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Chloe woke up from a deep sleep.
“Well? I fell asleep reading a book again.”
Chloe closed the book and wiped the saliva from her mouth.
Early morning sunlight was streaming in through the window.
Looking back, Charlotte was sleeping soundly in bed.
Chloe stared at Charlotte.
“Wake me up, send me to bed, and I’ll sleep.”
My back hurt because I sat down and slept.
Chloe stretched and relaxed her wrinkled body.
I woke up earlier than usual, so I fell asleep a little.
However, Chloe’s mood was so light.
‘It’s strange. What’s going on today?’
Chloe tilted her head and said, “Oh.”
“Today is the day you meet Priest Ethan, isn’t it?!”
After overcoming the attack on Central, the priests of the Pars Church were very busy.
It was hard to see the ends of Ethan’s hair.
There was no separate appointment.
But I heard that Ethan’s busy work day was finally finished yesterday.
‘So surely we can meet today, right?’
I was just as excited when I heard that a new magic theory book was in stock.
Chloe started grooming herself early in the morning.
After washing my face and looking in the mirror, I suddenly felt empty.
“Can I just go on like this?”
The self-image in the mirror was so modest.
Of course, it would have been absurd for other people to see this.
Although she wasn’t glamorous, Chloe’s appearance was not unusual at first glance.
clean skin. bright sparkling eyes.
Dense and dense facial features. Even the light that floated on both cheeks.
She would be more beautiful if she decorated it, but she was already beautiful enough without makeup.
But Chloe, who began to be conscious of the opposite s*x, was too unfamiliar with these feelings.
“Would you like to braid your hair in a different way this time?”
Calling it a change of pace, Chloe began to dress up poorly for the first time in her life.
* * *
“Ummm. it’s mine… Gluttony!”
Charlotte, who was talking about sleep, rolled over and fell out of bed.
“Ugh.”
Charlotte moaned and got up from the floor.
‘At this point, Chloe is teasing her tongue, isn’t it?’
I couldn’t hear anything, so I was even more anxious.
When I got up and looked around, there was no one in the room.
“uh? Chloe?”
It was unfortunate.
The bed was neatly arranged, but strangely, there were all sorts of miscellaneous items on the desk, sofa, and table as if a thief had been carrying it.
“What, what? What happened?”
Charlotte felt like she was awake.
Startled, she wandered around the room.
Then he picked up the dress hanging from the sofa and tilted his head.
‘All the valuables are in their place, so why are clothes and cosmetics outside?’
Charlotte’s eyes turned to the calendar.
Then she realized
“Ah, isn’t today the day you decided to meet Priest Ethan?!”
Of course, it wasn’t a promise.
Chloe and Charlotte were the only two of us thinking that way.
But Charlotte knew immediately where Chloe had gone.
“Aha. Have you already gone there alone? It’s fast.”
There was something strange about it.
‘Why is a kid who doesn’t usually care about his clothes like this all of a sudden?’
It was even more strange because we didn’t know anything about each other.
“Well, how are you? I have to go too!”
Charlotte hastily prepared to find Chloe.
* * *
Post-processing of the Central Heist has been completed to some extent.
Ethan was enjoying a leisurely morning after a long time.
Ethan enjoyed the smell of fragrant soup and bread.
“It smells great.”
It was not like the cheap soup distributed by the temple and the bread left over from the day before.
Soup with just the right amount of spices.
Bread and fruit with ham and cheese and so on.
It was a well-balanced diet that was both nutritionally balanced and tasty.
Although the surrounding area was a ruined outdoor area, you could eat it in the morning sun, so that was it.
‘This is life. This is food.’
Ethan leisurely savored the food.
If the other priests saw Ethan’s table, they would be startled.
Soup with spices, a luxury item.
Meat obtained from slaughtering livestock.
Likewise, even the nobles and their favorite fruits.
From the point of view of the priests, they were all luxurious.
But Ethan was enjoying it proudly.
It was natural.
‘I bought the food with money, but who says what?’
It wasn’t in vain that Ethan had spent the last few days in treatment at Central.
The citizens who received Ethan’s treatment were those who knew what human morality was.
– I lived thanks to Priest Ethan. This is a sign of a small castle. Please take it.
– It’s small, but it’s a donation. Please do not decline.
Citizens of Central made small donations to Ethan.
Other priests would have refused, but Ethan was different.
‘then. Don’t give up, it’s polite to accept what you ask for.’
Ethan, who had his own philosophy, was pleased with the donations.
Ethan remembered his relaxed pocket situation and ate a satisfying breakfast.
‘I’m glad you came to Central.’
The divine power was amplified because of the guard’s barrier, and he suffered a lot, but after visiting the southern swamps, he obtained the heart of Behemoth and strengthened his body and divine magic, so he was satisfied.
Above all, Ethan played a decisive role in the operation to save the seven kings from this raid on Central.
As a result, Ethan received considerable high praise.
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Various compensations were being discussed, so I could not help but look forward to it.The pockets were so thick that they were about to burst.
Then, Ethan thought of a dark follower.
‘If you were going to ruin the roundtable, you mean you had a plan in mind from the beginning, right?’
Ethan shook his head as he drank fruit juice.
Ruining the roundtable would have been only the first step in the plan.
Assuming the plan succeeds, what will the Dark Followers do next?
‘You don’t have to think hard.’
It was in the middle of a leisurely meal, but in Ethan’s mind, he could see what was going on in the world at a glance.
‘It’s obvious what they’re aiming for.’
It must have been that those with the right to succession wanted to create divisions.
Anti-Magic War.
The beginning of the war also stemmed from the dispute over succession rights in the old empire.
Even the struggle for the right to succession occurred in just one country, and the continent became a wasteland.
But what if some of the kings of the United Kingdom die at once?
“This is going to be fun. Are the greedy bastards ready?”
Even if the king dies, there is no problem as long as the succession to the throne is legitimate.
But in order for the division desired by the Dark Followers to arise and for the war to occur, there must be a large number of heirs to the throne that will wreak havoc on the succession.
And it wasn’t something to be relied on by chance.
Clearly, the Dark Follower had hidden his own person among the heirs to the throne.
“Your workmanship is very dirty, so it looks like you’re trying to make up your mind?”
After thinking about it, Ethan cleaned up his meal.
The Dark Followers seemed to have found the cause of their defeat in the Anti-Magic War a hundred years ago in the United Kingdom.
‘That’s why you’re trying to divide the United Kingdom.’
Knowing the plan, there was no need to guess the rest.
What was important was to destroy the dark follower’s plans.
‘A good opportunity will surely come.’
Above all, it was worthwhile for Ethan to run around naked.
With the Assault on Central, the Seven Kings seemed to have realized the crisis for the Dark Followers themselves.
They were eager to resume the roundtable as soon as possible.
At that time, the will to eradicate the Dark Followers would be stronger.
‘Everything is going well.’
Ethan smiled contentedly and left the room.
Then, someone’s voice was heard.
“Hello, Priest Ethan!”
it was chloe
Charlotte, who had always been with him, could not see where he had gone.
‘If we’re together, we’re twice as crazy, so it’s better not to be there.’
Ethan thought so calmly.
However, seeing Chloe up close, I felt something different.
‘Well? what?’
But I couldn’t explain exactly what it was.
Ethan stared at Chloe, and Chloe smiled embarrassedly.
“Haha, Priest, why are you looking at me like that? I’m going to pierce your face.”
Ethan rubbed his chin and muttered.
“Something seems to have changed, but I don’t know for sure.”
“Do you think it has changed? What?”
Chloe’s eyes suddenly lit up.
At that burdensome look, Ethan stepped back.
It was an incredibly difficult question.
Even when the magical achievements of expanding the new universe were achieved in Danjeon, this was not the case.
‘I didn’t mean to answer like that because it seems to have changed!’
I regretted it later, but to no avail.
Ethan answered with difficulty after a while.
“You seem to stand out a little more than usual.”
Then Chloe’s expression darkened.
It was like a struggle between joy and disappointment.
Not long ago, I was bragging about asking questions about Stella, but today I’m bringing you a strange quiz.
‘It’s really an unknown creature.’
Ethan looked down at Chloe with resigned eyes.
Soon Chloe smiled as if she had made a decision.
“It’s vague, but I’ll handle it with the correct answer. Well done.”
What did you do well?
Ethan didn’t know.
* * *
‘The two of you, will you be near the temple by now?’
Meanwhile, Charlotte was heading towards where Ethan and Chloe might be.
“yes?”
A different sight appeared in Charlotte’s eyes.
On the street, knights and soldiers stood in an orderly fashion.
“You cannot pass today.”
“Please use another way.”
People were dissatisfied with the soldiers’ control.
“No, why are you controlling the normal road?”
“This is a shortcut, so I’ll bother you.”
“Look, what kind of luggage were you carrying?”
Charlotte looked at the tents behind the soldiers’ backs.
‘Is that the burden?’
The border near the tent was quite strict.
It was to the extent that even a rat pup was not allowed to approach.
‘What the hell are you doing that?’
Charlotte narrowed her eyes.
The thick and long tent was enough to keep the contents out of sight.
But even the traces could not be completely hidden.
‘Unusual mana is flowing out.’
Charlotte, who soon finished guessing, muttered softly.
“Round Table of Kings.”
There was no other answer than that.
Right after Central was attacked by the Dark Followers.
At such a time, if it was a bulky, mana-filled object that had to be moved by mobilizing the soldiers, that was the only thing.
‘The kings have been attacked before, so you’re trying to change the location, don’t you think?’
Although Charlotte was notorious for being arrogant, she wasn’t that sensible.
‘but. You’ve been heavily burned by the Dark Followers, so you’ll want to get ready for the next roundtable soon. They’re going to prepare a new place to make sure.’
Charlotte did some calculations based on what she saw.
However, one person stood out among the passers-by.
Outwardly, she was just an ordinary girl.
However.
‘Ugh! The smell of blood is awful.’
Charlotte looked at the girl and frowned.
The little girl had an ominously lonely smile.
At first glance, she was no ordinary child.