The other day, I decided that we should do something about the church-related problems brought to us by the Green Convicts, so I asked the three members of Foldente Erdena Kro to come together.
　

　At the present time, Liberty Village does not have any particular religion as a village, although there is only one church of the Tersulian Church, a sub-human patronage sect.

　The Greencombe has been persistent in suggesting that the village should build a new Bobblebum church and give patronage to the Bobblebum religion.

　I have been refusing to accept this offer.
　Bobblebum's religion is racially supremacist and is not suitable for Liberty Village, where 80% of the population is subaltern people.
　Moreover, we are asked to pay for most of the costs of building the church, and to pay for the maintenance of the church, as well as the yearly and monthly payments of money and goods... Frankly, I'm tired of this.


　I asked them what religion they were following.

Well I don't.
　I can't be a Tersullian because my father is in the Lord's Group of Greencombe, and the Bobblebum religion doesn't allow sub-humans to join in the first place, in principle.
　Eldena the Elf crossed her arms and said, "I am a Tersulian, but that doesn't mean I have to go to the main temple to make regular offerings.

I'm a Tersulian, but that doesn't mean I have to go to the main temple to make regular offerings. In the first place, Tersulianism doesn't ask for money.
　Black, the Ogre People, said that and drank his tea in one gulp.
　The reason why I mentioned money is probably in retaliation for the fact that there was a lot of money involved in the conversation about Green Convex.

　I'm not a fan of
　When he was in King's Landing, he became a member of the Bobblebum religion.
　This is because the former family of the Greed family, who were the four dukes of nobility, had obtained a high position in the headquarters of the Bobblebum religion in King's Landing... Well, it was rumored that they bought that position with money.
　Now I am non-denominational, as is Erdena.
　Although it seems to be considered Tersulianism by some people because of the treatment of sub-humans that does not discriminate against them as a race.

''So, what school are you of?''
　Black asked Foldente about it.
It's Voronism.
　And then he chuckles, as usual.
'Fallonism?　What's that?
　Black gives me a puzzled look.

　Black's reaction can't be helped in a way.
　The Fallon religion is a sect that worships Fallon, who was the great mage of ancient times and called the strongest magic demon god, an esoteric sect that is secretly worshipped by wizards and mages.

　Come to think of it, the wizard who joined the party of the man who was said to be the last and strongest brave man in this world was this Fallon, or was a descendant of this Fallon, and so on and so forth.

　Eldena and I also respect Fallon as a magic user, but not as a religion like Foldente did.
　Well, it's that we know it as the knowledge of those who study magic.


　And, well, here's the thing.
　If it's King's Landing, it's probably four bobblebums in four.
　In one village in a remote area like this one, if four people gathered together, the sects would be that much more divided.......that's how it is.

　Considering the two major religions on this continent, Bobblebum and Tersulianism, as well as professional sects such as Folonism and indigenous minorities, the number of religions on this continent is nothing short of the stars.


　After discussing with everyone
　Even if we as a village decide on a recommended denomination, let's not force it on the villagers and allow them freedom of religion.
　This direction was quickly decided upon.
　The question was which denomination to recommend....

I wish we had a religious sect that gave equal protection to all races and subspecies.
　Black was right, there are many different sects on this continent.
　Strangely enough, I have not heard of any sect that treats one kind of people and a sub-human equally and wishes for their coexistence and co-prosperity.

　Although there have been a few times in the past when the topic came up, most of them were persecuted by the Bobblebum religion and almost all of them have disappeared.

　........Come to think of it, when I was in King's Landing, I remember there was a new sect that was established to give equal protection to races and sub-humans.

　The people of that sect.
　I remember it well because it was based in a tavern I used to frequent in King's Landing called the Three Dragons Pavilion, where they were conducting missionary activities.
　We were collecting donations to build a holy hall dedicated to a deity called "Holy Wings," but as usual, we were interfered with by the Bobblebum religion, and before I knew it, we had disappeared.
　
　As I recall, there was a flag... a yellow fabric with wings painted on it, and on either side of it were the figures of a man and a sub-human...

　And after thinking this far, I remembered something.

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The street behind the street in Liberty Village.

　The corner of a so-called back street, one street off the main street
　Inside the store, which is getting ready to open, a woman is cleaning the store.
　The woman, dressed in what is said to be an Eastern style kimono, is busily running around the store, her wooden shoes chattering.

''Brother, we're about to open, so let's hurry up and get ready.

　At those words, the man in the kitchen, who was cooking food to be made up, nodded silently.
　He was a skinhead, with eyes so narrow that he couldn't tell if they were open or not, and although his body was slender, his arms were enough to suggest that his entire body was quite muscular.

''Brother, it's a good thing we made it to this village nonetheless.
　All the cities and villages up until now would kick us out just because we're bishops of the Bunn religion.''
　At the woman's words, the man in the kitchen nodded repeatedly with tears of frustration.
''To repay this favor, let's try to make a good profit so that we can build the Holy Temple.
　As she said this, the woman draped a cloth pinned across the entrance of the shop with a wooden stick, called a nolen, over the entrance.
　On the nolen was written 'Sweetshop Bun'.
　Beside Noren was a flag with wings painted on a yellow ground, with human and sub-human figures on either side of it.
'Come on, you'll earn your keep today.

I knew it was the Bunn flag I thought I saw it on my tour.

　I mean....huh?

　A voice suddenly came from behind the woman as she was about to get fired up for the opening of the store.
　The woman was violently upset that the voice recognized the flag she had just raised as that of Bunnism.


　Although Bunnism had been doing missionary work in the royal capital a few years ago, its aim of coexistence and co-prosperity of all living things, including races and sub-humans, had drawn the wrath of the racial supremacist Bobblebum religion, and it had been persecuted so violently that it had been forced to flee the royal capital.

''Oh ... ah ... ah ... sir ... do you know this flag?''
　A woman who listens intently.
Yeah, I'm familiar with it. I've seen it before in the Three Dragons Pavilion.
　At those words, the woman's whole body tensed up.

.........Eh? What? King's Landing? ........And isn't the Three Dragons Pavilion the place where we were most persecuted!

　A woman rushes around in a panic.
　Her brother, who was in the kitchen, noticing her appearance, runs out in a frenzy.
You're the manager.......and you're the bishop of the Bunn Church, is that correct?
　At those words, my brother gave a small nod, silent.

　Then
　Safate, the man who had been speaking to them, offered to let them protect Bunnism as the village's recommended religion.
　The church would be given the use of a Tersulian church, located in a settlement at the foot of the village of Gorun.

　This church was built more than ten years ago by the Tersulian religion, but since the death of the priest more than ten years ago, it had been neglected without an official priest being assigned to it, and Yome, the Owl People, had cleaned it up and used it as a hospital and church.
　Such neglected churches existed in many remote and sparsely populated villages and settlements, regardless of whether they were Bobblebum or Tersulian, and according to the decision of the king's capital, those churches to which no priest had been assigned for more than ten years could be used as the property of the inhabitants as they wished.

　Since Yome, who had been using this church with the approval of the people of the village, had also received permission to have Bunnism use it, all that remained was to see if the two Bunnists would accept it.


　A few days later.

　Inside the church, there was a sweet-bun woman wiping hard, wiping down the church.
''We have to do our best to live up to our lord's expectations.......right, brother!
　At the woman's words, my brother nodded repeatedly as he sat upright on the floor in front of the altar and popped his hand on a religious instrument called a wooden fish.

　My brother, Siyaka.
　Sister Ten.

　The Bunn teaching by the two men was to begin anew on this day.

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　As soon as the decision was made to recommend Bunnism, the town hall made a formal public notice.
　Since it was only a recommendation, there was no particular confusion, since the notice emphasized that entry into the religion was of free will, along with the fact that everyone was also allowed the freedom of the religion they currently believed in.

　Rather, when my racial lord recommended Bunnism, which ideally encourages the coexistence of races and sub-humans, and declared that he would not persecute the sub-human patronage of Tersulianism either, the voices of support for me, especially from sub-humans, became immense.

　Unfortunately, as I expected, there was some discontent among some of my people, and some of them left the village because of this, but overall it was only a small part of the movement, and I was relieved to hear that.

　Nevertheless
　In Liberty Village, the reason why they decided to take a stand for the Bunn religion is because they wanted to reject the persistent attempts by Greencombe to recruit the Bobblebum religion, so I should make sure to get information on the influence of those factors as well... It's really difficult to do something like this.


　Thank you for that.
　The small frontier city of Picks has issued a statement that it will not distract from the mission and faith of Bunnism.
　This is probably
　I guess that's one way of saying thank you for all the work we've done for you with Batcombe.
　I think I have to thank you again when I come to pick'em up next time.

　
　Although the decision to recommend it was based on various speculations, the coexistence and co-prosperity of races and sub-humans is something that I personally would like to promote.

　We still have a long way to go, but I believe that we have to work hard for it, one step at a time.


Botchama, Botchama!
　Unja rushed into the office.
　What's going on!　And then, in front of me, who was bracing herself for a moment, Unja said
That sweet food called zenzai from the sweet shop bun is too good to be true!　This is the only way we can eat together now!
　I was quick to say so, but he grabbed my arm and started running.

　

　But it's more like Unna, and I think that's good.

　After this, I enjoyed two cups of zenzai with Unja.