I’m the God of Light, Yet I Run a Tavern

When Wendien was fifteen, she and her friend went to the church where the God of Light dwelled for their daily prayers. Unfortunately, they encountered invading dark creatures. Protected by the God of Light, the two of them managed to escape unharmed.

Wendien was then invited to the capital by nobles who had come to collect folk cultural materials, but she refused.

Not long afterward, strange and wonderful things began to happen. All sorts of odd people kept appearing in her town: some wretched family feud, a queen fallen on hard times, and a disastrous romance. They even destroyed the tavern she had worked so hard to build up.

Someone arrogantly "descended" before her, ordering her to go to the capital and return to the life of a noble. Wendien hadn't been very interested, but looking at the mess around her, she comforted her friend and set off for the capital alone.

The capital was nothing like the peaceful, wealthy place Wendien had imagined. There was a hypocritical, self-satisfied crown prince, arrogant nouveau riche nobles, a fallen angel with a strange and deceitful nature, and dark creatures everywhere.

The arrogance and greed of human nature, the tangled web of power, the transfer of religious authority, and the collapse of faith were enough to leave Wendien both amazed and fed up.

Wendien declared that she had no desire to come back.

Humanity had lost the favor of the God of Light. The worshippers, who had long received no answer, fell into panic and despair. They prayed endlessly, hoping for a response from the God of Light, but in the end, the invasion of dark creatures could not be avoided.

(It must have been the dark creatures who disgusted the gods and drove them away!)

Theme: Independence