The Duke of Orobas was dumbfounded.
It was clearly an event preparation that required repeated caution.
The procedure for proving divinity was not difficult. The only thing these idiots had to guard was well-made holy water.
Should I have just brought it out?
However, if I carried it around, there was a high chance that the holy water bottle in my pocket would break.
After the 'prayer', his condition was at its worst, and the holy water that appeared was in a glass bottle that looked so fragile.
He didn't want to spill even a single drop of the holy water in the bottle. That's why he ordered the holy water to come up at the last minute.
And to his most trusted confidant. But...
"What the heck..."
How did it disappear?
At that moment, the knight reported to him in a very small voice.
"It was taken from the temple."
"...What?"
He couldn't help but ask back.
How on earth did the temple know?
This wasn't a matter of a thief or something.
While the face of the Duke of Orobas turned pale, the knight continued cautiously.
“It’s a sin for an individual to possess the holy water... I thought you already knew all about it.”
“Ugh...”
The Duke of Orobas felt dizzy.
Where on earth did this story leak out and reach the temple?
No way.
“That... !”
Duke of Orobas quickly lowered his voice in fear of the words leaking out and whispered.
“Is it the cook?”
The knight spoke with a troubled face. Duke Orobas also knew this.
However.
“But you didn’t ask for his name!?”
He couldn’t help but feel angry.
“...I wonder what’s going on.”
“Yes.”
In the meantime, he could hear the nobles talking. Duke Orobas tried his best to calm down and said.
“Check out the movement towards the temple. They must be doing something centered around the one who took the holy water. And first... bring me someone who can talk.”
It was clearly an event preparation that required repeated caution.
The procedure for proving divinity was not difficult. The only thing these idiots had to guard was well-made holy water.
Should I have just brought it out?
However, if I carried it around, there was a high chance that the holy water bottle in my pocket would break.
After the 'prayer', his condition was at its worst, and the holy water that appeared was in a glass bottle that looked so fragile.
He didn't want to spill even a single drop of the holy water in the bottle. That's why he ordered the holy water to come up at the last minute.
And to his most trusted confidant. But...
"What the heck..."
How did it disappear?
At that moment, the knight reported to him in a very small voice.
"It was taken from the temple."
"...What?"
He couldn't help but ask back.
How on earth did the temple know?
This wasn't a matter of a thief or something.
While the face of the Duke of Orobas turned pale, the knight continued cautiously.
“It’s a sin for an individual to possess the holy water... I thought you already knew all about it.”
“Ugh...”
The Duke of Orobas felt dizzy.
Where on earth did this story leak out and reach the temple?
No way.
“That... !”
Duke of Orobas quickly lowered his voice in fear of the words leaking out and whispered.
“Is it the cook?”
The knight could not deny that. It meant that there was a possibility.
Yes, it was only him! That brown-haired cook! That guy who came from nowhere and sank into the ground!
“Catch him!”
He said, gritting his teeth.
“No, no.”
Of course, he had to be punished for leaking the story. However, there was something more urgent.
“Track down on the one who took the holy water. Who from the temple was it? Huh?”
“It is customary for the temple to mention the name of the temple itself when conducting business for the temple...”
Yes, it was only him! That brown-haired cook! That guy who came from nowhere and sank into the ground!
“Catch him!”
He said, gritting his teeth.
“No, no.”
Of course, he had to be punished for leaking the story. However, there was something more urgent.
“Track down on the one who took the holy water. Who from the temple was it? Huh?”
“It is customary for the temple to mention the name of the temple itself when conducting business for the temple...”
The knight spoke with a troubled face. Duke Orobas also knew this.
However.
“But you didn’t ask for his name!?”
He couldn’t help but feel angry.
“...I wonder what’s going on.”
“Yes.”
In the meantime, he could hear the nobles talking. Duke Orobas tried his best to calm down and said.
“Check out the movement towards the temple. They must be doing something centered around the one who took the holy water. And first... bring me someone who can talk.”
In short, he wanted to bring someone who would do as Duke Orobas wanted if he paid them some money.
Once he brought that person, he could just explain that the holy water was a means of proving divinity.
Of course, he might have to tell them about the existence of the vision.
Hmm, I guess I’ll have to say that I can’t make it twice instead.
It wasn’t a lie.
He frowned at his face which had become flabby overnight. He felt like even his facial muscles were pulling.
He had to find it somehow. He couldn’t pay the same price twice.
Doing another prayer that would turn a person into a near-death person in one day?
But is that a prayer?
It was when he frowned.
“Master!”
Once he brought that person, he could just explain that the holy water was a means of proving divinity.
Of course, he might have to tell them about the existence of the vision.
Hmm, I guess I’ll have to say that I can’t make it twice instead.
It wasn’t a lie.
He frowned at his face which had become flabby overnight. He felt like even his facial muscles were pulling.
He had to find it somehow. He couldn’t pay the same price twice.
Doing another prayer that would turn a person into a near-death person in one day?
But is that a prayer?
It was when he frowned.
“Master!”
He saw people running in hastily.
“What now?”
He raised his voice without realizing it. This time, a servant came running in looking obviously in a hurry.
What’s more, his clothes were disheveled and unkempt!
“Urgent!”
However, more than one or two people were chasing after him.
In short, it wasn’t just Orobas’ servants coming.
“A monster... A monster is attacking the mansion boundary!”
Bam!
Duke Orobas unknowingly jumped up from his seat at those words.
“What are you talking about!?”
And those words were spread throughout the banquet hall by the servants of other families who had followed Orobas’ servant.
“You didn’t know they were coming so close to the mansion?”
“Well, I was on high alert...”
The knights of Duke Orobas’ house also seemed flustered.
Even if Vine was accustomed to detecting monsters, it was difficult for knights from other families to find the monsters that were sneaking in.
Moreover, weren’t they the cunning ones who came after ‘more special prey’?
Humans with crystals of powerful power.
Since they instinctively knew that if they touched another human on their way to them, they would die, they approached the mansion even more quietly.
“Where did they suddenly come from!?”
However, Duke Orobas, who thought that monsters were inferior creatures that only chased after prey, couldn’t understand it.
Why on earth would something like this happen on such an important day!
And at a time when the holy water had disappeared!
If this was the case, there would be no way to prove divinity and no one to watch the proof of divinity.
“Shouldn’t we do something before the mansion is surrounded?”
“But we haven’t brought many knights...”
The guests in the banquet hall were already paying attention to other things.
Could they deal with all the monsters before these people dispersed and drank the holy water in front of them?
“How many monsters?”
“We can’t stop them. At least, at least a few hundred.”
The knight said with a pale face.
If we have holy water, we can stop it or not! Those stupid temple guys, if they had holy water, they could at least get rid of the monsters...
Wait. The monsters are coming?
Duke Orobas’ eyebrows twitched.
Doesn’t that mean the materials for the vision are coming again?
“...”
But do I have to pay the price again?
“What now?”
He raised his voice without realizing it. This time, a servant came running in looking obviously in a hurry.
What’s more, his clothes were disheveled and unkempt!
“Urgent!”
However, more than one or two people were chasing after him.
In short, it wasn’t just Orobas’ servants coming.
“A monster... A monster is attacking the mansion boundary!”
Bam!
Duke Orobas unknowingly jumped up from his seat at those words.
“What are you talking about!?”
And those words were spread throughout the banquet hall by the servants of other families who had followed Orobas’ servant.
“You didn’t know they were coming so close to the mansion?”
“Well, I was on high alert...”
The knights of Duke Orobas’ house also seemed flustered.
Even if Vine was accustomed to detecting monsters, it was difficult for knights from other families to find the monsters that were sneaking in.
Moreover, weren’t they the cunning ones who came after ‘more special prey’?
Humans with crystals of powerful power.
Since they instinctively knew that if they touched another human on their way to them, they would die, they approached the mansion even more quietly.
“Where did they suddenly come from!?”
However, Duke Orobas, who thought that monsters were inferior creatures that only chased after prey, couldn’t understand it.
Why on earth would something like this happen on such an important day!
And at a time when the holy water had disappeared!
If this was the case, there would be no way to prove divinity and no one to watch the proof of divinity.
“Shouldn’t we do something before the mansion is surrounded?”
“But we haven’t brought many knights...”
The guests in the banquet hall were already paying attention to other things.
Could they deal with all the monsters before these people dispersed and drank the holy water in front of them?
“How many monsters?”
“We can’t stop them. At least, at least a few hundred.”
The knight said with a pale face.
If we have holy water, we can stop it or not! Those stupid temple guys, if they had holy water, they could at least get rid of the monsters...
Wait. The monsters are coming?
Duke Orobas’ eyebrows twitched.
Doesn’t that mean the materials for the vision are coming again?
“...”
But do I have to pay the price again?
The blood drained from his face. He didn’t want to feel that feeling of being squeezed out of his whole body, of his life draining away.
“Stop it somehow!”
He shouted.
Vine also received the same report.
It was Naberus who brought the report. He looked a little surprised, but I knew.
That was a skilled act.
Didn’t Naberus already know that the monsters were coming?
“The monsters...”
Of course, I also didn’t forget to act surprised considering the gaze. However, it was impossible to act as skillfully as the demons.
Naberus, who met my eyes, lowered his head.
“The prepared troops.”
In the meantime, Belled asked. Naberus’s answer came right back.
“There’s no problem protecting you two.”
I seemed somewhat relieved by the leisurely appearance of the two.
Kyaaah!
At that moment, a roar was heard from somewhere. The sound of weapons clashing could also be heard.
“What, are they here already?”
The mansion of a noble family has a large site. The mansion alone occupies a space that would fit a dozen or so villages of commoners.
And yet, the sound of fighting can be heard all the way to this main building in the middle of it all?
“How did they get here already?”
“The monsters are going to the annex too!”
“No, the annex is already in chaos!”
Reports came in one after another.
“The temple people praying in their rooms have been attacked and are in a standoff!”
Duke Orobas’s face turned pale at those words. I glanced at the priests, whose faces were turning red and blue.
“Not only that but people with holy relics have also been attacked first!”
“Smart things! They instinctively try to eliminate danger!”
The priests were furious.
Rather than that, it seemed like they attacked the priests and the relics because they were targeting the gathering of powerful forces, but in the end, they ended up with the same result.
The relics were just useless.
“...”
I, looking at that sight, suddenly had a question.
Then how on earth does the holy water drive out magic?
No, is it right to drive out magic in the first place? Then what is the use of magic to create holy water?
I looked up at Belled. He said that magic was something that humans could do with their power to achieve what they wanted.
If that included humans directly paying a price to create supernatural phenomena... perhaps, the holy water... wasn’t meant to defeat those defined as demons?
“Protect the master!”
“Defense position!”
In the meantime, the area around the banquet hall became noisy in an instant.
The sounds of the monsters howling, and screaming, and the sounds of weapons clashed as if they had come close.
“...!”
I, who had forgotten my thoughts, shrugged my shoulders in surprise.
Belled's strong arms wrapped around me.
"Don't be so nervous. Nothing will happen to us."
He whispered, kissing her head.
“Don’t you know? Even if there are a few hundred monsters, they are only a small number compared to the number of monsters in Vine.”
Of course, I knew. That was when I unconsciously grabbed Belled’s hand tightly.
“So you don’t have to worry about your people dying.”
The people I cared about, the people who cared about me, would be by my side even after this battle was over. Only after I deeply engraved that fact in my heart did my breathing, which had been rapid, calm down a little.
However.
“...”
Suddenly, I felt strange as I felt relieved by those words.
Then what about the others? The people who would die elsewhere? As long as they weren’t mine, would it not matter if they died?
Should I be happy that only my people survived while ignoring their lives?
As if he had read my thoughts, Belled cupped my cheek. Then he turned her to me.
Only he entered my field of vision. My gaze passed through his masculine jawline and nose and fell upon his dark green eyes.
“Are you worried about the others?”
I nodded at those words... but I waved them off.
At a point when I was already relieved that my people were safe, wasn’t it too hypocritical to nod?
That was when I thought so.
Belled said,
“I never would have thought of that, but Beryl pointed it out.”
His smiling dark green eyes were gentle as he said that.
“..."
That’s not true. It doesn’t seem to be true.
I looked at him and thought. However, Belled continued smoothly.
“Instead of the ruthless Duke of Vine who only knows blood, will you give me the order?”
His hand cupped my cheek.
Sigh.
He gently turned my body around after kissing my forehead.
Then, he held my body and whispered in my ear.
“Save people. Enough for you, Beryl, to be satisfied.”
Meanwhile, Naberus knelt in front of the two, waiting for orders.
“Enough for your mind to be at ease. Hurry.”
His voice, considering my feelings, was sweet. It felt like the tension and tension inside was melting away.
What remained in the place where it had gently melted away was a heart that had been released in a fuzzy manner.
“...Lord Naberus.”
I let out a short breath without realizing it.
“Yes, my lady. I await your order.”
Naberus listened to me with his head down. I looked around the knights of the banquet hall, each of whom was already starting to move to protect their master’s life.
Since it was a banquet attended by members of the royal family, they were unable to enter with weapons, and some were holding broken bottles.
And their appearance was just as shabby and pathetic as the broken bottles they were holding.
“If this mansion is in danger, the commoners around it must have suffered even more. But.”
I narrowed my eyes and looked back at Duke Orobas.
He was already out of his mind, furious and harassing the people around him.
“What have you been doing until you got to the main building! Why don’t you move quickly!”
“But master, the safety of this place...!”
I said, looking away from the sight.
“... Orobas doesn’t seem to have the luxury of worrying about anything else, so please save the people around the mansion.”
Naberus nodded silently at those words. Did he not like it?
Of course, this could be seen as an unconditional mercy. The mercy that Marquis Rogal had wanted.
However, I was not leading the troops with such merciful thoughts.
I was wondering how to continue my story, so I tapped Belled’s hand.
“...?”
Belled tilted his head slightly and let me go.
“Stop it somehow!”
He shouted.
***
Vine also received the same report.
It was Naberus who brought the report. He looked a little surprised, but I knew.
That was a skilled act.
Didn’t Naberus already know that the monsters were coming?
“The monsters...”
Of course, I also didn’t forget to act surprised considering the gaze. However, it was impossible to act as skillfully as the demons.
Naberus, who met my eyes, lowered his head.
“The prepared troops.”
In the meantime, Belled asked. Naberus’s answer came right back.
“There’s no problem protecting you two.”
I seemed somewhat relieved by the leisurely appearance of the two.
Kyaaah!
At that moment, a roar was heard from somewhere. The sound of weapons clashing could also be heard.
“What, are they here already?”
The mansion of a noble family has a large site. The mansion alone occupies a space that would fit a dozen or so villages of commoners.
And yet, the sound of fighting can be heard all the way to this main building in the middle of it all?
“How did they get here already?”
“The monsters are going to the annex too!”
“No, the annex is already in chaos!”
Reports came in one after another.
“The temple people praying in their rooms have been attacked and are in a standoff!”
Duke Orobas’s face turned pale at those words. I glanced at the priests, whose faces were turning red and blue.
“Not only that but people with holy relics have also been attacked first!”
“Smart things! They instinctively try to eliminate danger!”
The priests were furious.
Rather than that, it seemed like they attacked the priests and the relics because they were targeting the gathering of powerful forces, but in the end, they ended up with the same result.
The relics were just useless.
“...”
I, looking at that sight, suddenly had a question.
Then how on earth does the holy water drive out magic?
No, is it right to drive out magic in the first place? Then what is the use of magic to create holy water?
I looked up at Belled. He said that magic was something that humans could do with their power to achieve what they wanted.
If that included humans directly paying a price to create supernatural phenomena... perhaps, the holy water... wasn’t meant to defeat those defined as demons?
“Protect the master!”
“Defense position!”
In the meantime, the area around the banquet hall became noisy in an instant.
The sounds of the monsters howling, and screaming, and the sounds of weapons clashed as if they had come close.
“...!”
I, who had forgotten my thoughts, shrugged my shoulders in surprise.
Belled's strong arms wrapped around me.
"Don't be so nervous. Nothing will happen to us."
He whispered, kissing her head.
“Don’t you know? Even if there are a few hundred monsters, they are only a small number compared to the number of monsters in Vine.”
Of course, I knew. That was when I unconsciously grabbed Belled’s hand tightly.
“So you don’t have to worry about your people dying.”
The people I cared about, the people who cared about me, would be by my side even after this battle was over. Only after I deeply engraved that fact in my heart did my breathing, which had been rapid, calm down a little.
However.
“...”
Suddenly, I felt strange as I felt relieved by those words.
Then what about the others? The people who would die elsewhere? As long as they weren’t mine, would it not matter if they died?
Should I be happy that only my people survived while ignoring their lives?
As if he had read my thoughts, Belled cupped my cheek. Then he turned her to me.
Only he entered my field of vision. My gaze passed through his masculine jawline and nose and fell upon his dark green eyes.
“Are you worried about the others?”
I nodded at those words... but I waved them off.
At a point when I was already relieved that my people were safe, wasn’t it too hypocritical to nod?
That was when I thought so.
Belled said,
“I never would have thought of that, but Beryl pointed it out.”
His smiling dark green eyes were gentle as he said that.
“..."
That’s not true. It doesn’t seem to be true.
I looked at him and thought. However, Belled continued smoothly.
“Instead of the ruthless Duke of Vine who only knows blood, will you give me the order?”
His hand cupped my cheek.
Sigh.
He gently turned my body around after kissing my forehead.
Then, he held my body and whispered in my ear.
“Save people. Enough for you, Beryl, to be satisfied.”
Meanwhile, Naberus knelt in front of the two, waiting for orders.
“Enough for your mind to be at ease. Hurry.”
His voice, considering my feelings, was sweet. It felt like the tension and tension inside was melting away.
What remained in the place where it had gently melted away was a heart that had been released in a fuzzy manner.
“...Lord Naberus.”
I let out a short breath without realizing it.
“Yes, my lady. I await your order.”
Naberus listened to me with his head down. I looked around the knights of the banquet hall, each of whom was already starting to move to protect their master’s life.
Since it was a banquet attended by members of the royal family, they were unable to enter with weapons, and some were holding broken bottles.
And their appearance was just as shabby and pathetic as the broken bottles they were holding.
“If this mansion is in danger, the commoners around it must have suffered even more. But.”
I narrowed my eyes and looked back at Duke Orobas.
He was already out of his mind, furious and harassing the people around him.
“What have you been doing until you got to the main building! Why don’t you move quickly!”
“But master, the safety of this place...!”
I said, looking away from the sight.
“... Orobas doesn’t seem to have the luxury of worrying about anything else, so please save the people around the mansion.”
Naberus nodded silently at those words. Did he not like it?
Of course, this could be seen as an unconditional mercy. The mercy that Marquis Rogal had wanted.
However, I was not leading the troops with such merciful thoughts.
I was wondering how to continue my story, so I tapped Belled’s hand.
“...?”
Belled tilted his head slightly and let me go.
Tap, tap.
Then Beryl took a few steps toward Naberus.
Even in the noisy banquet hall, the sound of my shoes seemed to resonate clearly around me.
I bowed my head to Naberus so that no one else would hear.
My dark green hair flowed down, blocking Naberus and the other person beyond me.
Then Beryl took a few steps toward Naberus.
Even in the noisy banquet hall, the sound of my shoes seemed to resonate clearly around me.
I bowed my head to Naberus so that no one else would hear.
My dark green hair flowed down, blocking Naberus and the other person beyond me.
I opened my mouth, unaware that Belled, who was watching me, was narrowing his eyes.
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