I loved this world, but only on the condition that this world was worthy of my affection.
At first glance, those words sounded rather chuunibyou, as though she had positioned herself as a god looking down upon mortals. They were excessively arrogant. But it depended on who said them. Ancient One of the past, Gabriel of the present, truly had the right to say such things. Of course, if anyone was dissatisfied, that was easy enough to solve. Guard this world for over a thousand years and fend off countless disasters. Once they had done all that, they would naturally have the right to criticize her.
Besides, while fighting to protect the world was a basic obligation for anyone living in it, once someone had fulfilled that obligation, they should have corresponding rights, shouldn't they? They couldn't just say, "You fulfilled your duty to protect the world and earned the right to live in it," and dismiss her like that, could they? Ancient One's contributions to this world had long since far exceeded what should have been expected of her.
Ancient One had guarded this world for over a thousand years. She never abused her abilities to impose some kind of tax, did she? Had anyone ever paid her a cent in wages? Had anyone ever considered her welfare and benefits? And for the greater good, so as not to bankrupt the Social Security Administration, she had not even dared to enroll herself in a pension plan! Other than the noble-minded Evenson, had anyone ever considered her employment prospects after retirement?
Moreover, given Ancient One's merits, not to mention building ten thousand ancestral shrines for her across the world, erecting a temple and a golden statue in her homeland, having the Church canonize her, having Nobel give her a Peace