56. by necessity (2)
This man often visits Kairos Kingdom as if it were his own home.
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No matter how wide and relatively free he was as the head of the Heretic Questioner, he wondered if he was too free. I folded the letter and put it back in the envelope. I looked at the scenery of the royal capital spreading through the open window. The streets in the morning smelled of baking bread.
Marianne was quietly pouring coffee next to me. I had gotten used to living together, but I wondered if I should get her a separate house to live in. It might be uncomfortable for you to be with someone all the time.
“Are you uncomfortable staying here?”
Marianne stopped pouring coffee and looked up at me. Marianne’s rosary swayed quietly in the morning sunlight. Marianne continued to look at me with those golden eyes, then shook her head as she answered my question.
“I am not uncomfortable.”
“Is there anything else you need? It’s spacious here, but it’s not practical, so there must be a lot of things that are lacking.”
“We are providing sufficient financial support from the Holy Land separately.”
Marianne answered in a slightly more determined voice than usual. I don’t know if I’ve become more aware of subtle changes as I’ve gotten used to her, or if her personality has changed little by little over the course of her time with me, revealing more of her emotional changes. Marianne handed me a coffee cup and went across to sit down.
“There is nothing inconvenient at all.”
“… I’m glad if you really are.”
I don’t know if he’s saying that because he’s really uncomfortable, or he’s showing that attitude because he has other complaints. It seems there is still a lot to know about her. I cleared my throat to get to the main point and brought up the story.
“Would you like me to look for a house for you? As long as you belong to our party, you will have to stay in the capital.”
Marianne took my question, then looked down at the rosary hanging on her chest and slightly lowered her eyes.
“Is my being in this house a hindrance to the hero?”
… This was another tricky question. I shook my head without making any excuses.
“You’re getting a lot of help, far from being a hindrance.”
“Then there is no reason for me to leave here.”
Marianne looked me in the eyes again and replied. Marianne drank her coffee in such a neat and tidy manner. subtle atmosphere. To change the topic, I opened my mouth while fiddling with Bishop Andrew’s letter.
“By the way, why does Bishop Andre want to meet again?”
The issue of Isis leaving our party has been resolved, and there will be no other incidents. Judging by the fact that he mentioned meeting Marianne, it could be that he was trying to meet me as well while seeing her.
“maybe… .”
Marianne looked at me with a troubled expression on her face. To be precise, not looking at my face, but above my face, looking at my head. head? Head and Bishop Andrew? Facts that I had forgotten for a moment flashed through my mind.
“Ah, the crown… .”
“Yes. I think the holy relics are probably one of the reasons why the bishop comes over here.”
I sighed deeply and put the buttered bread into my mouth. The bread was crunchy and crumbled in my mouth. I chewed on the bread and thought of the broken crown. The piece of the crown, which had just become a thorny vine, was carefully placed in the wooden box it was in.
“It would be right to bring the fragments.”
At my words, Marianne nodded. I don’t know how the bishop will react. I’m not a simple person to the point of being angry at the fact that my crown was simply broken, but the crown was always lent to me, not bestowed on me.
“It is not a power in itself, but a relic with great historical value.”
You destroyed an artifact of such great historical value. I scratched my head with a confused feeling.
“You’re on business, so you’re asking me to see you, right?”
“Yes. I can’t figure out exactly what’s going on, though.”
I just vaguely thought it might be the work of the Heretic Questioner. Marianne was a paladin, but she was also a member of the Heretic Questioner. I recalled the original work after a long time and recalled the incidents related to the Cheonggyo Church one by one.
“Well, you’ll know when you meet him.”
After that, I started cleaning the dishes. Even if I thought about it right away, the answer wouldn’t come out, and Bishop Andre wouldn’t be trying to hurt me or Marianne. As I was about to put my plate in the sink and get some water, I suddenly felt Marianne’s gaze and turned around.
“why? What’s going on?”
“… it’s nothing.”
Marianne shook her head excitedly. I stared at Marianne’s silver hair, glistening in the sunlight. The late summer morning was passing by like that.
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Bishop Andre, whom I met again after a long time, had the same gentle smile I had seen before. It wasn’t hot, even though it was late summer, he was wearing a long-sleeved black priest’s uniform.
“It’s been a while, warrior.”
The bishop, who greeted me warmly, approached me and grabbed my hand. Surprised by Bishop Andre’s gripping power, which was much stronger than I thought, I took a hesitant step back.
“Congratulations on defeating the fourth plague. no,”
I was drawn to it and almost forcibly shook hands with the bishop. Between the bishop’s narrow eyes, gray eyes shone finely. It was a bit of a burdensome look.
“Thank you so much for defeating the fourth plague.”
“… You’re welcome.”
After putting my hand down, the bishop returned to his usual form before he knew it and turned his head to Marianne with his hands folded. Marianne met the bishop’s eyes and nodded slightly in greeting. The bishop greeted Marianne with a soft smile.
“Marianne, you successfully defeated the fourth plague by helping the hero. I am really proud of you.”
“It’s an overstatement.”
Bishop Andrew looked at us with a hearty smile, then nodded and started walking down the street. He seemed to know where he was going without even asking. Well, who would refuse to eat for free? After ordering the chickpea salad he had eaten the other day, the bishop lightly touched his hands and placed them on the table.
“I heard that the injuries sustained from defeating the fourth plague were considerable. Is your recovery going well?”
“It is smooth. Now I can do simple training without difficulty.”
Bishop Andrew’s narrow eyes examined me. The Bishop then let out a small sigh.
“The injuries seem serious. Looking around, I can vaguely feel the aftermath.”
“It was cheap for the price of preventing the end of the world.”
Where can I recover? I said that and laughed bitterly.
“It was cheap. That might be right.”
The dish came out. The bishop looked at his salad plate with a kind eye.
“Since the fifth catastrophe has not yet been observed, it would be better to prepare slowly this time. There are things to be done along the way… . Well, the hero will take care of it.”
“… Nope. Hear me more. I would love to hear more about the catastrophe.”
It would be good to refer to one more opinion. Bishop Andrew looked at me blankly and then began to speak in a low voice.
“Seven plagues that will bring about the end of the world. They were like arrangements made by evil spirits in the Age of Mythology. If they are defeated by the light, the Seven Plagues will awaken and do what they have not been able to do. He will go out to destroy the world.”
The bishop was rubbing the tip of his dining knife.
“With the end of the Mythical Age, the arrangements of the gods began to awaken one by one and carry out their duties. The remaining humans, along with the legacy of the mythical age, are facing disaster. In fact, the current era is an extension of the Mythical Age.”
‘Snake’, ‘Locust’, ‘Kraken’, ‘Giant’, ‘Mist’, ‘Comet’, and ‘Source’.
“Snakes, locusts, krakens, and giants, I think you know very well. From the very beginning, their identities are clearly revealed.”
The snake is a snake so huge that it can wrap itself around the world. Locusts are an army large enough to cover the sky in pitch black and eat all the grain. The Kraken is a monster that will drive humans out of the water forever. A giant is a pilgrim who will freeze the whole world and trample the frozen world flat.
“Starting with the fifth plague, ‘The Mist’, the concept of disaster shifts from life to phenomenon. That makes observation more difficult. How they move, where they are, and when they will strike can only be vaguely predicted through magic.”
They must be looking for traces by sharing data from magic towers all over the world. According to the description in the original story, Seongguk also formed a separate organization to track down the disaster, so Seongguk must be cooperating with other countries.
“Perhaps, the fifth plague may not appear in our generation, the hero’s generation. It would be a very irresponsible statement to our later generations to hope that would be the case.”
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No, not like that. I shook my head resolutely. According to the original description, in winter, when Christmas Day approaches, ‘fog’ will suddenly appear on the borders of the Holy Land.
“Catastrophe should not be taken too lightly.”
His voice was stronger than he thought. As if surprised by my tone, Bishop Andre lifted his head and looked at me.
“It is not strange when and where disasters suddenly appear. Because they don’t care about human convenience. In other words, the fog might pop up in the forest outside the royal capital right away. or,”
Bishop Andre said he knew, of course, and opened his mouth to retort, but when he saw my expression, he closed his mouth again and raised his eyebrows as if he realized something. It seemed like he was going to continue with what he was trying to say.
“… It wouldn’t be strange if it suddenly appeared on a winter’s day in the Holy Land.”
Bishop Andre hardened his expression, put down his fork and put his hands together.
“Do you know something?”
“… A little bit.”
Bishop Andrew looked at me and asked, and I looked at him as well and pursed my lips. I just thought of a good excuse to get over the situation, so I quickly held out the wooden box of the crown I had brought with me. Marianne looked at me anxiously from the side.
“[Have you come up with another strange plan?]”
Holy Sword asked with a voice as if he were about to pop some popcorn, and I nodded slightly. Meanwhile, the bishop narrowed his brows as if he didn’t know why I had suddenly thrust this in, and he was silent.
“Oh, yes. thank you Did you use the crown of thorns I borrowed? As you defeated the fourth plague, it would have been nice if the gift of the holy kingdom was helpful.”
“Yes. somehow.”
It’s not a good use. I subtly raised the corners of my mouth and looked at the wooden box. Bishop Andre watched my expression with a very suspicious look, then lowered his head with a wooden bow. The bishop’s hand holding the lid of the wooden box contained hesitation and rubbed the junction of the lid. Bishop Andrew raised his eyebrows.
“Then have you passed the crown test? What happened to you to say that… .”
jump.
The bishop froze as he opened the lid of the wooden box. In the wooden box he opened, only the shattered shell of the crown would be placed on a red cloth. The Bishop’s narrowed eyes opened wider than before, then he stared into them devastated and hardened.
“This, what the hell… what.”
I wonder if I’m embarrassed at all. Bishop Andrew stuttered and picked up the fragment of the crown. The fragments the bishop picked up shattered into three pieces, breaking the shape it was barely holding. The bishop raised his head, calling me in a voice full of embarrassment.
“Hero, what is this… peel?”
Then, Bishop Andre’s eyes widened as if he was about to pop out as he faced the instruction floating above my head.
After he finished speaking, his mouth did not close and let out a weak silence.
“Oh, my God… .”
Bishop Andrew’s voice trembled as he looked at me.
Man just turned on visual effects
Yeah. Hes usually smug and cold, but the guy was just flabbergasted.
Was that the first time the Bishop’s expression cracked? Lmao
So like, is the crown not always visible? Hmm. I’m guessing it’s like a hologram then that has visibility mode lmao.