Diary of Guarding Monster Girls-Chapter 604 - 347 Worth Choosing (Please Subscribe!)

"..."

The tense Fallen Angels hesitated for a long moment, eventually relaxing slowly, their body becoming soft once more.

Luhier felt a bit dazed at this moment.

She gently held Herbert, afraid she had heard wrong, and asked again, "Are you saying that compared to Him, you would rather choose me?"

Not Him, but... me?

Do you really know what you're saying?

Herbert saw this expression, felt the change in the body of the Fallen Angels, and his smile grew brighter.

"Yes, you."

He nodded and said softly, "No matter how He might entice me in the future, with whatever promises, or pressure me with whatever means... I won't succumb, but will stand firmly by your side."

"Compared to the whims of a god that mean nothing to me, I care more about you... the you right in front of me."

Herbert spoke seriously, with heartfelt emotion.

And after hearing this sincere statement of "firmly choosing oneself" from a mortal, the Fallen Angels pressed their lips tightly.

"..."

However, this was not because Herbert's words moved her to tears.

Instead—she was a little frightened.

The Fallen Angels felt a long-lost shock and a tiny thread of fear.

In the previous millennium, Luhier had never heard such absurd blasphemy.

Although there were no blatant words of defiance, the carefree attitude was sufficient to be deemed blasphemous.

Herbert's shocking statement, if heard by the followers of the Sun Church, might have gotten him strung up and burned by the Sun Flame from the start to the end of the year.

Burned repetitively, inside and out, into ashes, and then burned a hundred times over.

Herbert... does he really know what he's saying?

It's one thing to be disrespectful to the gods; heretics often hold hostility toward other gods.

But he chose the wrong target!

He actually belittled that existence, that could be counted as "great"!

Even the most arrogant Evil God would not dare to show such an attitude openly!

Neither in the past nor now, Luhier had ever thought she had the slightest chance to compare with that being.

She could never imagine that she would one day be chosen over Him by someone.

Choose me, and not Him?

Moreover, what perplexed Luhier the most—Herbert was sober and fully understood the meaning behind his words.

Despite this, he still uttered these "blasphemous" words.

"Um..."

Luhier was quite hesitant, worried he would pay for his words, reminded, "Herbert, I'm grateful you chose me, but such words, you should refrain from saying them again in the future."

The fact that you chose me moved me deeply, but do watch your words and deeds a bit!

However, while Luhier was worried, Herbert did not feel there was anything wrong with his attitude.

He is a god, true, but so what?

It's not like I've never met one!

I've got a chatty god in my head every day, and I don't find anything special about Him.

He smiled, disregarding Luhier's reminder, casually said, "It's nothing, no need to be too tense."

"If He can't tolerate other people's evaluations, then He indeed is not worthy of awe."

Though it can't be ruled out that some gods might become angry at slanders from mortals, sending messengers to punish, or even descending divine retribution.

Such occurrences are not rare; they happened dozens of times in history, causing some once-glorious Kingdoms to perish as a result.

But Herbert believed that for the Sun God, they should at least have that bit of magnanimity.

Moreover, the arrogant Sun actually would not care about the evaluation of ants, reacting only to words from beings of the same level.

If Herbert's words could attract the attention of the Sun God, then his power itself would be enough to converse with Him, having earned the right to evaluate.

Herbert did not intend to discuss this boring matter any further and took the initiative to shift the topic, saying, "Besides, are my words really that surprising? I find them quite normal."

"I'm not familiar with Him, but I'm very familiar with you; isn't it a natural choice?"

Sun God?

Not familiar, not familiar, step aside.

How could such an obviously boring old thing compare to the "soft-bodied squinty-eyed four-armed grand carriage Fallen Angels" missy?

Can't be compared!

He just doesn't have that capability, you know?

Finally, Herbert firmly said, "You don't need to think too much, my thoughts are my own and won't change because of others, even if the Sun Church really comes knocking, I won't change my mind."

"Also, have a little more confidence! You also deserve to be chosen by others, deserve to be loved by others."

"Not everyone has the courage to defy Him."

And after Herbert finished speaking, the Fallen Angels, who had been silently watching him, sighed softly after a long silence and nodded.

"Perhaps, you're right."

"I... am worthy of being chosen."

Am I?

Feeling emotional inside, in her confusion, Luhier subconsciously raised her head and looked upward.

Just as she had done countless times in the past years.

She raised her head, trying to look at the blazing sun suspended in the sky, hoping to get an answer from the gods.

But this time, just after she raised her head, Luhier paused.

Luhier knew.

There was no sun there.