Chapter8. Gently scratch the inside. (One)
This was a more unlikely story than the current Emperor Theodore committing suicide. Because his greed for life and obsession with power were enormous.
“Yeah, I guess I was mistaken. Or maybe I was just taking a short break because I was full.”
Rachel stopped laughing and opened the newspaper again. Because the time has come for the priest to return.
Then there was a momentary pause.
“what?”
Perhaps due to my mood, the energy of Requiem just seemed to have increased a little. As if the guy was getting close.
“……No, that can’t be possible. Requiem has come this far and the world can’t be this quiet.”
Rachel shook her head.
“If that’s really the case, there should have been an uproar by now.”
If Requiem had approached the capital, there was no way the Emperor would have left him alone. Because he is a man who values the saint more than his own flesh and blood.
No, to be exact, the serenade inside my body.
Sword of Spring, Serenade.
Other names include Guardian of Spring Sunshine, Absolute Savior, and… … Sword of Life.
This is the name that best describes Serenade. A trait that has reached its extreme, contradictory to Requiem.
If Requiem takes away the other person’s vitality, Serenade, on the other hand, was able to give vitality to the other person.
The vitality of Serenade was so powerful that, like a never-dry well, it did not run out no matter how much it was poured out.
never.
The imperial family used Rachel to firmly maintain its power. Calling Serenade’s powerful vitality the power of God.
[God protects and supports this imperial family.]
There was no better means to elicit support from the empires.
So Rachel had to be used by those in power throughout her long life of several hundred years. They never let her go.
“…….”
Rachel once again focused on the energy of the requiem. I no longer felt the emotions of the requiem.
“I guess I was mistaken.”
Rachel shook her head and looked at the door. I could feel the presence of a priest trotting beyond.
She was able to immediately tell the other person’s physical condition just by looking at her. She could even see precisely which areas were damaged.
An ability awakened by the owner of Serenade. As Rachel was with Serenade for a long time, she was able to use that ability like breathing.
“I guess you’re hungry.”
Rachel chuckled and looked away from the priest’s abdomen.
After finishing her meal, she went out of the temple. This was because she had to travel around the capital periodically to give blessings.
“ha.”
An irritated sigh escaped Rachel’s lips as she headed toward the carriage.
‘It sounds like a blessing.’
This power, known to people as a blessing, was in fact nothing more than the use of Serenade’s life force.
‘It’s so annoying, really. Why are you creating an event like this?’
Life force is injected in the name of blessing for those who make huge donations to the temple. In the end, this was tantamount to exchanging Serenade’s power for donations.
“…….”
Rachel looked around the carriage with venomous eyes.
‘It’s here and it’s there.’
Wherever she looked, there were knights lined up.
They were all personnel assigned by the emperor to watch over the saint. There were so many people that it was confusing whether they were there to protect him or to escort him.
‘How can you say I’m running away?’
Although she had the power of Serenade, Rachel herself was an ordinary woman. She, no, she has a body that has not grown for hundreds of years, so she can’t be said to be ordinary.
In any case, Rachel’s body was small and weak, so it was impossible for her to escape from these knights.
‘Anyway, you little emperor, I heard you’re needlessly meticulous in these areas.’
Rachel grumbled and got into the carriage.
The carriage was, as always, extremely luxurious. Because it was at the same level as the emperor’s ride.
So not only was the ride comfortable, but it was also durable. Even if a dragon comes, it won’t be able to easily destroy this carriage.
‘What about the dragon, it’s a carriage that even I can’t destroy right now.’
Rachel continued to grumble and leaned against the back of the carriage.
The backrest was so damn soft.
But she didn’t like that comfort at all. Because this is just a luxury she is mortgaging her life to enjoy.
The priest got on opposite Rachel, and the carriage began to move.
“ha.”
Rachel let out a bored sigh and leaned her arms against the window. As she watched the scenery outside quickly passing by, she hoped that Requiem would appear soon.
That was the only hope in her life now.
The carriage entered the central boulevard of the capital. At one point, when numerous people were passing by the carriage,
“huh?”
Rachel opened her eyes. I felt a burning sensation in my shoulder area.
“what……?!”
Rachel hurriedly opened the carriage window.
“Saint?”
To the extent that he forgot that the priest was embarrassed and that this matter would reach the emperor’s ears.
Rachel was very embarrassed.
‘Requiem?’
I couldn’t get those words out so I muttered them to myself.
‘Of course. This is a requiem.’
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There was no way I could have encountered this energy so closely and not known it. The energy that had seemed distant until now felt particularly clear.
The moment the distance between the two swords became extremely close, they resonated with each other.
‘How can this happen?’
Rachel froze as she sat there.
‘Requiem is in the capital now?’
I wanted to get off the carriage and go back right now. I wanted to go through that crowd and check on each person one by one.
But that wasn’t possible.
If he did that, the emperor would try to interrogate him. It becomes impossible to achieve one’s wishes.
“Saint?”
At the priest’s voice asking again, Rachel finally returned to reality.
“ah.”
The priest was looking at himself with strange eyes.
“What’s going on?”
“……Ah, that’s it. I thought I saw a believer I knew.”
“Do you know any gods?”
Rachel moistened her dry lips.
“Yes. I saw it at a temple once and it stuck in my memory. I guess I saw it wrong.”
Rachel nodded and closed the window again. At the same time, he was thinking about what he would reply if he were questioned about this later.
‘Whew.’
After thinking, she tried to regain her composure.
‘Requiem, Requiem.’
My heart continued to beat rapidly, and my palms became sweaty.
‘no. ‘He showed signs of being agitated.’
The priest was tilting his head and looking at Rachel. If you show even the slightest hint of suspiciousness, you may arouse the emperor’s suspicion.
At times like this, I was very grateful for the silver veil covering my face. Rachel was lost in her thoughts as she straightened her disheveled veil.
‘How did this happen?’
The assumption that arose as a suspicion earlier became reality and appeared before my eyes. Someone had obtained the Requiem, and was even moving around while putting it to sleep.
‘Were you in the capital from the beginning?’
When Rachel first felt the requiem, it was by no means the capital.
‘So the reason it’s been quiet all this time wasn’t because Requiem was killing everyone?’
It was the opposite.
This was because the owner of Requiem quietly moved to the capital. Peacefully, without the riots and carnage caused by Requiem.
“…….”
The wrinkles between Rachel’s eyebrows deepened.
‘I need to meet you.’
She turned to look outside the carriage. Her eyes sparkled as she traced the scenery.
❖ ❖ ❖
I stopped on the spot.
“-!”
The cells of the entire body vibrate and seem to be strongly drawn somewhere.
As if we were being drawn to different poles of a magnet, as if something that had been together from the beginning had been torn apart and we were trying to put the pieces together.
One side of my shoulder feels hot. This is the exact place where the Requiem emblem is engraved.
‘no way,’
The carriage window was flung open.
The main street was filled with people and carriages full of colorful decorations and patterns.
I don’t know who among them is. But I knew what kind of being it was.
‘Serenade.’
A brother sword with the energy of spring and properties opposite to Requiem.
Requiem and Serenade resonate when together. And we can instinctively feel each other’s presence.
‘I guess we got closer for a moment.’
Since I couldn’t feel it anymore, it seemed like it had gone away in a carriage.
‘Is it there? Or over there?’
I cast my gaze at suspicious places, but there was no one in sight. There was no one running around in a panic, looking around.
However, it never expanded its territory. If you use it in a crowded place like this, not only will you be wasting energy,
‘Because they’ll come from over there anyway.’
Because the sweet body is over there, not mine.
“hmm.”
I closed the window again and leaned back in my chair.
Serenade’s owner must be very embarrassed by now.
At a completely unexpected moment, you would have found out that Requiem was right here.
‘Saint Rachel.’
She is the owner of the Serenade and the only saint of the present era.
Of course, only the latter is known to the public. Only the Emperor knows that she is the owner of the Serenade.
So, even though she found out about my existence, I wasn’t too worried.
‘It won’t come right away.’
The saint’s every move is monitored by the emperor, and she cannot easily go out without the emperor’s permission.
‘I wonder what you’ll do.’
If I knew her personality, she probably wouldn’t stay still like this. He will somehow find a way to meet me.
Because she has an unfulfilled wish.
And I knew very well that only I could make that wish come true.
‘I didn’t expect to meet you as soon as I came to the capital.’
The saint spends most of her time in the temple. It would be rare to go out like that, but it was an amazing coincidence.
Just like that, my encounter with one of the important characters from the original story quickly passed by.
I left the carriage window open and enjoyed the scenery outside.
“This is the capital of the empire.”
The heart and center of this empire, the place where the emperor, the most supreme being, resides.
Maggiore.
As its name suggests, this place occupies the central part of the continent, the most fertile land among them.
Moreover, the territory was so large that it was impossible to even dream of moving around on foot like in the Obest territory.
“It’s so different from the West.”
I clicked my tongue softly and took in the sights of the capital.
Unlike the west, where you can see mountains no matter where you turn, here you can see tall buildings wherever you look.
Even so, in the West, there are no trees to cut down, so construction is done by carving out rough rocks. However, this place uses white, fine marble and high-quality stone to luxuriously raise the building several stories high.
“Well, the western building is probably stronger.”
In any case, the building was painstakingly built by the best architects in the empire, so it was extremely luxurious.
That’s all.
The clothes of the people passing by were also full of various colors. It looked very luxurious, as if it was made of expensive fabric.
People’s faces were full of vitality. Instead of worrying, I was just beaming.
“It’s really different from our territory.”
The people here did not have the desperation of facing death or the desperate struggle to survive.
“joy.”
Has he become attached to the Obest territory? For no reason, I thought of the residents suffering there and my heart was upset.
fantasy,
