“…What are you talking about?”
I was dumbfounded by Gestas’s words.
Kill Satan?
Kill that bastard even God could not defeat and was barely managing to hold in check?
Was that supposed to make sense?
“Why should I do something that difficult—”
[Because even in the worst-case scenario, you can still go back.]
As though my reaction had been expected, Gestas spoke calmly.
The worst-case scenario.
The meaning came through perfectly clearly despite the roundabout phrasing.
[Even if you fail to kill Satan and die, you can still return. On the other hand, if you succeed in killing Satan… God, who is currently devoting most of that power to holding Satan back, will be able to regain all of it.]
“…And what happens if that power is regained?”
[We’ll kill the demon binding you and send you back. We should also be able to compensate you to some extent for the damage you suffered in the process. And lastly… we’ll give the boy who originally owned your body a chance at salvation as well.]
Those words were more than enough to quiet my anger and awaken my reason.
A possibility where everyone except one person could obtain what they wanted.
It was an incredibly alluring proposition.
“Be precise.”
[That boy’s sins are contracting with a demon, offering sacrifices to a demon, and even drawing in a soul from another dimension.]
Well, was all of that really the child’s fault alone?
I suppressed the urge to pick…