The Absolute Beings Obsessed with My Defeat Addiction

The illusion magic circle was showing the temple of the Goddess Church.

It was the prayer room primarily used by priests, saints, and holy knights to offer their prayers.

The high ceiling and the elongated windows allowed the sacred sunlight to pour in, creating a unique noble atmosphere in the prayer room.

‘This doesn’t seem like the central temple.’

It was too small to be called the central temple located in the imperial capital.

I had also been to the central temple.

The enormous temple, comparable to the Sun Palace, had a prayer room several times, no, dozens of times larger than the one I was currently in.

I approached the saint, who was admiring the prayer room from the center.

This unfamiliar prayer room, which I did not know, was likely a reflection of the temple in the saint’s memory.

‘This illusion isn’t designed for my own desire fulfillment, but rather to test whether the saint’s command works in illusion magic.’

The magic circle was establishing its structure based on the saint’s memories, not something I designed or built up.

‘But could the magic circle originally implement it so perfectly?’

When I didn’t design it, the magic circle usually showed flaws as if it had holes.

It was normal for various bugs to occur, such as not being able to perfectly construct the illusion, consuming an enormous amount of mana, or encountering errors midway.

However, the illusion currently unfolding was more complete than what the existing magic circle could create on its own.

‘Could it be because of that?’

I recalled the golden patterns that had been newly engraved on the magic circle before I entered.

The golden shadows and the golden lilies engraved among the runes of the magic circle.

It seemed that the new patterns, clearly engraved due to the saint’s divinity, were assisting the performance of the existing magic circle.

To assess the performance, I would need some experience.

Having finished my thoughts, I approached the saint.

“…….”

“Where is this place?”

“……Ah.”

The saint, so entranced by the prayer room that she didn’t even notice me approaching, looked up at me in surprise.

She still seemed to be concerned about her power, the command.

“…This is where I first proved myself as a saint.”

“It’s like a hometown.”

“…That’s right. It’s a church I can never visit again. For a saint who must act according to revelations every time, it’s a pleasure that is not permitted.”

Perhaps it was because of the church, reminiscent of her hometown, that the saint’s eyes sparkled.

After taking a moment to admire the prayer room, she spoke.

“I don’t know why this prayer room has appeared before me.”

The reason the magic circle showed the place where she first became a saint was likely because it was the space the saint most wanted to visit.

[I want to talk normally like others.]

[How long must I live alone, oppressed by this power?]

I recalled the thoughts that had flowed from the saint in the magic circle.

“That’s probably because it’s a space reflecting your desires, Saint.”

“…You mean my desires are reflected?”

“This illusion magic circle is like a mirror that reflects the user’s desires.”

The magic circle was fulfilling its role of reflecting desires properly.

‘Has the magic circle upgraded due to exposure to the divine?’

This wasn’t bad as it was.

“…Desires, you say…?”

“Yes. Our illusion theater service is designed to bring the user’s desires to the extreme.”

She seemed to ponder for a moment, lowering her head.

“C-could I use commands without using my power?”

I hadn’t expected her to say that first.

It must have been that the burden of the command was strongly evident within her.

“Of course. In the illusion magic, no matter how strong the power, it cannot be properly manifested. The mana gets distorted, so that power doesn’t manifest.”

“……Is the divine the same?”

“The divine isn’t 100% certain. You’re the first, after all. Well, even if the command activates, the magic will break, and it will all return to reality, so there’s no need to worry about anyone getting hurt.”

“……I see.”

The saint looked at me.

“Then, can I try it once?”

“Feel free.”

“Huuh….”

Closing her eyes and taking a deep breath, the saint opened her golden eyes wide as she looked at me.

-Kneel.

…….

Although the saint spoke with power in her voice, nothing happened.

-Run away.

-Stop.

-Pick up your weapon.

-Tell me the truth.

From simple commands that forced actions.

-Disrupt the spell.

-Defense.

-Divine prayer.

Even commands to activate divine magic.

She uttered various commands, but none of them activated properly.

Each time she spoke a command, I felt a slight vibration.

‘The distortion inscribed in the magic circle is preventing the command’s power from activating at all.’

The minuscule vibrations that could only be felt with concentration were likely the backlash that occurred when the distortion of the magic circle activated.

Honestly, I never imagined that the saint, who had even defeated the demon king, would be unable to activate her commands.

Could the magic circle I created be this powerful?

There was something the masters always said.

-The way to break a magic circle is to disrupt it with strong power.

It was common knowledge that if you pressed down with a force too strong to bear, even the strongest magic circle would break.

However, illusion magic shows illusions, not reality.

What happens within the magic circle is an illusion, so the influence of reality does not properly affect it, resulting in the blocking of even the ‘saint’s’ power.

‘It worked.’

I couldn’t help but smile at the fact that the magic circle I created was powerful enough to block the saint’s commands.

This is it.

Isn’t this the advancement of technology?

‘Am I really a genius?’

Max is a crazy guy; I wonder why other schools don’t take someone like me.

Ah, I didn’t go.

“I-I really couldn’t activate the command.”

The saint, who had been uttering commands across from me, widened her eyes.

Tears began to flow from her eyes, which were now wide open.

“I-I really! Finally, I can escape from the dreadful command given to me by the goddess…”

If a devout follower of the Goddess Church had heard this, they would have fainted in shock.

The power the saint possessed was nothing less than a blessing bestowed by the goddess.

It was proof that the goddess existed alongside the divine, known as the blessing of the gods.

If they knew that the saint of silence, who had even defeated the demon king, was cursing her own ability, the command.

‘It would cause an uproar.’

I understood the situation.

No matter how much it was a blessing given by the goddess, if that power prevented her from expressing her own will properly.

If it restricted her life to the point of affecting her daily life, I would have wanted to curse it too.

“It seems you’re feeling good.”

“Of course! I’ve always wanted to say this. I wanted to talk like other ordinary people. The goddess said that once I drive away the demon king, she would restore this power, but there has been no news. I’ve waited so long for a moment when I could talk like this…”

The saint chattered happily.

She looked so lively that I wondered if she was the same person who had been so quiet until now.

“I wanted to get rid of this power somehow, so I resolved all the tasks given to me by the goddess. I thought that if I did this, I might eventually return to normal. Honestly, I even thought that the curse given to me by the goddess might be lifted.”

“Was that the reason you came to our store?”

“Yes. I couldn’t ignore the goddess’s revelation.”

“You must have felt the goddess was like a demon.”

“Not really. Thanks to that, I was able to be treated like this. It was a bit frustrating, though.”

Is she still a saint?

She didn’t express any resentment towards the goddess.

“Thank you. If it weren’t for you, I would never have felt this emotion. Oh, by the way, I still don’t know your name. What is your name, brother?”

“My name is Max.”

“Brother Max, huh? I’m Eileen.”

“Is it really okay for you to reveal the saint’s name so casually?”

“What does it matter? You don’t have the power of a saint right now.”

Eileen let out a light sigh.

“It feels good to be liberated.”

I had gathered enough data.

I had learned that if I entered the magic circle and fell into the illusion, I could even block the saint’s commands.

‘Now that I’ve gathered data, it’s time to wrap things up. I can’t show her the next part.’

This illusion magic circle had the power to show a person’s ‘desires.’

People have various desires, but most of the desires shown by the illusion magic circle I created were linked to ‘sexual desire.’

That was the purpose for which I had made it.

Right now, the magic circle had only just activated, so it hadn’t shown its true flavor yet.

‘I feel like an incident will occur soon based on the saint’s desires.’

No matter how open-minded I was, I had no intention of showing the saint anything inappropriate through illusion magic.

Especially not something that would be taboo in the Goddess Church, especially to someone who had already been suspected of being a demon.

If I showed her the wrong thing.

‘It would be considered blasphemy and immediately labeled as heresy.’

This was not the picture I had envisioned.

Since I had started this for testing purposes, I needed to end it according to that purpose.

I spoke to the saint, who was feeling liberated.

“Let’s go back now.”

“Pardon?”

“We need to return to reality. The test is complete.”

“I-I don’t want to go back.”

“Pardon?”

“Do you know how long it’s been since I’ve talked to someone like this? It’s been ten years. I haven’t had a conversation like this since I first became a saint.”

“Uh, well… I understand that feeling, but…”

This was quite troublesome.

“Let’s go out first, and then we can fix the magic circle and come back in.”

“I don’t want to. I don’t want to go. I don’t want to have conversations that aren’t conversations with people while worrying about when I’ll activate the command again. I’ve only been able to talk through priests…”

“I understand, but we have to go out. So even if I have to force you…”

It was then.

Boom!

The church shook violently.

“What?”

[Saint Eileen’s Desire: I don’t want to go out]

[Applying desire.]

I had initially set it up so that the saint’s desire would be applied for the test.

Perhaps it was because I was facing such a strong desire.

The magic circle rejected my control to end the illusion.

This was the first time this had happened.

‘Is this also due to the divinity inscribed in the magic circle?’

It was good that the magic circle had improved, but it was a bit annoying that it was being so cheeky.

“I’m not going back. So please don’t tell me what to do.”

Oh dear, what should I do?

The service god was about to start soon.

It was then.

[Calculating user Eileen’s sexual desire.]

[Applying desire.]

The magic circle’s message appeared.

“Uh?”

My field of vision began to rise.

“……Huh?”

The saint’s face, looking at me, also began to pale.

Only after my head had grown two more sizes did I realize that my field of vision had increased.

Two horns sprouted from my head, and my skin was slightly more tanned than usual.

And then.

[Saint Eileen’s Desire: I want to be desecrated by a demon]

was the phrase.

Wait a moment, Saint.

“Is this your preference?”