As I passed the first-floor lobby and made my way up to the second floor, I saw the restaurant that had once served breakfast to the hotel guests.

There was a bizarre symbol drawn on the large glass doors of the front entrance. On the other side of the doors, I saw the leader and his followers praying. The ninth Believer carefully opened the glass door and entered the chapel.

The leader who was praying turned around and looked at the ninth Believer and me. When the leader saw my face, his eyes went wide, and he ordered the other Believers around to leave at once.

As soon as all the Believers had left, the leader came up to me. As he moved closer, the smell of raspberry grew stronger. The leader opened his arms in welcome.

“Heavenly Father,” he asked, “what brings you to a place like this?”

“...”

I looked into his face, speechless. It wasn’t because he was familiar.

It was because he was welcoming me.

And I had to chop this person’s head off.

The fact that I had to kill someone who had welcomed me like this made me feel uneasy. It would’ve felt better if he’d just attacked me with no reason or hesitation instead.

I was probably a god in their eyes. I wet my lips and played along with him, lowering my voice as far as I could.

“The supply of food has been pathetic lately. I’ve come to take a look at the situation myself.”

When I was done speaking, the leader...