Episode 247
After entering the reconciliation mansion and passing through a long hallway, Iriel’s bedroom appeared with a splendid garden.
I stop in front of the door and knock briefly, and I hear a voice from inside.
“Are you coming in?”
It was a voice that anyone could hear and know that he was upset.
said Ray as he came inside.
“Now, let go of your anger.”
“I am not angry.”
He insists that he is not angry at the subject whose voice is sharp.
He casually sat down on the bed and started talking.
“I’m sorry I didn’t tell you. But I was thinking of leaving the Holy Land one day, and it just happened to be the right time. I hope you don’t feel too sad about it.”
“…”
“Besides, I still have work to do in the Holy Land, so I have no intention of leaving this place right away. That’s why I said for the first time that I would leave the kingdom in front of you and Mr. Eclay.”
“I thought you were preparing for the place of the saint who will soon disappear.”
“okay.”
“…”
After a moment of silence, Iriel spoke quietly.
“Anyway, I was the one closest to you on this trip. In the meantime, the work inside the Holy Kingdom… the Academy’s work… the West Continent and the lineage of heroes… I’ve helped you in everything. But is it just this? It wouldn’t have been okay if I said just one word…!”
‘If you can’t stand next to me… but it’s okay to be around you…!’
I swallow the last words through my throat.
Of course, Ray knew too well.
She was the one who always helped me even when I was nagging.
That’s why the sadness I felt would be greater.
When the silence continued without saying anything, Iriel opened his mouth again.
“…do I have to go? If you need something, Seongguk will be a great support.”
“Unfortunately, you can’t get it in the Holy Land.”
“I will be with you as I have always done. Then somehow…”
He shook his head resolutely in a trembling voice.
Then, Iriel’s already white skin turned pale.
With a resigned look, she tries to let out a smile.
“…okay. Okay, I won’t stop you.”
“Sorry.”
“are you okay. Well… I’m going to be a little lonely in the future, but when Ray wasn’t around, that was natural.”
Contrary to the facial expression with a characteristic smile, the hand holding the shoulder was shaking slightly.
I don’t even think about letting out the voice that rises over my throat, and I just turn my head away from reality.
The painfully pleasant memories will soon turn into loneliness.
Iriel turned his back and said.
“This is the end anyway, so I will help you with the rest of your work as much as I can.”
“…thank you.”
“It’s hard to say instead… but I want to be alone for a while. Will you help?”
In short, I don’t want you to come.
At that, Ray quietly stood up.
When I glanced at Iriel, he still turned his back and looked out the window.
I walked out of the room with heavy steps.
Outside the bedroom, Feia was standing against the wall.
she lets out an awkward laugh
“Holy Son, would you like to talk to me for a second?”
* * *
I walked through the darkened garden for several minutes.
It was a beautiful garden mixed with fragrant flowers and the refreshing smell of grass, but it didn’t feel like coming into my head at all.
Feia sighed and said.
“Haa… what happened again? I don’t think it’s normal for a saintess to end up like that…”
“If you overheard, you wouldn’t know.”
“Someone overheard it. I even covered my ears because I was afraid it might be something I shouldn’t have heard.”
It seems that he knows quite a lot about Iriel’s last appearance, considering that he covered his ears.
After thinking about it for a while, Ray soon explained to Feia what had happened so far.
The decision to leave the kingdom and the fact that Iriel found out about it.
And even rejecting her request not to leave.
After hearing that, Feia suddenly got angry.
“The Holy Son made a mistake! The playboy! A saint who does not know the purity! A mighty monster!”
Feia, who would have never experienced more innocence than a kobold, dug into his heart, who was single-minded.
As the dagger of the invisible language pierced his chest, Ray could not stand the intense pain and collapsed into the bush.
At that, Feia sat down with her knees together and rested her chin.
“Whew… So how is the Holy Son? Do you really intend to leave the Holy Land?”
“huh. I was originally going to leave, but it ended a little earlier than planned.”
“Hmm… Then I can’t help it. But I don’t understand why the saint leaves the kingdom. I don’t even think that’s possible.”
It was common sense that a person chosen by God would leave the country of God, so there was no way it would be allowed.
Ray shrugged.
“It’s easy when you come in, but not when you go out.”
“If you have to leave Seongguk, you have no right to stop me. only!”
He sticks out his chest and raises his index finger.
“As a family that serves the saintess, we cannot condone the fact that the saint has a bad influence on her!
‘Tell me the conclusion.’ When I looked at him, he coughed and said, as if he was embarrassed.
“So at least we are talking about reconciliation and then go.”
be reconciled
It’s easy to say.
They even asked me not to visit them in the future, so how can they reconcile?
I groaned and tried to think of a solution, but to no avail.
There was no way he could think of a good number, even if his friends from his past and present lives were all counted, which was less than the number of fingers.
Seeing that pitiful appearance, Feia reached out a helping hand.
“Don’t worry, I will teach you.”
It’s unreliable to the point of being absurd.
Rather, it would be helpful to seek learning from the Orcs of the plains.
He looked at Peia through the eyes of a merchant being extorted.
“you?”
“Because I have a lot of friends after all.”
As if he had learned from Iriel, he pounded his chest and spoke confidently, but no matter where he looked, he was the same as himself.
Isn’t that also the case with a priestess who usually greets you once in a while, and doesn’t describe the growling relationship as a friend?
If you are a little more confident, you will be able to make friends with the dog next door.
However, she would be better off as a loner with 20 years of experience than herself who had no friends in her 50s.
I asked to get some advice, saying that I had to lose money.
“Then how should we reconcile?”
“Women are weak when it comes to food. Take them to a restaurant with a good atmosphere and go! Hehehe…”
He gulps and laughs wickedly.
That look overlapped with the vicious pimp who harassed women in the back alleys.
But it’s a plausible operation, albeit a simple one.
Iriel is pretty light on food.
As Feia said, if we eat together at a good restaurant, we can make some progress.
He jumped up from his seat, his confidence almost as high as the Grencia Mountains.
“It’s all right!”
Feia’s opinion was adopted.
* * *
For a moment, my heart swelled at the thought of reconciling amicably with Iriel.
When I went to the mansion, I was barred from the doorstep.
When I ask why, he says he is not feeling well, so he will come back another day.
I really liked the excuse given that even if your heart is pierced by an assassin while you are sleeping, you can restore it by shouting ‘Heal’ once.
In the end, with a record of 1 match and 1 loss, Ray visited Feia.
While drinking tea in the office, she was startled when the door slammed open.
“What’s going on!”
“Aww! Iriel won’t meet you!”
He speaks while shedding tears, but where does the normally dignified and clever saint go, and there is only one kid.
she sighed.
“Let’s talk at a distance for now because your clothes are wet.”
At Peia’s dissuade, he distanced himself.
Ray explained the situation after taking control of his heart again while drinking poisonous black tea that was disgustingly tasteless.
Peia, who had been listening, huh! and burst into exclamation.
“So you mean the saintess refuses to talk?”
He nodded his head and thought with a serious face.
“It’s not about pouting. Now, you might not be able to appease them with food…”
Feia, who thought that even the emperor could be appeased by giving her a piece of meat, gave up the operation.
“Now what?”
“Hmm. I can’t help it. It’s not just food that women like. Actually, I like jewelry too.”
As she spoke, she sneakily showed the necklace hanging around her neck, but the sheen that poured out was no joke.
I’m sure you’ll like it if it’s a gem like that.
He was attracted to a woman who didn’t even know the arm muscles attached to ants.
Again, Feia’s opinion was adopted.
* * *
I sent the jewelry and returned a ring that was broken in two.
When I showed it to Feia as it is, she said with a puzzled expression.
“Is the design wrong?”
“I don’t think so…”
“Mmm. what is the problem?”
Thinking while tilting her head, she suddenly clapped her hands.
“ah! Then finally, how about this method?”
“…”
‘Again?’ When I looked at it without erasing the suspicious look, Peia, who had lost confidence because the strategy had not worked in her heart, flinched.
“It’s really believable this time.”
“Talk about it.”
“It shows the Holy Son’s willingness to reconcile.”
“…will?”
“yes.”
She answered simply, so when I asked what to do specifically, Feia said huh! and say it’s nothing.
“Holy Son, you eat it too raw. The Holy Son should think about that from now on. Please show the saintess your will to reconcile.”
“….”
The thought of killing Feia came to mind for a moment, then disappeared.
However, the words are always quite plausible, so her opinion will be followed.
In the end, Peia’s last opinion was adopted.
* * *
At first, pondering what to do, he put all his thoughts together.
Twenty or so strategies needed to conciliate people run through my head in an instant, but I shake my head and erase them.
After thinking about it for two days, when another day passed, it came to my mind to empty my thoughts and follow my heart.
simplest way.
He stood still in front of the mansion until Iriel came out.
At first, the quarrels flocked to dissuade him, and even Eucliwood scolded him to keep his scepter, but it was useless.
Just standing there like a wooden stone, he leaned against the wall to sleep in the evening and watched the passing clouds in the morning.
One day it rained, and there was a time when I felt the rain hitting my whole body for the first time in a long time.
Even so, he did not know how to leave the saintess’ mansion.
When it rains, it hits as it comes, and when the sun is hot, it stays as it heats up.
Ten days passed like that.
Since there was no food or rest, he could have left exhausted, but he endured for ten days like a day, and the paladins admired him.
One day, such people gathered and stood together for several hours, but it was not so easy to stand still.
I couldn’t stand it for several hours, let alone a day, and left, and now there was no one around.
It was the night he had waited ten and three more days in front of the mansion.
