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◈ Got a Gallery in the Wild ◈
Chapter 130: Click (2)
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Who was the most confused by the Holy Kingdom, El Dorado, dispatching an investigation group?
Kadir, the previous Hero's close friend? No.
Ludwig, or the investigation group members' families? Not them either.
It was Asella, the traitor Hero connected to Ludwig.
‘Why would the Holy Kingdom... do this to my teacher...?’
In a room at the inn where she had barely managed to secure food and lodging, Asella carefully read the newspaper by lamplight.
Shocking! The reason a traitor Hero was born: the holy knights' instructor?
Wrong ideas breed misguided convictions.
El Dorado's ideological screening. Those who do not offer a prayer to Goddess Aris once a day will be deemed subversive elements...
Only one day had passed. Just one day since news of the investigation group's escape had spread, yet newspapers like these were already pouring out.
Their accusatory tone made it seem as though they had been prepared in advance. Asella was confused.
More than anything, she ached for Ludwig.
Ludwig, former instructor of the Holy Knight Order. The man who, as it turned out, had insulted Aris.
Ludwig, the blasphemous holy knight. Where has he gone?
The holy knights he instructed have launched a sweeping investigation...
Ludwig had been responsible for training holy knights.
Asella knew his upright, stubborn nature well.
She had learned from him, grown under his guidance, and been chosen as the Hero.
He had treated her so kindly that Asella could tell she was in his good graces.
Born an orphan and starved of adult affection, Ludwig had been like a father to her.
‘There must be... some misunderstanding...’
Asella clenched the newspaper. El Dorado had shown one disappointing side after another.
Still, El Dorado was a nation founded to worship the gods, including Aris.
It was also where Asella, once an orphan, had been raised into a full-fledged holy knight.
‘Is all of this... my fault?’
Asella remembered the moment she had drawn Revolution, the holy sword.
The divine oracle the goddess herself delivered the instant Asella drew it. Its contents had been hard to believe.
It was a shocking prophecy that Asella would destroy El Dorado.
At first, she thought it was a misunderstanding, but when she came to her senses, she had become a fugitive.
After that, El Dorado publicly declared her a traitor on a massive scale. That was how things had reached this point.
‘I'm not a traitor...’
No one knew that better than Asella herself.
That was why she concluded that Goddess Aris had misunderstood.
It might sound deeply irreverent to say a goddess had misunderstood.
But Asella's situation was enough to cause cognitive dissonance.
‘Even if I prove that I'm not a traitor... can Teacher regain his honor?’
Ludwig's reputation had already begun to be dragged through the mud.
El Dorado completely controlled the press, and this was a major incident.
It made her heart sink to see the Undying King incident being quietly swept under the rug as well.
Recently, El Dorado had done nothing but disappoint her.
Maybe this was its true face. Maybe it had worn the mask of a “Holy Kingdom” all this time, playing the good guy.
‘The Holy Kingdom I knew wasn't like this...’
The El Dorado Asella knew had been a truly beautiful place.
A country where everyone was happy under the protection of Aris and the other gods.
A place guarded by holy knights armed with a spirit of service and sacrifice.
A place where even orphaned children could do more than dream. They could become Heroes.
Yet its recent actions had been the complete opposite.
‘It's... lost its way, isn't it? Nobody goes through life without losing their way.’
Just as people lost their way, nations probably did too.
El Dorado had originally been founded to stand against the Demon King, that is, the threat from Mephisto.
But as Mephisto's culture developed, it began pursuing conciliation.
It became so immersed in ball games that it came to view violence as taboo.
It had even offered a polite apology, leaving El Dorado with no choice but to lose its way.
‘Times like this are when you have to believe. Leaving someone when they're struggling is the worst thing you can do.’
It was a lesson Ludwig had taught her about life.
Staying by the side of someone in hardship was the virtue of a holy knight.
The same held true even if that someone was a country. Asella steeled herself once more.
She had no idea that one of the people struggling most in the world was herself.
The other was working their bones off in the Forest of Four Seasons.
‘What could Grylls be doing right now?’
Curious about Grylls's recent situation, Asella logged into the Gallery.
Thanks to Grylls giving Ludwig a sword, the investigation group had been able to scatter safely.
Even the newspapers said Ludwig had wielded an evil “demonic sword” and allowed wicked people to escape.
Various testimonies were circulating through the Gallery too, so she could be certain it was Grylls's gift.
I Seriously Resent the Sky.
“Huh?!”
Asella made a sound like she had bitten her tongue.
Seeing Grylls's latest post, she could not have reacted any other way.
Since ancient times, the sky had been known as the domain of the gods.
Whether figurative or literal, it was not something she could easily overlook.
‘Could Grylls have committed blasphemy again?’
Grylls committed blasphemy whenever the chance arose, so she immediately decided to read it.
If that was what it was, she planned to give Grylls a stern warning.
[Post title] I Seriously Resent the Sky.
[Author] Wild Grylls
[Post] (Video of rain pouring down outside the cave)
[Post] How long has it even been since the last rain? Why the fuck is it raining again?
[Post] The oven and blast furnace are fine since I put up tarps, but it looks like the Fish Trap might get washed away again...
[Post] The sky definitely hates me. That's why I curse at it.
└ [Heavenly Demon]: You resent the sky... Does that mean you dislike this lady too?
└ [Wild Grylls]: No, no. You're an exception, Heavenly Demon. You're far higher than the sky.
└ [Heavenly Demon]: That is true.
└ Damn, he’s going to wear his tongue raw from all that ass-kissing lol
└ Look how well those two get along lol
└ Are you two seriously buddying up? lol
└ Are you going to the Forest of Four Seasons just to hang out? lol
└ Let's give them a pass. This is way beyond just buddying up;;
└ For real lol The Forest of Four Seasons should be the exception~
└ [SwordTasteMaster]: Maybe it rains so often because it's a forest. How about using this chance to focus only on training?
└ [Wild Grylls]: I've been doing that, but my aura just keeps getting bigger?
└ [SwordTasteMaster]: No, seriously;; What kind of training are you doing to get that strong?
└ [Wild Grylls]: Just... eating, circulating my cultivation method, eating Inner Cores, circulating my cultivation method. That's all.
└ [SwordTasteMaster]: You're eating Inner Cores like medicine?
└ [Wild Grylls]: For the time being. I'm saving some for Fast Sloth to eat, but I have extras. Is that weird?
└ [SwordTasteMaster]: Holy shit, I've never seen anyone shovel down Inner Cores like pills before;;
└ That's why they're getting stupidly strong lolllll
└ Won't their aura reach the sky at this rate?
└ Are they going to shout, “My aura will pierce the heavens!” later?
└ Wasn't that what an absurdly strong Sword Saint shouted? lol
└ Yeah, that's right lol I thought it was fucking cool back then, but now lol
└ It's still cool though. Why?
└ [Starlight Princess]: Don't resent the sky too much. I resented it too, but I survived thanks to good fortune.
└ [Wild Grylls]: It wasn't the sky. I helped you.
└ [Starlight Princess]: When you put it that way, I don't really have anything to say. Still, you shouldn't think so negatively! A positive mindset is always important!
└ [Wild Grylls]: Is that what you did?
└ [Starlight Princess]: No hehe. I just waited every day for the day I would die.
└ [Wild Grylls]: Ma'am;;
└ [Starlight Princess]: But just as I met you, you might meet a benefactor someday too!
└ When will that day be?
└ One thing's certain, it'll take months lol
└ They say Ludwig entered the Forest of Four Seasons, so the two will meet someday. In the sky, of course lol
└ Youuu are seriously awful lol
It was a post resenting the literal sky, not Aris.
Still, Grylls's dislike for the gods showed through in places.
‘Someone who hates the gods because they don't want to hate people...’
Asella worried. Could she really change Grylls's mind?
But if Grylls could not resent the gods, Grylls would end up resenting people.
Grylls's mindset needed serious consideration.
People were creatures who could not live normally without hating something.
There was a reason emotions were expressed as joy, anger, sorrow, and pleasure.
‘Then I should guide Grylls toward hating a little less!’
Asella's characteristic positive thinking kicked in.
She left a comment on Grylls's post, where new comments were still pouring in.
└ [DontAbandonTheHero]: This is when you pray to the sky! Try praying for the rain to stop!
└ [Wild Grylls]: Don't try to scam me.
└ [DontAbandonTheHero]: Gods don't peddle scams!!! Please listen to me just once!
└ [Wild Grylls]: Sigh. Fine. What am I supposed to say?
└ [DontAbandonTheHero]: I beseech Aris, Goddess of War and Wisdom. Please quell the wrath of the sky and grant me the freedom to act!
└ [Wild Grylls]: Just wait. I'll go pray with that exact feeling in my heart.
└ [DontAbandonTheHero]: Great!
Had all her persuasion finally borne fruit? Grylls replied that a prayer would be offered.
Grylls only said it because there truly was nothing else to do, but Asella was simply happy.
‘This should make Grylls hate the gods at least a little less, right?’
Asella quietly waited for another comment. She hoped something good would happen.
About thirty seconds passed. Grylls did not leave a comment.
[Post title] Head Mod, you scammer!!!
Instead, Grylls had only made a post that made Asella's eyes widen.
She immediately opened the post.
[Post title] Head Mod, you scammer!!!
[Author] Wild Grylls
[Post] (Video outside the cave, where torrential rain fell as though a hole had opened in the sky)
[Post] What? If I pray, a god will listen to me?
[Post] What a joke. A god definitely hates me too.
After offering a prayer, even more rain had fallen. That was what the post said.
Asella stared blankly at the Gallery, then quietly logged out.
‘Aris doesn't grant every prayer!’
That was just like Asella, with her ever-positive mindset.
Knock, knock, knock.
“Excuse me, guest. Are you in there?”
It happened just as she closed the Gallery. Someone knocked from outside the door.
Asella recognized the voice as the innkeeper's, then immediately began circulating mana.
After circulating mana, she checked for presences both beyond the door and throughout the inn.
‘There's someone... beside the innkeeper.’
It was not just their presence that seemed suspicious.
“Are you certain she is here?”
“Yes. I clearly saw the orange hair.”
“Then we'll enter at once. You'll receive your reward after we capture the traitor alive.”
“Oh, thank you.”
They spoke very quietly, but Asella heard every word.
Rather than hearing the words directly, it felt as though their presences had materialized into words.
‘They've already tracked me down...’
She had not even stayed for a few days, yet the tracking party had already caught up.
Asella bit her lip and hurriedly prepared herself.
She first grabbed Revolution, the holy sword, and headed for the window.
‘I still need more time. Time for the misunderstanding to be cleared.’
Asella opened the window and leaped outside.
Crash!
At the same time, she heard the door being forced open. The tracking party had broken it down.
Of course, Asella had already escaped through the window, so they could only come up empty-handed.
‘Goddess, please grant me the strength to overcome these hardships.’
Without losing faith in the goddess, Asella fled.
* * *
Around the time Asella began fleeing to shake off her pursuers...
“Aaaargh! You bastards! Get out of here!! This is my house!!
“Kieeeng!”
“Keng! Kekek!”
Grylls was having a hard time fending off an unexpected wave of beasts.
“Get out of my house right now!”
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