331. Salon (1)
It was late at night.
I couldn’t sleep for some reason, so I was leafing through a book while a guild member cautiously knocked on my door.
smart-
“Cayenne, I brought you the late-night snack you mentioned.”
“huh.”
The guild member quietly opened the door and entered, quietly placing a tray filled with snacks next to him and looking at the boy.
“… “Then I’ll leave it here, Cayenne.”
“okay. “Go ahead.”
Kaien nodded roughly without even looking at him.
As soon as permission was given, the guild member quickly ran away from the room. He seemed to feel an instinctive discomfort from Cayenne after some interference with his soul.
Sweet.
As the door was quickly closed, Kaien raised his head and looked in the direction where the guild member had disappeared.
‘It has become so awkward. It would have been better if I could completely control the soul like Rodrigo.’
Kaien took quite a long time to take control of the entire mansion, but even so, it was impossible to completely control the souls of the guild members. This is because the Holy Emperor has placed a kind of protective veil over the souls of everyone who enters and exits the mansion.
Even if they managed to rip out the soul by avoiding the obstruction of the veil, the moment the deficit grew noticeably, the personnel were immediately replaced and a ban on going out was issued.
Because of this, Kaien had to exhaust himself by eating small amounts of the invisible parts of his soul.
‘Well, my father already knows everything, but… … .’
Still, judging from the fact that this level of interference was left alone, it seems that they judged that it would not cause much harm to the guild members.
Even if new personnel are brought in anyway, it is common for both of them to have their souls eaten by Cayenne.
So, rather than trying to control the soul in earnest, the boy who felt frustrated probably thought it would be better to maintain balance by giving him some breathing room, even if only in a clumsy way.
‘Or did your father deliberately induce you to do so? Interfering with souls without harming them is much trickier than controlling them completely… … .’
In any case, the current Cayenne’s limitations were clear. All it did was temporarily impede the awareness of guild members or make them forget simple commands after executing them.
It would be possible to play a prank by secretly poisoning the Emperor’s meal, but it was impossible to run far away to avoid them.
‘He’s pretending to free me and shackles me like this. He’s such a man that he can’t let down his guard.’
Currently, there is only one soul that Cayenne is completely controlling. It was Rodrigo who was controlling it from the slash-and-burn village.
He was a person with a quite complicated background. To summarize, he was a refugee from Ortona, and after the fall of his country, he committed himself to the Principality of Carthage, received special training for several years, and then secretly hid again in a slash-and-burn village, and became a sergeant for the Kingdom of Flanders. Could it be something like a ‘double spy in secret’?
Of course, because he caught Cayenne’s attention early on, he ended up being his limb.
Anyway, the servant from Sejak was useful in many ways. It was he who infiltrated Asin’s dark city and rescued rare poisons.
So, I was planning to use it as a last resort card when I had to escape from Seonghwang, but… … .
‘If you look at the fact that your father directly mentioned dark poetry the other day, you already know about Rodrigo.’
If so, why do you just leave him alone?
Kaien could not fully understand Seonghwang’s thoughts. It’s just that lately I’ve been getting the feeling that Cayenne wants to be thought of as ‘free’.
‘Are you saying that if we adhere to the minimum social norms, our behavior will not be greatly restricted?’
In Cayenne’s opinion, these were truly cumbersome and useless things.
‘The more I look at my father, the more complex he is. He said it was difficult to understand the principles of conduction.’
In any case, since there were no particular complaints about the current situation, Cayenne was thinking that it would be okay to maintain this precarious balance for a while.
‘Anyway, tomorrow is the day my father comes. So shall we call it a night? ‘I also have to play with my dad and do various things.’
Percussion-
As I closed the book and lay down on the bed, a pendant I was wearing around my neck rolled out.
A gem that reflects clear light even under dark lighting. It was an item that Seonghwang personally gave to Kaien not long ago.
-Please keep it safe. This is the last milestone I will ever make, and it will be the only opportunity I will ever give you.
It didn’t seem like an ordinary item. If you look at the spirit of Seonghwang who made that request, he had a very serious expression on his face.
Anyway, I really liked the bright, shiny thing, so I was always wearing Cayenne around my neck, even though I usually don’t have much interest in accessories.
Yum Yum.
Before closing his eyes, Kaien put the jewel in his mouth as was his habit.
As soon as I first saw it, I immediately wanted to eat it. So, as soon as I received it, I chewed the gem in front of the Holy Emperor, and he looked very shocked.
-Why are you trying to eat that? Was it because I failed to take care of him that he spent his childhood starving like that?
My dad’s reaction at that time was really funny.
‘Anyway, what on earth is this gem? I don’t think it’s just a stone. When you bite into it, you feel something fragrant, and it is quite chewy… … .’
After mumbling like that, I was about to fall into a light sleep.
[…] You bastard, behave yourself properly from now on. I’ll wait and see… … .]
Suddenly, I heard a faint voice in my ear.
‘… … !?’
Creepy.
Cayenne, startled, jumped up from her seat. I definitely thought that someone’s spirit had approached me and talked to me.
But when I looked around the room, there was nothing around. Just the bright moonlight shining from the open window, breaking white onto the bed.
‘… what? It was definitely the voice of a soul?’
There was absolutely no way it was a mistake. Although it was only a fleeting moment, the intimidation implied by that warning was enough to make all the hair on her body stand on end.
gulp.
Kaien, who was very nervous, put the bedding over his head and quietly swallowed dry saliva.
Fear stemming from the unknown. It was a somewhat unfamiliar feeling for a boy who could easily control a person’s soul.
‘what? ‘Who are you?’
Thanks to this, Cayenne was unable to sleep properly that day as she was alert to her surroundings all night.
* * *
tweet. tweet.
Seongjin could barely lift his heavy eyelids while listening to the birds singing at the same time.
Since he didn’t wake up right away, he lay in bed for a while and rubbed his eyes. It was something out of the ordinary for Sungjin.
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‘what? I feel strangely tired… … .’
These days, I don’t play games and am sleeping soundly, but why do I feel so tired?
[Did you have a bad dream? Yesterday, my sleep was particularly rough.]
At that time, the demon king’s spirit stretched and asked.
‘okay?’
[huh. Recently, I haven’t slept at all for a while, perhaps because I’ve been visiting a different world. But you were really cruel yesterday.]
Oh, I see. Maybe you had a nightmare. Anyway, I don’t remember it at all, so it doesn’t really matter, right?
Seongjin, who barely managed to get up, yawned and thought.
‘Anyway, will Logan come to the training ground today? When that guy comes, I’ll have to tell him to use his divine power or something cool.’
[How about it? Now people are treated like automatic massagers?]
If you think about utility, there isn’t much difference. But how does this damn devil use an automatic massager?
As I stood up and slowly warmed up, I could feel the demon lord moving around in my head.
‘what? ‘I’m crazy.’
[Hold on a moment. I’m currently going around the corners of the 24-hedron.]
‘… ‘Do you still play that game?’
[This is not just a game! After doing it a few times, I felt like my soul was lighter and I was getting healthier.]
‘Oh, really?’
While I was preparing for morning training with a cursory reply, the Demon King added in a proud voice.
[You also practice every morning, right? So, from now on, I will also regularly exercise in the morning like you.]
‘What does that mean to you?’
[The idea is to make it a lifestyle habit. They say that maintaining exercise is harder than starting it, right? So, I will make this a complete habit and continue to maintain the health of my soul in the future!]
Seongjin clicked his tongue.
The soul is not a muscle, what kind of bullshit is this?
At the end of the morning training, Logan actually came to the training center.
As if it was natural, Seongjin headed to the monster task force with him. Of course, I didn’t forget to receive a share of her divine power before that.
“Oh, it’s cool.”
He turned his heaving shoulder and made a small groaning sound, and Logan asked with a puzzled look on his face.
“What kind of old man are you talking about, Seongjin Lee?”
“I’m telling you, I’m an old man.”
There are many hardships that a lively kid like you doesn’t know about.
When they arrived at the task force, Sir Sharon was waiting for them with an armful of reports.
As a result of investigating the workshop that Seongjin and Logan found the other day, they found traces of something buried in the ground. So they dug deeper into the area and found a corpse along with various work tools.
“It seemed like a long time had passed since death.”
The body had already begun to decompose, but that did not mean that the scars covering the body disappeared.
Wounds that were inflicted at different times may have gradually accumulated over a long period of time.
“… “Are you a remnant of the Penitent Church?”
“Yes, sir. It was clearly a trace of their penance. I also confirmed that he was wearing a medal from the Penitent Order. “Based on the belongings found together, I am guessing that he is a fairly high-ranking official.”
“hmm.”
Seongjin looked over the report carefully.
‘In that case, rather than saying that it was a Milo workshop from the beginning, would it be better to say that the manufacturing of medicinal tea was carried out in a place that was already used as a meeting place by the Penitent Church?’
So Belinda must have visited there too.
Of course, there is no way this corpse would have opened the portal directly to save Belinda. It seems she died long before she escaped her Inquisition.
‘In fact, Belinda didn’t seem to know that she had used the ‘portal’.’
So who is it? Who is the person who boldly stole prisoners from the Heresy Tribunal using objects from the normal world?
While Seongjin was deep in thought, an unfamiliar grumble was heard from next to him.
“Will there be any significant progress now that the body has been examined? “The people who can tell us the answer are already dead.”
“… … .”
Sir Valerie has been looking particularly sulky since Belinda died like that.
Moreover, a few days ago, there was another conflict with Seongjin under the pretext of an advertisement for a salmon specialty store.
“what? Sir Valery. Are you still angry?”
In response to Seongjin’s question, the red-haired inquisitor firmly shook his head.
“no. “How could a lowly paladin like me dare to commit such disrespect towards you?”
“Then what is it?”
“I’m just sad! I gave you advice out of concern that you might be caught by other priests. “It was all done for my sake!”
“Oh, I see.”
Seongjin answered roughly and flipped through the report.
“But what did you do to me? “You stuffed salmon into a loyalist’s mouth without saying a word!”
What, you’re angry, right?
“So the salmon wasn’t tasty?”
“… Of course it was delicious, but he said he would get money from me later! “It wasn’t even a proper dish for one person!”
“Materials are expensive. “Originally, its value is equivalent to the same weight of silver.”
When I responded sullenly, Sir Valerie looked blankly into space and grumbled.
“Tsk! You truly know nothing. “What a great help I am on a daily basis!”
“… … .”
“You wouldn’t guess! If it weren’t for me, I don’t know how much you would have suffered from the Heresy Inquisition’s backlash by now… … .”
Uh, okay, okay.
I’m not getting any money, so please just shut up!
fantasy,
