5. Bread and dagger (79)
It is said that in the distant past, Omeros scattered the drops of his blood on the earth.
All kinds of creatures grew from the blood-soaked soil. Soulless bodies roamed the world, lusting after sin, and all living beings feared and avoided them.
Unable to see this, Arus took off his liver and hung it in the sky.
that was the sun
Therefore, all evil things had no choice but to return to the natural order when facing the sun. Even Witchbeasts were no exception, and most Witchbeasts were reluctant to be active during the day.
In addition, mankind has come to live in the time when the sun rises.
This was because the sun bestowed the blessing of reason and rationality. Even those who lived an intemperate life at night often repented of their past sins during the day.
There was only one reason why the saintess brought up this famous myth.
“I would really call it ‘a body without restraint’.”
One of the family of sins that was born from the blood of Omerus in the distant past.
It was a monster that endlessly coveted and coveted the body and increased its size. The saintess was announcing that the mythical being had once again manifested on this continent.
In those few days when I lost my mind, the situation only got worse.
I listened to the saintess’ explanation without saying anything.
“Yurdina-kun is trying to block it somehow, but the speed at which it grows is faster than the speed at which it removes flesh. They even devour non-elven humans now.”
“Sending troops in is counterproductive.”
“i know. But in order to calm people’s anxiety, you have to pretend to do something.”
It was propaganda theory.
I had forgotten for a while, but the saintess was a woman who used to roll in the political arena of the Holy Land. Of course, he should have had a wider view than me, who was only looking at the battle itself.
The saintess quietly held my hands in silence.
The light pink eyes staring at me created a sad atmosphere.
“Ian, stop now.”
“What do you mean?”
“You still intend to fight.”
My gaping mouth was closed again.
Instead of answering, I averted my gaze. Even though I clearly know what it means.
I didn’t want to lie to the saintess.
She was a woman who trusted and relied on me, and owed her life several times.
A desperate voice continued. Now, it was a tone close to pleading.
“You have already worked hard. Get hurt, fall down, get up again… But now it’s a bunch. These days, there are many times when you lose consciousness even with minor injuries, right?”
silence again.
In other words, it was positive.
The saintess spoke in a more nervous tone as if she knew that.
“You can fix your body with new things, but you can’t change even the crumbling foundation. No matter how much you mend your clothes, they end up in rags.”
“But the elves… … .”
“I rescued all the elves in the village where you stayed.”
It was the news I had hoped for.
However, the foreign body feeling still lingered in a corner of my heart, so I let out a deep sigh.
does this happen in the end
I recalled the words of the man I had seen unconsciously.
‘Throw away what to throw away.’
I bluffed that I would not throw anything away, but it was nonsense.
It was impossible not to throw anything away.
It was just throwing something away instead.
Until now, you had to leave me alone. Actually, I was lucky, and there were many times when I found the right answer. However, this case was different.
I missed my last chance right in front of my eyes.
Couldn’t blame anyone. I couldn’t throw away the acknowledgment until the end.
I didn’t want to kill Alex and Betty.
It was because the weak parts inside had not been cut out yet. Like the man said, I didn’t even know I was still a ‘kid’.
“Ian, even if it’s not us, there are many talented people on the continent. Right now, there are only three masters. We are still discussing it, but if the swordsmith of the empire and the saint of the holy kingdom come, the situation will be reversed.”
It was a reasonable choice.
The two Masters were overwhelmingly superior to me in terms of power. It was an open secret that the two didn’t get along, but they wouldn’t antagonize in front of that monster.
As I showed signs of resignation, the saintess’ persuasion became more heated.
Now it was enough to hold my arm and touch my chest. It seemed like I knew it would make me feel better.
To be honest, it felt good.
angry
“Ian, please come back… Do you know how I feel when I have to treat you every time I get hurt? I don’t want to see you hurt anymore.”
It was a sincere appeal.
It was also an honest look, unlike the always arrogant saintess. In the end, I had no choice but to declare surrender to the saintess.
“Whoa,” I said with a sigh.
“I know.”
“Really?!”
The saintess asked me back, clenching her fists as if she had accomplished it.
As if the appearances I’ve shown so far are acting to convince me.
After all, she was a woman like a fox. I looked at the saintess with a stunned look, then confessed my regrets in a calm voice.
“What are you going to do? I’m just worried about Delphine… … .”
“Why are you talking about that woman?”
The cool voice froze the surroundings.
As if the warmth had escaped, the only ones left were the saintess and me.
Those pale pink eyes were still beautiful. It was comparable to jewels.
But those eyes were just too cold.
It was an embarrassing situation for me.
Since he was a colleague, of course I couldn’t help but worry. In fact, I had a deeper relationship than that, but in any case, there was no question about my words.
Even so, such a cold reaction.
I had no choice but to question the saintess as if in doubt.
“Isn’t it a perfectly common sense reaction to be worried about your co-workers?”
“But, I felt something affectionate about it.”
One notice was a ghost.
I almost broke into a cold sweat at the saintess’ extraordinary intuition, but I wasn’t completely without the means to respond.
It was the fact that I had suffered so much from women’s rip-offs.
As I was eagerly waiting for, I decided to push my weakness.
“Don’t drive me to baseless words… If that’s the case, is the saintess a sexual molester?”
“Yes Yes? I beg your pardon… … ? Seo, molestation?!”
The saintess immediately jumped up and distanced herself from me, as if she had been stabbed.
And he began to roar and refute me.
“Muh, on what grounds! You are the perpetrator! Have you forgotten how many times I’ve been fiddling with my body?!”
“But the sight I saw as soon as I opened my eyes… … .”
“I didn’t touch you!”
I stared at the saintess with arms crossed as if to listen.
Tears welled up in the saintess’ eyes before she knew it.
It was said that there was an unfortunate story of its own.
“Elsie, that girl was so conceited that she was bragging about it… I wonder how great it is… Gu, isn’t that something you might be curious about?!”
“Hey, I’ve always been curious about the saintess’s body.”
“Again, sexual harassment again! You know how to refer me to the Inquisition someday!”
It was a conversation I missed.
This peace wasn’t bad either.
Throw away what to throw away, and reach out only to those I can save.
If you do, maybe one day you will save the world.
Even so, there was no change in my heart.
I’ll have to sneak out
The two masters said they were coming, but the swordsmith and the saint had no information. In addition, in the memories of the future I saw, the flesh monster had strength beyond imagination.
At least one of the Masters was about to try to destroy it.
One of the only three Masters could not be lost here. As I realized while living in the elven village, the plans of the Dark Church have been going on for hundreds of years.
It was a handshake that wasted precious power when the conspiracy was revealed.
The only thing that bothered him was the promise he made with the saintess.
He always felt sorry for the saintess.
This must have been the heart of a drunkard husband looking at his beaten wife.
Leaving behind the saintess who was talking back to me like that, my eyes turned to the desk next to my head.
When my gaze moved, the saintess did not hide her doubt.
“… … ? What is there?”
“No, just.”
I had nothing to return but a bitter smile.
As expected, the saintess was nowhere to be seen.
This bloody letter.
My eyes sank even deeper.
**
The day I went to visit Delphine senior.
The woman greeted me with a particularly tired expression. Despite her pale complexion, Delphine was struggling.
Mainly to keep me from worrying.
“what’s the matter?”
The scent of expensive wine hit my brain like steam. Looking back, I was always a child.
It was mainly in terms of making impulsive decisions.
In the end, I had no choice but to help Delphine.
The day I spent my first night and met my senior for the first time.
“Can you trust me just once?”
And I stood in front of a monster.
with sword and hatchet.
There was boiling flesh ahead.
Missing the last chance, the second battle.
This will be the last time.