“Where is the one with this ability now?”
At Belled’s words, Ronove’s gaze turned to the place he had pointed.
“This person is near the castle of Vine. It seems that there is a daughter who was attacked by a demon... La… ”
Then Ronove, whose words trailed off, looked at Belled.
“...Your Highness?”
It seemed as if he knew what he was thinking.
Belled raised the corners of his mouth.
“Bring her here right now. Whatever she asks, I don’t care, I’ll give her anything.”
Then he shook his head.
“If she has difficulty moving, I don’t mind going myself.”
His voice was more urgent than ever.
The ability to feel pain on behalf of others.
Ronove, who looked back and forth between Beryl and Belled, could not have known where his master was trying to use that ability.
However, he could not stop him.
It had been a long time since he had seen his master’s eyes shine so brightly, shining with intense desire.
And that desire is something that must be taken because he already knows that the happy one is his master.
“...I understand.”
Ronove bowed his head deeply.
“I first offer this prize to the gods, even though it is a small one.”
Nick was a faithful believer who visited the temple once a week to pray, even in the midst of his busy schedule.
It was the same when he heard that the gates of heaven had opened and the world had changed after the opening ceremony.
No, rather, when he heard rumors that the monsters had almost disappeared, he extended the prayer days to two days. His sick daughter also wanted to pray, so she willingly accompanied him on the way to the temple.
“You worked hard today.”
“No, may the gods bless you.”
As he said that, he left the temple with a bright expression.
Every time he prayed, he felt his heart fill up. In particular, didn’t the gods clearly answer his prayers?
‘Please destroy all the monsters that tried to harm my daughter.’
No matter how much wrong humans and his ancestors had done, he believed that the gods would be greatly angered if they sent down such terrible monsters.
That’s why he prayed even more earnestly.
“Whoa!”
“Run away!”
Even more so when the village he lived in was attacked by monsters, and his daughter’s health deteriorated due to the monsters’ attacks.
He was thankful that his daughter survived the monsters’ attacks.
“Oh, Mr. Nick, are you here today?”
At that moment, a priest walking by recognized him and greeted him. The priest’s gaze turned to his daughter, who was holding Nick’s hand.
“Reese looks so healthy too. Are you not in so much pain anymore, Reese?”
Then he held Reese’s hand. Reese smiled brightly.
“Yeah, I’m not in pain anymore!”
“I think I’m fine, except for my legs limping a little.”
Nick answered with a bright face.
“Thank goodness. It seems like God answered my prayers.”
Nick laughed at the priest’s words.
“It really does seem so.”
No, it wasn’t like that, it was clear. God answered his prayers.
Woooooo...
Every time he breathed, or more precisely, every time his daughter Reese breathed, he felt something inside his body vibrating.
Perhaps this was a sacred power.
He thought to himself, never thinking it was magic.
Having lost his wife to a monster and left with only his daughter, he was on the verge of losing her too.
So he prayed earnestly to God. And when the opening ceremony came.
She gained a strange ability.
'Reese, are you in a lot of pain?'
'Ugh... No, it doesn't hurt...'
The child who had matured too early didn't know how to tell him that she was in pain even though she was in pain.
But how could he not know? With such a distorted expression of pain.
So he desperately wished.
'I wish I had been in pain instead of Reese.'
That was the moment he thought that. At that moment, when that thought was the only thing left in his head.
Wow!
Light burst out from his fingertips.
'Huh?'
'...!'
The light instantly enveloped Reese. And right after that, Nick's body was struck by pain that made it difficult for him to breathe properly.
From the chest area where the monster had scratched to the right leg.
But on the other hand, Reese opened his eyes wide and jumped up from his seat.
'It doesn't hurt anymore!'
As she said that, whenever the excited child shook her body, Nick's body ached.
However, Nick felt as if the pain in his body disappeared when he saw Reese happy. It was nothing short of a miracle. After that, his and Reese's lives changed completely.
Of course, the pain in his body remained, but considering what his daughter had suffered in her small body, it was nothing special.
However, he had never thought that his ability would be noticed, and one day he received a strange guest.
"Are you Nick?"
They were men wearing commoner's clothes, but they seemed polite and courteous as if they came from a noble family.
Nick hid Reese behind his back, nervously.
"Who, who are you?"
"Our master is urgently looking for Nick."
Nick swallowed hard. It was because he felt that it was time for him to.
As many commoners who could do all sorts of things with their powers emerged, the nobles began to compete to take them.
If they came and tried to take him away like this, they were the ones with the best manners, and most of the people with combat abilities would take their families hostage or threaten them.
But his abilities aren’t useful in combat, so why...?
“Who are you...?”
“Will you come with me?”
The man asked. The two men standing next to him were anxiously stamping their feet.
And that made Nick feel even more anxious. He grabbed Reese’s hand tightly.
Reese was also nervous, and her heart felt like it was tightening.
“I...”
That was when someone suddenly appeared behind the three men.
“How many minutes are you taking because you couldn’t convince even one person?”
The person who came in like that had a white cloth wrapped around his clothes.
“Huh?”
Nick’s eyes widened at the sight.
Black branches drawn on a white cloth, and golden petals decorating it.
Wasn’t that the mark of the Savior?
And that face... was a face he couldn’t help but remember.
“Na, Naberus?”
At those words, Naberus, who had come to scold the three men, made a dumbfounded expression.
“What, do you know me? No, do you know me?”
He realized belatedly that he was the guest of the Grand Duke and used honorifics.
Then, Nick’s face brightened.
“How, how could I not know! Isn’t you the one who saved me, Reese, my daughter!”
He then didn’t know what to do.
“I’ll follow you right away. I’ll do anything! Do you need me?”
Then his expression clouded for a moment.
“Maybe my daughter... my daughter...”
“I’m not interested.”
Naberus immediately cut off his anxiety.
“The master said that he would accept any conditions and just asked me to bring you. He needs your abilities.”
Then he pointed at Reese.
“They plan to take your daughter without any inconvenience, so will you come?”
Nick nodded at those words.
“Yes, of course! Of course!”
There was no reason to go against the words of the savior. There is a story that the noble who leads the savior is the Duke of Vine.
In this era, where can you find a noble as trustworthy as the sacred guardian family Vine?
Nick picked up Reese.
Naberus led him. However, the place he led them to was an empty lot.
There was a carriage in the empty lot, but strangely, there were no horses in the carriage.
“Uh, by the way, the horse...”
“Oh, we’re a little busy.”
Naberus tapped the carriage.
“Get in.”
“Yes?”
What are you doing in a horseless carriage? Is the horse coming late? Did it go out to graze? Do noble horses usually live this leisurely?
But they were busy?
Click.
Whether he questioned it or not, the carriage door opened at the hands of the demons. The inside looked more comfortable and soft than any bedroom in any building that Nick and Reese had ever seen.
“Wow!”
An excited Reese grabbed a pillow and laid down on a sofa that resembled a bed.
“Let’s go!”
Outside, the brisk voice of Naberus was heard.
“How can we start without a word...”
As Nick was saying,
Swoosh.
The carriage suddenly rose into the sky. Nick’s eyes widened in shock. And Reese clung to the window with a bright face.
“I’m flying! I’m flying! Like a bird!”
The carriage that rose with the child’s joyful cry quickly moved away from the ground.
And above the carriage, they were riding.
The demon whose unique ability was flight stopped driving the carriage and looked back at Naberus.
“But how did you convince him? He said he would follow you as soon as he saw your face?”
Naberus sat on the carriage and enjoyed the wind, and the demons uttered words they had never said in their lives.
“So I told you to be good, right? I’ll come back.”
“???”
The demons gaped in amazement.
The carriage carrying Nike and Reese arrived at the central temple in no time.
The carriage flew so fast to the central temple that almost everyone living along the carriage’s path saw it.
With a loud noise cutting through the wind.
Of course, there was a defensive spell inside the carriage, so Rhys and Nik did not get into an accident.
“You’re here?”
The one who greeted them was Ronove. He looked surprised to see Naberus arrive faster than expected.
“I’ll take you this way.”
Ronove gestured to Nike and Reese, who were looking around as they got off the carriage.
“Central Shrine...”
Ronove didn’t forget to give Nike an angelic expression as he looked at him, who was moved.
“I heard that you really wanted to come to the Central Shrine.”
He was such a devout believer. Nike nodded vigorously at those words.
“Of course, yes. But it was too far away, so I never had the chance to come. I really wanted to come here on a pilgrimage someday, but...”
He gave Reese a sad look for a moment.
“We had an accident, so we couldn’t come.”
Ronove said with regret. Nike nodded at those words.
“Yes. But it’s such an honor to be able to come with Reese.”
“We’re the ones who are fortunate to be able to invite you.”
Among the demons, such conversations were called pretense or pretense. And some demons couldn’t stand it, saying that they were disgusted by it.
But Ronove, like the devil who plays the role of a professional butler, continued the dialogue for over a minute.
“If it’s okay, would you like to go see our master right away?”
Ronove asked as he entered the central temple building.
For now, they must quickly demonstrate his abilities to the Grand Duke.
So that he can do what he wants.
Nick nodded at those words.
“Yes. If the priest says so, how can I not?”
Priest? Is that me?
Ronove stumbled for a moment at the sacred title he had never heard before.
But he soon recovered his steps and took the lead.
“Since when have you been here, priest?”
“Do you personally assist the Saintess?”
He diligently asked questions that clearly showed his belief that he was a priest.
“Your Highness, we have arrived.”
And soon, three people arrived at Beryl’s bedroom door.
“Come in.”
Belled’s answer came back half a beat faster than usual. As if it represented his impatience.
At Belled’s words, Ronove’s gaze turned to the place he had pointed.
“This person is near the castle of Vine. It seems that there is a daughter who was attacked by a demon... La… ”
Then Ronove, whose words trailed off, looked at Belled.
“...Your Highness?”
It seemed as if he knew what he was thinking.
Belled raised the corners of his mouth.
“Bring her here right now. Whatever she asks, I don’t care, I’ll give her anything.”
Then he shook his head.
“If she has difficulty moving, I don’t mind going myself.”
His voice was more urgent than ever.
The ability to feel pain on behalf of others.
Ronove, who looked back and forth between Beryl and Belled, could not have known where his master was trying to use that ability.
However, he could not stop him.
It had been a long time since he had seen his master’s eyes shine so brightly, shining with intense desire.
And that desire is something that must be taken because he already knows that the happy one is his master.
“...I understand.”
Ronove bowed his head deeply.
***
“I first offer this prize to the gods, even though it is a small one.”
Nick was a faithful believer who visited the temple once a week to pray, even in the midst of his busy schedule.
It was the same when he heard that the gates of heaven had opened and the world had changed after the opening ceremony.
No, rather, when he heard rumors that the monsters had almost disappeared, he extended the prayer days to two days. His sick daughter also wanted to pray, so she willingly accompanied him on the way to the temple.
“You worked hard today.”
“No, may the gods bless you.”
As he said that, he left the temple with a bright expression.
Every time he prayed, he felt his heart fill up. In particular, didn’t the gods clearly answer his prayers?
‘Please destroy all the monsters that tried to harm my daughter.’
No matter how much wrong humans and his ancestors had done, he believed that the gods would be greatly angered if they sent down such terrible monsters.
That’s why he prayed even more earnestly.
“Whoa!”
“Run away!”
Even more so when the village he lived in was attacked by monsters, and his daughter’s health deteriorated due to the monsters’ attacks.
He was thankful that his daughter survived the monsters’ attacks.
“Oh, Mr. Nick, are you here today?”
At that moment, a priest walking by recognized him and greeted him. The priest’s gaze turned to his daughter, who was holding Nick’s hand.
“Reese looks so healthy too. Are you not in so much pain anymore, Reese?”
Then he held Reese’s hand. Reese smiled brightly.
“Yeah, I’m not in pain anymore!”
“I think I’m fine, except for my legs limping a little.”
Nick answered with a bright face.
“Thank goodness. It seems like God answered my prayers.”
Nick laughed at the priest’s words.
“It really does seem so.”
No, it wasn’t like that, it was clear. God answered his prayers.
Woooooo...
Every time he breathed, or more precisely, every time his daughter Reese breathed, he felt something inside his body vibrating.
Perhaps this was a sacred power.
He thought to himself, never thinking it was magic.
Having lost his wife to a monster and left with only his daughter, he was on the verge of losing her too.
So he prayed earnestly to God. And when the opening ceremony came.
She gained a strange ability.
'Reese, are you in a lot of pain?'
'Ugh... No, it doesn't hurt...'
The child who had matured too early didn't know how to tell him that she was in pain even though she was in pain.
But how could he not know? With such a distorted expression of pain.
So he desperately wished.
'I wish I had been in pain instead of Reese.'
That was the moment he thought that. At that moment, when that thought was the only thing left in his head.
Wow!
Light burst out from his fingertips.
'Huh?'
'...!'
The light instantly enveloped Reese. And right after that, Nick's body was struck by pain that made it difficult for him to breathe properly.
From the chest area where the monster had scratched to the right leg.
But on the other hand, Reese opened his eyes wide and jumped up from his seat.
'It doesn't hurt anymore!'
As she said that, whenever the excited child shook her body, Nick's body ached.
However, Nick felt as if the pain in his body disappeared when he saw Reese happy. It was nothing short of a miracle. After that, his and Reese's lives changed completely.
Of course, the pain in his body remained, but considering what his daughter had suffered in her small body, it was nothing special.
However, he had never thought that his ability would be noticed, and one day he received a strange guest.
"Are you Nick?"
They were men wearing commoner's clothes, but they seemed polite and courteous as if they came from a noble family.
Nick hid Reese behind his back, nervously.
"Who, who are you?"
"Our master is urgently looking for Nick."
Nick swallowed hard. It was because he felt that it was time for him to.
As many commoners who could do all sorts of things with their powers emerged, the nobles began to compete to take them.
If they came and tried to take him away like this, they were the ones with the best manners, and most of the people with combat abilities would take their families hostage or threaten them.
But his abilities aren’t useful in combat, so why...?
“Who are you...?”
“Will you come with me?”
The man asked. The two men standing next to him were anxiously stamping their feet.
And that made Nick feel even more anxious. He grabbed Reese’s hand tightly.
Reese was also nervous, and her heart felt like it was tightening.
“I...”
That was when someone suddenly appeared behind the three men.
“How many minutes are you taking because you couldn’t convince even one person?”
The person who came in like that had a white cloth wrapped around his clothes.
“Huh?”
Nick’s eyes widened at the sight.
Black branches drawn on a white cloth, and golden petals decorating it.
Wasn’t that the mark of the Savior?
And that face... was a face he couldn’t help but remember.
“Na, Naberus?”
At those words, Naberus, who had come to scold the three men, made a dumbfounded expression.
“What, do you know me? No, do you know me?”
He realized belatedly that he was the guest of the Grand Duke and used honorifics.
Then, Nick’s face brightened.
“How, how could I not know! Isn’t you the one who saved me, Reese, my daughter!”
He then didn’t know what to do.
“I’ll follow you right away. I’ll do anything! Do you need me?”
Then his expression clouded for a moment.
“Maybe my daughter... my daughter...”
“I’m not interested.”
Naberus immediately cut off his anxiety.
“The master said that he would accept any conditions and just asked me to bring you. He needs your abilities.”
Then he pointed at Reese.
“They plan to take your daughter without any inconvenience, so will you come?”
Nick nodded at those words.
“Yes, of course! Of course!”
There was no reason to go against the words of the savior. There is a story that the noble who leads the savior is the Duke of Vine.
In this era, where can you find a noble as trustworthy as the sacred guardian family Vine?
Nick picked up Reese.
Naberus led him. However, the place he led them to was an empty lot.
There was a carriage in the empty lot, but strangely, there were no horses in the carriage.
“Uh, by the way, the horse...”
“Oh, we’re a little busy.”
Naberus tapped the carriage.
“Get in.”
“Yes?”
What are you doing in a horseless carriage? Is the horse coming late? Did it go out to graze? Do noble horses usually live this leisurely?
But they were busy?
Click.
Whether he questioned it or not, the carriage door opened at the hands of the demons. The inside looked more comfortable and soft than any bedroom in any building that Nick and Reese had ever seen.
“Wow!”
An excited Reese grabbed a pillow and laid down on a sofa that resembled a bed.
“Let’s go!”
Outside, the brisk voice of Naberus was heard.
“How can we start without a word...”
As Nick was saying,
Swoosh.
The carriage suddenly rose into the sky. Nick’s eyes widened in shock. And Reese clung to the window with a bright face.
“I’m flying! I’m flying! Like a bird!”
The carriage that rose with the child’s joyful cry quickly moved away from the ground.
And above the carriage, they were riding.
The demon whose unique ability was flight stopped driving the carriage and looked back at Naberus.
“But how did you convince him? He said he would follow you as soon as he saw your face?”
Naberus sat on the carriage and enjoyed the wind, and the demons uttered words they had never said in their lives.
“So I told you to be good, right? I’ll come back.”
“???”
The demons gaped in amazement.
***
The carriage carrying Nike and Reese arrived at the central temple in no time.
The carriage flew so fast to the central temple that almost everyone living along the carriage’s path saw it.
With a loud noise cutting through the wind.
Of course, there was a defensive spell inside the carriage, so Rhys and Nik did not get into an accident.
“You’re here?”
The one who greeted them was Ronove. He looked surprised to see Naberus arrive faster than expected.
“I’ll take you this way.”
Ronove gestured to Nike and Reese, who were looking around as they got off the carriage.
“Central Shrine...”
Ronove didn’t forget to give Nike an angelic expression as he looked at him, who was moved.
“I heard that you really wanted to come to the Central Shrine.”
He was such a devout believer. Nike nodded vigorously at those words.
“Of course, yes. But it was too far away, so I never had the chance to come. I really wanted to come here on a pilgrimage someday, but...”
He gave Reese a sad look for a moment.
“We had an accident, so we couldn’t come.”
Ronove said with regret. Nike nodded at those words.
“Yes. But it’s such an honor to be able to come with Reese.”
“We’re the ones who are fortunate to be able to invite you.”
Among the demons, such conversations were called pretense or pretense. And some demons couldn’t stand it, saying that they were disgusted by it.
But Ronove, like the devil who plays the role of a professional butler, continued the dialogue for over a minute.
“If it’s okay, would you like to go see our master right away?”
Ronove asked as he entered the central temple building.
For now, they must quickly demonstrate his abilities to the Grand Duke.
So that he can do what he wants.
Nick nodded at those words.
“Yes. If the priest says so, how can I not?”
Priest? Is that me?
Ronove stumbled for a moment at the sacred title he had never heard before.
But he soon recovered his steps and took the lead.
“Since when have you been here, priest?”
“Do you personally assist the Saintess?”
He diligently asked questions that clearly showed his belief that he was a priest.
“Your Highness, we have arrived.”
And soon, three people arrived at Beryl’s bedroom door.
“Come in.”
Belled’s answer came back half a beat faster than usual. As if it represented his impatience.
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