Episode 215 The Kingdom of Madness (3)
A month has passed since I came to the Kingdom of Frias.
It seems that I have done all the penances of self-mortification so far.
If there’s anything I’ve realized through my hard work so far, the first is that a week’s camping trip was nothing.
The second is that in fact, the goddess Frias is not adversity and hardship, but rather an eccentric goddess who has a hobby of feeding normal people.
It was an ascetic practice, not to mention being thrown into boiling hot springs, and sometimes having to survive for two days in a swampy area and three days without food and water without sleep.
It’s been a month since I couldn’t stand it and watched the faces of the paladins who struggled with me every time I tried to use mana.
Since she can’t even eat grass, let alone bread soaked in tears, her stomach cries for food.
“If we continue like this, we will destroy the kingdom of Frias. We’ll have to start in the fucking woods first.”
He laid out his plan to destroy a country with a serious face.
Iriel smiles and shakes her legs back and forth on the bed.
“It is still an absurd penance. Still, it’s not just us, we’re all together, so we have to be patient. Because I am an adult.”
“Yes, because I am an adult.”
“Of course, I don’t feed them because they are adults. Ahaha…”
“Where in the world is there anything for free?”
He who would eat the bark of a tree on the street if it was free, mentioned give and take.
“how is it? Do you think penance has changed a lot?”
I nod my head when I say it with a smile.
did it change? A lot has changed.
I feel grateful even to Gaia, whom I normally consider useless.
If she had been chosen by the sadist goddess Frias, who only gave her pain and trials, instead of Gaia of abundance, she would have made her look like Proxia without hesitation.
In that sense, it’s good that I was able to have a grateful heart for all life.
However, that’s all.
Living in pain, I felt that there was only despair right in front of my eyes.
Those who live well in the kingdom of Frias must be close to masochists.
When the extreme sadist and masochist meet, a perverted kingdom that is hard to see was born.
“Ugh, I’m hungry.”
It’s a sound that came out of nowhere, but Iriel also agrees.
“…me too. Shall we go out and eat something?”
“….”
The will of the person who had just said that he had to endure because he was an adult was lightly broken.
However, I have absolutely no intention of opposing it.
Rather, if she hadn’t brought it up first, he would have come forward and said it.
Juseom juseom Ray grabbed his backpack next to the bed and stood up.
“OK. I should go out and buy some ingredients and make porridge for everyone.”
“What are you going to do if you get caught?”
“Trust me. Even if you look like this, you are a saint.”
It is only at this time that the title of saint is regarded as a patent merchant that can sell Gaia’s name.
“…I’m worried, but I’ll trust you. Paladins and priests are still in the middle of penance.”
I don’t know why he persists in penance even after his penance is over, but the atmosphere inside the castle is still suffering.
The solid and beautiful cheeks of the Paladins had become so slender that it was difficult to compare them with the Death Knights they had competed with before.
Priests and priests were originally skinny, but they couldn’t eat, so they became even thinner, similar to skeleton soldiers.
Now, it is safe to say that it is not a holy kingdom, but a kingdom of the undead ruled by necromancers.
A large leather backpack and a small multi-use leather pouch are wrapped around the body.
Excited to try something delicious after a long time, the two left the VIP room.
* * *
“It’s quite heavy.”
I brought two big backpacks, but they were full after I bought ingredients.
He secretly carried it to the VIP room and cast a spell on the room.
“Silent.”
Iriel, who had been silent, takes out an iron pot from his backpack.
It is a fairly large size.
It wouldn’t have been easy to find either.
He made a small fire pit in the VIP room using the stones he skillfully brought, and he memorized the start language again.
“Fire. Heat.”
It controls fire so that it does not catch fire with its excellent mana manipulation ability.
This is quite difficult, so it would be difficult if the surroundings were not continuously cooled with mana.
The inside of the VIP room made of high-quality wood is, simply put, a huge pyre.
It would be an instant for the fire to catch up.
Therefore, it was necessary to control the temperature so that it did not exceed 400 degrees, which is the temperature at which wood will catch fire.
No matter how much he was, he had to continuously adjust his mana while putting the iron pot on the stove, so it was difficult to combine cooking.
So it became Iriel who did the cooking.
It’s something he’s never done in his entire life, but he’s already proficient with a sword, so his sword skills are considerable.
If there’s one thing that bothers you, is it that you cut vegetables like you’re cutting people down?
She asked after cutting the vegetables into bite-sized pieces.
“Is this enough?”
“okay. Now put it in a pot and fry it once.”
“…Fry it?”
If you don’t understand, pour it into the pot and see.
I stirred the contents here and there with my hands covered with divine power.
Is it the taste of the hand of a saintess?
I don’t really want to eat.
After all the twists and turns, has it been two hours since I started making food?
A seemingly plausible porridge was made.
Iriel started to take pride in the food he had made for the first time.
“Whoop whoop. how is it? Even if it’s your first time, isn’t it worth it?”
It has reached a considerable level in teasing a subject who only followed what he was told.
After staring alternately at the door and the iron pot for a while, she put her index finger to her mouth and said.
“But I don’t think it will be easy to move it like this…”
I will make porridge.
It is difficult to get to the annex through the strict security, and it is almost impossible to deliver all of them to that many people.
I don’t know if there is a warp gate, but unfortunately I can’t use it now.
After thinking about it for a while, he jumped to his feet to see what had come to his mind.
“Where are you going?”
“If we can’t do it alone, we should all do it together.”
I leave the room with an incomprehensible sound.
Left alone in the room, Iriel tilted her head.
“…Sometimes the saint does things that I don’t understand.”
* * *
Ray opened the door and hurriedly left with an iron pot.
Iriel followed suit like a petty thief.
He struggles to carry a pot larger than his body, and then walks toward the back door of the annex.
But for some reason, all those who stood guard were replaced by those from Gaia’s Holy Land.
In addition, the combination of sentries standing on the border is very appropriate.
There are three guards watching, two paladins guiding the way, and two more formally guarding the entrance to the annex.
If they had done this in the Holy Land, the momentum would be so brutal that there would be no wish.
Maybe that’s why I’m so hungry.
One of the guiding paladins quickly opened the way.
“ha ha ha. This is my saint.”
Like a puppy welcoming its owner, he was excited to see the iron pot.
Seeing him like a child makes me smile.
Passing through the hallway of the annex building, I don’t see any of the ladies-in-waiting.
It seems like you’ve already taken some action.
“Silent.”
There was a risk of being found out if there was a sound, so I cast a spell and went to each room to share the joy of the iron pot.
There is no place to be so happy to spread the teachings of Goddess Gaia in the kingdom of Frias.
“Everyone is full! As Gaia said, let’s enjoy abundance!”
Even though the porridge was distributed without a bowl, there was not a word of complaint.
Rather, she shed tears with a thrilled expression on her face.
Didn’t I tell you not to discuss life with someone who hasn’t eaten bread soaked in tears?
I feel like I finally know the meaning of that word!
Unable to suppress the overflowing faith here and there, cries for Gaia were heard.
“Long live Gaia!”
It was the evening when the first movement to reject the teachings of the goddess Frias took place inside the castle of Frias.
* * *
The Priest of the Holy Kingdom frowned.
‘…This is strange…’
“….”
“….”
It’s been a week since I’ve been ascetic for a month.
I don’t know why, but the faces of the members of the Holy Kingdom of Gaia are filled with happiness, satisfaction, and grease.
It looks like he ate well, drank well, and slept well.
I must have suffered for over a month, but how can I maintain such a color!
I don’t know the priest, but this is a natural phenomenon.
Ray, who gained great enlightenment under the teachings of Goddess Gaia, continued to ration food every day, so there was no way he was hungry even if his stomach exploded.
Now, just by looking at their faces, they can tell the difference between Gaia and Frias.
The one with a pale complexion and thin cheeks is the kingdom of Frias.
Anyone can see that Gaia is full of greasiness, lively and healthy.
In the front, they were doing penance together, but in the back, they were peeling pumpkin seeds, so the penance was no longer painful.
Even when they are told that they have to go into the cave and spend a week with the flying beasts, the people of Seongguk laugh and pass it on.
“ha ha ha. Let’s pretend that we are raising a small animal.”
“If you look at it with the same gaze as nature, humans are just an animal.”
A mind like that of a monk who has trained face-to-face for 30 years is pouring out from nowhere.
The priests of the Holy Kingdom of Frias looked at it with respect.
“You are amazing. It must be a penance that we can’t endure either… but this makes me so ashamed.”
“As expected, it is a holy kingdom ruled by Goddess Gaia. It is only natural that the saints take the lead in self-mortification, so their faith burns.”
It’s a piece of shit to commit self-mortification.
Rejecting the teachings, playing, eating, and drinking, it is possible that the remaining religiousness will disappear.
However, they, who had become proficient only in putting iron plates on their faces due to their lives, shook their hands and passed them off.
“ha ha ha. Let’s all work hard together.”
“The goddess will always protect you, so you can put your worries aside.”
The horse became a liquidation runoff.
Ray, who stood at the center of the filth and bad manners, looked down at them and nodded in satisfaction.
“Of course, penance for cancer should be like this.”
I don’t know where, but it seemed like someone’s voice was heard again.
‘…Really, why are you doing this to me?’