Chapter 223 – 62. Reserve Platoon Training (3)
“Yulian-nim!”
A dark empty lot a little far from the barracks. There Lillia was hiding her body. She held my hand tightly
“As expected, I thought that if I conveyed my will to Erti-nim, Yulian-nim would come out. The two of us are connected by such a deep bond.”
“I thought so too.”
It was Erti who delivered the words. Only the two of us can communicate through that Erti. It was not wrong.
“So was Julian-nim! Lilia is happy…”
Soon, the dog-like face changed to an ecstatic expression. But then Lillia caught her breath and calmed down.
“Oh. Seeing Yulian-nim, I can’t calm my excitement… But tonight I should be calm.”
Come to think of it, Lilia’s atmosphere was a little different from her usual. She was serious, different from her usual smile.
‘And I changed her clothes too.’
She was wearing pure white, not the black nun’s uniform. Overall, it felt rough but pure.
She even wears a veil on her head, giving it a somewhat divine feel.
Lillia said holding her hand tightly to mine.
“Um… Julian-nim must be tired from today’s training. Sorry for calling you late at night. But tonight, what I have to do is important not only to me, but also to Yulian… So would you join me?”
I said yes. The dress made her guess what Lilia was going to do tonight.
‘Is it Jedin’s revelation?’
A divine priest with extremely high divine power. The priests occasionally received revelations from Jedin.
Although it is one level lower than an oracle that conveys the will of a god in a direct voice. Being able to accept God’s revelation with a human body like this was close to a miracle.
‘That’s why she was referred to as a pre-saint by Lilia.’
Jedin, the main god, is the god of light. So he seems to be wearing pure white clothes that symbolize the light. And for me, too, this revelation was important.
‘Because it’s the starting event for the heroine’s awakening.’
In addition to attacking the nest, the heroine’s cooperation is necessary to prevent future destruction.
Lilia is a major character enough to receive Jedin’s revelation, but she fails to become a saint.
‘Besides, the point at which the first revelation begins in Demon King’s Slaughter is much later than now.’
A revelation that began faster than the demon slaughter.
And if I could accompany this revelation and change it to an ‘oracle’, a level of wisdom one level higher than the revelation. Because Lilia’s awakening will be successful.
I warmly held Lilia’s hand, feeling uneasy somewhere.
As if Lilia was relieved by my body temperature, she quietly lowered her head. Her cheeks turned red Seeing that shy look, my heart was pounding without even realizing it, so I turned around.
“But how did you sneak out of the barracks? There must have been instructors and vigilantes.”
“She said she was going out for late-night prayers. It’s a bit like a privilege, but… Because the instructors know that I sometimes receive revelations from Jedin.”
I nodded. In fact, if she wanted to leave the barracks under the authority of her princess, no one would stop her. If there was a legitimate reason, there would have been no problem at all.
‘Although I sneaked out.’
Demon’s power. And through the fusion ceremony, she secretly moved her body to avoid vigilant surveillance.
For a moment, I remembered the reason for the night shift. The cadets are in full bloom of youth. At a glance, I heard from Fabian that there were all sorts of unusual things in this camp training.
‘I heard that it was a training camp filled with Jedin’s blessings where two people met and came out as three people.’
So, to prevent cadets secretly doing things late at night, a night watch was set up. Even so, Fabian was excited to do something.
‘But now they say that the vein of that long tradition has been cut off. I thought I’d try to reproduce it…’
He was sitting next to me, working hard on plans to sneak into the barracks for the rest of the students. Then, within 5 minutes, I fell asleep.
I, who was not Fabian, came out in the middle of the night. And just the two of them with his fiancée Lilia, they are walking down a dark road together.
‘It’s like the two of us are going to… Do something like that.’
A hill full of night. And you don’t have to walk quite far and look at other people’s notice. So no matter what the two of you do, no one will interfere.
Lilia also became quiet at some point. Instead, she was just silently blushing. As if Lillia was conscious of the subtle atmosphere, she spoke first.
“The training ground for this training… In the past, it was also used for camp prayers by divine priests. So now there is an abandoned church that is not in use near the training ground.”
In other words, it means that the place is the destination of the two people. It was said to be nearby, but it was in the hills from the beginning of the training ground.
To reach the church, the two of them had to walk quite a bit on the mountain road.
Still, she didn’t have to worry about getting lost, thanks to Lillia’s divine power illuminating her Holy Light. And even at night, it wasn’t particularly cold.
‘Because it’s spring right now.’
Rather, it strangely boils young blood. It felt like the pleasant smell of the night and the spring breeze tickling the tip of my nose.
Just in time, he was walking side by side with Lilia, a famous beauty in the Pantheon, holding her hand. Unbeknownst to me, infatuation welled up.
[Hmm. You, again, the blood is rushing to your cock. Right now, it’s like a pilgrimage to receive Jedin’s revelation. Do you even get an erection just by holding hands with a woman?]
[I didn’t get an erection. Erti. And be quiet. If you mess around with it one more time, I’ll mute it completely.]
[That, please! I’m sorry!!]
So, Erti, who was talking to her inside, covered her mouth. But Erti was not wrong.
She hadn’t had a deep connection with Lilia for quite some time.
So just by holding her hand. Because I had imagined her secret place without realizing it.
Besides, my stamina stat is 70. After awakening to the dragon heart, my blood boiled even more. There are a lot of beautiful beauties around you.
If it hadn’t been for Agnes’ Rosario. It was clear that my feelings for the heroines went beyond liking.
If so, I might have been lying in bed with them all day except when I was sleeping.
‘No. It has dreamy traits. I must have rolled around in my dreams.’
So silent, the two of them continued walking. Moments later, the two arrived at an abandoned church.
***
Lucia was walking on a mountain path late at night.
Although it is a remote mountain that no one will find. Beyond, the bright light of the Holy Light shone.
Lucia was secretly following the two people in front of them without being noticed.
‘I must be crazy… What the hell am I doing.’
The time was past midnight. All the cadets who performed well in today’s training fell asleep long ago. Cadets with bad grades had to stand watch tonight.
Lucia, of course, fell just below that cut-off line. That she, too, had to stand vigil. It was fortunate that I was not at the bottom, but at the beginning of the season, which had a good time slot.
‘Because of that woman… I was overdoing it. Damn it.’
It was. Chloe de Aitern. It was all because of her.
Although Lucia’s stamina was enough to rank high in today’s training. Chloe kept taunting Lucia during her training.
‘Oh. It seems that the combat cadet lacks more stamina than me. Do you smoke tips? Tsk. Count Julian hates people who don’t do their best.’
That’s how I kept talking to her during her strength training. And what kind of English is it? Even though Chloe is an alchemist, her stamina overflowed.
‘Perhaps it’s because of the drug’s effect.’
Anyway, that didn’t matter. The problem is that Chloe’s provocation kept her going. So, she worked harder than usual in training.
It wouldn’t have been a problem if Roia’s divine power was used to restore her health in the middle.
Unfortunately, most of Lucia’s divine spells were strengthening, not restorative. Spells that increase the power and speed of her sword.
As a result, at the end of training, her stamina was quickly exhausted, and she ended up in the lower ranks. She also lost to that Chloe.
‘That woman… Why is a woman with such a nasty character close to the Count?’
Although Lucia rarely dips her toes in the social world. She knew the rumors about her child, the Marquis of Terne, since she was also her baron.
Chloe had a very bad temper, as she had been told. To think that she was acquainted with her cultured and kind Julian. She couldn’t believe it at all.
‘Anyway, Count Julian has a warm heart… He can’t be cold-hearted towards that damn bitch who clings to him soggyly.’
And Chloe seems to have noticed her gaze toward Julian.
‘So he must have kept provoking me.’
It’s probably because Chloe also has feelings for Julian. He seemed to be holding himself back.
But she couldn’t understand the nasty nature of making enemies, as her Lucia.
‘She’s only a concubine if she does her best anyway!’
Although Lucia also longs for Julian. She knew her own fountain though. The Count already has a fiancée.
She is also the third princess of the empire. Unlike Chloe, her fiancée was the benevolent Grilia, who was famous not only for her looks but also for her beauty.
Although she couldn’t hide the feelings that had already grown inside her Lucia. She wasn’t as blatant as Chloe, though.
‘She gave her heart to Duke Pedro, who already has a wife of hers… She can’t be like her mother.’
She did so though she tried to get her mind back a few times. She couldn’t help it.
Rather, the fact that he easily succumbed to Chloe’s provocation was proof that he couldn’t keep his composure when thinking of Yulian.
And like this, following the two people enjoying a tryst late at night. It was all because of that woman, Chloe.
If only she hadn’t kept a vigil herself. If that was the case, she would never have witnessed Princess Lilia going somewhere late at night.
‘Even so… What the hell am I thinking…’
Of course, the person Princess Lilia secretly met was Yulian. And the appearance of two people holding hands side by side.
Lucia felt strange. No, she seemed a little choked up in her chest, feeling the pain.
‘I already know that Cecil and Eirin both like Count Julian. But…’
Still, Lilia was different. Officially, that too was authorized in the name of the Holy Empire. Fiances of the century. There was no way that her mere illegitimate child could fit into that solid gap.
‘And that doesn’t work either.’
Julian is the grand duke’s heir. So, even her status was perfectly suited to her princess, Lilia.
Of course, rumors had been circulating that the two were not on good terms, but…
Seeing the two of them so close, I knew very well that those words were nonsense. My heart ached again. Lucia paused her thoughts for a moment.
‘That’s it?’
Where the two finally arrived. Julian and Lilia opened the door of an old church and went inside. It was like a closed church.
‘It must be… A perfect place for a tryst.’
Lucia leaned her back against the church wall. And she inadvertently thought in her head what the two of them would share.
Julian’s solid body. Affectionate hand. And… To the evidence of the man who filled her insides. Oddly enough, he was different from himself with whom he inevitably intermingled.
Lilia spoke her sweet words of love in her whispers towards her. Hearing it directly from Yulian will reach an ecstatic climax.
The moment when you try to deny the jealousy that comes without your knowledge. A very strong light began to emanate from the chapel.
***
Lilia’s revelation has begun. No, it was an oracle beyond her revelation.
‘Did Erti… Siertia cause a synergistic effect?’
A church with two people. This place was the church of Medica, the god of medicine.
In the middle, Lilia is on her knees praying. And her intense divine power was spreading around her.
It was not the divine power of the 6 gods under his command. It was the same Jedin’s divine power that I took out during the school opening ceremony and the holy priestly ordination.
‘If the trust goes on like this. Lilia will be able to awaken as her saintess.’
It’s not like Agnes can instantly become a saint with just one oracle. An oracle that is not a revelation leaves a stigma on the target.
Proof that the stigma Jedin’s divine power can be used in the future. And it was a clear foreshadowing that she would become a saint of this era.
‘The ordeal of Roia…Was acquiring Siertia there the key to awakening the saintess?’
I think I know the reason why Lilia failed to awaken her saintess in the demon king’s life. Because no user had ever obtained Erti in Demon King’s Slaughter.
Right now, Erti was held in her Lilia’s hand. Erti also doesn’t reject Lilia. And when that intense divine light faded.
A new quest window has been activated.
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「Formal Cadet of the Divine Academy Pantheon」
* Main Quest 「Trial of the 6 Shrines」
: Clear the trials of each religious order to obtain clues to the truth of Pantheon Academy and resurrect the holy sword.
### Medica’s Trial (Tier 1)
: You have 「Prospective Saint’s Faith」. A Medica priest who has the qualifications of a saint has opened his body and mind to you. The trial quest is open.
* Pre-conditions
: 300GP / Pre-Saint’s Faith (Tier 1) / Rosario of Agnes
: All prerequisites have been met.
: Through quests, you can acquire divine power for the resurrection of the holy sword Siertia.
* Clear conditions
: Realize the truth about the birth of life through fellowship with prospective saints.
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Just like when you entered Roia’s trial before. The Trial of the 6 Temples quest has been opened. I paid attention to the clear condition of the notification window.
‘The truth about the birth of life?’
When thinking about the meaning of the explanation. After completing all the oracles, Lilia’s eyes met.
She gave me a strange smile that I had never seen before.