Chapter 150 – 150. Family Crisis (3)
The tavern inside the shacks resembled the atmosphere of a ghastly funeral home.
“… Big, big.”
This atmosphere and situation was by no means the situation Eun-hyeon had intended, but since it was Eun-hyeon who provided the trigger, all the thugs in the bar were looking at Eun-hyeon and Emilia with fearful eyes.
“You wicked bastard…”
“Devil…”
“I’m going to go to hell…”
“How can you think of breaking that with the same man…”
The gangsters would have killed them if they had cut their throats without feeling any pain, but they looked at the huge man with a pitiful gaze as he faced such a terrible death in a different meaning.
The huge man, who could only stop the bleeding from the overflowing blood from his crotch, was already fainting from indescribable pain.
‘That feeling, I know it well…’
Eunhyeon, who had already experienced that feeling from Illyana before, felt sorry for her.
He himself was at least able to restore with the power of the goddess, but this is not the case with men.
‘… Should I ask the temple for a favor?’
Since Agnes can use healing magic that can restore damaged parts of severed limbs, it may be possible to restore the broken marble between the crotch.
For now, Eunhyeon had no intention of missing the opportunity now that the current air had completely crossed over to her.
“I’ll talk to the temple and have them heal it with healing magic.”
“Me, really?!”
“Oh, oh oh oh!”
The eyes of the gangsters, who had been looking at Eun-hyeon as if they were descendants of Satan, are unusual as if they had met a savior.
“…”
Even though his beads weren’t broken, he almost laughed at the reaction of the gangsters who were delighted as if they were his own.
Eunhyeon, who did not want to break the atmosphere that had passed to her side, managed to hold back her expression and pointed out one of the gangsters closest to her.
“There you are.”
“Yes, yes?”
“Guide me up. If you laugh or reject it again… Know?”
Just by holding Eunhyun’s hand tightly and looking at Emilia, who was standing with an expressionless expression on her face as if nothing had happened, just by talking, the thug who understood the meaning nodded hurriedly.
“Ah, ayu! Will there be any! Let me guide you right now! Hey! Get out of the way right now so this guy can pass!”
The gangster, who wanted to protect his beads, waved his hand as if to drive away flies, making the gangsters around him back down and creating a path for Eunhyeon to pass through.
Perhaps because they saw the shocking scene, none of the gangsters thought of attacking Eunhyeon and Emilia.
“Hey, this way.”
Eun-hyeon, guided by the gangster, went upstairs and opened the flimsy wooden door without hesitation.
Squeak
As soon as you open the door with the sound of old hinges and go inside, a thick murder attack attacks Eun-hyeon.
Kaaang!
“… !”
A woman who had been hiding in the wall behind the door aimed at Eun-hyeon’s neck and swung her dagger, but the assassin woman twitched her eyebrows at the girl’s eccentricity as she lightly jumped and blocked her dagger with her bare arm.
More than the fact that she had noticed her own movement and responded quickly, it was even more strange that the girl’s arms, which she had blocked with her bare arms, made a metallic noise.
“It’s still obvious what you’re doing. Runan?”
“What are you looking for again? Our deal was to deliver the whereabouts of the girl named Erin to the Duke of Armitas at that time…”
“You know. Why did I come?”
“Eww… Awesome!”
Eun-hyeon’s expression as she glanced at the assassin woman flashed, and the assassin woman’s breath became tight due to the dark murderousness contained within her red eyes.
“… Not us.”
“Know. No matter how good and professional you are, and even during the night hours when people hardly ever walk, you wouldn’t do crazy things like that openly killing people on the highways in the capital.”
Besides, no matter how excellent the skills of the assassins and black wolves belonging to Runan’s Information Guild were, the two skillful escort knights of the duke’s family were not at a level to be defeated in vain.
“By the way, doesn’t that mean you guys have no relationship at all?”
“…”
“The list of nobles who conspired to embezzle Renion Hersha’s breach of trust, along with the names of Duke Armitas and Duke Armitas, were sold. Is it your guild thing?”
“… Yes.”
It wasn’t just the people at the time who were involved in the whole story of Renion Hersha’s embezzlement case.
The black wolves were the assassins who tried to kill Elvin at the same time as Ashton’s trick Jillo took over her gold coins from Elvin.
The black wolf also tried to kidnap Erin because he couldn’t overcome her anxiety because he couldn’t find the whereabouts of Elvin who had disappeared.
It was also the Black Wolf who deliberately spread rumors about Erinn’s whereabouts and attacked Eira, who served as bait.
In fact, the black wolves in front of Eun-hyeon were the ones who secretly stirred up the situation under Ashton’s orders.
If he did a little digging, it would have been so simple for Runan of Heilangdang to figure out why Ashton was so anxious and dared to act so arbitrarily.
Even though Eunhyeon was aware of this fact, she deliberately neglected it.
I thought it was an incident that would explode someday anyway, and I never imagined that Eun-hyeon would prioritize personal feelings like this and form a deep relationship with the Duke of Armitas.
Eun-hyeon was regretting that choice at that time.
“I wonder if I should have just killed them all back then…”
“… Awesome!”
The assassin woman who naturally attacked him at the bloody words he muttered casually, but failed, trembled slightly.
“Say. Who did you sell the information to, and why did you sell this information now, at this timing? Also, the fact that the names of the Duke and Duchess of Armitas were naturally inserted was probably the result of someone’s influence, right?”
It is natural to think that selling raw information mixed with lies is the result of someone else’s intentions.
“We, the Heilang Party, maintain a close relationship with the faction of the Royal Party. Any information that could undermine the power of the duke faction, including Armitas, was bought at a high price. This relationship had been maintained for a long time before the Duke of Ashton made the request.”
“Ashton, that stupid bastard was afraid of revealing his private parts, so he used you guys, but in the end, the accusation of conspiracy to embezzlement of his son’s breach of trust must have reached the ears of the royalists anyway.”
“It was meant to be.”
After all, isn’t it like stepping into a tiger’s den on its own?
Until the end of the day, there is no other man who causes such a nuisance.
“So? Whose plan was it to add the names of Avros and Alex to the list of conspirators for breach of trust?”
If it was to undermine the power and reputation of the ducal family, just raw information would have been enough.
Inducing them to sell information by adding false names of Abros and Alex was a strong malice that they wanted to bring down the ducal family to the point of wanting to ruin it altogether.
“… It is that man.”
“The man?”
“… Ashton Armitas. The man requested He said he wanted to take revenge on his father and family for abandoning him.”
“… What?”
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After leaving the information guild and the slums, Eunhyeon and Emilia headed straight to the Temple of Vesta.
It was to meet Agies.
“This object has a question for the master.”
“What?”
“Why are you leaving them alone?”
“It is not me who judges them. It’s a matter for the duke’s family to decide. Of course, if Eleanor is not safe, then I will kill them.”
“It is an incomprehensible judgment.”
“I don’t even know why I’m thinking this way lately.”
Eun-hyeon can kill them all by exploding her emotions without hesitation if Eleanor is wrong.
But isn’t that the image of a murderer who indiscriminately cuts and kills people?
Clearly, this is not what an apostle should look like, who must lead the future of mankind to survival, not destruction.
It should not intervene directly in their problems without intervening in the life and death of human beings.
That must have been the restriction the gods placed on her, but as Belldandy and some of the gods lifted the restriction, Eun-hyeon realized that something in her heart was gradually changing.
‘… Am I okay the way I am?’
It’s as if the emotions I’ve been holding back for so long come up one by one and I can’t control myself.
He had to struggle to endure the simmering desire to kill those who put Eleanor in danger, as well as the sexual desire that he couldn’t control while having a relationship with Illyana and Belldandi.
Envisioning her own future where she could not control the storm of emotions that gradually piled up and ran amok over the opposite sex, Eun-hyeon was starting to get scared little by little.
‘Now… Let’s focus on saving the princess for now…’
Eunhyun forcibly pushed the anxiety that had risen in her head into a corner and moved on with Emilia.
Originally, Agies, who had the title of archbishop under the Pope of the head temple located at the highest position of the Temple of Vesta, was not a person that an idle wanderer without any status could have an audience with like Eun-hyeon.
However, as if Anies had expected Eun-hyeon to visit him, he had made a promise to lead Eun-hyeon to his room in advance.
Arriving at Agnes’s room following the guidance of the freshman who received Agies’ advice, Eun-hyeon said the matter without hesitation.
“I need help. Is it possible or impossible?”
Agies didn’t have to say that it was a story about Eleanor’s rescue, but Anies smiled bitterly with an understanding expression on his face.
“I am really sorry. I don’t have enough hands right now.”
“Didn’t you decide to give Princess Eleanor a lot of support under Vesta-sama’s order?”
“It did. But now we have something open. That follow-up alone is enough to break your head. The headache seems to be more painful because I haven’t been working normally and I’m going to do it for the first time in a while.”
Eleanor is the one who dismissed Bishop Harkan.
Thanks to this, the current head of the Temple of Vesta in Fernine was vacant, and naturally, it was a situation where it had to be directly managed by Agnes.
“But is there any reason to take care of the follow-up of this temple? There are many priests in this temple besides Bishop Harkan. It’s not that the priests in the lower positions don’t have the ability at all.”
“Honestly, it is. I’d like to keep an eye on the situation. Since the situation happened because of me, I think it’s right that I have to deal with it. Harkan, it is not possible to make a mistake and appoint a child who has been swindled through a conspiracy under that child as the successor.”
As Bishop Harkan’s irregularities were uncovered by Eun-hyeon, the high-ranking officials of the temple, who belonged to Bishop Harkan’s faction and committed corruption and exploitation at the same level, were also in a very messy situation as a large-scale purge was carried out. .
“Who knows, maybe the other bastard who left the job open and left the apprenticeship harbors a different mind. I just thought it was right for me to take responsibility and deal with it until someone I could trust came to replace me.”
Thanks to this, a large amount of work was pouring into Agies, who held the highest position, and Agies could not lend a hand to Eunhyeon until a new bishop was selected and the internal discipline of the cluttered temple was reestablished.
“In the case of Eleanor, who was supposed to be my successor… Tsk.”
Nevertheless, it is an undeniable fact that it bothers me that I cannot come out of this situation.
Agies weighed in his head which one was more important, ‘Recovery of Pernine’ and ‘Rescue of the next saint’, and finally came to a conclusion.
“I will leave the kidnapping of my successor, who will be the next saint, to you. It’s a request directly nominated by the Archbishop of the Temple of Vesta.”
“What is the basis for your decision to ask me to rescue Eleanor without you stepping out?”
“Rescuing Eleanor is something you can do, not me, but the current stabilization of Pernin’s temple is something only I can do. There was no lower head he could trust, and he couldn’t put a low-ranking priest in the bishop’s seat. Besides, you came to ask me for help in rescuing you, but wouldn’t it be more comfortable without me?”
“…”
“You were trying to make a cause for the temple. In order to avoid noise that the rescue of the unofficial candidate for the saintess was not carried out by the temple, but was entrusted to an outside person who had no connection at all.”
It was a request from the Duke of Armitas’ family, so it was possible to get some justification, but there was plenty of room for noise that there was no greeting from the temple in rescuing Eleanor, her priest.
That is because Eleanor, who is also the daughter of a noble family in the kingdom, is a priest, so there was room for slight variations in the relationship between the kingdom and the Temple of Vesta.
“But that doesn’t mean I can’t help with anything. Come on, take it.”
“This?”
Eunhyeon stared blankly at the golden jewel Agies held out and asked what it was.
“Guidance of White Jade”
“… It contains a large amount of divine power.”
“That’s right. I thought you would find out This is an artifact containing Eleanor’s divine power.”
“… An artifact?”
“Even in the temple, it is an expendable item that only me, other archbishops, and the pope have. It’s a priest’s exclusive artifact, and it marks the location of the owner of the divine power contained in it. It’s a priestly version of the commonly used tracking artifact. However, the effect is different from that of an artifact that is tracked with magical power. No matter how far apart the location of the target and the guidance of the white jade are, it will always detect the location of the target. Even if the border between the dungeon and the continent is blocked. That’s the difference between magical power and divine power.”
“You used these precious consumables with Eleanor’s divine power?”
The job of a priest was the most honorable job on the continent, and on the contrary, it was also a job that was accompanied by the strangest schemes and risks.
As many as they were precious, in order to monopolize and occupy the exceptional priest, they concocted various schemes and tricks to trap them, and it was the same problem in terms of politics.
The Pope and the two archbishops, who are the heads of the Temple of Bestor, are noble and wonderful positions that everyone respects and looks up to.
On the contrary, it was also a position that was always in various dangers.
That is why the artifact produced is the ‘Guidance of the White Jade’ that Agnes handed over to Eunhyeon.
Anyes shrugged his shoulders and smiled.
“I told you. I didn’t anticipate this situation, but since Eleanor accepted the offer to become my successor, I’ve prepared for this and that. In the first place, even in this country or temple, there aren’t that many people who can scratch my body. It was something I didn’t need even if I had it. At just the right timing, there was a use for it, so I put Eleanor’s divine power right away.”
“…”
“I will leave this to you.”
“Are you okay? Really?”
“I can’t go get Eleanor. And listening to the story, it seems that you are in a mess right now too? The duke’s family is on the verge of falling apart as they are being investigated, and Riod seems to be busy here and there, and in the end, you’re the only one left to entrust.”
In the end, the rescue of Eleanor this time became Eun-hyeon’s solo act.
Illyana could not accompany her on her own this time.
In the first place, the only time Illyana intervenes in the country’s affairs is when it faces a major national crisis.
The case of the succubus that attacked Pernin and the case of the necromancer were like that.
If Eun-hyun asked, Illyana would gladly accompany Eun-hyun, but because of that, I didn’t want to give Illyana’s position politically enough to get her pod caught.
In this situation, the only thing that could act to find Eleanor’s whereabouts was Eun-hyeon, who was not bound by any status or restrictions.
“… That’s right.”
Eunhyun smiled bitterly and stood up.
“Go right away?”
“I have found a way to find it. How can I stay still We will leave immediately.”
“Hmm, I said this, but are you going alone in the end? Shall we attach a priest with a spare hand to this side?”
“No it’s okay. Power is enough. I’m going to take Leah with me.”
“This little doll?”
“This entity is not a child… Oops.”
Eunhyeon blocked Emilia’s mouth and forced the story to proceed.
“Oh yeah. Okay. Anyway, I only trust you?”
“Okay.”
Eun-hyeon walked out the same way he had sneaked in, and he got out of the temple.
When she activates it by injecting divine power into the artifact of Agnes, which is placed in his pocket, Eun-hyeon’s pocket begins to tremble and vibrate.
“It’s like a beggar. Really.”
Eun-hyeon put together the information she had heard from Runan, and looked outside the capital, pointing to Baek-ok’s guidance as it resonated in her head.
It is estimated that Eleanor was abducted between last night and after noon.
It far exceeded the distance that could be traveled in half a day.
Perhaps he thought that judging that he had some means of transportation would be a reasonable guess.
“Leah. We’re running out of time, so let’s move quickly. Take out the one you made this time.”
“This object is judged to be dangerous to use equipment that has not yet been tested.”
“Speed is life. Where is the time to worry about trial driving?”
“… I accept your order.”
