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The escort knight Ben muttered distastefully.
“That priest named Ethan, you are quite bold. I heard that you are from the countryside, so it seems like you didn’t learn the manners properly.”
“… … .”
However, Cynthia had the opposite opinion.
‘Better than those who point their fingers behind them saying they are of the Demon King’s blood. At least it’s not pretentious.’
It was not polite to just prostrate in front of me.
When Cynthia didn’t say anything, Ben quickly changed the subject.
“But it looks like he has a lot of talent. If the author accompanies the Empire, it will save an hour.”
“yes. I know.”
Cynthia answered dryly and lay down on the bed.
“Ben, it’s good to go out now. I want to rest alone.”
“yes. All right.”
Cynthia, who was left alone in the room, stared blankly at the ceiling.
she muttered to herself.
“Are you going to take a risk and go to the Empire together, knowing everything?”
Ethan was the type of person she had never met before.
Cynthia was disqualified from being blessed upon birth.
Everyone criticized her.
– Is that the princess?
-right. They said that if you touch that hand, you will go crazy or die.
-Upset.
Even the workers at the Imperial Palace ignored her.
People were concerned about the misfortune of being close to her.
– Where can’t you lock me up?
-Your name is a princess, but you can’t do that. We just have to avoid it.
– If you’re a normal person, even if you die, you shouldn’t come close.
Either he or she was blindly sympathetic to her.
-I was born as a princess at the most, but living like that. If it were me, I would have bitten my tongue and died.
Recalling the past, Cynthia crouched down.
But Ethan was different.
-I would like to help the princess who would have continued the heavy duty of atonement as a family following the teachings of the goddess Pars.
Ethan neither condemned nor sympathized with Cynthia.
I just wanted to acknowledge what she had done and help out.
And the flattery was honest and not trembling.
‘He’s a really weird person.’
I was not used to the kindness I experienced for the first time in my life.
Cynthia clenched her fists involuntarily.
‘perhaps… … .’
Hope bloomed in Cynthia’s heart, who was ready to die.
‘Maybe I can really live.’
* * *
But things could not have been so easy.
The next day, the Pope, through a high-ranking priest, expressed his disapproval.
“Why not?
Ethan frowned as if he didn’t understand.
The high priest who conveyed the Pope’s will laughed embarrassedly.
“You are a saint candidate. We cannot simply send valuable talents to other countries. It’s beautiful to not let people pass by those in need, but this has nothing to do with it.”
Ethan laughed at the priest inwardly.
The Pope’s intentions were obvious.
Ethan’s influence on the Church of Pars was enormous.
He succeeded in reviving Seongbaeksu, making the flower of Seongbaeksu bloom, and purifying the remains of the Demon King.
Within the denomination, Ethan was regarded as a future companion.
But, to save the princess, who is the only bloodline of the Demon King, they send talents from the church to the new empire?
It was impossible.
‘It was because of the attack that the princess came here in the first place. If I’m wrong, I’m probably in danger.’
There was spontaneous reaction.
But Ethan tried to hide it.
“Then there is nothing you can do. All right.”
Turning back, Ethan’s face contorted at once.
‘damn. Because group life is a problem.’
What does it mean to interfere with every action?
As I thought, I wanted to escape without permission.
‘I didn’t think it was going to be easy, but this will disrupt the plan.’
Ethan clicked his tongue.
He was determined to save the princess somehow.
‘I absorbed the magic and made the poison inactive, but it’s not perfect yet. I don’t know when the poison will become active again and corrode my life.’
It was as if the princess had reached a dead end.
In fact, it wasn’t just sympathy that Ethan tried to save the princess.
‘I can’t afford to miss the bait I got hard on.’
Just by looking at the attack on the princess this time, she could tell how coveted the bait she was.
Therefore, in order to investigate the fate of the demon king as well as the darkness follower, the priority was to hold on to the lifeline of the princess.
To do that, they had to detoxify the nameless poison.
‘They can’t go away like this. If you go to the capital of the fledgling empire, you’re sure to find some dark followers. Then we might find a way to detoxify the nameless poison.’
This was Ethan’s goal.
The capital of the new empire was the best place to use the princess to lure the dark followers.
That is why he willingly agreed to go to the Empire together.
But it was thwarted by the Pope.
Ethan grumbled, remembering the Pope.
“Damn inspiration. It doesn’t help anyway.”
There was nothing he liked about whether he had made himself a candidacy for saints, or who had unwillingly sided with Matilda Harper.
All the old man did was stroking his beard.
Ethan came out of the Grand Sanctuary.
shoot aa
Rain was pouring down from the sky.
Ethan was puzzled.
‘Have the sky been clear until now?’
There was another strange thing.
‘Fog?’
A faint mist was rising from the floor.
The pace was staggeringly fast.
An event from the past flashed into Ethan’s mind.
‘Come to think of it… … .’
Over a hundred years ago, what did the Demon King use to poison the Seven Heroes?
“shit!”
Ethan sighed and turned away.
He quickly headed to the basement where the princess was.
An escort knight stood in front of the room.
He greeted Ethan with a carefree face.
“Has the Holy Father given you permission already? You came quickly.”
Ethan did not respond to the escort knight’s words and opened the door abruptly.
“Hey! What are you doing now?!”
“Excuse me.”
On a subject that had already been trespassed, Ethan spoke naturally.
At Ethan’s sudden visit, Cynthia looked at him in surprise.
“Didn’t something strange happened when you were attacked in the forest?”
“Well, why is that… … .”
“It is urgent. Answer me quickly.”
He was speaking respectfully, but it was nothing more than a command.
The escort knight contorted his face in anger.
“Your Majesty, I will drive this guy out right now!”
The escort knight grabbed Ethan’s shoulder and tried to drag him down.
However.
“… … ?!”
Ethan’s body was as hard as a rock and did not move.
At the time when the escort knight was startled, Cynthia waved her hand belatedly.
“Ben, back off.”
“majesty.”
“… … .”
Cynthia looked at the escort knight without saying a word.
The escort driver was eventually forced to retreat.
Cynthia looked at Ethan and opened her mouth.
“I thought it was a strange thing. As we were walking through the forest, it suddenly started raining and foggy. But what does this have to do with it?”
“Also.”
In Ethan’s head, all the clues eventually came together.
It is the same situation as when the Seven Heroes almost got hit by a solo dance.
The Demon King created a solo dance with dark magic and drove my Seven Heroes into a corner.
‘Sudden rain and fog. This is no coincidence.’
Fortunately, the attackers’ dark magic skills were inferior to those of the Demon King.
‘The fog outside is not poisonous so far. But once the solo dance unfolds, it’s over.’
Now he didn’t even have the marble of silence as he did then.
If there is no means to detoxify, there is no way to break through the solo dance.
Ethan frowned.
‘It would be nice if there were at least fragments.’
However, the fragments of the marble of silence were taken after the delegation of Aurum had taken them.
Ethan, who remembered that far, was startled.
‘Is this the reason they took the fragments?’
In case something goes wrong, they stole the marble in advance.
Eventually, Ethan came up with the worst assumption.
‘They are trying to isolate Nouvel.’
It would not have been so easy to isolate the state of Nouvelle.
There was a reason why the Demon King couldn’t control this place with his solo dance.
First of all, this is the headquarters of the Pars Church.
Even if they used the solo dance, the priests would do everything they could to get rid of it.
‘But this is not an exhibition. Because they have only one target.’
Ethan turned his head and looked down at Cynthia.
princess.
The raid had already failed, so it seemed he was going to end it here.
The princess had been poisoned once, but was still alive.
Even if the priests do get rid of solitude, their priority is the safety of the Pope.
So, in the meantime, the princess has no choice but to be exposed to her solo dance.
‘Even if the poison is deactivated, we cannot guarantee what will happen if we are exposed to the poison.’
Ethan made his decision and told Cynthia.
“You must leave here right now. Hurry up.”
* * *
shoot ah ah
The suspicious rain was still pouring down.
Ethan, who pressed his robe deeply, looked back.
There were also Cynthia and an escort knight in robes.
“Come this way.”
At Ethan’s beckoning, they quickly and quietly crossed the street.
Cynthia asked Ethan on the back of the head.
“Is what I said really true?”
“Look around. Isn’t it similar to the fog you saw back then?”
It was just as Ethan said.
It wasn’t just the rain that made the surroundings cloudy.
The fog rising from the floor had a somewhat gloomy corner.
Cynthia nodded her head.
Ethan continued as if he had an eye on the back of his head.
“There will be raiders blocking the way around the city of Nouvel.”
Cynthia was not surprised to hear that.
She was surprisingly calm.
“Then wouldn’t it be better to be here? Even if the poison mist spreads as you said, there are priests here, unlike back then.”
“Do you know how to hunt rabbits?”
It’s a nonsensical statement, but somehow I had an ominous feeling.
Cynthia frowned.
“no. I don’t know.”
“When we find a rabbit hole, we make a fire in front of the hunter. So what do you think the rabbit will be like?”
“… I will come out.”
“you’re right. Even if you do not come out knowing the existence of the hunter, you will die of suffocation by the smoke, and even if you do come out, you will be caught by the hunter and die.”
“You are so good at saying such blasphemous things in front of Your Majesty!”
The unbearable escort knight shouted in a low voice.
But Ethan didn’t blink.
“It’s just a metaphor.”
“You cheeky bastard!”
“Ben, stop it. This is not the time.”
Cynthia stopped the escort knight.
she asked Ethan.
“My question is still there. A rabbit can’t get rid of smoke, but a priest can get rid of poison. Why do you want to take me away without telling the Central Church about this?”
“First of all, the most important thing for a priest is the pope, not the royal family of another country. You must be busy evacuating the Holy Father and getting rid of the loneliness, will I have time to take care of you in the basement?”
“… It is not.”
Cynthia’s face hardened.
He was once again aware of his situation.
“And the second reason… … .”
Ethan paused for a moment.
Through his jet-black eyes, he knew that there were dark followers in Nouvelle City.
But I couldn’t explain them all, so I had to make up my own words.
‘It’s annoying.’
Ethan, with a low tongue, spoke immediately.
“It’s my guess, but there seems to be an insider within the denomination.”