220 – 220 – A Nail Named You # 21
220 – A Nail Named You #21
Enio was more shy than he thought.
The guy who used to be natural was shy, so I was excited in many ways.
Enio’s face became exceptionally whiter and more shiny.
For some reason, when his gaze slowly began to move to his lips, Enio spoke with those small, sparkling cherry-colored lips.
“It’s too quiet outside,” he said.
Pom standing up from his seat, shutting his mouth, and bringing his white ears to the door is very serious.
Like Enio, I also listened to the surroundings.
This luxurious room was originally a place with good soundproofing, so there was a corner where it was difficult to hear the sound coming from outside.
“… … .”
Certainly, as Enio had said, it was quieter outside than expected.
Outside is a place that can be called a casino or gambling hall.
I wonder if a space where all kinds of people gathered and made a lot of noise can become so quiet.
“Victor-kun, did you bring your weapons?”
“there is.”
I always carry it with me since I got my weapons permit.
It’s a world where you don’t know what’s going to happen.
And it seems clear that that ‘something’ is happening beyond the door of this room right now.
It’s difficult in many ways.
I just calmed down Enio, and if something goes wrong… .
“Enio, you stay here for a while.”
Leaving Enio in the room, I gently opened the door.
Beyond this visitation, I remember, there must have been a hallway made into a palazzo, with money poured into it to the point of feeling a little greasy.
And there must have been armed guards guarding the hallway.
“how? Viktor-kun, can you see something?”
At Enio’s question, I looked around lightly.
The hallway was very quiet, just as I had overheard through the door earlier.
Guards are not visible.
where did everyone go?
“Enio, would you like to wait a little longer inside?
I thought it was important to understand the situation first.
And not knowing what was going on, exposing Enio, who could explode like a bomb, seemed like a risky gamble.
“No, I will go with you. I don’t know what’s going on.”
But Enio seems to have decided to follow me.
As he put on his shoes and left the room, he stuck to me, and I could smell the faint scent of grapes.
“… … .”
“Victor-kun, what’s wrong?”
“no. doesn’t exist.”
“Here, let’s put on a mask just in case.”
“I get it.”
“More than that… , It’s too quiet. There is no one in the hallway.”
Enio looking around.
The way his shoulders tremble slightly seems uneasy.
I said.
“Enio, don’t worry. You will protect me no matter what. No matter what happens, stick by my side.”
“Ugh, ugh.”
Enio clung closer to me.
The top of her black hair was so close that she could see it shining like an angel’s ring in the light of a lantern hanging from the ceiling.
Seruk.
Soon, his shoulder touched my chest, and my heart fluttered at his slimmer body than I thought. Until just now, I was rubbing this shoulder.
I won’t be able to get my hands on it now.
Enio said.
“Victor-kun, let’s go out to the casino first.”
“I think that would be good.”
Enio and I passed through the hallway and headed to the casino.
There are all kinds of people there, so it would be natural for them to be noisy even if they were tens of meters away. There was no music, no people laughing and chatting.
This stillness is too abnormal.
Enio, who had good senses, also noticed it.
“I think something is going on in this gambling house.”
“Yes, I think so too.”
I nodded moderately and entered the gambling hall.
* * *
Fortunately or unfortunately, there were many people in the gambling hall.
The guards I didn’t find in the hallway were probably here too.
Enio seemed surprised by their peculiar appearance.
“People, have you stopped?”
Like a question filled with curiosity and astonishment, people stopped.
As neatly as if someone had pressed a watch that stopped the time.
Girls dancing on stage and guys playing instruments.
Everything from gamblers throwing dice into the air to waitresses carrying alcohol.
“Are you alive?”
I reached out for a nearby waitress.
I could still feel the warmth as I poked the cheek slightly exposed under the mask with my index finger.
Enio, who had put his finger on the neck of a nearby person, said.
“These people are all alive. However, it seems that all of them have been ‘stopped’ by some kind of spell or magic. Otherwise, I don’t think this would be possible… .”
“If it’s still, you’re talking about magic like Enio’s shadow binding, right?”
Enio had a skill that allowed her to connect her shadow with the opponent’s and block their movements.
That’s why it seemed that he was aware of situations related to this type of ‘restraint’ or ‘blockade’ type of sorcery.
“But I’ve never seen crowd control this far. If such a thing were possible, it wouldn’t be enough to be called a first-class magician… .”
Burr – Enio trembles.
I pulled Enio’s arm.
“Ugh-.”
Enio’s body is pulled towards me and hugged me.
Enio seemed flustered at this sudden situation, “Victor-kun, what are you doing in the current situation…” .” I muttered. I had no choice but to warn Enio by saying “shhh” in his ear.
My eyes were on the other side of the casino.
A few men in black robes appeared before we had time to leave this place.
“Hey, Senior Lot. It’s very neat. Didn’t everyone in the building stop so completely like a statue?”
The voice that came from under the black robe was more frivolous than expected.
Soon, someone reached out through the sleeves of the dark robe.
Hearts and diamonds and clubs and spades are tattooed on each finger except for the thumb, which is odd.
“Senior, this. Has it really stopped? Can I touch it? This female student, although wearing a mask, has a 7-point appearance. It must have looked cute.”
The hand of the black robe who said that was already touching the shoulder of the female student who stopped dancing on the stage.
“It doesn’t really move.”
As the hand moved over his shoulder and neck to his chest, another black robe spoke in a dull voice.
“The art is not perfect. Time is limited. We only need to find the energy of the vessel we felt here and take him. Move quickly.”
“As expected, Senior Lot, you are so hard. Turning people into pillars of salt, did your heart harden? To have to watch such an interesting situation… .”
The frivolous man laughed and jumped off the stage.
They soon began to point out strange lanterns to the people around them.
It looked like a lantern, but it was acrid and had a strange smell.
Smoke also rises slowly.
“Oh, that smells awful. If I hadn’t taken the medicine beforehand, I couldn’t have endured it.”
“Do it right, Nokio.”
Sareuk.
At that time, Enio, who was in my arms, spoke.
“Victor-kun, those people… .”
“Probably the Genesis Church.”
The star-shaped cross worn around the neck in black robes was the symbol of the Genesis Church.
“If it is the Genesis Church… . Wasn’t that a church that worshiped another god besides the seven lords?”
“yes.”
“Why are those guys now… ?”
Enio’s question penetrated quite to the core.
Compared to Fimblebert, why did the guys who thought they were quite calm until now appeared here—.
Of course, the reason is vaguely obvious.
It must be because of Enio.
What they were looking for was most likely enoil.
“Victor-kun, it hurts because the Tirving handle touches my back a little hard… .”
That’s not a Tirving handle.
I decided to keep my mouth shut because I thought the incident would escalate if I explained.
“Senior Lot, look at this… ! This girl is tired of her legs… !”
“It must have been on the way to the bathroom. I forcibly hardened my body, so that’s how things happen.”
“… oh wow, break it up a bit Still, according to my intuition, it’s like 8 points. I wonder what that face looked like, but I just put on a mask—”
“Nokio, I would have said there was no time for flirting. It was a large-scale tactic. No matter how far this underground is from surveillance on the ground, the dogs of the Holy Office are now in Ludens.”
“Are you referring to Inquisitor Therese? I, I was in the same class with that guy from Seonghwangcheong Department 12. hehehe, that guy was a scary guy.”
Listening to the conversation just now, it seemed that they were convinced that they were the only ones moving in this place.
And I was in quite a hurry.
Were the priests of the Church of Genesis working in this underground market, avoiding the eyes of the Holy See.
While they were paying attention to the other people who were still, I quietly whispered in Enio’s ear who was holding me.
“Enio, get out of here.”
“Ugh, uh uh, uh uh… .”
Enio’s condition is a little strange.
He trembled inside me like a person with a very itchy back, then opened his mouth.
“Ehchu—!”
“… … !”
Enio sneezed out loud.
He hurriedly covered his mouth as if he was surprised, but it was already too late.
“… Nokio, did you just hear?”
“… I listened carefully too. It was a very cute sound. Could it be that people who stop like pillars can sneeze, just as people who stop like pillars get tired of their legs?”
“No, that is impossible. Perhaps someone reacted to this incense. There are others who move besides us. He is the man we were looking for.”
“Hoo… ! If possible, it would be nice if it was a pretty girl. Isn’t the sneeze sound cute? hehehe, I suddenly have a lot of motivation.”
Farr.
Enio’s shoulders in my arms began to tremble even more.
“Mi-I’m sorry, Victor-kun… . When Viktor-kun whispered in my ear, I strangely sneezed… .”
“Shh, it’s better to be quiet for now.”
Fortunately or unfortunately, there were many people in this gambling hall.
People who wear masks and hide themselves.
There will still be time to reach us.
Until then, I thought I’d better have a plan in place.
There are two priests of the Genesis Church.
Frivolous Nokio and reticent Lot.
These were both names I had never heard of.
However, it is enough to ‘restrict’ various people in this casino in an instant.
It’s safe to say that at least each one of them has the ability to become a boss in Acts 6-8.
I wonder if I could deal with those guys one at a time.
Defeating them both at once would be difficult for me in many ways.
It was then.
“Oh, 10 points here… !? Senpai, here’s the sword… ! This guy is wearing a mask, but he’s definitely a 10-point girl… ! The prettiest girl in this gambling house is here… !”
A black robe, probably named Nokio, made a noise in front of us.
A girl with 10 points.
Perhaps he was referring to Enio.
It was a frivolous attitude, but it seemed to be the best for ‘feeling’.
Because there was no girl prettier than Enio in this gambling house.
I know it because I saw it once when I came in earlier.
Soon, the Nokio guy looked at me and said with a slight growl.
“But what is this man? Why are you hugging such a pretty girl?”
Hwareuk.
He brought the lantern to my face.
“Oh, this guy… .”