Became the Academy Romantic Phantom Thief chapter 209

209 – Exploring the Temple

The woman who mistook me for a newspaper delivery man belatedly welcomed me with a shy business smile.

“Ahahahaha… It was the first time a guest came to our study group… No, it’s been too long!”

Is this your first time? Did no one come to see me until I came?

The interior of the office looked quite old. But still, I am the first visitor.

Is this really good…?

After following her guidance and sitting on a shabby-looking sofa, a cheap teacup comes up on a dusty table.

In many ways, at first glance, it seemed that things were not going well.

“Oh, hehehe! So what did you come for?”

The question popped up after clearing my throat, wondering if it was unfamiliar even to bring up such a story.

“Ah! Before that, from self-introduction… My, my name is Dorothy.”

“Hmm. This is Crow.”

I thought about using a different pseudonym for a moment, but I decided to use my real name after concluding that it didn’t really matter since I wouldn’t be going back to Ireland anyway.

“Yes. Mr Crow. Any help from me! Or maybe… Did you come here because you are interested in the theology research group!?”

The tension is too high. It seems that he is very excited because he is a first-time visitor.

I told her the purpose of her visit so as not to misunderstand her, who was already fantasizing about her.

“I am not interested in the research society. I want to ask you something about Irish mythology.”

“Ah… That’s right…”

I feel sorry for myself because I was visibly disappointed. What kind of expectations were you expecting from someone you saw for the first time?

That was for a while, but Dorothy regained her energy and asked me with her eyes twinkling.

“Irish mythology is my specialty! What are you curious about? Cassar? The Ulster Greats? Or is it also Cú Chulainn?”

“No. I’ve heard that there’s a shattered temple here. I was wondering if you knew.”

“Uh… A shimmering temple?”

You don’t know. Just by looking at the reaction, I could tell that he had no idea.

Did I expect it for nothing? In the midst of sighing, Dorothy began to pry her eyes open as if her pride had been hurt.

“You said it was a shattered temple, right?”

“Yes.”

“The temples in Ireland are all named after gods or heroes. Like the temple of Cú Chulainn or the temple of Nuada.”

I thought about it for a moment, then shook my head.

“I don’t know the god’s name, I just heard that it’s a shattered temple in Ireland.”

Vivian never gave me her name. Instead, he just said that if you go to the temple, you can naturally learn about God.

“Then it is most likely a nickname for a particular temple, or a damaged temple whose owner is difficult to identify. Of these, it is most likely the latter. Because I memorize all the nicknames of quite a few temples.”

This person. Contrary to the dumbfounded first impression, Shinhwa seems to be sincere.

“Do you have any other information?”

“Um… Ah, it is a temple dedicated to the god of time.”

I forgot and forgot the most important information.

After hearing my story, Dorothy rubbed his chin and began to fall into deep thought.

“If it is the god of time… Not knowing at all is probably the most likely.”

“Don’t you know?”

Digda understands.

When I asked her name, which was the first time she had ever heard of it, she shouted enthusiastically.

“He is a very important god in Celtic mythology. There is even a nickname called the father of everything. There are innumerable areas of jurisdiction, such as fertility, agriculture, power, weather, time, and destiny.”

Isn’t that almost the only god?

“But the problem is that the image doesn’t match with the shattered temple. The temple of Dagda is very grand and splendid even though it was built in ancient times. And in fact, controlling time is not a major skill either.”

Even if I think about it, I don’t think it’s that god.

If he was really such a versatile god, he wouldn’t have bothered to give only the power of time to Hayangi, his follower.

“Um… Or maybe he’s not necessarily Irish mythology. Usually, as time goes by, other myths are absorbed, and this or that is mixed.”

“Is there a god of time in other myths?”

“Sure! There was Cronus in Greek mythology, Saturn in Rome, and Nanna in ancient Mesopotamia.”

There are so many gods I don’t know about. I think I’ve heard of Kronos somewhere.

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“The most likely would be Kronos or Aryanrod. Greek mythology was so influential that it spread all over Europe, and Aryan Road is the god of Welsh mythology, right next door.”

Certainly, Dorothy’s claim had some truth. Her initial distrustful impression had completely disappeared, and now he was busy nodding his head at her words.

“If it is a temple of a pagan god, the expression that it has been crushed is understandable. No matter how naturally I melted into it, I would have no choice but to be treated more poorly than the myth of the mainland.”

“Then it must be one of the two! Just tell me where it is, and I…”

At my words, she replied with a tilt of her head.

“Yes? I don’t know?”

“Yes?”

“I had never heard of a temple of two gods in Ireland.”

“·······.”

What does that mean after all of a sudden?

“So I have to find it!”

“Looking for it, no way…”

“There are a total of 72 temples in Ireland. Among them, there are 11 temples whose gods they worship are unknown. So just look around and you will find it!”

With that said, Dorothy spread her map out on the table and began to circle it in red.

A total of 11 circles were evenly scattered across Ireland.

“Haa…”

Unbeknownst to me, a sigh came out of my mouth. As you can see, it was not something that could be resolved in a short period of time.

It was obvious that no matter how fast we went, it would take more than two days.

But the biggest problem is that.

“What if I don’t have any of these?”

The possibility that other temples may exist besides the total of 72 that Dorothy knows about.

Just imagining that possibility makes her eyes wide open.

But unlike me, Dorothy couldn’t hide her excitement with joy.

“That’s even better! It means we’ve discovered a new temple we’ve never known about! It’s a first discovery!”

“·······.”

That’s good, first discovery means that after all, it was hidden and not found by anyone. How could we find something like that without any clues?

Just as her headache throbbed on her already anticipated asceticism, she belatedly opened her eyes when she noticed something strange about her words.

“Wait a minute. That we find What does that mean?”

“Uh, um. Therefore···. Lol. Can I go with you too?”

I can’t believe it, did you really mean that?

I was about to ask why the hell, but I shut her mouth. It was not difficult to realize that she, a true fan of Shinhwa, would not turn down an opportunity like this.

No, but isn’t this a bit off?

“Do you believe me?”

“Yes?”

Watching her innocently blinking her eyes as if she didn’t know anything, her complex and subtle emotions bloomed.

“We just met for the first time. We don’t know anything except their names, so what if I do something bad by following you like this?”

“A. You are not that kind of person.”

“…Isn’t it too easy to trust people? What if I approached it for that purpose in the first place?”

In spite of my question, Dorothy responded with an innocent smile.

“There are no bad people who like mythology! A story full of dreams and romance. Even a wandering explorer who sets out to find a temple forgotten by people! Big…!!”

“·······.”

That’s it. I don’t think it would work if I said more.

Anyway, it would have been a good thing for me if an expert who was more knowledgeable about Shinhwa would accompany me.

Even now, she is at a loss, but if she hadn’t met her, she wouldn’t have known anything and would have gone back without any gains after holding on to her people all three days and asking about her temple.

“Wait a minute! I will change into the expedition set prepared for a day like today!”

Why did you prepare for today? There were so many things I wanted to argue with, but I thought I would get tired if I went into it one by one, so I decided to just keep my mouth shut.

After a while, Dorothy reappeared in an explorer outfit that looked like something out of a cartoon.

You put something like that in the corner of the office. The more you know, the more amazing she is.

“Let’s go then!”

As it happened, the great adventure of finding a temple with a Shinhwa virtuoso began.

What if you realized something 10 minutes after the start of the exploration?

“Oh. Isn’t this here…?”

It is true that she led the way with her guidance and was a serious guile.