Chapter 705: And here I thought Gods should be impartial
When I was running down the stairs, Avarash had already reached the area in front of the stairs. He looked up and bowed at me. "Ah, Sir Valen."
I would have greeted him, but I had to save someone from instant incineration despite the grumbling Salamander on my shoulder, so I just raised my hand in acknowledgment before stopping behind the pathetic old man. Thankfully, the golden statue listened to me and paused.
Looking up while managing my breath, I asked hurriedly before she moved again. "Are you going to incinerate him until there’s nothing left...Goddess?"
Ugh--it was so hard looking up when I was right beneath her. Was this how it felt to watch a movie in the first row of a cheap cinema?
[Naturally] the golden statue tilted her head slightly. [Isn’t that why you work to recover my connection, human?]
"Nope."
[...no?]
"No--I’ll talk separately about my reason," I waved my hand and continued with the urgent matter. "But anyway, I would like it if you don’t erase him."
The golden statue finally put away the hand, asking curiously with narrowed shining eyes. [Why is that?]
I glanced at the Pope, who was trying to look back at me, and pressed my heel on his head to keep his head down. "Because then, you will erase his sins."
[That is the objective]