I Founded a Religion.

I, having decided to build a church for Beddhism, decided to ignore various issues and begin its construction. Im basically escaping from reality.

I was thinking about making it huge, but now that Im thinking about it, I dont really have the land for that.

Well, this will be its first church, so doing it so-so should be fine? Lets treat this as a rough-draft for building a gigantic one later on.

I prepared some paper and pens and worked in my office.

First off is its appearance. When I think of churches, I picture blue roofs and white walls.

As for materials the white would be mortar? From shell limestone or something1. As for the blue wait, the heck would I even use? Rusted copper? Hmm, maybe I should just go with using paint?

I also want to have some windows that let warm sunlight though. Window glass is expensive in this world, but I should be able to make them by using [Create Golem] on potion bottles. Lets go with that.

Going with that for the outward appearance, next comes the inside.

Something that allows you to line up in prayer right, lets go with desks so you can take naps at them.

Sleep is how you pray in Beddhism, after all. Desks ability to make you feel tired is a marvel. Maybe I should go with adding partitions so you dont have to care about whos next to you?

Then, finally, the main object itll enshrine has to be a bed wait, hold on a sec. Maybe I could set up a 5 Yen coin on a string to make a pendulum? The kind of one that gets used for making people tired.

Actually, using a 5 Yen coin as our symbol might be a good idea. Kind of like how Christianity uses a cross. Its convenient.

Though now the main questions whether I should have the 5 Yen coin have a hole through the center in the symbol. That actually sounds like a good idea, people could wear them as pendants that way.

With that, the religions symbol became a 5 Yen pendulum a pendulum clock? Eh, whatever, its fine.

I made the lecture platform after that rattling on with long stories to make people tired is important.

Right, lets even make the book so hard that it makes you want to sleep. The only book I know about in this world is [Introduction to the Study of Dungeons], but maybe I could have The Dyne Company supply them all? I have more than enough money for it.

Yeah, looks great so far.

I looked over the blueprints again.

Its a classroom The only difference is that theres an object of worship instead of a blackboard.

Right, its very private school-ish. Maybe we could use it like that too yeah.

Oh, right. Should I make confessionals too? I could make those more ordinary

Just as I started writing down more general things, there was a knock at the door.

Kehma? I heard about it from Meat, but whats with you making a church?

Oh, Rokuko? Come on in.

Pardon the intrusion So, you making a church youre going to worship Haku Ane-sama too?

No, Im making a church for Beddhism.

Beddhism?

Rokuko tilted her head Come to think of it, Ive never told her about it, have I?

Ive never heard of it. Is it a religion from where youre from, Kehma?

I founded it. No, I guess itd be more accurate to say that Im about to? I just mean that its not strange for you to have never heard of it.

So thats why I didnt know it but why are you founding a religion?

I mean, the White Goddess Faith is a thing that exists and its just deifying Haku-san, so why not?

Why not?

Yep. Why not. Why not found a new religion (cult)?

What sort of doctrine will it have then?

Its a very peaceful religion thatll place safety, peace, and pleasant sleep above all else. To sleep is to pray. Its something easy you do every day, right?

Right. As long as its not sixteen hours a day or anything.

It can just be cat naps and other standard sleep, yep.

I think sixteen hours is easy enough though

Either way, I noted down that sleeping is praying as a memo.

Then, as the pice de rsistance Beddhism may be believed in as a [Subreligion].

Subreligion wait, what?

I mean you can still believe in the Light God, Dark God, Evil God, whatever. Beddhism allows that. Even if you believe in them, you can still believe in Beddhism. Thats all.

Itd be like a sub-job in game terms, something like that. Like if you were a warrior and wanted to be a monk as your sub, thatd work. Same thing if you followed The White Goddess Faith and wanted to follow Beddhism. Beddhism as someones main religion works fine too, of course.

Pray to your main god for safety, Beddhism for peace. Just think of it like that.

You sure thatll work? Ive never heard of anything like that.

Definitely. Theres gotta be a ton of people open-minded enough yeah? Right, Rokuko. You can be Believer No. 2!

Ill reserve No. 695, so do your best getting followers okay?

O-Okay.

Thats a ton guess Ill give Meat or Ichika the honor?

How should I say it you dont have one of those religious-ish stories?

Huh? Oh yeah Ill make a good one. A story that explains the importance of good sleep Oh, and mosquitoes are the enemy. Well treat them like demons.

Mosquitoes, the invisible fiends that continually let their existence be known to those trying to sleep, disturbing ones attempts to do so. Fight them back with Holy Sword Katori Senko2!

Oh right, I know what the holy sword can be. Lets go with Sleepsword Siesta being the divine sword thats able to spread the salvation of sleep. Memo, memo!

By the way, wouldnt you treat people that dont need to sleep like me as renegades?

Its fine if its just that you dont need to sleep. Rather, anyone thats able to sleep, even if they dont need to, can be a Beddhist3.

How lackadaisical.

Beds are gentle things that help anyone and everyone they do not distinguish between good and evil, they love everyone equally. Your bed is like your mother but not for mosquitoes, the bastards.

Yeah, Ill make our scripture be like that. Lets make some more memos for stuff like that!

A lack of sleep is damaging to your skill thatll appeal to women.

You cant fight without taking a rest. You much rest to fight relaxation is important for fighters.

Dont rush, dont rush, rest, rest that should attract priests.

Make sure to sleep so that your body doesnt give out thatll be good for workers.

Its hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one wait, that ones a bit off there.

Beds are everything, everything is a bed

Kehma, are you getting enough sleep? Are you alright?

Im fine, no problems here.

Now I just have to make the church and gain followers. If I get enough believes, I can just sleep whenever I want in the name of prayer whenever I want! Pay no attention to how I already do that!

If everyone else goes back to sleep after waking up, therell be nothing wrong with me doing it!

Thatll make it so that no one can say anything about me taking napsrather, thatll make it praiseworthy! Fuhahaha!

Right, I can use [If you join now, you get a mini azuki pillow4 as a present!] for the adventurers, what do you think?

Ichika would like that.

Well, theyll only last around half a year at the most, so theyd probably just end up getting eaten.

I wonder if using [Cleanup] on them would make them last longer?

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In the beginning, thre wast the wrld.

Creatures wre brn into yond wrld. Then, rest too wast given birth.

Rest is peace, tis salvation.

Evryone hast an equal right to rest.

Mre than all, what lazar rest is Bed.

Bed is loveth, Bed is life.

Bed is the manifestation of comfrt itself.

Bed distinguishes between neithr valorous nr evil, nr doest t concrn itself with belief in othr gods. T accepts all life.

Threfre, all life art Beds children.

What is Bed? Bed is the evr watchful mothr caring fr hr children.

Hast a suprir rest. A comfrtable catch but a wink. Tis Beddhisms doctrine. 5

(Excerpt from Beddhism Sutras, Chapter 1 Paragraph 1: Bed, Peace Manifest)