246 – Fragment of the past – 1
“Pooh! So you ran away here?”
“I am also very disturbed right now, so don’t laugh… ….”
“No, kuhup, this, kuk, how can you not laugh! Ha ha ha!”
Claudia set her greatsword vertically on the ground and laughed out loud. A grotesque groaning sound mingled between the beats and laughs.
It happened as soon as I told you what had happened before I came here. What the hell was the point of laughter, the other three passed by, but only Claudia was like that.
After descending to the ground in a pillar of light from the world of Eclipse, I was surrounded by thousands of people and led to the center of the Plaza of the Sun.
The people who dragged me to the middle of the plaza surrounded me and began to bow. Even while bowing, the news spread and the number of people increased without end.
Even Stella and Selene, the most elite combat nuns under them, and even the pope joined in the prayers for me when he appeared.
‘It’s okay to be praised.’
Wouldn’t the combat nuns who voluntarily prostrate themselves, saying that they couldn’t let the living saint step on the soil of the filthy earth, urge them to step on their backs and stomachs and pass by?
I didn’t want to do the same thing as the wizards of the Mage Tower, so I refused and just walked away, and hundreds of people clung to the place I walked and showered them with kisses.
People who made eye contact with me suddenly fainted, and women near the road I passed took off their clothes on the spot, saying that they were full of faith.
I didn’t want to be in the middle of such crazy chaos even for a second. I was afraid that something like that would happen, so I tried to hide my identity as much as possible, but it became a joke.
‘Thanks to that, the popes followed me all the way to the empire.’
I still shudder at the thought of Floretta and Luna, who are still in my bed under the pretext of ‘making the bed warm’.
It was only an excuse to heat the bed. Because there is a magic tool in this world that plays a role similar to the electric pad outside. It is installed on my bed, of course.
Even so, he went inside to warm the bed, so his intention was so obvious. It would be fortunate if the blanket wasn’t damp when I went back later.
Floretta and Luna were determined to never fall apart. My existence must have been exposed, for I even officially declared in front of thousands of people that I had become one of my women.
People in the Holy Land were so enthused that they wondered if they were going to die.
They said they were going to erect a tombstone to commemorate the day their popes lost their virginity. Of course, I was frightened and told him to just do something like that, so I went back to inaction.
I was fed up with the fanatical aspect of the Holy Land, and I urged the Popes to return to the Empire. For the time being, it seemed that they should avoid setting foot in the Holy Kingdom.
After returning to the Empire, I went to the Knights of the Silver Dawn and told them about the hole in my stomach and why my face looked like death.
Aurora and Nyx weren’t here. Aurora is talking to Caicilia, and Nyx went back to the territory first.
“Keep it off… ….”
Looking at Claudia, who was no longer laughing but on the verge of crying, he sighed and lowered his gaze. There was Rize, who was closely examining the spot where the hole had been pierced.
I’ve been like this ever since I heard the explanation that there was a hole in my stomach.
Of course, Claudia, Iris, and Erica, as well as Lise, all looked a bit shocked at the fact that my belly was pierced, but I deliberately joked around several times to cover it up.
It’s already been a long time since I’ve been better, and I didn’t want to worry about it.
“That’s really hard to believe, Delta. If someone else had said that, I would have seriously asked if my brain was okay.”
“You said you fought a dragon that appeared here the other day, ascended to heaven, met a goddess, and came back to be revered as a living saint in the Holy Land? Was that something a human could do?”
Iris and Erica reacted very normally according to their personalities.
“Rize, you should do that too. Didn’t Delta tell you it was okay?”
“Sure, sister. Embarrassingly, what are you doing? Do it in moderation and leave. I have work to do.”
“This is far more important than what to do! Our Delta almost got in trouble! Also, a man’s waist is his life, but he doesn’t seem to worry about his waist being gone?”
Rize, who was touching my stomach, screamed.
“No, are you all better now? I’m fine because the goddess healed me myself.”
“I want to see it with my own eyes! A performance test to see if your back is fine—”
Rize tried to pull up my top out of the blue, so I sighed and put my hands on both of Rize’s armpits and lifted them up like a cat.
“Huh? Uh huh uh uh uh?”
Rize was lifted into the air as it was. The legs that floated up without any resistance struggled in the air, but never touched the ground.
Except for Nyx, Rize is the shortest among the girls I know, but since she is lifted above my eye level, how could she be able to do that?
“Ah, no matter how I am, this is a bit embarrassing, Delta?”
“I’m saying it’s embarrassing. Look back at what you were just trying to do.”
Instead of answering her, Rize twisted her body around and tried to free her hand from holding her armpit. The throbbing legs continued to cut through the air.
How long had it been since all her efforts had gone to naught? Erica tutted and clicked her tongue openly.
“Since I know enough that you are on good terms with Mr. Delta, she should come down quickly. What is it doing in the hallowed hall, sister?”
It was a word full of thorns. Suddenly, I looked back at the two of us.
Rize, whose short limbs stretched out, and I, who grabbed Rize’s armpits and lifted her as if lifting her cat.
However, because Rize’s breasts were so large, my arm was pressing them down, and they were gathering in the middle of hers, so they were quite stricter than I thought. It was understandable that Erica was like that.
More than anything, Rize said that the moment I grabbed her armpit and lifted her up, she said it was rather good.
However, Erica’s thoughts seemed to have gone astray.
“This doesn’t work?”
“…… Yes? What do you say, sister?”
After grunting and moving her arms for a while, Iris and Erica uttered the words, what did that sound like? Had a reaction. Claudia also stopped laughing and looked at us.
Lize, who had put a lot of strength on his arm, tried to push my wrist, but his wrist didn’t even move.
“Gee, it’s real. I just tried my best, but it didn’t work.”
“…… What did you say? You can feel the smoke quite a bit, sister. You know how to lie like that. I will praise you, so come down now.”
“Is it real?!”
Rize tried to push my wrist with a very unhappy expression, and wiggled his legs around, being careful not to kick his body, but all to no avail.
“Now we have to go through the sparring that Delta asked for, Rize. I hate to say this, but…… You don’t have to pretend to be weak in this situation to prove your s*xual orientation, right?”
“Iris, are you like that too?!”
At last, even Iris helped out with a word, and Rize tried to pull her body down with a sad expression on her face.
“Eek! Profit!”
“It’s in vain, Rize. What is the height difference between you and me? Even so, I can’t reach you.”
“…… It has nothing to do with height now. Hey, see you later.”
Rize let her limbs hang down with her grumpy face as if she had finally given up. She seemed to be what it was. I laughed and hugged Rize for a while, then released her.
Lizee, who was finally standing on the ground with her own two feet, patted my chest. She opened her mouth with a very pitiful look on Erica.
“You have achieved your goal. Did you like being hugged by Delta, sister?”
“No, I really tried hard, but I couldn’t solve it?”
“Yes, yes, it is. Even if I only used my strength to lift a spoon, I still put effort into it.”
Rise and Erica kept bickering as they walked by the weapon stand. Iris didn’t walk along, stared at me blankly, then grabbed her right hand.
Then he started stroking my forearm, moving up from the wrist to the elbow.
“Why, Iris?”
“…… It’s because I don’t think I’ve gained enough muscle to overwhelm Rize in terms of strength.”
That’s right, just because the strength stat has gone up doesn’t mean it’s obvious on the outside. Compared to the strength they can produce right now, their muscles look very weak, but I don’t know what they’re doing all of a sudden.
After Iris kneaded my arm for a long time, she walked towards Rize and Erica. As if Rize had waited, she teased me about how nice it was to touch my man.
“Are you all laughing now, Claudia?”
“…… Somehow Wow, I thought I was dying of starvation. If this was your goal to slow down before the sparring, I’ll give you plenty of compliments, Delta.”
“Those three didn’t laugh, but if you laughed your stomach out by yourself, wouldn’t there be something wrong with you?”
“Well, maybe. So what are you up to? Are you asking me to fight against you?”
“I have something to experiment with.”
As I said that, I drew out the wingless nightmare.
“It’s an experiment…… Are you saying that you are going to use the 1st Knight Commander of the Silver Dawn Knights only for experiments?”
Claudia smirked and pulled out the greatsword that was standing vertically on her floor. Tapping her foot to brush the dirt off the tip of her head, she asked as if she had remembered now.
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“You know, did Rize really look after you? I guess that’s because of his personality.”
“Probably not. It may not be all power, but I felt that I had used quite a bit of energy.”
Rize said “Look!” I heard the sound of her chest spreading vigorously. I could hear Erica and Iris panicking at the same time.
“Wow, my Delta, when did you get so strong?”
Even Claudia looked surprised, but I wasn’t particularly surprised. Because now my strength stat is over 70. Based on those stats, it’s strange for Rize to beat me.
The action just now could have been done with one hand.
Seeing that I was holding the wingless nightmare, Claudia also pointed the point of her sword at me. A greatsword whose blade is as long as the user herself, even though Claudia is very tall.
She has quite a lot of muscles, but objectively, Claudia, who lifted such a greatsword so lightly with her arms and legs of normal thickness, took her stance.
“…… But, can I really attack with all my might? If you don’t block this properly, it won’t end at the level of injury. You could die if you don’t.”
“It’s okay. Just do as I say.”
“No, you don’t know, but I’m not okay? And what if I die?”
“Claudia.”
I looked at Claudia.
“When have I ever told a lie?”
“… ….”
“I will explain the reason after the sparring. I want to surprise you guys.”
Claudia’s eyes changed when she said she wanted to surprise them. If I’m going to say this, it means there’s definitely something there.
“Hey, our Delta. When did you become so manly? Do you only choose what you like more and more?”
Claudia took her stance, smiling at her single single.
His expression became slightly serious. I grabbed her greatsword with both hands and bent her knees slightly, then spurred her on the ground and charged. Bang! A sound rang out.
The distance shortened at once. Claudia raised his greatsword high into the sky, then swung it straight at her. Her target area seemed to be my left shoulder.
It’s true that I put a lot of energy into it, but just in case, in preparation for the worst situation, even if I don’t receive it, only the left half of my body will end up being smashed.
It was a bizarre feat that was only possible because the extent to which the half of the body was crushed could be healed by receiving a healing magic, drinking a stamina potion, and then resting. In fact, anything other than instant death wounds can be cured somehow.
I countered it with a wingless nightmare. TOO! With a sound, the trajectory of the greatsword turned abruptly to the side. Claudia is coming? Her eyes widened in her face.
‘Certainly the recoil is much less than before.’
A greatsword of that size would definitely make my hand feel numb just from bouncing it off, but it felt just like bouncing a normal sword.
The next attack followed immediately. Claudia turned around in the direction the greatsword bounced off and swung her sword from the other side. This time, an attack that flies horizontally.
Replaced the wingless nightmare. This time, I thought to surprise those four people. Instead of deflecting it, I reached out his right hand.
ㅡTeoeoeoeoong!
I grabbed the flying greatsword with my hand.
“…… Uh?”
Claudia’s bewildered voice rang the arena.
A ignorant greatsword with a blade as wide as a human torso, as thick as an arm, and as long as a person’s height was wielded with rotational power, and he caught it with one hand.
“You…… You… ….”
Claudia must have been so terribly surprised that she missed the greatsword. But because I was holding the blade, I didn’t fall to the ground. I accepted it calmly and set it upright.
There was not much difference in the reaction of the other three who watched from a little distance.
“I told you, Claudia. It will surprise you.”