Episode 59 Baptism Ceremony (2)
At first glance, from her back, it seemed as if her own appearance was overlapping.
Originally, the Belacroix family that served the saint was not a conspicuous family in this era.
Although it was a high-class family with its reputation itself, it would be useless without a saint.
However, it would not make sense if the Belacroix family did not move in this era when a saint and a saint appeared at the same time, which is unprecedented in history.
Their mission is to serve the saint. It is the moment when a new saint appears, so of course he will show movement.
But why did one of the ladies there claim to be a servant in the saint’s mansion?
Iriel muttered at their incomprehensible behavior.
“…I don’t understand.”
She shook her head.
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Arriving at the venue on top of the hill, Ray blew a small whistle as he looked out over the village below.
“Whiyu. Many have come.”
The scenery looking down is so that people can see it before the village.
The place the crowds were staring at was where he was now.
It’s far away, but the town right below. It wasn’t to the point of being out of sight.
When they saw Ray’s figure, they murmured.
“Is that the new saint?”
“Even if you can’t see it well, it’s noticeable that you have gray hair. If you have gray hair, you must be the saint.”
“Don’t you think he looks handsome?”
“Where where!”
While monopolizing the attention of many people, Ray felt that he had become a saint.
Just by showing his appearance, he got a lot of attention.
With just a few words, there will be people who will move like waves.
In the midst of useless thoughts, Eucliwood lowered his head as if he was sorry for breaking his thoughts and said,
“…Sir, I’m sorry, but you have to say something to the people before the ceremony.”
“…what do you mean by that?”
“It is as I said. Originally, inrye is to pay ye to God. Being courteous to the people before that also means to ask for good things in the future.”
“…”
He had no memory of hearing such a voice from Iriel.
No, it’s not that I don’t remember, but there was no history of hearing a similar sound at all!
Why are you skipping all the important things and teaching me!
If you ask Iriel, he will probably answer like this.
‘yes? You don’t have to remember all of those things. I’m talking to the people anyway, so even if I say it roughly, I know how to interpret it well. Huhuhu.’
Laughter seemed to be heard from here.
Looking at him shaking his head while clutching his forehead, Eucliwood said.
“Since I am talking to the people anyway, it is okay for the Holy Son to speak comfortably. They will know how to interpret it well.”
Looking at her expressionless expression with her eyes down, Ray got goosebumps.
He thought he would spit out the same words as Iriel’s.
The only difference was that her expression was infinitely cold and expressionless.
Perhaps Eucliwood is similar to Iriel. I left my thoughts behind and took a step.
Although there was not a small amount of pressure, I made up my mind and headed forward to the podium.
The podium, which was designed to be visible to the crowd, attracted attention just by standing on it, and it was burdensome.
Upon receiving their gaze, a murmur was heard quite loudly.
I didn’t know exactly what he was talking about, but I could tell he was talking about himself.
“…”
Even in modern times, he has tremendous speech skills.
Moreover, it was not that he had never given a speech in front of a crowd of this size.
I was nervous, but not afraid.
Rather, it was to the point that I was thrilled with the elation I felt after a long time.
However, if others saw him, he would be so nervous that his expression would only be hardened.
Eucliwood looked at it quietly, as if it was the same, and carefully held out something to Ray.
“What is this?”
Ray asked, looking at the object decorated with gold on the palm-sized object.
“It is a magic tool. If you hold it in your hand, the speaker’s voice gets louder. Please use this when you speak.”
As she politely held out her hand, Ray shook her head.
“I do not need it.”
“…I apologize, but the saint’s voice will not reach the people. So…”
He smiled at her words and shook his head again.
“…”
Ignoring her looking at him with strange eyes, Ray raised his mana.
Sound refers to the sound that is heard when sound waves generated by vibration are transmitted to the ear. This meant that as long as those sound waves did not dissipate, the sound would travel no matter how far away.
Ray spread the raised mana widely in the air. The target was limited to the radius where the crowd spread.
“iced coffee.”
As I raised my voice as if testing a microphone, everyone’s hum grew a little louder.
Using mana, the sound waves themselves didn’t disappear and the vibrations continued to vibrate, so you could hear it very clearly as if the person next to you was talking.
Even Eucliwood was startled by his voice.
As far as she knew, she did not know that such magic or magic tools existed.
‘Magic……?’
The saint’s age is too young to be called magic. To use this level of magic, you must have at least 3 circles.
Besides, it was more likely that it was a magical tool because it would not be possible to manifest magic without any starter.
Ray watched the reaction for a moment.
It seemed to work pretty well to amplify the sound more than he thought.
He looked around the people slowly.
Then he started talking quietly.
“Nice to meet you, my fellow citizens.”
Those who watched him from below were shocked at the first word Ray said.
Adults say that they respect the people, but I never imagined that they would use the modifier ‘respect’.
Even among the people the murmur grew.
Ray continued without hesitation.
“My name is Ray, who was chosen as a saint this time. I don’t know how to thank God for choosing me, who is still young and lacks a lot.”
It was a game where I wanted to give him a fist instead of thanking him.
But he told a lie he didn’t even mean to, without spitting on his mouth.
Because in order to capture the hearts of the crowd, it is necessary to form a bond of empathy with them. It could be easily solved with ‘faith’ now.
He looked around again and continued.
“Originally, there would have been no difference between you and me, the saint. I didn’t come from a good family, I was just a kid growing up in a small town. If I hadn’t been chosen as a saint, you probably wouldn’t have looked at me the way I do now.”
“….”
“..”
Silence hung over the hall.
“The reason I bring this up is because I want you to pursue ‘reality’ and not ‘dream’.”
“…reality?”
“Reality…”
It was hard to sympathize with the saint, who must be living in the ‘dream’ they thought of, talking about reality.
It was not unreasonable for them to react in an inconsistent manner.
Hana Ray did not give in to their reaction.
“From some point on, people are chasing their dreams, ignoring the reality right next to them. Isn’t that strange? To pursue a dream without looking at the reality or thinking of changing it.”
He was silent for a moment, then slowly opened his mouth.
“Dreams are but shadows of reality. Just as the shadow changes when the main body changes. If reality changes, dreams will also change to become achievable.”
“No matter how much you say that…”
“Why are you so young…”
Hearing their voices, Ray smiled.
“Do you know what the first goal I was trying to achieve in ‘here’ was?”
“….”
“….”
“He was a wizard who could drop a meteor shower from the sky.”
“…huh?”
“meteor? …Wizard?”
At least for those who thought of priests or high priests, it was bound to be an unexpected statement.
That’s right, isn’t he a saint now? I never thought I would have dreamed of a wizard who had nothing to do with him.
“So do you think I have achieved it now?”
To that, they had no answer. But I could tell that it was all negative.
It was close to impossible to become a wizard at my age.
Even in the case of Hopel in the Principality of Silos, he was only a 1st circle user.
Even so, he heard that he was a genius in magic.
If you become a 2nd circle user at the age of 20, you will be called a genius.
It was hard to believe that at only 15, he was a meteor shower magician and a saint.
“What do you think if I tell you to make meteors in the sky?”
“Then wouldn’t that be a lie?”
“How can a person cast a meteor? It seems that the saint gave an exaggerated example.”
Even the aristocrats who listened to his story before the baptism shook their heads.
“You overworked yourself.”
“Still, you said good things so far.”
However, even their words did not stop Ray.
“I will show you the dream I had and the reality I have achieved.”
With his words, mana rushed around him.
As
the surroundings shuddered faintly, the nobles and the people were deliberately nervous.
Ray’s mana took control of his entire atmosphere.
He turned off the amplifying magic. This was to prevent the starter words from being heard.
“Rock storm. Psychokinesis. Fire.”
Kugugugung-
In an instant, the surrounding small rocks rose into the sky like a storm, forming a large sphere.
Eventually, in the blink of an eye, the fire ignited and enveloped the spherical rock suspended in the sky.
Hurry-
A nobleman dropped the plate containing the food on the ground.
I was speechless at the unbelievable phenomenon happening in front of my eyes.
His mana control, which only reversed the gravity of the rock, was truly miraculous.
Besides, it would be difficult to find a person with enough mana to manifest all of this at once, even in another world.
Seeing the enormous sphere floating in the sky, the people as well as the nobles opened their mouths and salivated.
Eucliwood also could not maintain his usual expressionless expression. She stared at the orb in the sky with a bluish expression.
I didn’t feel the need to run away. If it falls to the ground anyway, everyone will die.
However, the sphere did not intend to fall despite its bloated body.
Rather, it was just burning quietly floating above the sky.
How much mana do you have to have to make this happen?
Ray amplified his voice again.
“I changed the reality bit by bit. Eventually, as I wished, I became a wizard who could drop meteors.”
“….”
“….”
No one could answer his words. His words, which he dismissed as vain delusions, now have a sense of reality.
“Do you have any dreams? Then what about reality?”
The nobles also reflected on Ray’s words.
“Cancel. Psychokinesis.”
At his words, Ray caught them that were about to change from spheres to small pieces of rock and fall to the ground.
Then they sent them down all at once to the surrounding mountains. Since it was floating in the sky in the first place, it was not difficult to fly it around.
They looked at Ray with blank eyes at the meteor that disappeared from the sky without a trace.
“I want you to make your dreams come true. For that, I will spare no effort. For this, please help me as well.”
