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‘Who are you?’
Ethan quickly grabbed the money bag and opened the door.
There stood a knight of the Imperial Knights Templar.
The knight bowed politely to Ethan and asked.
“Excuse me. Are you Priest Ethan himself?”
“yes. Yes, but.”
“I’m sorry for coming to you without a message. Please enter the Imperial Palace right now. It has to do with His Majesty the Princess.”
At that moment, Ethan realized that something unusual had happened.
Ethan hurriedly entered the palace on the horse that the knight had provided.
As we headed to the princess’s private palace, people were busy moving there.
The escort knight Ben greeted Ethan with a smile.
“Priest Ethan, are you here!”
“what happened?”
At Ethan’s question, Ben’s face turned serious.
“Come to the bedroom with me for now.”
I went into the bedroom, but what I saw was a nest made of some white fur.
Ethan narrowed his brow.
If you look closely, Fenrir is holding the princess and swinging her arms around her.
Apparently, the princess’s hair was also silver, so it was hidden in white hair.
“How did this happen?”
“Actually today… … .”
Then Ben explained the self-defense.
‘You said that magical power suddenly flowed out? Without any warning?’
Ethan covered his mouth and pondered.
Ben spoke.
“Since then, Shinsu-nim doesn’t show any reaction.”
Ethan looked at Fenrir’s condition.
It was definitely weird.
Since Ethan had come to visit, Fenrir was likely to show some kind of reaction.
But Fenrir did not move with his eyes closed.
‘It’s like I’m in hibernation.’
Watching the boat go up and down, it was clear that she was breathing.
“Priest, do you know what happened?”
“I don’t know if I just look at this.”
Ethan nodded and replied.
Ben sighed and mumbled.
“Since Shinsu-nim’s trust in the priest is so strong, I thought he must have said something different.”
Ethan frowned as if he heard something he couldn’t hear.
Is this f*cking motherf*cker? me?
“You have a lot of trust in me?”
“yes. In fact, when the priest is not present, the gods do not appear in front of us very often. He is usually by His Majesty’s side, but he is not even in your room when you are out.”
Ethan looked at Fenrir in disbelief.
I was grimacing to put it on the shoulder to meet, so I wondered if it was really domesticated, but it seems it wasn’t.
‘Anyway, that bastard isn’t really that stupid, so he would have expected him to call me when this happened.’
If that was the case, it meant that Ethan had decided that he would be able to solve it.
“I will have to check the condition of Your Highness and Fenrir. Please pass on the surroundings.”
“yes? But I can’t leave you alone… … .”
Ben met Ethan’s hard gaze and eyes.
He blurted out his words without realizing it.
“Do you not believe me, who is even trusted by the gods according to the Lord’s words?”
“Of course not. But if the regent or others come to visit, you two will be in trouble.”
“It doesn’t matter. It’s not the time to think about that when it comes to saving people.”
Ethan looked around like a priest.
If Saint Eileen had seen this scene, it would have been terrifying.
Ben nodded his head as if he was speechless.
Then the door to the bedroom closed.
* * *
The moment the heavy door closes.
Ethan realized that the energy around him had changed in an instant.
His left eye, which had jet-black eyes, began to throb.
‘Did the incident that happened to the princess irritate your eyes?’
As if dizzy, Ethan was sucked into memories of the past.
When my consciousness was clouded, I heard a singing voice from somewhere.
The voice singing the lullaby was quiet and soft.
However.
‘This voice?!’
Rather, Ethan looked around, paying attention.
Then his eyes opened wide.
‘… Eileen!’
There, Saint Eileen was holding a baby and singing a lullaby.
The scene was reverent and benevolent, as if it came out of a sacred painting.
Fenrir was also by Eileen’s side.
Fenrir yawned languidly, perhaps immersed in the calm atmosphere.
Then Eileen burst out laughing.
“Why are you yawning when this baby is listening to the lullaby?”
Fenrir didn’t respond, but buried his head in his front legs and closed his eyes.
Luka Rossi, who had been silent, opened her mouth.
“Lord, are you really okay with this? It might be better for this child to live as an ordinary child, but such a treatment is horrendous.”
Then, Eileen’s face slowly hardened.
She looked at the baby in her arms with a sunken face.
“I think so too. At times like this, my helplessness is so pathetic.”
“Don’t say that! She did her best.”
Eileen looked at the sleeping baby with a painful expression on her face.
“… Even if we treated them as Seven Heroes, we were just horses on the chessboard. Even if the Demon King has done something wrong, there is no reason for this child to pay for his father’s sins. Besides, this child was abandoned by his father right after he was born and was living in a place where everything collapsed. Does it make sense to hand over the empire to pay for the sins of such a child? Otherwise, do something about this child… … . This is the first time I have ever felt skeptical of His decision!”
“Stand, my lord! Who is listening?”
Luca Rossi looked around in bewilderment.
Eileen then wiped away her tears and apologized.
“I’m sorry, Luca. You looked ugly.”
Ethan’s eyes narrowed at their conversation.
‘After the Anti-Magic War, the blood of the Demon King was discovered.’
Ethan knew the events of that time through historiography.
Knowing that the Demon King’s eldest son inherited the throne, he guessed that something must have happened.
But seeing it in person made me feel uncomfortable.
Eileen stroked the head of the sleeping child.
“Fortunately, the magic and magical powers in this child’s body are minimal. However, because of the demon lord’s blood, this child will be persecuted and suffer. Besides, if time passes and descendants of dark blood are born… … .”
Eileen’s prediction was correct.
In fact, Cynthia, a descendant who inherited the dark blood of the Demon King, was being rejected by people.
Eileen said a low prayer and prayed for the child’s blessing.
Ethan looked at them dissatisfied.
‘At the end of the day, you mean that something I couldn’t deal with at that time rolled over to me, didn’t it?’
Ethan clicked his tongue.
The saint was not cruel enough to kill a child.
Even if it was the blood of the Demon King.
Eventually, the seeds sown by the saint grew over time and reached Ethan.
At that moment, something strange appeared in Ethan’s eyes.
‘That one?’
Magical power surged from the child of the Demon King.
It was as if thick magic was spreading out in all directions like a wild beast.
“this!”
Eileen quickly concentrated the divine power in her hand.
And he tried to suppress the running magic.
Aww!
When he woke up, Fenrir also cried out to help Eileen.
It was to amplify the divine power, as he had done to Ethan one day.
But it was a very risky move.
‘Are you trying to suppress the magic that the Demon King’s blood is emitting with divine power?’
Ethan frowned.
But Eileen was desperate.
Seeing this, Ethan was able to understand the current situation.
‘That’s how it happened.’
The moment I realized the series of events, the memory space collapsed.
* * *
“… Ugh.”
Ethan returned to reality with a slight vertigo.
Fenrir turned around and wrapped around Cynthia.
Just like Saint Eileen did, she was suppressing Cynthia’s magic to save her life.
Ethan clicked his tongue.
‘You stupid bastard! Do you know what he’s doing?’
Are you trying to suppress magic with divine power without inflicting damage to the possessor of magic?
It was possible because Eileen was a rare genius.
Of course, the gods were not formidable, but Edan had a different idea.
“The aftermath of magical power must be overshadowed by you.”
Ethan guessed Fenrir’s condition through his eyes.
Fenrir must have been doing her best to suppress Cynthia’s magical powers without causing any damage to Cynthia’s body.
Even if it comes back with great damage to yourself.
‘It’s like mimicking a human in the theme of divine beast.’
It was then that Ethan understood why Fenrir was not wary of Cynthia.
Although Fenrir was a divine beast, he had learned to embrace the blood of the Demon King from the saint.
Ethan muttered as he snorted.
“It’s your choice, so hold on.”
And Ethan turned his back.
magic rush.
In order to solve the disaster that came to Cynthia, a ‘sacrifice’ was needed.
* * *
dark night.
A detached palace located in the most corner of the Imperial Palace.
Dark followers who failed to escape from Velium were held here.
Of course, the spears were blocked so that they could not escape, and the soldiers were standing firm.
The soldiers guarding the front of the detached palace yawned until their mouths were ripped apart.
“Ham. I am tired.”
“I need to see you for a while.”
“Don’t leak anywhere else and come right away. If you go, I will go too.”
“okay.”
As one soldier left, the rest rubbed their sleepy eyes.
At that moment, some shadow hissed past my eyes and entered the entrance to the detached palace.
“what?”
The soldier looked at the entrance to the separate palace with a stupid face.
But there was nothing there.
“Did I see anything in vain?”
The soldier was bewildered and looked straight ahead again.
Meanwhile, inside the detached palace.
bum bum.
An aristocratic man kept walking around the narrow room with an anxious expression on his face.
The food on the table had not been touched.
He occasionally put his ear to the door to see if anyone was outside.
“Whew.”
After confirming that there was no popularity, the man let out a sigh of relief.
But his gaze soon turned to the window.
The windows were locked from the outside because of the imprisoned nobles.
“Maybe they come through the window.”
The man fell from the window as far as he could with trembling steps.
Then he started to rip my hair out.
“shit! Shouldn’t you have said nothing?”
When he was first interrogated, he thought his life was over.
Because the regent came directly to interrogate him.
However, contrary to expectations, the regent came up with something completely different.
-After investigating, it turned out that you were not involved in the raid on the healer’s mansion?
-Yes Yes! That’s right! I was just trying to get out of Velium knowing there was a raid that day.
-I’m well aware that dark followers aren’t necessarily fanatics. Obviously you were just trying to get a little profit from them. Am I right?
-you’re right. I mean that! I, I never believe in demon lords. Believe me!
– Then how about doing business with me?
In the meantime, the proposal of the regent was like a ray of light.
Instead of handing over information about the Dark Followers, they decided to receive a relatively mild punishment.
The man coldly accepted the conditions the regent had put forward.
But as time passed, I became more and more anxious.
‘Are they going to come here to kill me?’
It seemed that the dark followers would come to slay him at any moment.
It reminded me of Baron Sheerland, found dead in the fountain.
It was because he couldn’t sleep at night.
That was then.
“… … !”
He trembled at the sudden chill.
It feels like the hairs all over your body are standing up.
This time it wasn’t a mistake.
It was real life.
It was only a few times in his life that he felt such a terrible life.
And it was all felt by the Dark Followers.
Only a dark follower with hostility to all things could breathe such life.
‘How did they get to the Imperial Palace?’
At that moment, the man belatedly remembered that the Dark Followers had also infiltrated the Imperial Palace to kill the Princess.
That life was felt outside the door.
‘damn! What are the sentries doing?’
He absurdly denounced the negligence of the soldiers watching him.
“I’m sure you’re inside, so why don’t you show up?”
A voice like life came from beyond the door.