161 – Persuasion (1)
A quiet day in the temple refers to a boring day without any special events.
A very boring day of reading scriptures, praying, and cultivating my spirit.
Elina and Elin were actually sending such emails.
In particular, prayer time was a time when one had to focus only on prayer with a pure and noble heart.
Prayer times to speak to God were considered especially important in the temple of Neftam.
But even during her prayers, Elina’s mind continued to wander.
It was because Leonhard’s whispers kept coming to mind instead of the sound of prayer.
Fever rose from deep inside my body.
I tried to hold back, but the heat that started to form in Elina’s body did not cool down easily.
She could hardly concentrate on prayer and her mind was blank, as if she were possessed.
Before she knew it, Elina was rubbing her lips over her hands, which she had raised reverently in prayer to God.
Sigh.
Her silky pink lips parted slightly as she ran over her thin outstretched fingers.
Every time she did that, the moment when their lips overlapped flashed in her mind.
‘Young master….’
How long has the long prayer time passed?
The thought of focusing on her prayers had long since disappeared from Elina’s mind.
“Hmm.”
Elina’s shoulders shrank slightly at the sound of her sudden cough.
When she opened her closed eyes, her eyes met Archbishop Contro, who was reciting her prayer.
Elina hurriedly closed her eyes again and pretended to concentrate on her prayer.
“What were you thinking?”
Elin, who was sitting next to her, giggled and she whispered next to Elina.
Elina’s white cheeks turned red as if a fire was burning.
“What? “It’s not like that.”
Sometimes Elina felt like she was sharing her thoughts when she was with Elin.
Is that why? Lately, she felt ashamed because it seemed like her own shameful thoughts and even her desires were being read.
“Even Elin couldn’t concentrate.”
In the meantime, Elina turned her arrow at Elin as if making an excuse.
To be honest, I think she’s mean, but… Still, it can’t be helped.
“I still kept my hands together properly.”
That moment.
“Hmm.”
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Archbishop Contro, who was reciting a prayer, cleared his throat again.
Elin and Elina bowed their heads again.
The two people already knew the true nature of God.
I kept it a secret and continued to pray quietly.
*
The archbishop took the two saints to a quiet room and scolded them severely.
“Saint Elina, and Elin. “It seems like your thoughts have been far away these days.”
Once the sermon began, no one could stop Archbishop Contro from speaking.
Elina and Elin, who knew this well, had to suppress the feeling of wanting to cover their ears.
“Probably, seeing people living far from God at the academy has a negative impact on me. But you both know, don’t you? “God will listen more and give strength when believers listen with a pious and sincere heart.”
“… Yes.”
“Yes….”
Elina’s breathing caught in her throat as she felt that her ears were already starting to hurt.
When she heard this sermon, she thought deeply about where she had gone.
There were definitely parts where I couldn’t concentrate after learning the reality of God.
But it wasn’t just that. It was because of the slight fever in my body that continued without going away.
If it has been stained, it is most likely due to Young master and not the academy’s bad waters.
Without realizing it, Elina was fiddling with a small stone hidden in her arms.
A temptation that she had never felt before suddenly arose.
She told me to hold this tight. Then, can we see Young master?
‘Just once….’
I felt like I heard Leonhard’s voice in my ear, urging me not to use it at any time.
Still, her head was filled with temptations to do the wrong thing.
‘What happened to me? Just thinking about this….’
These days, Elina often feels as if she has become a completely different person. She
Even when she was young, she had felt this way.
But she was even worse this time. The feeling that her entire self had been completely changed continued within her Abyss.
“Elina….”
Elina was suddenly awakened from her thoughts by Elin’s whisper.
When she lifted her head, Archbishop Contro had a fiery, angry expression on his face.
“Saint Elina. She is acting like this again, which is not typical of a saint. Are you not even able to concentrate on what I am saying? I just can’t do this. It’s because her mind has become very relaxed. “Before you go back to the academy, you should at least have a long retreat and prayer time with me.”
The long-term retreat prayer time that Archbishop Contro is talking about is an extremely long prayer.
Even though everyone else disliked her, Elina had a time of self-reflection that she enjoyed when it came to her own faults.
But now she was strangely unwelcome.
‘No matter how much you pray to God, it will be meaningless….’
Elina had already seen the true nature of God.
Her faith had faded, and what filled Elina instead of her faith was something else.
Something hot that can be called desire.
But what would happen if I confessed this thought to the truth?
It probably won’t end with just a retreat prayer. This time, he might be punished for heresy.
Elina let out a deep sigh as her thoughts continued to wander.
“Saint. But if you show that you don’t like it in front of me….”
The archbishop was about to scold her, tensing her neck, when Elin intervened.
“Archbishop, Elina has had something to think about these days. “If she just needs to pull herself together a little bit, she’ll be okay with Elina too.”
Elin looked at Elina, who had lost her voice, and then stepped forward instead.
As soon as the Great Juju did so, he pointed the blade he was sharpening at Elin.
“Do you think that only Saint Elina is the problem? Elin also seemed to be having trouble concentrating.
“Huh?!”
“Similar to Saint Elina, she keeps wiggling her body. I don’t know what happened to you two….”
The more she listened, the more heat spread across Elin’s face.
Elin placed her hands on her cheeks, which had turned into balls of fire, and slightly twisted her body.
That was the writhing appearance that Control had pointed out.
“That’s it! Why on earth are you two like that? ! Wait a minute… No way… !”
Archbishop Contro’s eyes shook once, like a tree struck by lightning, and then stopped.
“Well, you two… The man… ?”
At those words, Elina and Elin looked sideways at each other with their faces turning red.
As the two people just wriggled and did not readily respond, Archbishop Contro touched their foreheads.
The ominous guess turned out to be correct.
This can’t be right. Archbishop Contro instantly felt dizzy.
How could something like this happen to a saint who must protect her purity? And not just on one side, but at the same time!
What kind of person did you fall in love with?
No way… It’s not the same person, right?
Twins may have similar tastes.
The archbishop assumed the worst situation, strengthened his resolve, and inquired.
“Is the other person a student you met at the academy?”
“Well, that’s not it. Not the academy….”
Elina spoke quietly.
It really wasn’t the first time we met at the Academy, so that’s a lie… It wasn’t.
“Then where and who….”
Archbishop Contro questioned the two men in despair.
I am not trying to make an issue of deviance in childhood. But couldn’t he be a really dangerous man? It was the archbishop’s job to nip any potential danger in the bud.
It was then.
“Archbishop!”
A priest with a sturdy physique hurriedly ran into the room without knocking.
When the archbishop checked the condition of the priest, who was covered in sweat and panting, he sensed that something serious had happened.
“What’s going on? “Priest Royle.”
“Well, outside…” ! Outside… !”
Priest Royle’s complexion was extremely pale, as if something urgent had happened.
The archbishop frowned and pondered his next words.
“What’s out there? “Calm down and speak properly.”
“Soldiers who appear to have been dispatched from the imperial castle are flocking to the temple!”
“… ?”
Archbishop Contro understood what he said, but he only blinked for a moment because he did not fully understand the meaning.
Why would the imperial castle have any reason to send troops to the temple?
The saints arrived at the main shrine in the capital a few days ago, so it would not have been a ceremonial event for the two saints.
Elina and Elin’s faces, which had turned red, immediately lost color.
The two people who were confused realized something intuitively the moment their eyes met.
Leonhardt was clearly involved in this abnormal situation.
“… “It’s not unusual.”
Except for the peaceful possibility of sending troops from the imperial castle, there were only ominous reasons.
Although he is now retired, the instincts of the Archbishop, who once roamed the battlefield as a Holy Knight, were sharply warning him of the seriousness of this issue.
“First, let me come forward and talk. “Priest, please evacuate Saint Elina and Elin to a safe place in preparation for any unexpected situation.”
“Yes!”
Archbishop Contro left the room first.
Elina and Elin, who were looking at his back with anxiety, moved deeper into the main temple with the priest.
The entire temple was engulfed in tension as it was already known that troops from the Imperial Castle were approaching.
Priests preparing weapons and putting on armor were seen everywhere.
Most of the priests of Neftam trained their bodies as well as their minds.
Many of the priests in the temple were also knights.
“I also have to prepare to fight.”
And Elina was also a paladin of Neftam.
Even though Elina herself no longer believed in God, the priests who served Neftam were like her family.
“No. The archbishop said to protect the saint. “Please consider your own safety first.”
“Still… !”
“Elina. Stop. Let’s do as the archbishop says. “There is no one more important than you in the church right now.”
When Elina closed her mouth in dissatisfaction with her own words, she walked up to Elina and whispered to her.
“It’s become really dangerous. “Now you can call Young master.”
At those words, the corners of Elina’s mouth went up without realizing it.
That’s right. She was finally able to see Young master.
I don’t know what the situation is, but something has happened where I can call Leonhard with pride.
“That’s right. That’s right. “I should call Young master.”
Elin and Elina looked at each other and smiled slightly.
‘You two get along really well.’
Roil, who had no idea what the two girls were talking about, felt warm thanks to this.
Elin and Elina, who had moved deep into the temple, were about to enter the tabernacle protected by the sacred barrier.
A sickening feeling swept through my body, as if I had fallen from a high place.
This was because a powerful divine power surrounding the temple was revealed.
“This powerful divine power… Could it be that the Great Guardian Barrier… ?”
It has been almost 100 years since the Great Guardian Barrier, a powerful protective shield that protects the entire temple, was opened.
It was proof that the situation was not going that well.
Roil felt impatient. If the barrier had been opened, a battle might have occurred by now.
However, protecting the two girls in front of him was his current mission.
“Please wait in this tabernacle for a moment and we will resolve the situation. It’s definitely not a big deal. Still, just in case… Even if it turns into something bigger, I will sacrifice my life to protect it.”
Elina could easily read Royle’s nervousness.
If you are a paladin of Neftam, you will naturally want to stand next to your comrades, not in the rear. Elina could fully understand those feelings.
“We are okay. Priest Royl. Even if something happens, we have the strength to face it ourselves. The tabernacle is protected by the strongest barrier in the temple. So, can you please rest assured and come see the situation outside for us?”
Roil scratched his cheek as if he was thinking about what Elina said.
“Elina she is right. “If someone breaks in here, it won’t be time to discuss our protection.”
Elin, who sensed Elina’s intention, spoke as if she immediately agreed with her.
In the end, Royle fell in love with the persuasion of the two girls.
“Then I will be back soon. “Please wait a moment.”
As soon as Royl hurried over, Elina and Elin looked at each other and took out the jewel.
The brilliant light of the jewel, reflecting the candles lit in the tabernacle, filled my retina.
Now was the time to call Leonhard.
*
“Ugh… ! Eww. “Why isn’t it working out?”
Leonhard was leisurely watching Lilian struggling, his face turning red.
It was quite interesting to see her blushing and moaning for a while, but doing nothing.
“Oh, I really don’t know!”
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Lilian tried to force her hand away from Leonhard with her magic string, but she eventually gave up as if she was tired.
Working this hard on something wasn’t what she wanted to do in the first place.
She couldn’t use her body or use magical powers. I don’t have any particular talent.
‘All I have to do is fall for a moment!’
Then, Leonhard could have been neutralized right away with the system.
It only takes a little while, just a little while.
“Have you given up now? “Lilian?”
Lilian drew a soft line around her eyes and glared with full emotion at the man who was taunting her with a kind voice.
Is this person really not nervous? Or maybe he’s just surprisingly good at hiding his emotions.
I really couldn’t read his expression.
Lilian let out a long sigh, feeling humiliated.
It seemed impossible for her to escape from him by any other means anyway.
Instead, she decided to threaten Leonhard with words and situations like she did with others.
“Are you really not going? “The two people you cherish are in danger?”
At those words, Leonhard lowered his head slightly.
“You still don’t understand? You two will be safe. “The problem is you.”
As Leonhard’s face got closer, Lilian, who thought he was about to kiss her, flinched.
Looking at her like that, her Leonhard laughed at her.
Instead of Lilian’s red lips, his lips lightly grazed her smooth cheek, as if cutting her with a knife, and moved to her ear.
“I told you. Let’s stay together for a long time. “
Leonhard’s large hand, with its veins bulging out, squeezed both of her Lilian’s hands tightly as if they were going to crush them.
“Ugh….”
In response to her dizzying pain, Lillian twisted her thin neck, letting out a moan mixed with her pain.
Why on earth did this happen? Really, why did this happen?
Lilian regretted deep in her heart that she had overlooked how crazy this man could be.
“I’m good at that kind of thing. “Lilian.”
The man whispered in a frighteningly friendly manner and pressed Lilian’s hand, which he held tightly, against the bookshelf.
His remaining arm also firmly grasped the bookshelf behind Lilian, blocking his escape route.
This time, the man’s large shadow completely engulfed Lilian.