◈ 534. [Side Story] Red Priests (2)
“Can’t get out of the way.”
I lightly ignored Rosetta’s warning and put my feet on the ground.
“No, I won’t get out of the way, Rosetta.”
“… .”
Rosetta’s eyes grew cold. I snorted.
“You seem to be mistaken about something.”
“Are you mistaken?”
“The Crossroads here, the Monster Front and the World Defense Front are completely independent lines that are not bound by any country in the world.”
“… What if?”
“In other words, it means that it is not governed by any country’s national laws.”
I raised my fist and pointed at me with a thumbs up.
“There is only one law that applies here. Only the military law I enacted. Neither the religious laws of your church nor the criminal laws of the imperial courts can invade my city.”
“You are arrogant. If there is no land in this world where the grace of the goddess does not dwell.”
“I am always indebted to the goddess.”
It’s because I counter the monster’s [Dark Event] with [Goddess Blessing] every time. I am always grateful to God.
“But that and this are different matters.”
I proclaimed
“This is a land ruled by men, and I am its monarch. In my land, I forbid any private sanction other than the punishment I have recognized.”
“… .”
“On my land, even a goddess cannot violate this law.”
Inside the silver-rimmed glasses, Rosetta narrowed her eyes. Her golden eyelashes, like the color of her hair, trembled slightly.
“Rosetta. With Fernandez gone, you were able to take over the central church, right?”
Putting my hands in my pockets, I deliberately made a rough tone.
“Then you should think better. Now that Fernandez is gone, who the hell will sit on the throne? For the future of your church, who will you have to look good for?”
“… hot.”
Rosetta smiled.
“You seem to have misunderstood me, Your Highness the Prince. Did I look like the kind of person that would be subject to such threats?”
“no. It can’t be. Because you are a psycho martyr.”
For the principles she decided to follow, she could even whip her stepsister to death. he’s such a crazy person
But she’s no longer just an individual.
“And now you’re also the representative of your church, aren’t you?”
“… .”
Rosetta was originally the leader of the Knights Templar.
However, he is also the new representative of the Church of Goddess, who has just taken office after eliminating all political opponents within the Church.
Rosetta’s individual is not the target of such intimidation. however.
Rosetta, who had just become the head of the church, would not be able to act unreasonably in the face of such threats.
This is the weight that a prince must bear – the one who carries the lives of others, and she has become one of those kings.
“… really.”
After a moment of silence, Rosetta let out a long breath and closed her eyes.
“The more I live, the more complicated the world is. Isn’t that right, Your Highness?”
her life faded. I nodded slowly in agreement.
“The higher you climb, the farther you see, and the farther you look, the more you can count.”
“The world that I see, who is only a small creature on earth, is so difficult, but how many places the goddess who sees everything in the heavens must be concerned.”
You spit out religious sounds to the end.
In any case, Rosetta slowly took the whip, folded it neatly, and wore it around her waist.
It wasn’t some kind of whip, but a soft hand, like handling a new accessory.
“I knew your Highness’s intentions with certainty. The execution of the punishment for Janice is a little… … Let’s put it off.”
“Thank you for understanding.”
“Just Janice. As of this time, your position as Temporary Priest of the Crossroads is revoked.”
Rosetta was still calm, but with a voice like a blade, she quietly gave out cruel orders.
“Also, at the same time, we issue an eviction order from the Crossroads Temple.”
“… .”
“The rule that a priest who lost his affiliation must leave the area within 15 days and return to the ecliptic within 3 months. Didn’t you forget?”
Janice silently lowered her head.
I, who had been listening, became dumbfounded and asked.
“What if I break that rule?”
“It is an excommunication.”
Rosetta answered simply. Although the content was never light.
“As a priest, all of Janice’s life will be erased from the records, and she will not continue to use divine power or sell the name of God. Also, the Watcher for the rest of your life will follow you.”
Either lose everything you’ve lived so far and live here on the Crossroads as if you were dead for the rest of your life.
Or, return to the ecliptic as a priest and die with the honorable whip of your former comrades… … .
There were only two paths left for Janice.
At least, given a choice, should I call this merciful?
“I’ll give you an hour until I leave. then.”
Rosetta said that to Janice, gave me one last light bow, then turned around and left.
After standing in a daze in the middle of the chaos of the priest’s office, I glanced back at Zenith.
“Hey, Mr. Jess. Please explain. What happened?”
“… .”
Zenith, who had been in a daze, opened her mouth in a dejected voice.
“You are the one who knows. I have nothing more to say or less.”
“Really, you had such a big accident with a foreign princess in the past, and your step-sister, who thinks that the church’s honor was tarnished because of that accident, is trying to kill you?”
“… That’s right.”
Aigoo. how do i solve this? no can you solve it?
I was moaning in pain, but Janice carefully lowered her head.
“Your Highness really has no face, but I have a favor to ask of you.”
“say it.”
When I looked at what kind of favor she was going to ask, Janice pulled out a pen and paper from her bosom. I was frightened without even realizing it.
“Do you earn heresy points too?!”
“… The only person in the world who does such crazy things is my sister.”
What Janice wrote was not a heresy point, but an address somewhere.
Janice carefully handed it to me.
“Could you send all my property in my name to this address?”
I got the address and looked it up.
It was the address of a nursery school run by the Goddess Order near the ecliptic.
“In the meantime, I’ve been sending all my priestly salaries this way, but now it seems like it’s going to be difficult. Well, it’s not a few pennies at all, but… … .”
“Who lives in this nursery?”
“… He is my son.”
Embarrassed, I trembled the hand holding the address.
Janice kept her eyes fixed on the floor and scratched her head bitterly.
“My son born to a foreign princess.”
***
A subterranean dungeon in the Lake Kingdom. base camp.
“Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,”
I said, squatting next to the central bonfire, tearing my hair out.
Then Kelly Bay, who was hammering not far away, squealed in anger.
“Why are you sighing so hard again that all your luck runs away!”
“… Kelly Bay sometimes looks like a Korean old man.”
I muttered in exasperation. If you sigh, blessings run away. When are you superstitious?
At my muttering, Kelly Bay raised her thick eyebrows.
“korea? Where are you? Is it a precious metal source? Are there many mines?”
“I’m not really interested in mineral resources, so I don’t know… .”
By the way, this old man must have been filled with metal to the very depths of his brain. What is the criteria for asking?
“Is Korea, a foreign country you’ve never heard of, the main culprit of your worries? hey! just talk! I’ll go and break it all down with a hammer!”
no… If you break it there, it will be a big deal… … . Don’t… … .
I patted my forehead with my fingertips and murmured.
“If foreign affairs are a problem, then it is a problem… Because this happened 14 years ago. oh my.”
“14 years ago? in a foreign country? Yanmar! What kind of accidents have you been running around since you were young!”
“No, so it wasn’t my accident!”
There are no other people around, and Kelly Bay is also one of the few people I fully trust.
I confided in Kelly Bay about Janice’s situation and problems. Even what he did 14 years ago.
After hearing the story, Kelly Bay stuck out her tongue.
“I didn’t see that friend that much, but he was quite worth it.”
“I mean.”
“Still, it’s nice that you’re trying to pay child support until the very end, isn’t it?”
“… Should I call this extraordinary?”
I was troubled. Is this something special? Or is it shameless?
And how did that child born to a foreign princess and Zenith grow up in an imperial nursery?
The more I think about it, the more strange there is to this story… … .
“Hey, that’s not unusual! I’ve never given my children proper food, let alone pocket money. hahaha!”
“Isn’t that a bit too much?”
“What are you doing too much? Originally, all dwarves grow like this. As soon as they are born, they are given a personal crypt, and they grow up by themselves while digging.”
What is dwarf parenting… … ?
Right now, Kelly Bey’s son, Kellison, is leading the dwarf army at Crossroads.
This side is remodeling and repairing the main character of the cross road, but every time I see Kelly Bay, I can’t eat it.
Kelly Bay is perfect as a blacksmith, but as a child farmer, she might be a bit unlucky… … .
“Anyway, the parent-child relationship is already difficult. Janice The friend and son… … It must be a really difficult relationship.”
“Iknow, right. It doesn’t sound like a joke.”
As we were talking about this, I suddenly felt a stare in my eyes. huh?
I looked around and saw Hannibal hiding in a corner of the forge listening to our story.
This assistant blacksmith, an elementalist and enchanter, is looking this way with his eyes wide open.
“Hannibal? what’s the matter?”
“yes? Oh no! It’s nothing!”
When I called, Hannibal jumped up from his seat. The boy’s messy hair rippled in the air.
Kelly Bay gestured loudly to Hannibal.
“Is the finishing work for Yonsuk finished? Then wake up and bring the completed ‘that’!”
“Yes yes!”
Hannibal hurriedly ran into the forge.
Kelly Bay, who was smiling at me, looked at me and asked in a calm voice.
“And another problem?”
“… .”
“I think you have other concerns. Say something. Are there times when just talking is helpful?”
After hesitating for a moment, I slowly opened my mouth.
The wounded Mikhail and the annihilated Sky Knights.
Fatigue issues weighing on the wires… .
With these various problems in front, how to operate the front line afterwards.
When I confided in it, Kelly Bay listened in silence and said,
“Mm! I’m not the bookmaker type, so I don’t know the solution to such a conundrum!”
I don’t know,” he said, raising his hands and smiling while raising his beard.
“When your heart is so complicated, of course! It’s the best thing to touch a newly made weapon!”
“No, it can’t be solved… .”
“Instead, it makes you feel better! ruler!”
Hannibal brought the newly made equipment from the workshop, wrapped in a silken cloth.
Kelly Bay took the equipment, weighed it one last time, and handed it to me.
“furthermore! This time it’s your equipment!”
“… .”
I slowly accepted the equipment Kelly Bay gave me.
Carefully peeling off the dark cloth covering the equipment, Kelly Bay shook her shoulders as if she was expecting more.
“This is my new Nightmare Slayer! Equipment that has never existed before! The gimmick is designed according to the taste of the orderer, and even the grip weight and hand habit are all reflected! A complete order-made weapon!”
The ink-colored cloth flowed down and appeared in its place-
“Its name is [Light & Shadow]!”
– A splendid ceremonial longsword.
From the blade to the handle of the guard, the entire body was transparent, and a gorgeous long sword.
The long sword was housed in a jet-black scabbard without any pattern or decoration, as if sucking in light.
A ceremonial longsword for commanders [Light].
And that scabbard [Shadow].
The twin magic cores obtained after defeating the 3rd ranked Nightmare Corps Commander, the Magician Emperor White Night.
Custom equipment made only for me by adding those two things.
It was the Nightmare Slayer [Light and Shadow].
