Chapter 93 – Question (1)
Seeing Arya’s dazed expression, Xian said.
“You were thinking of pampering me for free?”
“It’s not like I’m pampering. Wasn’t it like that?”
“He? Where in the world is there anything free?”
“But this happened because the demon detector you gave me didn’t work properly.”
This was also true.
Had the demon detector worked, Arya would have taken care of it.
but.
“What are you talking about? You just saw it too. The demon detector isn’t broken. It’s not my fault, so why give me a refund?”
As we saw earlier, the demon detector was not broken.
Arya was at a loss for words for a moment.
What… I had nothing to say!
Arya was silent for a really long time.
How much time had passed like that?
Arya opened her mouth slowly.
“・・・・・ Anything other than money?”
“Anything other than money?”
Arya spoke very carefully.
“Do I… fill it with my body…?”
“I do not need.”
But Xian refused at once.
There was no hesitation, as if it was not worth worrying about.
For some reason, Arya felt like her pride was hurt.
“why!”
“Why why? How are you using your body?”
I really had no use for it.
First of all, Xian didn’t need it at all because it was the opposite of the opposite.
There were no particularly sick people in Yeongji.
No, even if there were sick people, it was useless.
That’s also true, because Ruben already had ‘Miracle Healer Lv.4’ and Ellie.
Light things like a cold get better as soon as you enter the treatment center.
Even a serious injury like a fracture will get better in a day.
In fact, it was like the miracle of the saint always staying in Ruben.
Well, besides that, the value of a saintess is infinite.
“Stop talking nonsense, how much.”
Sian had no value like gold.
Seeing Xian’s determination like that, Arya was really at a loss for words.
And I was able to realize at the same time.
The demon detector from before.
that it wasn’t broken.
That would be too.
“How much can I give you?”
it’s the devil That was definitely the devil.
The devil of money was certain!
“How much do you need…”
Arya sighed and asked.
That the cardinal is the devil.
At least, it was a matter of the Holy Empire.
Broadly, it was a continental crisis.
It was not something to think about spending as much as the seriousness of the work.
And as long as the money the Holy Empire possesses, Xian can grant whatever he asks for—.
“About 10 million gold?”
“You madman!”
Arya unknowingly burst out screaming.
What, what?
10 million gold?
Not 1 million gold, but 10 million gold?
If that’s not crazy, what the hell is that?!
No matter how aria it was, it wasn’t 10 million gold.
That’s not even a dog’s name, does that make sense!
“what. Isn’t there 10 million gold in the Holy Empire?”
Of course, it wasn’t that the Holy Empire didn’t have 10 million gold.
The Holy Empire is the second power of the continent next to the Charlotte Empire.
It was new blood compared to the funds he had.
But isn’t that the problem now!
“no!”
Arya shouted.
Well, it seemed that there was no room for negotiation to be quite adamant.
Hagisa 10 million gold.
This was a bit excessive even for Xian.
“Um…then let’s do this.”
So Xian slightly changed the conditions.
“Take your body.”
The expression was quite strange, but…
well, anyway.
“I’ll make a special deferred payment.”
“Deferred payment?”
Sian nodded and continued.
“I mean, let’s settle things after the work is over. If the job is easier than you think, you get paid less. If the work is more difficult than expected, in the form of a lot of money.”
Well, I needed a lot of gold to spend, though.
What is urgent for Xian now is a story-linked quest. ‘The Truth Kyle Faced’.
Because doing it was my first priority.
Although if the job is done easily, you won’t earn much gold.
Still, it wasn’t a loss since he could borrow Arya’s body.
At first, I wondered where I could use aria.
Come to think of it, there was something Arya needed.
after about 5 months.
It was when Xian abandoned the name of Ellandur and made Ruben independent.
The saintess could be said to be the most famous being in the continent as well as in the Holy Empire.
If Arya supports Xian and Ruben.
It will be the overwhelming justification and strength that Xi’an currently needs.
So even if you get paid less, it wasn’t a loss-making business.
“······ good.”
Arya nodded slowly.
There was nothing wrong with Arya’s point of view.
“okay. then···.”
Xian spoke again.
“Can’t you just make an advance deposit of 50,000 gold… no, only 100,000 gold as a starting fee? Strengthen your armor.”
The armor Xian was currently wearing was still S-class.
The probability itself was 100%.
50,000 gold was needed to strengthen it to SS grade.
However, Xian’s current bar gold is around 19,000 gold.
Even if I wanted to strengthen it, I couldn’t!
“·······”
Arya was stunned for a moment.
100,000 gold deposit?
Strengthen your armor?
“I’ll pay for it later from the settlement amount, so give me some first.”
Is it really… the devil of money?
Arya had to think seriously.
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Arya eventually decided to deposit 100,000 gold first.
100,000 gold was by no means a small amount of money.
Because that much could have been handled in Arya’s line.
A transaction so concluded.
“That Cardinal Rachel. Can I meet you now?”
Xian started working right away.
Because dragging it on didn’t do any good.
And a demon whose demon detector doesn’t work.
I wasn’t sure if it was exactly the devil.
If Xian met and confirmed it in person, he would be able to find out.
A sense of cyan more accurate than the demon detector.
At least you will be able to notice that something is strange.
The problem was that the cardinal was not so easy to meet.
“That’s not difficult.”
With Arya’s help, this wasn’t difficult either.
Even if he is a cardinal next to the pope.
Arya was a saint.
It was not difficult to arrange a meeting.
but.
“I’m not at the Vatican right now.”
“Not at the Vatican?”
Arya nodded and replied.
“It’s in the South.”
“Southern?”
If it’s southern…
“The area you are going to soon?”
“How do you know that?”
That’s because I overheard the strange priests’ conversation earlier.
Xian didn’t bother to say anything behind his back.
“Why is there a cardinal there? And why are you going there again?”
Arya looked at Xian for a moment.
“Will you hate it if I explain it to you again?”
“of course.”
Arya sighed and said.
“An unprecedented plague is spreading in the South. Cardinal Rachel went to support, but the momentum was not dampened. That’s why I’m going myself.”
As expected, Xian nodded his head in satisfaction at the situation that made sense at once.
and.
“You mean I have to go to that dangerous place now too?”
“I have nothing to worry about.”
Well, if it was Aria, she wouldn’t have to worry.
And even if Xi’an fell ill with the plague.
It was enough for Arya to heal with divine power.
the problem is···.
Arya’s divine power was the worst plague for Xian.
A plague that runs rampant in the South.
Plague stuck right next to Xian.
It was a dangerous area for Xi’an because they had to wear plague in pairs.
“And stay there.”
“what?”
“The ruins of Muriel you are looking for. It is also in the South.”
It was impossible not to go again.
A secret place in the heart of the Holy See.
I thought of a place like this underground that exists but does not exist.
It was in a totally odd place.
“Why is it there?”
“I don’t know either. I didn’t make it, so how do I know?”
Well, that’s what it is.
Sian shook his head.
“let’s go.”
Then he got up from his seat.
“Where are you going?”
“Where are you? Southern.”
“now?”
Arya opened her eyes in surprise.
I didn’t think it would move right away.
“Weren’t you going anyway?”
“That’s true, but…”
Even if Xian thought about it, it was sudden.
There was no point in dragging out the time.
Build an overwhelming cause.
Now we have to prepare for another war with Ellandur.
Five months was not a very comfortable time.
“Then let’s go right away.”
At Xian’s words, Aria slowly rose from her seat.
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“Gongja. Write this.”
Laura, the bishop who assists Arya, offered something to Xian.
A mask that covers the entire face.
The mask resembling a crow’s face was characterized by a large protruding beak.
Xian pressed down on the mask Laura gave him.
In the stuffy vision, I felt something disgusting.
I wonder why…
I could feel the divine power in the beak as I inhaled and exhaled.
From what I could see, it seemed that something containing divine power was put in it.
And at the end of the breath hole.
It was a form in which the unclean air outside was purified by divine power and entered the inside of the mask.
The problem is that the divine power is also a plague to Xian.
But it’s better than getting a real plague.
Xian just held on tight.
With that view, the whole area was filled with crow’s beaks.
but only one.
Even in the crow’s beak, there was someone who proudly showed his face.
“Aren’t you using it?”
It was the saintess, Aria.
“me? i don’t need It won’t take anyway.”
It was a silly thing to say, but it was true.
Aria is a saint whose body itself can be said to be divine power.
It was also an aria with the most powerful divine power in history.
All poisons and diseases did not work on Arya.
Even if such an unclean thing enters the body.
It was purified as it was by the filled divine power.
It is truly a divine being.
It’s a living miracle.
Even if it is an unprecedented plague in history, what is the problem?
“Yes, you are good.”
Sian shook his head.
At the same time, the large beak swung around.
This was quite uncomfortable… but quite fun.
Xian tilted his head a few times and played.
But that too quickly got boring.
Above all, every time I shook my head, divine power leaked in, so it was a bit…
anyway.
“by the way···.”
Xian calmly looked around.
Then he looked at the people wearing crow masks like Xian and asked.
“Why did those people follow me?”
None other than the priests who followed from the Holy See.
They were the priests of the sect of twilight, including Archbishop Lahir.
“I don’t know either. When I asked to apply, he was against it. Come now, why are you doing that all of a sudden?”
When Xian and Arya head south.
All of a sudden, they were the ones who came along to say they would go together.
In terms of justification, it’s the saintess’ escort.
They say it’s support from the south…
Also, there were not a couple of suspicious things.
First of all, there was something that overheard the priests’ conversation in the Vatican.
But what to say to someone who comes to help?
However, it seemed necessary to keep an eye on it.
anyway.
The southern part of the Holy Empire arrived in that way.
Even a thousand years ago, the holy empire, Lutea, existed.
Although it was not called an empire at the time.
It began to be called the Empire after Muriel was born.
To be precise, it was after the demon disappeared from the continent.
However, in terms of history, it could be seen as older than the Charlotte Empire.
Perhaps because of that, the history has been buried little by little in the places we pass by.
Besides, the southern part of this place is known as Muriel’s hometown.
‘Is that why the ruins are here?’
It was a simple guess, but it was well worth it.
In any case, it can be said that it is quite a prosperous place with believers and other people.
Now, for some reason, I couldn’t even see the shadow of a person.
No, only the shadow of death was visible.
“You mean Cardinal Rachel is here?”
Aria nodded at Xian’s question.
Xian turned around and looked ahead.
A village in the distance.
It was a village called Juren.
And it was a fairly large town, and I could see at once that it was a fairly developed town with well-polished roads and buildings.
There was no doubt that Juren was a pretty good place to live.
“Aww…!”
“Haaagh…!”
Now the sound of music was flowing from within.
There was only a desolate atmosphere.
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Juren also seemed to be unable to escape from the clutches of the plague.
Xi’an waited as he gazed at the scenery of Zhuren.
And how much time has passed?
A priest approached from inside Juren.
It seems that he is the priest in charge of Juren Village.
Before long, the priest said with an embarrassed look.
“Cardinal Rachel has been away for a while…”
Rachel is away.
Apparently, the priest did not seem to know the exact circumstances.
So, why did you leave the seat?
It was like he didn’t know when he would be back.
Arya looked at Xian with a puzzled expression.
Xian just shrugged his shoulders.
well, what to do
you have to wait until it comes
Getting there would be one way.
It was difficult as it was to get plagued by wandering through the dangerous Plaguelands for no reason.
The moment I thought I couldn’t do anything like that.
“excuse me···.”
The approaching priest spoke carefully.
“If it’s okay, the saintess, could you look after the patients…?”
At the same time, it was carried on a stretcher behind the priest.
Of course, they didn’t come close and kept a reasonable distance.
Even so, the priests who followed hesitated and retreated.
As a patient with the plague.
He seemed worried that he might catch the disease.
“They are coming with the plague . . . their condition is very serious. For some reason, the condition does not improve even when the priests cling to it… Could the saintess please take a look at it?”
“Of course.”
Arya moved without hesitation.
Although he was a ruffian and had a different personality.
Is a saintess still a saint?
There was no hesitation in walking.
Well, it also played a part in not getting the plague anyway.
However, it was not a mindset that could be taken lightly.
Xian did not bother to follow such an aria.
Arya had no worries about getting the plague.
Because it wasn’t Xian.
However, I was curious about how Arya would treat it, so my gaze naturally turned to that direction.
It was a bit far away, so I couldn’t see it closely.
Only the shapes of children were barely recognizable.
however.
‘······ what?’
It was strange.
Quite a bit too.
Xian had almost no medical knowledge.
So there was no way to explain anything.
Even so, Xian could clearly sense something strange.
The state of a child who looks far away.
It was because I sensed something strange within him.
It was sitting on the child’s body and sucking energy.
Perhaps… that is what is called the Plague.
however.
‘Why do you feel that?’
Why does it feel like Xian’s sense?
Plague is a disease.
Although the exact cause has not yet been identified.
Ruben’s healer, Ellie, said that it was the source of something called a ‘bacterium’.
Life, but things that cannot be defined as life.
Then he said something, but I can’t remember.
It wasn’t that I didn’t understand it.
anyway.
It is not harmful to humans.
From their point of view, it was a struggle for survival.
So there was nothing Xian could do about the plague.
Exactly, there was no part that I could recognize.
But what do you feel about that child now?
I didn’t know what it was.
However, the energy perceived by the senses is quite familiar.
It was quite similar to that of a demon.
Among them, it was similar to the aura based on evil.
However, the demon Xian handled was the original demon.
No matter how evil it was, Xian couldn’t be helped.
I think it might be possible to purify it again…? I even heard the thought.
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Just like Xian purified the highest-grade mana stone full of demonic energy.
So if we put these facts together with Eli’s words.
‘Isn’t that… a disease?’
It wasn’t something that could be defined as a plague.