Episode 427: Looking at the children in the slums reminded me of my difficult childhood. So when I was off duty, I prepared food and clothes and headed to the slums.
I first met her there.
– Ah, you are the knight of the royal palace.
Dazzling silver hair and sparkling blue eyes.
From the moment I saw him smiling at me, my heart started beating strangely.
I wish I had known what that feeling was right then.
– Sir Victor, are you here again? Oh my, there are so many… I think the kids will like it. thank you.
A woman who was happy to work for children in the slums as if it were her own work.
How surprised I was when I found out that the woman I initially thought was an ordinary priest based on her age was actually a bishop.
– What is important about status? I am a priest, and I am a person who must heal the pain of the world.
She looked really bright as she said those words.
That was the first time I learned that there was a high-ranking priest who would heal people without having to pay a huge donation. And how a woman wearing a shabby priest’s robe can look so beautiful.
I thought he respected me that much.
If someone had told me back then that that heartbeat was love, would our relationship have been a little different?
– …Sir Victor?
Would it have made a difference if I had told her how happy I was that she recognized me just by her voice when I stood in front of her as she was being dragged away for the Inquisition?
– Sir Victor?
– Yes, I am. I came to pick you up. Please leave quickly.
The face that was happy to see him when he went to rescue her trapped in the temple.
– Blood blood…! no!
– Please….
The sight of him pouring divine power into himself as he collapsed after the battle with Max.
– You’ll have to accept it. Otherwise, the leader will see the saint commit suicide.
The courage that stood in the way of Shingeom trying to redeem him.
– Please tell me that even if something goes wrong, I will not forget your kindness. Thank you very much to you too. …I won’t forget.
My own feelings that I realized too late.
– Sir Victor. Can you just stay for a moment? I have a personal request to make.
– I’m just trying to prepare for the really, really worst case scenario, just in case. In case I can’t remain as myself…
and even made an unusual promise at that time.
All the time I spent with her was a memory to me…
and love.
so.
‘I am what I must do.’
Viktor opened his eyes even more to prevent the tears that were flowing uncontrollably from blocking his vision.
At the time, I didn’t really understand what it meant and I objected to it.
But the moment he saw the apostle, he felt Ilya’s soul screaming inside him.
That’s why I was able to stab her without hesitation.
Because of that, I couldn’t forgive the monster in front of me even more.
Kwasik.
Victor dug his sword deeper even as he shed tears.
– Off. Oh my…!?
“I’m here, Ilya.”
Aside from her crying face, the gray aura embedded in the saintess’s heart was becoming increasingly darker.
Since possessing a human body, an apostle cannot escape the characteristics of life. The moment the sword containing the gray aura pierced the heart, the surging blue light quickly lost its power.
Whether it’s force, circle, class, or divine power, all superpowers in this world are based on the heart.
– Sir, please kill me.
– …yes!?
– That shouldn’t happen, but if it does. The moment Kyung stands in front of me… I will somehow create this opportunity. Please call my name.
Now I can clearly understand what was said then.
– Shut up. This stupid Jong-nyeon!!!
Her soul was seen shedding tears in the eyes of Sado, who screamed in a strange voice like a scream.
Are the tears that the soul sheds tears of joy or tears of sadness?
Looking at her like that, Victor also shed tears.
“I… I’ve finally arrived, Ilia. I’m sorry… I’m really sorry. Ugh.”
I don’t know why she made that request to herself and not to her master or someone else.
Did he know his own feelings, or was it simply because he was the closest superhuman?
Anyway, it didn’t matter now.
– Do you know how great a crime you are committing? How dare you!
The apostle’s expression suddenly hardened, and he looked up at the sword’s owner and shouted at him as if scolding him.
‘How dare this monster…!’
For Victor, it was just a struggle to fuel his anger.
Nevertheless, I couldn’t swear when I saw Ilya’s soul in her face or in her eyes, so I did my best to hold back, but Harman came next to me and spoke quietly.
“This commotion has probably reached the outside world. We need to end this quickly, Viktor.”
Not swinging a knife yourself is probably out of consideration for yourself.
Even if you neutralize it by stabbing its heart, the opponent is still an apostle. It might regenerate as soon as the knife is removed from its heart.
So you have to cut your head.
‘…Yes, you should.’
Victor also knew that fact well.
I thought I was prepared enough.
But…
As soon as I thought about that, my hands started shaking.
There was still a trace of Ilya in the monster’s eyes.
If you hit your neck, it’s really over.
Even this last rapport…
did he read my hesitation?
Harmon took a step forward.
“If it’s hard, I’ll do it.”
“No, no. I…”
The moment Viktor bit his lip with determination again, the apostle also sensed his own end.
– Hmm, I can’t help it.
Flash!
As an intense blue light burst out, a gigantic lizard-man shape appeared above Ilia’s body.
“Ugh!”
“Sigh!”
The moment when Victor and Harman, who were trying to swing their swords at the same time, wince from the strong spiritual pressure that seems to be crushing their souls.
– Insolent guys. But don’t think this is the end. Divine punishment will find you!
With those words, blue light burst out and the lizard man disappeared through the ceiling.
However, some of the light split into two and struck the bodies of Harman and Victor.
“bout!”
Harman shook off the god’s spiritual pressure with a short burst of energy and cut off the light, but Viktor was unable to avoid the light as he was holding Ilya’s helpless body down at that moment.
Flashing.
“Ugh!”
However, instead of the strong shock I had expected, I felt a burning pain in my left hand, which was holding the sword.
Viktor unconsciously raised his left hand and saw that there were blue letters engraved on the back of his hand like a tattoo.
Haeresis.
“under?”
“It’s the Heiresis heresy… Has God himself proven that they are God’s enemies? If it were something like this, I should have just accepted it.”
Harmon laughed and spoke jokingly.
However, the divine power, or rather the power of the curse, contained in those blue letters was not something to be laughed at.
“Well, you won’t be able to receive treatment according to the Holy Law anymore, but you don’t have any problems, right?”
It was not simply because it was a sign of heresy. Because Harman knew right away that this tattoo made the divine power work in the opposite direction.
However, despite Harman’s jokes, Viktor’s eyes were suddenly focused on Ilya, who had collapsed in his arms.
Somehow blank eyes.
Harmon let out a small sigh and patted Victor on the shoulder.
“Unsheath your sword. Now we have to send your Holiness away.”
It was a natural statement for him, but Victor just muttered with a blank expression on his face.
“It remains…”
“What?”
“…The soul remains.”
“what?”
“Saint Ilia’s soul still remains!”
Push.
Blood spurted out from the hastily drawn sword.
The heart destroyed by the Aurors was a serious injury that would be difficult for even a high-ranking priest to treat, but here now, there was a high-ranking priest who could not be treated.
“Lord Harman! Heal me! Please!”
Exasperated tone.
Not that he couldn’t understand the sadness contained therein, Harman hurriedly placed his hand on the saint’s chest.
“I understand how you feel, but now is the time….”
If you do your best, you can save it. However, the problem was that treating physical wounds was no longer meaningful.
The soul has already been eroded, and the subject that eroded the soul has ascended to heaven and disappeared. Even if the body is restored, it is not in a state where it can live.
however.
“Ilia’s soul still remains!! Please!”
Seeing Viktor shouting loudly, Harman sighed and raised his divine power.
Ugh.
And that moment.
“uh?”
Harmon, who knows how to manipulate the power of the soul, confirmed that her soul indeed remained, even if only slightly.
“How can you do this?”
I was surprised.
But that was all. The reason he didn’t feel it first was because his soul was too small.
‘The original soul’s work is not worth a penny. ‘This is bad.’
Can a person with more than 90% of their nerves or blood vessels torn out survive?
The absence of the soul was more than that, not less of a wound.
Ugh.
Fazizik.
Even if the wound in her heart, which is currently healing, is completely healed without any aftereffects, the saint will not be able to open her eyes again. It was completely different from the wishes of the young knight who was watching her with a flushed face.
Harmon thought it was necessary to tell the truth for the sake of this young man’s future.
“…If you don’t continue to supply energy, your heart will stop again in just one day. And even if you keep doing that, there is no guarantee that you will wake up… No, I am not saying for sure. You will not wake up.”
However, Victor dismissed those concerns with a voice full of determination.
“It doesn’t matter. I will do it. I can feel Ilya’s spirit still remaining and speaking. I will hold on. I can do it.”
Eyes burning with hope.
Harmon was confident that those eyes would slowly turn into despair over time.
‘Can I leave it like this?’
Although I had mixed feelings.
– It’s His Holiness’ bed!!
– Damn it, where have all the paladins gone!?
Harmon could no longer stop Victor, even though the atmosphere outside had now started to become noisy.
“Then, don’t carry His Holiness’s body, or rather his body. If you leave it in the temple with that judge, you may be swallowed by God again.”
“Yes, of course.”
“…Hurry up.”
Harman picked up the Pope’s Praetorian Sententia and quickly jumped out the window.
And Victor’s new form, carrying Ilya’s body, followed like a shadow.
Former Pope Austin, who woke up in bed that morning with a pale complexion, caused an uproar in the temple.
The Vanished Pope and the Vanished Relics.
Shingeom betrayed the church.
“Nonsense!”
“That divine sword?”
“Captain, why?”
“why?”
An enormous shock struck Saint Noviens and the world.
At the same time, all kinds of rumors about the four holy relics that disappeared with him began to spread throughout the continent, creating strange rumors.
“No matter how you look at it, it’s not normal behavior. What is he doing?”
“Like the old Pope…?”
“Isn’t that right?”
The black snake wizards brainwashed Shingeom and stole the holy relics.
It was created by a mixture of the reputation that Shingeom had built up over many years and recent events. The rumor circulated around the world as if it were truth.
