I'm a Young God, so Please Raise Me - Chapter 46

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Chapter 46
I couldn’t remember what exactly went through the Rabbit Butler’s mind the moment he discovered me.
My consciousness had been hazy for some time now.
I think I’d been feeling wronged up until then as well.
I couldn’t understand why everyone ignored my words and caused such a massive disaster.
True ending or not, I was now bound by Yeom-ju, seriously contemplating alone how to at least manage the fallout from barely being able to escape Samcle peacefully.
Then, the moment the East Wing of the Mansion shattered, my mind snapped back into focus.
“…?”
The instant I recognized my thoughts had cleared, I was confronted with debris flying in all directions.
Watching the building burst apart like brilliant fireworks, I realized just how abnormal my actions and behavior had been until now.
I had firmly believed myself to be perfectly sound, yet at some point I had begun prioritizing the Mansion.
Even for the path to the true ending, I had chosen directions that would benefit the Mansion.
‘There was no reason for that.’
Simply gathering information about the Owner would have been sufficient.
Yet I deliberately incorporated the process of feeding cleaners to the Mansion.
I had even felt loyalty toward the Mansion.
‘Why did I?’
I liked Samcle and its butlers, but that didn’t mean I should ever pledge loyalty to them.
I had no idea why it had become that way.
As I stood there bewildered, a system window suddenly materialized before my eyes.
It appeared so urgently that the notification sound only chimed after the window had already opened.
‘Han Go-yo (Gunbam)’ has entered 【Clean! Clean! Clean!】!
◆【Clean! Clean! Clean!】 M!!!ain! Qu!!es!t!!: !!!!Escape!!!!
Escape!Run!Escape!Run!Escape!Run!Escape!Run!Escape!Run!Escape!Run!Escape!Run!Escape!Run!Escape!Run!Canyouevenescape?Escape!Run!Escape!Run!Escape!Run!
It was a system window I hadn’t seen in a while.
I wasn’t glad to see it, and I thought it was just spouting useless nonsense again.
‘If it were possible, I would have done it already.’
If escape or running were possible, I would have done it long ago.
Giving me a Quest for something impossible—how ridiculous.
‘Does adding exclamation marks and mangling the text make it clever? I’m disappointed.’
I harshly criticized the system window, but no additional windows appeared.
It had only given me the Quest, with no particularly viable solution in sight.
I hadn’t expected much anyway, so I simply let it pass.
First, I wanted to tell Gwak Han-muk that I’d returned to normal, but with Yeom-ju sealing my mouth shut, there was nothing I could do.
I scanned the butlers and Je Hyeon-o with anxious eyes.
The butlers wielded weapons I’d never seen before, firing an enormous beam at Je Hyeon-o.
Even to the naked eye, it was no ordinary beam, yet Je Hyeon-o survived being struck by it from both sides.
His shattered goggles rolled across the floor.
Je Hyeon-o’s gleaming eyes were just as unhinged as the butlers’.
‘We’re finished.’
At this rate, Je Hyeon-o and the butlers would fight until one of them fell.
Even if Je Hyeon-o emerged victorious, he would sustain considerable damage, leaving him incapacitated for some time.
There was no guarantee the captains would emerge unscathed in the process.
A large-scale battle meant they risked being caught in the crossfire and sustaining injuries.
Honestly, calling it an injury was generous—bad luck and they’d simply die.
I turned the problem over in my mind again and again.
Even if I stepped forward to mediate, neither Je Hyeon-o nor the butlers would listen to me, not with the Mansion destroyed.
No matter how hard I thought, I couldn’t conceive of a way to break the deadlock.
Except for one option.
I chose the last resort I’d been dreading all along.
‘What if filling all three registration slots grants me some useful ability?’
The moment the thought crossed my mind, the system window frantically materialized.
You have achieved a genuinely brilliant insight in this moment of absolute crisis!
Your judgment is nothing short of astonishing, remarkable, and admirably clear-headed!
Should you proceed with the ‘registration’ you’ve postponed until now, you will achieve a remarkable breakthrough.
‘What ability exactly?’
You feel anxiety at the uncertainty of the future.
However, if you complete the ‘registration’ and fill all ‘three slots,’ you will certainly obtain a valuable ability to overcome this crisis.
It seemed unwilling to elaborate. Or perhaps it didn’t know itself.
I deliberated one final time.
But there truly was no other way.
‘I’ll register and take my chances.’
If filling those three registrations it kept demanding yielded no meaningful change, I resolved to permanently revoke the system window’s right to speak.
The moment I mentally threatened it—calling this my first and last chance—the system window, terrified I might change my mind, hastily displayed a square prompt.
Will you register ‘Mo Hae-in’ and ‘Gwak Han-muk’?
I hesitated briefly.
I didn’t know what would happen upon registration, and doing so while bound by Yeom-ju felt uncomfortable.
But the Yeom-ju binding my mouth loosened, then slipped free entirely.
I wondered why Gwak Han-muk had released it, but my body remained restrained.
“Captain Gwak….”
Calling out to him, I saw his startled expression—clearly unintentional on his part.
After confirming Gwak Han-muk had returned to normal and safely exiting the Yeom-ju prison, I immediately apologized.
“I’m sorry, Captain Gwak.”
Though the decision was unavoidable, I still felt remorse.
All the more so because I harbored no desire to hold the captains’ lives in my hands.
I registered both simultaneously.
‘Mo Hae-in, Gwak Han-muk registration.’
I thought it might take time with two people, but the registration completed instantly.
As if it had been waiting for this very moment.
Registration complete!
Something felt strange.
It was a different sensation from when I had registered Je Hyeon-o.
Back then, it had felt like a kind of liberation, but now….
I felt an omnipotent sensation, as though I could accomplish anything.
‘Han Go-yo (Gunbam)’ has completed the tutorial. You are granted a new name.
‘Han Go-yo (Little Lamb)’
The system window cascaded into view.
I stared at it with an oddly serene composure.
A massive golden roulette wheel materialized.
You acquire a new ability.
The roulette began to spin.
It moved so quickly that my eyes could barely keep pace.
But I had never once failed to obtain what I desired.
‘What I need most right now.’
The roulette’s needle stopped precisely on the section I willed it to.
You have acquired ‘Divine Protection’!
The moment I obtained the ability, I deployed it immediately.
‘Divine Protection for Mo Hae-in, Gwak Han-muk, and Je Hyeon-o.’
A translucent veil woven from dazzling golden light descended upon Gwak Han-muk.
Gwak Han-muk suddenly noticed the veil settling upon his head and flinched.
Mo Hae-in and Je Hyeon-o were likewise enveloped in golden veils.
The moment Je Hyeon-o saw the veil descending above him, he moved with lightning speed to evade it.
It was futile.
‘Restraint on Je Hyeon-o.’
I rendered him immobile and forcibly draped the veil over him.
Despite his resistance, Je Hyeon-o became docile once the veil was upon him.
He attempted to touch the veil draped over him with his metallic hand.
But the veil, woven from light, slipped through his metallic grasp.
Sharp metallic blades raked across the veil twice, yet left no mark.
The veil rippled of its own accord despite the absence of any breeze—it resembled an aurora, or perhaps a halo.
After casting Divine Protection on all three, strength drained from my entire body.
The intense euphoria that had dominated me moments before vanished, leaving me with a slight chill.
My body swayed somewhat, but unlike before, my nose didn’t bleed and I remained relatively intact.
I gazed at the butlers while catching my breath.
‘I hope it’s at least somewhat effective.’
There had been buff-type abilities that temporarily increased the damage output of registered individuals, but I chose ‘Divine Protection’—a defensive ability.
I couldn’t very well buff Je Hyeon-o when he was already on the verge of losing control, nor could I buff the captains and thrust them into dangerous combat.
Most crucially, I didn’t want to witness the butlers dying before my eyes.
That was why I chose ‘Divine Protection’.
If my ability blocked attacks, the butlers’ attention would shift from Je Hyeon-o to me—that was my reasoning.
‘At the very least, I should be able to create an opportunity for dialogue.’
Of course, instead of talking with me, they could have fired their beams.
But I was certain the butlers wouldn’t do that.
‘Because they want something from me.’
Yet their response diverged sharply from my expectations.
“….”
The butlers ceased their assault on Je Hyeon-o.
They lowered the spear tips they had been aiming and simply gazed at the golden veil with vacant eyes.
Why was that?
In that moment, I sensed a distinct emotion emanating from them.
It was longing.
Utterly incongruous and incomprehensible, yet….
To my perception, it was unmistakably that emotion.
As their stare lingered, the eerie aura flowing from them began to dissipate.
Their suspended forms descended slowly, their feet touching ground.
Sparks crackled briefly before the spears in their hands vanished.
The Rabbit Butler and Cat Butler, their combat stance entirely abandoned, turned their gaze toward me.
I was profoundly taken aback.
The ‘opportunity for dialogue’ I had steeled myself for was meant to confront butlers radiating murderous intent.
Facing them now, all that killing intent drained away, was entirely unforeseen.
As the butlers’ hostility vanished, the golden veil that had shrouded Je Hyeon-o and the captains dimmed and faded away.
Je Hyeon-o’s eyes traced the lingering light.
He too had grown docile.
“…Butlers.”
Since neither the Rabbit Butler nor the Cat Butler spoke, only watching me, I broke the silence first.
“I’ll find your Master for you.”
The sealed metal parted slightly, their mouths opening in surprise.
I spoke again to them, still dumbfounded.
“Once I locate your Master and bring them home, please release me and the cleaners outside.”
With reason restored, I could assess the situation objectively.
The butlers had recognized me the moment the Mansion came under attack.
That they prioritized me over the Mansion itself—their foremost responsibility—was no mere matter of affection.
It meant I was connected to someone far more important to them.
And for the butlers, there was only one being more important than the Mansion.
Their ‘Master,’ who had not returned home for so long.
An abnormal absence.
It was clear that something had happened to the Master.
After a prolonged search, the butlers had finally discovered their Master’s location, yet they remained bound to the Mansion and could not leave.
Not knowing what had befallen their Master, they couldn’t simply ask others for help.
And then I appeared.
An entity that the butlers could trust, and one possessed of the ability and freedom to seek out their master.
As butlers, they must have determined they could never let someone like me slip away.
“…Can you really find them?”
The Rabbit Butler asked.
I answered without hesitation.
“Yes.”
In truth, there was a slight flaw in this answer.
I could find them, but I had set no deadline for when I would do so.
I would continue entering new Trials, so someday I might reach a Trial from the Archive’s game that I had never attempted before.
If the butlers’ master was there, I could deliver the message to return home.
It was a vague, distant future.
But the Mansion and the butlers would disappear once the Trial closed anyway.
Even if I ultimately never met their master, there would be no way to verify my promise.
My promise was essentially a well-intentioned lie.
Yet there was one reason I made this promise as though I would absolutely keep it.
In that final moment, I wanted to part ways with them while they held at least hope, rather than anger and curses.
“…It was the same when we first met, but you.”
The Cat Butler smiled faintly.
“You always
surprise
us.”
The butlers approached me.
And they knelt on one knee before me.
“We
shall never forget
your kindness.”
“For as long as the universe exists.”
The Cat Butler extended a ring to me.
The moment I took the ring, a system window appeared.
【Clean! Clean! Clean!】 Cleared!
– Eternal Memory Ending.
I could sense it instinctively.
It was the true ending.
I gazed at the butlers with a melancholic heart.
These ones who would soon vanish.
And yet as I looked—
“….”
Why.
How could this be?
I hurriedly surveyed my surroundings.
There was nothing.
Only darkness remained.
Everything had vanished, yet the Butlers alone persisted.
Something was terribly wrong.
A chill raced through my entire body.
“Gunbam. Or should I call you the Lamb now?”
The Rabbit Butler’s mouth split into a slow, grotesque grin.
“You’ll surely be able to find the Master.”
The Cat Butler’s mouth split into a matching grin.
“I’ll be waiting for the day you return home with the Master.”
“I’ll be waiting, little Lamb.”
The world saturated in darkness melted into fluorescent hues.
I was thrust into a new Trial.

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