Chapter 126. Solara (2)
“Greetings. Vice-Captain of the Order of the Holy Knights. I am Solara Artemisia.”
Solara, Vice-Captain of the Order of the Holy Knights.
The youngest Sword Master to have mastered the comprehensive swordsmanship of the human race and founded the Five Mysteries.
A monster that is never left out when discussing the best swordsmen.
And that monster, according to the story, falls and becomes one of the Four Heavenly Kings.
The strongest in name and reality, with unmatched strength.
The RPG team said that, excluding the final boss battle, the battle with Solara would boast the worst difficulty.
‘Damn it. Another task added here.’
I have to prevent Solara’s fall.
Or if Solara has already fallen, I must eliminate her.
However, the problem is······
“Nice to meet you······.”
“Yes. Nice to meet you. I also share the same opinion as Your Eminence. Currently, the Saintess is unable to make rational judgments and is going astray. I cannot bear to see an innocent person being captured and executed, so I will do my utmost to prevent you from being taken before the Saintess.”
“You can trust Solara. Think of me as your equal, and follow Solara’s judgment and instructions completely. That is the only way you can avoid being caught in the net of suspicion.”
“Thank you.”
We exchanged a light handshake, but I could feel an overwhelming power through the gauntlets.
It must have been just a slight squeeze, but I had a sense of crisis that she could crush my hand if she wanted to.
If I were to face Solara, would I have a chance of winning?
It’s not impossible, but it’s slim.
I had a hunch when I shook hands just now.
Even so, Solara is a Sword Master and a Paladin who is also proficient in magic.
Even if I were to ambush her in a favorable situation, I would barely be able to win with my whole body chewed up.
In terms of pure strength, Rex, who has burned all his life, would far surpass her, and she might be on par with Yerina when she turns on Beast Mode.
‘Please, I hope she’s not fallen yet.’
If Solara has already fallen, there is no way to stop her.
So from now on, I have no choice but to assume that Solara has not yet fallen and act accordingly.
The additional task is to ‘find out the cause of Solara’s fall and eliminate that cause.’
Still, Solara is from this world, so there are quite a few things in the backstory that I can use.
Since I’m going with her, I should be able to use that.
I don’t know if the timing will be right.
“Then let’s go.”
“Yes.”
“Where do you have business?”
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“I need to meet with Acting Mayor Briem.”
“I would not recommend that. The Saintess is currently staying at the Briem Mansion.”
“Oh, dear······. Then how about going to the city hall during business hours?”
“The Acting Mayor is currently taking a break from work. After the handover is complete, the Mayor-elect will take over the duties from next week. If you must meet with the Acting Mayor, you have no choice but to go to the Briem Mansion······.”
“No problem. I can sneak in through the window.”
“Excuse me?”
I know the structure of the Briem Mansion.
If the problem is that Jill is staying with her, I can just sneak into Cornelia’s room and meet her.
Oh. Cornelia’s personality might have given Jill her own room.
In that case, it would be wise to choose the study.
“Let’s go.”
For some reason, I left Solara, who was stiff, behind and took the lead.
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‘What kind of person is he?’
Solara stared at Eugene’s back and seriously wondered.
As Solara, who was in the ranks of superhumans, she could tell the truth from a lie with her right eye.
However, the words that the man was saying were a bit ambiguous, but mostly true.
In other words, he was really falsely accused of attempted rape even though he had never met the Saintess.
In such a case, most people would go crazy with resentment.
They would readily accept the opportunity to leave the Holy Kingdom and never come back.
But this man was different.
He just calmly said, ‘Oh, is that so?’ and said that he had business in the Holy Kingdom, so he had to go even though he was wanted.
Solara was taken aback by his calm and composed demeanor.
It was as if he had experienced something like this before.
As if he was used to this level of slander······.
What kind of life did he live to be able to do that?Sola felt not only surprise but also awe.
“Isn’t it perplexing? You didn’t commit any crimes, but one day you suddenly became a wanted person.”
“It is perplexing. It makes me angry too.”
“You don’t seem that angry though······.”
“I feel better if I think that I am partly responsible.”
“······.”
What kind of responsibility could there be?
Did he go back in time and distort the personality of the saintess and ruin her?
Sola stuck out her tongue at the man’s strange way of thinking.
‘He failed to be a candidate for his servant······.’
He didn’t seem to be consumed by anger.
She thought that she could make him her colleague, but Sola decided to give up recruiting him early on.
Those who are not desperate for something are difficult to corrupt.
‘Why does he keep looking at me?’
On the way to the Briem mansion.
Sola noticed the man’s gaze and began to be wary.
The way he was secretly looking at her seemed like he was trying to figure out her abilities.
Sola moved to the man’s right side and hid her right eye.
Because the man’s gaze seemed to keep coming towards her right eye.
For some reason, this man seemed to be able to see through things that should not be visible.
But then.
The man stopped with a smirk and a laugh.
“Well then, Vice-commander. Shall we reveal our identities to each other now?”
“Yes?”
“Nice to meet you. One of the Four Heavenly Kings. Draken’s left arm, Mijeong.”
“······?!”
The rough attitude disappeared without a trace.
The man bowed gracefully and greeted her.
Sola’s eyes widened at the sudden coming out.
For some reason, the vampire next to her also became more imposing.
“Come this way for a moment!”
Sola grabbed the man’s hand and pulled him into an alley.
Sola looked at the man and the vampire next to him, and for a moment she was so confused that she couldn’t say anything.
After a long time, Sola’s first words were:
“Did you test me?”
“Yes. You are taking good care of the Magic Eye.”
“······!”
He even noticed the Magic Eye in this right eye that I received from the Great Demon.
Sola shivered for a moment and then knelt on one knee.
“I greet you, Mijeong of the Four Heavenly Kings!”
“······Ahem.”
For some reason, the girl vampire standing next to her coughed.
Until now, she had been honest, but the moment she talked about the Magic Eye, there was no doubt that this person was one of the Four Heavenly Kings.
So she had to give him the proper respect.
“Do you like the Magic Eye?”
“Yes. Of course. The Great Demon-“
“Are you talking about Belphegor?”
“Yes, yes! It is the Magic Eye that the Great Demon gave me, so I cherish it. I haven’t adapted to it yet, but I think it will be a great help in battle once I get used to it.”
To speak the Great Demon’s true name!
Are they close because they are both Four Heavenly Kings?
The Four Heavenly Kings are different after all.
Sola was very impressed.
“But may I ask who you are, Mijeong-nim?”
“I am a great vampire. I am a Jinjo who leads many followers. This guy is also one of my followers.”
“······!”
It was a series of surprises.
I thought he was just a vampire kid, but he was a vampire.
It is said that the followers of Jinjo are like companions who will be together for life······.
‘Your s*xual orientation is rather unique.’
Sola glanced at the vampire kid and shook her head slightly.
As expected, even the Four Heavenly Kings have such peculiar personal preferences.
“I had no idea! Even after knowing, you really look like a human.”
“Of course. Because I move my heart and blood flow as if I had a living body. It’s nothing for a Jinjo.”
“Indeed······!”
Sola was even more impressed and bowed her head.
Mijeong looked up at Eugene and admired the lies that flowed out like a clear stream in a different way.
Mijeong wondered, ‘If a vampire’s body has a beating heart and blood flowing, isn’t it not a vampire?’ but decided not to tackle it.
“Where is Belphegor now?”
“Yes, what?”
“I asked you the current location of Belphegor’s main body. You must know since you received the Magic Eye.””Ah. I understand that the Great Demon King is currently at sea.”
“At sea?”
“Yes. He said he had to meet with the Sea Dragon······. I don’t know the details.”
Eugene’s expression distorted.
Sola, who firmly believed that I was the Four Heavenly Kings, could not have lied.
Belfagor is really not in this Holy Kingdom, but in the sea······.
‘Then who sent the communication that Magi sent?’
Belfagor’s Magi definitely sent a communication in the direction of Cologne and Hameln.
Then, who was that communication intended for, not Belfagor’s main body?
I had a bad feeling.
I had a feeling that there might be another threat lurking here, not Belfagor.
“Okay. I got it. Now give me the Maan.”
“What are you talking about?”
“I said give me the Maan.”
“May I ask why······ is it okay······?”
“Do you dare question the order of the Four Heavenly Kings?”
“Ugh!”
Sola burst into silence as the pressure on her shoulders suddenly increased.
It was an overwhelming momentum.
Just by glaring at her, she could exert a force like telekinesis!
“I misspoke······. Maan, I’ll give it to you right away······.”
For a moment, she didn’t know the subject and talked back.
Sola reflected on herself with a chill and began to push her fingers into her eyes.
“Oh, oh? Doesn’t it hurt?”
“It’s okay! It’s an artificial eye!”
“······.”
Pop, thud.
A gruesome sound rang out.
Soon, an artificial eye was pulled out from the inside of Sola’s eye.
Along with a long tentacle that led to the brain.
Sola handed over the Maan while shedding tears of blood.
Eugene pretended to be calm and received the Maan with one hand.
The moment his pupils moved quickly and met Eugene’s eyes, Eugene had to struggle to hold back a scream.
“Am I disqualified now?”
“What do you mean by qualification?”
“The qualification to be the Four Heavenly Kings······. Can’t you trust me a little more? I’m really ready to betray the Holy See. Faith doesn’t feed me. I can do anything for my sick brother! Even if it means betraying humanity!”
“Can you really betray humanity without hesitation?”
“Yes!”
“Go out into the street now and kill that child. Then I’ll give you another chance.”
“······.”
Swish.
A man raised his hand and pointed to a boy in the distance.
Sola’s pupils shook back and forth at this.
Sola looked up at the man as if begging him not to do this.
But the man was resolute.
“W, well, you don’t have to do this. His purpose is to come into this world, not to destroy humanity······.”
“If he descends, everyone will die anyway. Hurry up and kill him. My patience is running out.”
Sola, who was getting impatient, drew her sword.
I thought of my sick brother.
My brother is now suffering from an incurable disease, and his heart is gradually dying.
Sola has been doing everything she can to cure the disease.
However, no cure, such as potions or elixirs, worked.
Once, I asked the saintess to cast a recovery spell several times, but my brother’s heart did not get better.
Later, I learned that this disease was congenital.
There was absolutely no way to cure it with conventional methods.
It was none other than the Great Demon King, one of the Four Heavenly Kings, who approached Sola, who was in despair.
He suggested.
If you are loyal to ‘him’, I will transplant a healthy heart into your brother.
There was no hesitation.
Sola immediately decided to be loyal to the Great Demon King and ‘him’ whose face she did not know.
I didn’t care about the source of the other’s heart that the Great Demon King mentioned.
If only my brother could be healthy again and smile, I could do anything.
In the inescapable hell.
Sola chose evil for her brother.
“I’m sorry······.”
Clang.
Sola dropped her sword.
I couldn’t do it.
No matter how much it was for my brother, it was impossible to kill an innocent boy.
That boy’s face overlapped with my brother’s.
Even though she had decided to become evil, Sola was not yet evil enough.
At this, a faint smile spread across the man’s lips.”You’re not qualified. You’re not fit to be one of the Four Heavenly Kings.”
“Ugh······.”
Solara shed tears of sorrow.
Then, a question crossed his mind.
“By the way, Mijung-nim. There’s something I’m curious about.”
“What is it?”
“There are four seats for the Four Heavenly Kings. Each one is for the Great Demon, the Necromancer, the Druid, and the vacancy that I was supposed to fill.”
“That’s right.”
“But since you’ve ascended to the Four Heavenly Kings, that means the vacancy has already been filled. Why did you test me? Even if I passed the test, there’s no chance for me to become one of the Four Heavenly Kings, is there?”
“······.”
Eugene’s mouth shut at the sharp question.
What should he say to get around it?
While he was thinking about it.
Solara’s eyes narrowed as he read his expression.
“Who are you······?”
“If you do this, you’ll be out.”
Solara hurriedly drew his sword and charged.
However, his sword did not reach the man.
Solara’s surroundings were surrounded by walls that looked like mirrors.
Celestial armor.
He trapped Solara in a sphere that reflected all impacts from inside and outside.
Cuckoo!
Soon, telekinesis dug into the ground, creating a pit.
The sphere went into the pit and covered it with dirt.
The floor was soon completely flat.
“Now. Let’s go see Cornelia.”
“······Yeah.”
Eugene clapped his hands.
As if nothing had happened, he leisurely left the scene.