Episode 212 Rumors Ride Rumors
It’s been a week since we went on a boat trip.
The paladins were so elite that there was no problem, but priests and priests were suffering from seasickness.
Even after using divine magic to reduce motion sickness, the shaking that intensified immediately was enough to make their minds far away.
They ordered them to get enough rest and ate in a quiet place.
Iriel muttered as she tore a piece of bread with her slender fingers.
“There are a lot of strange rumors going around these days, right? A half-elf, a prince of a country. There were even rumors that he was the youngest sword master. How can rumors spread like this in one place?”
“Well, the nobles on the ship are all young. I can’t help but spread rumors.”
“Whoop whoop. It might not be a rumor that there is the youngest sword master.”
grow up talking
“Still, we need to sort out whether the rumors are true or not. I don’t know if it will help us…”
“I don’t think it will be very helpful.”
“Isn’t your heart pounding? To uncover the truth of the rumor!”
“Is your heart beating in a strange place? It resembles the owner.”
“Is that a compliment?”
A group of young men approached Iriel, who was making subtle expressions.
It is clear that he is the son of an aristocrat, since he is dressed in luxurious clothes and is accompanied by an escort knight.
Their eyes were on Iriel.
A blond young man greeted me.
“Excuse me during the meal. I met a person who suits such a beautiful night, so I casually started talking to him.”
I don’t know if it’s the original eyes, but the glowing eyes are quite burdensome.
The two paladins in the back twitched their eyebrows.
It must have been crazy because he wanted to die to dare to play tricks on a saint with the restraint of a nobleman.
The moment the sword at my waist was about to be pulled out without my knowledge, Ray raised his hand to stop them.
He deftly accepts explicit greetings.
“Thank you for taking good care of me.”
“……?”
Now, it seems that three young men are trying to hunt for a man.
Confused, they waved their hands.
“Oh no… We said hello to the lady over there.”
“I never meant that.”
As the atmosphere became more docile, Iriel smiled.
“Yes, nice to meet you.”
“ha ha ha. It’s nothing else, there is a terrace that we have set up on this upper floor. Why don’t you drink together in a place with a beautiful view? Of course, everyone else is also gathered. It’s like a small banquet hall, so to speak.”
At his question, Ray looked at Iriel.
It is an unspoken question of what you want to do.
After thinking for a while, Iriel nodded.
There was hardly any time for just the two of them. There is no more opportunity to drink.
It wouldn’t be bad to take this opportunity to make good memories on the boat with the saint.
When the affirmative answer came back, the three young men excitedly started guiding.
I was so excited that my steps were fairly light.
Even with modern, state-of-the-art navigation, it would not be easy to provide such fast route guidance.
Following them accompanied by two paladins, there was a huge terrace.
Twenty or more sons of nobles dance with their partners to the tune played by the musicians.
You can see the sea illuminated by the moonlight through the window, so it is quite a view as they say.
As the gorgeous-looking two came up to the terrace, attention gathered around them.
Even those with partners are busy glancing at each other.
To that extent, the presence of the two in the hall was considerable.
One of the dogs saw Ray and breathed in vain.
“Oh, is that him?”
“Isn’t that the rumored one?”
“I hear you’re traveling to find a partner… Is that person next to you…?”
Iriel put on a puzzled expression at the whisper that hurt his ears.
“…Was the rumored person Ray?”
“I’ve never heard of it before…”
“Where did you hear that rumor…”
Regardless of whether or not the two were embarrassed, the three young men led them to their seats.
He then pulls out a bottle of fragrant sake.
“that?”
“It is ‘Eclair’. It’s such a sweet drink that you won’t be able to survive without drinking two. It is a drink made by myself.”
At his words, Ray swallowed his saliva.
What a delicious drink it is to put such a rhetoric on it!
He raised the glass he handed over and took a quick drink.
I don’t think it’s normal alcohol that the fragrance is strong.
Is it because the frequency is high?
“Try it. You will definitely like it.”
He smiles meaningfully along with his words, but something is reluctant.
Is it because it was created that way from the beginning?
When you pour alcohol into your mouth neatly, it fills your mouth with sweetness with a tingling sensation.
It feels like lightning in an instant, so there is a strange addiction.
“Hey, this is delicious.”
“Yes? There are many, so please get another drink.”
Of course, I have no intention of taking any more of this.
He also knows.
That the sweet taste of this moment is an artificial taste created by mana.
In other words, it is safe to say that the bottle itself is a magical artifact.
For some reason, I felt that Mana’s presence was weak, so I never thought he would play a prank like this.
When Iriel tried to drink after him, he grabbed the glass and shook his head.
Sensing something, she put down the glass, and Ray overturned the table in a spectacular way.
Wow Chang-!
The music of the musicians stopped with the sound of breaking dishes.
Again, the eyes turn to them.
Returns mana to the body and removes even a slight intoxication.
“Is this delicious? you’re fucking Do you dare to drink these babies? Wow!”
When you spit it out, something thick in color sticks out.
It’s like sweet poison, so to speak.
Foreign mana mixed with alcohol and entering the body temporarily damages the inside of the body, making it impossible to use mana.
There was no way that people who had become ordinary people who could not use mana could be opponents to mana users.
What will happen after that is obvious.
He rose from his seat and suddenly punched the young men in the face.
Baka-!
“Aaaagh!”
The nasal bone collapsed and bleeding occurred.
Of course, I will kindly examine you.
Despite the intense pain, the young people have resisted.
With the handle on the back of the sword, he cuts off the head and lets go of the attack, then twists and breaks the trajectory of his wrist.
“From now on, make alcohol with your feet.”
“Quaaaaagh!”
Even the remaining hand was neatly misleading and broke, leaving the body unable to use the hand.
“How dare you this rude bastard!”
As soon as their escort knights drew their swords, the Paladins who were stationed behind them drew their swords.
Those who followed the pilgrimage are the elite among the elite.
It was not at the level that the knights who were at least a low-level Auror user could block it.
They radiated divine power.
“You don’t know who you’re aiming your sword at.”
“Put away your sword right now.”
“Seo Holy Knight…?”
Because it was casual clothes that were easy to move on the ship, it was impossible to recognize that he was a Holy Knight of the Holy Kingdom, but with this much divine power scattered, it was impossible not to know.
The buzz around them grew.
“Paladin? Why is Seongguk in a place like this…”
“I’ve heard from my father. The saints are coming to the kingdom of Celia for a pilgrimage…”
“Then those two in front of me right now… Oh no, those two…”
Cold sweat ran down his cheeks.
It was good not to speak prematurely.
If he made a mistake, it would almost become a crisis at the family level.
The power of an adult is great.
It is blindly trusted by over 30 million followers of the Holy Kingdom and has influence even in other spheres of influence.
In some respects, it surpasses the authority of the pope.
They played a joke on the alcohol they drink, so even if they die right now, there is nothing they can do about it.
Guessing how the situation was going, the young man grabbed his nose and made an excuse.
“Please listen! Misunderstanding…! This drink is not like that at all…!”
“know. Is it actually a good drink?”
“yes……! It is a good drink.”
“If it’s that good, drink a lot.”
He pours alcohol into his mouth, touches his neck, and forces him to swallow.
Gulp-
“Keuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…”
A sweet fragrance spreads along with a burning sensation around the neck.
“Heh heh. What did you say earlier? beautiful night view? That’s good.”
Fists came and went under the dazzling moonlight.
It clearly shows that a person can be killed with just a punch.
The strange thing is that the opponent doesn’t fall down even though he’s beaten until he loses his mind.
It couldn’t be a fist close to divine.
It’s like dancing with your partner.
The young man was very much to die for.
A fist flew out of the line where I didn’t lose my mind.
As soon as I got used to it and was about to lose consciousness, an exponentially more intense pain exploded somewhere in my body.
Furthermore, because of the alcohol he was forced to drink, he could not protect himself with internal mana.
‘I’d rather… kill the car…’
The gazes around him also became serious.
“I’m going to die like that…”
“Someone’s stopping me…”
I felt sympathy for him being beaten like a dog without doing anything.
There is no one among them who can step out.
Until the night view turned into the sunrise, the three young men followed the order and were beaten.
For a while, no one could leave their seats at that demon-like brutal appearance.
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The rumors got even worse.
‘I heard that the saint is actually a demon…?’
‘There are rumors that he enjoys drinking human blood…’
‘He has a hobby of dancing with corpses under the moonlight.’
‘Sometimes he didn’t fix a normal person, but rather broke his normal arm…’
‘Shh! The knights of the Holy Kingdom will listen.’
They do not know what happened to the whole story of the terrace incident, so the rumors of Ray’s becoming a demon progressed as the days went by.
Iriel sighed.
“In the end, the main character of the rumor was Ray.”
According to rumors, Ray, who is a saint and a demon at the same time, and has a hobby of squeezing human blood, said with an unfair expression.
“What are all the rumors about? It’s completely nonsense.”
“…Maybe it’s not completely nonsense.”
I would believe the sight of her white hair stained with blood even if she were a demon.
Along with Iriel’s sigh, the sigh of the goddess Gaia seemed to be heard from somewhere.
