In the church square in the outer district of the royal capital, a group of city sculptures had just been unveiled. They depicted the heroes who had died in the Dragon Ridge Mountains two months earlier.
To stabilize the people and strengthen the cohesion of the Goddess Faith, the Radiant Church had described the events in the Dragon Ridge Mountains as a miracle. To give this miracle even greater public momentum, the priests and soldiers who had died or gone missing during the "Holy War" were all declared martyr saints and loudly publicized. This naturally included Diocesan Chief Geldon, who had transformed himself into divine power, as well as the group of northern mercenaries who had distinguished themselves during the incident. Hao Ren and the others had been extremely active while organizing the evacuation, especially Lily—when that big girl showed up, it was impossible not to notice her. Everyone who had escaped the Beinz Region remembered this group of "mercenaries," so after the church's upper echelon learned the details from Ofra, they discussed it and decided to make them martyrs...
Thus, through the carriage window, Hao Ren saw a group sculpture standing in the square outside. It depicted Geldon fighting tentacle monsters alongside him...
However, the person who designed the sculpture seemed to have taken Hao Ren and the others' special circumstances into consideration and made some alterations to their figures. Aside from Geldon and several cardinals, who looked lifelike, the images of Hao Ren and the others had all been heavily modified. Basically, the attractive ones no longer looked anything like themselves.
"Couldn't you have gotten our consent before making this?" Hao Ren looked at Ofra with a helpless laugh. "The sculpture is one thing, but why did you have to give us the title of heroes who died