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“hi. Long time no see.”
“hello.”
Unlike the Knicks, Ethan greeted with silence.
Luisa looked at Ethan and tilted her head.
“I was going to ask you how you prepared for the ordination ceremony, but what skull is in front of you?”
“What do you mean. Ethan is so fine.”
“Are you okay? My face was cut in half without seeing you.”
Luisa was taken aback by Nyx’s words, which could not even be seen with an eye.
Ethan smiled slightly at that.
It wasn’t wrong.
In fact, Ethan was suffering from the manners of the devastated Pars Church.
“Doesn’t the church’s etiquette fit in many ways?”
“Is it possible? Ethan has a deeper faith than anyone else. Priest Bernstein misunderstood.”
The Knicks defended Ethan arbitrarily.
“okay? I wasn’t good at etiquette. So I just thought it might not be suitable for anyone else.”
“Among those who congregate to become priests in New Zealand, there is no one who has such a deep faith as Ethan. I assure you, don’t make fun of him too much.”
Ethan snorted at the story of Knicks and Luisa.
Nyx, who had been mistaken for his own way from the beginning, was not strange even if he said something like that.
But at Luisa’s words, Ethan nodded as well.
It was because it was a story that would make sense if it was a descendant of Bernstein.
‘Leon was also a little out of touch with the Pars Church.’
Luisa didn’t seem to deviate much from that tendency either.
Then, Luisa put her arm around Ethan’s shoulder.
“But you feel a sense of camaraderie for Ethan? After the ordination ceremony, a meal is served once. Nick, you too.”
“Well, it’s not against the rules, because it’s not being eaten by a Shinto. No, please wait. I need some time to think about if there are rules I am not aware of.”
“… Are you kidding me? Who lives by all those rules?”
Luisa looked at Nyx with a disgusted expression.
Then Nix said with a natural expression.
“Ethan here will protect all of that.”
“Is it really true?”
Luisa sticks her tongue out and looks at Ethan.
He couldn’t believe what Nick said.
“… … .”
Ethan, on the other hand, was deeply troubled.
There was no need to deliberately get involved, but there was no need to deliberately avoid it either.
More than anything else, there was something that appealed to Ethan.
“Is there meat too?”
This was a very important issue.
Like the monastery, the meal here was also grass for three meals a day.
At best, they could go out to town and eat meat on holidays.
“meat? The meal is served, of course, meat. In fact, unless it’s a strict priest, everyone eats it secretly.”
Luisa whispered to Ethan without knowing the Knicks.
Then an errand man came to see Luisa.
“Priest Bernstein, I have been looking for you for a while.”
“What’s up? Today is definitely a day off.”
Luisa frowned and grunted.
But the messenger answered with a puzzled face.
“It’s not that, the last Harper person came again.”
“What?”
As if cold water had been splashed on her face, Luisa stiffened dazedly.
Ethan was the only one who noticed because it was only for a moment.
“Anyway, I have to go.”
“Yes, let’s go.”
“Make an appointment properly next time.”
Soon, Luisa’s back figure became a dot and disappeared.
Ethan looked at him and fell in thought.
‘The Harper family is here again?’
As Ethan knew, the Harper family was a wizarding family from the Aurum Kingdom, one of the Confederate Kingdoms.
‘But what?’
Even if the present Niilum Empire was just a shell, there was no reason for Luisa, a national of the Empire, to rush to the call of the Aurum nobles.
It was an awkward feeling.
Let’s leave it alone, Ethan’s seasoned senses were screaming that it wasn’t right.
“You go first.”
“yes? It’s lunch time, aren’t you going to eat?”
“I have business to do.”
In the end, Ethan followed in Luisa’s footsteps.
* * *
The place where Luisa was headed was the reception hall near the gates.
“Who called?”
“… All I can tell you is that he is waiting in room 102.”
“okay?”
To Luisa’s question, the messenger answered quite boldly.
It was not appropriate for the appearance to be seen by the priest.
However, Luisa didn’t seem to care much.
“It’s really great. I didn’t believe it when I heard the rumors, but seeing this with my own eyes, I can’t deny it.”
That was then.
Someone’s voice came to Luisa, who was crossing the place where Seongbeaksu was to head to the reception area.
It was the voice of a middle-aged man.
Luisa’s footsteps stopped at the sound of an unpleasant voice.
“I was going to wait at the reception, but seeing Seong Baek-soo in person, I couldn’t stand it.”
“Thomas Miller, you must have seen, but you dared to come out.”
“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Luisa, so I want to meet you. Besides, there are so many wonderful things to see.”
“Seongbaeksu is not just a sight to behold.”
A sharp argument ensued between the two.
A middle-aged man named Thomas Miller smiled kindly and opened his mouth.
At least for Luisa, it was a fatal word.
“After joining the Pars Church for a long time, you are speaking as if you were really a priest.”
“… … .”
“Looking at your absence, I’m glad you didn’t seem to have completely forgotten your situation.”
“Tell me from the beginning.”
“Is there any other reason why I have come all the way to visit Luisa-sama?”
“Obviously, you must have passed it right last time, didn’t you? It was not enough.”
“Matilda-sama’s research is in full swing. No matter how much material there is, it is insufficient. Don’t you know that?”
“Are you coming here so recklessly? Why don’t you tell the sect at all? I’m the Harper’s puppet.”
Thomas laughed at Luisa’s enraged voice.
“Is there anyone here who doesn’t know that Luisa-sama is from the Harper family?”
“A person from the Harper family? Are you going to treat me like a human now?”
“Unlike in the past, Luisa-sama is not a light person, so you have to be polite outside.”
“Outside? It’s kind of weird.”
Thomas just smiled meaningfully at Luisa’s words.
I will treat you outside.
However, it meant that if they returned to the Harper family, they would be treated the same as before.
It was an blatant warning to Luisa not to forget her plight.
That was then.
“Oh, come to think of it, Matilda-sama said that it is okay to train a dog that has lost its habit at least once.”
Thomas had a terrifying expression on his face.
Then he took the little bell from his hand and waved it.
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As the little bell shook, Luisa groaned in pain.
The tattoos on his face were also shining.
“ね!”
“Do not forget the servant of the covenant.”
‘ said Thomas giggling.
The little bell in his hand, the contract bell, was a leash that could bind Luisa.
Luisa saw it and said as if growling.
“Isn’t it better to keep it well? There would be only one.”
It seemed to break the small bell at any moment.
But Thomas just laughed, knowing that Luisa’s threats were nonsense.
“Matilda-sama, who will come here as a delegation, took care of it herself.”
Thomas brought his face up to Luisa’s nose.
And he muttered a little as if he was speaking a secret word.
“Don’t be too stubborn, it will be over with just your holy blood.”
It was a very secret word.
* * *
On the other hand, Ethan felt his blood dried up.
‘What kind of dog is this?’
Ethan smirked inwardly.
The ominous prediction came true.
Apparently, the Bernsteins were absorbed into the Harper family.
‘The Harper family of Aurum, the magical kingdom… Even when I was alive, I was the second most popular wizard in my life.’
They were the wizarding family of Aurum, who had no contact with Leon Bernstein.
It was questionable why the Harper family had absorbed the Bernstein family.
‘I did not understand that Luisa, a descendant of Bernstein, came into the Church in the first place.’
Ethan thought more about the Harper family.
‘damn. All I know is that they often conducted strange magic experiments.’
No wonder Ethan didn’t know about the Harper family.
It was because the presence of the Harper family was so small that Ethan did not even pay attention to it in his previous life.
That was then.
Ethan checked Seongbaeksu with an anxious mind.
The tree trunk of the holy white tree was again heading towards the place where Thomas and Luisa were.
This time, the shouts of the priests and believers who were guarding the surroundings quickly burst out.
“Really! Seongbaeksu is really growing just like last time!”
“Oh My God! I can’t believe my eyes.”
“Come on, wait a minute! I want to see you too!”
The crowd noticed the anomaly of Seongbaeksu.
Seeing this, Ethan was impressed that what he was concerned about had happened.
‘driving me crazy.’
Ethan was screaming inside.
As Thomas and Luisa were arguing, Ethan was feeling the terror approaching every moment.
‘Why the hell is he doing that only over there?’
Ethan didn’t quite understand.
As it had been a while ago, I was not convinced that Luisa had been around Seongbaeksu whenever there was a major tattoo-related thing.
It was truly a joke of fate.
with daughter.
‘Hey! Put that bell first and talk!’
For Ethan, the paper that Thomas was holding was the beginning of everything.
The tattoo reacted due to the species.
However, Seongbaeksoo, who did not miss it, was intensely stimulated and stretched out its trunk.
‘You idiots! Can’t you even hear the sounds around you?’
Ethan stuck out his tongue at the stupidity of the two of them.
The surroundings were a mess.
Because Seong Baek-soo’s process of actively raising himself again was a wonder itself.
However, the two who were staring at each other did not notice it.
For Ethan, it was just frustrating.
‘If you leave it as it is, your identity will be exposed.’
Ethan was worried.
However, there was no reason to go out as Ethan.
He was merely guided by his intuition and followed Luisa’s footsteps.
A hundred years ago, the sense of navigating through many conspiracies and schemes was shouting that it should not be easily passed on.
So that was what Ethan was doing.
That was then.
Ethan, who was watching from a distance from Luisa and Thomas, could clearly see what Thomas had said.
Others must have mumbled secretly.
But for Ethan, he was too sure.
Every time he licked his lips, the contents were clearly drawn in Ethan’s mind.
“You want blood with divine power?”
* * *
A guard guarding the front of the hostel found Ethan.
“Hello, Ethan.”
But Ethan didn’t respond.
“Ethan?”
“ah! hello.”
Although he replied late, Ethan’s face was somewhat stiff.
“Is there something wrong with you?”
The guard asked Ethan.
He was worried that Ethan, who was younger than him, was deeply lost in thought.
“it’s nothing. It just got me thinking.”
Ethan did not deeply answer the guard’s question.
I just passed by after giving my usual answer.
It could be seen as somewhat rude.
But the guards were convinced.
He has come in contact with many believers just before the ordination ceremony.
Because of this, I was well aware that now is the most troublesome time for believers.
“Twitter, are you worried now that you are ordained a priest?”
The guard clicked his tongue.
It was because the thoughts of a young believer like Ethan were clearly read, and he felt sorry for him.
But then Ethan thought this.
‘How can you beat him?’
Contrary to the guards’ concerns, Ethan was obsessed with slaughtering people.
Thomas Miller, whom I met in front of Seongbaeksu, was sinister and smelly at first glance.
“… You are obviously from the same place as me.”
Ethan felt the smell of empire in Thomas Miller.
It is now gone, but the old empire, which was riddled with intrigue and intrigue, was always overflowing with writers like Thomas Miller.
So Ethan was in deep thought.
‘Hopefully you can reach the Dark Followers.’
Ethan raised the possibility that Thomas Miller was involved with the Dark Followers.
It wasn’t just a judgment based solely on intuition.
Rather, the argument between Thomas Miller and Luisa, who demanded blood with divine power, was decisive.
Researching blood containing divine power was a common thing for dark wizards in the Empire from a long time ago.
Elemental wizards and priests didn’t have to.
Only the dark wizard who amplifies his power with blood and life conducted such research.
“Cute bastards.”
Ethan murmured lowly.
The image of the demon king he saw through his jet-black eyes made Ethan’s cold blood boil.
It was unacceptable for the hateful demon king to plot the resurrection again.
So Ethan realized he had to follow the clues.
“I’ll have to find out more about the Harper family first.”
It was questionable since the Bernstein family was absorbed into the Harper family.
Luisa Bernstein appeared to be a servant of the Harper family because of the overlaid tattoos.
Now, I had to dig it up step by step and check it.
At that moment, Thomas Miller’s words came to Ethan’s mind.
-Matilda, who will come here as a delegation, took care of it herself.
The corners of Ethan’s lips rose.
‘That’s fine.’
After entering the Central Church, for the first time, the ordination ceremony was awaited.