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Like this, the turmoil that was being being controlled by the Water God Coacervate from the shadows had its curtains fall.
After the battle, it was a given that the whole Hydra Ville was filled with excitement.
A giant monster that attacks the city, the heroes that valiantly stand before this monster in order to protect the city, moreover, there’s three of them.
It is common knowledge that the Churches are fighting each other for authority and don’t get along, so seeing the heroes fight together was a lot more moving.
Karen-san, Mirack, and Celestis became the center of a festival, and are already to the point that they might even have their names edged in history.
The journalists, that were originally here for the interview of Celestis’ live performance, were all unanimously making this matter into an article, and with that, it will most likely fly out from Hydra Ville and spread around the whole world.
The three are not only heroes, they are already to the point that can be considered saviors.
On my end, I knew I would have to handle matters regarding the disappearance of the surface world body of Coacervate, and I had my hands filled with it.
His body was that of a monster mimicking the appearance of a human, so I didn’t have to face the burden of becoming a murderer. With all the piled up grudge I had towards him, I ended up kicking his ass.
Even so, that guy took the form of a human, blended into human society, and had a decent amount of status and position, so killing him doesn’t mean that’s all that’s needed to be done.
While I was checking on what that guy had been doing as the manager of the idol Celestis, I also learned about several of his other crimes.
Coacervate had a hold of the Water Church from the shadows, and it was completely under his control.
He grasped the weaknesses of the current Founder of the Water Church and the management, and even has taken some of their families as hostages in order to have them obey.
On top of that, he also tailored the hero into an idol, has made fixed fights with monsters, and has used the Church’s believers to play around like crazy.
But now that I have erased the body of Coacervate in the surface world, those people will be released from him.
The higher-ups from the Water Church were truly relieved that the demon that had been controlling them from the shadows had vanished, and were happy to lend a hand in concealing his death.
After that, I used the connections that Coacervate left behind to make negotiations with the Water Church’s higher-ups and resolved the friction that the idol activities of the idol Celestis was causing to the other churches.
To be more specific, remove all the many benefits that the Celestis fan club obtains from entering the Water Church officially, and don’t do any open proselytizing towards the fans.
With this, the Water Church believers and the Celestis fans were divided in a sense, and became separate existences.
Of course, I don’t think this will solve the root of the problem, but the rest can be decided by the higher-ups of the churches.
The Water Church was surprisingly positive about this kind of reformation, and now that the influence of Coacervate is gone, they took the initiative to accept my proposal.
They must have considered it a risk to use the singing and dancing of the hero to increase their believers since it might make the image of the Church be perceived as superficial.
That’s why I prolonged the negotiation for a bit more because I had to bring it to a point where they assured me that Celestis will still be able to continue her idol activities.
The time required for this was several days of discussion.
In that time, Karen-san, Mirack, and Celestis participated in the extra live performances as scheduled, and it seems they passed a meaningful time.
And so…
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“Aaah, that was tough. The fight with the Great Sea Dragon was really tough you know~.”
“That’s right. Ouch ouch ouch!”
My spine was creaking from the pain of the camel clutch.
To explain what’s happening, Mirack was straddling on my back while I was lying down, and just like that, she is pulling my jaw and forcefully turning it.
The so called Camel Clutch.
It seems this is also a killer technique passed down by the Ignis Militant corps.
It is an incredibly dangerous technique that inflicts damage to the spine, that’s why I was going ‘ouch ouch’ when suffering from it.
And more than that, the sensation of Mirack’s crotch at my back.
This sensation of pain and happiness; is she doing it while being aware of this?
“Did you know this, Haine? A big sea monster on the level of Phalaris was defeated by Karen, Celestis, and I, you know? It was a fierce fight.” (Mirack)
“Yes, I heard about it. Ouch ouch ouch!” (Haine)
“In that time, where were you playing around at?” (Mirack)
“Sorry. I am really sorry!” (Haine)
Because I was absent in the Hydra Serpent incident, it ended up being seen as very disgraceful.
There’s no way I could say that Coacervate and I were keeping each other in check.
Mirack also saw my ability agaisnt the fire cow Phalaris, so fooling her won’t work.
And so, I am in the middle of receiving a normal punishment for a truant.
