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Jean brandished her cursed rapier upwards as if giving a speech that would re-educate the fools who had become members of the heretical cult.

Under the threat of my magical energy flowing out of my body, I gave a last chance to the remaining members of the heretical cult who were still alive.

"Hear me, fools!" Jean said with her cursed rapier showing the pure power of a destructive magic possessed by the Goddess of Destruction.

"I stand before you with a door of repentance, wide open for your actions that have gone against the will of the Goddess of Destruction!"

"A door of repentance that will allow you to walk towards the bright light that is in line with the will of the Goddess of Destruction!"

"I know you are fools, but let me repeat this."

"Join the Monarch of Holy Destruction in fighting against the heretics who are members of the heretical cult who are wrong in worshiping the Goddess of Destruction!"

Through such a short and passionate speech, I felt the fear shown by the remaining members of the cult. The fear of death that began to seep into their bodies was marked by pale faces and trembling in their bodies.

I didn't blame them after seeing myself, Aiko, and Jean emit a magical aura that tried to give intimidating pressure.

The intimidating magical energy pressure seemed to give results according to my expectations. With this kind of great energy pressure, I had created a big stage for Jean to give re-education to the fools who had joined the cult.

I, who was giving this intimidating magical energy pressure suddenly got a soft whisper from the Goddess of Destruction who seemed to be observing the situation that was happening at this time together with my Goddess.

[ Lily-chan, it seems like the situation is going better than what I worried about. ]

"Yes, Goddess of Destruction. The situation has gone well without any problems," I replied in a whisper to the Goddess of Destruction who was communicating in my mind.

[ What about the woman who has received my forgiveness? ]

[ Has that woman become a useful tool for Lily-chan? ]

I suddenly felt sweat flowing across my forehead, a sweat that indicated that the conversation between me and the Goddess of Destruction was on another level with a different point of view.

"I think so," with the short answer I gave, I seemed to be on the neutral side and did not see Jean as a tool being used by the Goddess of Destruction.

Viewing humans as a tool to achieve goals, I still could not understand the things that damaged my moral order and humanity. I will try not get used to words that had a different point of view from the Goddess of Destruction.

[ The tool I chose was very useful, wasn't it? ]

Through the reply given by the Goddess of Destruction, I could hear the thin voice of the Goddess of Destruction laughing mischievously.

I began to sigh for a moment and faced a troublesome situation like this.

"I don't know if the tool will be useful or not, at least I'm watching it work," through my flat and cold tone, I gave the same vibes to the Goddess of Destruction.

The words I gave slightly stirred my moral and ethical order of politeness in viewing a human as a tool.

[ Oh, my, it seems like that one tool needs testing before knowing its usefulness and useless value, huh? ]

Listening to an answer like this, made me look at Jean carefully.

Judging a tool based on its usefulness, isn't it more appropriate to put the tool according to its usefulness?

Like a hammer used to hit nails or other objects, it would be useless if used to cut down trees. Isn't that already a usefulness and uselessness assessment?

In random thoughts like this, I still heard the laughter of the Goddess of Destruction as if she was playing with me.

"I think this tool will be useful in carrying out my orders for the next few years. This newly produced tool at least needs experience to prove its usefulness, right?" I said, giving another perspective to the Goddess of Destruction who had judged Jean as a tool that needed direct assessment of its usefulness.

[ Hmm... ]

[ Should we test it that far, Lily-chan? ]

"It has to be done, because this tool's workload would be too much if its usefulness was directly assessed like this," I said as if giving a suggestion to the Goddess of Destruction.

[ Ah, if that's the case, I'll leave this tool to you, Lily-chan. ]

By saying that sentence, it seemed like I got a new task to develop a tool that would be useful according to the usefulness assessment that meets the minimum standards of the Goddess of Destruction.

My mind which was previously filled with the words of the Goddess of Destruction became calm again.

Now, I focus to re-education progress given by Jean, right before my eyes.

Through the pressure of magical intimidation that was still happening from me, Aiko, and Jean, the remaining members of the heretical sect had been re-educated about the will of the Goddess of Destruction.

"Hehe... do you understand now?" with a soft tone as if having finished the first chapter in a simple textbook, Jean gave an innocent grin.

Nod...

Nod...

Nod...

With that small question, I could feel the remaining members of the cult nodding their heads to show that they understood what Jean had taught.

"Okay, first question, who is the Monarch of Holy Destruction that we must respect and serve wholeheartedly?" Jean asked while giving a random question to one of the cult members.

A cult member who didn't understand anything and got a question from Jean seemed to have difficulty answering.

Slaasshh!!

Choopp!!

"Too slow in answering this easy question, you have failed!" said Jean with a sweet smile on her face while swinging the cursed rapier which cut off the head of one of the cult members who got the question from her.

Truuttt...

Duuudd...

With a slash from Jean's cursed rapier, it made the head of the unlucky person beheaded perfectly.

"Hey, are you listening to the lesson I gave you properly?" Jean continued with a sweet smile on her face that suddenly turned into a creepy grin.

"I think it's time to give a test to separate the stupid people and the smart people who deserve forgiveness from the Goddess of Destruction," Jean continued while concentrating her magic flow on her cursed rapier.

"..." I make a poker face after listening to Jean's words that would separate smart and stupid people at the same time.

Meanwhile, Aiko looked like she was interested in the test that Jean would do. Her gaze was staring at Jean and holding back her feelings that wanted to see the test process that Jean would give.

"The test... that sounds interesting..." Aiko muttered softly which I heard.

"I wonder what kind of test will happen," holding back her curiosity about the test that Jean would give, it almost made Aiko lose control of her magic.

Wooowwmm...

"Oops... I almost exploded my magic core," Aiko screamed, regaining consciousness in controlling the overflow of her magic energy.

It seemed like I almost saw a deja vu like this.

Aiko tried to control her magic energy that was almost out of control and tried to give magic intimidation to the remaining members of the cult in front of us.

Slaasshh!!

Choopp!!

Sllaasshh!!

Choopp!!

With a test that was given quickly, I saw Jean who gave a short and simple question about what she had taught them.

For a while, I felt my magic energy being sucked back into the circle of magic energy embedded in the riverbed due to the splash of their blood that dirty the river flow again.

Jean gave a strict selection to people who deserved forgiveness from the Goddess of Destruction. By implementing such strict selection, I could see that there were a small number of surviving heretic cult members who were all female.

Slaassh!!

Choopp!!

The strict selection given by Jean continued until the last person could not answer, with his state of shock after seeing the massacre of the stealth slime herd.

With that final selection and execution, a heretic cult remnant who was ready to receive forgiveness directly from the Goddess of Destruction was created in front of me.

At the same time, I began to feel weak again after my supply of magical energy was being absorbed to activated the purification magic circle, located in the riverbed.

With my body feeling heavy and uncomfortable like this, I started to get strange looks from Aiko who was curious about something.

"Is there something bothering you, Aiko?" I asked Aiko who seemed to want to ask something.

"Supreme Commander, if possible, can I do the same thing as that girl?" Aiko replied by asking another question that made me feel a bad feeling about this.

"You mean... like doing an execution selection test to separate stupid stealth slimes and smart stealth slimes?" I said guessing what Aiko was thinking after seeing the execution carried out by Jean on the members of the cult who survived until the end.

"Yes!!" with a sparkling gaze, I could see Aiko's serious expression on this matter.

"That will only create a bigger problem, Aiko," I replied by giving a strong rejection of this crazy idea.

"Currently, the stealth slime herd is divided into two units, private unit and the spy unit that is currently on duty. I don't want to reduce your limited numbers at this time. Besides, you are not stupid stealth slimes like these people. They are much more stupid in the eyes of humans too," I said, giving a reasonable reason for Aiko so that her crazy idea would not happen in the future.

"I prefer something that can learn to be better than before. Like Sirius who has learned from her mistakes in the past and become more useful than before. Isn't that much better than having a selection that ends in execution like this?" with this one statement of mine, I hope that crazy idea will not appear again in the future.

"I understand, Supreme Commander. It's like giving an order from you to move more creatively and flexibly according to the current situation. As Marchioness Amagi has told me," replied Aiko with her eyes still looking serious on this matter.

In this case, it seems like I heard an interesting statement from Aiko.

Whatever my mother did, it seems to have made Aiko think like a creative and flexible human being.

I think, I should thank my mother for giving Aiko an important lesson.