058. Sowing (2)
Prince Leonard of Rohan was wandering around the capital’s bars again tonight.
His handsome face looks so gloomy today. Drinking and having fun only lasts a day or two, but how long are we going to have to waste time like this meaninglessly?
Leonard followed out of the bar, pushed away the clinging woman, and headed to the meeting place with Romain, shaking the bottle.
“Damn success… … .”
He is the person who caused this wasted time. He asks to see his face, but he is so expensive that no matter how earnestly Leonard requests an audience, he has no intention of accepting it.
What’s the problem?
I told him to come up with a plan to meet the princess of Delcross as the next best option, but Romaine didn’t even seem to listen and was preoccupied with nonsense.
So, that’s why you go around seducing drunkards on the street like that.
“… Romaine?”
Leonard was dumbfounded when he spotted the familiar long silver hair pulling a stumbling drunk on a dark street. What are they doing now?
The drunken man did not seem to be in very good shape for his dirty behavior. Romain, with his arms folded and held tightly, continues to whisper something into the drunkard’s ear.
Soon the two people disappeared side by side into a deep alley.
Leonard stood there dumbfounded for a moment, took a sip of his drink, and then followed them into the alley where they had disappeared.
Before he could walk a few steps, he was able to spot the two people again. A drunk man was sitting on the floor with a blank face, and Romaine was sticking a sharp metal rod into his chest.
A small stream of blood jumped out.
Soon, Romaine’s soft voice whispered to the drunkard in Leonard’s ears.
[Now, forget everything that happened. Everything will get better after a few days of sleep at home.]
It’s husky and thin, but it’s clearly a man’s voice. However, the strange sound that flowed through his voice made his voice feel like that of a young woman.
Sure enough, a drunk with blank, glassy eyes is looking at Romain passionately, as if he were looking at the most beautiful woman in the world. With his front lip soaked in blood.
[Now go back home.]
The drunk nodded and staggered past Leonard and walked out of the alley.
Leonard, who looked at the poor man’s back for a moment, immediately turned his head and asked Romain.
“You’ve been doing this all these days. “Does this have any meaning?”
“All results begin by first diligently planting seeds.”
Romaine responds while wiping the blood-soaked long pipe with a cloth.
Since when did he get the chance to stick a pipe into people’s chests and plant strange things of unknown origin? It was as if he were a real farmer.
“You speak as if you were a real priest of the [Sowing] Church.”
Sometimes, it criticizes those who act like remnants of the Church of Sowing. Romain shrugged his shoulders.
“At least I plant something more meaningful than them.”
“When are you going to see the results if you plant them one by one?”
“I’ve already found some helpers recently. “They will work hard.”
What difference would it make just because there were a few more guys stabbing people with metal skewers? Leonard let out a laugh.
“So will this ever end? “It would be quicker to just summon a demon.”
As Leonard spoke self-deprecatingly, Romain looked straight at him. Although he was wearing a half-mask that only revealed his inferiority complex, he looked very serious with his mouth tightly closed.
“Don’t you know? As long as the current prosperity remains, it is impossible to move the demon species from the Delcross capital. Things with demonic energy cannot survive even for a moment. Delcross is a place where devils cannot even set foot unless they borrow a human body or make a direct contract with a human.”
“Yes, I said so.”
Leonard laughed and adjusted his bottle.
He had heard the same story from Romain several times.
A monstrous bastard who suddenly appeared in the capital city of Delcross, which was once almost taken over by the devil species, wiped out the devil species in an instant, and ascended to the throne of the 17th emperor himself.
It is said that after coming to power, he succeeded in unifying the denominations by secretly stopping the seeds of four sects known as dark denominations.
At least, in cases where some remnants, such as the [Sowing] Church or the [Repentance] Church, remained and hid in the corners of the continent, it was considered a good result. It is said that the Church of [Rest] literally obliterated everything, leaving not a single corpse or bone behind.
What on earth can we do against such a scary person?
Occasionally Leonard would get caught up in the perplexing feeling that they were hitting the rock wall with eggs.
“Still, the current guardian of Delcross is only human.”
Romain said while looking at the distant sky.
“It’s amazing how he maintains his balance so far, but it must be a tightrope walk.”
Leonard couldn’t understand everything he said. Romain always avoided going into detail about the balance.
But every time Romain told that story, his voice was full of confidence.
“That balance can collapse from the smallest crack.”
Leonard turned his head to follow Romain’s gaze.
In the distance is the Imperial Palace of Delcross. In a direction that is sure to be successful.
“At some point, there comes a limit. certainly.”
* * *
That night.
Seongjin finished meditation earlier than usual due to difficulty concentrating. Instead of lying down, he walked to the balcony and opened the window wide. During the day, the words she heard from Seonghwang kept coming back to her, and her heart felt tight, as if something was stuck in her.
‘… ‘Just be a kid and do what you want?’
The more I think about it, the more absurd it becomes.
That guy Mores is a full 15 year old. In this world, you are at an age where you are treated as an adult, even if only in a clumsy way, such as joining the Knights Templar or performing a debutante.
It is said that at that age, the resident knights of Jinju Palace used to crowd around touring bars and snooping around brothels. Why is that man still treating them like children?
‘Besides, you’re still doing what you want to do, right? I’m eating and sleeping comfortably and practicing to my heart’s content… … .’
While I was grumbling inwardly while taking in the cool night air, the devil bastard spoke to me secretly.
[What are you thinking about so much? Not like you.]
‘What’s wrong with me?’
men and horses. When I get to know you, what a thoughtful person you are.
However, what the Demon King said next was a fact that even Seongjin could not deny.
[If you feel like it’s a bit of a pain, you put everything aside and just practice.]
‘… Did you?’
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Now that I think about it, I think that may have been the case. Recently, it had been postponed to focus on training, and many problems surrounding Mores remained unresolved.
Empress Lizabeth is hiding something from him.
Unidentified transfer groups said to have been sponsored by Mores.
And Jonathan MacAlpine, who tried to get some information by meeting him, got caught up in a monster accident and was imprisoned in the courthouse.
‘There’s nothing you can’t do if you put your mind to it… … .’
But, what use are they all?
Anyway, Seongjin is not Mores.
There was something I realized for sure after going through a near-death experience not long ago. She realizes that she is only clumsily possessing Mores’ body, and that he is not really living as Mores.
Seonghwang was like that. The reason why the soul remains as it was during life is because it continues to be influenced by the body until the moment of death.
However, even when he was caught up in an auror storm and flew to Gehenna, and even when he flew to the border of the Void by the Demon King’s call, Seongjin only confirmed once again that his soul had not changed one bit from his previous days as a hunter.
‘In the end, this body doesn’t have the slightest interaction with my soul.’
Although Mores’ body was able to breathe and move, it was a precarious situation where the body and soul were not properly harmonized. It’s a very dangerous state where, at the slightest chance, you’ll be thrown far away and may never return.
Can this really be said to be alive?
Just because training in swordsmanship is quite fun right now.
So, I spent my time training as much as I could, and when the crisis of dimensional invasion came, I had a light mindset of just helping out.
Perhaps Seonghwang saw through that.
– It means that you have so many relatives around you.
– Even if it is not Delcross, there are many places worth visiting with interest.
The more I took time to think about it, the more I realized what he wanted to say.
Seonghwang hopes that Lee Seong-jin will continue to live his life properly as Mores. Having affection for my brothers and sisters, and affection for this world.
‘… Yes, if you think about it, the biggest unresolved problem is success.’
What on earth do you want to do, that guy?
A person who would know Seongjin’s current miserable state better than anyone else. A human who can travel to the border of a distant dimension and find a single soul.
Why is he trying to take care of Amon Seong-jin like his own child, without even thinking about finding his real son?
“hmm… … .”
Seongjin thought for a moment, then shook his head and closed the window.
One way or another, there is only one answer. You won’t find a solution by thinking about it alone.
After all, I hate wasting my energy on useless things.
‘I can’t sleep, so maybe I should meditate one more time.’
[…] Well then. Why have you been worrying longer than usual? How come you don’t have any progress?]
Ignoring the demon lord’s empty voice, Seongjin spent enough time meditating until he felt drowsy and then fell asleep.
It seemed like everyday life went on without any change.
However, it was clear that the conversation with Seonghwang that day left some kind of impact on Seongjin. When I was meditating or wielding a nutcracker, his words about how he seemed to have no leisure would suddenly pop into my head.
It was for that reason that Seongjin responded that he would visit Salon de Mercy in person after receiving a call from Madame Justine saying that she would send an employee to sew the clothes she had previously ordered.
“Wow, I don’t know how many days it’s been since I left Jinju Palace!”
As Seongjin got into the carriage, Sir Claudia shouted excitedly. I’m sure I’ve been stuck in Jinju Palace a bit too much these days.
The ones who followed Seongjin as his escort today were Senior Knight Sir Maria and Junior Knight Sir Claudia.
Haven, who must have been most excited about going out after a long time, unfortunately was off duty that day.
“He’s been on vacation for the past few days. You’ll probably spend your entire vacation intoxicated. “Although the alcohol is not that strong, once he drinks it, he drinks it with such gusto that he loses his mind.”
Sir Maria said that as if she was pathetic, but in fact, no one knew that she was the most loyal knight among the resident knights.
“If you drink like that, it’s going to cost a lot of money, right? “Auror users rarely get drunk?”
Could it be that the aura actively circulating in the body accelerates the breakdown of alcohol? It seemed that Auror users’ intoxication disappeared very quickly.
The rumor that most of Jinju Palace’s resident knights were dispatched to earn money for alcohol would not be wrong.
Sir Maria shrugged her shoulders in response to Seongjin’s question.
“That’s the funny thing about him. Even though I like alcohol so much, I can’t afford it, so I tie my Auror to the dandan and drink it all the time. Thanks to this, there have been many times when I have been picked on by neighborhood thugs who didn’t recognize me as an Auror user.”
“… “That much?”
“yes. Even though his talent is mediocre, the fact that he can use his Aura quite well is because he trained while drinking.”
That’s actually a positive effect of drinking that I found out unexpectedly.
The street I visited for the first time in quite a while was more crowded than before.
The emperor’s birthday party was soon approaching, and it was a time when all the people of the imperial capital visited the street d’Este where the costume shops were concentrated. It is said that large and small banquets are held non-stop during the festival, so it would probably not be enough to get one or two new banquet gowns.
[joy! Anyway, humans like to waste their energy on useless things. What kind of event is this? Why is there such a fuss already?]
‘… … .’
Although the devil bastard pretended to be polite, Seongjin felt differently. Because I could clearly feel the excitement and excitement.
If you think about it, isn’t this the first time the demon lord has come to the downtown area? That guy may have been living a life of confinement that he really didn’t want. Something is making me sad.
[…] what? For some reason, I suddenly felt really bad.]
A quick-witted guy.
As the carriage got stuck in the crowd and stopped repeatedly, we finally arrived at the Salon de Mercy, and the clerks who had been contacted in advance and were waiting lined up to greet us.
“May the glory of the Lord dwell in the noble Seonghwang family! “I meet the glorious Prince Mores!”
It is truly a feast of gorgeous pink.
Among them, Madame Justine, dressed in uniquely saturated pink fur, made a fuss while gently waving a fan.
“Oh my, Ha Ha! Wow! You’re even cooler than before! “How great!”
“… … .”
It’s still the same. If Masain were here, he would have shouted at me right away.
The eyes of Sir Maria and Claudia widened when they saw him for the first time.
Well, for a designer who is said to be the best in the capital, he was a bit of an unconventional character.
What was surprising was that the Demon King showed considerable curiosity toward him.
[Hmm. He is a very, very unique person.]
‘People can be a bit noisy.’
[No, appearance is not the problem. He is truly an amazing human being. Where on earth did this guy come from?]
‘… … ?’
In the meantime, Madame walked up with light steps, not showing off her overbearing muscles, looked around Seongjin, and raised her red lips.
“Oh my! Your body size has changed considerably during that time, right? You have become slimmer and firmer! It seems like you’ve grown a little taller. Oh my! What would have happened if I had just gone straight to Gabon! “Now, shall we go to the special room?”
I have an ominous feeling.
“no way… … .”
Madame Justine’s eyes, seeing Seongjin’s anxious expression, drew a slender crescent moon.
“yes. As you may have guessed, I have no choice but to measure the size again from the beginning! Ohhohohohohoho!”
Holy shit.
fantasy,
