264. I’ll stand by your side
“You don’t like it?”
“Oh, no.”
Clearly and clearly answers to the goddess of death who asks again. Then she started to scan my body all over the place.
“Oh, where are you sick? Did he get a head injury from too much exercise?”
“It’s not like that.”
“Otherwise! Or why do you hate it! Others struggle to say they don’t want to die, but why are you?”
I can’t even resurrect you right away anyway, just look at them running around like they’re going to bite you. He patted his hand on his shoulder to calm his excitement.
“Even if I were to be resurrected, there would be no proper answer.”
“Why is there no answer? First of all, if you go to the continent, won’t there be any answers? You are the one who stopped us.”
“Hey, that’s the problem.”
What the God of Life wants is that I fail in the resurrection.
But if the Goddess of Death helps me to resurrect, the God of Life knows that I have failed.
It is unknown what kind of sudden action the God of Life will take in that situation.
Of course, since only the god of life has power left, there are no checks from other gods anymore, so he wields his power as he pleases.
“There’s no point in stabbing a guy who’s bloated.”
“Ahh.”
As if she understood, the goddess nodded, then let out a sigh.
“Then what are you going to do? The kids on the continent must be making a fuss about trying to save you, right?”
“Yeah, thanks for that. If possible, I also want to be resurrected and return to the continent. I want to see the kids too. But not now. If you go back to the continent in the first place, you’ll just leave the problem behind.”
Time and death have lost their power, so it doesn’t matter.
Life doesn’t know what to do.
I had to properly root out his menace, and I had the opportunity to do so.
“Keep ignoring his calls and demands. It makes you come to the underworld.”
“When you come to rule the Underworld, fight and defeat it in reverse?”
“Yeah, I’m asking just in case, do you have any secret means to protect the underworld?”
“……There is no such thing.”
The goddess of death shook her body as if she were trembling, as if she could have naturally imagined the bloodless entry of life into the underworld.
“Yes, I guess.”
It’s not something I was expecting.
Because the underworld that I have seen so far is so empty. Even the wind doesn’t blow properly, so it’s a quiet place where the saying goes, it’s a haven for the dead.
There must be no such thing as a trump card that can stop the gods in the mortuary of the dead.
Finally, I had something to do, so I scratched the back of my head.
“I never thought I would say something like this.”
“yes?”
Slowly reaching out his hand, he said to the goddess of death.
“I will stand by your side this time.”
*
iron-clad iron.
There is a sound that is too heavy for footsteps.
The sound of marching made by the footsteps of the paladins who lined up with Oh.
“Wow! A knight!”
“What are you doing here?”
“What’s going on?”
Watching the knights enter the village entrance, the lively residents of Nirva laughed among themselves and began to blossom about the newly discovered topic.
They were not ordinary knights, but rather paladins of the Batian Cathedral. They cost money to move, and of course the money goes to the citizens of Nirva.
Starting with food, necessary daily necessities, snacks, and more.
Food and clothes may have been brought in advance, but how can a person eat only supplies when there are restaurants nearby. The faces of the citizens were already brightening and they were hoping that they would stay a little longer.
In the case of the nameless knights, there was no feeling like a bully who was polite, but they are just like a paladin.
They fight under the name of God and are always worried about how they look to the outside world, so they can’t even talk to the citizens.
At the center of the Paladins, Ares, wearing greaves and mantles symbolizing paladins, seemed to be able to see into the hearts of the citizens.
He also lived in a rural village, and because he was quick-witted, it was clear that the overall atmosphere of the city was intensified.
‘Citizens are friendly. If that’s the case, it won’t be too difficult to gather information.’
Two weeks ago, an incident occurred where all light here in Nirva disappeared for about two minutes. It wasn’t just a matter of covering up the blazing sunlight.
From electric lights to small lights like candles.
An incident that lost its color and was swept away by darkness.
It didn’t take long, and it didn’t cause much damage, so the citizens of Nirva said that there was a strange thing at first, but this and that came out. It’s been 2 weeks and now it’s quiet.
But those two minutes were the reason the paladins came to Nirva.
There was a testimony that Rin was seen when the light disappeared.
“Okay, then, first of all, we’ll go to the lodging provided by Nirva.”
Following the instructions of a paladin named Dioner, who is Ares’ senior and who was in charge of this expedition, he headed to the dormitory.
As Ares also readjusts his luggage and walks along with the other Paladins, he meets Dionor, who is looking at him.
Despite Dioner’s flickering gestures, Ares quickly ran to him without saying a word.
“Ares, you are going with me to see the witness.”
“Witness, are you talking?”
Ares was a little embarrassed.
Because Dioner was a person who was sensitive to his merits and influence, despite his name as a paladin.
That’s why, during the march to Nirva, proper information was not given to the same Paladins.
He didn’t say anything because he was the commander of the expedition, but deep down, the other Paladins were displeased, but Dionor was brazen.
In addition, Dionor’s check against Ares was much tighter than other paladins.
Basically, Ares drew attention as an honorary paladin from his school days, and even after becoming an official paladin, he quickly rose to become a major figure in Batian with his outstanding skills.
Is that all?
When I go home, I have a daughter born between the two of them with a beautiful wife from the Duratan family, a renowned swordsman, and I even have a personal relationship with a saint called the center of Batian!
This handsome man who suddenly popped out had a brilliant history that anyone could not help pouring out envy and jealousy.
That’s why he was a Dioner who didn’t want to give Ares any merit in this expedition as much as possible.
“Tsuk, the eyewitness said they couldn’t speak unless you accompany them.”
“Are you talking about an eyewitness? Who are you…”
I wondered why I suddenly fell over myself, but when I heard the name that popped out, I couldn’t help but stiffen.
“He is the head of the Ren family. That’s why, these days, a family that has been in the business of clothing and accessories.”
If it is the head of the Ren family, it refers to Hayun Ren.
Hayun, along with Tana Crista, started a clothing business using the remaining capital and connections of the Ren family, and was on a fairly smooth path to success.
‘Hayun called us directly?’
Ares was terrified.
I thought I came in to catch a tiger, but it seems like it was already inside the tiger’s jaws.
‘If you think that Hayun and Rin are already together, I think it should be said that Rin deliberately invited the Paladins to Nirva.’
Why did you call me?
While contemplating, Ares made excuses for Dioner with his mouth.
“I think it’s because I’m a classmate of Aeos Academy.”
“Hmm? Are you also an Eos motive with the head of the Ren family?”
“Yes that’s right.”
“Really, it’s a damned academic relationship.”
Dioner suddenly started complaining, saying he had been thinking about it for a long time.
“I also got to know the Duratan family there. It also continued with the Ren family. Isn’t even Princess Alice the same age as you?”
“Yeah, by chance.”
“I should have gone to the academy. Seriously, what do you do when you pray? Hakyeon eats everything anyway.”
Apparently, he felt quite bad because his plan to meet the witnesses on his own and to monopolize the merits had been thwarted.
Complaints poured in non-stop.
“Besides, you have a thin face and you are pretty for a guy, so you must have been popular. It must have been class-centered, right?”
Ares was speechless for a moment.
It’s not like it never happened.
There was a time when I was surrounded by so many beautiful girls and was blinded by the popularity.
However.
“No, my childhood friend was more popular than me.”
“Huh? is there such a guy? What are you doing now?”
“……”
Ares shuts his mouth.
Dionor looked at him suddenly silent and expressed displeasure, but Ares could not answer.
Rather, it was just a laugh that flowed out.
The people around Ares are jealous and say that they are jealous.
that you are blessed
The guy who has it all.
However, Ares’ eyes were always following the black-haired boy’s back.
Even though I turned 21 after 3 years.
Still 18 years old, his back showed no signs of getting closer.
The more you compare, the more you find yourself becoming shabby.
“Are you better looking than you?”
Dionor was a bit shy and asked as if he was joking about Ares’ unusual mood, but Ares rather laughed at his words.
“I still think I look better than my face.”
Other than that, I lost everything,” Ares swallowed and smiled bitterly.