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44 The Assault (1)
A rare cafe that exists near the central square of Regero.
In such a cafe, a group of warriors, including a silver-haired woman, sat opposite the Lat mercenaries led by Elesis.
“… … Can’t we think about it again?”
The woman’s mouth, who had been looking at Elesis on the other side for a moment, slowly opened.
A voice with a calm yet unfamiliar nostalgia.
Elesis’ eyes fluttered for a moment at that unknown emotion, but she shook her head.
“ I’m sorry. I don’t think we can be together now. I’m not good enough for that… … I have work to do first.”
“ If you have to do something… … .”
“ Reply. I have someone I need to prove and repay.”
In return for saving lives.
And maybe it was not just once, but twice.
“… … .”
Was it because he saw the firm will of Elesis, who immediately shut his mouth after he finished speaking?
The woman stood up without saying anything to her anymore.
“… … Okay. If you change your mind next time, feel free to come to me anytime. Your god will guide you if you put your mind to it.”
“ Yes, thank you for understanding.”
With those words, the woman who looked at the face of Elesis with her head bowed for one last time immediately turned and left the cafe.
“ It’s hard to get colleagues, right?”
“ I hope to see you again next time.”
Lane and the giant who follow such a woman.
So how much time has passed since they all left the cafe?
“ Whoa… … I really thought I was going to die of suffocation.”
Rat, who was next to him, opened his mouth, trembling with fuss.
“ Isn’t the pressure you feel natural even though it’s a joke? I don’t think they’re babbling… … Why did you turn down the offer, Ellie?”
“You idiot, they say they are the hero and his companions. If you’re like you, someone you meet for the first time introduces you like that, so will you trust me and follow me?”
“ No.”
At Lat’s words, Amber gave her a pint glass, and Elesis shook her head.
“ I believe in that.”
The moment I saw the silver-haired woman, I knew it without saying a word.
that that woman is a warrior.
There was no particular reason or reason.
A feeling close to certainty, as if hearing a voice in a dream.
Elesis knew that it meant ‘someone’, not from him, but connected with the angelic blood flowing through his body.
‘ And even the instinctive attraction I felt with him.’
If it was her original self, she would have accepted the moment the woman asked to be together.
But there was only one reason why he didn’t.
“ It’s just that there’s something I really need to do first.”
It was because of Prince Zion Agnes.
Ever since the incident of Angelosh’s estate, there has always been a debt in Elesis’ heart, and paying off that debt has taken priority above all else.
‘ Of course, I still don’t know how to pay it back… … .’
Still, it seemed that he had the qualifications that Prince Zion said to some extent, so he could go see him now.
It was a moment filled with anticipation in Elesis’ eyes at the thought of being able to see Prince Zion again.
Tickle!
The door to the cafe opened and a group of paladins entered.
“ What happened to the paladins all of a sudden?”
Amber’s muttering in her ear.
At that time, the Paladins, who had been looking around the cafe for a while, found Elesis and began to approach them at a fast pace.
“ Are you Elesis Desire?”
Soon after, one of the paladins who stopped in front of her asked with bright eyes.
“ Yes? Yes… … .”
The paladin bowed his head politely with a brighter face in response to Elesis’ answer.
“ My name is Alphonse, a third-class paladin of the Order of Light. Could you please accompany me to the denomination as a candidate for a saint for a while?”
An exalted voice came out of the paladin’s mouth.
* * *
A small lake that exists near the empire’s capital, Hubris.
In a small cafe built right next to such a lake, Shion looked out the window while holding a teacup.
shoot ah!
A stream of rain falling from the dark sky obscured by clouds, creating gentle ripples on the surface of the lake.
Shion preferred a rainy day like this to a sunny day.
Because on days like this, it seems to be easier to organize the thoughts in my head.
It would be a bonus if you added this fragrant coffee to it.
“ Okay, every time I eat, my throat feels like it’s burning, but strangely it’s okay. Why didn’t I know that something like this existed before?”
Next to Shion, Liusina drank an ade full of carbonic acid and exclaimed in admiration.
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Maybe she’s become addicted since the first time she tasted it at Konkukje in the past, and since then, she’s always ordered only carbonated drinks except for water.
Have you ever wondered about the taste of such carbonic acid?
Tit!
The Frost Spirit, who was sitting on Shion’s shoulder and watching him, came with a straw, put it in the ade cup that Liusina was drinking, and sucked the side.
After a moment of silence,
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My dear!
As if in shock, the Frost Spirit opened her eyes wide and began to rapidly flap her wings up and down.
A spirit that creaks as if he ate something he couldn’t eat.
Tit! Jaejae Jack! Jack Jack!
The spirit, who had been chirping for a while, pointed at Riusina with the tip of her wing and began to chirping as if arguing.
Do you even want to listen to the words of such a spirit?
“ Why is that my fault? I didn’t even tell him to drink, but he drank it himself. Anyway, I have to be aware of weird personalities from a long time ago.”
With a brazen face as if it had nothing to do with her, Riusina opened her mouth while sucking on Aid.
Tweet Jack!
“ What? Is my personality weirder? What does that mean?”
tweet!
“ Yeah? Can I ask you a question? host! Who is weirder in the eyes of the owner?”
Tit!
With those words, Riusina and the Frost Spirit’s heads turned to Shion at the same time as if they had made a promise.
Of course, from the point of view of Zion, it was fifty-two hundred steps.
“ If you make any more noise, I’ll let you both fight in the rain.”
“… … .”
Seeing the two of them calming down after those words, Shion raised the teacup again.
Even though the next destination, the ‘Tower of Causality’, appeared in the world, the reason why Shion was so relaxed that he visited a hidden cafe nearby was simple.
‘ Even if I go now, I can’t get in anyway.’
The creators of the greatest dungeon on earth, called the Tower of Causality, wanted as many beings as possible to enter.
Therefore, a kind of grace period was placed on the opening of the tower.
It will open naturally when the adventurers and wizards who are stuck there find out some information about the tower and that information spreads around the world.
Until then, I’d only suck my fingers, so it was better to take a little rest or make other preparations here.
‘ It won’t take long.’
In fact, in the chronicle, Zion remembered that the Tower of Causality was opened exactly one week after it appeared to the world.
‘ It would be nice if I could find the last piece of this guy before that.’
Shion thought so and looked at the frost spirit, who was still arguing silently with Riusina.
The Frost Queen’s Power Fragment was a very important item in the Tower of Causality, which will be headed this time.
Because it was the key that Zion needed to get the things he wanted.
‘ It’s hard to expect to find it on the Ouroboros side any longer.’
Since Sion has already lost three of the pieces, there will be no need to try to find the other one.
He was trying to figure out other methods, such as instructing Thierry and Eileen, but it seemed difficult to find them in a short time.
Because there was no information on the location of the pieces in the chronicles either.
Fortunately, the pieces could act as a key without having to collect them all.
‘ Although imperfect.’
Having gathered his thoughts up to that point, Shion turned his head and looked towards the Hwangseong.
If he headed to the Tower of Causality this time, he would empty the castle again, but there was no particular concern in Sion’s eyes.
Because he already had an overwhelming advantage in the race for the throne due to the leadership of the ‘World Conference’ obtained through the subjugation of disasters, and all the powers and interests that were seized and destroyed by the 3rd Prince Enoch and the 4th Prince Utekan.
If time passes without anything special like this, it will be Zion himself who rises to the throne.
Already among the nobles, stories about him were slowly flowing.
‘ Of course, before that, it would be better to arrange it perfectly so that there is no noise.’
With that thought, Shion thought of the 2nd Princess Ivelin and the 5th Princess Diena.
How to deal with these two had already been thought about for a long time.
‘ But on the Rubrios side… … .’
That was then.
Swag!
The cafe door opened with a clear bell.
And one Inyeong wearing a robe reveals itself from behind an open door.
It was normal when there were no more customers because the whole cafe was rented, but Sion’s eyes looking at the person were calm.
‘ They said that even a dragon would come.’
Because it was Zion himself who called that person here.
“ I’ll give you a cup of tea with warm milk.”
Inyeong, who was approaching Zion, took off the robe she was wearing with the horse.
What is revealed in it are golden hair like the light of the sun, and a face that is unbelievably beautiful.
It was the 1st Prince Rubrios.
* * *
“ The tea tastes very good. There must have been a place in the capital that could make this kind of milk tea.”
In the cafe where Riusina and the owner have gone out and only the two of them are left.
A soft voice came out of Lubrios’s mouth as he tilted his teacup while looking out the window where the rain was pouring.
“ Sion, do you know that milk tea originated from our Church of Light? About 300 years ago… … .”
“ Tell me why you asked me to see you. You must already know that I don’t like gossip.”
Shion opened his mouth, cutting off his words that were still non-stop even after seeing him in a long time.
The eyes of Shion and Rubrios who met each other with him.
At that moment, the first prince’s eyebrows twitched.
The moment I met Shion’s eyes, I felt overwhelmed without knowing it.
‘ I don’t think it was like this the last time I saw it… … .’
A feeling of immense pressure that could not be compared with that time was felt from Sion’s languid eyes.
It felt as if I was standing in front of the Emperor when he was alive.
What the hell happened in between?
Doubts arose within him, but Rubrios suppressed the question and brought out the main point.
“… … I’ve been to the main corps in Legero. I heard everything that happened there. You really did a great job. Once again, I want to say thank you on behalf of the denomination.”
When he first heard about him from the denomination, Lubrios was astonished.
From being designated by the light to picking out demons hiding in the church and reclaiming the seals.
Because it was all about shaking the entire church.
Therefore, I felt like a chimney to discuss each one in detail over several hours, but Rubrios said what he thought was the most important among them and the reason he came to Zion.
“ You uncovered all the demons hiding in the main shrine and cleaned them up.”
“ Right.”
“ Then maybe… … Zion, did you know that demons were hiding not only in the Church of Light, but also in the Imperial Castle?”
Once he asked a question, Rubrios was sure that Shion knew.
Only then could I explain everything that had happened so far.
No, maybe his youngest brother was already at war with them beneath the surface.
Sion, who looked at the first prince with calm eyes, opened his mouth with a calm tone.
“ So?”
“… … !”
Rubrios’ face hardened coldly at Zion’s answer.
“ Then tell me. everything you know.”
1 The prince was fully aware of this.
How serious is this now?
Perhaps the entire empire could be overthrown.
In addition, he could not tolerate the fact that blasphemous demons were dwelling in an empire that should only be filled with the divine will of light.
So for Rubrios, this was more important than anything else.
“ Yes, there is one condition.”
“ What?”
Rubrios asked with questionable eyes at Zion’s words.
That moment,
“ Give up the throne, and come under me.”
The words he said to Zion at the former emperor’s funeral.
These words came out of Zion’s mouth this time with a low voice.