“My lord...or to be more precise, my lords are the thirteen heroes! Who else would I be willing to serve? The empire? Laughable! The royal bloodline is nothing but a charade! The true, destined rulers are the ones who decent from the thirteen heroes, and none other than them! Their heroic bloodline is the one that should rule this land, not a fake noble blood!”

“So...it’s the church of the thirteen saints?!”

“Indeed. And let me tell you a dark secret, princess! Did you know that the first emperor...wasn’t actually any of the thirteen saints? But rather, he was an impersonator of the first saint...the demon lord himself!”

“So to put it simply,” The middle aged man continued, “The church’s goal is to slowly cleanse the corrupt, demonic, ‘royal’ bloodline by having the saints’ blood mixed in as well!”

As soon as the middle aged man finished confessing, Chris, who I could have swore that I forgot that he was in this room, began clapping.

“Normal life, is it? Sounds exotic! Sound cool! And also sounds heavy~”

“Hmph.” I turned around to face the dimly lit expression of Chris who was still in the only dark corner in the room, “Although these things don’t really hurt much, they are...pretty relatable. To be honest, it’s not the physical pain that made him confess, but rather his longing to the pains of normal life!”

After all, I have to admit...nothing beats the pain of having your body cut to pieces!

And to have magic that can regrow limbs is simply amazing. Not that I know much of magic. But hey, isn’t magic...fantastical? And even if I was urged to learn magic, I’ll probably refuse after that incident.

“Unfortunately, my dear goddess...that man is lying!”

“Eh? Of course I know that much! But the perpetrators should be the church, no?”

To be frank, I actually don’t care about bloodlines or anything of the sorts. However, since the old man testified that the first emperor was indeed one of the thirteen saints...then of course, I’ll believe the old man over this guy. Not only that, how could the thirteen--or twelve saints if the first one was replaced--permit the demon lord to impersonate the first saint? Isn’t that unrealistic? How could those sworn brethren not know about the impersonation of the first saint? How could they not notice? And not only that, how did the church, who has no blood relation with the saints, know about all of this? It’s just a simple ploy! And a convincing one...to the public at that!

Chris quickly shook his head, “The ones behind all of this aren’t the church~”

“Then doesn’t that mean that you already know the ones behind all of this?! Why didn’t you testify from the beginning?!”

Christ laughed, “Hahaha~ Of course I won’t give you any hints! Then it wouldn’t be a game, would it? Of course, if you lose in the end, I’ll still be taking away all of your games...alright? I’m not a softy who still rewards the losers!”

But didn’t you say earlier that you didn’t know anything?

...Gosh! Dammit!

“Then the only thing that seems plausible is...that you’re the one behind everything! To be honest, that’s the most predictable twist in my opinion!!”

Chris shook his head again, “It’s not me either.” He then pointed at the middle aged man again, “Ask him again~”

I turned around to look at the dejected middle aged man again, but quickly returned my gaze to Chris.

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“Want to know something?”

Chris looked confused, “Hmm...?”

“I give up!”

“Huh?!”

Chris looked quite taken aback, “What do you mean you’re giving up?! Don’t you want to get your hands on the games? Don’t you realize that there won’t be anymore games if you give up?!”

“Oh, shut up! Aren’t you the one who’s quite horrible? Giving me a taste of gaming after so long, and then threatening to take it away from as soon as I get satisfied with it! As soon as I finished just a single game! Aren’t you a pretty horrible person? I refuse to play along with you! If you want to take everything away from me, so be it! I’ll just go back home, and you can’t do anything about it!”

“W-wait a seco--”

“To begin with, Chris! Don’t you know that overly complicated games don’t have many fans? Sure, some hardcore guys might enjoy it in the long shot...but most of the greatest games are simple ones! Heck, most of those who are called ‘classical masterpieces’ don’t even have a plot! And yet, you want me to participate in this overly complicated game? I simply refuse!”

Bloodlines? Heroes? Demon lord?  Assassins? Death? I don’t want to have anything to do with any of them! I’m just a neet! God dammit, what am I getting comfortable in this place for?

Right, right, I’m getting away from this place!

I immediately began to chant the spell for invincibility, and as I slowly began turning transparent...I said to Chris, “See ya, fucker!”

“Kai, Just wait!”

Before he could finish, I turned transparent.

I quickly got on the ground, and began to crawl around.

Of course, since this room is pretty lit...if he pays close attention to me, he’ll find the moving me.

So, I got to crawl.

I could always take out the candles in the room...but to do that, I have to manually exhaust their flames by hand. It’s not like I can manipulate fire or wind to shut them off.

“Kai! Oh, my dear Kai!! I’m sorry, I’m sorry!!!!”

Chris instantly went to tears, “I’m sorry for trying to play a game with you! I’m sorry for threatening you! Who am I, trying to trick a goddess? I’m not even worthy!”

As Chris continued on about how apologetic he was, about how many games he’ll buy for me if I return and whatnot...I crawled up bellow him and then lowered his pants while he was slowly walking toward my previous spot.

“I’m sorr---Woaaah!!!”

And with that, he fell face first.

The middle aged man, who saw all of this happening silently, began to laugh, “What an emperor you are! Truly, what a demon deserves! You should have considered yourself lucky that the church doesn’t want to eliminate you, but marry into you!”

I used the opportunity of him falling to get the hell out of the place.

Sure, the pants pulling is a method I used previously...but if it does the job right, I don't mind using it again!

However, I wonder why he didn’t look either surprised or confused that I turned invisible...did Angel tell him about my spell?

Anyhow, I must leave this place immediately!

...After, of course, I find that dream crystal.

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Author note: Oh, god, kai, why didn't you look at his lower half when you lowered his pants?! You could've realized whether he's a guy or a girl that fast!