Chapter 125 – The Incubus Wizard Conquers the Church
‘Is he dead?’
I approached the fallen Jake to see if he was alive.
In case you didn’t know, the wave that was still being controlled was still maintained.
Surrounded by rolling waves, I traced Jake’s pulse.
Fortunately or unfortunately, Jake was still breathing.
Not only that, he was vaguely conscious, but he looked at me with a terrified expression.
“Cool! Don’t, wizard… Save me.”
“You tried to kill me, but why do I have to save you?”
“I will never touch you or Kate again.”
Jake begged me to spare his life.
I tried to scare him for a moment, but I had no intention of killing Jake.
If you make one promise.
“Leave Joensuu and go to another church branch. I will spare you if you promise not to interfere with us and never return to this city for the rest of your life. Swear by your god.”
Swearing in the name of God to nuns and paladins is like making a promise that will never be broken.
It is said that if a cleric breaks the promise he swore to Baldur, he will receive a punishment close to death at that moment.
It wasn’t my words, it was information from Kate.
It would be better to deal with it this way than to get blood on your hands needlessly.
Jake nodded frantically at him as he spat the water out of his mouth and nose.
“Kuluk! Got it! I swear to Baldur! I, Jake, will never harm Luke the Wizard and his companions again, and I swear to leave Joensu.”
So I made a pact with Jake and let him go.
Of course, the waves of magic flowing around her body hadn’t gotten rid of yet. I was going to keep it until I took Kate out of church.
After seeing the day I defeated the paladin, I was wary of the church members becoming angry and causing a riot.
“Ah, is the duel over?”
“What the hell are those waves? Is that magic too?”
“The wizard defeated the mad paladin!”
But soon, when the church members returned to church, I realized that my worries were unfounded.
Not only that, but the church members were looking at me with friendly eyes.
I thought about it for a while, but I quickly came up with an answer.
‘I protected the church members.’
Several times the lives of church members almost flew because of the rampaging paladin. Among them were a few old church members who looked quite authoritative. Seeing my attitude of trying to protect people’s lives even in the middle of a duel, he must have developed goodwill.
It was ironic.
To think that an incubus, treated as evil, could conversely save church members from Paladins.
It’s a little weird when I think about it, but whatever.
Anyway, I defeated a paladin who dared to steal my lover, so that’s it.
“Dongma niiiiim-!”
“Kate.”
Kate, who had been forcibly taken away by the nuns, returned to the church and immediately cried and threw her into my arms. Her tears flowed so much that my clothes were damp.
“I’m glad he’s alive! I thought the dreamer was dead when he was taken and evacuated out of the church. If he’s injured, show him quickly.”
“I’ve hurt my arm, my neck and here and there.”
During the chase with the Paladin, he had minor wounds here and there.
As I showed her the injured area, Kate instantly healed her wound with her healing spell.
The moment the divine light wrapped around my body, the wounds on my body quickly healed.
“So what are these waves? Is this a new magic that Dreamma-nim learned?”
When the wound healed and I was able to breathe a little, Kate looked at the magic waves rolling around me.
“Are you asking that now?”
“Healing the dreamer is the priority! Isn’t it?”
It would be frightening when waves hit the dry land, but Kate treated me first without asking or questioning. It made me feel good that she felt some affection for me.
“Liquid ring. It’s magic that manipulates a fluid like water into waves. It’s shape is fixed as a wave, but its power is much stronger than the water magic I’ve used so far.”
“Hmm. You mean you defeated Paladin Jake with a wave. If it’s Jake, he’s a paladin that’s among the strongest in our Yoensuu branch. It’s very surprising that you defeated such a person.”
Kate’s gaze fell on Jake, who was lying on her ground, drenched.
Jake was lying on the ground, unable to get up, as if he had no energy to move.
Up to this point, I thought it was all over.
But after a while, something unexpected happened.
“Quack. Quack.”
Jake, who had fallen to the floor, stretched out his hand toward the sky.
At first, I thought it was just a meaningless hand gesture. After hearing Kate’s words, I realized what those hand gestures meant.
“That person is trying to pray to Baldur.”
“Pray?”
“The hand gesture of raising the palm to the sky and bending the ring finger. That’s the pose that paladins do when they pray. Sometimes when a paladin prays, Lord Baldur bestows special powers on him.”
Gives you special powers.
Hearing those words, I had a somewhat foreboding feeling.
Soon after, Jake fell to the floor and began praying in a loud voice, wondering where his strength came from.
“Lord Baldur! Give me the strength to conquer love and defeat evil! If you give me a little rejuvenation, I won’t ask for anything more!”
What?
Conquering love and defeating evil?
Are you saying you’re trying to kill him right away after he saved you?
‘Perhaps evil is a word that refers to me.’
Surprisingly, while Jake pretended to admit his defeat, he was preparing to strike right away.
“I’ll just have to kill him.”
“Are you going to kill me? A paladin?”
“Yes.”
“It’s nice that it’s hot! Well, as a nun, I’ll do my best. I know a very high-ranking paladin. You can kill me.”
Unexpectedly, Kate seemed to have paladin connections.
I tried to suffocate Jake with a wave of magic without worrying.
But strangely, I didn’t have to use my hands.
‘An oath in the name of Baldur.’
Didn’t you say that if you break that oath, you will be punished?
That, too, is a punishment close to death. I witnessed with my own eyes the punishment I had only heard about.
“Uh, uhhh? Baldur? Baldur Niyi?”
Jake held his arms high in the air and his entire body dried up like a mummy. His plate armor shrunk and in an instant his face turned into that of a dying old man.
“Me, why is that person acting like that all of a sudden?”
To the bewildered Kate, I told her what had happened earlier.
“I made you swear an oath in the name of Baldur. Never touch me or you again and get out of this city. But I think it happened because I broke my oath right away.”
“Ba, you swore by Baldur’s name? Are you crazy?”
Kate looked at Jake, who was skinny and gaunt, with a grim expression. Kate nodded her head as she examined Jake, as if she had finally figured out what was going on with her.
“Paladins are the most special among Baldur’s followers. Even if you break your oath, Baldur may give you a light punishment and look after you. It’s a very low probability.”
“What are the odds?”
“One percent.”
It was absurd.
Are you saying you believed in a 1% chance and broke your oath and tried to kill him?
Even when reinforcing in an RPG game, 1% is a shit chance. I remember crying because I couldn’t break through 1% in any god game I enjoyed on Earth.
“Maybe he just wanted to commit suicide. That Paladin.”
“It could be so! Maybe he volunteered to ask Baldur to kill him because he felt ashamed of losing to an incubus. That person, Jake, had a little anger control disorder.”
“Now you’re healed. You’re dead, so there’s nothing to be angry about.”
Jake, who had rapidly aged, stopped breathing.
The mad paladin is dead and the church members aren’t against me, so I don’t have to make waves anymore. It was like dying from being drained of mana from earlier.
With a splash!
When I canceled the Liquid Ring spell, the waves lost their shape and became mere water, soaking the floor.
It was time to leave the church with Kate.
Just as I was about to tell Kate her story of her anniversary party on the roof of the inn today.
“I have something to tell you…”
Suddenly, someone cut me off and called me from somewhere.
A priest in a black robe walked out of the nave of the church and said to me.
“I have something to tell you, too. Could you spare me a moment, Horned Mage?”
Seeing the old priest come out of the parish without a word, Kate put on a startled expression.
“This is Father Franz. He is the one who presides over our Yoensuu branch. Among the nuns, we call him the boss.”
“Boss? What kind of gang is this?”
Kate’s remark about calling the bride boss was absurd, but she was right. In the Gwangmyeongseong Church, which is like a military organization, the priest was equivalent to a field officer in a certain sense.
‘It looks a bit scary because he’s wearing an eyepatch on one eye.’
Besides, Father Franz had one eye and his whole body was like a ballerina. Unknowingly, I lowered his head and said yes, bro! It means that there is force enough to want to do it.
“I’ve got a nice cup of tea inside too. Please come in.”
The head of the church asks in a polite tone, and he is willing to spare a moment.
But before going in, I had something to ask.
“I-I killed a paladin, is it okay? To be precise, I didn’t kill it, but somehow I made a half-tone. Then, Baldur-nim gave me the last shot.”
“It’s okay. Baldur’s will is absolute. The death of the young paladin must also be his will.”
“Okay.”
I followed Father Franz into the main hall of the church.
Kate didn’t even say anything to the priest, but he slammed next to me and came in together.
As we walked along the long corridor of the main hall, Father Franz spoke to me.
“Before I tell you the story, let me ask you a little question.”
“Yep.”
“Wizard with horns. What is your relationship with Miss Kate, the nun of our church?”
What’s my relationship with Kate?
I was ready to answer that question.
