The hero embraced the lifeless girl and wept for a long time.

"If only I had done a little better... If only I had finished off that snake for sure..."

The hero kept blaming himself endlessly. How pitiful. But who could have known? That the snake that fled while the hero was fighting the wyvern would attack this village.

If I had known... If I had finished it off, would this village have been safe? Yes, it would have been safe. If that snake had died, it would have been safe.

"Oh, God..."

The hero began to seek the divine.

"Oh Goddess of Life, who entrusted me with the weighty duty of a hero..."

The hero began to seek me.

"Please... Help me..."

The hero spoke in a weak voice.

"If this is the sin of neglecting the responsibility you have given me, I will gladly accept it."

The hero sobbed.

"But shouldn't that sin be directed only at me...? This girl has no sin at all, does she?"

The hero began to cry like a child.

"So please... Save this girl... Don't you rule over all life? Please, please, I beg you. I won't run away from my role anymore..."

I let out a small sigh.

"Alright."

"Sister...?"

I had suddenly appeared in front of the hero.

"I won't ask where you've been running off to. You must have had your own worries too."

It was a lie. I had been watching everything.

If the hero had not taken on this duty, I wonder how this child would have lived.

I had been watching her living among the people in this small village.

It didn't look too bad.

"Sis-sister..."

"There, there, you foolish thing."

The hero clung to me, crying like a child. No, even more childish than when he was a child.

Did he regress or something?

"Sister... Please help me..."

"Alright, I know. I've heard everything."

I examined the girl nestled in the hero's embrace.

Her arm was broken, her ankle was twisted, and her shoulder was rotting with the snake's venom.

I began to touch the girl's body in various places.

I realigned the broken bone, returned the twisted ankle to its proper position, and placed my hand over the blackened wound, which disappeared in an instant.

"Eh, eh..."

"I haven't revived her yet. I've only cleaned her body. Let's go find the others first."

"The others...?"

"Given the state this girl is in, shouldn't we look for the others as well? Or is reviving her alone enough?"

The hero seemed quite embarrassed, his face reddening.

"Alright, hand that child to me and go draw your sword."

I pointed my finger at the giant snake with its head pierced, and the hero, slightly flustered, handed the girl to me and went to retrieve the sword from the snake's corpse.

Really, when will he start acting properly? Tsk tsk.

I clicked my tongue briefly, watching the hero's back, and looked at the girl I had been handed.

Her body was clean, without a single wound, but her soul had already departed.

If I hadn't created the afterlife... Her soul would have already scattered, with no way to retrieve it.

But now it's different.

The Afterlife where the dead go. There are 7 layers, each taking 7 days to pass through... If it's within 49 days of death, they can be revived.

So first, let's go find the others as well.

Since I'm reviving them, I might as well do it all at once, so it won't be a hassle for those children.

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"But can you really revive them?"

"Don't you trust my words?"

"But..."

I hit the hero's head with a loud thud and said,

"You were crying and praying so desperately, so I rushed here in a hurry! Am I really not trustworthy enough?"

"But reviving the dead... It just doesn't make sense. How can you revive the dead?"

"It's laughable that the one who was wailing and begging me to revive them is now saying such things."

At my words, the hero closed his mouth like a mute who had swallowed honey, unable to say anything further.

"Let's see. Looks like this is the last one."

After dragging the large man's body and gathering all the bodies together, I examined the corpses.

It seemed that all the villagers of the small town had lost their lives to the giant snake.

The girl must have been the last one sacrificed by the snake.

Or perhaps the villagers had tried to lure the snake for the sake of the girl, but failed.

"Place that girl next to them as well."

"Yes, understood."

The bodies were in a mess. There was not a single intact corpse, and some had been scattered into mere pieces of flesh, with only a hand remaining.

Seeing such bodies, the hero's expression also became gloomy.

It must be heartbreaking to see the villagers he had lived with for a short time in such a state. He must have started blaming himself again.

"It's not your fault."

"But..."

"Even if I say it's not, you won't believe me. Anyway, let's begin."

I started to gradually spread my life force around.

The bodies of the fallen gradually regenerated, and the scattered flesh and blood gathered to return to human form.

Even the half-melted bodies that must have been inside the snake's stomach began to regenerate. Hmm... It's not a very pleasant sight.

But well, there's no help for it. It's necessary to fully restore the bodies.

As I spread my life force, the bodies regenerated, and even plants grew from the bare ground.

After a while, the complete bodies of the villagers lay in the lush grass.

"Is it over?"

"No, the real part is just beginning."

Even if I return their souls, if there are no bodies, they cannot be revived.

Anyway, the bodies for the souls to return to are now complete, so it's time to bring back the souls.

"I, the one who represents the great name of Life, speak."

I recite some words that sound like a spell, since there are eyes watching.

"There are pitiful souls here awaiting resurrection."

[Thanatos?]

[Yes, Creator Dragon God.]

[Will you restore their souls?]

"Birth and death that exist under the name of Life, negate their fate."

[Huh? Suddenly?]

[I ask you.]

[But...]

"Let their hearts to beat again, their blood to flow again, and their breath to return."

[Ugh... Understood. Since the Creator Dragon God requests it, I have no choice.]

[Thank you.]

[It's only because the Creator Dragon God directly requested it. And these are recently deceased, so their souls are not difficult to find.]

"You shall be revived."

Following my words, the unseen figures of the Grim Reapers could be seen briefly returning the souls of the villagers.

Good, it seems all the villagers' souls have returned.

As a finishing touch, I raised my right hand and said,

"Resurrection!"

At the same time, the villagers' hearts started beating again. With their bodies intact and their souls returned, there should be no problem with them reviving.

Their hearts beat, breath returns. It will take time for them to regain consciousness, but it won't take long.

"Did... Did we really... come back to life...?"

The hero was greatly surprised to see the girl's body start breathing. Hmm, did he not believe my words?

Well, that's understandable.

Anyway, that was the first time the resurrection magic (not really magic) revealed itself.

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Resurrection Magic. The Miracle of Resurrection.

This magic, known as the most famous miracle of the Church of Life, makes everyone admire, envy, and cannot disregard the Church of Life.

In the distant past, this magic was first used at the request of a nameless hero, and unlike other magic, it is called a magic that does not consume mana.

While it is necessary to regenerate the body, this is just a process of consuming life force, not mana.

By borrowing the name of [the Mother of All Life], this magic revives the souls of the dead and brings them back to life.

Compared to the magic of any school, this is a heterogeneous and fanciful magic.

In a way, it can be called a miracle that manifests by borrowing the name of [the Mother of All Life].

The most famous users of this resurrection magic are the Dragon's Priestesses, the saints of the Church of Life, and a few high priests of the Church of Life who have been chosen by the Mother of Life.

Of course, such high priests are as rare as one in a hundred years, and in the case of the Dragon's Priestesses, they appear only when the world is in crisis... Resurrection magic is a rare magic that cannot even be witnessed in ordinary times.

However... Can this magic really be called magic?

Can a magic that does not use even a bit of mana be called magic?

Wouldn't it be more appropriate to call it a miracle?

- Resurrection Magic. Is it magic? Or is it a miracle?

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T/N: This novel keeps getting better, isn't it?