63 – Priest Rirke
The woman who was waiting for me in front of my dormitory had a familiar symbol on her chest.
“… What business does a follower of the goddess of vengeance have to do with me?”
A symbol of black flames burning behind crossed swords. Unlike the other two, it had negative emotions as a godhead, so there were few believers, so it was a religion that I had few friendships with in the past… What are you doing all of a sudden?
“Hero, I came because I have a request.”
“… I am not a warrior.”
“yes? But the goddess told me to hand you this because you are a hero?”
After saying that, the woman handed me a sword.
It was a very familiar sword. The symbol of flame embedded in the center of the long, straight black sword, and the same size as the holy sword, as seen in the previous dream.
“… This?”
“This is the holy sword that Rachel made for the hero!”
Was the holy sword something you could make alone?
[‘Firemeong is fun’ says that even if you try it, it will only take 2-3 times as much effort as making a brazier for firemeong.]
[‘I didn’t want to remain as a virgin goddess’ said that she talked too much and only sculpted herself and hit the goddess’ head.]
uh… If it takes about 100 years to make one brazier, does that mean that the goddess needs to invest 2-300 years to produce a holy sword?
[‘If you have knowledge and strength, you are invincible’, it’s not a simple calculation, but the total amount of divine power will be many believers, so if you spend almost all your time on making that holy sword, you can complete it in about 200 years or so. .]
It takes 200 years to make a single sword?
Even for the gods, it is hard to say that 200 years is a short period of time. I know roughly how much the gods have to do. First of all, the three goddesses probably couldn’t get out of the hell of work by now, just because the gods who were talking to me told me.
“If you are a hero, please take this and listen to me.”
“ha… .”
It doesn’t matter if you don’t take the black one.
After all, I’m no longer a warrior. The warrior’s crest has not yet appeared on the back of my hand, and even if the pattern appears, I have no intention of living as a warrior.
I’m just personally curious.
The other two goddesses didn’t come, but only the goddess of betrayal noticed me, and what that black holy sword was like.
“… Come in at once.”
“Yes, excuse me!”
Without hesitation, I sat the believer who came to my room on a chair and listened to her story.
“First, I will tell you the message the goddess gave me.”
Kuh-hum, the person in front of me, who lightly cleared his throat, suddenly changed from a high-pitched voice to that of a bewitching woman, perhaps as if he had had his vocal cords replaced.
“Would you like to betray with the Goddess of Betrayal?”
… … to betray?
who? who?
“This is it!”
There were a lot of missing words, but it was clear what he wanted to convey.
“Look at me and betray these guys… . Are you telling me to betray the two remaining religions?”
[‘I don’t want to sleep with men’ is probably the remaining two goddesses, so I’m conveying my thoughts.]
Why?
[‘Man doesn’t want to sleep’ says that we’ve already lost once anyway, and what Rachel wants is revenge, not betrayal.]
Come to think of it, the story of betrayal came up so naturally that I was confused, but the woman in front of me is a believer in the goddess of vengeance. But not revenge, but betrayal?
“Do you know anything more?”
“yes! No!!”
I hear the sword held out in front of me.
“Wow… .”
It is definitely a famous sword.
The weight, length, and even the grip are exactly the same as those of the Holy Sword, so there is no sense of incongruity even if it is called the twin sword of the Holy Sword.
“This is why I use dual swords.”
Keeping such a famous sword as a spare sword? If you’re going to do such a wasteful thing, just learn how to use dual swords.
By the way, I said that Skaya is the strongest self… I’d say that’s because the sword is in my hand right now, but is it possible to emit black flames with a chant later?
I don’t know how they invented such magic. In the first place, it is impossible for me to measure Skaya by my standards.
“Then, warrior… What are you going to do?”
“I will accept this sword. But tell me you decline the offer.”
“yes?”
No, that’s what I get if I’m a hero, right? It’s a holy sword anyway, so no one else can handle it, but he’s willing to accept it.
“Personally, I have neither favorable feelings nor hostility toward the Goddess of Revenge. But trusting her to proceed with the work is impossible.”
“ah… ! sorry! Come to think of it, there must have been no one by your side until now!”
No, if it’s a person, it’s dirty and twisted a lot. If you include non-humans, it’s so twisted that it’s annoying to count.
“Then I can help!”
“What? What are you talking about?”
“This means that I will show you with my actions so that you can believe in the Goddess!”
While saying that, Tyler managed to somehow get the priest who was beating his chest out of my dormitory.
Whoa… It was hard.
[‘It’s funny’ says that it’s cliché for that priest to come as a transfer student.]
Could it be that
*****
“My name is Rirke, who has joined the academy’s S-class from today!!”
[‘It’s funny,’ says that his bad premonitions were never wrong!]
wanted to be wrong
“Originally, there were no transfer students, but after yesterday’s exam, one academy student chose to drop out. So, it is Lyrque, the ‘cleric of the goddess of vengeance’, who has come to replace that position.”
“I will leave it up to you!”
The ends of her purple eyes gazed at me.
How the hell did you pass the transfer test?”
“If there are students who think they have benefited from passing the transfer test, please come to me. If you do the transfer test faster and more accurately than Rirke, then there will be additional points in the final exam that follows.”
Some students’ eyes changed at the word “additional point”, but if their future selves were looking at it, wouldn’t they try to stop it right now?
“How did you pass that transfer test?”
The transfer test is conducted at a ratio of 50 written and 50 practical, and the passing standard for this test is calculated as the average of the top and bottom ranks among the students who have been enrolled so far.
At least, it is said that Rirke’s skills are at the level of the top or second rank of the academy.
“The seat is prepared over there… .”
“Can’t I take this seat?”
Having said that, Rirke raised a small desk chair next to me and sat down there.
[“I didn’t want to remain as a virgin” asked Rirke if he was a real priest.]
If you just look at what Rirke does, you can never say that he is a priest.
The priests I know have lived for a long time in the Church of Neyris, which values purity and nobility, so their values for priests may be a little narrow-minded, but… .
“Here, warrior. How was the Holy Sword you received last time?”
“… .”
If you’re a normal priest, you wouldn’t flirt with men like this.
If you say it’s not self-consciousness…
“yes? Why are you like that?”
… Damn it, why are my pupils open again?
There is too little information to divide people I have just met into bad and good at will. If you’re trashy like Lunia from the beginning, you can decide that you’re a bad person and cut off the ties.
However, it is a little difficult to maintain such an ambiguous state.
[‘I hate NTR!!!!’ If you are in such a state, you live only as a priest and spread your thoughts that you are either ignorant or too well-informed.]
Of course.
[…] I don’t like it.]
“Neros?”
Neros jumped out from above my head and stared at Rirke as it was… . Soon after, he climbed onto her shoulder.
[I don’t like the smell… !]
“smell?”
As he breathed in the air, the faint scent of roses permeated him. It smells good, but is there any reason not to like it?
While thinking so, Rirke started to tremble.
Oh, wait a minute, if Neros is the lord, if the priest Rirke sees it…
Cudangtang!!
When Rirke raised his body and stretched out his hand toward Neros, he hurriedly reached out to block it, but it was delayed by one beat.
“Kyaaa!!! cute!!!!!”
“… .yes?”
[Eh?]
“Something? This lord is so cute!? Usually, other spirits are beautiful, but this spirit is more special… Isn’t this what you saw? Hero, can you show me the true face of this spirit!?”
… What.
[‘I want to sleep with all women’ says that fetishism exists in everyone.]
he took the sword but didnt want to be a hero? wtf? why author makes the story become so forced like this
He will do his job as a warrior but he won’t be a “hero” anymore. And he Will gladly accept any tool that will help him; but won’t do things he don’t want to do. I don’t see any contradiction there.