Episode 17 The Saint (4)
Ray, who hurriedly returned home from the viscount’s house, was struggling.
“Is Seongguk coming to find me? Besides, you want to take me as a saint?”
This was a lot bigger than expected.
In Ray’s brain, Seongguk was a madman who was united by faith and was not afraid of death.
Perhaps he would throw his veto over to the other side of his faith.
“Once you get caught, it’s over. I might have to live my whole life working like an ant because my peaceful life will not sink into the mud.”
The holy kingdom was not strong enough to force everything, but the saint and the saint were different.
The saint and the saintess, who appear in the present world only through the revelation of God, were the will of God itself.
For that reason, there was no way that the saint and the saintess had the right to veto.
He didn’t know much about the Holy Land yet, but he at least knew that if he was captured by them, he would be taken to the Holy Land.
Of course, if you are taken to the Holy Land, eat and sleep, and live as you please, that’s fine, but you will have to thoroughly seal your will and spend your days doing glorious work under the name of God.
Although Ray describes such an honored work as labor, though.
The people of the Holy Land are the people who will not kill you if you refuse to become a saint, but will not cover any means or methods to lead you away.
It is impossible to escape from them because God continues to boast (?) of his position.
Indeed, it could not have been a stalker-like god.
“Ugh… praying to a god I don’t know face to face all day long, going out on tour, going out and coming back and praying…”
Just thinking about it is terrifying.
The thought of being forced to do something that was not in my heart gave me goosebumps.
Ray shook his head and pondered.
“What should I do? I can’t hide, I can’t run… I’m really going crazy.”
He had no choice but to take countermeasures against Seongguk all night long.
* * *
Even if he thought about it, no other number came out.
Run away after notifying your parents?
No matter what you do, God will tell you where you are again.
Whether it was changing hair color with mana or running away in the shadows.
Besides, even if you run away, you need money to live, but you are only 15 years old.
If you hide your abilities unnoticed, you can only imagine a future where mercenaries will never be able to do it and hang out with children in the slums at best.
“Whoa…”
Ray was regretful, recalling the fact that he hastily told Viscount Gade that he was a saint.
Even if he regretted it, he knew it too.
Even if he hadn’t called himself a saint, Viscount Gade would have considered himself a saint.
It’s just a difference in time, but the fact that it’s known doesn’t change much.
Even if Viscount Gade didn’t say anything, Seongguk’s search for him didn’t change.
He didn’t know that a deep sigh would leave his mouth.
“Shall we go for a walk…”
His sigh, as if he had lived his entire life, rang through the room.
* * *
The informants move out of town instead of into town.
After passing the small bridge, the figures began to increase one by one along the stone-paved road.
As they began to pass, they dispersed, but none of them entered the forest in front of them.
A short man who was looking for a house for a child who was the subject of the request said.
“I wonder if there is a house in a place like this.”
He grumbled, but searched for his way through the bushes.
The young man next to him laughed awkwardly.
“Still, you’re looking everywhere to find it.”
“It’s work, but if you don’t do this, you will be fired from the industry. You have to pretend.”
“I have to pretend. But really, what kind of house would you like to have in a place like this…”
The young man looked to one side while talking.
No one paid attention to the light green forest with thick trees.
Since no one was going, he decided to go on his own.
Immediately, the short man grabbed his hand.
He frowned at his hand, which was gripped so tightly that it hurt.
“evil! What’s wrong!”
“Hey man! You want to die!”
“Let’s talk about this for now! It really hurts!”
At the man’s words, he loosened his grip.
He cried out as he rubbed his arms and shed tears.
“What’s wrong! Have you hidden any gold coins in that forest?”
“Why are you like this! Did you save your life as a spare!”
“That’s because no one is looking for it over there! I was going to work at most, but…”
“If you want to die while working, go!”
The young man frowned at his unusual words and asked.
“What the hell is that place doing?”
“Did you not know? That’s an elven village! It’s a good place to go in without knowing!”
“yes?”
The short man continued as he looked at him asking what was wrong with the elven village.
“Elves do not forgive trespassers. Of course, if you’re just passing through the forest, you shouldn’t kill it. But that’s different.”
“What makes it so different?”
“That forest is an elf village with high elves.”
“Eek!”
Surprised that the forest he always saw was an elf village, he was surprised again when he heard that high elves live there.
There were not so many individuals that it was hard to see even elves, but high elves were a rare elf among them.
It is said that they are born with a heroic level of understanding of mana and affinity with the spirits, as their lifespan is three times that of normal elves.
Since spirits are close to nature, even though they can understand them, they are born with excessive mana. If they learn it steadily, it will be difficult for humans to catch up.
For this reason, any slave trader would not dare to touch the village where the high elves resided.
The elves also regarded and revered such high elves as sacred.
Step into their home?
No one would do such a crazy thing unless they wanted to die.
At least for the people he knows.
“Why do high elves live in places like that?”
High elves usually live in obscure forests or places where elves live in large groups.
That way, it was easier to protect the elves and there was no inconvenience to them.
It was known to the public as well.
“Well that’s it, I don’t know. It’s not like humans know everything about elves.”
“That’s right…”
It couldn’t have been a tiring statement, but it was true.
“So be careful next time. Don’t regret it if you made a mistake.”
The young man did not respond to the man’s words.
I just looked at the peaceful forest.
High elves live there right in front of you.
Gulp-
I swallowed my saliva on its own, but I couldn’t even dream.
Because defeating the high elves was something that humans couldn’t glared at.
* * *
Ray walked all the way down the way he usually went down to the village.
What dominated his mind now was the countermeasure against the Holy Kingdom.
What to do in the future and how to accept this fact.
Various thoughts mixed, and in the end, my steps made me stop.
Looking around, there was a lump of rock placed between the trees.
The trees stretched out to half-block the sunlight, and the vines and moss that could be seen gently blended harmoniously.
Seeing that, Ray felt a little softened and sat down on the rock.
“Huh, I think I should sit down and rest for a while.”
Thinking deeply is not a skill, so you need to know how to take a break.
And thinking that way, I felt quite comfortable when I let go of my worries.
Thinking that this is why mental and physical training is so important, Ray stood up when he felt a crowd in the depths of the forest.
Movement was not usually fast.
In a forest of this size, where trees were an obstacle, at this speed, it was almost enough to ignore the trees and run.
Ray quietly activated mana.
As soon as he made preparations so that he could defend at any time, the signs of getting closer to him suddenly disappeared.
‘I noticed that I was there.’
Ray’s eyes trembled slightly.
It was clear from the first unstoppable movement that he did not know he was here.
If he had known of his existence, he should have at least hidden his presence or not abruptly erased his presence like now.
Seeing as neither, the other has now found himself.
Ray couldn’t help but look back.
Instead, he concentrated all his mana to maximize his feeling.
I haven’t been able to activate mana in my body like Ale yet, but it is possible to raise at least one sense.
‘Has the information already entered the Holy Kingdom? I don’t think it would be easy if it was a movement like that.’
Cold sweat ran down his cheeks.
The two of them faced each other like that for about ten minutes without any movement.
