Certainly, Sharak’s attributes were also written there. Only then did Papiere know the whole truth. Prodia could see their attributes through the power of the goddess so far. And now, she is trying to check everyone’s abilities gathered here one by one. In the meantime, the third window opened.

Pop!

[Name: Ed Freehee] Papiere became anxious. If things continue like this, she might expose the fact that she is not Luca to Prodia. The fourth window opened.

Pop!

[Name: Irtis(?).]

Finally, only Papiere remained. Prodia slowly turned towards her. Cold sweat ran down Papiere’s back.

Gulp.

Just as her gaze turned towards her.

Papiere grabbed her head and let out a scream.

“Uh, uwaah!”

Startled, Prodia stopped trying to open his status window. In the meantime, Irtis quickly approached and supported her.

“Are you okay?”

Papiere, pretending to lean on him, whispered quietly.

“Irtis, please quickly restore my pupils to their original state.”

Seeing his desperate expression, something was definitely wrong. Irtis pretended to put his hand on his forehead and gently infused magic into Papiere’s eyes.

As a result, Papiere’s eyes returned to their original golden color. He then did his best to act as if his personality had changed.

“Uh, where is this?”

Then, on the opposite side, Prodia, who stood up, hurriedly started organizing everyone’s status windows. As expected, his speculation was correct. Prodia had been checking the divine window only in places where he wasn’t.

In the meantime, Prodia approached cautiously and asked.

“Papiere, are you okay?”

“Yes….”
He breathed heavily, holding onto Irtis’s coat, unwilling to let go of his hand.

“Irtis, please take me to my room. I think I need to rest.”

Looking down at him, he said to Prodia,

“Prodia, I’ll take care of him. I’ll be back after taking him.”

“Of course. Go quickly.”

Irtis quickly picked up Papiere and left the reception room. After a while, arriving at Papiere’s room, Irtis checked for any eavesdropping devices, then securely locked the door.

“What exactly did you see, Papiere?”

Papiere hesitated for a moment. What I’m about to reveal is leaking divine secrets. It’s a much more serious offense than peeking at the divine window. Surely, he would receive punishment accordingly. However, with the information written on the divine window, he couldn’t stay quiet. If he made a mistake, Prodia would die.

Papiere slowly revealed everything he had seen to Irtis.

Upon hearing it, Irtis’s eyes widened.

“So Prodia’s contract with us was all the will of the divine?”

“Yes. Moreover, if we don’t participate in the tournament…”

Closing her eyes tightly, Papiere sighed deeply and clasped her hands.

“Prodia will… die.”

Finally, Irtis learned the whole truth.

Prodia’s numerous upvotes, a dreadful fact. To eliminate those upvotes, they must produce and send themselves to the Buma Tournament.
However, even Papiere couldn’t find out the accurate reasons or methods, he said in dismay.

Shocked, Irtis sat on the floor, overwhelmed.

“Why on earth would Prodia… Why?”

Death, and moreover, going to hell. Right now, he wanted to run to the deity and curse him out.

What did Prodia do wrong to bear such a burden?

Moreover, if all this information is true.

“I can no longer… resign from the tournament.”

According to what Papiere said, there were several identical contents written in everyone’s divine window.

[…Producing can eliminate up to ??? of upvotes.]

In other words, it means you can’t know who holds the real key to eliminate Prodia’s upvotes among them.

But he couldn’t just stand there, lost in thought.

He had to come up with a plan.

As he got up, he asked,

“Papiere, the divine window you mentioned earlier…”

But Papiere’s condition seemed a bit odd.

It wasn’t like he was about to collapse right away, trembling in fear.

Surprised, Irtis quickly supported him.

“Papiere, what’s wrong with you?”

“I’m sorry, Irtis… I probably won’t be able to see you for a while.”

“What are you talking about?”

Papiere forced a smile with great effort.

“I might have to pay the penalty for leaking divine secrets. It feels like I’ll be asleep for a very long time…”

“No, Papiere!”

But it was already too late.
Papiere’s pupils slowly began to turn red.

He squeezed the last of his strength, grabbing Irtis and whispering,

“You must never disclose the secret of the deity. You have to stay by her side…”

With those words, Papiere’s entire pupils turned crimson.

And then, he lost consciousness.

“Papiere!”

No matter how much Irtis called, it was in vain.

Papiere fell into a deep sleep, as if dead.

Irtis, still holding Papiere, slumped down.

Suddenly, too many facts poured into his mind, leaving him disoriented.

The divine window.

He already knew that Prodia was someone who wouldn’t reveal her true feelings.

But he didn’t know it was for this reason.

Irtis wanted to run to Prodia right away.

Now that he knew everything, he wanted her to confide in him rather than keeping it all to herself.

But if he did that, who knows what might happen.

So, for now, he had to be cautious until Papiere returned.

‘What is that given child thinking?’

Now that it had come to this, there was only one solution.

He had to continue participating in the Bu-ma Selection Tournament.

Otherwise, Prodia might die.

He would never allow that.

Red blood stained his tightly clenched fist.