Saint and Robert-3
“Are you planning to stay here?”
“For now, yes. Since you’re not going to the south alone, isn’t it better to familiarize yourself with the faces?”
When I asked if it would be okay if I stayed at the cathedral, Adrian looked at me unexpectedly.
The talk at the Wall Tower was simple.
To hear about an itinerary going south, and to get permission to stay here. After hesitating for a while, Adrian slowly raised his teacup.
“I do not know. It’s something I couldn’t have imagined… not that I hate it. I thought I would just stop by and go back to the duke’s house.”
“I don’t like houses very much.”
I meant it as a joke, but Adrian just stared at me as he had been drinking tea.
The expression on his face darkened as he let out a sigh.
I don’t know what I was imagining, but I’m sure she took my words very seriously.
“…is that so. If that’s the case, I can give you a place to live in the Wall Tower…”
“You can refuse if you feel uncomfortable. You can go back to the duke’s mansion-”
“I can’t do that. You can stay at the Wall Tower.”
Silenced by the stern answer.
The transparent pupils seen through the closed eyes were staring at me clearly,
I couldn’t even raise my doubts about Adrian’s incomprehensible attitude.
Why did he react this way to the fact that he was going back to the duke’s residence?
However, it was only for a moment that he showed such a sign, and Adrian, who returned to his original expression, hesitantly opened his mouth.
“I do have a problem.”
“What if it’s a problem?”
“It’s the first time we’ve had men in the Wall Tower. This space was my exclusive use, so even if it was downstairs, His Holiness the Pope might think it strange. Or maybe Sir Berod.”
I tilt my head when I hear that this is the first time I’ve hired a man.
Are you sure you saw the paladins down here?
It wouldn’t be that he didn’t know that Paladins resided in the Wall Tower, so it didn’t make sense in many ways to not know that he had never hired men.
When asked, Adrian replied as if it were natural.
“I’ve seen Paladins since they were little, so I think they’re men… Yes, a little bit, right?”
Have you ever thought of yourself as a man in the first place?
Suddenly, I remembered the face of the paladin standing below, and I smiled bitterly.
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It was originally not allowed for outsiders to stay in the Wall Tower, but the story changed if they were acquainted with the saintess.
It is said that the princess also stayed there often, so I was able to take a closer look at the inside of the wall tower as I went downstairs with Adrian.
As it is a place to receive the light of the moon from the highest place,
A soft light shimmered from the crystals embedded here and there.
The moonlight seeping in from the pillar in the middle is transformed into magical energy and supplies magical energy to all parts of the tower.
That magical power becomes a light that illuminates the tower even in the dark of the night.
“I heard that the Wall Tower was built when I was a child. It was built from the time the Holy Father received the knowledge and went out to find me.”
“It must have been about 15 years.”
“Come to think of it, I am a year older than Robert. Isn’t it?”
“It is. I just turned 20 now.”
Adrian, who chuckled for a moment, grabbed my arm to change direction for a moment.
Even if you know the terrain around here, it is difficult to move alone.
So he had no choice but to catch me.
Even if I did catch it, it was all about lightly grabbing it to move along with me, but I let out a small sigh at the gaze I suddenly felt.
“Kuhm.”
As we’ve seen before, there were ‘a large number’ of paladins to protect Adrian in this wall tower.
The gender of paladins is mostly male, and since Adrian’s had been with them since childhood, he especially cared for her.
Maybe that’s why it makes me uncomfortable.
It must be strange in many ways to have a man I’ve never seen before with Adrian.
Adrian is now the age to be an adult.
The only thing I want you to know is that I don’t mean much.
Holding the arm like this was just to help, but the paladin’s eyes were all unfavorable.
“Robert? What’s going on?”
“…nothing happened.”
“I’ll show you the room Robert will be staying in. You can walk a little faster.”
All of a sudden, Adrian’s voice was a little higher than usual, so I saw a paladin deliberately passing by me.
I hit the hammer on my waist, even though I want to know what to do.
It wasn’t that I couldn’t understand their feelings at all.
If we were to describe Adrian as something, wouldn’t the word pure white fit well?
A woman who has never been soiled, clean, pure and simple in every way.
The point of not being able to see ahead arouses people’s compassion.
I want to protect it and have a little more caring heart.
Perhaps the Paladins also viewed Adrian with that mindset.
I also don’t feel weak when I see Adrian, so I was able to understand him even if he acted a little harshly.
When I passed the paladins like that and passed by at a certain point.
After removing his hand from my arm, which had been holding onto me for a moment, Adrian stood still.
“Wait. I think it just went too far. If you go two steps back from here, isn’t there a door?”
“That’s right.”
“Probably that’s an empty room. I can’t feel any presence inside.”
When I followed her words and opened the door, it was open and a cold wind came in.
It was a room where no human warmth was felt.
A room that looks like no one has been using it for a very long time.
However, the inside was decorated a little luxuriously, so it seemed to be a room used for guests to stay.
“Mirajen used to sleep here often. There’s nothing called a guest room other than here, so if that’s inconvenient, would you like another room?”
“it’s okay. It’s been a long time, so it doesn’t matter. I will seek your understanding separately.”
“Please wait. It’s probably dirty because it’s been left empty for a long time.”
After saying that, Adrian then folded his hands and let out divine power.
Brilliant glare began to circle around.
Like tiny torches, the light slowly spread around them, scattering tiny bits of dust and shattering in the air.
After some time passed, the dust in the room completely disappeared, revealing a room with only pure white color remaining.
“Would it be better now?”
“You didn’t overdo it, did you? You may not have to do this.”
“No way. Even if you look at it like this, I’m a saint.”
Then he smiled a little on his proud face.
It was a little different feeling from seeing Adele. Should I say it feels like seeing a white puppy?
I unconsciously reached out my hand to her head, but suddenly realized that she was a saint and withdrew my hand.
If I had stroked it, I would have been treated strangely.
As I was staring at Adrian for a moment, Adrian turned his head toward me and seized my arm.
“If you are going to unpack your room, it would be better to do it a little later. Today is Sir Berod’s day, so I have to let him know that Robert is there.”
“If you say Lord Berod, do you mean the head of the Paladins?”
Berod Alistan, his name had already been heard in several episodes.
Although he didn’t have many contacts with the church, he was considered one of the strongest in the church.
Even when a subjugation order was issued against me, I bumped into him a few times, so it’s not like he was unrelated.
He was old enough to be called an old man.
Nonetheless, with his upright and upright personality, his incomparable strength made him stand at the pinnacle of Paladins.
Adrian nodded, saying that he was right, and opened his mouth slightly as if he remembered something.
Confused, she bit her lip and opened her mouth.
“…Come to think of it, I prayed briefly today, but I don’t think you’ll scold me for that.”
“Did you even get scolded?”
“Mmm, so Sir Berod is like my father. Since I was young, he almost raised me alone, and I met him more often than other paladins. You still have the flower ring I made for you.”
That the grim-looking old man had someone he cared for. I shook my head at the thought of surprise.
When fighting me, it was like watching a berserker.
It was because he fought by wielding a hammer bigger than his height, recovering wounds with divine power when slightly injured.
It’s a body that doesn’t even fade in the middle of the day, but it was just very difficult to run like that.
Even while thinking about that, Adrian continued talking about Berod.
Although he tends to be a bit overprotective of himself, he is said to be a good person, and seems to have a good relationship with him.
Adrian, who had been talking for a long time, eventually started talking about other paladins.
“Paladins always like me. Priests are like that, but Paladins are especially like that.”
“It seems so.”
“is that so? When I was young, he always followed me around, but since I said I didn’t like it, he said he wouldn’t do it in the future.”
“…Aha.”
Is that why you secretly follow me like this? There are five paladins who follow after clearing their presence.
I glanced back with a smile.
Those who did not avoid looking at me even when I made eye contact, rather gave me a sharp look.
It was the gaze that if you touched it, you would not be able to leave with a healthy body.
I don’t know what you think of me
It would be fortunate if he misunderstood him as a bastard who had crawled aiming for Adrian.
The gaze they sent me was more like a pagan than a bastard.
There were also those who clenched their teeth whenever Adrian’s body touched them.
He was just catching it to help, but if he heard what happened on the roof of the Wall Tower, wouldn’t he burst into tears?
“Looks like we’re almost there. I can feel the energy of Lord Berod.”
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Just as he said, as he walked further along Adrian, he felt a fierce and powerful energy.
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Just getting close to it was enough pressure to make my body numb.
Since I was an opponent when I was called the Sword Saint, this is probably natural.
It’s just that I was younger than I knew, so I wasn’t as mature as I was back then.
“Verod!”
As the energy began to move in Adrian’s voice,
Soon, with the sound of heavy footsteps, an old man appeared.
A beard that has not yet been dyed white, but still a large body.
Exposing heavy armor on his muscles, he exuded a tremendous presence along with a bright red cross in the middle of his chest.
“Holy Lady, you are here.”
“It’s been a while, Verod, you seem to be healthier than before?
“Of course. You’ve been working hard lately, aren’t you?”
When he met Adrian’s eyes, Verod’s eyes were gentle.
It was a completely different warmth from the eyes I had seen, and a sudden smile leaked out in an instant.
It seems that he is on the soft side for those he really cares for.
Adrian, who got away from me, approached Berod and examined his body.
As a small amount of divine power leaked out and covered his body, Verod smiled and brushed Adrian’s hair as if he was used to it.
“I am glad you are doing well. By the way, what did you come for?”
“I think a guest will be staying at the Wall Tower from today. I’m here to tell you about it.”
“Oh, you were a guest.”
As I took my gaze away from Adrian, those gentle eyes quickly returned to the ones I remembered.
My shoulders trembled for no reason when I met the eyes of the crusader who was running wild on the battlefield, and the dark twilight seemed to overflow.
“man?”
“He is my friend, Verod. Speaking of Robert Taylor, you might have heard the name.”
“Haha, friend?”
Even while laughing, the eyes that look at me are gradually growing.
I know he won’t make a quick move in front of Adrian.
The arm Adrian was holding trembled, but his body did not move any further.
However, it seemed that he knew for sure that his attitude was different from that of the paladins before.
If the other paladins are just giving you a bad look, this paladin named Berod. It must be a threat to me…
I had such a feeling.