One needs to have their own will .

  Lina’s stats after transforming into an angel:

  Perplexed by my sudden question, Lina couldn’t answer immediately .

  “Metron-sama is a god whom we are to serve . A noble existence far away from anything else . ”


  An absolute fanatic of faith .

  Those were the kind of eyes Lina had at this moment .

  I faintly nodded at her words, then closed my eyes and said in a composed voice .

  “How pitiful . ”


  “Pitiful?”


  “Yeah, all I can see is you clinging to some god . ”


  “Hu- S-Shut up! Clinging to Metron-sama?! There’s no way I’d do that!!” Lina tried to deny my words . I continued speaking with confidence .

  “If that’s the case, then tell me, did you say anything about your own will in this long conversation?”


  “?!”


  Lina went silent after my question . She couldn’t answer .

  That was to be expected . I mean, everything she had said was about that Metron .

  Her feelings didn’t have a shape in the conversation .

  Remaining quiet for a while, Lina finally opened her mouth .

  “Shut…… up…… Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up!!”


  All she could do was refuse my argument .

  “I am not clinging to someone!! Metron-sama just happened to be the appropriate god for me to serve!! Don’t speak as if you know everything!!”


  I kept silent while Lina screamed, then she turned to look at me and grinned .

  “You’re already out of magic anyway . I don’t want to hear the complaints of someone who will be disappearing from this world!!”


  Letting her finish what she was saying, I began to slowly raise my right hand .

  “Sorry, but I’m not disappearing . ”


  I quickly snapped my fingers after replying .

  Instantly, the white feathers stopped falling .

  “W-What?! What’s going on?!”


  Astonished by the feathers ceasing to fall, Lina tried activating the skill again, but without any use .

  “Why?! Why isn’t it working?!”


  Seeing Lina flustered after she tried activating the skill a few times, I gave her an honest answer .

  “That’s because I erased your skill . ”


  Realizing what I meant, Lina stiffened from bafflement and surprise .

  “Erased my skill? The skill? T-That’s not possible……”


  “Then try checking your stats . ”


  Following my suggestion, Lina stopped moving for a while to check her stats then her face gradually turned pale until she crumbled on her knees .

  “That’s impossible…… No way……”


  Lina muttered as she shivered while sitting on her knees .

  What I did was erasing her skill using 【Erasure】 .

  I thought that I could delete anything that I can see, and it turned out to be the case .

  As I approached the trembling Lina, she said in a quavering voice, “Why, Why!…… I am a superior servant, recognized by Metron-sama . Then why……”


  “Try looking at my stats for an answer . ”


  Lina raised her head and looked at me .

  When she probably used her appraisal skill, she stiffened for few moments as she gazed at me .

  Finally confirming what she saw, Lina’s eyes widened and she looked astonished .

  “What…… What’s wrong with these stats! Regardless of the level, you’re ascending rate and the variety of your skills…… you can ascend to godhood in no time like this . ”


  I was interested in Lina’s impressed thoughts on my stats .

  Are my stats that great?

  I’ve never had someone to compare them with, so I didn’t know .

  Shocked after seeing my stats, Lina took back her composure and cast down her eyes as if she had given up .

  “Kill me, I lost . Just kill me . ”


  “Ha?”


  Hearing her abrupt request, I let out a confused voice . What was this girl saying?

  I was not intending to kill anyone here .

  “What are you saying?”


  “I lost to you, which means that I failed to carry out Metron-sama’s order . I don’t deserve to live anymore . So kill me!”


  Listening to her words full of despair, I let out a sigh, amazed by her extreme reaction .

  She was still going on this nonsense .

  “Are you still insisting on that?”


  “.…… What?”


  Lina immediately reacted to my question .

  “I’ve told you this before, you need to possess your own will and feelings . ”


  “My own will?”


  “Yes, a will that doesn’t have anything to do with Metron . Do you really want to die now, in this place?”


  “I…… I……”


  At loss for words, Lina couldn’t answer right away .

  That was normal . She was starting to doubt the way she had acted until now . It should take her a while to bring out an answer .

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  “I don’t know…… until now, I have acted only out of loyalty and faith on Metron-sama…… I don’t know what to do……” Almost as if she was forcing her mouth to open, Lina finally replied .

  She doesn’t know, huh……

  “Well, I guess that’s fine for now……”


  “What?”


  As if my words were unpredicted, Lina raised her head that was hanging in shame and looked at me .

  “There’s no need for you to change right now . You’ve already made a progress by starting to doubt your conduct . ”


  I offered my hand to Lina .

  “Personally, I’d like it if you attended school again . Your classmates seem to be interested in you, after all . Ah, but just don’t you dare wake me up . ”


  Lina seemed to be dumbfounded by what I had just told her, but she eventually started laughing .

  “Sorry, but that last part is impossible . You need to stay awake in class . ”


  “That’s a shame . ”


  Gazing at each other while smiling, Lina reached her hand to mine .

  When our hands overlapped, at that moment……

  “Ha?”


  “Eh?”


  A dazzling light appeared between us .

  Not being able to react in time, both of us were covered by that light . The light gradually brightened then disappeared with me and Lina, leaving only silence at the place we had been .

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  Bonus

  The evil practice of popular people .

  “Lina-san is pretty amazing . She became friends with all the class in a single day . ”


  “Yeah, you’re right . ”


  “Hm, I will try calling her too . ”


  “Lina-sa- ‘Hey, Lina-san! About this part……’”


  “Lina-sa- “Lina-san! I need your advice on something . ’”


  “L-Lina-sa- ‘Lina-chan! Do you have some time after this?’”


  “Kamiya-kun, it looks like me and Lina are living in different worlds . ”


  “Kamaishi-san, you did your best……”