Chapter 159 – Banquet
When I opened my eyes, the unknown ceiling…
‘Temple?’
Fortunately, it was a known ceiling. This is the ceiling I saw when I lay down after being hit by a dagger while sweeping the slums.
I got up and looked around. Dark room. The elderly or people with splints on their legs are lying on several beds.
It looks like a hospital room in a temple…
‘Why am I here?’
I had my doubts, but I have to get out of here first. I cautiously left the room so the other patients wouldn’t wake up.
The hallway bathed in moonlight was both brilliant and eerie.
“Is anyone there?”
Even though it is a fairly large temple, I did not feel the presence of people nearby. Am I not feeling it? I turned on ‘Wolf’s Pact’ for a while.
– Ha ha!
A gentle woman’s voice.
It was the voice a woman makes when doing something sexual. Someone is having a good time. I pretended not to hear and went on my way when I remembered that this place was a temple.
Doing such lewd things in a holy temple. Suddenly, curious about the faces of the crazy couple, they moved in the direction from which they heard the sound.
The more I followed the sound, the closer I got to the depths of the temple.
‘Do you do this inside? What kind of bullshit…’
As I admired the couple’s boldness, I arrived at the epicenter of the groans.
The center of the temple, a confession room embedded in the corner of the prayer room.
The groans came from there.
– I’m sorry..! Tongue, brother… Haha…
…I must have misunderstood something. The owner of the moaning sound was not a couple with swollen liver. Judging from the use of the word ‘brother’…
“Who is there?”
Sister Nella’s voice came from behind.
I hurriedly ducked and hid under a chair in the prayer room. The reaction was a little late because I was in an absurd situation.
“…Are you there?”
Fortunately, I don’t think he saw me.
Again and again.
Footsteps approach I crouched down and turned to the other side of the footsteps. It was dark inside the prayer room, and I didn’t make any noise, so I should be able to get out without being noticed.
I was so close to the entrance to the prayer room that I was on the verge of getting out.
“Holy Light.”
A bright light bloomed and illuminated the inside of the prayer room.
‘Damn it, the shadow!’
The prayer room was dark without a single light, so the shadow moved without thinking. I never thought I would suddenly create a light source.
I quickly tucked myself under the long chair.
Did you see
No, the shadow appeared in an instant. I couldn’t have found it in that short gap…
“I found it.”
You saw it.
It seems that he kept looking around the prayer room with a puzzled mind.
When I was judged to have been caught, a conflict arose in my heart as well.
‘Should I confess or run away?’
Confessing is a worry because the other person is Sister Nella. Because she always treated me and others with a wry smile.
Even if I go out now, I’m sure he’ll face me with a slightly troubled smile.
“Come out immediately. Rat.”
…I will take back what I just said.
If she goes out now, she may have a life and death relationship with her. When I hear that cool voice, that’s all I can think of.
Fortunately, the distance between me and the entrance to the prayer room is close. A distance that is only a few steps away. I jumped out of her chair and rolled over so she couldn’t see my face in her.
When I reached the entrance, I jumped up and ran down the hallway.
“Obviously… Ah! Stand there!”
Sister Nella followed up belatedly. But she was already late. I was running after strengthening my body with mana, and I had already fallen to the side at the fork in the road.
Even if she came running, she wouldn’t be able to find me.
‘I’ll have to turn around and leave.’
If I had left first, I would have already gotten out of the temple. I just wasted my time because of useless curiosity.
Daughter and daughter.
The bell rings in the hallway. The sound came from the direction I had been running, that is, from Sister Nella.
“Emergency! Emergency! Wake up, sisters!”
A bell rang through the hallway. Nuns began to appear from all over the temple, and I hid behind a large pillar.
“What, what’s going on…?”
The blue-haired nun asked, rubbing her sleepy eyes. She is one of the nuns who suffered together in a village invaded by former cultists.
I don’t remember her name.
Into the blue-haired nun’s ear, Sister Nella whispered something. Her eyes, which had been half-closed in her sleep, gradually opened wide, and at the end they were round and trembled.
“What are you doing?”
Other nuns flocked to the two nuns. The blue-haired nun opened her quivering mouth.
“Step 3…”
“Yes?”
“Attention level 3. Lock the temple door immediately!”
The other nuns were also taken aback.
“If it’s step 3…”
“That guess is correct.”
Sister Nella nodded her head, and the other nuns looked at each other…
“Door! Close the door!”
Screamed and ran away.
“The entrance to the temple is already sealed. Close all the windows!”
“A few wait on the wall! It might show up there!”
“I couldn’t see it closely, but it was definitely a strong physique! It is most likely a young male.”
“You can never let it go. If you find it, catch it and bring it to me. I will erase your memory myself.”
The quiet temple suddenly became noisy. The nuns tore apart and ran through the halls.
I wonder if this is something to do this far, but considering the temple’s status, it’s worth it.
A shrine where a nun masturbates in her confessional room.
Even if it’s a rumor, it’s over. At least within Kalita, the image of this temple will be thrown into the abyss.
‘It must be a little too much for me to go out right now, right?’
The nuns were walking around with their eyes wide open while using light source magic. If you get caught, it will be very annoying.
There was no need to take that risk.
I went back to the hospital room behind the nuns and lay down on the bed.
The next morning, I walked through the main gate of the temple past the stern-faced nuns.
* * *
“Your body is fine, right?”
“Are you okay.”
“Brother, can I have something hot? Shouldn’t it be eaten chilled?”
“Because it’s okay.”
I stirred my hand and ate a spoonful of soup. A warm feeling of fullness was felt in the mouth.
“Are you really okay?”
Kara asked again with her anxious eyes.
“Because it’s okay.”
I don’t know how many times I have to ask. I wonder why my worries are so severe today… Even when I returned to the inn early in the morning, I was confused about whether I should rest more or take a rest.
‘I was just drunk with the paralysis poison, and even had to be hospitalized at the temple.’
In any case, Yunnan is severe.
“I’m really fine, so have a meal. The soup will cool down.”
When I said it with a frown, I turned my gaze to the soup as if it was nothing special. While eating the soup, he glanced at me.
Frustrated, he sighed.
Both of their shoulders trembled.
‘Really, why are you doing that…’
It looks like he has something to say, but he’s just hesitating.
I don’t know. If I really want to say something, I’ll figure it out later.
After finishing my meal, I opened the status window and clicked on the white poison needle.
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〈 white venom stinger 〉
Increases the user’s poison resistance.
The more poison you consume, the more your resistance to that poison increases.
40% base poison resistance
[Ingested Poison]
-Kobold Paralysis Poison 〈20%〉
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My resistance to the paralysis poison I ate yesterday has increased.
‘20%… But how is this calculated?’
First of all, I have 40% basic poison resistance and 20% additional resistance to ingested poison. Then, how is the resistance calculated when I consume the Kobold paralysis poison?
60% by combining 40% and 20%?
First subtract 40%, then subtract 20%?
Or subtract 20% first and then subtract 40%.
I guess I’ll have to experiment with that later.
There are more important things than that now.
I turned off the status window and focused my energy towards Danjeon. Among the dull venom, there was a peculiar guy alone. It was a smaller energy than other miasma, but I could tell that it was the paralysis poison I ate yesterday.
‘If I spread this energy, yesterday’s paralysis poison will come out in my blood, right?’
I was about to try blood poisoning, but gave up. They have not yet developed immunity to this poison. If I shed blood now, would it only add to my collapse?
I finished my thoughts and decided to order one more soup.
* * *
Seris gnawed at the soup. She was in no mood to eat anything. She glanced at her meteor, only rolling her pupils.
How surprised I was to see him when I was about to head to the temple early in the morning.
I was worried that maybe I was stubborn and came back when I was not feeling well. But when I see her body moving, it doesn’t seem like that again.
‘That’s fortunate…’
Sister Nella explained that Meteor’s poison was not dangerous. If she was going to use it for suicide, she said she picked the wrong one. Poison that can kill a person in the first place is not available on the market, she says.
Celis was deeply grateful for that fact, and wondered why Yoosung acted like that.
There is only one reason I can guess.
‘Is it because of my pout?’
Didn’t even look at my face and didn’t speak?
What if that’s true Various emotions swirled in Celis’ mind.
Her joy as she realized the depth of his love and her anger that he had tried to commit suicide for just that reason.
Of course, the latter was stronger.
But she couldn’t open her mouth to reprimand him. Right now, his heart is like glass on the verge of breaking.
‘Oh, I see.’
It was only after thinking that far that Seris realized.
‘Even before I got angry, my heart was at its limit…’
Contrary to the seemingly normal appearance.
Hagishi I’ve been in danger of dying several times, but it’s strange if it’s normal.
In such a situation, even her, the only resting place of her heart, turned her back…
‘Ah…’
Guilt stabbed Seris in the chest. To think that he didn’t notice his messed up inside, and instead of caring for him, he only stuck a dagger at her.
Wife is disqualified
Seris’s head went down helplessly. A large chest covering part of her table caught her eye.
‘…What if the outer breasts are big? My inner chest is small…’
She regretted and reflected on herself for focusing only on outward beauty.
From now on, the size of her heart has increased so that Yooseong can embrace her whenever she is having a hard time…
“Hey! When are you going to tell me?”
As Cerys was doing her self-reflection, she pressed Ariel as if she couldn’t take it anymore.
Seris was shocked.
I was so shocked that I couldn’t speak, I just kept my mouth shut.
‘Ah, ah, ah, Ariel..!? What are you doing?!’
You shouldn’t provoke him like that now!
Cerys turned her trembling eyes to stare at her meteor. However, Yooseong unexpectedly replied as if nothing was wrong.
“Ok? Tell me what?”
“Don’t pretend. That you tried to commit suicide by poisoning yourself. What were you thinking? At least I could have died too! If you’re going to kill yourself, undo the contract with me!”
“What? Suicide?”
Yooseong tilted her head as if she was talking nonsense.
“Why am I committing suicide? After whining and rubbing her thighs every night, did you eventually give up on your sexual desire?”
At Yoosung’s words, Celis and Kara looked at Ariel with a ‘Wow…’ Expression.
Ariel’s face turned red.
“Everyone, shut up! Don’t divert your words! What I said is what you were down on yesterday. Why did you eat the poison and collapse!”
“Oh, are you talking about that? I wrote that in a letter… Oh, that’s right. I passed out while writing.”
Yooseong smiled bitterly as if he had just remembered it.
He then crossed his arms and nodded her head.
“Somehow, when I opened my eyes, it was a temple. It could be if you misunderstood.”
Misunderstanding?
What misunderstanding?
Seris’s head tilted. She was neither Kara nor Ariel. Yooseong opened his mouth while receiving the questioning gazes of the three people.
“I learned martial arts related to poison yesterday when you guys were gone. It’s a martial art that contains poison in the danteon and sheds it with blood when necessary, but to use it, you need to eat poison first? So I learned one thing that gives me resistance to poison, and I ate the weakest of the poisons. It wasn’t a dangerous poison. It’s a paralysis poison, but it’s the cheapest among them…”
Yuseong, who continued to explain, shut her mouth. He turned his head and began to look at her eyes.
Kara’s face, looking at him, seemed to have a demon dwelling in it.
Cerris wondered what kind of expression she would have, but she seemed to be no different from Kara.
Pudeuk.
The spoon in Seris’ hand split in half.
“Oh.”
Yooseong prepared to run.
* * *
Corner of the town square.
I was out of breath there.
‘I never thought I’d have two chases in one day…’
At least it was better in the temple. It was night and all I had to do was sneak into bed and sleep. However, being chased by Seris and Kara just now was on a different level.
Because I felt the will to kill you and die in your eyes.
How long will it take for that anger to subside?
He let out a long sigh.
“It’s my fault.”
Looking at the circumstances, it seems that Seris and Kara misunderstood that I tried to commit suicide by drinking poison. Don’t even get angry.
If I were in their shoes, I’d be very angry.
I should have written the letter first…
It’s too late to regret it now. It was a time when I was deeply concerned about how to resolve their anger.
“Ah, you are here. I was looking for you.”
A man in shabby clothes approached me.
He said as he rummaged through the bag slung over his shoulder.
“You’re Yuseong Han from the Kalita branch of the Adventurer’s Guild, right? You participated in the last Yeongji War.”
“That’s right, but…”
“Here, they came down from the castle.”
The man handed over the envelope. It was sealed with red candle wax engraved with family patterns. He opened the envelope and checked the letter inside.
‘Banquet invitation?’
