134. “It’s fine if you’re a knight, you can talk at any time.”
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‘Oh, did it happen? I think it’s because he shakes his head.’
‘…… ?’
‘Hmm… ? Are you unable to speak? There was nothing like that in the information I heard……. Hey you! You that… What is it, moving death? Did you get this right? If you can understand it, blink an eye!’
‘……… It is living death And I can understand.’
‘What, you weren’t dumb enough to not be able to speak at all. I thought I would repeat unknown sounds like the other undead, or shout at random, like a roar. Well, good is good. Yes, uh…… Living death? I don’t know why the undead are all so vicious. Anyway! I wish you well, !’
‘…… Alive?’
‘Yes! Since Is the last name and Is the name, !!’
‘……… Zerpied Lim Sedbaigal. Living death is an alias.’
‘What is it? Did you have a name? What a surprise! Such a normal undead.’
‘…… Well, don’t you think it’s normal rather than amazing because it’s normal?’
‘How about anything! Good is good! It’s called Lail Para! Please take good care of me, knight!’
‘Knight?’
“Knight!!”
The clear voice echoing from below was enough to awaken Zerpied’s spirit. He quickly looked down. I saw Ecilia’s upturned face. She also has eyes of the opposite color in her eyes.
The saintess of innocence was looking at him with her head raised. Her hands were pressed against her chest. Her tiny hands were trembling little by little. It was because of anxiety, but not only because of it. A slight vibration was transmitted little by little.
Only after feeling the vibration, Zer Pied realized what situation he was in. He was driving a horse without a head. The surroundings were still the same as before. The dust danced wildly, the dry wind howled and the rocks held their ground hard. When he realized these facts, a worried voice came out of the saintess’ mouth.
“Knight…… ?”
“Ah…… Esilia. Sorry, I was thinking about something else for a while……. What’s going on?”
Zer Pied asked Esilia, wiping his face with his right hand. But the answer he expected did not come out. The upside-down face of the saintess of innocence was full of her doubts, and she was looking at him with her eyes narrowed. Eventually, the saintess’ slightly closed lips opened. Her voice was still tinged with worry.
“Chief, are you okay…… ?”
“I’m fine, Esilia.”
“Really…… ?”
The eyes of the saintess became even thinner. And in proportion to the change, her doubts on her saintly face grew even thicker. That doubt, which had grown thicker, eventually transformed into the form of her words.
“Knight.”
“Hmm?”
“Do you know how many times I called the driver?”
The Death Knight felt perplexed by the words of her saintess. It had just been before that he pulled out of his old memories. He pondered how to dispel the contractor’s doubts, and Jer Peied carefully selected his answers.
“……… Four times?”
“Seven times.”
It was a failure. That, too, could be called a catastrophic failure. Contrary to his expectations, the saintess’ doubts began to run towards her peak. A sigh escaped from the saintess’ mouth.
“Stand up.”
However, what followed after the sigh was quite perplexing. Considering the current situation, it was difficult to say. Of course, Zerfied had no choice but to protest strongly.
“What… ? No. No way, Ecilia. Don’t you know too well? We almost got caught by the Holy Knights once. Frankly, I’m not sure they can catch up with us again. We must widen the distance as much as possible when we can, and achieve our goal as soon as possible.”
However, the saintess sighed again and just gently shook her head.
“Knight.”
“Esilia, thank you for your concern. But… ….”
“Chief, take a look ahead.”
The Death Knight, who raised her head following the saintess’s clear voice, had no choice but to follow her other words, that is, to stop the running horse. No, I had to follow. After she ate her meal, when she set off, she was too different from the sight.
It was the Eindelph rod that he focused on in the scene he could see. However, what I could see now were the mountain ranges surrounding Eindelph Peak. The Eindelph peak he was aiming for was skewed to the left.
“You understand now, right?”
The gentle voice of the saintess put an end to Zerfied’s perplexity. He couldn’t do anything other than nod his head heavily. However, when Zer Pied tried to return his horse to the center, the saintess stopped him from doing so.
“No, driver. Take a break.”
“…… What?”
“Let’s take a break.”
“That… ….”
The Death Knight, who was about to say ‘I can’t do that’, shut her mouth. The saintess’ gaze was firm, and she was also resolute. She nodded her head to mean that the Death Knight would understand, and the saintess turned her head around and pointed her finger there as if she had found the right place.
In the direction the saintess pointed, there was a large rock mass. It was the perfect structure to block the wind. Slowly, Zerfied drove the headless horse toward the rock mass. As if representing his current state of mind, the headless horse’s footsteps were close to trudging. Eventually, his feelings flowed out of his mouth.
“…… Ecilia, it was because I was distracted just now. It won’t happen this time.”
“Did I tell you, driver, that I swatted the driver’s forearm while calling him earlier?”
“Ummm… ….”
At the words of the saintess, the Death Knight lost her ability to respond. The saintess of innocence’s proposal for a rest was not simply due to excessive worry, but was the result of strict rational thinking. The Death Knight decided to quietly follow the saintess’ opinion.
Zer Pied, who prepared a seat for the saintess at the bottom of the rock formation, sat down next to her and leaned against the rock. Being able to play with one’s body at will was quite an advantage at times like these. Poised for reflection, he began examining why the same thing had just happened.
However, he didn’t come up with anything in particular.
‘Maybe it’s because the end is approaching and I’ve become nervous without realizing it.’
That analysis made sense. So far, he has never had a successful contract. It was because the size of the contract was too large. The contracts he made were all related to the existence of the world. It was only natural that there would be protests from all over the place. However, his current contract is to escort Saint Esilia. The difficulty itself was considerable compared to the previous contracts, but in terms of scale, it was incomparable.
‘It’s done. Let’s not think Enforcing the contract and annihilating the General Church is all that is needed. Then, Ecilia will be able to gain the freedom she has no longer escaped. And I-‘
Me?
Zerpied couldn’t figure out why the accident had stopped there all of a sudden. It was natural, it was just natural. It was business as usual. What you always do at the end of the contract.
Looking at the stars, stepping on the soil, and being submerged in water.
It’s something I always do.
Because of that, he couldn’t figure out why he was feeling such a sense of existence being blocked. It was incomparable to the divine power that strangled him. I didn’t understand. In that natural act, a grotesque unnaturalness was felt.
It’s always, always…….
Why do I…….
That’s it –
Death Knight could no longer continue thinking about the act.
Because the captain made us like this.
No longer, he couldn’t think.
“Knight – !”
Suddenly, his accidents began to take over. More precisely, he had no choice but to think. An accident occupied him all. Out of breath, the Death Knight could barely grasp what was in front of his eyes. He was the identity of a huge accident that crashed into him.
A saint.
It was the face of a saintess. The same emotion of worry was dripping down her different eyes. Barely blinking, Zer Pied realized what form he was getting into. He could see himself in the saintess’ pupils.
He was down. He stood with her head on the saintess’s lap.
Naturality overflowed. It was so sudden. It could be called an invasion.
However, it was natural that I couldn’t handle, but somehow, I thought Death Knight wasn’t that bad.
“It’s okay…… ? Suddenly… You suddenly fell…… ! Hey, as expected, something was strange from before… ! Well, I don’t know what it is, but it’s not good, right? ?! Hey, wait! Heal now…… ! Oh no, that shouldn’t be… ! Mmm, should I give you some water… ?!”
The saintess’ trembling voice wrapped around his ears. He shook her head slowly.
“Esilia.”
Hearing the Death Knight’s low voice, the saintess’ eyes stopped shaking.
“It’s okay. For a moment…… I’m mentally tired, so… It was just like that.”
After hearing the words of the Death Knight, the saintess let out a sigh. She sighed in relief. Before long, the saintess’ thin, white hands began to move. The place where her saintess hand was directed was the Death Knight’s hand.
The saintess held her hand tightly. There was a lot of difference and it seemed like they were medaling. But she, the saintess, did not let go of her hand. The place where her other hand was directed was toward the Death Knight’s head. Slowly, very slowly, the saintess began stroking the Death Knight’s hair.
Her movements made it clear that she was being carefully stroked just by looking at her. When her thin fingers brushed her hair, the Death Knight realized.
Something I just felt from the naturalness I couldn’t handle.
It was comfort.
“When I was little, when I was crying, my sister would comfort me in this way.”
She raised her hand that had gently stroked her hair all the way up and started stroking it again. She still didn’t let go of her hand.
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“So, if you have a hard time, tell me anytime.”
Escelia put the hand of Zerpiede she was holding onto her own cheek. It was a soft, pliable, moist cheek. To the extent that he, with his dull senses, could feel it all.
“As I always say, I am a saint.”
Looking at the falling, warm smile, Zere Pied moved her mouth that kept opening in a daze, and managed to get her words out.
“I’m sorry… just a little… Just a little bit, I’ll rest.”
The saintess grinned.
“You can keep doing this until you get stronger. And – “
The saintess gently took her hand that had been stroking her hair and gently placed her index finger on it. She turned to the Death Knight’s lips.
“It is forbidden to say sorry while asking for something like this. As long as it’s a knight, it’s okay to talk at any time.”
Death Knight wished that she herself had nodded her head, and she slowly closed her eyes in the drowsiness that poured out along with her smile.