Chapter 134 – 134. Infighter Priest (2)
“Sooner or later, there will be an election of a new bishop for the Pernin branch, so please deliver it like that. If you have any complaints, tell them to come find me. Got a problem?”
“Not at all. Archbishop.”
“If there is a high-ranking official who does not show up in the temple despite this commotion, it must be because he did not come to work at all, or he did not come down with an excuse when he heard that I had come, or he was a fool like that. I know that because I will take care of all those things later.”
“Yes.”
The paladin’s attitude of getting down on one knee and bowing his head is a completely different attitude from the one before when he pointed his sword at Agies.
As if he was serving a saint, his reverent attitude and short answers were like a model of a faithful paladin.
It was something that Eleanor could not understand how the paladin, who had succumbed to one-sided violence after being beaten up until now, had become obsessed with Agies.
“Now, I’m done with what I have to say, and if you have nothing else to say, go away. I think I need to talk to a friend of mine whom I haven’t seen in a while.”
“I will follow the orders of the Archbishop.”
“… And with this money, change the armor a bit, it’s a bit like that because it was done with my attack.”
“No! This armor that was hit by the archbishop’s punch is my heirloom for the rest of my life…”
“Oh, I don’t care if you keep it as an heirloom or not, but buy a new one and wear it! Are you going to disgrace the Temple of Vesta while wearing that dented armor? Change now!”
“Ah, I see…”
The paladin made a sullen expression at Agies’ frowning and annoyed attitude.
“What is your name?”
“Arden, this is Arden Verse.”
“Hmm, good. Ardennes. I’ll remember your name.”
“Thank you!”
Seeing that the paladin’s face, which had become sullen at Agies’ words, brightened up again at Agies’ words, Eleanor put on an expression of absurdity.
It was as if he were looking at a large dog with an expression that would shake it vigorously if it had a tail.
“Arden… You like…”
Confirming the disposition of one of the few male connections Eleanor had, having entered Aither in the same grade as hers and graduating at the same time, Eleanor looked on with a slightly weary look.
Arden rather had a satisfied look on Eleanor.
“Miss Eleanor. I feel like I met a real priest today.”
“Oh, yes…”
Eleanor, who did not want to be involved in that sentiment, formed a mental distance with Arden by mixing her honorifics, but Arden did not care at all and only looked at Anes.
“It’s okay. Go now.”
“Yes. Archbishop. If you need any help, please let me know at any time. I’ll put everything aside and come running right away.”
“Okay. Okay.”
“Then.”
He lowered his head and walked to the doorless exit, not giving Arden a glance as he left the bishop’s office.
“Hmm, you really survived. This?”
“You may not believe it, but it is real.”
She points her finger at her Eun-hyeon and asks Leo De, she gets his confirmation and she starts to look at her Eun-hyeon again.
“A body with blood or flesh is clearly a living human body, so it is not undead… That’s interesting. Really.”
Receiving Agnes’ gaze, Eunhyeon laughed bitterly and muttered,
“This is it. I haven’t seen you in a long time, it’s too much.”
“It’s because you only showed the parts that don’t look too human. Oh, it’s a compliment, so don’t worry about it.”
“Rather than that, Illyana will wait outside the temple, so let’s move quickly.”
“That’s right. Let’s move from our seats.”
At Eunhyeon’s suggestion, the party nodded their heads obediently.
When Eunhyeon and the others, who had been focusing on the attention of many temple people, came out of the temple, they encountered Illyana waiting outside.
“What were you doing? The whole building was shaking.”
“The inside of the temple is so shitty, so I came here after giving them some education. So? Where are we going to talk?”
“Let me go to my house.”
“Come to think of it, I heard the news and couldn’t even attend your wedding. Sorry. And, belatedly, I wanted to say congratulations.”
“Does not matter. Seongguk must have been busy too.”
“Ah, then I’ll stop by the house for a while and then go.”
On the way to his mansion, with Rio de as the lead, Illyana sent her intention to leave as if she had suddenly remembered her business.
“What is going on?”
“No, just… There is something I want to give to Theresia.”
“… A gift?”
Illyana’s strange tone of voice made Liod slightly frown and asked back.
Recently, from the moment he heard through Eunhyun that it was Theresia who encouraged Illyana, Riod became conscious of the fact that her wife, Theresia, and Illyana had frequent private meetings.
It was not very pleasing not only to Liode, but also to Eun-hyeon, for the two women to have such a private meeting.
“I’ll just pack a ‘gift’ for a moment, and I’ll go straight to your house.”
“… I get it.”
Leo was very concerned about what gift he was going to give, but he didn’t bother to ask about things between his wives.
‘Are you really going to give me that? It’s X… I’m really sorry about something Riod…’
On the other hand, since Eun-hyeon couldn’t hide his nervous expression, Riod asked her Eun-hyeon.
“Do you know what gift Illyana is trying to give to Theresia?”
“… Uh.”
“What the hell is it?”
“I can’t speak.”
“… Why?”
“I like not knowing. No, you’ll find out someday… The Marquis will take care of it. It’s not dangerous or anything like that. Don’t worry too much.”
“… I know that Illyana is trying to give a gift purely as a favor. Let me know that for now.”
“Okay.”
Unable to confess the fact that ‘my husband and I gave her wife a masturbation tool as a gift’, Eun-hyeon sighed as she tried to cover it up.
“Then I shall try to bring Alex and the Duke.”
“Father?”
“Shouldn’t we report that the news of the princess’ marriage meeting has also been completely cancelled? Besides, as we have to discuss future matters, it is more efficient to just put them together in one place.”
“Then I’d rather go to our mansion…”
“I already put a flue on the duke. As soon as he finishes his duties, he will come to my mansion with the Duke, so there is no need to go.”
“Oh yeah? Okay.”
“Why wasn’t I the only one who didn’t know?”
“I forgot. Sorry.”
“You, really… I forgot something else!”
“Ah, sorry.”
Seeing Eunhyeon start talking to Liod after replying nonchalantly, Eleanor gnashed her teeth in anger and glared at the back of his head.
“Hmm?”
“Archbishop? Why?”
When Anies, who was following the two men silently listening to the conversation, made an interesting noise, Eleanor, who was walking with them, asked.
“No, that guy. Now you seem to have more time than you thought.”
“Spare… ? Is that man talking? Isn’t that person usually like that?”
“No, what… I can’t really put it into words, but I have to say that I had an obsession with something, because I always seemed to be obsessed with something. But now it looks like everything has been put down.”
“…”
“Well, if you live without knowing the heart of the woman closest to you, and now you see that you have a heart to marry, you might have come back to life and had a change of heart. And… The density of the god’s power inside your body is higher than before.”
“Divinity…”
When Eleanor blocked the dragon’s breath, she remembered the time when she felt a different level of power, similar to her divine power, that enveloped him.
“The Archbishop… Do you think it is possible for a person to die and come back to life?”
“I don’t know. Still, maybe it’s possible? Hey, that guy has come back to life too.”
It wasn’t long before he found out that Eunhyeon died and recently came back to life.
If it had been Eleanor before, she would have denied such a thing, saying that it was nonsense, but looking at the reactions of the heroes who went through the Great War with the ‘power of God’ that Eun-hyeon had in her body, I think it is an undeniable fact that Eun-hyeon experienced death once. Did.
“There is something he always says. ‘There is nothing impossible in this world. Only things that can happen happen. Don’t assume that if you can’t do it, others won’t be able to either.’ To be honest, from the point of view of others, not only him, but also I and Illyana, whose physical time has stopped, are impossible beings.”
“…”
“I mean, when I was young, I was chosen by the goddess Vesta and accepted the enormous divine power into my body. That’s when I was 16. Since then, my body has been in this state.”
For some reason, Eun-hyeon is not aging.
Illyana inherited her witch’s blood, and the tremendous magical powers in her body stopped aging in her body.
Agies obtained the strongest body based on enormous divine power, and obtained the power to tear beasts apart with bare hands, but in return, the growth of the body stopped.
The current Agnes’ body was the same as when she was 16 years old, and she was a very small girl even among girls of that age.
“There is nothing in this world that is absolutely impossible because it is impossible for me… I think I know what you mean.”
The same goes for a woman named Medea.
By slaughtering many humans with her human body, she extorted a vast amount of her energy and lived a near-eternal life, eventually cursing her own soul and using her own power to destroy herself. The concept of ‘death’ attached to the body was removed.
Impossible, impossible, impossible.
Many people talk about such things, but there were beings who broke down such contradictions and existed for granted.
Staring slowly at the back of the man with silvery white hair who broke his common sense, Eleanor quietly followed.
“Welcome. I was waiting.”
As soon as they entered the marquise’s mansion, many attendants and maids lined up to make a path, and Theresia, standing in the center, greeted the visiting guests with a courteous greeting, boasting the elegant appearance of a noblewoman.
“Wow, wow…”
After receiving Theresia’s polite greeting, Anies opened his mouth wide and slapped his bruises.
She tried to grab him by the collar, but the huge difference in height between the two prevented her from doing so, so she had to content herself with pulling the sleeve of her arm.
“Hey! Where did you meet such a girl? You are so pretty!”
“Don’t make frivolous comments about her other person’s wife.”
“Under! I don’t have a clue. Seriously, Eun-Hyeon said that he was marrying Illyana, and there are only very nice men and women, so I’m going to die, really?”
“Huh, thank you for the compliment. Every time I meet his friends, it’s always a new feeling. You are a very lively person this time. All four of them have very strong personalities, so it’s just amazing.”
“Surely…”
Eleanor, who had been quietly listening to Theresia behind her, gave her a small nod of her head and agreed.
“The rich people of Armitas have already arrived. I’m going to treat you to dinner first, so please go upstairs.”
“Right. Let’s go right up.”
Ugh
“Theresia, I’m here.”
“Oh my, sister. You are here.”
“… Sister?”
“What?”
The two men stood tall at the title of Theresia’s ‘sister’ calling Illyana, who appeared inside the Marquis’s mansion through a teleport.
Riod’s gaze naturally moved to the box in her Illyana’s arms.
“Is that a ‘gift’?”
“You go up fast. This is something women should share.”
“With women?”
Anyes showed interest in Illyana’s remarks and listened to her.
“… Leo, let’s go up.”
“… I get it.”
Sensing her situation, Eun-hyeon hurriedly moved her steps to her dining room, prompting Liode to return to her work. Instructed.
In the large hall, Illyana, Theresia, and Anies, who were interested, were the only men, and Theresia accepted the box given by Illyana.
Gulp, swallowing her saliva and checking the contents of her box, Theresia put on a dazed expression for a moment.
“Oh my goodness…”
She immediately blushed and let out a delighted voice.
“Hey, what is this… ?”
Anies, who checked the contents of the gift Illyana had brought, also asked back with a surprised expression.
“It’s such a shameful and vulgar look. Whoops.”
Even as I say that, the desire to try this one day begins to rise.