Chapter 32 – 7. Priest, We Meet Again. (8)
“Oh fuck! Where are you?! “Why don’t you find it quickly?”
“Just try to get caught, you damn kites.”
“Hey… If we go in after seeing this, won’t we be screwed?”
“So find it quickly!”
Green tea-headed gang members shouting loudly in the middle of the night and baring their sharp teeth to each other.
They were scanning the surroundings with their eyes wide open. Then, they swore once and seemed to be convinced that Isabel and I were no longer here, so they changed their route and started running in the opposite direction.
“Whoa…”
I was hiding behind the wall and waiting for them to disappear, and when I saw that they were completely out of sight, I let out a sigh of relief and flopped down on the bare floor.
I almost thought I was going to live or die. If I hadn’t caught Isabelle at the end, she would have faced a terrible future that I couldn’t even imagine.
“It seems like it has passed.”
Isabelle, who was sticking her head out to look outside through her window, squatted down and spoke to me. Because she was so exhausted, she didn’t have the strength to respond, but she couldn’t ignore what the benefactor who saved me from hell said, so she smiled and expressed her gratitude. Br〉
‘By the way… He’s definitely a hero…’
As seen in the game, there were no monsters. It was fast, but when he lifted a person on his shoulders and climbed up a two-story wall in one go, my mouth fell open.
Even if he had run around like that, he would have been exhausted, but he was not even breathing as if nothing had happened, so he must have been a warrior.
“Priest, are you feeling okay?”
“Ah yes… Thanks to you, I survived. Thank you.”
As she relaxed, she closed her mouth and let out a snort. After taking a look at my naked body, she saw that I was shivering from the cold and immediately took off my outer clothes and put them on.
“Are you very cold?”
“Oh, no. Are you okay? To this extent… Soon… To… Hitch!”
This…
I wiped away the snot that was flowing from her hand. Honestly, it’s cold and hard. Even though it was summer, the air at dawn was colder than ever.
Showing her pain for no reason would only make her worry, so she just acted like she was okay.
“Ha… “Put on at least one more of these.”
“Useup… Thank you…”
“No. It was very difficult. Rather, how did you end up like that?”
“Ah… That…”
I didn’t know where to start. I, too, felt so absurd and embarrassed by what had just happened that I needed some time to sort things out.
I can’t say that, I just open and close my mouth over and over again.
She must have thought she was asking something pointless, so Isabel spoke first.
“No. I made a mistake. “Can you get up more than that?”
“Yes, of course…” Okay…”
Suddenly, when I tried to get up from my seat, a soreness rushed from my toes. From what I could see, the soles of my feet were all burnt and the skin had peeled off.
I didn’t realize it when I was running away, but after I calmed down and felt relieved, I started to feel the pain, starting with a slight pain.
‘Tsk… At least it will take three or four days to heal…’
It was possible to treat the patient to make them look fine using recovery magic, but this also had its own side effects. It’s like a light wound, and you recover right away, but it’s different when you get hurt in multiple places at the same time. At least I had to lie in bed for a few days due to the aftereffects.
“Ugh… !”
Anyway, she got up as she said, but it seemed like it wouldn’t be easy for her to walk like this. I would have been able to endure it if I had her shoes, but it was a bit difficult to walk with her bare feet.
“Aha… You won’t be able to walk like this. “I’ll carry you on my back.”
“Oh, yeah…”
As if this didn’t seem right to Isabel, she soon turned around on her back and gestured with her chin to tell him to carry her on his back. I crawled on all fours and climbed onto her back, thanking her with all my heart and carefully putting my arm around her neck.
“You’re so light.”
“Is that so?”
“Can we just go to church?”
“Yes, please do so.”
I didn’t know if they were still there, so I carefully climbed through the window to avoid making any footsteps and exited back to where I came in.
“Please check who is around. They might attack me by surprise…”
“Uh… “Yes, I understand.”
In the middle of the road there is only silence. I jumped on my back, raised my head like a meerkat, and looked around. It was hard to see because the surroundings were dark, but when I saw it was so quiet, it felt like it wasn’t here anymore.
“Once I take you to the church, I will go tell the guild leader what just happened.”
“Aha… This… What should I say… Thank you so much.”
Crazy… There are no separate angels. It wasn’t enough to save someone I didn’t know, and to take care of the rest myself, I felt guilty for having teased her in front of such a person.
“No. “I’m the type of person who usually does this.”
“… But Isabel, are you sure you’ll be okay?”
“Yes?”
“No, I’m afraid that the guild’s image will only get worse because of me…”
“… “
She thinks for a moment about my words. She then let out a loud sigh as if it was being pulled from deep inside her lungs and continued her words.
“Then it’s a good thing. Since I am also a human being, I don’t want to work under those types of human beings. Anyway, don’t worry too much. “I will protect you, priest.”
What… Fuck… For a moment, I felt my heart pounding like crazy. Perhaps because I never thought I would ever hear something like that from a woman in my life, her face got hot, and her heart started pounding like it was going to burst.
“Ah… Thank you.”
Unable to raise her head, I put my face against her back and lean against her. Her warm and cozy feeling enveloped her whole body, and her icy heart melted.
“However… “How did the priest remember me?”
“Yes?”
“No, I only saw you briefly last time, so how did you recognize me right away?”
“Ah…”
That’s it, how could I forget it? There are more than 20 Isabelle shoes that I have seen, but I couldn’t help but remember them. She had already memorized the location of each of her moles deep in her mind, so even if I took a picture of her finger and showed it to her, I could immediately recognize it as her.
However, if I really said that without adding or subtracting anything, I could have been treated like a crazy person, so I smiled shyly and told quite a few lies.
“Because I have a good memory. Once I see it, I usually don’t forget it.”
“Ah… “I see.”
“Then how did Isabelle remember me?”
“Yes, yes? Ah… That means… What should I say… It’s a face you can never forget once you see it. That…”
“Aha…”
Is it? Well, it did look unique. He had an androgynous appearance, neither male nor female, and was as short as a child, so even if it were me, I didn’t think I would forget him easily. As a bonus, I walk around the streets wearing eye-catching priest uniforms every day… I can’t forget it. No, I can never forget…
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After a few random words of small talk, the church soon began to appear. As soon as the place where I used to stay came into view, all remaining tension disappeared, and I felt tired.
But I couldn’t fall down like this, so I quickly shook my head and came to my senses again.
One way or another, it started with Bishop Lisa. Since he didn’t come until late at night, he must have been quite worried. No matter how harsh he was to me, he was someone who cared very much for his subordinates.
Of course, the way she cared for me was a little strange, but unless they got caught right now, she was the only safe house I had.
“Can I just go inside the church like this?”
“Yes, the bishop is probably over there.”
She clings to Isabel’s back and becomes her navigator, showing her way. Now that my destination was Mokdo, I felt like I wanted to go home and rest as soon as possible.
So one step, two steps… Leaving her body to Isabel, she continued to move forward…
“Miss Isabel?”
At some point, she stopped in the middle of the road and stiffened like a stone statue.
“Ha… “I guess I’ve been waiting since the beginning.”
“Yes?”
Sreuk- Sreuk-
As I spit out my question, figures come out of the grass. Soon, the moonlight came, and their faces were revealed one by one.
“Hey… This guy has a good feeling…”
What… Wasn’t it bullying? Green Tea Head and his gang appeared, each holding a weapon. I was so shocked that it felt like my heart stopped for a moment.
I thought I barely escaped…
Well, they weren’t the kind of people who would just let me go like this.
I was running away risking my life, but he was also risking his life chasing after me because I didn’t want this to be revealed.
‘What should I do with this…’ .’
I tried to think urgently, but of course there was nothing I could do. What on earth can I do here when my strength and weight are all below average? The only way to live was to leave my fate to Isabel’s judgment.
If she abandons me and runs away without her mercy… She had no choice but to accept him too…
“Ha… It might take a little while. “Please wait a moment.”
“Yes?”
Isabelle spits out meaningful words and sets me down on the floor. As if she couldn’t put it off any longer, she put her hands on her waist and took out something, and soon two machetes, which were not visible because they were hidden between her clothes, were in her hands.
