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When Benedick heard that Lucy had woken up from a long sleep and started training with her friends, he thought it was an act to shake off his sadness.

When it’s so hard that even thinking about something causes sadness to consume you, it’s best not to give your head time to think at all.

Benedick, who had done something similar in the past, understood how Lucy felt and decided to leave her alone until she could deal with her grief.

He made an excuse that if he pushed his face in his face, he would only hurt his feelings.

“Aren’t you just hesitating because you don’t know how to comfort the young lady?”

The head deacon, who had been watching the frustrated look all day, ended up nagging Benedick.

It was so pathetic to see the person who had gradually improved after spending time alone with Lucy seem to have gone back to the past.

“…Chief deacon. It hurts my heart when you hit me with the obvious truth.”

“Then wouldn’t it be okay if you didn’t have to rebuke?”

“Would I be doing this if it were as I wanted.”

Benedick also knows what is right. However, when I think about going to see Lucy, the image of Lucy sobbing and collapsing alone in the tomb comes to mind, and I just can’t move my feet.

“When I think of that scene, I think that my good daughter was worried about her ugly father and forced her to forgive him.”

The head deacon’s eyes became cold as he saw Benedick’s eyes turn red and he quickly took out a handkerchief.

The sight of a man who once brought fear to an entire continent wiping away his tears with a handkerchief smaller than his own was so pathetic.

“Do you think the current lady is someone who comforts others with lies?”

“That is.”

“You will really be happy to hear this story.”

Although his tone was now full of sarcasm, Benedick was unable to refute the deacon’s words.

Because he thought he was too ugly. Because I was disgusted with myself for being worse than my daughter, who was trying to overcome her sadness and move forward on her own without the help of her poor father.

He grabbed the tear-stained handkerchief.

“What should I do?”

“You already know.”

“…”

“I believe that the head of the family will no longer run away from the desk. So please reward my faith.”

After the head deacon left, saying that there was a lot of work left to do, Benedick absentmindedly looked at the documents on the desk and sighed.

I know what to do. I know that if I treat my daughter as I have always done, that will be enough. But what can you do if it doesn’t work out the way you want it to?

smart. Just as Benedick was sighing, there was a knock on the door.

That was all Benedick knew who was outside the door.

The sound of small footsteps that I heard on the way here.

A hum that comes out naturally even without being conscious of it.

The crunching sound that comes when a small hand knocks on the door.

Because it showed me who was out there.

“Please come in. Lucy.”

“…How do you know? I didn’t say anything.”

“How could I not know that my daughter was coming?”

“Elegance. It’s so perverted that it’s quite disgusting. I was so disgusted that I wanted to run away.”

“…Uh. Uh oh.”

Benedick, who received Lucy’s disgusted gaze, didn’t know how to respond, so he made an idiotic noise and closed his eyes. After listening to my daughter’s words, I thought it might sound a little strange.

As Benedick’s silence grew longer, Lucy began to back away, her gaze darkening.

“No. no! Lucy!”

Benedick, seeing him, jumped up from his desk and stopped Lucy.

“What is it?”

“That’s it! Anyway, I have no bad intentions! I’m serious!”

“I saw the disgusting eyes of Perverted Papa. How can I believe that?”

Were my eyes that disgusting?! The moment Benedick fell into the chair in shock, the chair, unable to withstand his large body, shattered with a crashing sound.

In the meantime, Benedick used his superhuman reflexes to correct his balance, but he was unable to do anything about the remains of the chair beneath him.

“Puut. Puhuhuhuh. Puhahahaha!”

He was staring blankly at the broken chair and turned his head when he heard Lucy’s laughter.

There was Lucy, bursting out laughing, holding her stomach as if she couldn’t hold back her laughter.

He was quietly looking at his wife, something he had not been able to see even before she left. After a while, he quickly adjusted his expression when he saw the real Lucy raise her head.

“Ha. really. Papa is so sloppy that it’s hard to make fun of him. When will you become less pathetic?”

“Aren’t you angry?”

“Do I seem like such a bad-tempered person? Was I that kind of person to stupid Papa?”

“No. That’s not what I’m saying.”

“Puhhh. You’re overreacting to jokes. Ba~bo. Fool, fool.”

Benedick, who only then realized that he was being played by Lucy, relaxed his shoulders and slumped.

“ Lucy. So why did you come to visit this idiot Papa?”

“We should spar like we always do.”

“Sparring…you mean?”

“Yes. why? Are you scared that it might start to spread now? Are you scared?”

Benedick laughed heartily at Lucy’s sarcastic tone and roughly pushed the documents on the desk to one side.

Then he walked up to Lucy and gently stroked her head.

“…What are you doing? I feel like I’m going to vomit because I’m so offended by this needlessly kind gesture.”

“I am proud of it.”

“What.”

“I was so proud of my daughter, who is a much better person than her father, that my hands started moving.”

Benedick said this in a voice filled with laughter, then lifted Lucy’s body and placed it on his shoulder.

“Are you really confident? This dad never shows respect for anyone.”

“Is it okay to say that? Papa? If you do that, you’ll have no excuses to do it later, right?”

“Haha. If that happens, I’ll have no choice but to admit that this dad is a slob. But it’s okay. Because that won’t happen.”

*

A few days after the start of the new year, Faby, who had received a vacation thanks to the Pope’s favor, was heading to the Alln estate with John.

If she wanted, Fabi could have arrived at the territory directly through the church’s teleportation group or a space wizard, but she chose to travel by carriage.

It wasn’t my intention to go through any trouble. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to cause trouble to the church.

The reason she traveled from village to village in a carriage was to help people who might be in trouble there.

Although there are not many skilled doctors or priests on the continent, there are plenty of people who need them, so Fabi chose to travel by carriage to help them on his way back.

As she looked at the flower ring given to her by a village child she visited yesterday, she said, ‘Pretty sister! I smiled happily as I remembered the child smiling brightly, saying, ‘Thank you!’

The correct answer was to hold back my desire to meet Young-ae quickly and move as usual. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have been able to see that child’s smile.

“We will arrive at Aln Territory in a little while.”

After listening to John, Fabi looked out the carriage window. A neatly built castle wall came into view in the distance.

Margrave of Aln. A place that serves as the guardian of the kingdom’s borders and a deterrent that prevents numerous countries from daring to invade the kingdom.

And now, the land where Lucy Aln, the person who is more important to Fabi than anyone else and who becomes her strong support, stays.

“Are you looking forward to meeting your friends after a long time?”

“Of course. Bishop John. Just thinking about meeting and being with my friends makes me so happy.”

Lucy wasn’t the only person there.

Her longtime friend, Joey Partran.

Arthur Soladin seems smart and polite, but is often teased.

Frey Kent is self-indulgent but honest.

How can I not be happy because I can now spend time with comfortable friends, away from the sacred place where I always had to spend my time in a tense state?

“Ah. Bishop John. There’s one thing I’d like to ask.”

“Tell me.”

“Bishop, you stayed in Arn territory for a long time, right? Then have you ever seen the training of the Alain Knights?”

“Yes. there is. Even I, who is said to be strict, was tired of seeing these people repeating penances that they would not dare to force upon the Holy Knights of the church.”

Johan recalled the year he first took office at Arn Territory.

At that time, when I saw the training of the Knights of Arn, I thought that they were forcing the knights to undergo penance in order to put pressure on me when I first took office.

But this was my mistake. That mind-boggling training was just a daily routine for the knights of Aln.

How surprised I was when I found out about this.

Recalling his shock at that time, Yohan chuckled and asked a question back to Fabi.

“But why are you suddenly asking that?”

“My friends are being trained by the Knights.”

“…Yes?”

“Wouldn’t I join you when I arrive at the Aln family?”

For a moment, Yohan thought that he had to stop Fabi.

Now, I acknowledge that this person is fully worthy of the title of saint.

The saint is absolutely necessary for the church of the future.

But you can’t just sit by and watch someone like that walk into hell.

Was John’s confusion clearly visible on his face? Fabi laughed lightly.

“Don’t worry. Bishop John. What can I be afraid of when you are next to me?”

“But.”

“And so. Wouldn’t one be able to be called a saint if they easily overcome that much hardship?”

John, who understood Fabi’s will, did not dissuade her any further, but continued his lecture on sacred magic as usual.

Another day passed and Fabi arrived at the Arn territory, said hello to the church, and then headed to the Arn family mansion with Johan.

Seeing how worried Bishop John is, the training of the Knights of Arn must be very difficult.

But I’m not worried. Because I know that that hard work will lead to my growth.

Rather, I want to meet you sooner. A lady with a rich expression. It’s so noble that I don’t know if I can even look at it properly.

“Bishop John. and. Are you… a saint?”

“Yes. Guard. My name is Saint Fabi of the main church. I visited at the invitation of Lady Aln.”

The guards guarding the mansion widened their eyes at the sight of Fabi, but their confusion did not last long.

Quickly regaining their composure, they led Johan and Fabi towards the knights’ training ground.

“Hahaha! You all look so much better!”

What Faby saw there was her friends sprawled out on the floor and Benedick smiling in the middle without any injuries.

Huh? What on earth is going on?

this. Is this also a type of training? Doesn’t everyone’s condition look too serious for that?

Fabi, who had been blinking at the horrendous sight, turned her head in surprise at the feel of a soft, warm hand grabbing her wrist.

“It exploded too slowly. A lazy, lazy saint.”

“F. Lady.”

“Come here. Even if she is a dull saint with a lot of unnecessary fat, her divinity is acceptable. It might help at least.”

“…Yes? yes?! sleep. Young-ae. At least an explanation of the circumstances. Lady?! Can’t you hear me!?”