“Who is meeting who?”
Lethe approached with light steps.
The face was smiling, but the atmosphere was the opposite. Simon and Broderick flinched as if they had seen a walking bomb.
Soon after, Broderick, who had come to his senses first, took the bow while sweating profusely.
“Meet the daughter closest to the goddess… … !”
“Professor Broderick?”
Lethe said in a cold voice.
“As far as I know, the professor doesn’t have a schedule to participate in the worship service curriculum. She said she forced the students to major?”
“no! It is not coercion, but preaching the holy gospel… … .”
“More than anything.”
Lethe smiled and grabbed Simon’s ear, who had been watching him from the side, and pulled him.
“Ah-!”
Simon, whose ears were seized, let out a short scream without realizing it.
“To seduce a selected student during the protection period and arrange a date with the opposite s*x.”
Roaring!
A fire blazed in her eyes.
“Pre-born dating is strictly prohibited.”
Broderick shrank right away, not befitting his gigantic size, and lowered his head. Simon, who caught his ear, spoke urgently.
“Not that! Gafen! I want to meet Professor Gafen… … !”
“?”
Lette looked at Simon, and Simon mouthed, ‘Operation! Operations!’ he continued.
Only then did she release Simon’s ear.
“I’m going to get over it because it’s none other than Professor Broderick, but please make sure this doesn’t happen again in the future.”
“Seo, I’m just devastated by the mercy of the saintess!”
Broderick hurriedly replied. Lethe turned and walked away, Simon bowed to Broderick and hurried to her side.
“What is this all about?”
One ear was still tingling.
When Simon protested, Lette with her hands behind her back turned her head with her white hair flowing like waves.
“What do you mean?”
The smile was the same as before, but strangely, the angry atmosphere seems to have softened slightly.
“Why are you so angry?”
“Of course I have to pay.”
She waved her index finger.
“The professor is also watching, but shouldn’t the person in charge of the worship meeting just go over it after seeing the dating of the selected students?”
“… … It is.”
“Rather than that, the reason why you want to meet Gafen is because of ‘Serne’ from that school, right?”
Simon nodded.
“I remember.”
“Because it was an impressive meeting on Roch Island.”
When Lete came over to Rock Island to catch the madman ‘Everkire’, Lette also met Cerne.
-If you want to find the root, find a person named ‘Gafen’ in the Holy Commonwealth.
The words left by future Simon.
Serene’s root.
But she can’t come even if she wants to come to the sky island. Since she came this far, she wanted to solve the problems that Kizen couldn’t do.
“Ummm, would it be possible for Professor Broderick to bring Professor Gafen? Someone no one knows where?”
“You have to believe it.”
In fact, at first, Simon tried to ask Lete as well, but Lethe didn’t have a special relationship with Gafen.
But Broderick seemed to have a way to find him.
“This matter is over. Rather, you are going to Epenel’s library without me knowing, right?”
Simon made a puzzled expression. Lethe laughed and continued.
“I don’t care what else you do up here, but please remember what’s most important.”
Simon quickly nodded.
“Oh, of course. We have to find the saintess and the murderer.”
“… … .”
Lethe looked at Simon quietly. Wasn’t he the answer you wanted? While Simon was thinking about that, Lethe quickly jumped ahead.
“Tomorrow is the weekend, do you have time?”
“of course.”
She curled up the corners of her mouth like a child and raised her index finger to her lips.
“Let’s go investigate together.”
***
so the next morning.
It is the first weekend at Sky Island.
During this time, even the selected students are given complete freedom. Of course, there is a restriction that overnight stays are absolutely prohibited and that you must come to the dorm to sleep.
And today is the day we decided to conduct a joint investigation with Lethe.
Simon took off his Epenel school uniform for the first time in a while and appeared in front of the commercial district in plain clothes. He puts on his hat tightly and leans against a lamppost, absentmindedly.
“city. Mon.”
A voice rustling like a spring breeze is heard. Simon said, ‘Are you here?’ The moment he answered and turned his head, he unknowingly let out a gasping sound.
A light blue blouse and a skirt that falls neatly over the knees.
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A ribbon on the top of her head and a bag lightly slung over her shoulder.
Most of all, her hair was slightly golden instead of snow-white, and she was wearing twin tails tied in two ponytails.
“Good morning.”
She waved her hand and said in a lively voice.
Simon pointed at her with a trembling fingertip.
“Uh, what… … ?”
“I’m a saint myself, so people recognize me too much.”
As if she was tired, she tapped my shoulder twice.
“Wherever you go, the streets are blocked, people gather, you are asked to pray, and sometimes you dress up like this and go out alone because you are tired.”
“… … .”
Hmmm, she snorted and took one step closer to Simon with her eyes sparkling brightly.
“Anything you want to say?”
“No, that… … .”
It has a refreshing lemon scent that is slightly different from the usual sweet lily scent. Simon, whose cheeks were stained red, sighed and scratched his cheek.
“Because it’s unfamiliar.”
Pooh.
Laughing out loud, she turned and walked ahead.
“Let’s go.”
“Uh, where?”
“To the place of investigation.”
***
The first place I arrived with Lethe was the Forest of the Gods.
Shinsoo’s lifespan is longer than that of humans. Individuals living from 100 to 300 years are occasionally present. However, since Shinsoo chooses only one master in their lifetime, they needed a place to manage the Shinsoo after their owner died.
So, in Epenel’s Sky Island, there is a forest that manages the remaining divine beasts after the owner dies, and this place is called ‘Forest of divine beasts’.
Simon and Lethe asked the forest manager of the Shinsoo what was going on.
“It’s a structure where intruders can’t be.”
The janitor wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief and continued.
“There are many sensitive and ferocious divine beasts in this forest. They obsessively guard their territory. If there had been an outside intruder, they would have been torn to pieces by divine beasts who had smelled it and rushed at it.”
“okay.”
Simon affirmed that and looked to the side.
“Grinding… … .”
Next to him, Lethe could be seen sitting on the grass and playing with divine beasts. Her deer and other mammalian gods licked Lete’s cheeks or bit her fingers to play, and all sorts of birds and squirrels rode on her head and shoulders.
The manager is great. I coughed.
“Because the Saint of the Star’s divine beast affinity is the highest level in Ephnell. This kind of thing is rare… … .”
– Kreung!
Simon’s mother, Serapion, smelled Simon’s scent and came out to meet him. Simon fell to his knees, and Serapion’s offspring came and licked Simon’s cheek. The divine beast birds flew in and naturally sat on Simon’s body.
The manager’s face reddened.
“D-rare! This is the first time I’ve seen it in 15 years of my security career! What a rare thing!”
Simon straightened up and sat down to look at him.
“to sum it up-“
Simon hugged the baby Serapion with a ‘Utcha’ sound.
-Why!
Perhaps because it was still a baby, it made more cat noises than lions.
“Anyone with a superior sensitivity to divine beasts would have been able to safely take Serapion’s offspring.”
“This, in theory, but Serapion’s offspring are very wary, so it’s going to be difficult at a moderate level!”
Simon and Lette met their eyes at the same time.
Soon after, Lethe approached and whispered quietly so that the manager could not hear.
“Simon, do you remember all the students who had Shinsu in New Mathematics class?”
“of course.”
Out of 10 selected candidates, 6 possessed Shinsoo.
1 Merrill, 2 Sway, 3 Maricello, 8 Aitula, 9 Lisara, and 10 Simon.
“The range is still wide, but the number of suspects has been reduced from 10 to 5.”
“yes.”
After getting enough information like that, he got out of the forest of divine beasts.
The next place to go was the village.
This is the village where the baby Serapion was found.
‘Ah, I’m used to it here.’
A rural village not too far from the forest of divine beasts.
It was near the holy land where Simon was attacked by divine beasts during the mother port festival, and it was the village where people wore strange masks and danced at night.
It was also the place where I met Sway 2.
Lethe quickly guided them by looking at the map they had spread out, and soon entered a rural family house where a Serapion baby was found.
An old woman lived there alone.
“When I came back with a sharp pain in my back from watching Mohangje, well, I just heard a childish cry! When I went there, my dog yimpered and howled, and there was Shinsoo in the basket next to it. I was surprised and reported it right away.”
“Did you just go back and report it? Grandma must have been hard!”
“Uhuhu, thank you for taking care of Grandma’s health. Oh come on My granddaughter is just like a young lady.”
The old woman stroked Lete’s hair, and Lete laughed. While she was being loved by the old woman, Simon rolled up her sleeves and chopped wood with her ax in her hand.
‘Why am I doing this?’
Of course, it was an action to score points for an old woman with a sore back.
Lethe, who smiled at the old woman, gave instructions while looking at Simon.
“I can see your hands! Can’t you do more!”
“… … .”
“Don’t worry, grandma. We’ll give you all the firewood for this winter and go!”
“Hey, thank you!”
‘Why am I overdoing the tricks and being condescending… … .’
Simon muttered inwardly, and Lethe opened her eyes keenly and asked a question.
“Then did the person who left the basket containing the divine water really not see the speck? I wish I knew at least a rough impression… … .”
“You don’t look good.”
“The way you dress or the shape of your hair. Like the color of your hair!”
“I didn’t see you.”
The old woman put on a troubled expression.
“It will be the same with other villagers. Everyone must have vacated the village to prepare for the anti-ship festival.”
“That’s too bad.”
“Mmm.”
The old woman closed one eye and pondered.
“Oh, oh, he might have seen it.”
“yes?”
“There is a nobleman who is not interested in mohangje or anything. A geek among geeks, he must have been home at that time.”
Simon and Lethe’s gaze quickly crossed.
***
Simon and Lethe finished their work and immediately headed to the place the old woman had told them about.
An old, empty thatched house. The door was wide open, and there was no one inside.
It must have been a hunter’s house, and the inside was full of the by-products of all kinds of game. Beside it, a basket was filled with the blood of a dead deer hanging upside down.
“Ugh.”
Lethe cautiously entered the room, covering her nose as if she had a bad stomach. On the other hand, Simon, her necromancer, came in as if it were his own home. Then, the occupational disease was triggered, and the bones on the table were examined first.
“Why is that?”
“hmm.”
Simon’s expression froze slightly.
“Anyway, this hunter doesn’t seem like an ordinary person.”
“why?”
“There are also human bones mixed in between the animal bones.”
Lethe’s shoulders trembled.
“A murderer in another sense! Arrest them immediately!”
“I need to hear the story first. Let’s sit down and wait.”
The two sat down.
I didn’t know when the hunter’s return would be, but I had to wait because it was this side that I came to randomly.
“I’m going to investigate this far and go to the hospital room where Aitula is in number 8.”
Simon’s eyes widened at Lethe’s words.
“Can I? They said they were denying people access.”
“Still, we have to meet as the situation is. If you don’t like it, even force it.”
Lethe’s expression hardened.
“Aitula. You must have seen something strange.”
***
same time.
Efnel Infirmary.
“Student Aitula! Aitula students! calm down!”
rattle.
rattling.
Eighth Aitula, dressed in a hospital gown, was leaning against the wall, squatting and hugging her knees.
“I won’t talk. Save me, save me, save me… … !”
In the end, the priests in the infirmary who failed to talk shook their heads and left.
And on Aitula’s body, which was left alone and trembling, there were abnormally huge palm prints.
