I Made a Game Featuring Constellations - Chapter 39



Lewd Wisdom (2)

“I’m, I’m sorry. I won’t do it again.”

Monica, kneeling with her hands raised.

I picked up the bizarre comic book she had drawn and flipped through it.

A story about an all-powerful munchkin butler who dedicates himself to a lady, and they fall in love.

There was nothing particularly special about it.

Except that the butler was modeled after me in my previous life.

“……”

“Apostle… that is, um…”

“Enough. I understand. Put your hands down for now.”

Monica lowered her hands and glanced at me nervously.

…At least it wasn’t a story about two men being together, I suppose.

I could understand why second creations based on real people were taboo in my previous world.

A shoujo manga with a man who looked like my past self (albeit heavily idealized) spouting cringeworthy lines.

Thud

Unable to bear it any longer, I closed the book.

“So. Do you need this book?”

I turned to the Apostle of Wisdom, who had been awkwardly waiting beside me.

He was watching nervously as the Apostle of Courage, who had beaten him up, apologized to me as if I were his superior.

“Uh… that…”

“My name is Rian. You can speak comfortably.”

No matter how much he is the apostle of our constellation and the richest man on the continent, his official status is that of a commoner-born academy student.

Compared to academy students or apostles from noble families, his status is somewhat lacking.

It was natural for him to speak down to me.

“I, I am… no, I am… uh, yes, I am Pater, who serves [Lustful Wisdom].”

Lustful Wisdom…

Is that the constellation name meaning the god of wisdom?

…Wait a minute.

Lust?

I recalled the constellations I had met so far and the sins that had engulfed them.

The sacrifice fallen into sloth, the magitech engineer immersed in anger, and the arrogant king of all demons.

Sloth, anger, arrogance.

Isn’t lust also a sin like these?

If so, the ‘lust’ that modifies the god of wisdom might be that sin.

[The magitech engineer who cast off anger is quite possible… but isn’t lust different from lust?]

-…Of course, that’s true.

If she wasn’t engulfed by the sin of lust, it becomes even stranger.

The constellation name of a constellation is a concept that symbolizes the divinity of that god and the power itself.

Unlike our investors who were engulfed by sin, other gods had concepts related to their lives sublimated as modifiers of their constellation names.

If the goddess of wisdom was not influenced by sin, it means that the lewdness engraved in her divinity is inherent to her.

It means that the goddess of wisdom is a natural-born lewd pervert. Not the goddess of love, but the goddess of wisdom.

[The magic engineer, who has cast off his anger, nods, thinking that the goddess of wisdom might not be that much of a pervert.]

According to the magic engineer, the goddess of wisdom is as much of a recluse as our investors, if not more.

Since ascending to godhood, she has never left her domain, so she has never met other gods to see what they look like.

The fact that she is a goddess is only known because of the apostles who act on her behalf on earth.

-Then it would be best to make contact first, wouldn’t it?

[The magic engineer, who has cast off his anger, agrees that it would be good to make contact through that apostle to gather information.]

[The magic engineer, who has cast off his anger, adds that we must be very cautious as the abyssal creatures might emerge in relation to that sin.]

-Understood.

Still, I’m glad that the god by my side is a magic engineer.

Except for when he makes strange jokes and laughs to himself, he is more reliable than that demon god.

-First, please inform the others of this fact.

“Um, Father. I heard earlier that the goddess of wisdom needs this book.”

“That is correct.”

“This book is made and distributed by that young lady over there, but the characters in it are modeled after real people.”

“Was it such a book?”

He tilted his head, mumbling if it wasn’t a book about the curator.

“Yes. Unfortunately, the character in it is the person I serve. Therefore, I cannot simply hand over this book.”

Since that character is me, I do have the rights to it.

“I can give you money.”

“But that’s not what he wants.”

Using an R-rated book with me as the protagonist to approach a goddess.

It feels strange.

“What do you want?”

Pater pushed up his glasses, and the lenses reflected the light.

“I would like to have a conversation with the god of wisdom you serve.”

“…With him?”

“Yes.”

“Can you tell me why?”

“It’s not a complicated reason…”

I can’t tell his apostle that I’m not even sure if the god of wisdom is truly a victim of the sins sown by the abyss.

“I have a question that I’ve wanted to ask the master of wisdom for a long time.”

“Hmm…”

Pater crossed his arms and stared at me.

Is he suspicious of my reason?

“It doesn’t matter. But this is not something I can decide on my own. I will ask him first.”

He brought his right hand to his ear.

“Yes, it’s me, Pater. …No, I found him. But there was a minor issue during the acquisition process… Yes, that’s right. …To the constellation… Yes, yes.”

Although he held nothing in his hand, he began to mutter as if he were talking to someone.

I don’t feel any magical effects.

Is it communication using divine power?

It doesn’t seem like I’m talking directly to a god… It looks like I’m talking to an apostle of a higher rank.

If it’s the god of wisdom, it wouldn’t be strange if long-distance communication is possible.

“Alright. He has granted permission.”

Pater, who finished the call, removed his hand from his ear and said.

“Now, he will find you.”

The god of wisdom is looking for me?

How is he going to find me?

A god who doesn’t even leave his own domain.

Wooong

At that moment, my surrounding vision began to waver.

“This is…”

In the vision that was becoming dizzy as if I were drunk, my consciousness sank deeply.

Paat

When I opened my eyes again, I was standing in the middle of a large temple covered in darkness.

…As expected, a god is a god.

I might have underestimated gods too much because I’ve been seeing our investors who are lacking in some way.

Well, summoning a mere mortal to his own space is probably nothing.

Wooong!

A colossal statue stood right in front of me.

The statue emitted a powerful light.

[It seemed to want to ask me something.]

Could it be an avatar of the god of wisdom?

If I were not accustomed to gods, her divine words, imbued with such awe that they could make me kneel immediately, echoed around me.

“Yes, that’s correct.”

[What is it that you wish to ask?]

“Have you ever felt a sensation as if you were being dominated by emotions? A feeling that constricts you like shackles, my lord.”

I tried to see if I could read her thoughts, just as I had when I faced the previous demon god.

But there was no response.

When I first met the demon god, I could read its thoughts, but not with the god of wisdom.

Is it because the god of wisdom is an avatar and not the main body, or is it because the god of wisdom has not been consumed by sin?

[…Why do you ask such a thing?]

“I have recently encountered several lords… There, I discovered the ‘sins’ that were consuming them. These sins were implanted during their ascension process and oppressed them.”

[Oppression… oppression…]

She drew out her words as if something had struck her.

[Yes. What happened to those lords?]

“Through certain methods, they were able to remove the sins and return to their original state.”

Since our lord has stopped hiding my identity, it should be fine to reveal it.

[Do you have a way to break the shackles that oppress gods?]

“Yes, that’s correct. Of course, it’s not just my own power. I am the apostle of the god of dreams.”

[……Apostle of dreams?]

The deity tilted its head slightly upon hearing my answer.

“Yes, that’s correct.”

“That can’t be. The god of dreams wouldn’t have an apostle. There is nothing on this continent that I don’t know. If there were, my shackles would be… Wait a minute. No way!”

Her voice, which had been filled with ennui, began to show signs of excitement.

“Are you truly the apostle of dreams? There is no falsehood in your words, is there!”

“…Yes? That’s correct….”

What? Why is she reacting like this all of a sudden?

Wooong

Then, light began to gather in front of me.

The cluster of light, which was rising softly, gradually changed its shape into that of a human.

Paaat

And from within it, a girl who looked to be in her late teens to early twenties emerged awkwardly with her arms outstretched.

“Then, show me! Show me the knowledge of the world beyond that I do not know!”

Unlike the majestic divine speech from a moment ago, it was the voice of a delicate young girl.

I couldn’t help but be astonished as the true form of the god of wisdom revealed itself.

Not only because she suddenly appeared,

Creak

but also because I never imagined that the god would emerge with something long stuck below.

Drip

Drip