Chapter 123 – Always His Portion (4)
“Where are Starchis!!”
Stion walks around shouting.
He found him near a pile of collapsed stones.
The only trace of him was his weapon his embedded in the cliff.
From the place where the weapon is embedded, there are traces of damage all over it.
Russ and Vien also found him with his throat slit.
Not only that, the ade party members are also looking for them.
Through their long rescue missions, they looked at the traces and were able to predict the future to some extent.
Starchis was alive.
It had to be.
It was only a little difficult to find traces now.
“Here!”
Fioren drew attention somewhere deep in the tree.
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Stachis and Lily wake up leaning on each other.
A sound came from outside.
It was the sound of many people approaching.
Lily immediately turned on her magic inside.
But at that moment
Someone stuck their head into the cave.
“..Brother.”
Starches says
“Ha… I finally found it.”
Stion sighed and hung his head.
Knock down on his back to enter the cave.
Someone pushed him from behind.
“Oh!”
Stion came in two or three steps faster.
Russ and Vienne enter after them.
“Starches!!!”
The two run to him and hug him.
As soon as Starchis woke up, he was distracted by the faces that appeared in front of him.
Perhaps because of what happened with Lily, a lot of my anger had really subsided.
Well, they must have been worried too.
Without a doubt, Lily and she would have thought he was dead.
Starchis left the two alone, and he looked at his brother his.
It was confusing.
They felt the movement of the red lizard even before falling asleep.
However, in the morning, the one who appeared was his older brother.
“Hyung.. Have you not seen any other monsters?”
“The red one?”
“Uh, that.”
“I killed him.”
Stion said it so easily.
Looking closely, there was blood all over his equipment.
“You killed him?”
“It was soon because I was hurt.”
I knew the monster was injured, but
Stachis is overwhelmed by the atmosphere that Stion gives off as he speaks.
He said it like it was too easy.
Laughter came out.
Even though I was hurt, was it that easy?
Stion seems too far away once again.
“…Ahahahahaha…”
Stachis let out an unaffected laugh.
As expected, it would be impossible to follow his brother perfectly.
It made me feel comfortable admitting that.
****
Everyone arrived at the door of the dungeon.
Bienne and Russ still couldn’t calm down.
While they keep checking Starchis’ mood,
I am not sure if there is anything wrong.
Lily was also worried,
Their priority was starches.
Also, Lily’s silence may have played a part.
Whatever they said, I answered briefly with a comfortable smile.
Even though it felt strange, they didn’t pay much attention to it.
“Come on, let’s move on.”
Stion said and headed for the dungeon’s exit.
Ade’s party members followed him,
Barefoot’s party members follow Starchis into the room.
– Anger.
Upon returning to the city through the gate, a sea of phosphorus spread.
-‘Waaaaa!!’
-‘There it is!’
-‘Let’s see!’
Starchis is perplexed.
It was the first time seeing so many people.
He couldn’t have gathered like this for himself.
‘Is it the older brother?’
I wondered what else Stion had done,
“I’ll go.”
He said and gave Starchis a wink,
He dragged his own party and disappeared into the crowd.
After avoiding him for a while, everyone parted
Soon fill the void.
No one caught him
He wasn’t the reason people gathered.
It was them
No matter how much I thought about it, Starchis couldn’t catch anything.
They’re a B-grade party, and they haven’t done anything great.
I wondered if it was because of the red lizard, but it was Stion who caught it.
“…?”
I felt the touch on Starchis’s arm his.
Bien grabbed his arm and hid behind him.
“… Bien?”
Judging by the look in her eyes and expression of her, Bien seemed to have guessed the situation.
So was Russ.
While Starchis was gone, something seemed to have happened.
He turned and looked at the crowd.
I tried to find out something through the sound of their conversation.
The voices were so mixed that I couldn’t hear them properly.
Only one word so common runs through the throats
Finally got to hear it.
‘Saint.’
The story that a saintess appeared, not a trainee saintess.
Stachis looks at Bien.
She too looked up anxiously at Staches.
Starchis needed an explanation for the situation, but
I knew this wasn’t the right time.
Now, once we get out of this situation,
I thought it would be better to aim for the next opportunity.
“…Let’s take Bien away.”
He said to the other party members.
It was also hard to drop the people who kept closing the distance.
Starches led them all through the crowd.
Rather than being a crowd gathered by an official movement in a church or denomination,
There seemed to be a lot of people who came after hearing the rumors.
As Barefoot walked with a stiff face, no one came closer than a certain distance.
Occasionally, I saw people who made a face that they would be courageous, but whenever they did, Starchis stared at them intently, and made them give up.
But… She’s a saint.
The party was over,
As if it was planned, everyone scatters.
Judging by the look on Bien’s face her, she seemed uncomfortable with the situation, but
She won’t have too many of her options.
A few other saints were like that too.
They all lead busy lives.
That is the future of Vienna.
“…”
Starchis turned her head and glanced at Russ.
She seemed to already know about Vien’s business, but
Still, it seemed to be confusing.
After the party disbanded.
Lily under her master her.
Bien is probably a saint.
Then all she had left was herself and Russ.
Again, there will be two left.
Her mind was complicated when she thought of Russ.
For some reason, it wasn’t the same feelings as Lily and Vienne.
Maybe it was because I liked it once,
Or maybe it’s because they’re friends you’ve known for the longest time.
While walking while thinking that way,
The crowd behind them began to disperse one by one.
It seems that there were many people who gathered because they were curious about Bien’s face her.
Even if she dares to follow her, she can’t do anything else.
It will disperse the moment it achieves its purpose.
However, not everyone went back to their daily routine.
A few still remained, showing curiosity towards Bienne.
As planned, it seemed that they would have to take her to the church.
****
They took Bien all the way into the church.
She sat her down in her little room where she could be left alone.
“… So what happened?”
Stachis asked.
Bien shook her head.
He still looked confused.
She wondered how she had found herself in this state.
Starchis looks at Russ.
It seemed that she had to answer.
“..Russ.”
“..So..”
Russ looked around at the party members and spoke slowly.
“…Chis… Right after you fell down the cliff… Bien shed tears and something like light came out…”
“Light? From where.”
“From Bien’s body her… “
“…Therefore..?”
“From what I hear, it must be a phenomenon that appears the moment you become a saint.”
“…”
“When you become a saint, party activities…”
Russ muffled her words.
Everyone scatters
Did you also tell me to remove the horns for sweet seaweed?
Maybe now is the best time.
I had to get her out of the way anyway.
I was going to talk about it in the last conversation.
It seemed that it would be more difficult to meet several times to discuss the future.
I’ve already had many conversations with Lily.
It was only necessary to tell the story to the remaining two.
Looking at Lily, she lowered her eyes.
She was anticipating what Starchis would say.
Starches says
“…It’s not a story that comes to mind right now.”
“…”
“I’ve been thinking about it. Let’s… Let’s break up the party.”
“What..?”
“Uh?”
Only Lily doesn’t react.
He speaks at once
“Let’s stop collecting. I am not saying this because of Bien.”
****
Starchis shook off Russ’ strong reaction and left the church.
I heard her slump behind her, but she ignored it.
Got the word out
The story is later.
When you both calm down a bit, you will have a chance to talk.
Her chest was tight.
Why did you make the right choice not to follow your father?
I didn’t know if it would continue to get worse.
Even the fact that Lily was leaving she couldn’t really digest it.
As she cried, her heart was heavy.
Someone stops in front of him in agony.
“..Ah.”
“Hello. Starchis… Is that right?”
She was an old nun.
She looked like someone she’d seen a few times from far.
“Did you bring Bien safely? Thank you. My name is Sister Helen.”
Starchis relaxed his expression,
He bowed her head and greeted her.
The moment she tried to avoid her seat because her heart her was complicated,
Vien’s face darkened.
His mouth his speaks to Sister Helen.
“…Bien is…”
She became a saint
She would have to accept it, but she felt sorry for her.
She is still active as an apprentice saint,
There were many things she did n’t want in her service her.
Taking care of her children seemed like something she wanted to do, but
She hated even caring for talkative old people and the homeless.
Bienne then she always runs to him
She complained and was angry about what had happened to her.
She had revealed what she had seen in front of her.
Bien, who is having a hard time with everything,
She becomes a saint
No matter how you think,
It was a pity that the party was over now, so I tried not to care.
There is no future relationship
Even the old ties didn’t burn away.
“Bien, did she become a saint?”
At last he asked
The nun did not expect to be questioned,
For a moment she looked up at him and she replied.
“No, not yet.”
“Not yet?”
“Yes, she needs to have a sainthood ceremony to become an official saintess.”
“…The saintess ceremony.”
Sister Helen answers in a soft voice.
“I have the ability to become a saint… But I need a procedure to bless and acknowledge her as a saint in front of everyone.”
“…Ability…”
Starchis couldn’t help but laugh.
“Can you become a saint if you have the ability?”
“Yes. Too bad.”
“It’s a mess.”
It was a dangerous statement, but
Stachis had to speak his mind his.
Sister Helen must have thought the same, and he sympathized with his words her.
“I think so too.”
Starchis looks at her,
He feels that there is no lie in his words.
I wondered how much time was left.
“…When will the consecration ceremony be held?”
“If Bien decides.”
It’s a decision
It is unlikely that she will decide to become a saint.
Suddenly, a question pops out of his mouth.
“… What difference does it make if you decide not to?”
“If Bien decides not to…”
In the atmosphere of Sister Helen, who continued to feel,
She got the feeling that she was hiding something from herself.
And what was she hiding,
Refreshingly, for granted, Sister Helen reveals..
“If you don’t, I will help you.”
She, too, like Starches,
She seemed to know Bien well.
