Reincarnation Monarch

"You do sound different"

That's what Asio, who ran off with Shester, said in momentum.

Then Shester nodded loudly.

"Oh, definitely. But under the altar..."

Shester said so and stared at the statue of the goddess standing directly in front of herself.

The statue of the goddess was seated in such a way as to carry a brilliant stained glass on the deepest part of the church, on a spacious altar.

Shester matched his own gaze with a statue of a goddess about the same height.

When I saw it, the statue of the goddess had eyes that seemed to be made of glass.

Shester narrowed his own eyes and took a good peek into the glass.

Then he realized there was, and asked Asio beside him as he looked up at the ceiling.

"Azio, that skylight glass, it's a little yellow, can't you see it?

Asio looked up at the skylight just like Chester, but because of so much glare, he glanced at the watermark with his right hand.

"Uh-huh. The sun is too bright... but it does seem a little yellow..."

"Then look me in the eye of this statue of the goddess next. The glass is embedded."

Azio lowered his neck and aligned his gaze with the statue of the goddess.

"... oh, this is really yellow... you think it could be the same material as that skylight?

Then Shester nodded forcefully.

"Probably. And look a little better. Can't you see the cavity in the back of your eyes?

Azio hastily approached the statue and took a serious peek.

"... indeed... if you look closely, the statue is empty... isn't this statue made of plaster?

Azio touched the statue with his hand to confirm it.

"No, this texture is definitely made of plaster. So you made it once, and then you slipped through it? ……

Then Shester answered Asio's question.

"First, make something the same size as this statue with clay or something like that, and then melt the plaster over it and apply what has become semi-liquid. After a while, when the plaster solidifies, pull out the clay statue inside. Then make a statue that is smaller than its clay statue and plaster it in the same way, and wait for it to solidify by covering the plaster statue that was made earlier before solidifying. That would create a plaster statue with a cavity inside."

"... I see... but why did you have to go out of your way to create a statue of the cavity inside?

"That's the problem."

Shester narrowed his eyes and put his arms together, staring at the statue of the goddess for a while.

"Why did you bother using a more laborious method than making a regular plaster statue to create a statue of a goddess with a cavity inside... there is one possible answer"

Then Asio asked without interrupting his hair.

"What is that?

Shester smiled at this question.

"To make it light for ease of movement!

Shester put his hand on the statue of the goddess, saying, and put all his strength behind him.

Then surprisingly, the statue of the goddess moved slowly to slip, and a stone staircase appeared leading from beneath it to the basement.