Chapter 297
My Villains Episode 297
54. paladin(5)
Sir Kabar, the cathedral knight, guided me to a small chapel next to the cathedral. The chapel, which also served as an observatory or pavilion, had a clear view of the rugged mountain range below the cliff in the distance..
“First, there is something to check.”
“Confirmation?” "yes.”
I was a little suspicious of his seemingly polite attitude, but it wasn't something I needed to criticize..
I looked at him intently, telling him to continue speaking, and Sir Kabar looked around once and then slowly opened his mouth..
“What Abel left to Sir. Do you know what that is?” Ah, that's it. I wondered when he would ask. Distributing equipment and persuading mercenaries is important, but the most important thing was to decide on future steps..
So for the past three days, I have been thinking carefully about what to do now..
To recall the scenario, the goal of Chapter 5 was to help Saint Abel and protect the Seteni Ora Monastery. The messenger from the dark world and the monsters he led were the main enemies..
The reality was a little different. What attacked the sacred place were not monsters imbued with demonic energy, but the King of Death and his undead army. And in that attack, Saint Abel died..
Although the most important goal of Saint Abel's survival was not achieved, the darkness that was immediately covering the Holy Land was lifted. Then, isn't Chapter 5 roughly over??
If you think about it this way, your next destination is no different. Since Chapter 5, the incident at Seteniora Monastery, has been concluded, we should move on to Chapter 6, The Royal Capital..
But if you do this, a serious error will occur. It's because of the boss in Chapter 6. The ‘King of Slaughter’, who will devour the capital with his magic and then aim to conquer Middle Earth, is stationed in the west with his army. By overcoming the attacks of the undead and the fishmen, and then dealing with the electors of neighboring empires, its reputation is being raised to the sky..
Yes, Ulkar, my lord and third prince of Milanol..
“……Sir Phoenics?”
“Oh, sorry..”
Now that the scenario is so twisted, I have to make a decision using the information given to me. And the most significant piece of information was what Saint Abel left me..
“Abel... … You left me a dream.”
“indeed. It's according to your intuition..”
The middle-aged cathedral knight approached closely, unable to hide his excited expression..
“So, what was the dream? Was it a revelation? Or prophecy?”
……Ugh, it’s burdensome..
“It's difficult to say exactly. Well, it was originally a dream... … Isn't it vague and abstract?.”
“Yes, that's right. Whether it is revelation or prophecy, it would be difficult for an ordinary believer to understand its meaning. Let's gather our wits. I will call all the priests together..”
“No, no! That won't happen.”
I calmly continued speaking while trying to stop Lord Kabar from running out of the place of worship at any moment..
“I didn't completely understand the meaning of the dream, but I did know one thing..”
“what do you mean?”
“The dream that Abel left behind is leading me somewhere..”
“‘‘Leading’ means……
“At the moment I had the dream, I could sense that Abel was trying to guide me somewhere. No, rather than just noticing it, I realized it as if it were natural… … Okay, it's hard to explain..”
As I blurted out the words, as I expected, Lord Kabar muttered ‘Lord’ and made the sign of the cross..
“I know very well, Sir. “That strange feeling of knowing something without having seen or heard it.” Sir Kabar's eyes flashed like a slightly crazy person, and he clasped his hands together..
“It's a revelation. Abel left a revelation to you..”
W Ugh
“Although this was expected to some extent, it was still surprising. It is not a priest, a monk, or a cathedral knight, but Sir Phoenix, a knight of the world, who receives the revelation. Lord.”
The cathedral knight crossed himself again and spoke without stopping..
“There will definitely be some twists and turns. It may be the saint's final insight, or, I daresay... it may be an arrangement handed down from on high..”
Instead of speaking out loud, I stayed silent..
An arrangement handed down from on high. It's meaningful. I hope that not only this man but also other priests think the same way..
Sir Kabar, who wet his dry lips, quickly asked a question to me who kept his mouth shut..
“So, what was the revelation? Where is the wonder led to??”
“ that•♦••••
I pretended to be worried for a moment and pressed my temples, then sighed deeply..
“Sorry, Sir Kabar. I can't tell you.”
“yes? what is that-”
I had no intention of informing Lord Kavar, or more specifically, the Church of Elganor, about the contents of the dream..
It's natural. 'The silver-maned lion is tinged with darkness?' If you say something like that, the entire church will burst into laughter and try to arrest Ulkar..
I can assure you, that is not what Saint Abel intended..
If he wanted to bury Ulkar, he would have left a revelation to the priests and cathedral knights who guarded the area. But Abel tenaciously held on to his life, and just before he died, he handed over his dream to me, the knight of Ulkar..
Saint Abel is the leader of heroes who will save Middle-earth. There must be a special reason why he left the revelation to me and not to anyone else..
“I dare to judge……
He stiffened his expression and slowly raised his head. I narrowed my eyebrows slightly, focused straight, and spoke quietly to the cathedral knight with a puzzled face..
“The revelation that the Son left to me is a plan for the crisis that will come to the world. Also, it is a calling given to me..”
“……What a calling.?”
“It means that this is an order given solely to me. An order that no one can carry out for you and that you cannot dare not follow..”
Sir Kabar opened his mouth slightly, as if his imitation of a knight strengthening his will under a heavy fate had worked. Then
‘‘A revelation from a saint, a calling to a hero-’ he muttered and then swallowed his saliva..
“••••••then,”
Instead of his eyes flashing with fanaticism, he nodded with a very calm expression..
“Then, do you plan to follow the calling given to you by the Lord??”
“I already told you. I dare not not follow it..”
“okay. Do you know where you're headed??”
“……“I’m going west.” Saint Abel's prophecy is not the oracle of Delphi. This means that it is not something like fate that cannot be corrected no matter how hard you try. The main content of the latter half of the scenario was to destroy Abel's prophecy even in the game..
Therefore, I will meet Ulkar. I plan to watch over the silver-maned lion and prevent him from falling into darkness. Since the existing scenario was already twisted and twisted, I decided to write a new story without being tied down by it..
“All right." Sir Kavar nodded with a stern look on his face..
“I will tell the story to the priests..”
“thank you.”
He seemed to be about to finish the story, so I scratched my eyebrows and asked him:.
“Uh, is this the end? An important issue related to the denomination is.”
“What could be more important than the revelation of the Son?.”
He smoothed his neatly trimmed beard and cleared his throat loudly..
“Actually, the main point was something else, but I think there is no need to ask the Lord..”
“It's Cheong.?”
“It's related to Princess Theodora and the Calandari Order..”
“……I want to hear what happened, this is what happened..”
“that is—”
Lord Kabar hesitated with a troubled look, then smiled bitterly..
“Yes, I will tell you. Actually, it's not that big of a deal. Do you remember what happened three days ago??”
“If it happened three days ago?”
“I'm talking about Priest Marcel and, um, raising his voice for a moment..”
Oh, you mean the time I acted up and ran out?.
“At that time, Princess Theodora showed me the saint's letter..”
“A letter from a saint??”
“yes. It turned out that the saint had exchanged letters with the princess a couple of times. That's right, the saint was a person who was respected by the entire Gwangmyeong Church, regardless of denomination. You weren't the kind of person who cared about relationships between denominations..”
“What kind of letter was it??”
“……It was a letter telling me to come here because I had urgent matters to discuss..”
“So, Princess Theodora came at the saint’s invitation.?”
“yes. That's why they didn't kick her and the paladins, or rather the cavalry, out of the shrine..”
Something like that happened. I thought it was a little strange that they were allowed to stay in a monastery despite being treated as heretics, but it turned out that it was because of an invitation left by Saint Abel..
“……It's a little surprising..”
“yes? What do you mean??”
“You mean that you obediently acknowledged that the letter was sent by the saint?.”
“Even at a glance, I could recognize it as the saint’s handwriting. and,”
Lord Kavar continued speaking with his mouth set tight..
“Although he showed indecency to the Lord in the past, he only kept silent because it was the priest's duty to communicate with outside religious organizations. I am a cathedral knight, and I am not a person who can deceive my conscience even in the face of clear evidence..”
“Uh, I didn't mean it that way.……
When I thought about it, I realized that was what I meant, so I just blurted out the end of my sentence..
“…… Going back to the story, Princess Theodora is said to have asked the saint through letters about the King of Death, the undead army, the Witch of Praise, and the fish-man army. He said he was suspicious that such a great disaster had befallen Middle-earth all at once..”
“Are you saying that the saint invited the princess to give him an answer??”
“That's what the princess said. However, since he was unable to meet the saint due to an ill health, the princess claims that he must have left behind something before his death..”
“Hmm.”
……I didn't expect this.
Could it be that Abel was trying to leave a revelation to Princess Theodora, not me??
“Even though you revealed that you left no will, she persisted. Finally, last night, the princess found out that Gyeong had met the saint just before his death..”
“then••••••
“I'm going to visit you today. To ask whether the Son left behind something..”
Then I realized why Lord Kabar had asked to speak to me..
“That was the main point. Persuading Princess Theodora not to reveal the saint's revelation..”
“……yes, actually.”
As if he was ashamed of revealing the conflict between the religious denominations, Sir Kabar continued with a bitter smile..
“But now I see that there is no need for that..”
“Why??”
“Lord Phoenics holds the Son's revelation solely as his calling. There would be no reason to reveal this to a princess who is a foreigner..”
Oh, no. After finishing my conversation with Sir Kavar, I returned to the common house, and, as he said, Princess Theodora and the Holy Knights came to visit me..
The princess asked to talk, so I pretended to think about it for a while and then let her into the room on the condition that I stay alone..
“I heard that you witnessed the saint's final days..”
Princess Theodora was wearing a surcoat over her everyday clothes instead of hard armor..
She was wearing a fist-sized pendant on top of her long, thick outer coat, and at first glance, the white light fluttering gave off an auspicious atmosphere. That must be the ‘Savior’s Pendant’.
“It just so happened that.”
“The saint who revealed his life met the hero who emerged at the end of his life. There will not be many people who think that meeting was a coincidence..”
With her pale blonde hair and an even brighter white face, Princess Theodora gave off a mysterious aura. If it weren't for his light green eyes full of warmth, one might have mistaken him for not being human..
“Eyes that hold a secret.”
She quietly looked into my eyes. I didn't feel any divine power, but it felt like some kind of power was peering into me..
“Tell me. What did he leave behind for you??”
I stayed silent for a moment and then carefully opened my mouth..
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