Diary of Guarding Monster Girls

"...Tch."

Herbert looked at the fallen angel who was showing goodwill towards him, and his mouth twitched slightly.

Damn it.

Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, don't be afraid... Can you stop saying that!!?

I wasn't afraid to begin with, but you keep emphasizing it, always making me feel a bit uneasy!

And what's with what you just said?

What do you mean by "you've always wanted to see me"?

Are we that familiar with each other?

Don't make such heavy statements, alright?

Herbert furrowed his brow slightly, looked at the fallen angel, and asked back, "You said you've always wanted to meet me?"

The fallen angel nodded but did not approach actively, even slightly lowered her altitude.

"I have always looked forward to communicating with you again."

"The last time we met, you couldn't sense my presence and could only hear my words conveyed by that gentleman."

At this point, she shook her head with slight regret and said softly:

"But seeing you now, I'm afraid you have forgotten those words."

"So, let's reintroduce myself."

"The name I once had has been abandoned. Now, you may call me..."

Before the angel could say the name, Herbert, who had been silent for a while, spoke first.

"Luhier?"

Herbert squinted, unsure, and said, "Your name is... Luhier, right, that's correct."

Oh?

This time the fallen angel was genuinely surprised.

"You still remember my name."

"Hmm... Initially, I had forgotten, but after returning here, I vaguely remembered."

Herbert lifted his right hand and lightly tapped his head, shook it forcefully as a memory long sealed suddenly awoke.

This indeed wasn't their first meeting; when the Archbishop brought him to tour the alien race's prison, they had met once.

It's just that, as Luhier mentioned, he was completely unaware of her presence at the time and ended up protectively forgetting that memory afterward.

"When I came to see again, you were not what you are now, but rather..."

He turned to look at the large eyeball remnant beside the sanctuary, raising an eyebrow.

Suddenly, he became aware of something amiss.

Wait a minute.

Was that eyeball so small before?

The eyeball, vast and giant in his memories, didn't seem as exaggeratedly large compared to the fallen angel in front of him now.

Did the eyeball shrink?

Or...

At this moment, Herbert realized what mistake he made.

In the Aurora Sanctuary, where only light existed, the sense of distance wasn't so easily distinguished between the two.

He thought he was already standing in front of the fallen angel, but in reality, they were still separated by a considerable distance.

Luhier was indeed a beautiful angel.

But...

Seems a bit too large.

The opponent's height alone was about five meters, coupled with three pairs of wings, making her appear immensely larger.

Herbert couldn't help but blink repeatedly and clicked his tongue.

So big!

Are you a proper angel?

Where did you come from?

Holy Terra?

So big, and four hands too...

Miss Lanny, is that you?

Wait, four hands?

Whoa.

I hit Sukuna!!?

Not good.

I'm still with white hair!

Something's wrong.

I've turned into Gojo Satoru!

Heaven and earth...

Don't ask why I only say half of this phrase?

This mystery must not be spoken.

"Um, can you shrink a little?"

Your size gives me quite the pressure.

"Naturally, I can."

Luhier did not refuse, her body began to shrink immediately.

But even after shrinking several times, her height was still around one meter ninety.

She was taller than Herbert himself, and floating in mid-air, she was a full head taller.

"...Can you be a little bit smaller?"

Luhier shook her head regrettably, floated to Herbert's front, and looked down at him, saying: "I'm afraid that's not possible, this is already the limit this body can achieve."

Herbert retreated a step back, slightly raised his eyes, and asked Nenasha in his heart:

"Is she lying to me?"

["Hmm...if I had to say, not really, she can definitely shrink more, but there would indeed be some problems."]

"Alright then."

Although somewhat reluctantly accepting Luhier's reason, Herbert still felt the other party surely has the intention of wanting to overshadow him on purpose.

Purposely wanting to be a head taller, right?

Fine, wait for future occasions.

While thinking of these, Herbert recalled the conversations with the Archbishop here previously.

[Betrayal Sword Feather], [Fallen Holy Seal], [Eye of Profanity]—Luhier

This is a fallen great angel.

In the past world's mythology, there are many reasons for the fall of angels.

Some due to overconfidence in their power, leading angels and divine spirits into battle, eventually losing and falling.

Others out of disobedience, unwillingness to follow the divine spirit's directions, collectively rebelled and subsequently fell due to failure.

In some stories, the fall is attributed to developing desires and falling in love with someone they shouldn't have, incurring the wrath of the gods, and being forced to fall.

And no matter the story, a role cannot be overlooked in these falls.

Gods.

Angels are the creations of gods, everything about them is granted by the gods.

Actually, it's not just the gods from the Justice Faction that create angels; some gods from the Evil Faction also create angel-like messengers.

Angels are messengers of the gods.

Their sharp blades, their eyes and mouth.

Monitoring the world, conveying will, and eliminating dissent.

Luhier, too, was created by a god and fought for Him.

However, in this story, the god who once created her is somewhat special.

The Sun God!

As the embodiment of the sun, one of the oldest ancient gods in this world, the Sun God, with high-tier divine power, is immensely strong.

It's no exaggeration to say that in terms of sheer divine power, the Sun God ranks in the top three... at least!

This isn't an exaggerated praise from the believers, but a result forged in the god wars from ancient times to the Era of Faith.

In recorded documents alone, the number of evil gods fallen at His hand exceeds what one hand can count!

And secretly, who knows how many divine spirits perished because of Him... this remains unknown.

The Sun God once was a main god in the Natural Pantheon but became independent before the start of the Era of Faith.

Though none among the faithful dared to trouble Him, He actively sought change during that upheaval, forming His own pantheon.

It was also then that the Sun God shifted from a neutral faction to the Justice side, becoming a faith upon which many Paladins rely.

As the current leader of the Justice Faction, He's the faith for the majority of cultivators in the Mist Monastery.

Not just the Mist Monastery, in fact.

In this world, many Paladins hold the Sun God as their primary worshipped deity.

They pride themselves on becoming a Sun Paladin and receive the blessing to endow their weapons with the Sun Flame from the Sun God.