Episode 655: Saint Catherine (1)
“Weak guy…”
Even after hearing Ibelon’s sincere words, Eileen rebuked him firmly.
“Show the minimum spirit and courage as a member of the royal family, little brother.”
“How can my nature do this? Even if I try to force it, it won’t work.”
“Well, you did well… I’m sure they didn’t think you were pulling tricks like this…”
Eileen smiled and crossed her arms.
Ibelon looked at that and asked in puzzlement…
“Sister, you seem to be in a good mood for some reason…”
“Does it look good? “Even though there’s nothing I can do right now?”
“Yes, well, if not, I apologize.”
“No, you saw it correctly, I feel very good right now.”
Ibelon asked with a slightly puzzled expression.
“Why?”
“Because the man was wrong…”
“Speaking of that man…”
“There is a man who warned me to be careful because you are hiding something.”
“I had something to hide, so it’s not really wrong, right?”
“The man seemed to see everything through, but didn’t he know that you were a double agent? That was enough.”
Eileen was unbearably happy that Ludger got something wrong.
I thought he was the person I thought would be perfect…
He was a man who was covetous but also jealous and competitive.
But the man was also a human being who made mistakes…
A human like yourself…
How can I be this happy about that fact?
“And another reason why I feel good is because I have experienced enough crises of this level… No, if you think about the crises back then, this one doesn’t even fall into the axis of crises…”
“sister····”
“Of course, that man was there then, but he isn’t there now…”
Eileen gave Yvelon a look full of desire.
“Aren’t you here now?”
“…But I cannot disobey Salesin’s orders… If I do something suspicious, Salesin will turn me into a doll too…”
“Rather, it is better… I would be grateful if you continued to stick around with Salesin and attract his attention.”
“Do you think such a thing is possible in the face of the power of brainwashing?”
“Why do you think that’s their exclusive property?”
Eileen pointed with her chin at the scriptures that Ibelon had placed on the table.
“Isn’t it true for us too?”
Although it may be weaker than the power used by Salesin…
That was the key to overcoming this situation…
“Compared to what they have, it’s simple…”
“I guess so… They have cannons over there, but the only thing they have here is one dagger…”
The moment Ibelon saw Eileen’s eyes, he couldn’t help but be surprised.
Her eyes were that of someone who never gave up…
“That’s enough, because just one dagger can kill someone.”
* * *
Seorn is in confusion·
It was not long ago that Ludger Chelisi went missing and returned to Seorn.
Such Ludger Chelsea was arrested and taken away by the Empire’s security department.
Leaving behind one shocking fact…
His real identity was Heathcliff van Bretus.
Who is Heathcliff Van Bretus?
The illegitimate son of Benedict van Bretus, a prosperous former king.
And he was said to be the king of heresy who is hostile to the Lumensis Church.
“What on earth is going on? “Mr. Ludger was the son of a great emperor?”
“You’re lying, right?”
“You idiot, I arrested you at the Security Bureau. Are you lying? We’ve been fooled this whole time! Even the newspapers are talking about it! “He is the king of heresy!”
“Isn’t everything that happened in Seorn because of this person? “That’s how the devil appeared!”
“hey! Mr. Ludger fought hard to save us that day! “How can you say that?”
“Maybe he pretended to do that on purpose to deceive us.”
A teacher who had always been dissatisfied with Ludger could not accept the current situation and a panicked student criticized Ludger.
Of course, there were not only those who blamed Ludger…
“Is that person really Ludger Chelsea in the first place?”
“What are you talking about?”
“The teacher was missing for a while… So, it could be that a fake person came here pretending to be Teacher Ludger during that time…”
In other words, the claim was that the real Ludger Chelish was captured somewhere and that Heathcliff pretended to be him and sneaked into Seorn and was caught.
It was quite persuasive…
It would make no sense for Ludger to have deceived them all until now because his actions since taking office made no sense…
Could a person who is the king of heresy and the devil be so passionate about teaching and distributing such valuable materials to students?
It didn’t match up…
“Honestly, if it were a heresy, the classes would have been sloppy… Or they would have secretly sacrificed students…”
“That’s right… Look at the source code… And if you look at the class content, there are a lot of other useful things…”
“What if it was all intentional to gain favor?”
“Hey, you don’t usually go to such great lengths to gain favor… What are you going to do in Seorn in the first place?”
Of course, there was someone who helped spread these rumors…
It was Elisa Willow, the rector of Seorn.
“Ha, really, I didn’t know that one person could make such an uproar in the world.”
President Elisa looked down at Seorn, who was still seething with panic, with a sad gaze.
“Isn’t it okay…”
It was Vierano Dentis who put down the teacup he was drinking with a clang sound.
Beside Vierano was Sedina Roshen, who was restless…
Besides the two, there were several other guests gathered in the president’s office.
“The priority is to put out the urgent fire right now.”
“Well, are the rumors really true?”
It was Selina who asked in a cautious voice…
From the fact that he came here to the identity of Ludger Chelsea…
Incomprehensible things happened all at once…
“Hmph, the rumors are true, that’s not important.”
It was Chris Benimore who snorted at those words…
“The important thing is why the president gathered us… And I’m also curious why the student who is his assistant is here…”
Sedina, who received Chris’ gaze, felt intimidated because she felt like she had done something wrong.
It was Vierano who supported Sedina.
“Mr. Chris Benimore, be careful what you say.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“What is here now is not a student of Sedina Roshen. She is Sedina Plante. She is an important person who is the only one who can communicate with the world tree of our elven kingdom.”
When Vierano revealed Sedina’s identity, the audience was shocked.
“Now wait a minute! “What do you mean?”
Merilda, who was next to Selina, asked back in surprise…
As Ludgar’s assistant, Sedina often showed herself to be diligent in writing, but no one here knew that she was such a great elf.
“She is here now as an emissary of the Elven Kingdom… and I also came as an elder of the Elven Kingdom, not as a teacher of Seorn… so please understand.”
“President, is that really true?”
“Well, it’s not wrong because it was stated that way in the contract in the first place. I have no authority to force Elder Vierano.”
Elisha said with a smile…
“That’s not the important thing… An official letter came this time…”
“If it’s an official document…”
“It is said that Heathcliff van Bretus, an evil enemy on the continent, has overthrown the current Holy Kingdom of Bretus and taken over the capital’s fortress. The Holy Emperor has declared a holy war there.”
“But why is there an official document for us…?”
Chris mentioned a possibility he didn’t want to think about…
“Did you also request Seorn to participate in the war?”
“that’s right·”
“That doesn’t make sense!”
Merylda reacted violently…
“It makes no sense to make such a request to Seorn in the first place! Seorn is a place of teaching solely to educate wizards, but it is a temple!”
“Mr. Merilda, please calm down a little.”
It was Wilford, Elisa’s assistant, who calmed down the fussing Merilda.
The atmosphere entered a lull for a moment…
Elisha continued…
“That’s right… We, Seorn, are within the empire, but we have autonomy without following the empire’s will… Even if we start a war like this and demand participation in it, we can easily ignore it… But the problem is that this is a holy war…”
“sanctuary····”
“From what happened in the capital to the recent demonic incident… Isla Machina is now almost completely destroyed… It’s a very confusing situation… People’s fear is at its peak… It’s a holy war declared at that moment, so it’s a force so strong that it goes beyond any justification. “It has a
“Is that possible? “Isn’t it their job?”
“Honestly, I also think it’s strange… But anyway, they’re arbitrarily declaring a holy war like this… Isn’t this just a matter for the Holy Kingdom to finish on its own?”
The problem happened next…
“It means that countries around the world are actively responding to the crusade.”
“What is that…”
“Everyone announced that they would participate in the crusade, as if they had been waiting for it to happen at the same time… Similar things are happening in small and medium-sized countries, which can be cautious and measure their opportunities in such situations…”
Excluding the Elven Kingdom, the Beastman Tribe, the Dwarf Village, and the Southern Fatimid Dynasty…
Countries from across the continent have come together as one…
As so many absurd situations occurred one after another, it felt like my normal sense of common sense would be destroyed.
“In this kind of atmosphere, no matter how much Seorn he is, he cannot outright refuse this excessive request.”
“but····”
Selina tried to say something in a trembling voice, but then closed her mouth.
The most confusing thing right now is because I didn’t know that it was President Elisha.
“It was no use asking for time to think since the temple had already been opened. So I had to make a choice.”
“Are you saying you want to fight?”
“I placed a condition: students would be left alone. Instead, only a select group of people I selected would come forward.”
“Did the other person allow it?”
Elisa snorted at Chris Benimore’s question.
“What if I don’t allow it?”
Elisha’s golden eyes shone magically.
“I said I would give it to them, but who would dare criticize that?”
Arrogant words·
But at the same time, considering Elisa’s skills, it was something that could be said…
“So that’s why you called us…”
“I have already finished talking with the other teachers. All 4th grade teachers are planning to step forward. Instead, it is on the condition that they act individually. I will participate in the war, but I have no intention of doing as they want.”
At that time, someone knocked harshly on the door from outside.
Elisa’s eyes narrowed at the thumping sound.
“I told you not to disturb me because I was in a meeting…”
Elisha thought… Usually, there are two cases like this…
First, the user is usually a tactless person, or
Or second…
Even in the current situation, an important issue has occurred that must be reported quickly.
“Come on in·”
Elisha saw it as the latter.
As the door opened, one of the employees covered in sweat spoke urgently…
“President Cho, that’s a big deal.”
“What’s the big deal?”
“Outside the bar, someone came outside…”
Everyone gathered in the president’s office widened their eyes at the user’s next words.
“The saint has arrived!”
* * *
Line lay on the bed in the dormitory and stared blankly at the ceiling.
‘Maybe it’s good…’
A few days have passed since Ludger was captured by the cult…
The news that came after that was all very scary…
‘sanctuary····’
The word war was very important to Line.
‘Why? I have never experienced war before, but I can feel that it is so terrible that it should never happen.’
My eyes were tingling and hurting…
It was so painful that even though it was only for a moment, tears came out without me realizing it…
Although it was only a moment, a scene passed by in a blur…
‘What just happened?’
It was so fast that I couldn’t see it clearly, but against the dark night, I could see a city where everything around was devastated.
And under the moonlight to something huge floating in the sky…
‘Something makes me feel sick…’
Line lay down on the bed and took a deep breath.
From what happened in the capital to Dreamland and Isla Machina…
Even though she had been through a lot and was on the verge of death, Line always tried hard to remain calm.
But this anxiety I am experiencing now is on a different level from those…
Is this what it feels like before the storm?
The subtly rumbling in this silence seemed to warn me in advance of how terrible what was to come would be.
‘The wind…’
Rine got up from bed and left the dormitory.
The place where Line’s steps headed was the secret garden with the flower beds tended by Freuden.
After seeing the quiet flower bed with no one around, Liné sat down against a tree and closed her eyes.
It was noisy outside…
It wasn’t because of the temple. Did someone come to visit?
Liné thought it had nothing to do with her and decided to wait until this anxiety subsided first.
Sabak·
In the silence, the sound of stepping on the grass tickled Rine’s ears.
As far as Liné knew, there were only three people who could come to this secret garden.
Erendir Freuden Henry·
However, the sound of the footsteps seemed very light for a man, so Rine turned around, thinking it was Erendir.
The first thing you see is blonde hair and pure white skin shining dazzlingly in the sunlight.
The light was so strong that her face was blurry and she couldn’t see it properly, so Liné strained her eyes.
Throbbing!
The pain in my eyes, which had subsided a little, began to feel pain again…
But strangely, this time he didn’t frown or shed tears…
“what?”
The opponent was not Erendir…
I was confused for a moment because he was blonde, but when I looked closer, I saw that he was a completely different person.
It was more adult and mature, and even gave off a sacred aura…
Liné felt that the energy was strangely familiar…
Just as Line saw the woman, the woman also saw Line.
Line thought that the woman’s eyes were as beautiful as if they contained the sky.
“Who are you?”
When Line asked innocently, the woman answered in a calm voice.
“Catherine·”
