147 – Light that brightens the night
“Hero?”
Latera spoke cautiously to Siron. I want to get out of here quickly, but he was just staring at the pillar of light as if he had no intention of getting out.
“Are you a warrior?”
“…”
However, contrary to her wishes, Siron did not respond to the subsequent calls. He narrowed his eyes as if he was still deeply troubled… then stroked his chin and rolled his tongue around in his mouth.
“When are we going to leave? We’re going to leave, right?”
Latera, tired of seeing this, tugged on the hem of Siron’s clothes.
“please answer me.”
“…Wait. I’m thinking.”
“What are you thinking about for so long?”
“Any thoughts on why those bastards threatened to harm themselves?”
“…A threat?”
Latera blinked her wide eyes and then tilted her head.
“Has something happened outside? Is there a way to keep people from outside from entering Braham?”
“It’s not like that. On the contrary, they were kind enough to escort me and treat me to free dinner.”
Incomprehensible words.
Latera tilted her head again. Judging from Siron’s expression and the tone of his speech, it was clear that a problem had arisen from outside, but it didn’t necessarily seem like that from what he said.
Siron put his hand into the pillar of light and continued speaking.
“To tell you the story, it’s complicated. If you’re really curious, read my thoughts.”
“…Don’t you hate it when I look into your heart? I don’t want to do something you don’t like…”
“I don’t think I can explain my thoughts properly either.”
Shiron said while observing the hand that had been inserted into the pillar of light. I only put my hand in and then took it out, but there was still a divinity like thick soup in my hand.
“In terms of feeling. I think the guys who came in here and the guy who served me food and took me to the hotel personally are on the same team.”
“hmm…”
“They even said that as long as I don’t do useless things, the paradise where they can eat well and live well will not collapse.”
Siron thought again.
That the inhabitants of Braham can use holy power with dogs or cows, and that Kylie’s body has been further damaged since the intruders arrived.
When we put them all together, there were many things that fit together enough to make us confident that the upper echelons of Braham had planned and executed something.
After mulling over his unpleasant feelings, Siron turned his gaze to Latera.
“If you leave here, will this pillar of light go out?”
“There is absolutely no chance of that happening. This pillar of light has been emitting even before I existed here.”
“…What if you leave here? Who will take care of the hero’s house? They say intruders keep trying to come in.”
“Don’t worry about that either! If I leave here, I will block the road so you can’t get here at all.”
Latera’s eyes lit up and she pounded her chest.
“The reason intruders have been able to come here so far is because the firewall was slightly loosened to allow the hero who has not yet arrived here. But now that I am leaving here with the hero, there is no longer a side road to enter here. There’s no need to leave it behind.”
“Then this pillar of light is also cut off in the middle?”
“Well, I guess not.”
“why?”
“I can’t give you a definitive answer, so I can’t make a definitive answer, but I do know what role this pillar of light plays.”
Latera lifted her head and blinked.
“This pillar of light served as a guidepost to the hero, but it is said that it also serves to prevent the apostles as well as the demons from approaching. Well, I also heard from my seniors, so I can’t prove whether it’s true or not.”
“Then, the effect the pillar of light has on the outside is the same whether you leave or not?”
“…Yes?”
Latera looked at Shiron blankly and answered a little late. His face had grown distorted from earlier, and I suspected that he had said something wrong.
“It’s not because of you.”
As if to dispel Latera’s concerns, Chiron patted her on the shoulder and let out a hot breath. But even so, the management of facial expressions is not good.
‘You bastard. In the end, taking out Latera and the Braham collapsing had nothing to do with each other, right?’
To summarize Latera’s claims, even if she eventually leaves, the light to protect the warrior’s house will not stop. Although unpleasant feelings arose at the thought of being operated using Kylie’s corpse as fuel, I tried to ignore it in my head and said that there was nothing I could do about it.
What is important is that Assad, or Braham’s superiors behind him, made a fuss about something that could not happen and threatened Shiron.
‘They’re talking nonsense about revelations and all, and making people anxious.’
Even when she first met Assad, Lucia had a confident side, but on the way back to the hotel, she couldn’t find that side at all. Seeing him worrying that what he was trying to do was wrong, it was pitiful to see him from the sidelines, so he ended up saying things he didn’t mean to do.
‘I’ll have to kill bastards in order to stretch forward and sleep comfortably.’
He didn’t like following the superstition of revelation, but Shiron thought that this was also unavoidable. Isn’t it a revelation because it happens somehow?
Shiron raised the corners of his mouth and rummaged in his arms. It was confirmed five years ago that stored items can be retrieved from this place.
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“Latera.”
“Yes, warrior.”
“Are you reading my thoughts?”
“Why do you keep encouraging me? I don’t read it.”
“You’d better read.”
Siron took out several jars of oil from his pocket.
“Then don’t interfere with what I’m trying to do.”
Shake!
The glass coffin containing the body is opened roughly.
Slurp – Slurp – Sticky and slippery oil pours over the pale corpse.
“Ji, what are you doing now?”
“I’m following the Lord’s revelations. I don’t believe in or like superstitions, but I guess revelations are more useful than I thought.”
Siron grabbed Latera and Seira and fell about ten steps. Latera was dragged around with question marks on her face.
Then Siron took out a match and lit it. The sparks that escaped his hand touched the body.
Grumble!
The entire glass tube was engulfed in huge flames.
“Yes?”
Latera, who was almost hanging in the air, suddenly turned her head. There, Siron, with his eyes greatly distorted, was smiling bitterly.
“Rather than being used by f*cking cubs … this is better. Kylie would like this too.”
I was worried that it wouldn’t work because of Kylie’s overwhelming ability, but fortunately that didn’t happen. Shiron stayed there blankly until the pillar of light disappeared.
“Let’s go out.”
*
Desert Kingdom David.
Most of the country is a desert, and the night here is busier than any other country.
Because the temperature that dries the inside of the mouth continues until the sun goes down, it is difficult to do proper activities during the day.
Some people say that it can be done by lowering the temperature with magic, but no matter how much magic exists, the number of people who can use it is remarkably small.
Proportionately, at most one in five. David’s enthusiasm for education is much less than that.
But it was not divine power.
Although limited to Braham, divine power could be utilized as fully as magic in everyday life by individuals, even without talent. Not only does it heal minor wounds, but the light emitted from the cathedral illuminates the streets at night instead of expensive ether.
For that reason, education, administration, transportation… work that required manpower was done after sunset, and the Foreign Affairs Division, which served as a link between David and Lien, had a work environment that was not much different from there.
“hmm…”
Raihan Karam, a second-class foreign service officer belonging to the Foreign Service Division, sat at his assigned desk and looked at the official document that had just been distributed.
[This year’s cathedral expansion progress and next year’s new road construction plan]
[Official document regarding requirements related to import and export of ether]
Provincial office that manages all administrative affairs of Braham. The documents that fell from there were so thick that it was difficult to read them in just one day, but they could be summarized and represented with very simple numbers and symbols.
[The number of cathedrals is expected to increase from 1,204 to 1,232]
[The proportion of ether dependence is scheduled to be reduced from 3.4% to 3.1%]
‘This year, as usual, it decreased…’
Raihan sipped his palm tea as he sorted out the documents he was flipping through.
The prospect of an increase in the number of cathedrals and a decrease in the proportion of ether imports, a fuel entirely imported from outside, was something that most Braham citizens would welcome, but Raihan, even though he was a citizen of Braham, was not entirely at ease.
That’s right, the place where Raihan works is the diplomatic division that acts as a link between Lien and David.
It will be obvious that as resource dependence increases on Lien, who produces most of the ether consumed on the continent, the importance of Raihan’s work will increase, and if this continues to decline, Raihan will lose his job.
This was clearly not a good thing for Raihan.
As long as you are a resident of Braham and don’t have to worry about making a living, it usually doesn’t matter much whether or not you have a job… but Raihan is different.
He felt great pride and accomplishment in his work.
‘If things continue like this, it won’t be long until I get kicked out naturally.’
Raihan sighed and looked at the seat next to him. The place where Raihan and his colleagues would have been working just a year ago is now empty. He was happy to finally be free from labor, but Raihan did not want to live the life of a livestock completely raised by the state.
pop!
Puff puff poop!
Was it a time when you were thinking about self-actualization for a long time? A loud noise was heard outside the window.
“…What did you just say?”
“Well? Are we going to fight?”
There was also a commotion in the office. The employees who were working came out in droves to see what was going on outside, and Raihan also stuck his head out of the window.
There was still darkness there, but there was also turmoil and confusion.
The sound of iron boots hitting the stone floor is rushing towards somewhere.
Raihan moved his head in the direction of the sound that was gradually receding. There, in contrast to the darkened streets, brightly lit buildings shimmered like clusters of stars.