Chapter 163
Artificial saint (2)
-David’s past began when the children of the village disappeared one by one.
“David-sama, have you seen our Alan?”
“Alan? I didn’t come to church today… … , Is something wrong?”
“No, he went out in the morning, but he doesn’t think of coming back even after the sun goes down… … .”
It was a question from a woman whom David encountered while walking around the city to buy something to eat for dinner.
“Alan, it looks like that mischievous bastard is forgetting to eat again. I must have lost track of time in the park by now.”
David, recalling the face of the boy with the ponytail, responded with a chuckle.
It wasn’t for a day or two that the boy skipped meals and hung out with his friends in the neighborhood, so he must be playing hide-and-seek with his friends in a nearby park as usual.
I thought so.
“Godfather, Alan is missing.”
During dinner, David dropped his spoon at the topic Chevalier brought up.
If it had ended here, it would have been nothing more than an ordinary disappearance.
‘One child’ was just a precursor.
“Godfather, Chris is gone.”
for several days.
“Today is Clarissa and Eric… … .”
Dozens of children have disappeared.
Whether it fell to the ground or soared up into the sky, as few as two or as many as three disappeared without a trace in a day.
The atmosphere of the city went into an endless mess.
again after several days.
An English princess visiting France has arrived in Avignon.
the day before the princess arrives.
Desiree is gone.
The place where young Desiree awoke was in the dark crypt of Avignon Cathedral.
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can’t see ahead
She obviously pulled her eyelids up as much as she could, but all Elizabeth could see was darkness.
I waited for my eyesight to get used to the darkness.
However, I don’t get used to it.
It seemed like he had waited a long time, but still all he could see was darkness.
As my vision was blocked, my tactile senses sharpened.
A cold touch lingers on the palm of the hand groping down.
Seeing how cold it is despite the mild climate of southern France, it is a place that has not been used for a long time without sunlight.
In addition, it was a hard and rough material judging by the tickling of the fingertips. Yes, I thought it might be the floor made of stone.
“cave… … , no, is it close to a basement, judging from how clean it is?”
I only moved my jaw while muttering for a while, but the back of my head hurts like it was broken.
“Oh, it’s the head—. What the hell happened… … ? I definitely remember arriving in Avignon.”
The recovery of the time that was continuously delayed was left behind.
Instead, I searched my memory.
Rather than continuing to hold on to a sense that does not work, I rather choose the direction of recalling memories. Elizabeth was such a person.
After arriving in France, she fell into a problem.
If it moves in the air, it is clear that the record will remain due to the strict procedure, so it is not possible.
As for water movement, if you encounter pursuers, you cannot escape in the middle of the sea, so pass this way too.
In the end, all that remains is to escape by land… … .
I don’t have enough cash on hand to pick up a car and drive as usual.
If you use the card, the record will remain, so no.
All conditions were telling us to use the train.
However, Elizabeth moved to Avignon ‘on foot’.
There was no way that even she could not have expected a fact that could be inferred so easily as something else.
If you take a train, there must be ‘sacred knights’ waiting at every station.
You must be wary of enemies who do not know when and where they will pop out. If encountered, battle is unavoidable.
So walking is the best.
It would be a forced march that would take dozens of days for an ordinary person, but she was not an ordinary person.
Her status was ‘princess’, but at the same time she was a ‘knight’.
If we were to classify it, it could be said that it was a fairly high-performance article.
As soon as you use the magic inside your body, it is possible to travel across France.
The princess, who sipped coffee at a cafe in Lyon not far from Avignon, was quite satisfied with her choice.
Choice by reason and rationality.
what a beautiful thing
-Kang!
That is, until there was an intense shock to the back of the head.
Unable to control her body, Elizabeth collapsed.
The last person caught in her blurred vision was someone she knew well.
muttering his name softly
“Jack Daniel… … .”
The answer comes from nearby.
“Yes, Princess. I am here.”
low and moderate
Goosebumps broke out all over his body.
The weight of it made Elizabeth gasp and choke, and she couldn’t say anything behind her back.
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Jack’s reply swallowed up Elizabeth’s “why?”
Think short, judge quickly.
I kicked off the floor in the direction of Jack’s voice, got up and threw my fist.
– Cheekyung.
Elizabeth’s arm couldn’t extend all the way and was forced to stop.
Direction and distance were correct. Although invisible, her fist must have been cut right in front of Jack’s nose.
“… … .”
“… … .”
I lifted my left hand and felt my right wrist, feeling iron shackles.
Looking back at the sensations of the whole body, it is not only the arms. Thick shackles on both ankles also restrained her movements through the gnawing chains.
“… … You did something pretty cute, Jack. But I mean—”
Even if she was imprisoned with iron, she is a superhuman.
If you use magic, you can tear it like a piece of paper. feel the heart
“—Something like this means nothing to me… … do… … ?”
Following the pulsating blood vessels throughout the body, focusing nerves into the body and drawing magic power from the heart… … ?
weird. I don’t feel any magic power.
What was supposed to spring up like water from a fire had disappeared like vapor spreading in the air.
“It’s no use, Princess.”
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Jack’s words sent a chill down his spine. My heart beats wildly. ‘Visual information that does not return’ aroused fear.
“… … What the hell have you done to me?”
“For the convenience of the operation, we had no choice but to take ‘follow-up’.”
“Follow-up action, what is that—?”
“after… … , If you were a clever princess, you would have guessed it already, right?”
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Jack’s sigh is particularly deep.
Feeling ominous, Elizabeth slowly raised her hands to her chest. No matter how hard I squeeze my stomach, I can only feel the beating of my heart.
Unable to contact supernatural powers.
“I destroyed the magic road with the magical power that connects the heart and blood vessels.”
“… … no way?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
Both hands begin to tremble in fear.
“You can no longer handle magical powers and abilities.”
“My, what have you done to me?”
He began to move his hands toward his face.
A trembling fingertip touches the ball. The fingertips landed on both cheeks and crawled up towards the eyelids.
“Immediately after securing the princess, in order to prevent possible rebellion in the future, the magic tract and optic nerve were severed.”
The slippery wetness of the eyeballs touched the fingertips.
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Jack’s voice was calm.
It was as cold as it was calm. He continued with a passing tone, such as, ‘The weather is nice today.’
“Princess Elizabeth, you are clever enough to see things intuitively. As smart as he is, he is clever enough to come up with the same idea as a dagger under his chin.”
“Turbuck, turbuck,” she heard Jack step toward her.
“At the same time, he is hard-headed enough to parry little things for great gain. Aren’t you calculating in your mind even now, is it an advantage if you can induce my distraction by losing sight? Or is it a loss?”
“… … What do you want to say?”
Suddenly, I felt a presence right in front of me.
“Young-teuk, Young-min, calmness. Who taught you how to think, made up of reason and rationality?”
At Jack’s words, like a machine, the princess felt fear.
“Come on, Princess. Time to take your medicine.”
A fear greater than the loss of sight and magic.
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As you progress through the game, you will get 50,000 titles.
[Extra A], [Passing by B], [Classmate C], etc., there are many titles that have no additional effect.
Characters with this title have only one characteristic in common.
Do nothing.
The titles above were modifiers for those who literally did nothing.
On the other hand.
[Fallen Saint], [Weary Returner], [Devil’s Gunslinger], [Protagonist], etc. There were titles that granted ‘power’ that could change the game.
In order to obtain the above titles, you must repeatedly perform related actions or do similar actions with a character in the game.
It was the true meaning of ‘history makes power’.
[Artificial Saint] is a modifier that can change the game in that sense, and it is not strange to have several S’s added to it.
Even if you search the Bible right away, there are plenty of miracles related to the [Saint].
Here, it is an undeniable fact that [artificial saints] are inferior to pure [saints].
If I were the head of the Vatican, I wouldn’t be satisfied with ‘merely’ [artificial saint] at the cost of ruining all relations with Britain.
If you consider what they are preparing now as a movie, it was an anticipated film with a running time of over 120 minutes and hundreds of billions of dollars in production costs.
At best, they would think that breaking even was not a good balance.
In order to increase the ‘completeness’ of the ‘movie’ even a little, I will put my heart and soul into ‘shooting locations’ and ‘props’.
And in this Avignon area, there was only one place that could artificially create a saint and raise its ‘class’.
As soon as the elevator door opened, I came out of the hotel and immediately ran towards one place with Desiree.
There was a place where Elizabeth was supposed to be imprisoned.
“Desiree, how far is it from the cathedral?”
“I have to go three kilometers to the east, and I have to cross the Rhône River on the way!”
“Isn’t it filthy far?!”
I kicked the ground to speed up.
The city spread out to the left and right, passing by quickly, giving me a sense of speed.
It’s actually not that far if it’s 3km, but the story was different now that time is urgent.
“Desire, are you sure about the cathedral? Could it be somewhere else?”
“Assuming the Vatican intervenes, that’s the only place where me, Elizabeth, and Jack get hooked up, where we can lock people up without being seen by anyone!”
Desiree took the lead with conviction.
Behind her, who had deduced as I had induced, I nodded.
Yes, the basement of Avignon Cathedral.
That is the correct answer.
Of the key words I had, I conveyed only three to her.
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Vatican, Elizabeth, Jack.
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Religious, a place involving Elizabeth and Jack and Desiree Chevalier.
Add to that the events of David’s death 10 years ago, and there was only one place she could deduce.
‘Underground of Avignon Cathedral.’
how far did it run The tall spire of the cathedral came into my view.
Now, it’s time to save the unfortunate heroine in the movie.
By the way, I didn’t want to experience the tragedy myself, if only I could see it.
So, I decide the genre of this movie.