Late in the morning, Simon safely entered the Epenel Library.
‘He’s still there today.’
It was late, when access to all libraries was strictly controlled, but today a pale woman with black hair was reading a book in the same seat as last time.
‘What the hell is that person?’
Her voice still echoed in Simon’s head.
– Pioneers who find another way out of the rails of faith. Those people have three ends.
‘They said they were failures, great ones, and heretics.’
So you’re talking about being a great person? I thought he might be a person with a strong narcissism.
Anyway, Simon made sure she was all right and moved on.
<The History of the Shayley Family>
When I opened the book in the library, it contained the archive key.
Simon took the key and headed for the controlled archives. He has yet to find out about the identity of his daughter, who was hidden by Pope Justian I.
Simon’s eyes widened as he entered the archive safely and opened the book he had been reading before.
‘As expected, this… … !’
An illustration in the book shows a woman wearing armor and holding a flag.
The face is not depicted. It is covered by a helmet.
The people around her were cheering. She had crude weapons and farm implements like a pickaxe, and she looked like a people’s soldier because she wasn’t even equipped with proper armor.
Simon’s gaze went down.
<The most secret and legendary saint in history.>
A person who led the people, defeated countless hordes of undead and monsters, and even blocked the enemy kingdom’s offensive during the war.
Around this time, the concept of ‘saint’ itself was vague. There are just priests with extraordinary powers, and at that time, the villagers called them ‘the chosen ones’.
Justiano desperately gathered these saints and sent them to the battlefield to change them. The saints were instruments of victory for Justiano, and most of them met a violent death on the battlefield.
So many saints died, and Justiano established the Holy Federation, which was made with blood.
Then again, a new chosen one appeared. He didn’t even use an army. He just rose up to defend his own land, united the people, and led the war to victory.
A feat that no other general could achieve. Justiano, delighted with the birth of her new ‘tool’, went to see her, and was shocked after taking off her helmet.
Because she was his daughter.
Although he was an illegitimate child, he was his own blood. The first pope, Justiano, was in many ways an ambivalent figure, and instead of putting many of her saints on the battlefield, he imprisoned her own daughter in her villa to save her life.
However, as a saint, she did not give up whenever she was imprisoned in the villa, escaped, founded a new People’s Army, and continued the war.
In the end, Justiano, who was worse off, locked her somewhere in the secret mansion of the Shayley family, her mother’s family, and she completely disappeared after that.
‘The Shayley family’s mansion!’
Simon’s arms trembled while he was reading. No matter how much you think about this, isn’t he the Shayley Museum where he got the Death Knight?
Simon quickly flipped through the bookshelves and checked the record of the ‘saint of the people’.
Just before Justiano I was removed by the second pope, it is said that he left his last will to the second pope.
-Bring out my daughter who is imprisoned.
Justiano died after telling the location of the mansion where his daughter was imprisoned. She soon searched her mansion on the orders of her second pope, but said that none of her could find her.
Even after that, many people who coveted the holy relic she used, ‘The Flag of Pilya’, tried to find the corpse of the saint of the people, but failed, and it remained only as an old legend of the Holy Commonwealth.
Simon, who had been reading, squatted down in his seat as his legs gave out.
‘… … As expected, my Death Knight was a saint in the past.’
I said it was kind of strange.
The Death Knight had the ability to raise and dominate corpses as undead, and also possessed the power to maintain the physical strength of the undead connected to him with the power of the flag.
It is a power that is difficult for ordinary paladins to possess.
‘It’s understandable that the remnants of the saint’s essence came from me.’
There is a big difference between knowing and not knowing.
Simon skimmed through the contents and became immersed in the story of this unfortunate saint.
I also found out that the essence she possesses is the ‘Essence of Iron’.
That the essence is currently possessed by the “Saint of Judgment, Dana”, who is said to be the strongest in the Holy Federation.
‘ah.’
I looked up and looked out the far window, and saw that the day was slowly getting brighter.
‘Sorry, but that’s it for today. Let’s check other information next time.’
Simon immediately put the book back in place and left the controlled area, the archives.
***
One more day passed, the third day of the worship service.
Simon was adapting to life in the new Holy Federation day by day.
Now I have more friends to talk to, I became close with the chef at the dorm, and I have a regular shop that I frequent.
but.
“Here, did I make another mistake? Brother Euclid!”
Lirinet’s Divine Mechanics class was struggling. As a necromancer, the chronic habit of black magic was the problem.
“I think you have too little faith! I think they will make it compulsory to copy scriptures for two hours a day!”
“I’m sorry.”
Simon sweated profusely and quickly added an excuse.
“Chants are a bit difficult for me.”
Additional elements such as chants and birds that enter the sacred magic circle.
From Simon’s point of view, it was still an inefficient amplification formula, and he implicitly thought that it would be neat to exclude these elements. So, whenever he opened the magic circle, there were cases where the chant did not enter without realizing it.
However, Priests, including Lirinet, valued chant above all else.
They believed that putting their respect and belief in the goddess in chants was communication with the goddess who bestowed miracles. There were also priests who considered chant more important than rune words that had direct white magic effects.
“I have a question.”
Simon raised his arm and asked. Lirinet nodded her head.
“I will live up to that spirit of inquiry! What is it?”
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“The more advanced white magic you learn, the more complicated and difficult the chant will be, right?”
The lyrinet goes ‘Hick!’ She groaned and shook her head.
“It’s not complicated and difficult-!”
“More solid and earnest faith! I made a mistake! Anyway, if a more solid chant goes in, the casting speed of divine magic slows down, and the probability of magic circle failure increases, doesn’t it?”
“No no no! Come on, open your eyes and take a good look!”
She rolled up her sleeves like a teacher who came together with a mission to make inferior students understand.
Soon, she created a white magic circle in the air. It was a relatively simple blessing magic that strengthened the muscles.
“With this kid.”
And she opened a second magic circle right next to it.
This time, it was a complex blessing magic that not only improved muscle strength but also improved the target’s overall physical ability as well as their regenerative ability.
“With this kid! Which one took longer to complete?”
Simon thought for a moment before replying.
“Although the first magic circle was slightly faster, there really isn’t a big difference.”
“Exactly! Borrowing from Brother Euclid, the second magic circle is 7 to 8 times more difficult and complicated to chant than the first one! But the casting speed is similar! The success rate is similar!”
she shrugged.
“How did this really happen?”
Simon thought with his hand on his chin.
Divinity does not have a ‘remembering quality’. Nevertheless, even if you open a more difficult magic circle, the reason why there is no difference in casting time from an easy magic circle.
“The correct answer is-!”
While Simon was immersed in his thoughts, Lirinet put her hands together as if in prayer and said,
“Because the Great Mother has lived up to our belief that she will work miracles.”
ah.
Inside, as a necromancer, the sense of rebellion stirs again.
Simon forced a smile and said ‘Laus’.
“White magic is a miracle bestowed by the goddess! Where are the difficult miracles and easy miracles? The only belief that the Goddess will respond and give us a miracle this time too! That’s what matters!”
‘!’
the moment you hear it.
Suddenly Simon’s heart raced.
‘Where are the difficult and easy miracles?’
come.
I think I have a little more sense of Chaos and Void. Simon took a notebook and quill and wrote down what he realized.
‘Jil-dark has a ‘temperature to remember’. If you use the corresponding formula or black magic repeatedly, you can quickly complete it just by thinking about it with your head.’
But divinity has no tendency to remember.
Then, when using white magic, you have to memorize all the elements and reproduce them accurately, but the priests didn’t seem to do that.
What matters is belief.
After mastering white magic to a certain extent, you think about the key elements and effects of white magic and believe that it will be perfected. Then, the elements are combined on their own, and the divine magic is completed.
If you prepare all the ingredients for cooking and put them on the table, it feels like they are cooking on their own.
“In my head! If you pot and pot! That’s why the great goddess and I are connected… … .”
Simon pondered more and more as he listened to Lirinet’s explanation.
‘It’s not just about believing. You need specific images and confidence.’
If you try to perform white magic in a state where your proficiency is insufficient, you will of course fail.
Then the priests would say, ‘Ah, the goddess hasn’t allowed me to do this miracle yet. I think that the training is not enough,’ and he devotes himself to white magic training even more diligently.
As soon as I gained proficiency in white magic, I prayed thanks, saying that the Goddess finally allowed me to perform this miracle.
After that, since it is a miracle granted by the goddess, it ends with having absolute faith that it can be used.
Only after going through this procedure does the white magic become the Priest’s.
‘I can see why the void failed. It’s not something that can be solved by simply believing.’
“ruler! Do you understand now, brother?”
Lyrinet raised her chin.
I think I explained something very lengthy, but I’m sorry I couldn’t hear it because I was lost in my thoughts. Simon said quickly.
“Yes, you are great too. I respect your faith!”
“Uh-huh!”
When Simon lifted it up, Lyrinet’s nose rose even higher.
***
Lethe, who came to watch the selected students even if there was no class, to see if there was a problem recently, received a request for ‘excellence’ from a selected student.
Even though the Excellence Sacrament is a powerful benefit that no one in the Sky Island can refuse, there has not yet been a bold selection student who applied for the Excellence Sacrament to the saintess Lethe.
Lethe gladly agreed with her admirable heart.
Sitting on such a quiet podium, I was ready to listen to the worries of my cute junior.
The target was number 9 Lisara.
“Is it really okay if I tell you?”
“It’s okay. I will listen carefully to anything trivial.”
Lethe said while holding Lisa’s hand.
Maybe you’ll get a hint about the murderer.
“I-I… … !”
“?”
“It’s time to focus on studying faith, but all of a sudden… … !”
she raised her voice.
“Priest Euclid keeps flickering in front of my eyes!”
Lethe’s eyes lost focus.
