Dudoon!
Dudoon!
A blue glass on the table.
A holy relic that was managed almost neglected by the church. It wasn’t that important.
The priest of Seonghwagyo was silent for a long time. Eventually, the priest’s mouth slowly opened.
“What happened to the person who stole the holy relic?”
The apprentice priest who received the holy relic from the ranger bowed his head.
“I heard from the rangers that he cut his throat on the spot.”
The priest was silent again for a while, then spoke slowly.
“What did you do with the body?”
“It is said that only the holy relics were recovered because there was no room for recovering the body.”
A blue cup was placed in the apprentice priest’s hand.
“Priest?”
“Take it and go home first. I’m planning to go on a ‘pilgrimage’ from now on.”
“A sudden pilgrimage?”
“yes.”
The blue flame priest of the Seonghwagyo opened his mouth slowly.
“By the way, did you hear from the rangers exactly where the thief was killed?”
***
Ten years ago, an oracle came down to all denominations.
– The apocalypse will cover the shell of life and fall on this earth.
Great confusion came for a while, but funny enough, nothing happened in the last 10 years. Because of that, some argued that this oracle meant the distant future, while others considered it a revelation from God to focus on the life in front of them.
***
Dark night. The moon shone and the eyes welcomed its light.
I am in that quiet and beautiful night road.
He was walking with one hand holding the rope that held the heads of eight people, and the other supporting a man who had lost consciousness from an injury.
“It’s a very peaceful atmosphere, isn’t it, Mother?”
‘killing!’
“I should have stolen all the equipment and money from the corpse. If I really ate all of that, I’m sure later on I’ll be called a priest who covets money. Mother, I’ll be satisfied with this sword that my mother took care of so that I wouldn’t forget.”
‘killing!’
“Yes. Like my mother said, it would have been okay if I had brought a little bit of money. He’s really thrifty. But that’s it.”
I opened my mouth slowly, stepping on the snow that was piled up.
“I’m in a bit of a difficult situation right now, so money is a bit tight, but I’m not desperate. My mother is by my side.”
‘Murder…!’
While the mother of corruption was immersed in the afterglow of deep emotion, I arrived back in Gus. It was thanks to the constant walking without sleeping.
As I approached the west gate of Gus, the guards who noticed my presence moved busily.
The guard raised a shimmering torch and shouted.
“The gates are closed! It’s late at night. If you want to go back to Gus, come back tomorrow morning!”
I walked a little further and showed myself. The light of the red torch shined on the pure white priestly clothes that had completely disappeared the traces of the battle.
“I am Priest Marnak, one of the mercenaries who left in the morning at the request of the lord. I can go in tomorrow morning, but this friend on my shoulder needs treatment right now. can you?”
My polite words quickly sparked a conversation between the two guards. The man who seemed to be the senior of the two said.
“Are you referring to the mercenary line that started in the morning? Priest?”
“yes.”
“But what about the others and only the two of you returned?”
I lifted my braided hair.
“Do you see this?”
The young guard who seemed to be the successor said in a trembling voice.
“That’s a head! A human head!”
On the other hand, the senior side was calm.
“I would like you to explain everything. Priest.”
I explained to the guards that these heads belonged to bandits and that the only survivors of the mercenaries that had departed in the morning were me and the fjord on my shoulder.
The senior pondered for a while, then told the junior what to do and sent him somewhere.
“Just wait a moment. I’ve delivered the news inside. But is the patient on your shoulder very critical?”
“He’s a bit injured, but the goddess of fatness is taking care of him, so it’ll be okay if he waits for a while.”
In reality, it was the protection of the Mother of Corruption that held onto Puer’s life.
After a while, a red-haired girl with two young men and a thick coat came walking by, exhaling breath. She was the receptionist at the Mercenary Guild.
The woman, who blinked her pale green eyes, gave a quick order.
“Quickly get the patient and take him to the clinic.”
“yes.”
I handed over the puerh and warned him.
“It may be a bit heavy.”
The two big men laughed at my warning. I guess he assumed that since I was holding the puere with one hand, it wouldn’t be too heavy.
However, the expression of the two immediately changed as soon as they accepted Puere from me. In fact, I brought it casually, but he was a man as heavy as his large size.
“Please take care.”
“yes.”
The two more respectful young men quickly entered the city, carrying their puyer.
The red-haired receptionist, who was left alone with me, said.
“Priest Marnak can go in too. I’ve already asked the guards for permission.”
“thank you.”
As I entered Gus through the west gate, the receptionist girl started chattering.
“By the way, I haven’t seen the priest like that, but he’s very strong.”
“I’m a little bit strong.”
“I heard that the heads you are holding are the culprits in this case. It would be much better for our mercenary guild to store the heads than for the priest to keep them himself.”
“I will.”
I had no lingering attachments to these heads in the first place. All I had to do was give this head and get twenty-nine silver coins.
The receptionist glanced at my face and smiled broadly.
“Then could you take me to the mercenary guild? It’s dark at night, so it’s a bit scary to go alone.”
There was no trace of fear anywhere on that beautiful smiling face.
“I will.”
‘killing!’
I gently patted my struggling mother’s hand and moved on.
***
The receptionist lady, who introduced her name as Erin, kept talking to me the whole time. Is the priest good at swordsmanship? What the hell happened to you today? If you check the heads against the mugshots, you might get an extra bounty, and so on.
The red cheeks, hot from the cold, moved softly. The Mother of Decay kept wriggling in my breast pocket.
‘killing! killing!’
“Thank you for taking me! Priest Marnak!”
Erin smiled brightly and handed me the rope that tied her hair. A beautiful young lady and braided hair. There was something grotesque about it, but in this world, it wasn’t such a strange sight.
Anyway, where do you sleep today? I wish there was an empty room where I slept yesterday.
“Priest.”
“yes?”
“Do you have a place to sleep?”
“I’m going to start looking for it. Wouldn’t there be at least one vacant room for me in this big city?”
The kind of room you can get within the budget of ninety fairy tales.
“It must be very difficult to walk around looking for a room on this cold dawn.”
Erin smiled and told me.
“If it’s okay with the priest, would you like to go to sleep?”
pounding.
My heart raced.
‘killing!!!’
Even her mother’s hands wriggled violently.
***
‘Killed!’
“I knew everything. I knew everything, so I quickly agreed. Mother, I have no dark feelings for the receptionist girl with that red hair. Really.”
Unfortunately, Erin’s recommendation was really pure. The Mercenary Guild had several guest rooms, and Erin lent me one of them.
I brought out a trump card to soothe my mother who was very upset.
back. back.
As I took out my mother’s withered hands and gave her a deep massage, the voice I heard melted into a languorous one.
‘ㅅ…a…r…h…s…’
Knock.
A sudden knock on the door. I quickly put my mother’s hand in my bosom and opened the door. Standing at the door was the receptionist, Erin.
“For what reason…?”
Erin blinked her eyes slowly and held out the basket she was holding.
“Anyway, I thought it would be uncomfortable to sleep in priestly clothes, so I brought some extra clothes. Did I wake you up when I was going to sleep?”
I accepted the basket and smiled.
“No. Thanks to you, I can sleep comfortably.”
“It’s good. Then wake up after a good night’s sleep and help me fill out the paperwork related to this incident. There are many things that the priest has to explain to me because the priest is the only one who is fine.”
“I will.”
Erin bowed her head, closed the door, and left. I took off the priestly clothes I was wearing and put on the men’s clothes she gave me. The clothes were very bulky and baggy.
The priestly robe he had taken off was neatly folded and placed at the bedside. The reason why there were no traces of battle on this priestly uniform was very simple.
Because this was a priestly robe with the blessings of the true goddess of wealth. To put it simply, this outfit was a self-repairing outfit. Originally, this clothing would not be activated if non-priests who believed in the Goddess of Yuji wore it, but I was an exception.
As a priest of corruption, I was able to use items containing the blessings of other gods to disguise myself as any priest. All this is due to the care of the Mother of Corruption.
‘killing!’
“Don’t worry, mother. I forgot I was massaging her hand.”
When I pressed my hand again, my mother’s voice melted away.
‘ㅅ…a…r…h…s…’
***
Smart.
I woke up to the sound of a knock on the door. When I opened the door, a bountiful red hair greeted me. Erin looked at me slightly apologetically.
“I wanted to get you a good night’s sleep, but something happened that I had to get up for.”
It was time to wake up soon anyway. Because my body didn’t require that much sleep.
“I’m fine. But what’s going on?”
“The lord wants to see the priest.”
lord? suddenly? I don’t have any ointment here?
“You mean the lord?”
“yes.”
“Can you tell me what could be the cause?”
“that is···.”
Erin’s explanation was simple. Galad died this time. He was the illegitimate son of the previous lord. In other words, it was the same as saying that he was the half-brother of Tredon Filian, the lord who is now ruling this Guis.
“I don’t know the details, but that’s the only reason that comes to mind. But it’s strange. I know that the lord treats Mr. Galard as someone who doesn’t exist.”
“I’ll change my clothes and come out.”
“yes.”
After putting on my priestly clothes, I headed for the manor house with the guards waiting in advance.
***
Slim body. A dull-looking face.
The cold-looking middle-aged man sitting in front of me right now was Tredon Fillian, the lord who rules Gwis.
And I forgot a lot of the coping strategies I had in mind in advance.
It was because my mother, who was in my chest pocket, drew a big ‘X’ with her index finger as soon as she saw the lord.
Creatures that do not judge with their fingers. Among them, there was only one that could take human form.
