Episode 243
“Sir… I feel uneasy…”
Rachel, her shoulders slumped, spoke in a dying voice.
Choi Hyun-seok picked up Rachel, frowning.
“If you’re going to vomit, go somewhere else and do it.” “I won’t. What do you think I am… Ugh…!” “Hey! Go over there and do it!”
“Whew-!”
Rachel ended up vomiting out what was inside her.
Choi Hyun-seok, terrified, desperately dropped Rachel.
“Hey! It’s sticking to my fingers!”
“Whew!”
“Are you doing this on purpose!? Hey!”
A dedicated fairy who cools down and a warrior who is full of different emotions.
Park Hyun-ah looked at the two with a very pitiful expression.
“How many times have you been through it before you can’t stand it?”
After shaking off Gatren’s clutches.
Park Hyun-ah did not go straight to the hideout.
Because the coordinates could be traced along the reverberation of the magic.
In order to shake off the pursuit, it was necessary to confuse the destination as much as possible.
I keep wandering around places that have nothing to do with me.
He even teleported to the same place three times.
By now the pursuers must be racking their brains.
“By the way, where is this place?” “The hideout I made when I fought Gatren a while ago.”
Rachel was roughly thrown into a corner.
Choi Hyun-seok looked around the hideout he had just arrived at.
A forest located somewhere on the continent.
The large cabin looked somehow familiar.
“Have you been here before? You look familiar.” “This is my first time here. It must be a hideout similar to this one.” “There must be a lot of hideouts like this.” “There used to be hundreds. There aren’t many left now.”
Park Hyun-ah sat down on a chair while speaking.
Now that there are no more interruptions, I thought I’d share what’s been going on.
Choi Hyun-seok also noticed this and sat down across from her.
“So. What have you been doing for the past half a year? It doesn’t look like you’ve been playing around…”
Park Hyun-ah, who had been staring at Choi Hyun-seok for a moment, continued speaking.
“What did Sarah Dunphy do?” “Did you notice?”
“I’m not sure, but I think that undead can do anything.”
Park Hyun-ah seems to have already realized that Sarah Dunphy has given her strength.
Choi Hyun-seok nodded and explained.
“Sarah left me the magic. I couldn’t move to make it mine.” “Wait a minute, you ‘left’ me the magic? You didn’t give it to me, you left it behind…” “Yes. Sarah disappeared that day. She had prepared a special magic in a remote cave. I continued to gain strength from that cave.”
My head became complicated by the incomprehensible phenomenon, and my eyebrows naturally furrowed.
Leaving the magic in the cave and letting it continue to absorb it.
It was something completely out of the ordinary.
“Ugh…”
After much thought, Park Hyun-ah finally gave in.
“I don’t know! It’s been more than a day or two that the undead hasn’t been able to understand.”
Sarah Dunphy’s magical knowledge is out of date today.
Park Hyun-ah also prides herself on having some of the best magical knowledge on the continent, but the difference in skill level between her and Sarah Dunphy’s was so great that it was embarrassing to be compared to her.
So even if you used magic that cannot be understood by common sense…
If the target is Sarah Dunphy, then you have no choice but to let it go.
“How was the last one?”
Park Hyun-ah asked, resting her chin on her hand.
Her gaze was looking out the window.
“He left with a smile.”
“That’s fortunate.”
Park Hyun-ah’s eyes looking outside were calm.
It also appears to contain a forest landscape.
It felt like looking back at the past.
“How have you been, Sister?” “I’ve been like a dog.”
Park Hyun-ah smiled faintly.
She gave a brief account of what had happened over the past six months.
After leaving the Mariott Kingdom and recovering his body, he fought against Gatren.
There was a lot going on, but it didn’t take long to explain it in words.
Choi Hyun-seok nodded after hearing the whole story.
“Then Mr. Abelson and the Kingdom of Mariott are safe.” “Damn… They say raising a boy is useless. This older sister has suffered all this, but this little disciple is just a woman. He only thinks about women.”
Choi Hyun-seok scratched his cheek with an embarrassed smile.
“Why are you saying that? It’s because we’re meeting like this and talking.” “That’s okay. That’s okay. I’m sad! The old man should hurry up and get over it.”
Park Hyun-ah leaned against the back of the chair and whined.
At that moment, Choi Hyun-seok suddenly made a serious expression and pushed his face in.
“Sister. Can I ask you something?” “Shit, you piece of shit! Why are you pushing me in and making a fuss when you can just ask!?”
Since Choi Hyun-seok’s impression wasn’t that good, I was surprised when he suddenly became serious.
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Even though Park Hyun-ah tried to shake off her surprised feelings, Choi Hyun-seok continued to maintain a serious atmosphere at his own pace.
“This is a really important story.”
“What, what is it…”
“How old are you really?”
Park Hyun-ah’s expression crumpled at the surprise question about her age.
“Are you going to ask me my age like that?” “No way… Are you over 100 years old or something?” “What the hell is that crazy guy talking about!?” “No, legends do rejuvenate you and stuff. So I was wondering if you were the same way…”
I had asked Park Hyun-ah’s age before.
At that time, Park Hyun-ah tried to explain that she was much older than me, but since she called herself old, I wondered how old she was exactly.
‘He’s clearly younger than me.’
When looking at just her appearance, Park Hyun-ah looked younger than Choi Hyun-seok.
Although Choi Hyun-seok looked older because of his stocky physique and face.
Putting that aside, the same is true when looking at Park Hyun-ah’s appearance alone.
At most, late 20s.
Even though he was in his mid-20s, he had a trustworthy appearance.
“He’s not a hundred years old. How can a young child think of a person as an old man?”
“You mean below?”
“Then it’s okay!?”
“Hmm, then seventy? Sixty?”
“no!”
Suddenly, Park Hyun-ah jumped up from her seat.
“If you don’t have the energy to talk nonsense, get ready to go.”
“Where are you going?”
“You’re here too. Now we need to be a bit more aggressive.”
You’re going to move suddenly?
It seemed clear that he wanted to change the subject.
Even though Choi Hyun-seok knew that, he decided to back out at this point.
I was thinking of taking it little by little, because if I push too hard at once, the backlash could be too strong.
‘I’m sure I’ll find out.’
That’s how humans are naturally.
The more you hide, the more they want to know.
In the past, I held back because I could die if I said something wrong, but not anymore.
One day I will reveal Park Hyun-ah’s age!
Hiding his true feelings, Choi Hyun-seok asked in a cheeky manner.
“So, what does it mean to move aggressively?”
This is a topic that was brought up to avoid talking about age anyway.
I didn’t think there was anything particularly important, but what came out of Park Hyun-ah’s mouth was something I never expected.
“Let’s go see Cardinal George.”
***
cardinal.
The being who holds the second highest position in the Church of Deusis, after the Pope.
There is no need to explain in detail how great they are, the whole continent knows.
At times, he wielded more power than the king of a small kingdom.
“Cardinals are a bunch of punks who show off their nobility, so it’s hard to meet them. Most of them stay locked up in the temple and don’t come out.”
The Cardinal was a mysterious figure in many ways.
In the first place, it was rare to come out of the temple.
Even Park Hyun-ah, who had been fighting against Gatren for a long time, had only a few encounters with the Cardinal, and they had not shown themselves.
“Then what should we do?”
“Since he won’t come out, we should go and find him and take care of him.” “Do you know where he is?” “If you go far from the capital of Gatren, there is a cardinal who rules over each region like a king. Let’s take care of them first.”
Park Hyun-ah immediately used space travel magic.
It had been less than an hour since I had come to the hideout and started resting.
Rachel, still feeling dizzy, whined that she absolutely could not go, but what could she do?
On the path the warrior takes, the dedicated fairy has no choice but to follow.
“Whoaaah…!”
After a while.
Leaving Rachel to vomit in the forest.
Choi Hyun-seok looked at the city in the distance.
“Is it there?”
“Oh. Cartesia, the capital of the Karton domain. There’s a guy named Cardinal Maurizio there.” “It looks like it’s quite noisy.”
Choi Hyun-seok narrowed his eyes.
Even though it was quite far away, the bustle of the city could be felt.
I wonder if something happened in the middle of the night.
“Today is the Cardinal’s granddaughter’s birthday. That’s why we’re having a party.”
“yes?”
Choi Hyun-seok opened his eyes wide.
Cardinal’s granddaughter’s birthday?
Can a cardinal get married?
No, more than that, it’s not like they’re having a party because it’s the birthday of a cardinal’s granddaughter, not a lord or a king.
No matter how I thought about it, he seemed to be far from being a religious person.
“I told you. Some cardinals are just like kings. The people of this country tremble more at a single word from a cardinal than from a king. The higher-ups are busy trying to please the cardinals.” “That’s hard to understand.” “Well, you don’t have to think about it too deeply. After all, they’re just playing around with the bastards who suck the blood of the lower-ranking people. Just think of them as trash.”
Park Hyun-ah said somewhat cynically.
She seemed familiar with this situation.
Choi Hyun-seok, who had been clicking his tongue next to him, suddenly snapped his fingers as if a good idea had occurred to him.
“Sister. If it’s a banquet, is it held in a temple?”
“I guess so.”
“Then why can’t we just blow up the entire temple with magic?”
Park Hyun-ah shook her head.
“No magic attacks.”
“why?”
“It’s so well defended.”
Cardinals usually reside in the capitals of their kingdoms or large fiefdoms.
Like the Cartesia you see now.
Naturally, such a large city would have extensive defenses.
“Even if you use magic by surprise, it will first be blocked by the city’s defense shield, and then the priests and cardinals within the city will deploy the defense shield. No matter how much you try, you can’t break through that.”
There is a good reason why Park Hyun-ah has not been able to deal with the cardinal all this time.
The cardinal possessed immense divine power, and the protective magic cast by the priests along with him was difficult to break through no matter what was done.
Basically, it was inevitable because divine power itself is specialized for defense.
“If magic doesn’t work, we’ll have to get them out.” “That’s impossible. The Cardinal won’t come out no matter what we do. Especially not these days when guys like us are causing trouble.” “Then what should we do?”
It can’t even penetrate defensive magic.
However, it is difficult to take the cardinal out of the city.
Then there is no way to attack?
“If I had been alone before, it would have been a situation where there was no answer, but it’s different now.” “I guess you have some kind of plan.”
“of course.”
Confidence is evident in Park Hyun-ah’s confident expression.
Choi Hyun-seok swallowed hard.
An impregnable city!
What is the plan to hunt down the cardinal hiding inside!?
“What is the plan?”
Park Hyun-ah smiled faintly at Choi Hyun-seok’s question.
“What the heck? They just barge in and kick the shit out of me.”
“yes?”
***
The knight Jacob was very uncomfortable.
“They really keep coming in endlessly.”
A long procession of carriages.
All of these items were to be presented to Cardinal Maurizio.
Today is the Cardinal’s granddaughter’s birthday.
To celebrate this, guests from all over the kingdom flocked in with offerings.
“What is the world going to become…”
Knight Jacob sighed deeply.
In fact, the purpose of today’s banquet is not simply to celebrate my granddaughter’s birthday.
That’s just an excuse.
In reality, it was an extension of the banquets that were held every other day.
Rumor has it that high-ranking nobles and priests gather inside the temple to hold banquets full of pleasure.
Among the real products here, there will be a lot of drugs that enhance the human spirit, as well as alcohol.
“My head hurts…”
You can’t do anything even though you see a hotbed of corruption right before your eyes.
He wanted to do justice as a knight, but he was powerless.
As I said before, he was just a knight.
No matter how corrupt a person is, a knight is someone who pledges loyalty according to his oath.
That is why I do my best in the tasks assigned to me.
That was the only belief that kept him a knight in a world of chaos.
“hmm…?”
Knight Jacob frowned.
Ignoring the long line, two men and women approached him.
“Stop. Identify yourself.”
The man and woman stopped at Jacob’s words.
The woman walking ahead looked at Jacob and spoke to him calmly.
“Isn’t it the Cardinal’s granddaughter’s birthday party today?” “Yes. Are you here to attend the banquet?” “Well, you could say that.”
Even though their appearance was shabby, Jacob did not ignore them.
The point is that I ignored the waiting line.
And judging by his dignified demeanor, he was clearly a high-ranking noble.
The knight Jacob spoke in a polite voice.
“Excuse me, but could you please show me your identification and invitation?”
“There isn’t any.”
“yes?”
“I said there isn’t any.”
“Then you cannot enter.”
“why?”
“Because we cannot allow undocumented people into the city.”
“Even like this?”
The woman took something out of her bosom and held it out.
It was a shiny gold coin.
Knight Jacob clenched his fists.
“What are you doing now…?”
“Toll.”
“You are committing a crime right now.” “Hey, hey. I get it. Okay.”
The woman waved her hand as if she understood everything, then took out another gold coin from her bosom.
“Is this good enough?”
“This guy! I’m a knight! What do you mean by knight…?” “Ha, that kid is expensive.”
The woman scratched her head nervously.
Then this time he took out his entire pocket.
I took a quick look inside and saw that it was full of gold coins.
Jacob stared blankly at the glittering gold coins as if possessed by something.
‘How much is all that…’
It’s the kind of money you can barely save even if you work as a journalist your whole life.
It was enough money to buy a mansion in Cartesia right away.
“Then let’s go in.”
The woman forced Jacob, the knight, to give her her purse.
“Hey, hey… You shouldn’t do that…”
Jacob, the knight who had received the pouch by chance, rolled his eyes here and there.
‘It really won’t work…’
He is a knight.
Even in this world, the duty of a knight…
‘It’s ecstatic.’
The flash of gold dominated my mind.
When he looked back, the man who had come with the woman had already passed him and gone inside.
Watching the two leave, Knight Jacob bent his waist at a 90 degree angle.
“Take a look!”
