22 – A Dangerous Journey (7)
In this world, there was a lineage with special power.
And the Grand Duchy of Ilencia was one of the families considered representative of ‘special lineage’ along with the imperial family.
In particular, Ilencia’s lineage was famous enough to be said to be better than that of the imperial family in some sense.
Jigojisun (至高至純).
The most noble and pure blood.
If the imperial family inherited the greatest blood, Ilencia received the purest blood.
In a world where gods and mana exist, pure blood is like white drawing paper.
From the perspective of mana, all humans are stained.
Because of that stain, some people find it difficult to accept divinity within their bodies, and for others, the mana flowing within their bodies is unstable.
There were often people who had special abilities due to the unique manifestation of mana.
A distortion of mana that occurs from the moment of birth.
Just as a river meanders through a mountain, the flow that exists in everyone was a stain of mana.
I was no exception to being affected by that stain.
I was born with the optimal talent to become a knight, to the extent that I was blessed with mana.
Although I have not experimented with it yet, considering the description in the novel, the ability to accept divine power is probably not lacking.
However, magic could not be used even after death.
The compatibility was so bad that it could be said to be ruinous.
Although the theoretical part was not difficult compared to modern mathematics, even simple luminous magic could not be used.
Ilencia’s bloodline had no such stains at all.
Pure white drawing paper without any color yet.
The moment one color was added, the paper called Ilencia turned into a beautiful, clear colored paper.
If Therion had grown up properly, he would have become a swordsman with a very pure and dense aura.
If Sirien had taken the path of a wizard, she would have been able to control all elements.
At Reheim Castle, Sirien learned theology.
Although she did not officially visit the church to be baptized.
There was a reason for her that Sirien had not yet decided for her to enter the church, but another factor was that if she made a mistake, she might immediately become a saint candidate.
The key to a priest’s power is how well he or she can accept divine power. Ilencia’s lineage and compatibility were good.
In fact, if Ilencia’s immediate descendant was formally baptized, she was guaranteed a position at least at the bishop level.
“If you look at it that way, the mana in my body right now is in its purest form.”
Ahem. Sirien puffed out her chest majestically.
The facial expression seemed somewhat smug, which caused a mischievous joke.
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She had a hard time resisting honey chestnuts.
“Healing people’s wounds is ultimately the power of mana. “My body fluids contain a little mana, so doing this will help!”
“Where and from whom did you hear that?”
“Huh? “I heard it from my mom on the balcony of my room!”
The culprit who gave Sirien her strange knowledge was someone, and to her surprise, it was the Archduchess. She
I remember her as being a very strict person, but I never thought she would tell her daughter about this.
I was shocked as if all the common sense I knew was shattered.
“Have you heard anything else?”
“She said I shouldn’t do it to just anyone. I heard she’s okay with her significant other though? Razen is my precious friend. She said that as long as you do it a little bit where no one is watching, she will like anyone. How is it? Do you like Razen too?”
“Uh…… Yeah, yeah. Thanks.”
“hehehehe. If you do this, you will get better quickly. Would you like to say ‘ho~’ too?”
“No. I don’t think it’s that necessary. “Enough already.”
“Okay.”
Is this the last sincerity? Sirien’s tongue licked over her wound and moved away.
Even though I only touched it briefly, the texture of the light pink meat offal seemed to linger for a long time.
It was soft and soft.
It was difficult to see Sirien’s smiling face. Her face was all hot.
She said as she got up and pretended like nothing had happened.
“We’ve had enough rest, let’s start again.”
* * *
As the journey continued, one thought lingered in her head.
It seemed like we were heading deep into the forest.
No. It wasn’t a matter of where I was heading, it seemed like I was already in pretty deep.
And we felt firsthand that the deeper this forest was, the more dangerous it was.
Suddenly, all the trees around me became taller and thicker.
I couldn’t even imagine how long the old tree had been alive.
My neck hurt when I tried to see the top of the tree.
To make matters worse, fog has started to form.
The more I moved, the more frequently I encountered threats.
A pack of huge wolves that I encountered on the first day when I was on guard duty, and a self-destructive monster that I had once encountered and fought.
Wild beasts and monsters of enormous size that had never been heard of before also often appeared.
I couldn’t fight them all.
If that happens, there will be nothing left of my body. Even now, I am still full of hurt.
Although he did not hesitate in the inevitable battle, he tried to avoid it at all costs.
I don’t know if I should call this fortunate, but the larger ones tended to be less aggressive.
Do we only hunt when necessary?
Because of its large size, it was possible to find it first and hide it.
Most of the fights were between guys like us who could keep an eye out for small prey.
But just one thing.
There was an exception.
A forest covered in thick fog.
Kuung. Cooung. A dull sound shook the ground like an earthquake.
The branches of the old tree broke with a sharp scream. The branches that fell to the ground were crushed by the strong force.
“Razen… ….”
“Shh. It will be fine.”
Sirien and I held our breath at the same time.
Sirien was so scared that he put him in her arms and covered her mouth as if covering her mouth.
I didn’t use much force to stop it. Just enough to know that I am protecting you. Even if it was just this much, Sirien wouldn’t scream.
We hid between rocks and trees and looked up.
What I could see with my eyes clearly had the shape of a human.
In the white fog, something like a black shadow was walking slowly.
Judging by its appearance, it does not have a bloated upper body or sharp claws like the last monster.
Blood vessels were visible throughout the skin, making it look red, but it seemed to resemble a human.
However, the figure was too large. I couldn’t guess how tall he was.
Even as a rough estimate, it seemed to be over 10m.
I conveyed her intentions with Sirien’s fingers, as if writing her letters on the palm of her hand.
Slowly and clearly so as not to be misrepresented.
Sirien also paid attention and listened to me.
– Your eyesight looks bad.
Just now, several birds flew near the giant.
Even though the giant could have seen it, he did not react.
– The problem is hearing. You have to be careful with your sound.
Yes. The problem was that the giant’s ears were quite bright.
I could tell because my head turned back and forth at the slightest sound of wind.
At that moment, there was a wild animal wandering nearby, seemingly nervous. He looked like a bear.
Like me, he seemed to have spotted the giant first and tried to retreat, but he was not careful.
Kwasik! There was a sound of something breaking beneath the beast’s feet.
I couldn’t tell what the sound was coming from.
What was clear was that the giant reacted to the sound and appeared very aggressive.
– Kaaa!
Boom! Thud!
The giant ran straight to the beast that made the noise.
The speed was fast compared to the dull movements. Since his body itself was large, the distance quickly narrowed just by walking forward.
The giant immediately grabbed the entire body of the beast in his hands.
After that, there was no need to show it to Sirien.
It was not good to see living creatures being chewed up and eaten.
We had to hold our breath for a long time until the giant completely disappeared from sight.
Because of the thick fog, I couldn’t trust my naked eyes, so I waited longer.
When I decided to start again.
Neither of us had a good expression.
“Are there more things like that in this forest?”
“You’ll have to go to find out.”
“I don’t want to see you again… …. “I want to get out of this forest quickly.”
“Yes. “I can’t fight a monster like that.”
Sirien’s reaction was cold.
It seemed as if he was saying something obvious.
“If you could fight, would you fight?”
“There’s nothing you can do if you get caught. “In that case, you should at least run away.”
“Don’t say that again. “I’m going to be angry.”
“Then what should we do?”
“We should run away together.”
Since you can’t do that, you’re saying you’re going to take up the sword.
I thought there was no need to argue about something that didn’t even happen, so I just nodded.
Sirien then raised the corners of her mouth as if satisfied.
“Ah, it’s starting to heal again. It smells like incense. “Do you really not feel Rajen?”
“I don’t know. I don’t think my nose is bad. “Aren’t you mistaken?”
“That’s strange. “It seems like it’s getting darker.”
“Is it very uncomfortable?”
“It’s not like that. “It’s the smell I smelled when I went to the family graveyard.”
Come to think of it, when Sirien first entered this forest, she said she sometimes smelled incense.
I’ve never smelled that scent before, and it’s something to be burned only at funerals, so it’s just not suitable for a forest like this.
Well, Sirien’s senses are more sensitive than mine, so maybe she smelled some kind of plant?
The incense at a funeral ultimately comes from a certain plant.
Even though we kept tilting our heads, we kept moving forward.
And the next day. The border has been reached.