Chapter 184 – Hyehoon’s Lucid Dream (3)
Following Veronica, I came out of the town where dawn dawned.
I was thinking of going to Quartgonia, where I crossed the sea by riding the moving magic circle in the Holy Tree Forest.
【The magic circle opens for about an hour.】
Veronica said while running through the forest in the form of a god.
[Even taking into account the time difference, it should be about 2 hours. I don’t care about the explanation for curse me. You can choose the one you like and bring it.]
“I will. Two hours is tight.”
【What. There is no hurry. The holy ground is where the moving magic circle is engraved.]
“Five. I’m glad I heard that.”
It would have been better to explain the situation and come back next time if it takes 2 hours to come out after looking at the goods.
We ran hard and entered the holy water forest. At night, where there was only silence, a glowing magic circle appeared.
‘This is the trace of that gray horse.’
I remember the eight-legged gray horse I saw in my dream——Sleipnir.
Since he was a polite guy with maximum intimacy, it felt like he lacked dignity, but seeing the magic circle in person like this gave me a different impression.
‘Isn’t this high-ranking magic?’
The patterns engraved on the floor gave me a majestic feeling even to me, who had no way of thinking about being touched by magic circles. Just as an atheist cannot hold back his admiration when he sees the Cathedral of the Vatican.
Veronica touched the magic circle on the floor with her finger.
【It’s time to start. Dear You must have taken good care of the seal, right?]
“If you say that one more time, it’s the 10th time.”
【It’s still the 6th.】
“No… Under. Done. They say jokes don’t work with fucking Germanians.”
Speaking in general terms, I took out the ogre artifact. I was going to give it to Veronica because I had to turn on the magic circle, but suddenly a concern arose.
“Wait a minute. The rune’s mana stored here won’t be used for movement either, right?”
【Rune’s mana is not consumable. It’s no different from the sound of cooking soup with oil.]
“Then it’s done. Please start.”
When I said it with confidence, Veronica took the artifact and poured mana into her magic circle.
After a few minutes, the lips that were concentrating on it opened.
[I can understand it by watching calmly. If the old god’s mana is equivalent to 9 runes, the conditions for using the magic circle are met.]
“How many ogres were there?”
【Isn’t it about 6? I used about half of them while fighting us, but I don’t have many runes that I can use in battle. Anyway, this artifact’s mana should be enough for a round trip.]
─Kiiiiing.
Mana overflowed from the artifact and was sucked into the magic circle. It must have absorbed enough mana with this magic circle that shines brightly like moonlight.
Veronica said as she returned the artifact.
【Get on. Be careful not to fall.]
It was a bit like a warning for rides, but there was absolutely nothing to enjoy in the magic circle. All it did was a flash of light and the surrounding scenery changed.
I didn’t even feel the strange feeling of being transferred to another place like the underground tower, probably because of the difference in technology that went into the magic circle. The holy place of bicorns was a meadow similar to the one I saw in my dream, but there was also a forest far away.
So I even thought about whether it was really successful.
【Veronica!】
But it seems there was no doubt about it.
The moment I appeared, four men and women around the magic circle called Veronica’s name. When I looked at them casually, they glowed and transformed into horses at truly unbelievable speed.
【Mmm! Is that person a human!]
【If you brought a human to the Holy Land, is he the human Veronica was talking about? I still can’t believe… Wait, Veronica. Why don’t you turn into a horse when you have a human next to you?]
【Has the curse been lifted?!】
It was a fucking instant that the commotion broke out.
It was inevitable because, according to the formula of a human being nearby = transforming into a horse, the bicorns in the Holy Land began to be affected by the curse.
An intruder has appeared! It’s a relief that Veronica explained the circumstances so that she wouldn’t stir up an old-fashioned shit like that, otherwise I would have become a bitch who broke into the holy ground by the rules of the country.
Anyway, it was good, but it wasn’t that good.
It was because the herd of bicons who heard the news flocked like a great rhinoceros march in the savannah.
【Veronica has found a way to break the curse!】
【The gods have reaped the punishment they gave us!】
【Nanboda! Calling all the people in the other holy grounds——]
【Stop!!】
Veronica yelled at her rioting people.
-Quiet.
Then, like the beach at low tide, the bicorns gasped. Are you talking about Veronica? No, she seemed to respect her words.
Even the tone of voice was different from that of the other bicorns, so maybe Veronica had a high status.
She’s not like a bicorn princess.
【The curse has not been cured. I’m trying to do it first, but currently it’s only half progress. It is unclear what side effects there may be.]
Veronica says what I said beforehand.
She was going to say that to alert me, so please don’t be offended. She’s telling the truth 100%, but in fact, isn’t there a law called timely defamation? Just because it’s a fact doesn’t mean her heart doesn’t hurt.
Surrounded by a herd of sheep-horned horses, we remained silent in such a quiet atmosphere, but one courageous bicorn raised its horn like a show of hands.
【Veronica. What does it mean that half of the curse has been resolved?]
【The curse of being unable to reveal the appearance of a god in the presence of others has been lifted. However, the curse that causes a rejection reaction to the pure remains the same. … When the person in question is pure like me, he can’t even maintain the form of a god.]
The last words sounded like an ant crawling in, but should I really call it a sacred place for the gods? As if none of the bicorns had bad ears, everyone stood upright.
【Me! Me! Me, me, me! Me! It’s been over 50 years since I gave up my virginity! I can do it! It’s okay if you can’t make contact with an innocent partner, but mana is the same!]
【Write!! The ones with a lot of days left to live will fall out!! Wouldn’t it be reasonable to do this for the elderly who have been cursed for a long time!!]
[Hair hair and tail hair smell the same, so why change? If it’s a horse, it’s less obvious that it’s old, but play with the fairies in the forest!!]
【What is it!!!】
【Ugh, tsk tsk tsk!! This is why young people these days have to fix their habits!]
【That’s right, because old people are wandering around outside! When I was 300 years old, I couldn’t even leave the Holy Land! If you can’t handle rune magic properly, you can’t even guard your own body!]
【… Hmm. Ott Old Man. Can I hear that it was directed at me?]
Veronica’s low-pitched words were the same as those of a human being, unlike the bicorn language that was hee-hee-hee. Perhaps because of the different structure of the vocal cords, even if I spoke quietly, it resonated well through the cries of horses like in a stable.
Perhaps because of this, the time for the bicorns to close their mouths has begun again. Bicon, whether it was oatmeal or oatmeal, began to hesitate in the sudden heated atmosphere.
【Uh, hmm. That doesn’t mean…】
【Then. Probably not Shouldn’t it be?]
Veronica said coldly to the bicorn.
【I should have achieved the qualifications set in ancient times and left the Holy Land. Your remarks can be taken as an attempt to challenge the authority of the Prophet (Vǫlva).]
【And, what an exaggeration! Even if you took on the role of Seeress by yourself, Veronica, you cannot represent the will of the deceased who ascended to heaven!]
【That is true. I have never tried to pretend to be a prophet. Setting rules based on age, not ability, and changing the prophecies to suit your taste is a cutthroat.]
【Keep.】
Veronica, a fan who verbally knocked the bicorn across the line, confirmed that I was still waiting and said.
【As I said before, I brought you here to give thanks to a friend of the Yi tribe to whom I was indebted. I plan to leave the Holy Land within 2 hours, and I will also go looking for the healer mentioned in the prophecy after me.]
【2 hours? Are you saying you want to go before the sun rises?]
【Yes. Whoever has something to ask, come to me. Until my friend leaves, I will have my questions answered. I’ve prepared answers to the obvious questions, so let’s read them under the lime tree.]
Veronica winked, and a few bicorns—or maybe a few—were moved. It was her friends who had been talking about it before coming to see me.
【My dear. Follow them I have an obligation to explain to my own people.]
【Okay. I’ll wait for you when it’s all over You come to pick me up.]
【I don’t think so. Ask Hildegard next to you. Just ask to pick me up.]
【Leave it to us.】
After I spoke in Germanic, the bicorns dispersed to listen to Veronica.
─All right. A bicorn with a female voice came to me.
【Hey Hildegard. We’ll break up soon, but I’m thinking that it would be nice if we could meet again next time and lift my curse. Human friend. What’s your name?]
【This is Nord. I met Veronica by chance.]
【There is no such thing as coincidence in the world, right? In meeting and parting, there are only important and light inevitability.]
Hildegard, a bicorn with slightly shaved horns, said so.
‘Anything that just brushes against a collar is meant to be, is that what you’re talking about?’
Rang, the alter ego of the Five Heavenly Gongsin she met in her dream, twisted her head at the words of a completely different feeling. It seems that each person, or even each god, thinks differently.
Hildegard clung to me and said.
【Nordic, right? You have experience with women. Ride. It’s a long way to where the rune stones are kept.]
【Ride? Is that okay?]
I asked, half worried and half surprised.
Veronica, at a cursory glance, was the type to think of herself as her own god. So, even if I gave her back at my request, she would never like it.
I also sympathized because I would not like it if I told them to transform into horses and burn others. She’s more like a colt than anything, and she’s not even big enough to ride on her back.
But isn’t Hildegard asking me to take the initiative and get on his back? It was no wonder that I was surprised.
Hehe. It is only children like Veronica who are resistant to the appearance of a horse. After living only in human form in the Holy Land, if you go outside, you will be repulsed by the appearance of a horse for an average of 100 years.]
【100 years?】
Look at the unit of time. The basic count was three digits, in case anyone was not a god.
Fuck. First outing at 300 years old. Isn’t this a holy place, not hell? It may be that only the name is a sacred place, as if the cubs who attend the loyalty mart are not really loyal to the country.
-Snap. Hildegard hit his back with her tail.
【Come on. Didn’t you only have 2 hours? It would be a waste of time to be doing this.]
【Yes? Are there that many rune stones?]
【Oh. I did not know?】
Hildegard spoke like a dignified warhorse.
【Veronica owns over forty rune stones alone?】
***
I didn’t say anything because I was sorry to complain about the ride, but honestly, Hildegard, who ran at a speed comparable to Ttareungyi, was the worst riding comfort.
‘Still, wouldn’t it be a bit much to ask for a saddle?’
Thinking so, she climbed on with her conscience and felt like her back would break.
Vertebra 4 will have a Mayday Escape. The forager’s waist bent like a gourd.
‘Let’s turn on Beast Return.’
I couldn’t stand it, so I called Soul Bro to protect my waist. Bicorns whose eyes change. Seeing me use Gusin’s mana, he seemed a bit surprised.
─All over again!!
Feeling much more comfortable, I strained my legs and looked around the sacred site of the bicorn.
It was a wide meadow. It feels like a paradise believed in the old faith.
The air entering the lungs is clear and clean, so natural people might want to settle down and live here. This is how the expression that the air is delicious came about.
It was a cold day, so my vocal cords were refreshing, similar to drinking mint candy and blowing a whistle.
Did he think it was okay to talk to me when I looked like I was comfortable? Said Hildegard.
【Veronica is a descendant of a god who inherits the prophecies left by the famous prophet of the Age of Mythology.】
As I tried to answer, I felt like biting my tongue, so I gritting my teeth. It’s like doing 200km/h without a fucking saddle. In terms of experience, it is a roller coaster that runs on flat ground.
─Swipe.
I used ᚨ (Ansuz) with my finger to activate rune magic.
It’s a mana-bumping message, so it’s an eavesdropping voice message that can’t be used when moving stealthily.
─Is it a special lineage?
【… Did you write ᚨ (Ansuz)? A human who has truly overcome the curse has emerged.]
Hildegard responds to my words. The other bicorns who were chasing after also stuck out their tongues.
【I believe in Veronica too, but I don’t know if this is a good sign. We didn’t do anything, but the punishment that continued for thousands of years ended.]
【A 200-year-old is bluffing. You must have thought that thousands of years were enough for you to repent.]
Another bicorn scolded. The ‘young’ bicorn who must have lived six times longer than me muttered.
【Forgiveness would be nice, but it could also be disappointment. Because there is nothing more terrifying than the indifference you receive from the person you want to serve. You guys should know that too.]
Damn, is this bastard ‘I’m sick’ of puberty? Adults are talking, but you can see how the atmosphere is created by interfering. I asked the topic so that the conversation would not be interrupted.
—As for being a descendant of the Prophet, it sounds like a position if you listen to what Mr. Ottrt said earlier.
【Ah, yes. That’s right. I do it on my own… It’s kind of like an ascetic monk. Ascetic monk of Romania. Know?】
─Yes. I know.
In other words, is it like a team leader?
I cut off the story there because I was too conscious to ask for details in a place where I was not present. If they were talking about it, I could just listen to it in moderation and then hang up, but it would be hard for others to see because it was like a background investigation for me to ask.
Fortunately, the silent run that hurt people’s stomachs ended quickly.
【Here it is.】
─Kikiiik!
The place where I made a sudden stop was a cave.
The runes at the entrance and a sign written in Germanic indicated that Veronica’s altar was there, but Hildegard broke the barrier and said, as if entering a password for a friend’s house.
【Go inside. We’ll wait here.]
【Yes? Let’s go in together. I might steal a lot.]
You might get suspicious, so let’s go together. I’m sure there will be 100% of people arguing over something like this. I said that, but the other bicorns shook their heads.
【Because it is a place that Veronica cherishes. We decided not to go in. I’ll wait, so go slowly.]
【… All right.】
Sensing respect for Veronica from their attitude, I couldn’t help but nod my head.
【I’m waiting for you to pick one and bring it.】
I got off Hildegard’s back and entered the cave.
