Chapter 111 – Ep.7 – Khalid (1)
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The place we headed to was a small inn-like place where merchants and adventurers mingle together to rest for the day.
The inn was shabby but tidy,
She was rough but warm.
Like a place where many people stay together, it is designed so that all people can fit in one room together.
It felt like a hostel where I stayed while going back and forth to camp during my student days.
If anything else, would it be that there is no TV, no lights, and that it is built of wood instead of concrete?
Also, there was a peculiar smell from the inside.
At a glance, round things that seemed to be air fresheners were placed all over the room, and a scent somewhere between grass and soil emanated from them.
“I just put a potted plant or something… I’ve crushed it and put it in every nook and cranny.”
“It doesn’t smell that bad, does it?”
“It’s normal, well…”
The scent was very calming, but when I closed my eyes, it was so strong and clear that I felt that I was in a forest.
It is said that special measures were taken to remove the smell of previous users after cleaning the room. I was even a little taken aback by the unusual scent, but judging from the reactions of the other sisters, it seemed that it was considered a very ordinary and disgusting scent.
“Why are there flowers like that? It’s not a weed, it’s not pretty, it’s not fragrant.”
Riko grumbled as if blaming the flower. No, rather than blaming the flower, she seemed to ask God for an answer on behalf of the flower.
In fact, when I looked at the potted plant placed in one corner of the room, it was just two pale purple petals dangling awkwardly.
It was small and shabby.
“This isn’t the time to talk about flowers.”
Unknowingly, I cut Rico off.
There was also a reason that he was in a hurry to listen to Helen, but it seems that he opened his mouth out of pity for the flower.
Her hand, approaching with pity, had already touched the flower.
I touched the petals. The petals were neither soft nor smooth, but grew like coarse, stiff grass.
“Even a small flower has a meaning.”
Helen came slowly towards me and started talking.
The other sisters unpacked their bags, and I listened to her story while arranging the petals.
“A flower that blooms is beautiful even with that little determination. Some people don’t like the scent, some people don’t like the color… Everyone has their own way of looking at flowers, but who can speak bitterly about blooming flowers?” .”
“We’re not here to talk about flowers. Let’s get down to business, and tell us how you know Delrin’s powers.”
Neva cuts off Helen’s story of her flowers and throws off her armor one by one.
Her armor, disguised by the magic of her Chi-Chi, falls to the floor with a dull sound, revealing the immaculate flesh and black clothing hidden within it.
“What the hell are you?”
Like those clothes, her inner thoughts also come out. She can’t afford So right away she grabs my arm and pulls it away from Helen, she says.
“…Flowers don’t grow with water and sunlight alone. Flowers need kindness. If you give them such strength, they’ll fall apart…”
“It’s okay, talk. What are you, you bastard?
The other older sisters who put down their burdens also gather one by one.
“That’s right. You have to tell me. I can’t go with someone as suspicious as you.”
“I agree with you, too! My mother always told me not to trust people who always say difficult things!”
Helen takes one look at all of us.
Me sitting on the bed,
With the older sisters who came around and sat down together,
Ms. Eva listens to the story from a distance, as if on alert.
“Hmm…”
After looking at everyone like that, he pulls out a small creaky wooden chair and sits down quietly.
“If my little knowledge and secrets are helpful to you, I’d better tell you. Where do you want to start…”
She takes a few sips, holding her bottle in her hand, which was worn around her waist.
The smell of her strong alcohol can reach here, but she drinks it like water.
The drink that quenches her throat runs down her throat,
It stings my throat enough to mistake me for drinking it.
“Haa… Okay. First of all, let’s talk about the gods who are inseparable from our lives. Oh, and before that…”
Wink.
She looks at me, closes one of her eyes, and smiles broadly.
“I don’t want to miss this future, so please help me enjoy the present.”
All of us except Eva catch on to her intentions.
“…I think I can do it. It’s because I came inside Khalid.”
“I agree.”
“I’m helping you.”
“What are you doing? Am I the only one who doesn’t know? What are you talking about?”
Except for the always stupid Kaede, anyway, since all three agree, I shout save.
Hmm.
And to be honest, I’m not doing this just by listening to my older sisters.
Keeps on…
I think it would be good to hear from Helen.
Little intuition.
It’s just an intuition, but it’s a clear sense to pass it off as a simple intuition.
“Save.”
[Save point setting complete!]
Our future is fixed.
Now that we have overcome quite a few difficulties, we are here to welcome a new future.
And, before facing that future, he begins to listen to a slightly ominous nun… No, the archbishop.
She is beautiful but sinister,
She was ominous but warm,
It’s cozy, but it’s kind of creepy…
She was such a woman.
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In the beginning,
Gods begin to be born.
For the first time, two gods are born, and they sing as they treat each other as sisters.
Then the four gods are born, and they also regard each other as sisters and sing with the first two gods.
Then the six gods are born, and even they regard each other as sisters and sing with all the gods.
The reason why they were born is unknown, but they all have their own duties right after they are born.
The first two gods to be born create order in the world.
One of love and reconciliation,
One is mercy and forgiveness.
“…Aren’t they all the same?”
“I knew you’d say that. It’s completely different. It’s different…”
“No, Delrin. You’re a Seongguk person. Ever since, you’ve been going to the strange side…”
“That, that’s not it! I’m just saying what I’ve always thought of. Yes…”
Aletta, the god of blood and battle,
Penola, the god of light and mercy, roams the world scattering each other’s hearts.
They shape and breathe life.
That’s how it all begins.
“We call the story that originates from this main stem a myth. We all receive Fenola-sama’s protection, but the demon continent’s beings receive the protection of Aletta-sama.”
“But if you want to become a knight, don’t you pray to Aletta-sama as well?”
“They pray separately, but they don’t discriminate against beings. That’s why humans can pray to Aletta, and demons can pray to Fenola.”
“But isn’t that just a custom? No one really sees the blessings. I know that other gods grant real blessings. The magic that nuns like you use is not the ability of phenolic or something, but the healing power. God or whatever is helping.”
“That’s right. The gods who are sisters of the two of you often bestow strong blessings. But you have to understand. The two all-encompassing gods are incomparably benevolent. Instead, the two sister gods cherish the weak beings by giving them their own strength.”
Some difficult stories continue.
It seems that God really exists in this world.
Well, it’s strange to say that God doesn’t exist in the yard where a severed arm can be reattached if you pray.
“That, so. So? Keep talking.”
“First of all, you should know that what the gods want is unity. Fenola-sama and Aletta-sama too.”
“But why does the existence of the Demon King come out?”
“Why do humans fight?”
“Why are we heading to the Demon Continent?”
Helen approaches me slowly and asks.
“Uh…”
She shakes her head for a moment as she wants to answer.
I read a lot of things like Greek and Roman mythology when I was a kid.
Then why did those gods fight…
“Ze… Jealous, cheating, so…?”
Helen smiles brightly.
Her smile is benevolent
Unlike her bewitching mouth, the darkness of her dark eyes is quite burdensome, but rather, even those dark circles highlight her smile.
“That’s correct. Excellent.”
“Unfortunately, the world does not flow with only four things. It cannot embrace love, reconciliation, mercy, forgiveness, and everything that lives and breathes.”
“The age of the old gods has come to an end, and now the age has arrived when the new gods look down on all life and sing. From now on… You all know the story, right?”
What.
A story you know…?
I don’t know
“It’s a story of a great war.”
Neva says.
At the word great war, the other sisters also nodded.
“Great, great war… Aha. That…”
I think I’ve heard it somewhere before…
“Then, I’ll cut it short here. But what we need to know is that it was Fenola-sama who showed me the dream, and that Fenola-sama showed me the dream…”
“That means if we don’t solve it, they all die. No one is missing. All of them.”
To.
Fuck.
Can’t we just go back…?
Why are you so serious all of a sudden?
“You mean that you [Favorite] To take the side of the humans to handle the affairs of the Demon Continent?”
“You’re right. Just as Chichi said.”
Isn’t this a piece of cake?
You’re eating rice cakes!
“Why did you choose us?”
“Because it can’t be solved without us.”
Oh my head hurts…
“Wait. You haven’t answered the question yet. How do you know Delrin’s abilities?”
“It seems that Delrin’s ability and my faith resonate. I keep seeing strange images, but I just told you based on that.”
I’m dizzy…
“I don’t care about that! Send it back to Raftel quickly!”
“Eva, please stop and listen to your sister… I told you it’s dangerous to go there.”
“Be quiet! Unnie, don’t talk to me. Okay?! If you talk to me again, I really won’t let you go!”
Ha…
“Fuck again. Fuck in pairs.”
“Certainly those two are a bit strange.”
“Mr. Delrin.”
“…?”
“Since everyone is fighting, don’t you think we should postpone the story?”
Helen came up to me and whispered quietly.
“See you later. I have something to tell you.”
Her words smelled sweet.
Behind that sweetness, there was even a bitter scent of alcohol,
“…”
I nodded.
