“This way.”

In the hallway, Mrit followed a soldier who is appointed by Naash to accompany him to a room in the castle.

Following him behind, the soldier indifferently looked at Mrit.

‘No matter how I look, this guy doesn’t look that tough. Why did his highness make me look after him?’

The real reason Naash appointed the soldier was not to accompany Mrit but to spy on Mrit. Even though he assessed Mrit, still the doubt in his heart never faded but rather increased.

“Look at his every move. See if you find any weakness of his or anything that might seem suspicious.”

“The intent he released might be because of the long days of fighting. But I can’t get a grasp on his physical capabilities.”

When he held Mrit’s hand, he felt nothing. It was the hand of a normal person with a normal grip, so he doubted Mrit might be hiding something.

And like that, the soldier is now looking after every movement of the man in front of him.

‘That silver hero. He still didn’t give up?’

But Mrit noticed this from the beginning. From when the soldier approached him until now, he had already noticed the daggering eyes scanning him relentlessly. But he still let him be.

After a while, both of them came near a door. The guard then walked ahead and opened the door.

“This is your room. Feel free to call me or anyone nearby if you want anything. The basic necessities are already inside.”

With that, the soldier tried to leave, but Mrit caught him by his shoulder.

“Thank you so much.”

“N-No problem.”

The soldier tried to shake him off but was unable to do so. Mrit then came near his face and whispered in his ears.

“But forgive me. I couldn’t show you anything that you can report to your king.”

Mrit then entered the room leaving behind the speechless soldier outside the door.

Closing the door, Mrit then sat on the bed and drank some water.

“Hmm.... no poison, huh.”

One by one then, Mrit checked everything inside the room but didn’t find anything dangerous. After that, he lay down on the bed.

“Is this my fate now? To work for the one who destroyed mine world.”

Just thinking about it, Mrit’s eyes flared up with rage but Mrit with a sigh negated the rage inside of him.

“I have nothing as of right now. So going against the goddess and this whole world is stupidity now. But it’s not like I will follow her.”

“Just you all wait. I will tear you all apart. This world, for which you abandoned earth, I will make it hell for you all.”

With that in mind, Mrit slept and so, a day in this new, unknown world ended.

***

The next day, the priest accompanied by Mrit arrived at the church of the Goddess.

“Now let’s go and have you get blessed by the Goddess.”

This morning, the priest along with the king came to meet Mrit.

“Mrit, I hope you didn’t face any problems while sleeping here.”

The king tried to be as friendly as possible after getting to know that his little plan was already seen through by Mrit. With a gentle smile, he talked to Mrit.

“No, how would I even have a problem when you sent a soldier to ‘look’ after me and let me rest here? I couldn’t ask for more.”

Mrit politely replied. He knew why the king was acting like that but still let it go. Knowing that pursuing the matter will be useless, Mrit then inquired about their visit.

“By the way, why are you two here?”

“Oh that. I forgot to tell you yesterday, but today you will be getting blessed by the goddess.”

“What’s that?”

The king then gazed at the priest following which the priest started to explain.

“Can you access your status window?”

“That... I haven’t tried that.”

“You will not be able to. The summoned ones cannot activate the status window without the blessing of the goddess.”

“The system of your world differs from ours and so, as the supreme entity who is summoning you, the goddess herself grants you a new status window.”

“But then, what will happen to the previous skills we gained on earth.”

“You will retain them. The system will be upgraded to be used in this world along with some boost to your powers. It will differ person by person depending on their potential.”

“Isn’t this like baptism or whatever was that from our world where you are drowned by force in water?”

Mrit looked at the king and asked.

“At first I also thought so. It is kinda similar but this doesn’t include drowning. The goddess blessing will have greater effects on your status window and power. You too should go and get your blessing.”

“Without it, you will be branded a heretic and non-believer here.”

“Thought so... ”

In a world where a kidnapper is a ruler and everything, this doesn’t seem so new.

And now, they are in front of the church. Following the priest, Mrit entered the church. Entering the church, Mrit, with his eyes, looked around and scanned the nook and cranny of the church but found nothing dangerous.

Looking at Mrit, the priest laughed mischievously before speaking.

“Found anything dangerous?”

“...”

But Mrit didn’t reply. Continuing, the priest again spoke.

“Don’t be on guard. This is the church of the benevolent Goddess. You will find nothing that will harm your life.”

“And she is the one who gave you a new life by summoning you here.”

“More like kidnapping me here.”

Even though the priest acted friendly, Mrit still didn’t believe him. On the first day they met and shook hands, he knew this guy was not as innocent as he presents himself.

Being in the body of death, he got to perceive the nature of the individual in front of him more accurately. So he always stayed on guard when he was with the priest.

“You are the first to actually say that. The others, even his highness, the king himself never said we kidnapped him but felt relieved that we saved him.”

“And I am the last, thanks to YOUR goddess.”

“...”

To that answer, the priest didn’t speak further. Even he cannot deny the fact that the world of their heroes got destroyed as they continuously summoned the heroes while leaving the earth on its own.

The priest stopped talking and walked forward.

Looking at his back, Mrit realized that even though the priest is from this world, he has some conscience. If not, then he would have refuted his point by now.

‘This guy is definitely not easy.’

With that in mind, Mrit and the priest walked into the church until they arrived in front of a huge, white door with the picture of the goddess carved on it.

“We have arrived. Now, please enter and get your blessing.”

The door automatically opened, with bright, brilliant light coming out of the room, blinding both of them. Mrit, covering his eyes, asked the priest.

“Will I be able to talk to the goddess of yours?”

“It depends on the goddess itself.”

The priest nonchalantly replied while also covering his eyes.

Hearing the half-hearted reply of the priest, Mrit then took a step inside the room as the light engulfed him, and seconds later, the door got closed, leaving the priest behind.

***