Chapter 1.4 First believer

Today  like always, little Emma has come to wake me up, or so she believes; I am an SSS rank adventurer!  Even now that  I am relaxed my reflexes and hearing  are good enough to wake me up when Martha from downstairs says “Emma it’s time; go wake up Helix”. In the past that was Martha’s job but now I am the only guest of the inn so she feels safe enough to send Emma. It seems that she doesn’t trust rumours, good!

“Hey, Helix it’s morning, wake up” Emma shakes me, she never notices that I am awake, what superb acting skills!

“you are just an idiot that enjoys playing with a kid” ( Athena)

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“Hey wake up, wake up I said!” she sounds angry, it’s time to wake up; it’s already been a few minutes after all.

“Mhhh… Good morning Emma” I said while faking some yawning

“Finally! I really can’t understand that a C rank adventurer can be this sound asleep, if you are camping outside won’t you be eaten by a monster without noticing anything?” she is angry, so cute!

“Doesn’t this just mean that I feel safe around Emma?”

She got embarrassed, gave me a few punches and went away, so cute…

“How can you say such playboy lines to a kid, and then complain when people say that you are a pervert” Is she jealous?

“Jealous? Jealous? who would be jealous of you?”

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While eating the breakfast that Emma brought me I thought of an Idea…

“Emma, tell me: in what God do you believe?” I tried asking

“God? No one. In the past my mother and I believed in the Goddess of Aria Village, but  suddenly two years ago, she didn’t grant blessings anymore; at first we thought she was angry but then the dungeon stopped working too, and so we understood, she abandoned us.” She looks sad.

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“Why don’t you try praying to God Helios ?” maybe I can get my first believer. A believer  is an extremely convenient thing; not only would it give me ten times the normal DP per hour when the believer is inside my territory; it even would give  me DP when the believer was outside my territory, (five times the amount he would have given me if he were inside my territory and weren’t a believer).

“Helios? Never heard of him. He must be a weak God. Mom taught me the name of all the powerful Gods, we tried praying to each of them when the dungeon stopped working, but none of them helped us, they didn’t even  grant a blessing.”

That’s normal —giving a blessing to someone who isn’t in your territory is extremely pricy, and by granting the blessing you aren’t even assured of making that person your believer, so most Gods directly ignore prayers that don’t come from their territory; or so Athena say.

I can’t say this to Emma though.

“He is not too powerful, but he is really kind, try praying to him, it won’t cost you anything. If he grants you a blessing, he is listening to you, maybe if you keep praying he will also make the dungeon work again.” It is true that by Gods’ standards I am incredibly weak.

 “really?” I got her!

“Try, in the worst case you would have lost a couple of minutes.” Ok, I convinced her, now the hard part, I have to maintain my poker face!

(Emma of Aria village is praying you +10DP)

Ok here we are, now I’ll grant her a blessing in the way that Athena explained to me, and we’ll see if I can reap what I sowed.

“It true!! I can feel it, a small speed blessing! It is  true!! God Helios is the first to answer my prayers after we were abandoned!” She is so happy, jumping and running around the room to show me  her enhanced speed, cute~

“did you think that I would lie to you? Everything I say is the truth!”

“really,  will he really restore the dungeon?”(Emma)

“only if you believe in him, do you believe in him?” She hesitates a little but then

“Yes, I do”

(Emma of Aria village believes in you)

(Congratulation, you got your first Believer!!)

(You officially have started Helios Religion)

(Due to your first believer being a kid: Favourability of kids toward your religion +200%)

Didn’t expect the last notification, but it’s ok I think.

“I have to tell Mum!” she ran away…

“you got your first believer, good job.”(Athena)

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That day I got eleven more believers, all of Emma’s friends.  

(Due to your first ten believer being kids: Favourability of kids toward your religion +2000%)

Such a message popped up…

Apparently Martha and the other adults are too disillusioned to believe in a new god that popped up out of nowhere.

I don’t even have to pay attention to all these prayers, Athena told me that that’s her job.