Chapter 669 – 669. 1 Plus 1 Equals 4(1)
‘The Pope… Hyuni?’
Erin made her puzzled face and shook her head to understand what she was saying.
“Yeah… Does Hyun-i have a relationship with the Pope of the Temple of Vesta?”
“No. At all? He has nothing to do with the high-ranking members of the Temple of Vesta other than me.”
“But why did the Pope take Hyuni… ?”
“Okay.”
Anyes casually shrugged his shoulders and said he didn’t know anything.
“…”
Erin felt slightly displeased.
She doesn’t know who the Pope of Vesta is.
She may be a good person, but she knows very well that there are not only good people with good hearts in this world.
Is she trying to take Eun-hyeon to the Pope of the Temple of Vesta without knowing her purpose or reason?
No matter how much Agies was an old colleague who had gone through life and death with Eunhyeon and Illyana in the past, I wondered if that was a bit careless.
Among her wives, it was Erin who had the most careless and impetuous disposition, but it was also her Erin who was more serious than anyone when it came to her Eunhyun.
However, Anies is also an old colleague who shared life and death with Eunhyeon and Illyana, as well as Eleanor’s senior.
She hid the small resentment that had risen in her heart and glanced at Eleanor.
‘Is Eleanor-sama allowing this… ?’
Recognizing the meaning of the sentence, Eleanor smiled and nodded her head.
“I know what Erin is worried about.”
As expected, Eleanor saw through what Erin was thinking.
Contrary to Erin’s concerns, Eleanor was somewhat familiar with the Pope of the Temple of Vesta.
“He’s not someone who could harm us.”
When she was able to use her divine power for the first time, Eleanor had the experience of visiting the main school of the Temple of Vesta herself.
It was there that she opened her face with the pope for the first time.
It was absolutely impossible for a priest who had just awakened to divine power to face the highest authority in the temple itself.
However, what made it possible for Eleanor was not only her status as a priest, but also the fact that she was a daughter of a ducal family, a high-ranking aristocrat of the powerful kingdom of Fernias.
At least in Eleanor’s memory, the Pope of Vesta’s temple was not such a bad old man.
‘Of course, it’s too early to judge based on appearance, but…’
She was a priest who handled divine powers, so Eleanor was no longer clumsy enough to think that they all had good hearts.
Through her terrible experiences, Eleanor even experienced the filthy and selfish desires of the priests.
In addition, as long as she knew that the disaster of the necromancer named Marius was born due to the ugly corruption of the temple, Eleanor could no longer believe in the temple of Vesta itself.
The only things Eleanor could trust were her grace, the goddess Vesta who bestowed divine blessings on herself, and Anies, her saintess like herself.
‘Because Anies-sama is someone he believes in.’
At least that alone was worth trusting the Pope.
If she’s even making plans to get Eun-hyeon out of the way, then that’s it.
Even if it was the Pope, the highest authority in the temple, he sincerely thought that if Eun-hyeon or them got in their way, he would be hostile without hesitation.
The faith that Eleanor believes in does not come from the Temple of Vesta and its groups, but it is a strong heart that believes in Eunhyeon and the goddess Vesta.
Even if he was hostile to the Temple of Vesta, his faith was genuine.
“And I’m going to follow you too.”
“Oh, really?”
“Am I not the next saint of the Temple of Vesta? The external reason for going to the Holy Land with that person this time is my baptism.”
“Ah.”
Eleanor is the next saint to succeed Agnes.
Going to the main school of the temple and receiving a baptism is a necessary procedure.
The meeting between Eun-hyeon and the Pope is an unofficial schedule that is conducted in secret.
“If time permits, would you like to go to the Holy Land with us?”
“Uh… I’m fine but… How about Iliana-sama?”
He is an adventurer who works whenever he feels like a freelancer, but is currently in a difficult state due to Illyana’s pregnancy.
At least Eleanor and Lily were able to take care of Illyana, so Eunhyeon and Erin were able to go outside and work.
If it were Anies, she would have been a person with enough skills and trust to ask for Illyana’s care, but this time she will accompany Eunhyeon and Eleanor, so that’s impossible.
“I don’t intend to force a schedule too hard on this one either.”
“Thankfully, the temple side completely entrusted us with the departure date.”
This was a courtesy from Agnes, who was considerate of Illyana, who was about to give birth.
“I’m planning to set the date after Illyana-sama gives birth to her child and after she’s settled down.”
It won’t take long.
It would take two months if it was short and three months if it was late, but even if Eunhyeon started late, there were plenty of ways to make up for the distance and time by narrowing the distance with the Holy Kingdom.
“Ah. Then I will prepare.”
Hearing all of her future plans, Erin nodded her head.
At the thought that she could travel with Eun-hyeon again, she puts on a grimace in her mind as Erin inflates her anticipation.
“Then I’ll go see Illyana-sama!”
“Hmm. Go and rest.”
Eleanor smiled and saw Erin off.
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“Miho. Is there a reason you insisted on using her elixir?”
Gerard carefully examined the nine-tailed fox’s intentions.
Was there a reason to insist on this elixir even while building a bad first impression with Siete, who was introduced as Eun-hyeon’s teacher?
“This elixir is filled with the energy of the earth, so it has the effect of increasing the durability of the body just by taking it.”
Even just taking it can have a good effect, but more important than that is the energy of the earth of the elixir.
“Earth qi has excellent properties in controlling and catching brain qi. In particular, it is an elixir that can have a higher effect on you who have not fully mastered the brain energy in your body yet.”
It was an elixir that was more effective than the others because Gerard had the magical power of a giraffe.
“…”
“What are you looking at?”
When Gerard stopped and stared at the gumiho, the gumiho looked up at him and asked,
“You were thinking of me like that…”
Gerard realizes that the reason the nine-tailed fox insisted on the elixir was none other than himself, and he put on a moved expression.
“…”
To be honest, he didn’t like having the elixir he was trying to buy robbed and was just childishly stubborn, but the gumiho didn’t bother explaining it.
If he told his true feelings to Gerard, who was moved by his own interpretation, he would surely be disappointed again.
Gerard, who was extremely simple for his age, was better left alone.
He didn’t want to be bothered by talking about his true intentions.
“Thank you. Miho! I will serve Miho for the rest of my life!”
Emotionally young Gerard hugged the nine-tailed fox tightly and sent an enthusiastic appeal that he would be with him for the rest of his life.
“Ay! Get away… !”
Gumiho was bothered by this again.
The casual flirtation was also skinship, but the weight of the emotions felt from him was not light.
He tried to push Gerard’s face with his hands, but he didn’t care and continued the skinship.
“Whatever you are, I am in charge of him. If so, shouldn’t we at least make it so that it can serve as a human being?”
“Haha. Yes! I will definitely respond to Miho’s efforts!”
“…”
I couldn’t tell if the story was working or not.
“… Whew.”
Gumiho let out a small sigh and had no choice but to accept Gerard’s hug.
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Erin couldn’t erase her smile at Illyana’s kindly caressing her head and back.
“Hi-Hi.”
Erin is in the best mood, probably because she is being pampered and being petted a lot.
When I rubbed her face against her plump breasts filled with a soft, fluffy scent, it seemed that all the fatigue accumulated from following and waiting for Xie Te all day was relieved.
If possible, she wanted to sleep in Illyana’s arms, but Erin couldn’t.
“Then I will go home and wait for Hyun.”
Tomorrow morning, Eun-hyeon, who went up to the divine world with Belldandy on vacation, returns.
In the summer, only two days had passed, but in the new world, he was expected to return after relieving all the mental fatigue accumulated over the past two years.
Erin thought she would wait for Eunhyeon and Belldandy while guarding the dungeon house alone.
Emilia and other dolls were guarding the inside of the dungeon and managing the house, but Erin wanted to greet Eunhyeon first.
“Okay. Baby. When Hyun-i arrives, will you bring him to the mansion right away?”
“Yes. All right.”
Erin responded energetically to Illyana’s words, and she returned home.
“Emilia. I’ll ask for your guard.”
“I accept your order.”
As usual, she left Emilia and her puppets to guard the dungeon and house before entering the house.
After taking a quick shower, she immediately lay down on the bed.
“Whoa…”
As Erin recalled the exhausting day, she hugged Eunhyeon’s pillow tightly into her arms and buried her face in it.
Normally, she would have fallen asleep hugging Eunhyeon’s arm instead of the pillow and sniffing him, but this was impossible for Erin now.
Rather, it was a situation where Illyana and Eleanor and Lily were staying at the duke’s mansion to help her, so the king-size bed that all five of them shared was too wide and empty for Erin alone.
“I want to see Hyun…”
Erin fell asleep sniffing Eunhyun’s body odor on the pillow she held tightly in her arms.
When she wakes up, she makes a small wish that her Eun-hyeon will be back in front of her, and she falls into her sleep.
“Yes…”
Erin, who had fallen into a deep sleep, awakened her consciousness because of something on her body weighing down her body.
“What… ?”
She began to open her eyes as Erin tossed over her little by little, feeling something heavy clinging to her.
Erin, who was especially sleepy in the morning, was not able to wake up properly even after awakening her consciousness, perhaps because she was not awake.
In a drowsy state, she opened her eyes and lifted her blanket to find out what was weighing down her body.
“…”
What Erin saw in her eyes was her child.
She looks about 5 or 6 years old.
A little girl with her bright blonde hair and red eyes was staring at Erin from under her blanket, her head peering up.
“Who… Goonies… ?”
Erin asked with a blank expression on her half-asleep face, but the little girl smiled broadly and didn’t answer.
“Hello?”
Erin involuntarily swallowed her breath as she saw the blonde little girl smiling brightly and saying good morning.
Because her little girl image reminded me of two couples.
“Uh? Uh, hi… No. No… !”
She lifted her upper body as Erin, who belatedly figured out her situation, threw her sleep away.
This is a barrier created by Illyana and Eunhyeon, and it is a place that even experienced middle-level wizards, let alone ordinary people, cannot easily enter.
By the way, who the hell is the girl in front of her, riding on top of herself and greeting her with a bright smile?
“You woke up. It’s a divine child.”
“… Uh?”
Erin turned her head in the direction of her gentle voice.
She then found Belldandi and she paused and looked at her speechless.
It was because the little white-haired girl in Belldandi’s arms was captured by Erin’s eyes.
“Beh, Mr. Belldandi… ? “
Erin was so startled that she couldn’t speak properly and pointed with her finger at the silver-haired girl in Belldandi’s arms.
“That… What the hell are these kids…”
“… It’s a bit complicated to explain.”
Belldandi continued with a face of disrespect.
“To put it simply… It seems to have arisen between the child and me.”
And not just one, but two.
“No. No. No! You shortened it too simply!?”
How can the two of them go up to the divine realm, but when they return, they become four?
Erin panicked.
