## Chapter 928 – How Long Has It Been?
ㅡPa-tsu-tsu-tsu-tsut!!!
Extreme joy and happiness welled up within me.
I had a feeling something like this would happen…!
Elise was said to be on the elite track within the Order. Indeed, from a young age, she had been able to wield a considerable amount of divine power and combat skills.
It was only natural that Elise would come to gain experience in such a significant event!!!!
ㅡEliseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!
Before I knew it, I was roaring…!
My true friend, Divine Friend!!! Elise is my benefactor and friend!!! I have never forgotten Elise for a single moment!!!
Of course, I was also thinking about Kopson without fail.
ㅡPaaat!!!
At that moment, the red-haired nun turned towards me with a very swift motion.
“…!”
Her face was filled with surprise.
ㅡIt was Elise’s face.
“Eliseeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!”
ㅡShuuuuuung!!
Kicking off the ground with intense force, I shot my body towards Elise like a torpedo traversing the air.
How long has it been!!! It’s the first time since last winter when Captain Barkerel and I fought against the heretics and vile abominations!!!
That’s about when Ari bloomed.
I remember it exactly.
“It’s me! Long time no see, Elise!!! How long has it been!!!!”
“S, Saint-nim!!!”
Elise also recognized me.
ㅡKung.
At the same time, I landed precisely in front of Elise, snatched both of her wrists as if catching them, and spun her around like crazy.
ㅡHuuuuuuuuung!!
ㅡPing-geu-reu-reu-reu-reu!!
No inhuman centrifuge would spin like this. This was a kind of giant swing.
“Diviiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine!!!!”
“Ah! Aaaah!! W, wait! Saint-nim! Not here…! S, stop the excessive spinning, stop!!!!!”
Compared to Elise’s size, I was too huge, and the power I possessed was also transcendent. Elise had already had both feet off the ground for a while.
“Saint-niiiiiiiiiiiiim!!!”
“Diviiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine!!!!”
Elise’s face, as she was being spun around in my hands, was extremely red.
ㅡPaaat!
In an instant, Elise’s veil couldn’t withstand the rushing wind and air resistance and flew away.
“Veil! My veil flew away!!! Saint-nim, my veil flew away!”
ㅡNa-pul!
With that, Elise’s red hair, which reached down to her back, fluttered. It was definitely a bob that only reached her neck, but it seems she grew it out a bit.
Anyway, I couldn’t help but burst into laughter while looking at Elise’s face.
“Hahahahahaha!! Elise! The answer!! Where is the answer to our friendship!!”
“Th, that’s!! Saint-nim! Please stop spinning for a moment!!!”
“It’s an unstoppable rotation, de-jaa-aaaaaaat!!”
“Aaaah!!”
As expected of the shy Elise, she only made such noises while blushing, and the friend didn’t come out right away. Her eyes were already wide with surprise.
Are you embarrassed because there are religious people nearby!!! There’s no need to be!! Friendship is not something to be ashamed of!!! I can do it with confidence! That’s what friendship is!
ㅡSseu-eut!
I immediately increased the rotational force!!
“F…”
Then Elise opened her mouth as if she had made up her mind.
“Friend-euuuut!!!! Saint-nim! Divine Friend!!! Please calm down now!!! We’re not the only ones here!!!”
This satisfaction!!!!!!
“Alright!!!”
I immediately let go of Elise, and she immediately set foot on the ground, grabbed her head, and tidied her disheveled hair.
“S, Saint-nim, why are you here!!! No, more than that, such excessive spinning!!! Saint-nim, you really haven’t changed at all… Euhng?”
Elise, who was shouting something, looked at my face.
“Saint-nim, your height…!”
“Huh?!”
At that moment, I couldn’t help but be inhumanly surprised.
“Elise, you too, your height…!!!!”
I was so happy that I couldn’t see anything other than Elise’s face, but there was a rather big change in Elise’s appearance.
I rubbed my eyes for a moment and properly examined Elise’s changed appearance.
“…”
Elise’s height, which was similar to Winia’s, had increased by about 10cm.
To be exact, it would be about 165cm, she had grown a bit taller. Certainly, it had been a year since I last saw her, so she had no choice but to grow taller. Now that Elise is twenty years old, it’s natural for her to grow taller.
And her face, which seemed to have not lost its baby fat, had also become a little slimmer. Her expressionless eyes were still the same, though. Still, the fact that her bob, which used to reach her neck, now reached her back was a big change.
Just by growing her hair a little longer, her impression can change.
Above all, by becoming an adult, she seemed to have a more feminine charm.
Although she was hidden by the dark blue nun’s habit she always wears, the breastplate protecting her chest, the pauldrons, and the silver light armor including the greaves and gauntlets, she had a slender feel, perhaps because she had grown taller. It was even more noticeable because the belt revealed her waistline.
You’ve grown up, Elise…!!!
“You’ve gotten taller!!!”
Physique is directly related to combat power!!
By growing taller, her combat performance has increased!!!
“Y, you’ve gotten taller yourself, Saint-nim!!! And the power I felt in your forearms…! Have you become stronger!!!”
With her shy attitude gone, Elise shouted while looking at me as if she was excited.
Her face was filled with joy. It’s only natural, but it’s been a whole year since I last saw her, so I couldn’t help but be happy. Elise felt the same way as me. Happiness is a greater emotion than shyness.
“Yes!! While slaughtering evil beings, I have become stronger to an extent that I can’t even compare to before!! You felt it properly just now, right, Elise!! As I said in my letter, I have been diligently working hard!!!”
While grabbing Elise’s shoulders, I shouted confidently.
“Y, yes…! As expected…! As expected of Saint-nim!!”
Soon Elise shouted as if she was moved.
“Even after becoming a Paladin of the Brass Celestial Order, you have been pushing yourself and training!!! I’m relieved!!!!! You’ve been fighting heretics and demons!!! It’s exactly as the letter said!!!!”
“Eliseeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! I’m so glad to see youuuuuuu!!!”
I spat out the words as if squeezing my chest.
“I’m glad to see you too!!!!!!! Divine Friend!! Divine!!!!!”
“Friend!!!!!”
“I was very happy when I received your letter!!!”
“I was happy when I received your reply too!!!!”
As expected, Elise hadn’t changed. Just like I had, she had been living diligently while working hard as she had replied in her letter!!! She must have become stronger. Maybe she’ll become a senior nun soon.
“I’ve been waiting for the day we could reunite!!”
Elise shouted with a joyful face and high tension.
“Me too!!!”
I also answered happily.
ㅡIt was at that moment.
“By the way.”
Elise completely changed her expression and narrowed her pupils with wide eyes.
“Why did you only send one letter?”
What.
What did you say.
“Elise…?”
“I wish you had sent more… Could it be that Saint-nim had forgotten about me?”
For some reason, the light seemed to have disappeared from her eyes. The heightened tension instantly subsided, and an extremely heavy atmosphere descended.
“I have not forgotten Saint-nim for a single moment. But Saint-nim… When you sent me a letter, you forgot about me except for once.”
Th, this is a misunderstanding…!
I have never forgotten Elise! To be honest, I sometimes forget about Kopson, but I have never forgotten about Elise for a single moment!!!
“No! Elise! It’s a misunderstanding!! I’ve been very busy fighting evil beings! So I couldn’t help it!!! I wrote it in the letter! You know how hard I’ve been living!!!”
“But I don’t think you didn’t have time to write a letter.”
“Th, that’s…”
I kept thinking I should write, but I was too embarrassed to write…!
How did it come to this!!
“Saint-nim. Is this really Divine Friend?”
“Th, that is…”
“No.”
For a moment, Elise shook her head a few times, then tilted her head slightly and looked up at me.
“Isn’t this just Divine Stone Friend?”
“…!!”
I hated that word!!
It seemed that Elise was feeling resentment at the same time as feeling happy to see me. It’s only natural! I said I would write a lot of letters when I left, but I only sent one!
What should I do…!
“Then Elise, you!!!”
“…?”
I blurted out what suddenly came to my mind.
“Elise, why didn’t you send me any!!! How long have I been waiting!”
“Wh, what?!”
“I’m saying, why didn’t you send any!!!!”
“Th, that is…”
When I blamed her in reverse, Elise’s narrowed pupils were gradually returning to their original state. Come to think of it, Elise only sent me one reply, and she didn’t send any more separately!!!
As expected of Divine Friend!
Just like me!!!
“Elise…!”
“Wa, wait a moment, Saint-nim!! Don’t run wild!!”
Elise, who had completely returned to normal, reached out to me in embarrassment, but my whining was faster.
“Why didn’t you send anyyyyy!!!!!”
I stomped my feet intensely.
ㅡKung!!!!
With that, the ground shook for a moment, and dirt and gravel floated up. It was truly an amazing power. Of course. This was an inhuman tantrum containing the mysteries of the Heavenly Demon’s Advent, so it had no choice but to be extremely strong.
ㅡKwang!
“Eliseeeeeeeeeee!!! Whyyyyy!!!!!!”
“Ah, aah!! Saint-nim!! I was wrong!!! I was going to write, but I was too embarrassed to do so!!! Please forgive me! It’s my fault!!!”
“That’s not an excuse!!”
“Wait! Just wait a moment!! Still!!!”
ㅡSeu-reuk.
In an instant, Elise put her hand into her breastplate and took out a neatly folded piece of paper.
“I have always kept the letter that Saint-nim sent me!!!”
Looking at it, it was the letter I sent.
“You had it?”
“Of course! How could I neglect Divine Friend’s letter!! As it is the first letter that Saint-nim sent me, I have been keeping it very precious!!!”
“Elise…!”
How could I have such a misunderstanding…!
I took a deep breath.
Immediately, Elise pulled my shoulder.
“Calm down.”
“Ah.”
I got too excited.
I almost roared again.
“Yeah, I need to calm down… Euhm?”
“Ah.”
Anyway, when I came to my senses.
“…”
“…”
“…”
All the religious people around were looking at us.
“…”
A wonderful silence was descending.
It’s only natural. A huge, dark man suddenly flew in like a torpedo and started spinning a nun here while shouting at her.
If I had witnessed a similar scene, I would have shoved my fist into my mouth on the spot, collapsed, and denied reality while crying.
“…Paladin? Are you acquainted with that nun?”
Vice Commander Jaynant asked me with a very flustered face.
“Yes!!! She’s my close friend, and it’s been a long time since I’ve seen her, so I was too happy and shouted!!! I’m sorry for causing a commotion!!!”
I decided to be confident instead.
“Friendship with a believer of the Radiant Holy Cross Order!!! Very good!!!”
“That’s right!!!”
He patted my back, seemingly pleased.
“Listen up, everyone!!! Our Saintess has sent reinforcements! They say it’s a Paladin directly under the Saintess!!! He just arrived!!!”
Then he introduced me, and the holy knights slowly approached at those words.
“Saint-nim!!! Did you come as reinforcements!!!”
Elise, who was next to me, shouted.
“Y, yeah!”
“If monsters appear in the dungeon, I’ll be able to see Saint-nim’s strengthened appearance!!! I’m very excited!!!”
“Trust me then!!!”
At the same time, the Ascetic Crusaders of the Radiant Holy Cross Order also approached, shining red light in their eyes, and Claudia and Risha, who had been waiting in the back, also came closer.
“Hello? Long time no see?”
“Ah… It’s Claudia-nim. Nice to see you.”
“Hehehe, nice to see you too.”
Looking at this, I should greet Elise later. The holy knights’ eyes changed at the words “Paladin directly under the Saintess.”
And I think I should greet the Ascetic Crusaders who are looking at me over there. But looking at it, it seems that Arkio-ssi, whom I met during the Holy War, wasn’t there.
