136 – People change.
“By the way, where are you going to get the divine power?”
Rirke looks at me with a dissatisfied expression.
Well, you may ask why I go the hard way while leaving the easy way, but I can’t help it because I’m a bit obsessed with others.
“And there is a way.”
Considering that Prin’s divine power did not have Neiros’ divine power like mine, it is highly likely that the erosion was literally a problem with my body. Even if it’s not a body problem, it’s the same thing if it’s a system problem.
Anyway, if you’re a guy with the divine power of a hero like me, there’s only one in this world. I know something.
“What is it?”
“My own holy sword.”
I knew it well enough that it was a holy sword that I had handled several times in my previous life. Originally, I thought about asking Thorn, but I feel a little sorry for doing that to a guy who has been eroded once.
“It’ll take a bit of trouble to find it, but it’s not bad.”
“But I can’t help… .”
but… If you use the hero’s divine power like Prin, you don’t know, but Rirke is Rachel’s divine power, so the backlash is no joke.
If you don’t put it in lightly like last time, but take out the divine power to treat it properly, it won’t end with hemoptysis.
“Of course, I’m not sure if I can find it.”
There are about 3 weeks left until the vacation is over… If you count the return, the actual search time will be about two weeks?”
Coins were also collected in small pieces and collected about 250,000 coins, but there is plenty of time left.
“Then I have to move from today.”
“We are fine… Rirke, are you okay?”
It’s always a pity to leave with people you care about. It’s been a few days since we’ve done it, but Rirke is different.
I’m meeting again with the people I had a relationship with in the first place… Would it be okay if we broke up as soon as we got out of jail?
“I’m OK. We had a lot of conversations with everyone in the first place, and it’s not like we’re separated for the rest of our lives!”
“… right.”
I nodded my head at Rirke’s clear answer.
That’s right, if we don’t die, we can meet again somehow.
Besides, not only priests with holy power, but also people like cardinals are hard to die, so it’s unlikely that we’ll ever be separated from each other. Except for exceptions like me.
“But shouldn’t the Pope be worried? He seems to be at least lightly over 100 years old, but he might die a natural death.”
“ah! That’s definitely worrying… You said you are 142 years old this year.”
Lived so damn long, that Pope.
Didn’t you live longer than I lived while returning?
Certainly, if you lived that long, it wouldn’t be strange to have a relationship with the former hero… Because the cycle of heroes appearing is about 100 years.
“Then we will be leaving tomorrow. Come and talk to the Pope.”
“Yes!!”
Hearing my words, Rirke shouted, “Pope!!!!” and quickly ran to the place where the Pope was to be.
Are you a fun kid to look at like that?
“Though I hate Neros.”
Thinking of Neros, who ran away with Rain today as an excuse to play with the children, he cautiously entered the room and threw himself on the bed.
Anyway, if you have to live in that carriage again from tomorrow, you should get a good night’s sleep… .
smart.
“… come in.”
Okay, let’s ask you to change the night watch a bit.
With a sigh, I woke up from sleep, and when I got up from the bed, the door opened with a grating sound.
“Xenovia?”
“Excuse me for being late at night.”
Entering the room, Xenovia entered the room with a slightly more determined expression than usual, closed the door, came straight in front of me, and naturally knelt down.
“… I have something to say.”
“No, did you really make up with Prin?”
Since last time, Prin and Xenovia aren’t a combination, but it feels like the two of them come to visit together or in a row.
Two people who didn’t even talk well in their previous lives, so why did they become so close?
“… I’m really sorry, but I overheard your conversation with Prin and came here to clarify a little.”
“What are you going to explain yourself to?”
I want to say something new.
Personally, I think I know quite a bit about Xenovia, except for what she did after her death.
“I have no intention of explaining myself, but… I came to tell you in case there is any misunderstanding about Prin.”
“For Prin?”
Suddenly, she wanted to say something, but Xenovia lowered her head and opened her mouth at the same time as the floor rumbled slightly.
“… Prin probably knows that her job requires her to keep her virginity.”
“Of course. It’s because I’ve lived as a saint.”
Innate ability is required to maintain divine power, but the methods of increasing the total amount of divine power or handling it skillfully are somewhat standardized.
“Yes, holy power has a little more holy power when it is kept pure.”
“So why?”
“I think you probably know that Prin did not lose her virginity in the first demon lord subjugation.”
“Of course. If the divine power had decreased, it would have been conspicuously conspicuous.”
In my first life, Prin’s divine power never diminished until I killed the demon lord. On the contrary, even though the time to pray has decreased, the amount of divine power itself has increased much more compared to when I left for the trip.
“… And when you catch the demon king again, Lian. The reason you chose to commit suicide must be because you saw us flirting with other men, right?”
When Xenovia brought up an unpleasant story, I answered yes with a frown, and then Xenovia raised her head and stared at me with sparkling eyes.
“at that time… We didn’t have a relationship.”
“What?”
What kind of bullsh*t is that all of a sudden?
After seeing the 4 people I saw then, I had a relationship that an ordinary person would have seen, and then greeted me with a flushed face.
“… At that time, it was probably Rianne who recruited that man.”
“You were recruited?”
Was there a female prostitute nearby?
“Lianne was like that. Don’t you want to see Rian jealous?”
“… what now?”
look jealous?
Since I’m listening to Xenovia, if I had heard it, I could have told them not to talk nonsense, but when the person who did it said it was Lian, it instantly became credible.
“You said Rihanna did that?”
“Yeah, I can’t believe it.”
No, if it’s what Lianne said, it’s more credible than anyone else.
Listening to Xenovia’s words doesn’t seem strange, but… Even so, I thought it was a bit strange that a saintess and a duke’s daughter would suddenly end up with an ordinary man.
No matter how much I don’t like it, Prin and Ceres mix their bodies for no reason?
“… Lianne said: I don’t think Rihanna sees us as women.”
“Ha, really.”
Because of the memory of being betrayed at that time, I have barely suppressed things that were hard to see as a human being, let alone a lover, and I heard such a story?”
“And we believed in that again.”
“So did that happen?”
“Yes, Rianne went in saying that a man would like it better if she mixed her body at least once, and that she mixed her body with one of the men nearby… The three of us didn’t mix our bodies back then.”
“How can you be sure of that?”
At my words, Xenovia put her head on the floor again and asked me for a favor.
“… Frankly, I don’t think I’m qualified to ask you to look at me. Even if it’s not this body, we shared enough affection to defile our souls, and unlike Prin, I took your breath away myself.”
Come to think of it, the only ones who were directly killed were Xenovia and Rianne,
Prine had nothing to do with my death when I was a saint.
I just pretended not to know me, following the goddamn word like a fanatic. This is enough anger, but the death in life at that time was directly committed by the Neiros Church.
You can be sure of that. Well, if Prin had said he was killing me, I’m pretty sure Prin would have come to say something to me too.
Maybe it was the sin of not believing in God, or you asked why.
But, fortunately or unfortunately, Prin never came out in the end. Even until I am executed.
“But for Prin… For Prin, who hasn’t had your blood on her body yet, there’s no room for rebirth.”
I stare at Xenovia’s earnest appeal.
If Prin came to do this, I would have tried to distance myself a little.
But Xenovia came to tell me this.
‘That’ is Xenovia.
“Why did you come to tell me this?”
Why did the jealous Xenovia come to deliver this?
No matter how much he reformed, his true nature would never disappear.
“Because I have the right to be as happy as she is.”
I looked at Xenovia with a faint smile on her face.
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Jealousy doesn’t even exist. Xenovia, whose face was full of regret and envy, looked into my eyes and appealed to me.
“I’m fine no matter what. It’s been a year since I’ve committed such karma. But if it’s Prince, if you teach him, he’ll be able to rehabilitate enough.”
That Zenobia said:
She said that she was a bad bitch anyway, and asked her to focus more on Prin than on herself.
“… I thought people never change.”
In the present Xenovia, there was no fragment of the jealous and arrogant Xenovia of the past.
Foolishness was still there, but much of the stupidity had disappeared.
“No, I didn’t change… Because I still haven’t forgotten you in my heart.”
As if it were a sin, Zenobia raised her head to hit the floor again, so I lightly held her head.
“uh?”
When Xenovia looked at me with a surprised expression, I returned the answer to what she said earlier.
“I will be honest. It’s hard to completely believe what you’re saying yet.”
The memories of that time are so vivid that I can’t forget them even if I ask them to completely forget them.
Zenobia smiled bitterly at my words, as if she couldn’t help it, then got up, brushed off the dirt from her lap, and turned around.
“Yeah, it can’t be helped. You can’t believe my words… .”
Looking at the self-helping Xenovia, I close my eyes and open my mouth.
“I’ll believe it though.”
“!!”
Xenovia looks at me in disbelief.
Yes, considering what the real Xenovia has done, you should never believe it.
But will Xenovia really do that for others?
“Because I think you are different from the past.”
At my brief words, Xenovia trembled and lowered her head lightly, saying something she hadn’t heard a few times in her previous life.
“… thank you.”
I couldn’t stop laughing when I saw Xenovia’s expression as she disappeared without saying that.
“Xenovia, who knows how to empathize with the happiness of others.”
I will probably never forget the look on Xenovia’s face as she smiles while shedding tears like a child taking an exam.
That Xenovia shed tears for others…
“There are so many new experiences in this life.”
I lay down on the bed and quietly closed my eyes.
For some reason, I felt like I could only sleep a little happier than usual tonight.
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