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“Myaayayang.”

As if the heavy rain that had fallen last night was a lie, a clear, cloudless morning arrived.

I was stretching Daisy’s cheeks in the slightly chilly wind when someone knocked on the door and called me.

“Damian, Rihanna has come to find you.”

“Come in.”

“Yes.”

Soon after permission is given, Rihanna and a robed woman enter the room.

Even though it was Rihanna, I looked at the woman next to me wondering who she was.

A woman whose body part is as large as a head takes off her robe and greets me.

“Hello, Damian. How have you been?”

Saint L’Wen, with her long, blond hair shining like sunlight, looked at me with a somewhat embarrassed look, as if she was not used to greeting me.

I looked at Rihanna silently while accepting Rwen’s greeting. Rihanna seemed to be hurt that I brought Rwen here without any notice and quickly explained the reason.

“… It seems like Archbishop Mikhail sensed something. After the warrior appointment ceremony, he deployed a huge number of troops to prevent Dale from escaping. ”

They had met openly a few times, so they might have sensed something, or they might have been preparing for any possible danger, in anticipation of the northern laboratory being robbed.

Rihanna talks to me with a worried expression, because whatever it is, it still gets in the way of what I’m trying to do.

“So, if we go ahead with this plan, Dale might die, so I came to you urgently to discuss this.”

I looked at Saint L’Wen, who was nodding her head quickly next to Riana, and then I fell into thought for a moment.

‘It would be better to save him.’

Because it was something that only the original protagonist could do, I made a soul contract with him, but now I felt it was a waste to just leave him to die.

He decided to try his best and told Rihanna how to save Dale.

“After the announcement, if you run away and turn into a woman, you might be able to save him.”

At those words, Rihanna looked at me with a trembling expression and spoke.

“That must be true… ”

“So you just need to prepare an escape route and clothes separately.”

“Hmm. Then I guess I should go ahead and tell them the story and prepare the items.”

Since I felt like this wasn’t enough, I thought of another fun method.

When I tell Rihanna about such a method, she nods her head in great bewilderment.

“Is it okay…?”

“Maybe?”

“… … ”

“Anyway, tell this to Dale too. If he succeeds, he can eliminate all his problems. ”

“Yes.”

Then, I thought it would be a good time to leave, and was about to leave.

Lwen, who was next to me, looked conflicted for a moment and then spoke to me.

“Damian… I’m really sorry to ask this question, but are you really going to ask Dale to make that announcement?”

Nodding, Irwen speaks to me, her chest aching as she presses it with her hand.

“The aftermath could be too great.”

“It’s okay. That’s what I told you to do.”

“Ah… I see. I’m a bit timid, and I’m a bit scared of sudden changes… But since Damian said he’d do it, I’ll trust him. ”

After looking at Lewen, who was smiling awkwardly, I told her not to worry.

He lifted up Siren, who was curled up on the sofa like a cat, and headed straight to the place where the warrior appointment ceremony was being held.

***

The more miserable the world becomes, the more people want heroes.

I couldn’t tell if it was to forget the unreasonable reality or to find a driving force called hope.

One thing that was certain was that the hero named Yongsa was a being desired by the common people rather than the upper class.

That is why the warrior appointment ceremony was a festival for the common people.

Of course, that festival is an artificial festival created by the higher-ups.

At least for the common people, it felt like a festival marking the beginning of change.

“It’s so white. My eyes hurt.”

“Myaang.”

I nodded my head and looked ahead at the words of Siren and Daisy, who were expressing their impressions next to me.

As expected of a festival for commoners, there were a lot of people at the warrior appointment ceremony.

Because of that, the surrounding scenery was much more lively and noisy than usual.

As I was looking at this sight, and as I entered the building, looking at the design and architecture that seemed to have a lot of the power of the religious order, a rather interesting sight came into view.

‘It’s as white as Siren said.’

I don’t know if it’s to emphasize the warriors recognized by the goddess, or if it’s because they wanted to let people know that the sect’s power went into appointing the warriors.

Items with a unique, pure white, antique design, unique to the church, were placed in various places.

While I was admiring the place that seemed to express purity in pure white.

Suddenly, I notice the figures of those sitting up there looking down.

These people are obscured by shadows, perhaps to hide their faces.

Rather, when I was thinking that it was a contrast to the Pure White Church, the deacon called me and guided me along the way.

“Just come to Lord Damian.”

It looks like there is a separate space where only VIPs can enter.

As I nod and go inside, I feel countless eyes focused on me.

“The youngest son of the Karsaril family… ”

“He’s here too.”

“I thought you wouldn’t come because I was having a wedding, but you came.”

I feel like people are whispering and watching me around me.

However, strangely enough, no one approached him, only whispering. This was probably due to the influence and bad nature of the Karsaril family.

It seemed like he couldn’t just sit back and watch me from afar.

As I was looking out the window, ignoring the gazes of those around me, a woman in the distance caught my eye.

‘Princess Priya.’

A pure-blooded princess with pink hair and pink eyes.

As I was thinking that she was a person who shined just by looking at something, Rihanna came and touched my waist and started talking to me.

“The princess’s face will be pierced.”

“I’m going to get caught soon.”

“Sigh. Anyway, that’s not it. I just went to give Dale the plan and supplies. ”

“Good job.”

Just as I was about to compliment him and start talking about it.

As the choir began singing a hymn, I kept my mouth shut and watched the appointment ceremony.

*

“In the name of the great goddess, we here today appoint Dale as a warrior. Do you swear that no matter what hardships and adversities come, you will stand in front as the sword and shield that protects all? ”

“Yes.”

The appointment ceremony went smoothly.

What’s more peculiar is that the appointment ceremony itself was similar to a well-written play, so any situation that could become a problem was completely ruled out.

Rihanna said that it is common sense that ‘generally’ no problems arise.

I was laughing while hearing those words.

Dale receives the Holy Sword from the Pope and raises it solemnly.

As I was watching this, I heard an unwanted voice coming from behind me.

“Now Damian, you have one more unkillable enemy.”

When I look back, I see Elicia approaching me with an expressionless face.

It seems like he came here to regret not choosing me.

“Just as you tried to kill me, Dale will try to kill you forever.”

At those words, Desuni’s face came to mind for a moment and I almost burst out laughing, but I held it in and answered with a blank expression.

“… I guess so.”

“Then, good luck.”

Elysia, who saw my expression, was about to leave me with a satisfied look on her face.

After Dale finished his inauguration ceremony, he came up to the stage and told the truth with a look of genuine reluctance on his face.

“I have something to tell the Goddess. The Northern Grand Duchess Elicia has colluded with the black magician and some members of the religious order to create a rift. ”

The moment those words were uttered, an eerie silence ensued, to the point where the expression “cold” would be appropriate, causing everyone to freeze.

I looked down at the rather amusing sight and smiled, then kicked Elysia.

“But it looks like Dale doesn’t have any intention of killing me?”

“… … ”

Elysia ran forward in confusion and looked down, her eyes wide open.

As what’s already happened can’t be undone, no matter how desperate she was, nothing would change.

I continued teabagging while watching Elysia bit her lip until it bled.

“Then what happens if I control it? Should I just declare that Dale became a warrior and that it was a lie? Oh! I can’t. Then can you tell me what to do?”

“… What the hell are you doing.”

“How would I know that?”

As I was deliberately trying to tease him with a calm voice, I heard a growing rumbling coming from below.

“A warlock?… A sect? I don’t know what the rift is, but it’s said to be related to warlock love? ”

“Princess Elysia? Isn’t she the Northern Princess?”

“The warrior must be lying! Does that make sense!”

“But would you lie in that place?”

What started as a quiet commotion grew into a noise that engulfed the building.

I looked at the sight and spoke briefly to Elicia.

“I don’t know what’s going on, but it seems like something big is wrong with you?”

“… … ”

I tried to throw it in a playful voice to scratch it some more, but it didn’t react at all as if its head was already full.

I enjoyed watching that reaction and then fell into thought for a moment.

‘That being said, the church is slow to respond.’

Some of those who participated in the artificial sun experiment could have easily guessed that it was something I did, but they didn’t react at all.

It seems that since I have a weakness, it was difficult for them to come forward.

‘No, maybe you like it?’

Since all eyes are on Elysia right now, they’ll think they just have to abandon Elysia.

There was a high possibility that he would try to deny the whole situation by sacrificing Amaelicia.

I was standing there leisurely wondering what Elysia was thinking, when I noticed what appeared to be knights running down there to catch Dale.

I turned around, looking at Dale running away and praying that he would survive.

I spoke briefly to Elicia, who had an expression on her face as if she was the only one who had to bear all the hardships of the world.

“Then I’ll see you at the wedding.”