavior. What mattered at that moment was not the cause, but how I could solve the situation. If everything I heard from here on was true...

'I can think of it as another threat.'

It wasn't a problem that could simply be solved instantaneously or easily.

If it were simply a problem like defeating a raid boss, it would've needed a much simpler approach. This was a bit more complicated than that.

This was a social problem, and it was a