Simon looked at Lethe’s face. It was a reunion after a long time, but there was no response. It seems that the surprised face is frozen solid.
It was fun to see Lethe like this, but since it was a reunion after a long time, I wanted to bring out a slightly different look.
“Sorry for making you wait so long.”
Simon approached.
Then, without hesitation, he knelt down at her feet and grabbed the back of her hand. The delicate scent of lilies spread, and the white and immaculate back of her hand was lifted without any resistance.
“Hey, wait… … !”
Before Lethe’s surprised voice could be heard, Simon kissed the back of her hand.
time stops
Complete silence dominates the space.
The wind blowing through the window seemed to be the only movement in this space.
“Gratula my cíbĭlis.”
Simon lifted his lips from the back of his hand and smiled kindly.
“Meet the nearest daughter.”
Originally, it was a formal greeting with respect and respect for the saintess.
But at this moment, the saintess was not there.
The one in front of Simon’s eyes was just an ordinary girl with slightly blushing cheeks and blushing.
At this time, Lethe’s expression was one that Simon had never seen before. She seemed both surprised and delighted. She pursed her lips and desperately acted expressionless, but her iron-blooded citadel collapsed. Her mask disappears, and her expression begins to reveal itself as her spring snow melts.
won
Simon thinks so.
Tok.
Lethe suddenly pushed Simon’s shoulder lightly with both arms. Losing her balance, Simon plopped her on the buttock, causing her to turn her back.
‘Lethe?’
Were you joking around?
Embarrassed, Simon called out her name in a voice that only she could hear. She stood still with her back turned.
Unfortunately.
Simon didn’t seem to want to see what happened after the wall collapsed.
With her back turned, she quietly rubbed the back of her hand that had been kissed. She couldn’t see her expression because she was turned around, and she could only guess her expression from the startled reaction of one paladin standing a little further away.
“Um, so… … .”
The saintess, who finally calmed down her expression, greeted her with a blush and shy smile.
“… … I was waiting for you.”
***
-Saint Lethe said she would buy me dinner!
-It’s an order for everyone to participate except for today’s workers. in action!
Lethe said out of the blue that I had made her suffer too much, and decided to buy dinner for my paladins. Plus, of course, the finest wines.
As a subordinate, one must never refuse the grace bestowed by the saintess.
The high-blooded paladins went out into the streets, praising the saintess for her kindness.
“Saintess… … .”
“Go first.”
Lette waved her hand gently.
“I have my eyes too. Wouldn’t you be surprised if your superiors were there for no reason? I’ll show you later, so go first.”
“I don’t know what to do with the grace of the saintess!”
Everyone’s reaction was that this was a windfall. Happy at the early work, they took off their helmets and walked with their arms wrapped around their shoulders.
“What’s going on, Lady? You seem to be in a good mood all of a sudden.”
“I know. It’s been so cold lately that I can’t even make eye contact. is not it?”
After saying that, the paladin patted his fellow paladin on the shoulder. However, the paladin walking ahead was still blank.
“Hey, why?”
The paladin, with a slightly bewitched look on his face, recalled Lethe’s face immediately after receiving a kiss from a strange young man.
Her blushing face as she swiped the back of her hand with her back turned.
I couldn’t forget.
“If I love the saintess… … Would that be a felony?”
“That bastard ‘that’ started.”
“Joe. The hawk is the medicine.”
One of the Paladin’s iron rules.
You must not harbor impure feelings toward the ‘great one’ you serve.
Paladins beat their comrades wholeheartedly with a lot of meaning to wake up.
and the same time.
Lethe, who waved her hand to see off the men who were moving away, gave a small sigh and looked back.
Simon stood there with a smile on his face.
“Lethe, you know… … .”
“Shh.”
Lethe looked around and said.
“Look at me for a second.”
She grabbed Simon by the back of his hand and walked away with a terrifying gait. Simon struggled, almost dragged out, and had to balance himself.
“Now, hold on!”
Lethe, walking past the guarded paladins outside to an uninhabited place, grabbed Simon by the collar and bang! It pushed against the wall with a sound.
“What are you doing… … Suck!”
Simon, who was trying to argue, took a deep breath. Pressing close in front of her Simon, she raised her toes and thrust her face in.
Close enough to breathe.
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The scent of Lethe fills the surroundings. Her slightly flushed cheeks and pink lips were right in front of her eyes.
ha.
Whoa.
For a while, the two of them forgot to talk and just breathed. Soon, Lethe’s side narrowed her eyes first and said.
“How did you get here?”
“Israfil helped me. A false identity and a train ticket… … .”
“Why did you come?”
“You sent a letter to Leshill.”
It was like an interrogation question, but Simon answered without forgetting to smile.
“help. Called.”
“… … .”
Percussion!
She let go of her collar and grabbed Simon’s shoulder tightly, pinning him to the wall.
“Did you come all the way here with just that! Are you crazy about dying!”
“You were the one who asked me to come.”
“That, it was a bit difficult at the time, so I just said weak things! You have to think about your status and position, you asshole! How did you get to the Sky Island instead of anywhere else? Did you really want to die?”
“You’re not someone who will easily ask for help, and I just came because you looked like you were having a hard time! And you also came to our school before!”
Unlike before, they were two people who suddenly started to get angry with each other.
Lette is great. I groaned and grabbed my forehead.
“I still have a lot to worry about, but even you… … .”
Lethe’s grunting voice was already clear. Simon, realizing that fact, also spread his palms.
“don’t worry.”
Ung-ung-
A dazzling divinity bloomed in his palm.
“A necromancer who uses divinity. This is a miracle no one can imagine. As long as you show divinity, there will be no suspicion in the Federation, right?”
“It is, but… … .”
Lethe put her hand on her waist.
“Did you get Mr. Anna’s permission?”
“of course.”
“all right. Then this story ends here.”
She turned her back. Then she whispered in a very small, ant-crawling voice.
“… … Thanks for coming.”
Soon, as if they were running away, they ran ahead at a brisk pace.
Simon smiled.
‘I can’t be honest.’
“Oh, won’t you come soon!”
Before I knew it, Lethe, who had gone far ahead, screamed loudly. After Simon shook her head and brought her to her senses, she followed her.
***
After taking a moment to catch my breath, I got right to the point.
The two sat down and started talking.
“Dear Israfil, I heard that the current situation is urgent. tell me everything.”
Simon said, putting a pod in his hand.
However, Lethe only twisted her white hair with a fresh expression.
“what’s the matter?”
“No, what.”
She let out a small sigh as she hugged her knees.
“I want to talk about work as soon as I come.”
“… … ?”
“iced coffee! That’s it!”
Lette groaned. Soon after, she herself became serious and looked at Simon.
“How much do you know what happened before and after?”
Golden eyes shining brightly.
And the twinkling starlight shining in it.
I returned to Lethe, which I knew often. Simon opened his mouth in relief.
“First, the saintess was murdered.”
“yes.”
Simon folded his fingers in turn.
“After that, it is believed that the ‘essence of the saint’ wandered the continent and settled on the Sky Island. A fierce competition to find and capture her saintess is scheduled to unfold. In fact, there was also a murder case on Sky Island. and.”
Simon added, looking at her.
“You are at the center of all this flow. What is this?”
“Well, I’ve heard all the big stories. I will only provide a little supplementary explanation.”
In the Holy Federation, there is a person who exerts enormous influence on Epenel society.
She is often referred to as the ‘Sister of Revelation’, but while living in the Holy Commonwealth for over 100 years, she gave countless revelations and all of them came true. She has only missed one case so far.
Thanks to such an amazing accuracy rate, the ‘revelation’ given by the nuns of revelation has an absolute influence in the society of the Holy Federation. And the latest revelations are as follows:
<Today, the essence of the saintess has chosen a new master. She is in Maewon on Sky Island.>
“Maewon?”
“It is the most luxurious accommodation at the end of the sky island.”
Lethe crossed her arms.
“And at the time the entire accommodation was rented out, anyone know?”
“… … ?”
“Future freshmen who will soon be entering Fnel.”
The starlight in Lethe’s eyes sharpened.
“The 10 selected freshmen were unpacking on the Sky Island ahead of the ‘Rookie Worship Ceremony’ event.”
“… … Interesting.”
The essence of a saint is a will, and they select a woman with the highest divinity potential and make it a ‘saint’.
If there was even a revelation from the nun, it seems almost certain that there is a saint among the 10 selected freshmen. They must be the most gifted children in the entire Holy Commonwealth.
“But after the revelation was given, the very next night.”
Lethe’s expression froze.
“One freshman staying at Maewon was murdered.”
“… … !”
“We have greatly strengthened Maewon’s security, but this happened as if to show off.”
Simon straightened up and sat down.
“What is the probability that an assassin came from outside?”
“There is no sign of intrusion from the outside. The upper level judges that 99% of the work was done by insiders.”
The Holy See called in freshmen to investigate, but there was no result. In the first place, even the selected students did not know that the murder had occurred that night.
Currently, after moving the lodgings of the selected students to a safer place, the paladins are conducting an on-site investigation. However, it was also a matter of heaven where the Heretic Questioner or investigators could not enter, and the superiors were desperately trying to cover up the facts, so there was no great result.
“The timing is too precise.”
Simon closed his eyes and thought.
“A murder happened inside the day after the revelation? It looks like someone bribed one of the new students, and he murdered the presumed saint woman candidate.”
A saint is a huge mass of power backed by religion.
If the initial acquisition fails, it is common in the Holy Federation to kill a saint before it is known to people. Simon had heard of Anna and was familiar with it.
“Looking at it that way, there is another part that doesn’t fit.”
“?”
“I will show you.”
Lethe nodded as if to follow her.
***
The place where the body of the victim was kept was right here in the basement.
After going through the strict security and walking down the stairs, there was a dimly lit room.
“ah.”
Soon after checking the body, Simon’s expression hardened.
A bloody corpse in an Epenel school uniform in a coffin.
however.
“Was the dead man a man?”
“That’s right.”
Lethe shrugged.
“To think that the murderer killed the saintess, the male student died. Several guesses are possible. It could really have been an accident caused by a fight between freshmen, or it could have been that he was trying to kill the saintess, but he caught on to this person and killed him first. But two things are certain.”
She sighed and looked at Simon.
“The saintess is still alive.”
Simon swallowed, and Lethe extended a second finger.
“And the truth is that out of every 10 freshmen this year, there is one saint and one murderer hiding.”
