Iser was bewildered.
‘The Sun God is inside a teddy bear…? Why…?’
Gio seemed to have inherited his divinity, but even so, his status as a god could not have vanished entirely.
Iser knew that the god he had once served now dwelled inside the teddy bear before him, with its soft, muted-golden fur.
‘He appears to have wanted this himself, so I cannot criticize it. And since Teacher is now his only remaining believer, he does not truly need to fulfill his duties as a god anymore. That may be so, but even so, he was once called the one true god. His dignity…’
As someone who had once trained as a priest and still imitated one even now, Iser could not help worrying about his god’s dignity.
‘Why is a god inside a teddy bear in the first place?? Of all things, why a teddy bear??’
He could not understand.
“…Sun God?”
“Kkooo.”
“……”
And why was his cry so adorable?
“…Do you, um… like that shell?”
“Kkoo.”
“May I ask why you chose to enter a teddy bear?”
“Kkoo-kkoo, kkoo-kkoo… kkoo-kkoo-kkoo.”
“……”
Gio interpreted for Iser, who understood none of it.
“He says it was so he could eat.”
“…He has… an appetite?”
“He does.”
“Why?”