Episode 64. Two hearts
The night was deep.
The light went and darkness came.
The evening in Vaticare Zero, after the morning heat had cooled off, was quite cool.
The temperature difference was so great with Legion, the center of the continent, that I had to wear long clothes when I took off my armor, so the weather was completely different from the south where I was born and raised.
I whispered softly as I looked out the window of the small lodging that Archbishop ‘Juda’ had saved me.
“When are you going to move?”
Judah answered me while scratching his head with an unknown bird’s feather on his bed.
“The bell will ring in a little while. “I plan to move when the time is right.”
“Is there anything I can help you with?”
“Alone is enough. “If I can break through the barrier, no one can stop me from then on.”
“… Well, if you’ve come this far, you’ll take care of yourself. “Don’t make a big deal out of it by getting caught by other guys like that.”
Judas snaps his fingers! He bounced and his body began to glow and he took on the appearance of someone else.
Ssaaaa-
A young woman with pink pigtails showing off her long legs.
“Lily?”
Lily, the arena guide, made a V sign with her fingers and smiled broadly at me.
“Adventurer!”
“No, why are you looking like that?”
“Because I’m Lily.”
“You’re Lily?”
“huh! On the days when Cynthia climbs the tower, she is absent. “I was usually waiting for a strong adventurer to appear in the arena.”
“Why are you a strong adventurer?”
“Because you need it? To get Cynthia back to her papacy she must achieve her goal. “For that to happen, she had to have a strong person accompany her to her party.”
Lily came close next to me and smiled heartily.
“If I show my true power in the tower, the other apostles will find out. and… . “If you do something like that, even God won’t forgive you.”
Unlike other apostles, Baphomet does not stay in the tower. This is because he was in charge of carrying out orders given by someone called God.
This is something I learned in my past life on the upper floors of the tower, and it is information that no one knows now.
‘of course.’
Baphomet probably doesn’t know that I know about him either. Because right now, on this continent, there is no one who has reached the level with information about him.
‘so.’
I’m going to use this guy now. A colleague of mine from a past life who is currently in the Papal Office.
Because my strength alone is not enough to find that guy.
“Anyway, I let you into the Papal Palace as I promised.”
Lily lightly hugged my right arm and winked.
“How can I repay this favor?”
“Die, so I can climb the tower more easily.”
“what! “What does my death have to do with you climbing the tower?”
“Wouldn’t you also be blocking my path later? I don’t know which floor you are guarding. “Because I’m aiming for the top.”
“No, I-”
Baphomet bit his lip as he tried to say something.
“I’m on your side, Verdin. Unless God is against you.”
“You speak really well. Okay, now let’s go. “I have to go do my job too.”
“… “Thank you. If it wasn’t for you, it would have taken a long time to get here.”
“Thank you.”
I am even more grateful when I think about what will happen in the future.
“I’ll come visit you once I’m done with the work.”
“okay.”
“Okay then.”
Judas jumped out of the window.
His whole body became a black here and hid himself in the darkness, and soon he was blown away somewhere by the wind and disappeared.
Ssaaaa-
I closed the window, looking in the direction he left.
thud.
This is the beginning.
One of the five companions who were with me in my past life, a secret person whose existence is not even known to the world outside of the Beopwangcheong.
‘Maria Theresa.’
In the past, she was called a saint and the Pope personally enshrined her in the religious order, but as time passed and an oracle was given that was different from the Pope’s will, she was called a heretic and was accused of being a corrupt person.
She has a strong belief that will not break no matter what happens and a strong mentality that will never compromise if something is wrong.
It must have been a thorn in the eye of the Pope who was trying to protect his position from many threats.
‘I can’t help it.’
These guys say they lead the way to God, but in reality, they are the ones who hate what they are walking on more than anyone else.
Knock, knock, knock.
Someone knocked on the door.
When I opened it, I saw Cynthia, fully armed, standing there with a stern expression.
“Judas?”
“I’ll be in my room.”
“I didn’t know there was one.”
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She is looking at me with suspicion. A reaction as if I had hidden him.
“Then look for it. “I was here a little while ago and then left.”
“… I get it. When are you going to go find your comrades?”
“When the sun rises. “I heard from the priest that I shouldn’t be out and about during this time.”
“So are you going to stay in your room?”
“That’s right.”
I naturally lay down on the bed and answered her.
“Because if you and I do something here, we’ll be in trouble.”
“… … .”
“Let’s not rush to get things done. You’re both busy, right? “There will be people you need to meet when you come back.”
“You’re carefree.”
“Sometimes you have to have times like this. “I’ve been running non-stop until now.”
She looked me up and down and grinned. An eight year old saying that? With an expression that said.
“What’s your schedule for tomorrow?”
“I think I’ll go out to eat when the sun rises.”
“meal?”
“Yeah, I guess the food here doesn’t suit my taste. “I heard there is a famous restaurant in this city. I’d like to go there.”
“… restaurant? “Who heard that from someone?”
“Acquaintance.”
“Acquaintance?”
“Yeah, I usually never smile. “There is a woman who is more beautiful than anyone else when she smiles once.”
The moment the word woman passed by, Cynthia twitched her eyebrows.
“Who is that?”
“there is. “He who lived here for a very long time and followed the will of the Highest more faithfully than anyone else.”
“So who is that?”
“It’s a secret.”
“secret?”
“Okay, don’t worry about it, just make sure you show up on time tomorrow morning. “There are a lot of people there, so if you’re late, there’s no place to sit.”
She clenched her fists with a pouting expression and slammed the door! I closed it and left.
“Eat alone!”
* * *
Dae-Eng! Dae-Eng! Dae-Eng!
The huge bell on top of Beopwangcheong let out a clear and reverent sound throughout the city. At the same time, all the people closed the windows of their houses and locked the door handles.
Doo doo doo doo.
Guards were placed one at a time in each house, an order containing the Pope’s determination to save all people from heretics targeting the sanctuary.
“… “It’s fun.”
Baphomet turned into black smoke and quickly flew through the sky toward the Pope’s Office.
There were a few soldiers who spotted him along the way, but they thought it was just clouds mixing with darkness to form that form.
Baphomet was not caught by anyone until he reached the desired location.
‘good.’
Easy profit!
Baphomet arrived at the dungeon in the Pope’s Office building in an instant.
He stopped at the end of the street, entered the iron bars, and opened his mouth in front of a torture device called the ‘Iron Maiden’.
“Saint Joanna Arc, according to the will of My High One, I have come to save you.”
Clap!
The Iron Maiden opened on both sides, revealing the red-haired woman trapped inside.
“… “Who are you?”
The bloody woman raised her head and saw Baphomet. In her eyes, it was just black smoke doing her talking.
“I have no idea who I am. All you have to do is decide whether you will follow His will or not.”
The eyes are already so weak that it is difficult to focus, and the limbs are unable to move due to the arduous torture.
Joanna Arc found it difficult to make a judgment on the sudden appearance of black smoke.
“Him?”
“Yes, him.”
“Who is that?”
“… The person you prayed so hard to meet until now. “The one who is looking down on you from on high.”
* * *
“It’s delicious.”
Cynthia cut a hotcake with a bright expression and put it in her mouth. This is her restaurant that she said was her favorite in her past life.
“I’m glad you like it.”
“… “But where is the colleague you mentioned?”
“I haven’t met you yet.”
“Do you know where it is?”
“okay.”
“Then let’s go right away after we finish eating. “Anyway, there’s nothing good about staying here for a long time, right?”
She spoke quickly, as if urging her on.
I answered her while holding a teacup and leisurely looking around.
“I will take care of my new colleague. “Since you came all the way here, how about taking a look around your knights?”
“… “How much do you know about me?”
“I think it’s probably everything.”
“entire?”
“Yeah, everything.”
From her birth to how she grew up and what she went through to become the person she is today.
Because I’ve heard it every single time in my past life.
Cynthia pushed her finished bowl forward and leaned her back against the back of the chair.
“Strange’s information network is truly amazing. “If only he knew that much information about me, a mere knight.”
It is I, not Strange, who is great.
“Think whatever you want.”
“Then what should I be doing here?”
“Just like I said a little while ago, do whatever you want. “It will take some time to meet the person I want as a colleague anyway.”
“You said you know where it is?”
“I know.”
“But why does it take time?”
I shrugged my shoulders.
“Because even if I know you, I can’t meet you.”
This is not a lie.
The place where ‘Maria Theresa’ is now is a special place that only a very few people within the Papal Office can enter.
So much so that even Cynthia, the leader of the Holy Knights, could not step on it carelessly.
Cynthia didn’t bother to continue asking questions. You know you won’t get an answer anyway, and you know I won’t like it if you keep asking.
Rattling.
She jumped up from her seat.
“Then I’m going to meet some of my subordinates for the first time in a while.”
“How long will it take?”
“If I leave now, I think I’ll be back around evening. “Is there somewhere you should stop by with me?”
“No, I was just asking when you would return to the dorm.”
“Why is that?”
“I was thinking of having dinner together.”
“dinner?”
“okay.”
“… “I’ll be back in time.”
After finishing the conversation, Cynthia left for the barracks within the Pope’s Office.
She may have thought my story unsophisticated, but it was actually important to me to read her movements here.
‘I will serve as a witness that I was not there at the time when Maria escaped from prison.’
Slurp.
A small caterpillar peeked its face out from the sleeve of my clothes. I pushed his forehead with my fingers and whispered softly.
“Not yet.”
The bug nodded its head slightly and went deep into the sleeve again.
‘Don’t be in a hurry, Rox.’
Soon, this whole neighborhood will turn upside down.
“Saint Joanna Arc has disappeared!!!”
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