22 Chapter 20 Faith and Projects
In the middle of a forest there was a small lake, it was known in the area for the various monsters and beasts that usually went there to drink and for this reason it was avoided by farmers and travelers.
At this time, however, it was possible to see an unusual vision: a group of people of four females and a boy were relaxing in peace and not looking after the various carcasses of monsters piled in a corner; on the bodies it was possible to see various types of wounds due to both magic and swords, but the strangest ones seemed those that formed small holes in vital areas such as head or heart.
Each of the girls wore unusual dresses, which no one in this world would have ever seen, and this was due to two key factors: Ichiro's unbridled and pervetite imagination and the tool to transform it into reality, Momo's Quirk Creation. Ichiro and the others, having quickly completed their quest and pocketed the reward, had decided to take a detour and enjoy a break on the shores of this lake and Ichiro had wasted no time and had Momo create costumes for the purpose of opportunity and initially he enjoyed the sight of their seductive bodies with micro-bikinis that barely covered their private areas but decided to go further and realize his perverse dream: sex-cosplay.
Akeno was now wearing a red bunny suit complete with fake bunny ears and black fishnet stockings, Cattleya a blue and white French maid costume with an incredibly short skirt and the neckline of the huge breasts on display, Momo the typical bloomers suit red and elastic bands that stood out on his butt and Inoue a one-piece school swimsuit with his name written on his chest in Japanese characters.
In turn, each of them served Ichiro, while the others took care of tidying up the rest of the camp and, very important for the boy, Momo prepared various sex toys that included vibrators of all shapes and sizes that Ichiro would later use for nights of sex to come.
After almost two hours of sex with all the girls, Ichiro was lying on a comfortable futon, courtesy of Momo, and he let his mind travel free in his sea of thoughts, still undecided about the future and above all about his power.
After the Lefay affair, a question had begun to hold him thoughtful: why had his power grown only when he raped women? after all he had committed all kinds of crimes that occurred to him as a species to steal, deceive, and kill and had every intention of continuing to do so. So ... why was his strength increased only with that precise 'sin'?.
Continuing to think about these questions, he sighed in exasperation and muttered to himself: "oh well .. it's useless to ask these questions ... I already know who will answer these questions for me ... isn't that Shakti?"
A small laugh came from behind him and once again the mysterious goddess appeared, and this time a satisfied expression was clear on her face: "fufufufu .. it seems that by now you have become accustomed to meeting me like that and I am pleased to see you you have been busy since the last time we met, my blessing on you seems to have strengthened ";
Ichiro looked at her seriously and said, "I'm sure you know what I'm about to ask you"; Shakti replied without losing his smile: "but of course .. you want to know other ways to strengthen that power and you don't know how ... since the only times you have strengthened it has been through **** while you don't understand why, despite all the human lives you took, even in those cases it didn't work, the answer is very simple: faith. "
"faith?"Ichiro asked confused; Shakti nodded"yes, faith... you see...
it is on people's faith that the powers of a deity originate and act, the more they are worshiped the more their divine influence expands. When a god is considered a heretic and people stop praying to him, this either disappears or finds another way to maintain his strength; in my case my source is to spread the sin on the followers of the other gods. The men you killed were either men without faith or whose belief in belief was low and because of this the amount of energy of the sin you earned was too minimal to be considered; however, when you raped that girl in the village and that noble follower of Fumina, you 'contaminated' their spirit and their faith by severing their bond with the deity in question and in some cases you led them to madness."
An expression of surprise and disbelief was forming on Ichiro's face who, unable to resist, asked in an exasperated tone: "so how the hell am I going to increase my power ?!"
"I already told you, with faith; when you burned the church in Fumina you damaged his influence on that city and in this way you strengthened both me and you ..." the goddess said imperturbably, after which she assumed a serious expression in the vote and continued: "listen to me well Ichiro ... if you want to get more power you have to spread my creed, the faith of Shakti Goddess of Sin; in doing so people will begin again to turn their faith to me and this will will transform for you into the energy of sin that will make you stronger and stronger as you are my one and only champion and if you have to start planting a seed you need a 'fertile soil' ... you must head west of Aster, to a city known as Berria, today it is a completely corrupt and rotten city but once it was where the worship of my faithful was born, the temple is still there .. it is important that you head there and reach the crypts of the temple because there is a object that only you, that brings the my blessing, you can touch. It will be an important tool to gather followers and achieve greater sin energy; once you have gathered enough followers in Berria you can return to Aster and spread the Chaos brought by sin.. you must become the messanger of our hate against Fumina and the Gods who support her "
With that said, as always, she retired herself in the shadow and left, leaving a shocked Ichiro there on the spot, with his head now as a storm of thinks and images.... he as a rip-off version of a Pope... surrounded by his women... by fanatical devotes who are ready to die for their faith.... to die to accomplish his final goal.... ruin the world that Fumina love so much.
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The days passed and Ichiro and the girls returned to Aster, went to the guild to record his quest and planned a plan to solve one of his most troubling problems: the lack of funds.
Because of his failure to promote to rank B and some of the gossip that had been circulated by Lefay previously, he was forced to accept only missions of rank C or below and the guild was refusing to commission him top-level quests; having seen this, and having to keep him and four other people in a ramshackle house, he had decided to focus on another path: the brevet of some objects.
Thanks to Momo, he had created what were everyday objects in his past life but that in this world were completely unknown, in particular objects that could be bought only by nobles or people with large funds; having decided this, he had gone to a private merchant guild to request a meeting and was forced to wait for almost two hours before being received.
The person responsible for managing and financing the projects was the president of the guild in person, a man in his sixties, fat, with big gray mustaches and a careful look due to years of experience in the sector; his name was Ermeth Seth.
The moment they sat down, Ichiro introduced himself: "it is a pleasure to meet you president seth, I am Ichiro and- before he could finish Ermeth interrupted him with a wave of his hand:" yes short and direct boy ... I didn't arrive at my age and my position with empty words and compliments ... if you have something worth my time and my money show me and I will decide "
Ichiro stared expression with a little surprise, as he didn't expect a merchant to be so direct, and a little irritated, for being interrupted, but he quickly recomposed himself and started talking again: "very well .. since he wants to be direct then the accontetto: there are some objects of my creation that I would like to sell on the market, some I want to sell them exclusively to the high class, while another to the middle class; this is belongs to the first group "and having said that showed an elegant pocket watch, skilfully worked and refined with some part in gold and silver.
The object seemed to attract the attention of the merchant, as he began to study it closely, analyzing each corner, Ichiro opened it to even make him analyze the complex system of gears, and the more time passed the more a surprised expression formed on his face and in the end I exclaimed: "good heavens! what an incredible object! It is incredibly complex and elegant, it seems that the external part is made of a good dose of gold and silver ... and those tiny gears ... how the hell it is possible to realize them .. . "his thread of discourse continued in this way for a couple of minutes before turning back to Ichiro, but this time in a more colloquial tone:" Mister Ichiro, his really looks like an object of fine workmanship and I'm sure the nobles and wealthy merchants will be enthusiastic about this product, but I need you to explain what the function of this invention is ".
Ichiro, without batting an eyelid, replied: "very simple, it is used to measure time: as you can see, there are three different lancet;
the shorter of the three measures the second, the second the minutes and the third the hours; thanks to the gear system, they are all connected and when the shorter one completes one turn, the second shifts one notch and so on; as you can see it is a project I have worked a lot on but the lack of funds prevents me from selling it on the market, so I am sure that you will be able to recognize the value of my idea and we will both get a lot of money ".
It took very little to convince Ermeth, who was now completely spellbound by that incredible object and at the end of the day Ichiro came out of the building with a smile on his face, a certificate confirming the ownership of his patent and the contract with Ermeth and the beauty of six hundred extra gold coins in his pockets.
The first step towards the construction of his cult had just begun.