221 – 221 – A Nail Named You #22
221 – A Nail Named You #22
A frivolous priest named Nokio brought an incense stick to my face.
Inside the lanterns connected by chains, something like a strange scented candle burned and emitted white smoke like mist.
The problem was that the smoke was harder to bear than I thought.
My throat and eyes sting and my nose chokes.
“This guy… .”
“Nokio, what’s wrong?”
“No, it seems like he moved his eyes. Senpai, is there anyone out there who is fine with the smoke of an incense burner?”
“Stupid bastard. It is a feast made by mixing “black acorn” and “hell jalapeno”. If you don’t take the medicine in advance, just smelling it will turn your five senses upside down.”
“That is true. But obviously this guy… .”
Seruk.
Nokio shaking incense sticks in front of me.
It was terrifying to see the smoke seep into my eyes and nose.
I can hold my breath, but I can’t close my eyes that are already open.
I decided to turn my thoughts the other way as much as possible.
“… … .”
What comes to mind is the memory of when I was in Hwasaengbang.
When I took off the gas mask then, it was just like this… No, this is worse than that.
Yes, “black acorn” or “hell jalapeno” were ingredients that were rumored to have a terrible smell and fragrance. According to the settings, it is equivalent to or thicker than the original capsaicin.
The smoke created by combining those things is being held in front of my face… .
It felt like my eyes were burning, but I had to endure it somehow.
It also seems to be more tolerable than I thought.
What I was more worried about was Enio.
I wondered if Enio would be able to withstand this terrible smell and smoke, but surprisingly it is holding up well.
Enio’s family, Black Star, may be resistant because they are good at dealing with all kinds of ‘poison’ and ‘memorization’.
“Huh? was it an illusion Well, if you can endure a smell this terrible, wouldn’t that be enough for you to be called a saint?”
“I guess so. It could also be useful as a bowl.”
“But don’t you feel a little resentful when you see these guys hugging each other? Who is working without even resting like this? And I’m curious about your face.”
Seruk.
Nokio stretches out his tattooed hand toward Enio.
Enio’s frivolous fingers were about to touch the fox mask that covered Enio’s face.
Parr-Enio’s body trembled.
The emotions contained in that trembling were tension and slight excitement and—.
something is not good
Seruk.
I reached my waist and put my hand on the scabbard.
“One meal of arc lights.”
cutting light.
sereung-.
The sword gently pulled out from the waist cut through the air and pointed at Nokio’s fingers.
Chew-.
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Just like that, Nokio’s wrist fell to the floor.
“Gaaagh… !!!!”
Nokio, the priest of the Genesis Church, screams loudly.
At the same time, Enio, who was in my arms, started sneezing wildly.
“Ehchu! Atchu! Atchu!”
As expected, Enio was pushed to the limit.
I was in a state where I couldn’t stand the sneeze.
If I had stayed quiet, I would have been caught.
In that case, it is better to use your hands first.
“My, my hand… !”
Nokio screamed as he looked at his severed palm.
Immediately, a man with a dull voice called Lot, who was next to him, spoke.
“Don’t be rude, Nokio. That is nothing to you.”
“Ah, did you hear me… ? Well, if you ask the saintess for a hand, it won’t be soon. However, I did like my left hand. eat rice with it I also draw pictures.”
Even with his hand cut off, Nokio was laid-back.
Soon I noticed that blood wasn’t pumping from his hands.
It’s weird.
“As expected, you were moving. Did you survive the smoke from this incense burner? hey, that’s great Even I feel like I’m going to burst into tears.”
through.
Living felt under the robes.
The Nokia guy picked up the wrist that had fallen under his feet and put it in his pocket.
It was a calm action, like picking up a wallet that had been dropped on the floor.
“Ehchu—! Ecchu—!”
Meanwhile, Enio continued to sneeze.
Now it seems a bit pitiful.
“Senior, it seems that girl… .”
“Yeah, I think we’ve found a good one, seeing as they’re reacting to the scent of the gods. I will take you to the sanctuary.”
“Etchu-, Etchu!”
Enio constantly sneezing.
It seems difficult to ask Enio for help in this battle.
“Shouldn’t we defeat this guy before that? Senior, this guy cut off my arm. He’s pretty good with a sword, so I think you’d better be careful.”
“It seems so.”
Two priests in black robes.
In the end, do I have to deal with it alone?
But.
Surprisingly, it seemed worth doing.
No, maybe it felt like I was waiting for this kind of situation inside.
“Just in time, the blood boils, but it’s okay.”
Fighting spirit.
If I had to express my feelings right now, I think those two letters would be the most accurate.
The will to fight was welling up within me to run wild and burn the fire in my heart even more. If it’s now, I might be able to cross another ‘wall’.
“Enio, hide behind my back.”
“Sorry, Victor. I’m trying to calm down, but ehchu, it won’t stop at all. My body, the inside of my body is so itchy that it just makes me crazy—”
“Maybe that scent is the problem.”
Excluding these guys will help improve Enio’s condition.
I lowered my stance and pointed my sword at them.
“after-.”
The smoke made my throat sore and my eyes sore, but I feel better now.
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Just cutting it
* * *
Go oh oh-.
As I was sinking my consciousness into myself, the frivolous man Nokio said.
“I mean You can tell by pretending. You hung on to the sword for an incredible amount of time. I can tell by looking at that hand Callused hands. hey, that’s ugly I want to have.”
“… … .”
“I’ll take the left hand you cut off with your left hand instead. Senior, I will take care of this guy. Senior, please look at the girl.”
Seruk.
The Nokia guy stretched out his intact right hand to me.
The left hand I just cut off was full of tattoos, but the right hand exposed under the black robe was cleaner than expected.
It was small, like a woman’s hand, and painted with colorful manicure.
“… … .”
No, maybe it’s a real ‘woman’s hand’.
Having often held Enio’s or Victoria’s hands lately, I could feel the ease and softness in their right hand that I couldn’t feel with a man’s.
“You, that hand… .”
“ah? this? cool isn’t it Among my classmates, there was a really cool guy. That guy washed and wiped the sick with his own hands, and gave them something to eat.”
“… … .”
“It was like an angel’s hand. so i took it How is it, does it look good on you?”
“… Can you take a person’s hand?”
“Well?”
Seruk.
A supple palm stretches out to me.
“Condemn, Execution.”
Sureureung.
Swords were created in the air and began to rise.
It would be better to describe it as an imaginary sword made of magic, not a real sword.
Execution is the high-ranking combat magic of the clergy.
As expected, the guys in front of me are of a high level.
I, too, would be better off going up one level.
Whoa-.
choose to breathe
Sweep-.
A blade in the air flying towards me.
visor-!
I swung my sword and deflected it.
I thought it was a welcome sword, but it was heavier than I thought, so my hands felt numb.
“Awesome? But that’s it. Actually, are your lungs sore? Do you like to die? Isn’t it too much for you just to keep your sanity in this terrible feast?”
As Nokio sighed and blew on the incense fire, everything around him became more and more hazy.
This was a technique Therese had seen him perform with a cigarette.
“Was it true that you were from Section 12 of Seonghwangcheong?”
“Did you hear? Well, it’s a thing of the past.”
“Ehchu-! Etchu-!”
The sound of Enio’s sneezing gets louder, and a magical sword flies out of the smoke that is getting worse and worse.
visor-! visor-!
“Can’t you avoid it? Because I have to protect the princess behind my back. I will have to accept everything. But how long can I accept it?”
A voice over the smoke.
I caught my breath again.
It feels like my lungs are on fire.
I felt like my eyes would be plucked out, but it was better to come to my senses.
Arclight-style swordsmanship.
It is a double-edged swordsmanship that comes from a terrible ‘cold mind’.
But.
Now my heart is boiling more than ever.
The situation is not good for dealing with Arclight’s sword technique.
– said.
A few days ago, I would have thought so.
“Arclights—.”
Arcwright’s swordsmanship has up to 7 types.
Types 1 to 4 are sword skills that even the main character, Luke, can learn.
And from the 5th to the 7th, it is called this because it is difficult to master easily.
“Oops.”
Misconception.
A lethal sword that can only be wielded by those who have reached a deep level.
The whole body’s blood boils.
It felt like an energy that didn’t match the calm and cool temperance of the arc light-type sword was bubbling under my skin.
“Five meals.”
It feels like a lot of centipedes running through your veins.
I desperately dealt with the feeling with my body and raised my sword high above my head.
This boiling blood that I had endured from days ago until now.
Surrender yourself to this hot instinct.
“—Cleave the sun.”
He lowered the sword he had raised above his head.
A very simple action.
However, due to the mana that was seething inside the body, the blade rubs against the air and causes a huge explosion as if splitting the sun.
Shuk, Kwaaang-!
The heat was so intense that I could feel it even on my face.
Thanks to that, the steel sword he was holding in his hand was shattered except for the handle.
But it worked.
The smoke that had filled the surroundings was blown away by the explosion just now.
“What, that explosion just now? If I had been caught, I would have been crushed without leaving a single finger. Rather than that, Arclight-style magic tricks, what are you doing? Are you the eldest Orca by any chance?”
“… after.”
missed it
After the smoke cleared, Nokio was fine with no injuries.
5th Cleave the Sun.
The power is great, as if two skills were cast at once, but the accuracy rate is low, but it seems to be more difficult than expected to hit the skills in a situation where the field of vision is uncomfortable.
But.
What I was aiming for was not to defeat him in one blow anyway.
“I came because there was a loud commotion. Didn’t you think you’d hear a voice you miss in a place like this?”
“… … !”
It was clear that Nokio in the black robe was flustered.
The place where the guy’s head is heading is the entrance where the smoke has cleared.
There was a nun with a cigarette there.
“… Therese.”
The guy was Therese.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
2:1 is disadvantageous, but 2:1:1 has a lot of variables, so it wasn’t bad for me either.
It’s worth the needless fuss.
It’s fortunate that the sun slicing effect is actually gorgeous.
“Hello, Nokio. No, should I call it like this? A dirty renegade. Do you still have my friend’s wrist?”
“of course. It is useful in many ways.”
Nokio answered quite leisurely.
However, as expected, it was a bluff, and he muttered, “Senior, it would be better to step back.”
The taciturn Lot, who was watching this situation, also spoke lowly.
“Does not matter. A relationship has already been established. With what we met here, the purpose has already been accomplished.”
ruth.
His gray eyes, hidden by his black robes, looked at me.
No, to be more precise, I headed for Enio, who was barely breathing behind my back.
“Hey, have you ever gotten hurt or injured people around you without you knowing?”
“Huh… .”
“Sometimes I lose my memory. Have there ever been memories that you didn’t even know were engraved in your head? Have you ever suffered from nightmares out of nowhere? Or, have you ever been rather saddened by sweet dreams?”
“… Coke.”
“Otherwise, have you ever lost a loved one for an unacceptable reason?”
“… … .”
Enio, who was coughing and sneezing, turns to Lot.
Lot, baring his white teeth under his black robe, spoke as if driving a wedge into one word.
“Yes, I guess. Being a vessel is the same as driving death. The answers to all your questions are in our sanctuary. Now, let’s go, join us.”
The Genesis Church reaches out to Enio.
This was the same main episode as I remember.
Originally here, Enio grabbed the guys’ hands.
As usual, Enio would betray his comrades once.
“brother… .”