It's been about ten years since Neme started spending time in church as a cadet.

Neme and Alcia, who were fifteen years old, waived the gift ceremony tomorrow.

Many of the children who were raised by the church as Virgin Cadets were abandoned.

Because many people don't know the exact age and their birthdays are unknown, children of the same age are to perform gift rituals together when they are 15 years old.

There was a distracting atmosphere in the church, as there were several other children who received gifts.

For the Virgin Cadets who will perform the gift ceremony tomorrow, whether or not they will be given the skills of [Virgin Power] is an important part of their lives.

Every prudent life so far is to acquire the skills of [Virgin Power].

If [Virgin Empowerment] is granted, her life as a Virgin candidate for more than a decade will be affirmed. On the contrary, if she is given different skills, her previous efforts will not be rewarded.

It is also a matter of interest to the next generation of children whether the senior students acquire the skills of [Virgin Power].

Virgin Power is a rarity EX skill and cannot be given to two or more humans at the same time.

If anyone who gets [Virgin Power] in this year's gift ceremony shows up, those who receive the gift ceremony after that will not be granted [Virgin Power], and their significance as a Virgin candidate will be lost.

Against this background, Neme was alone reading a book in a restless church.

Of course, I wasn't reading to distract the tension like the other children.

She didn't want to be a saint from the end. She completely forgot about the gift ceremony that she withheld the next day, and for some reason she was hesitant to talk to everyone who was acting strange, just ruining her time.

The church is a careful and nurturing facility for the Virgin Girl.

There was limited entertainment available in the facility, but one of the few entertainments was to read a book.

Although you are permitted to read books, their contents are restricted.

Of course, the work that departed from the doctrine of Cesina was legal, but what Neme was reading was an adult love romance novel that was not in accordance with the doctrine.

From the cover with the title, I was able to deduce such a work, and I was able to avoid censorship of the Sister and bought it.

"Are you reading another naughty book?"

When I was reading a book in my breath, I could hear it from behind.

Looking back in haste, thinking that the Sister had arrived, it was Alcia who was there.

"What is it? It was Alcia...."

"What's not so bad?"

"I thought you were a sister, and I was surprised."

"That kind of thing....."

Alcia nodded convincingly.Neme got up to look up at her like that.

"It's worse for Alcia than that.I'm reading a naughty book about people. "

"I mean, isn't that right? Isn't that what this book is?"

"No! This is an adult romance novel!When my husband and his tired protagonist Josenne are reunited with their first childhood friends, they will fall in love again and have an unfortunate affair! "

"What a punitive story you're reading..."

Cheating is forbidden for Cesina believers.

However, Neme is also a girl of her age, and I can't help but yearn for such treacherous love.

"Neme seems to have a forbidden love affair."

Of course, Alcia, an exemplary Virgin Cadet, cannot understand such a naked maiden's heart.

That's why Neme and Alcia are building friendly relationships, even if they don't deny it overhead.

"Don't let the Sister find you...They'll take it away. "

"It's okay! I always hide it under my neighbor's bed, so I'll never find out!"

"... I don't think anything's going to be okay."

Neme had already been convicted many times, and he knew that under his bed was marked by a Sister, so he was prepared to take measures.

Of course, Alcia has nothing to complain about.

"I can't get a good skill if my daily routine is like that."

"Neme doesn't need the Virgin's skills!"

"Otherwise, rather than the Virgin's skill, it might become an unusable skill?Then you won't even get the money to buy a snack. "

"Don't worry about it!"

Neme slapped her chest big.

"Alcia is going to be a Virgin!That way, you'll get enough confectionery to eat!I'll give it to you! "

Neme was satisfied with Arcia, who would become a saint.

She was also one of those who did not doubt that Arcia would become a saint.

"First of all, there is no guarantee that I can be a Virgin, and even if I can be a Virgin, I don't think I can get any sweets."

Again ~

All that's impossible, Neme taps her friend on the shoulder.

Alcia opens her mouth to anxiety when she responds to the powerful weather.

Neme-chan, are you thinking about the future after you get out of here?

"Don't be ridiculous.I'm thinking! "

"Good then...."

"I intend to have Alcia feed me properly!"

"... it wasn't good at all"

Alcia was not surprised by this answer.

"No, I have to work on my own."

"No! I don't want to do anything!I want Alcia to feed me! "

"Whatever you don't want to do, it's up to me to decide whether or not to feed Neme first."

"You're abandoning your nerds...?"

Neme blushes her face because she has never imagined such a possibility.

"That's what I said, but I don't think Neme can do the job!I can't study at all, and my hands are clumsy!If I were alone, I'd be dead soon! "

"That's not true! Any adventurers?Neme-chan has a good record of divinity. "

Children who become Virgin Cadets often gain sacred arts-related skills even if they do not acquire the skills of [Virgin Power].

Virgin Cadets who were unable to become Virgin Mary mostly remained in church to work as Sisters or hold positions to heal the wounded through sacred arts.

Neme laughs with her nose.

"I don't want to be an adventurer.I'm definitely tired, and it's stupid to jump into danger. "

"I think it's amazing that I'm fighting monsters with my life for people...."

"There are many adventurers who don't!What about dungeon adventurers? "

Neme has heard the story of some adventurers exploring the untouched land of dungeon, even though it is not in this eye fan.

Certainly, if I found the treasure mountain, I would be able to eat a lot of sweets, but if I could not live in peace with it, I felt like I would end up falling.

Adventurers were on one of Neme's absolutely unwanted career leaderboards.

"It's true that these people may not be working to help people, but sometimes the knowledge and technology that you bring from the dungeon helps us live, right?I think I'm a respectable profession..... "

"Alcia thinks it's hard."

Even if they say it's for people, they won't come to Neme.

She'll know where she is, because she's never short with herself.Alcia changed the subject.

"Yes, I forgot to see Neme."

What is it?

Neme-chan, aren't you still praying today?

"What? Didn't Sister say she didn't have time for prayer today?"

"I knew you weren't listening."

Alcia has an astonishing expression.

"Today is the day before the gift ceremony, so there is no time for everyone to pray.Instead, they enter the prayer room one by one, offering their last prayer to God. "

"Is that so? Thanks for letting me know!"

Although Neme is a troubled child in this church, it is not that she does not believe in Cesinaism itself.

I believe in the existence of God, and I pray for it.

I'm just mad at my sister because the contents of my prayers are different and weird so that I can eat a lot of sweets.

"Well then, let's go pray!"

"I think most of us have done our prayers, so they should be available now."

"I knew Alcia could count on you."

Neme said thanks, and went to the room of prayer.

This was the first time I had entered the prayer room alone.

Usually there were Sisters and other Virgin Cadets who didn't notice, but there was a strange sense of tension in this room.

It may be because there is a large quiet room, and the statue of God placed in the back is seated so as to look down at itself.

Neme, who was always disrespectful, was always stretching out his spine and swallowing his saliva.

In the meantime, go in front of the statue and enter a state of prayer.

"May there be plenty of sweets to eat today and tomorrow," he said, trying to finish his usual prayers.

It was Alcia's words that I remembered.

I completely forgot, but today seems to be the day before the gift ceremony.

The gift ceremony tomorrow will be the last of Neme's life as a cadet tomorrow.

Virgin Cadets who could not become Virgins will graduate and will basically leave the church.

There were some candidates who would become sisters raised in the church, but I also knew that being treated as a problem child was tough for me.

"This life is over...."

In retrospect, life here was all fun.

All my friends, including Alcia, were kind.Don't abandon your useless neme and treat me the same way as everyone else.

Sister was often angry about Neme, but I knew it was about Neme.Immediately after he got angry, he gave me a warm hug about the neme.

A lot of delicious rice comes out, and they buy books and so on.

I don't know about the outside world, but I'm sure it would be like this if there were a place called heaven.

Everyone is desperately praying for peace in the world, but it was enough for Neme to keep living this life.

But that life ends tomorrow.I also know that selfishness does not change.

So, it was gratitude that I occupied the inside of Neme's chest.

Sister who raised himself, the priest who runs this church, the seniors who taught me a lot of things, the seniors who admired me, and friends my age.

Among them, Neme was most grateful to Alcia.

Arcia was the first person to come to the church and talk to Neme who couldn't blend well.

Then I started talking to nature, and somehow I got closest.

Alcia is liked by everyone in the church.

Nevertheless, she was kind to me, who was a troubled child.

He was very careful for Neme, and there are countless times he was sheltered from being angered by Sisters.

I loved that kind of alcia.

Alcia knows best what she was doing to become a Virgin.

Alcia yearned for the Virgin, and spared no effort to do so.

She didn't top her studies and sacred arts from the beginning.It should have been a little above the middle.

Just to become a Virgin, I asked questions about things I didn't know about Sister and Senpai, and sometimes I spent my sleep trying.

Neme respected such a friend and wanted his efforts to be rewarded.

So instead of the desire to eat my own confectionery, I decided to ask God to do something different today.

"Please, God. Please make Alcia a Virgin."

I thought you wanted some sweets from Alcia, who became a Virgin.It was a pure wish from the bottom of my heart.

"I was watching Alcia work hard.I worked really hard. "

Keep praying with your hands together.

"I'm sure God was watching.So give Alcia the Virgin's skill. "

Neme, the Lord of Dreams, knew best that this prayer would not come true.

I was the one who was given the skill of [Virgin Power] for some mistake.

But if Alcia wasn't given the Virgin's skills, she might have been convinced that she was unlucky.

However, it was Neme, who was the most problematic child in the church, who was given [Virgin Power].

I haven't had a conversation with Alcia since the gift ceremony ended.

I was full of shocks, and I didn't know how to talk to Alcia.

Alcia didn't seem to be able to organize her feelings either, and she was just looking at the neme, who had decided to become a saint, with a cold gaze on her back.

So Neme understood everything.

God is in this world.But it's not the kind God everyone in the church thinks it is, it's a very mean God.

Neme felt angry at such a presence, and above all, full of unforgivable feelings towards God, who hurt his best friend.

[Virgin Power] No matter how much skill you acquired, God didn't come under you to tell you.

Then I have to complain to myself.

What I remembered was the existence of a dungeon where I might meet God if I reached the deepest point.

Neme refused to be a saint, neither standing nor standing, and fled from Aifan.

Then he reached the city of Puriff, and met all the people of the 'Arrivals'.

I went to unfamiliar lands and, unlike a closed church, it was difficult to communicate with people, but all I worked desperately for was to achieve my purpose of meeting God.

I don't want to see God because I believe in Cesina.I just want to protest.

Why did you give Neme [Virgin Power]?Why didn't you give it to Alcia?

And if it came true, I wanted to transfer my skills to Alcia.

If God were to give you skills, it would be as easy as transferring them to others.I won't let you say I can't.

That was the only motivation that drove Neme to dungeon domination.