Chapter 91 – My eyes are more accurate than Abel’s poor eyes♡
Chapter 89
The paladin led us not to the battlefield, but to a different place.
“Where are you going?”
“Right now, the knight commander and other officers are gathered in the conference room.”
“Uh, is that so?”
So you’re saying you’re going to include me in the meeting of the Holy Knights? My treatment has improved quite a bit.
“Vice-captain, we have brought the hero!”
“Oh, come.”
A man in front of the conference room, wearing armor and a cloak that was slightly more colorful than the paladin who had come to pick us up, put his hand on his chest and bowed his head.
“My name is Dante Pontus, the vice-captain of the Solaria Holy Knights. It’s an honor to meet you, warrior.”
“It is an honor to meet you, vice-captain. Can I go right inside?”
“Yes, go right in.”
The vice-captain, Dante, opened the tightly closed door without hesitation. There was a large round table in the conference room.
At the center of the white round table, the sun symbolizing Solaria was decorated with a sculpture, and along the round corners of the round table, paladins in white armor were sitting around.
And at the top seat was a man I had seen before. A face he had seen before. A handsome middle-aged man with short gray hair. It was Elwin, the leader of the Solaria Holy Knights.
They opened the door and showed me, their eyes pouring out.
Aww, feel burdened.
“Welcome, warrior. I was waiting. Please have a seat.”
“Here?”
The seat Captain Elwyn pointed out was the seat right across from him. I nodded and sat down, and Estelle and Celine naturally stood behind me.
Is there any more place to sit?
“Captain.”
“Why is that?”
“Can you bring more chairs?”
After hearing my question, the faces of the Paladins, including Captain Elwin, hardened.
…Did I say something wrong?
“…Only paladins selected by His Holiness can sit at this round table. That would be impossible even for a saintess.”
“Hmm? Then why would I…”
“You are the hero chosen by the holy sword created by the Goddess. The reason why the seat was empty is because it is a blessed seat for beings chosen by the goddess.”
…What a strange custom. Then wouldn’t Estelle be able to sit down too?
First of all, I noticed that I was sorry for Estelle and Celine. Then Estelle smiled and she whispered to me.
“We’re fine, so stop looking ahead, Abel♡ It’s cute that you look a bit stupid right now, but if you act too stupid, you might be ignored by the paladin?”
I nodded and looked ahead. Captain Elwyn started the meeting as if I thought I was ready.
“Then, since the hero has arrived, we will start the round table conference right away. Everyone knows the agenda, but it’s a way to deal with the large group of monsters descending from the Glacier Mountains in the north of the Apollo Kingdom.”
A paladin sitting at a round table raised his hand. He was a large man with a little indigo hair that was tied back in a ponytail. He looks like a big bear.
“Yes, Sir Dale.”
“Shouldn’t we intercept it as soon as we leave the mountain?”
“The problem is that if that happens, harm may come to the nearby village. There are quite a few villages close to the mountains.”
“However, it would be impossible to intercept the monsters in the rugged mountain. Wouldn’t the damage on our side be enormous? If you perform an operation in the mountains, there is a risk of failure if you do it wrong.”
“Um…”
That’s right. Apparently, monsters are more unaffected by the topography of the mountain than humans. In addition, since the view is blocked by the bushes, fighting in the mountains is the worst choice.
That must have been a fact known to everyone here. The problem seems to be the damage to the private house.
These are all paladins, faithful followers of the cult of Solaria. From their point of view, since most of the people of the Apollo Kingdom were followers of the same cult of Solaria as they were, they seemed to be reluctant to harm their followers.
I raised my hand.
“Can I ask you something?”
“…Speak, warrior.”
“How many monsters can each person here deal with?”
First of all, before forming an opinion on a strategy, it’s important to understand your skills first. However, the paladins slightly narrowed their eyebrows at my question.
…What is this reaction?
Sir Dale, who had been expressing his opinion a moment ago, cleared his throat.
“Keuheum, it seems that the hero doesn’t know much about the Round Table.”
“This table?”
“This is the relic of Goddess Solaria. It is a holy relic that he himself descended and gave to the first commander of the Holy Knights.”
“Ohhh…”
The goddess descends. I want to meet you once.
“Those of us who can take our seats at the relic are by far the best members of the Solarian Order.”
“Ohhh.”
…So how far can you hold it? Why don’t you say that
“…So how far can you deal with it?”
“Tsk, you don’t seem to understand.”
f*ck, how can you understand just by listening to that? And the reaction towards me from a while ago is subtle. Why are you doing this?
“All 7 Paladins can defeat high level monsters.”
“Oh, really?”
That’s pretty cool. High-level monsters without blessings, are they the knights personally selected by the Pope?
“Are you like a troll?”
“Of course, such a miscreant is easy. You can also catch a wyvern.”
“Yes?”
So each and every paladin here is as strong as Elfriede? Does that make sense?
…No, that doesn’t make sense. If that’s the case, there’s no need for a hero in this world. The paladins here just need to be warriors.
I asked Sir Dale one thing.
“That level of skill without blessings?”
“…What are you talking about? We are paladins. Bless yourself and fight.”
“…Uh.”
Then, if you can catch a wyvern after receiving a blessing… If you don’t have a blessing, is your skill capable of catching a mid-level monster?
Yes, this is correct. This is why the existence of a hero is called here and there.
“Then, is there anyone here who can single-handedly defeat high-risk monsters?”
“Singlely… The captain and vice-captain can subdue up to Gorgon-level monsters. However, the high-risk monsters that appeared this time are at least Leviathan-class monsters…”
“…Then you mean you want to ask me to subdue those monsters?”
“Yes.”
“But the reactions you show me from earlier are a bit like that.”
It should be said that he is a little tick-tick, but his eyes are a bit mysterious. It’s not that I’m in check, but I’m vigilant. I didn’t do anything to them.
When I pointed it out, Sir Dale shut his mouth. Then, a man with red hair cut short next to him raised his voice.
“Didn’t the hero commit rudeness first!”
“Yes?”
…What did I do wrong? Have you ever done something against the common etiquette of the cult of Solaria? I’m not sure, so it could have been.
“Well, I don’t know, but if I did something wrong, please tell me…”
“Why are you pretending! Didn’t the hero touch our saintess!?”
“…Eh.”
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Abel looked at her red-haired knight, Yugrid, with her dazed eyes. Yugrid still raised his voice.
“Saints of the Church of Solaria must always be chaste. By the way…By the way! Didn’t the hero covet the lips of the saint in front of other believers, priests, and priests!?”
“…Ah.”
On the way to Katarina yesterday, Abel remembered kissing Estelle. She could not have imagined that the reason why the Paladins reacted strangely was because of that Abel.
Meanwhile, Estelle widened her eyes at U Grid’s story, then lowered her head. She was blushing all the way to her ears. Seeing that, Celine laughed quietly beside her.
“No matter how brave you are, how can we treat you properly!?”
“…Sir Yugrid, stop it.”
Elwin stopped him, but Yugrid didn’t stop.
“I don’t know what kind of sugar coating they used to seduce our saintess, but we, the Holy Knights, always act for the church, for the saintess, and for the sake of His Holiness! If the hero did something bad to our saintess…”
Elwin shook her head as she saw U-Grid talking like a cry from an avid fan criticizing an idol and the other person who was rumored to be dating.
However, other paladins agreed with his angry voice, so they did not actively stop him.
“Stop, stop! Please stop it!”
In the end, Estelle couldn’t stand it and exploded. Estelle’s white cheeks turned bright red and glared at Yugrid.
“…Saint?”
“Sir Yugrid, are you saying that to shame me!?”
“Oh, how dare I treat the saintess… I just criticized the hero for her bad behavior towards the saintess.”
“That’s right!! What did you do that bad thing…Ugh!!! Sir Eugrid, if you say one more word, I will report to His Holiness that you have shamed the saintess of the Order!”
“Yes!?”
Ugrid put on a sad expression. But Estelle just quickly turned his head away.
Abel laughed at her cute reaction and said to Yugrid.
“I knew why the gyeongs did that. But I swear to the goddess that I didn’t touch it first.”
“…Are you telling us to believe that?”
“Really. Anything I touched Estelle was what Estelle wanted first…!?”
Estel hurriedly covered Abel’s mouth. As her delicate hand cupped her lips, Abel only rolled her eyes and looked up at her. Estelle grinned as her face turned red.
“Ahahahaha, I don’t know what the hero is talking about~♡”
“…Keuheum, let’s stop the small talk for now. There are other urgent matters.”
When Elwin said that, the paladins, including Yugrid, nodded. Estelle finally let go of Abel’s mouth.
“That’s why, warrior, we want to properly know your strength. I heard that you subdued an Amon-class monster, but isn’t this the result of the three warriors united? So, I wonder how far the hero can deal with him alone.”
“I once subdued a Leviathan-level monster alone in the Glacier Mountains.”
Estelle looked at Abel, blinking her eyes as if a little surprised. Abel met Estelle’s eyes and said.
“I caught it with Celine’s blessing. Although Celine helped her a lot.”
“…Hmm, what is it? Hero Heocheop did quite well, right?”
If she subjugated a Leviathan-class monster with Celine’s blessing, when Estelle gave her own blessing…
“There is no need to worry.”
“What do you mean, saintess?”
“Abel…You just need to catch both objects. Paladins should deal with the other monsters.”
At Estelle’s assertion, her paladins looked at her with slightly surprised eyes. And in that gaze, Abel’s gaze was also mixed. At that stupid gaze, Estelle smiled and said,
“Let’s go.”
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With the Holy Knights of the Church of Solaria, I headed for the northern border of the Apollo Kingdom. It’s where Celine and I came back from being rescued from the Glacier Mountains, and we’re back in three days.
A soldier guarding the border spotted us and approached us. He asked, saluting.
“Are you from Solaria?”
“Yes. I am Elwynn Roberg, the leader of the Order of the Holy Knights of the Church of Solaria. Where is the commander here?”
As Captain Elwin spoke as a representative, the soldier pointed to a barracks and said.
“The garrison commander is over there. By the way, I heard that the hero is coming along too…”
“Here I am.”
As I stretched out my hand, the soldier said with a bright expression on his face.
“As expected, the hero came too! Wait a moment, I’ll call the garrison commander!”
The soldier saluted again and ran away in a hurry. And after a while, he showed up with the chief of the border guard.
“Captain, this is the warrior Abel. The person here is the leader of the Solaria Holy Knights.”
“Thank you both for coming to help us. My name is Rohan, who is in charge of defending the northern border.”
I asked Captain Rohan.
“How far have the monsters come?”
“Currently, we have reached the nearest mountain from the Glacier Mountains to the border. One more step and you will encounter this place.”
“…Well, except for the two high-risk monsters, have you figured out what kind of monsters are there?”
“It wasn’t fully identified, but an ice troll was spotted by a skirmisher in the middle.”
An ice troll?
Looking at the Encyclopedia of Monsters, she succinctly explained information about Ice Trolls.
“A mutant species of troll that lives in cold regions like the Glacier Mountains. They are larger than normal trolls and have special abilities. Of course, they are a bit stronger than trolls.”
So it’s a high-level monster. Didn’t I say that having a high-ranking monster under your command isn’t like Leviathan?
“At least one of the two must be a Barbatos class.”
“I guess so.”
I could feel the paladins getting very nervous at the word Barbatos class.
What are you so afraid of? After all, the final weapon, the saintess, is here. When I looked at Estelle with trustworthy eyes, she tilted her head slightly.
“Abel, won’t I help you this time?”
“Yes?”
You won’t help?
“Abel fights himself and overcomes it. You should be able to do enough. Of course, I will give you my blessing.”
…You really meant me to catch them both? Of course, I thought Estelle would take care of one.
“…Can I?”
To be honest, I’m a bit unsure of the two high-risk monsters.
“…Abel.”
I felt a soft touch in my hand. Estelle had gently grabbed her hand. She lifted my hand and kissed her lips.
Then, a mighty divine power dwelled in her body, and vitality surged from her body.
“If you don’t believe in yourself, trust me. Because my eyes are more accurate than Abel’s poor eyes♡”
“…You mean I can do it?”
“Sure.”
I took one look at Celine. She nodded her head in sympathy, as if Celine and Estelle thought similarly.
…I can’t help but feel confident.
I drew the holy sword.
“I’ll try.”
“Yes~♡”