The filth that he was referring to was the [Evil] that had been so rampant in this world.
It was born from the human heart, as well as in stagnant places, creating monsters and disasters if not purified.
According to this country’s founding myth, evil filth had spread far and wide in the whole world, something that’s unimaginable in our current era – thanks to the deities that protected our country.
It was a pretty famous story.
Monsters frequently popped out in the other countries, but that rarely happened in this kingdom.
That’s why plenty of troops were deployed to the borderlands.
‘They said.’
Didn’t notice that I was staring hard at Kami-sama.
He was a formless heap of gloopy, black dirt that looked like a mountain of mud at first glance.
That sticky, bottomless black hue – it reminded me of the thing that filled my heart at that time.
‘Don’t tell me, Kami-sama is wrapped with…’
“…I am sorry. Eleanor-san seemed to have touched my filth. It shouldn’t be like this.”
“It wasn’t your divine self’s filth.”
Adoracion-sama interrupted before I could reply.
His normally expressionless face was scowling, and he glared at Kami-sama, as if rebuking him.
“Humans caused that. Your divine self had taken up too much of it onto yourself.”
….Took up?
‘That dark emotions?’
“…Kami-sama.”
“Yes?”
Kami-sama was still his normal self when he replied to my diffident question.
It’s still his usual calm, slightly absent-minded, gentle voice.
“…I…the thing I touched earlier…ahm…”
Countless voices screaming grudges and resentment had echoed in my mind.
And that’s just with a teeny, tiny speck of dirt – yet the emotions it brought was enough to crush me down.
Remembering that overwhelming, nauseating darkness made me tremble.
“You must have been very scared. I’m glad you are safe.”
He was sympathetically soothing me.
“You have a very strong heart. If it’s the usual, it wouldn’t be strange to be swallowed in those.”
“Ah, no, it’s because I was saved…Thank you very much.”
If somebody didn’t come to pull me out of that mire, it’d be impossible for me to return.
I felt that being grasped by a ‘hand’ – Adoracion-sama told me it was Kami-sama who rescued me though, so maybe I was imagining things.
“No, I should really apologize. Normally, I am able to suppress and contain the filth within me… but for some reason, it leaked out.”
‘Suppress and contain…’
I scrutinized Kami-sama’s body once again.
The dirt that had been clinging to his entire body was no different from the dirt on my fingertip.
“Kami-sama…Don’t tell me… You have been continuously taking all those emotions?”
Kami-sama heaved a small sigh at my timid question. It sounded like a bitter laugh to me.
Then –
“…I am used to it.”
Kami-sama said that unconditionally, without the slightest conceit – only a trace of loneliness.
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