Innocent sinner’s foolish confession
When I came out of Wilhelmina’s barracks, the soldier waiting in front of me bowed with a stiff face and said.
“Jun. An order has been issued to cancel the afternoon outer wall mission of the mercenaries.”
“Yes, thank you.”
Hyeonjun patted him on the shoulder and passed by.
He’s not a normal priest, and the interrogator of Karios came to see Hyeon-jun himself, but he couldn’t send him to go up the outer wall.
“Do you have a place to talk to?”
Elizabeth said with a clear smile. Hyeonjun pondered for a moment, then glanced up at the sky. It’s lunchtime soon.
“Let’s eat first.”
Hyeonjun said that in a weak voice and took the lead. First of all, you need to bring utensils from the barracks.
Crowds withdrew wherever Elizabeth, dressed in a red priestly robe, passed by. Still, it wasn’t like the nobility in Scanden did not withdraw out of disgust. The soldiers greeted her with silent bows. Elizabeth also greeted them with a bright smile.
Lahansen kept his mouth shut and glanced at Hyeonjun, lost in thought. What Hyeon-jun said is more shocking than Karios’s fear of the interrogator. Are you saying you’re not going to seize even a handful of power?
“I’ll tell you later.”
“… I get it.”
Hyeonjun noticed La Hansen’s gaze and turned around and patted him on the shoulder. Lahansen looked him in the eyes for a moment, then nodded. Hyeon-joon promised that, so he will definitely tell you.
Arriving at the barracks, Hyeon-joon stopped Elizabeth for a while and went into the barracks with La Hansen. Of course, there was no way that a barrack full of boys could let Elizabeth in.
“Hey, a guest has arrived. Organize everything.”
“what? What are you doing now?”
“Then at least cover up that filthy body.”
“Oh, what is it?”
The mercenaries grumbled that Hyeon-joon kept tidying up even though there was no way he would act like he normally would if a high-ranking person came.
“Is it yet?”
“omg!”
At that time, the mercenaries looked at Hyeon-jun, startled by Elizabeth’s voice from outside.
“You said you had a guest.”
“… The Lady of the Sword?”
“It’s the Lady of the Sword!”
The mercenaries were very excited about what someone said. Everyone is insane.
“Stop talking nonsense and get dressed quickly.”
The mercenaries dressed up in a hurry and frantically stuffed the scattered items into their bags and organized them neatly. And looked at the door with expectant eyes. Finally, the day to see the Lady of Swords is coming!
Hyeon-jun seemed to be roughly organized, and he sighed, opened the door, and let Elizabeth in. The mercenaries jumped up in excitement, then stopped.
“……ah.”
“Priest, don’t mind those idiots.”
“Huh, hello.”
When Elizabeth greeted them with a gentle smile, the mercenaries slowly changed their posture and greeted them politely.
“Hello, priest.”
Then he stepped aside and glanced at Hyeonjun. what’s up, what’s going on
“Who is the Lady of the Sword?”
“It’s nothing. You can ignore it.”
Hyeonjun smiled and said that, then took out his tableware and extra tableware. Then, she washed the thing she was going to give to Elizabeth with clean water again.
“I have it too, but…”
“It’s not there now, is it?”
probably on horseback. What do you mean, leave it to the soldiers? Elizabeth smiled softly and nodded after accepting the tableware.
“thank you.”
“What.”
Just at the right time, I heard a bell announcing that it was time to eat. Hyeon-joon winked at Gunther and led Elizabeth out of the barracks.
“… What?”
“He’s Karios’s interrogator.”
“No, I understand that… .”
At La Hansen’s answer, Gunther sighed.
“It seems that you are very kind to Jun. He also ran into the princess. … I thought I was going to die.”
“Strange things come out endlessly… How did you build a friendship with someone like that?”
“I wonder if it’s a connection in Scanden.”
“…a real big man.”
At that time, Hyeonjun opened the barracks door and entered again.
“Aren’t you eating?”
“Go, go. … What, did you get it already?”
“The soldiers got out of the way.”
Hyeon-jun and Elizabeth were already holding the stew, bread, sausage, and cheese. It was because the soldiers who saw Elizabeth were very kind and moved out of the way when they stood in line to receive food.
It wasn’t because of the fear of the Inquisitor. Because they always have one step in death, and the priest who shows the existence of God is a ray of light to them.
Even though Elizabeth had a slightly embarrassed face, she came here to express her gratitude and receive a meal.
“Eat out and go to a tavern.”
“what? I have to go to the outer wall.”
“You are not at work today. Have a drink.”
“oh.”
Everyone was excited, but they couldn’t scream because of Elizabeth, so they greeted her and left the barracks. La Hansen looked at Hyeon-joon for the last time and quietly closed the door and left.
Hyeonjun and Elizabeth quietly finished their meal without saying anything. Elizabeth seemed to want to talk with Hyun-joon, but Hyun-joon’s atmosphere was strange, so she patiently waited. Hyeon-joon washed the tableware with his magic and even tidied up before we sat down again. Elizabeth looked at Hyeon-jun with a slightly worried face before opening her mouth.
“Am I uncomfortable?”
“… No, nothing like that.”
Elizabeth made a melancholy face. Hyunjoon lied.
“…It’s not that I don’t like the priest.”
“Then why…”
Hyeon-jun looked at Elizabeth’s clear brown eyes.
“……Did you see the letter I wrote?”
“Yes, I heard the story. Is it because of that?”
She answered very casually. Hyunjoon lowered his head.
“sorry.”
“Brother, don’t do that.”
Elizabeth smiled like a girl and said. Then, he gently held Hyeon-jun’s hand on the table and released his divine power. Even so, Hyunjoon couldn’t raise his head.
“Then let’s talk.”
As Hyeon-jun continued to avoid Elizabeth’s eyes, she said in a soft voice.
“It would be better to start from the beginning. Why did you accept the temple request from Scanden?”
“… I couldn’t help it.”
“why?”
“I can’t tell you, it was just the way things were.”
“Is that all?”
“yes.”
“It is a lie.”
Hyeon-jun raised his head involuntarily and looked at Elizabeth. Elizabeth was still smiling softly.
“Do you like children?”
“… … yes.”
“Are you worried about the kids?”
“… situation… .”
“Please answer me.”
Hyeon-jun looked at Elizabeth’s hand wrapped around his, then nodded.
“… yes.”
“hehehe, when you went to rescue little Ide, you jumped into Tahman’s power. Why did you do that?”
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“… … That was something I had to do.”
“That’s a lie too. You cared for Ide especially, didn’t you?”
“… … this, this… Cowardly.”
“This is the job of the Inquisitor.”
Hyunjoon smiled bitterly. You just have to show the inside. I feel ashamed.
“Now tell me. Did you really just do it out of necessity?”
“… Things turned out that way, but I think I would have gone to save him if it hadn’t been for that.”
A bright smile appeared on Elizabeth’s face. It was to the extent that Hyunjoon could feel it even without seeing it.
“I heard that you killed Tantares. Brother Bahanus told me the details.”
“It was simply for myself.”
“What brought the adventurers together?”
Something has come. Hyunjoon closed his eyes for a moment before talking.
“Priest, I did it first out of anger, then out of my own selfish desires.”
“yes.”
“I brought out all the adventurers from the village and negotiated with their lives. I thought it was okay for all the villagers to die.”
“That’s a lie.”
“…….”
“Now, don’t waste too much time and tell me quickly.”
A gentle voice wrapped around Hyeon-jun, as if he were talking to a child. This is too petty.
“… Most of the villagers thought it was okay to die. But there were those who showed little favors, and there were also children.”
“So you decided to protect the village after all?”
“… yes.”
said Elizabeth, her voice now shaking with excitement.
“Adventurers, tell us about adventurers.”
“I needed an opportunity to kill the Gnoll of Tantares. So I pushed them into the gnoll-filled forest of Tantares.”
“Did you just use it?”
“Yes…”
“It is a lie.”
Hyunjoon let out a sigh.
“It was like that at first, but I got used to it over time.”
“Good. Good. Whoa…. Since you decided to defend the village, not a single death has occurred.”
“It just happened to happen.”
“You mean the Adventurers’ Guild?”
“…….”
Hyunjoon kept his mouth shut. Elizabeth waved his hand gently and spoke expectantly.
“Now, tell me quickly. Come on.”
“that. …I couldn’t just watch the persecuted.”
Elizabeth bit her lip in excitement. He then squeezed Hyunjoon’s hand tightly. Hyeonjun’s hands were slightly sore from the tremendous force.
“Ra, why did you spare Brother Lahansen and keep him? Didn’t you come to assassinate him?”
“I couldn’t kill a child.”
At those firm words, Elizabeth jumped to her feet. Hyunjoon blankly looked up at her.
“Great! Ahh! Hey Carios!”
Elizabeth was filled with excitement and looked for Karios.
“Fighted for children and Ide, risked to defend unrelated villagers and adventurers! And showed mercy to the child who came to kill him! Brother, raise your head! The light is shining! You are Look at the light you made!”
Hyeonjun looked at Elizabeth and then lowered his head again.
Elizabeth was anxious and kept stamping her feet.
“Brother!”
“Priest, I am not such a nice guy.”
“Hey Karios!”
Elizabeth screamed in frustration. Hyunjoon opened his mouth again.
“Everything you did for me turned out well. I killed a lot of people for that individual.”
“Yes. Tell me quickly. Who did you kill?”
Elizabeth was determined to take this opportunity to clear up Hyun-joon’s misunderstanding of her as a bad guy.
“…a person on the way out of Bimarn… .”
“Who was it?”
“Dog, gang….”
“Why did you kill him?”
“Attack to kill…”
“And what next?”
“Scan….”
“Are they the ones who kidnapped children?”
“yes….”
“And what?”
“bandit… .”
“yes. next.”
“assassination… .”
“Again?”
“Oh, another bandit…”
“yes.”
“article….”
“You came to assassinate?”
yes… .”
“also?”
“Oh, no.”
Elizabeth quickly passed over Hyeon-jun’s words. And he said it with trembling lips.
“Take this opportunity to tell me all your sins.”
“No, that’s…”
Hyunjoon rolled his eyes for a while before finally opening his mouth.
“Tongue, threats…?”
“when?”
“The guard thrust a spear at his colleague… .”
“Has it caused trouble?”
“… ah… you.”
Yeah, yeah, and, and? Elizabeth nodded violently and asked with her eyes.
Hyunjoon shook his head. … weird. I don’t think this is it?
“Are you done with that?”
“Now, for a moment… .”
The man who claimed to be a criminal himself is trying hard to bring out a crime he didn’t have, and the interrogator who should be holding the guilty is trying to prove that this stuffy and stupid guy is good.
Hyeonjun, who had been thinking deeply, carefully put what came to his mind.
“Sah, the priests, using the fact that they believe me to be good…”
“Ahhhhh! Karios!”
Elizabeth held her head and screamed. The maddening stuffiness, like having a thousand sweet potatoes shoved down your throat!
“Even though you shed blood and saved countless people, the only thing you received from the temple is the armor!”
“Justification! Justification…!”
“That is not what the temple gave me! The nobles put the blame on the brother on their own!”
“So, it’s true that you cheated…”
“That’s what we thought on our own, isn’t it actually true!”
Elizabeth held Hyeon-jun’s shoulder tightly.
“Brother! Good! Righteous!”
“No, that… . this isn’t it… ?”
“Karios! Protect me!”
Feeling frustrated as if she was going to lose her mind, Elizabeth slammed her head on the table.
Hyeonjun reflexively pushed his hand in and gently cupped her forehead.
“Something, something strange… a misunderstanding…”
“aaa!”
Elizabeth rushed at Hyeon-jun. Surprised, Hyeonjun gently accepted her. She knelt down on the table and held Hyun-joon in her arms softly, unlike a sudden movement. Hyeon-joon was flustered and waved his hands, then he caught her by the waist.
“Brother, don’t push yourself so hard.”
“No, yes…”
“You did a great job.”
Elizabeth let him go and whispered softly with gentle eyes.
“How can a mere human always be perfect? They say they are priests, but even I can’t. It was like that before.”
She had been hostile to Wilhelmina and had acted like the edge of a guillotine about to fall. Even the Inquisitor, who must keep the scale level, is living a life of shaking and stumbling as a human being.
“Brother, where is a man who is only good?
“still….”
“The most important thing is to protect yourself and not break down even if you are shaken and in pain.”
Elizabeth gently covered Hyeon-jun’s face.
“No matter what you thought or acted, you came all the way to this place without collapsing. Rather, he made a beautiful road leading to the future.”
Hyeon-joon looked up in awe as Erzebet’s deep, clear brown eyes shimmered as he felt a stinging rough hand carefully caressing his face.
“Who will blame you? Who will accuse you? Who will punish you? Jun, you are just an ordinary person, one of many people living in this world. See, no one can blame you. If anyone ever blames you, come to me anytime. Anytime. As Karios’s scales, I will prove your innocence.”
Tears ran down Elizabeth’s eyelashes and fell on Hyeon-jun’s face. Hyeon-jun stared endlessly into Elizabeth’s eyes, facing the tears that continued to pour down. why is she crying She was weeping out of pity and pity, pain and sorrow.
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Hyunjoon couldn’t understand it.