Chapter 147 – 147 – Florica, Accusation
“I take back what I said yesterday about how physically strong I was.”
Lennie blinked a few times. And he plunged his fingers deep into her hair and grabbed her, as if he had lost a stock.
“Are you a human?”
“Queuuuuuck.
Instead of human language, I responded with a groan like a stomped rat. My body buried in the bed cannot move. It’s not just because of the intense hangover feeling.
This is because her limbs are tightly intertwined with her companions. What on earth happened yesterday? Whatever it was, it seemed like it was worth hearing questions about humanity in the morning.
My colleagues started reminiscing first instead of me, who was too lazy to think about it. First of all, Eshen murmured right next to me.
“Hey, what did we do last night to be all tangled up in a hug?”
“Firstly, it’s because of the alcohol. That expensive alcohol you brought out, saying you found it in your mom’s storage room. What kind of alcohol is that strong?”
Morgan answered from my left, lying on his back on the bed. She received the words from Isil Rune, who had collapsed violently next to her.
“While the academy students were drunk and giggling as if they were on a trip to the mountain valley, Lenny came back much earlier than we thought. She grinned and asked how everyone was…”
I looked at Morgan’s back, which didn’t even have a bra strap on. Next, I saw Isilun’s lower body with his pants missing. It’s quite unsettling to see everyone naked.
A voice similar to Eshen’s but a little more husky is heard.
“You’re just lending your body to save someone’s life, but the perspective that there’s no need to stay up all night was refreshing. It was a way to turn the rest of you into promiscuous bitches with no self-control.”
I blinked a few times and then looked to my right. Garam, who was resting his head on Eshen’s stomach, was looking at me with a disheveled look.
“But when I heard that the night with the ‘porter’ was as uneventful as I thought, everyone acted as if their pride had been challenged. So I even grabbed you, who was meditating in the bathtub, and dragged you in to ask questions.” Lenny Astala said. “I’ve cried a lot. I wonder if that’s just bluff.”
…I feel like I vaguely remember it. At my bedside, Nidrogar laughed and continued.
“It was a bizarre scene. A bunch of drunks were yelling at sane people and forcing them to give the answers they wanted. And those types of drunks tend to want to pass on alcohol. We were all forced to sit down one by one and were told that Eshen had stolen it. “I had to drink that expensive drink.”
“And then, to gather witnesses, he barged into the dragons’ quarters and took me and my mother away. He got angry and asked if such a lukewarm response to that guy was warranted.”
I was startled and looked down at the bed. Skate, the water dragon sprawled out on the blanket, speaks in a groaning voice. Her mother, Eos Tre, touched her forehead as if she was tingling, and smiled as she stroked her daughter’s head.
“So, I said that we need opinions from people who have not experienced it, not just those with experience who are sure to unconditionally agree.”
“I think the owner was right. It was the best.”
I don’t know who that last voice is.
When she slowly lifted her head, she saw a woman she had never seen before, lying next to the water dragon mother and daughter. She looked at me with her hands folded shyly.
“···Who are you?”
“I am Grand Duchess Skate’s maid. They said they need a third-party woman to make the decision…”
“···Nice to see you?”
“I heard the same greeting yesterday… But you were really cool back then.”
The maid turned her head to avoid my gaze. Smiling and blushing with scaly cheeks that signify a dragon.
It’s a one-night stand that I don’t even remember because I was drunk. It feels like a clear signal that the moral code of my sex life has tumbled to the opening stage.
Feeling dazed, I raised her head and saw Leni looking at me with a puzzled expression.
“I was worried that my drunkenness was getting worse, so I sneaked away, but this is how it ended up. Are you emitting pheromones from your body under the protection of a lustful spirit? Or have you been hypnotized to commit a group act? I’m getting more and more suspicious.”
“If you had that ability, do you think you would have served under Adamantone for six years?”
“One, two, four, eight… Eight people? Are you saying you held eight people at once? Are you struggling to set a record? No, this is not the time. Everyone, put on something!”
“···Why?”
Lenny explained why. I woke up in a panic and started to get dressed.
Fortunately, I was able to dress up enough to save face in time. But it couldn’t remove the smell from our accommodation.
Hualien Taiga took a deep breath and looked down at me, veins literally standing in her head.
“Seeing as you’re on your knees, it looks like you have no intention of denying it.”
“···Please just save me.”
“Take it back.”
When I looked up to see what he was saying, the high-quality quill that Hwa-ryeon had thrown rolled into my lap.
I thought it looked familiar, but when I tried to remember it, I felt dizzy. This is the item that Eshen gave me and used to tickle Garam.
“It was my favorite pen.”
“Please kill me.”
“It’s okay. Do you think I can arbitrarily kill Gokju’s partner just because I’m his mother?”
“But you can always get your spot back, right?”
“It’s not that I haven’t thought about it. The moment I found out that you even messed with my second daughter, I thought I should take back full power and hang you.”
It feels like there is a knife in my throat. Hwa-ryeon, who was furious, lowered her head towards me, who was sweating profusely.
“So, I need to make you a promise. If either of you causes tears of blood to form in your eyes, I will definitely cut you into pieces and give them to you as fertilizer in the fields of Hyanghwagok. Do you understand?”
“I’ll keep that in mind.”
“··· That’s it. Your lewd behavior was also influenced by the gods, so there’s no use scolding you. I didn’t come to scold you in the first place.”
“Do you have any business for me?”
“Have you ever met ‘Barragand’?”
“Yes?”
“Barragand de Danann. Have you ever spoken to him?”
What are you talking about?
No matter how much I search through my memories, I have never heard a name like that. For some reason, the word has gold decorations on it, making it seem like an elf name.
As I was twitching my eyes, Hwa-ryeon tilted her head.
“You have no idea who it is?”
“Is this someone I should know?”
“···That’s it. It’s not important anymore, so forget it.”
What kind of strange way of speaking is this? I was dumbfounded, but Hwa-ryeon seemed to have more business.
“There is something else to tell you. The paladins of Mithra would like to meet you.”
“···I heard over my shoulder, and I heard that they are being held captive by Hwanhwagok and Shingyo soldiers. Is it okay for me to meet them?”
It is said that God is in the heart of man. Some may take it as a philosophical aphorism to seek answers within oneself, but theologians argue that this is literally what it means.
Lilith’s warning to me was similar. ‘If Mitra wants to kill me, all he has to do is find a deeply religious believer and instill murderous intent in me.’
The god Mithra is waging war beneath the water with the goddess Ishtar. And I am the great warrior of Ishtar. In other words, there are hundreds of millions of potential enemies in the world who will try to take my life at any time.
And aren’t the paladins who bring Mithra’s justice to the world elite believers who cannot even qualify for support unless their faith is as high as their fighting prowess?
“It’s probably safe.”
However, Hwa-ryeon dismissed my concerns with just two words.
“They all apostatized.”
“Yes?”
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“It’s true. There were some who hesitated until the end due to rejection, but in the end, all 1,200 people melted their sun necklaces into molten iron.”
There was no need to meet all paladins. One of their representatives was enough.
But what their mouths said was shocking.
“I finally understand the Pope’s hidden intentions. Why he sent Mithra’s elite main force to this far away place. Seeing the will of the sun so clearly, we cannot doubt our role.”
Florica Waldenhardt, who came to the bedroom where her ceremonial pattern was set, knelt down on her knees and spoke quietly.
And she caught me as I was about to kneel down in confusion and stopped me.
“All paladins are faithful servants of the Church and the Order. But if Mithra ends up trying to kill everyone, we must decide for ourselves whether we should be loyal to men or to the gods. Your Holiness has given us a choice. Now we The object of the temple is the Mithraic cult itself.”
“···That’s incredible. Actually, I don’t think it will be helpful if I hear it-“
“The twin gods in the pantheon of gods have been fighting for dominance for a long time. The unjust side is too heavy, so we try to be the balance on the other side. Now we are your sword and hammer. Ishtar The Great History of St. Tannhäuser-Bantay.”
“···That’s what I need to hear. Just a moment. I’m feeling dizzy, so I need to sit down too.”
“Go ahead.”
“And please don’t even use polite language. It feels weird because it feels like you’re treating me like a subordinate.”
“It’s a subordinate. You said you were a faithful servant.”
Florica smiled awkwardly.
“Personally, I’m glad I apostatized. I’ve long wondered whether Mithra’s strict and strict view of justice suits me… But more than anything, I feel like my last link with Gunther Waldenhardt has been severed.”
“It’s the final link.”
“Before I came to you, I had a brief conversation with Adamantone Sunstorm.”
A chill runs down my spine. While Florica was transfixed by the implications of those words, she smiled sadly.
“Gunther Waldenhardt. At first, I was afraid that the man had failed me. As I grew older, I saw the way he hunted heretics, and I was afraid that I could not stop him. And after that, the blood of the devil “I was afraid of the fact that it was flowing inside me. I thought I had doubts about whether I could love and live and enjoy happiness like other people… But it was strange. It was as if that burden had been passed on to someone else.”
“No way, the child who changed in the cradle-“
“They said the missing child had black hair.”
The tired smile from Visserk appeared on Florica’s face again.
She had always been a bright person, so Uncle Mansell’s tired expression, which I had only recently seen, overlapped exactly with her impression at this moment. I was speechless.
“Of course, this is all just speculation. To be sure, I would have to meet the head of the Sunstorm who is still here, but I don’t think he has the courage to face me yet.”
“···Oh my god.”
“Am I really one of those people’s family? What on earth was Gunther thinking when he replaced the child? Maybe we’ll find out naturally as time goes by. Like you said.”
“How do you know what’s inside that crazy guy’s head… Like I said?
“You said so in Vitserk. It’s okay if you don’t know how to forgive yourself, you’ll know when the time comes.”
Florica slowly took my hand.
“I waited tenaciously for that moment. To put it the other way around, it means that the moment when I reconcile with myself will definitely come someday. And in the end, you were right.”
“···I don’t remember very well, and I didn’t mean it in such a grand way. I was just telling you not to blame yourself too much.”
“It doesn’t matter if it was grandiose or not. The warmth of your party members and your advice have kept me alive until now. Whether or not I was Waldenhardt has never had anything to do with me from the beginning. I’m just Florica.”
A frail yet sad face slowly approaches me. Florica whispered to me as I threw my head back in embarrassment.
“So, Florica, the leader of the Holy Knights, asks you, Grand Knight of the Ishtar Church.”
“Ma, speak?”
“May I offer myself as a burnt offering on your altar?”
“Suddenly?”
“This is a secret, the turn number.”
Florica smiled and whispered as if joking.
“I hesitated and just before I could write down my name, it was blown away by the wind and disappeared. So, if things were going the way they were, I was the next applicant after Lenny.”
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It wasn’t enjoyable.
Of course, it’s not like I still have any grudges against Florica. It’s not that Florica isn’t attractive as a woman.
If I had remained a workaholic porter who had built a wall away from romantic relationships, I am sure that the moment a beauty like Florica showed interest, her gallbladder would have come out of her body and she would have flinched.
But rather than wanting to have fun with me, Florica seemed like she wanted to use me as a tool to purge herself of her past self. In addition, she was in a lot of pain. A lot.
It took longer to resolve.
“Sorry.”
“There’s nothing to be sorry about. Don’t say that. I’m fine.”
“Still, I’m glad that today’s ritual was completed in the morning. You won’t be in danger just because you couldn’t reach ejaculation because of me.”
Florica, who had managed to endure without crying, smiled with a brightened expression and put on her armor again.
And he smiled even bigger as I helped him adjust the laces.
“Maybe I’ll get more used to it next time.”
“···Daum. I wonder how many times great people like you give room to a guy like me. Be it in romantic relationships or human relationships.”
“That’s because you have been my advisor and friend all this time, and from now on, you are my master and the man I have decided to love.”
“To try to be affectionate? Are you planning to do that?”
“Wasn’t that what the Ishtar Church was like? From now on, I will have to be manipulated by you. That’s what it says in the heresy classification book I saw at the Church. That they operate in a strict hierarchy and master-servant relationship, that they are sex slaves cruelly subordinated to the cult leader… ··.”
“I don’t know for sure because it hasn’t been long since I became close to the Ishtar Church, but if that book was written by people like Gunther, I don’t have much faith in it.”
“I think so too. Maybe it never happened. But then, wouldn’t it be okay to just make it from now on?”
“···Make?”
“It’s fun, master.”
As her hand slipped in embarrassment just before she was finally about to fasten the straps of her breastplate, Florica looked behind her, bursting into laughter.
“I’m kidding.”
“···You really enjoyed the joke, Paladin.”
“But I mean it. I won’t betray you. Unlike your party.”
“Thank you… What?”
“The barrier of this room is based on the premise that sexual intercourse is taking place. Since we have clumsily overlapped our bodies, no voice will be heard outside of this room unless we leave this room. Now, even if I reveal their plan to you, No one will know.”
As she said, no sound would escape outside of her, but Florica’s voice lowered as if on guard.
My heart also became cold. It’s the same for everyone. I don’t really like this kind of story.
“Your friends won’t like this snitch.”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about, but just say what you can take responsibility for.”
“Quite literally. Your party betrayed you, Tannhäuser-Bantais. I don’t know why the Apostle Lilith, who had become your servant, didn’t tell you. The daughter of Ishtar may have chosen a neutral stance on this matter.”
“If you have a point, say it quickly.”
“A temple where a ‘demon god’ was sealed has been discovered. Demons are pouring out of it. That is the special mission your party was assigned to in the elf kingdom ‘Great Elan’. Your friends haven’t told you the details yet, have they?”
“···That’s right. I had no idea.”
“Of course. I wouldn’t have wanted to tell you that Tena Everlight was trying to die in there.”
What?
“It’s true.”
Before I could even digest what I had just heard, someone kicked down the furniture door and walked out.
The Sister’s barrier, of course, does not allow sound to escape the secret room, but it is a different story if you are hidden inside, as Morgan once demonstrated in her Handgun issue.
Rhenias Talaga, who had been hiding her small body crumpled in her closet, stood upright, dusting the dust from her hair.
“It’s going to be a living hell for her. And Thena doesn’t really want her non-combatant friends there with her. That’s why she’s leaving it alone.”
“Lenny.”
“Isn’t it possible to bring a sick person along on the worst mission when you don’t know if he or she will come back alive in the first place? Didn’t you tell Eshen yourself? Adequate battle rest is a rule for the Hero party.”
“Lenny.”
“The reason I didn’t need to tell you was, ah, damn it. Isn’t that why you didn’t tell me because that’s the way it is?”
Leni, growling in disgust, stepped out of the way in front of her closet and closed her closet door again. There was an ornately decorated mirror on the front of the antique wardrobe door.
And my bloodshot eyes were reflected in the mirror. If someone else had looked like that, I probably wouldn’t have hesitated in deciding that they were mentally ill.
I unconsciously reached into my back pocket and grabbed a grappling hook. Then, in an instant, Lenny struck my wrist with his drawn sword.
The grappling hook was lying on the floor.
“If I knew, I’d throw a fit like I did now and say I’d go to Tena’s side!”
When I gritted my teeth and reached for the fallen hook, Lenny stuck the blade into the floor right in front of the grappling hook as if warning me.
But someone kicked the blade away. Lenny, who had picked up the ringing blade with a whooshing sound, sparked with her eyes.
“Florica Waldenhardt. Don’t make a simple problem complicated-“
“It’s behind the mansion, Tan. I’ve tied up your share of lizards on the other side of the fence! The paladins are waiting, so run!”
“-Oh, kinda! Why are all the heroes so arbitrary!”
The moment Florica’s hero’s sword flew by and collided with Lenny’s weapon, I quickly rolled on the floor to avoid the metal light passing above and picked up the grappling hook.
I grabbed my luggage left at the entrance. Then, I quickly ripped off the strap at the top of the bag with the sharp part of the grappling hook.
The top backpack, which can be carried separately from the rest, contains the most important items. A survival kit, scent enhancer, and even a silver marten cage.
I got out of the hallway by pushing the door with my shoulder and breaking it down. He straps a lighter-than-usual burden to his body and fires a grappling hook at the pillars of a tall mansion.
“That crazy Mithraic bitch encouraged a sick person to sit down! Don’t stand there, you psychopath!”
Leni swore all sorts of things behind her back, but the sound disappeared the moment she flew into the sky.
Of course, Lenny is right. Florica called it a betrayal, but if she were to put her friends’ consideration into the category of her betrayal, she would probably be among the warmest. Perhaps Tan Bantai’s antics as he tries to throw himself into limbs may be due more to pathological abnormalities than courage.
But I am a porter. And Thena was the first warrior who needed my power.
I can never let my warrior go alone to face death.
“Leave the marten behind.”
But the moment I was caught by the waist in the air, I gave up.
My girlfriend, who can easily jump several meters without a grappling hook, whispered in my ear in a somewhat apologetic tone.
“Why are you trying to drag that cute guy all the way to death?”
“···Eshen.”
“Sorry.”
Eshen, who held me tightly from behind, twisted my hand and made me lose the grappling hook.
I succeeded in getting over the fence. But not the backyard fence. A lake garden is beautifully created next to the Hwanhangok Mansion.
The two of us fell headlong into the deep water, destroying the lotus flower.
