Translation Note: Hey guys, because of a combination of various circumstances, the amount of chapters today will be a tad less.
Sorry Orca-san! I was thinking about releasing extra chapters today for your birthday, but I couldn’t! I have failed! T*T
“Thanks for saving the Earth capital from its crisis.”
The Earth Founder was giving its thanks to the heroes that were lined up.
In place of the destroyed Grand Crimson Palace, they were at the temporary Earth Church headquarters that was build impromptu. And the first thing that was done there was to sing praises to the heroes’ achievements.
“Your presence in this time of need was an incredible blessing for us the Earth Church. The Light Church, Fire Church, and Water Church; you who have been fighting each other for a long time, have extended a helping hand to us without hesitation. This kindness of yours, as the Earth Founder of the Earth Church, I want to convey my thanks to…”
“………”
“….Let’s just stop it there.”
“Baa-chan?!” (Sasae)
The Earth Founder…or more like, the new person that has assumed the post of Earth Founder, Sasae-chan’s grandma, couldn’t endure the stiff talk for even a moment.
The former Earth Founder, who was the first to be assimilated by Grandma Wood, was safely rescued, but because of the mental damage he received from the shock, he has fallen into stupefaction, and was deemed as impossible for him to continue in his post as an Earth Founder.
Well, I was in the place when it all happened. He was face to face with the Mother Earth God that he has been worshipping his whole life and was about to be killed by her, so I can imagine that the shock he received was something that surpasses imagination.
And so, the one who took his place as the new Founder was the one who made great achievements as a hero a long time ago, and is considered the legendary strongest, known as ‘Taker by the roots’; the Obaa-san of Sasae-chan.
“That’s no good. As I thought, I shouldn’t be doing things I am not used to doing at this age. Mah stiff shoulders are gettin’ even rougher-sa ne.”
“But Baa-chan! Ya need to have dignity as a Founder-dasu yo! Especially today where yer officially face to face with the people of the other churches-dasu! If ya don’t act properly, it will be a shame-dasu yo!!” (Sasae)
“Those be the words of the girl that made an embarrassment of herself?”
“Aw?!” (Sasae)
The hero that is dressed up today, Sasae-chan, has been shot down.
“Well, it be hard to convey feelings with decorated words after all. I’ll be straight. Ya have my deepest gratitude.”
It is true that those words reached our hearts deeper than any ornamented words.
Karen-san, Mirack, Celestis, who were participating in this, were also showing embarrassment.
“Ishtar Blaze may have ended up all beaten up, but well, let’s think about it as the price we gotta pay for relyin’ on something we didn’t understand and just start from zero. Luckily, the agricultural land at the surroundings of the city don’t have a single scratch. In my eyes, that can be called the core of this city, so things should work out. And most importantly, there be no deaths.”
“Then, the Golems are…” (Haine)
I, who was standing humbly at a corner, slipped in a question.
Karen-san pushed me heavily into participating in the ceremony as well, but since I am not a hero, I also heavily refused.
…The Golems were…fearsome enemies this time around.
And their parent Grandma Wood -which is revered as Great Pillar-sama by the humans- was a fearsome enemy as well.
Until now, the Golems have been helping humans in their daily life, plowed the fields, transported goods, and even became houses using their own bodies, and yet, they suddenly changed; they captured humans, and were presenting them to the giant tree as food.
The people of Ishtar Blaze saw Great Pillar-sama as the blessing of the Mother Earth God, but its betrayal and the betrayal of its Golem children was shocking enough to not want to accept it.
A heated discussion was made regarding this matter at the Earth Church, and there were even extreme arguments like: ‘Great Pillar-sama was dispatched by the Mother Earth God to eradicate humans’.
It was a radical statement that might even invite the fall of the Earth Church, but because of the words of the heroes that came from the outside, the fact that monsters are originally enemies of humans was pointed out, and chaos was withheld.
In the end, the decision that was made was that ‘Great Pillar-sama has no connections with the Mother Earth God’, and ‘Great Pillar-sama was planning on making the humans fall into its trap as a monster, and grew closer to humans for that sake’.
Of course, the truth was different. The real reason for this turmoil was the goodwill the Mother Earth God had towards humans, and her helpless difference of values she held.
But rather than exposing those, it was better to keep those secret in order for the humans to stand up as fast as possible.
In order to have them lean onto something, I thought that this was a convenient thing to use.
But even so, there’s still a problem I can’t allow for it to stay as it is.
The Golems.
Even if Grandma Wood has fallen, there’s still a good amount of Golems that are still remaining.
In the battle, Sasae-chan and the others managed to steal back the control and once again turned to being allies of the humans, but…
“About that… Sasae.”
“Yes-dasu?” (Sasae)
“Ya say it.”
Being prompted by the Obaa-san, Sasae-chan speaks.