The God of the Bible's appearance frightened many, yet it scarcely affected the small fry.
Those truly worried were the pantheons that had seized believers and faith after the Bible faction's decline.
After all, who knew when the God of the Bible might settle accounts?
Some might assume the sole God would be reasonable.
But don't forget how, back in the Age of Gods, the God of the Bible treated faiths outside the Cross—so-called heresies.
She would brand you a heretic first; whatever followed was no longer your concern.
The small fry and minor powers had fewer worries.
The God of the Bible had no time to bother with such minnows.
Truthfully, Rosen cared nothing for the other pantheons' reactions.
Though he now ruled Heaven, he remained a transmigrator with no interest in political games.
As long as those pantheons stayed quiet, Rosen couldn't be bothered to act.
The night passed uneventfully.
The next day—
Rosen woke in the lavish suite and, upon reaching the ground-floor lounge, found Rias already waiting.
With her were Himejima Akeno, Koneko, and a golden-haired girl.
The girl looked nervous; hearing footsteps, she glanced up and took Rosen in.
She was Aisia, the Saintess Rias had rescued from the Fallen Angels.
Originally, Rias should have taken her as a Familia Member.
But because of Rosen—Rias, mindful that he was the God of the Bible and Aisia a devout Saintess—had left her human and housed her in the hotel.
This visit was mainly to ask Rosen how to handle Aisia.
After grasping the situation, Rosen said nothing and simply rested his hand on Aisia's head.
"An excellent nun; Michael and the others were wrong to expel you from the Church."
In the original story—
Aisia was cast out because she was caught healing a demon.
The Church wished to hush it up, yet somehow the matter reached the ears of Heaven's Seraphim.
Led by Michael, the Seraphim quickly concluded her power would disrupt the System's normal operation.
They not only excommunicated her but branded her a heretic.
Aisia flinched at the touch, yet instantly sensed an indescribable peace from Rosen.
It felt… as though the figure before her was not human but God.
But how could that be?
Rias and the others were devils; if Rosen were God, why did their relationship seem so odd?
"Nothing is impossible."
Because Aisia was the most pious of nuns, Rosen could read her deepest thoughts.
Seeing her doubt, he smiled. "If you don't believe me, let's take a stroll through Heaven."
Speaking of Aisia, the girl's life had been tragic.
Abandoned by her parents, she was taken in by a nun and enrolled in a convent. After Awakening the Divine Artifact "Mothers Smile," she healed countless sufferers and rose to prominence.
But a high-ranking devil with a fetish for nuns set her up.
Once caught healing demons, the Seraphim—Michael included—judged her power would interfere with the System and condemned her as a heretic.
Had the protagonist's group not intervened, she would have died at the hands of the Fallen Angel Raynare.
When Aisia arrived in Heaven, she froze.
One moment she'd stood on solid ground; now her feet rested on clouds.
All around stretched white flagstone paths, rows of stone houses, and floating buildings.
Angels with pure white wings flitted through the air.
The streets were spotless; angels passing her looked curious.
At first none recognized Rosen.
After leaving Heaven he had suppressed his aura.
Had he not revealed himself to every angel, they might have mistaken him for an ordinary passer-by.
"A-Angels…?! Am I… in Paradise?"
Realizing it was real, Aisia's stunned face lit up with joy and excitement.
As the most devout believer, her lifelong wish had been to meet God in Heaven.
But judging by today's signs, it looked like she wouldn't get to see Him.
Yet that no longer mattered.
After all, she could now die without regrets.
Rosen, however, had not brought her here to let her die.
After a moment's thought, Rosen came up with a fairly nice reward.
For example, turning Aisia into an angel.
Rod didn't need anyone else to pave the way; with a single thought he could transform a human into a reincarnated angel.
Originally, this reincarnation technique was only obtained by Heaven after the tripartite alliance, when the data came from the Fallen Angels and the Netherworld.
Sensing the change in her body, Aisia stared in shock at the pure-white wings on her back.
She asked, bewildered,
"I… I've become an angel?"
"Absolutely genuine."
Rosen nodded with a light chuckle.
Strictly speaking, this violated Heaven's rules—but right now, Rod was Heaven's rules.
Immediately after,
Rosen summoned Gabriel and had her show Aisia around Heaven, while he himself left Heaven and returned to that hotel in Komou Town.
Rias asked no questions; she simply nodded at Rosen and said, "What do we do next?"
"So far Li Zevim's exact location hasn't been found; if we miss him the first time, that fox will be even harder to catch."