episode_0178

Inside the rattling carriage.

Another thing is that before there was no one next to me, but now Kylon was next to me.

It’s true that other heroines were reluctant to step forward when they saw that, but it wasn’t such a good sight.

It was right to hope that Kylon would give a confident answer in front of the other kids.

However, as I faced that situation and was trapped in this atmosphere, I felt with my whole body that such thoughts were in fact wrong.

From the looks of his eyes and reaction, it seemed like he heard me crying.

There was nothing to be ashamed of because having sex was a natural thing that could be done between people who liked each other. However, not being embarrassed is only a conversation between the parties involved, and if someone else gets involved, the story is different.

Unable to hide my shame, I eventually lowered my flushed face.

If I had been wearing a saint’s clothes, those emotions would probably have been more intense, but now that I was not wearing a saint’s clothes, I felt fortunate that it was less.

I let out a sigh, and then let my shoulders slump. Without even noticing me, Kylon reached behind me and hugged me viciously.

Naturally, my body leaned towards Kailon’s body. Kylon put his hand on my head and made me place it on his shoulder as if nothing was wrong.

My gaze stung. Now it wasn’t a look of wariness, but rather a look of envy, but that still didn’t mean it was good.

Although we didn’t say anything right away, Kylon and I had sex. It gave off an atmosphere like that, and the atmosphere of the people who noticed it seemed to be enough to put pressure on me.

Time passed and we finally headed to the ninth village, but the time seemed to have stretched so long that it felt like so many years had passed.

*

Fortunately, the heroines didn’t say anything and ended up just talking about strategies and future events, so I felt relieved.

Shall we find the Pope? No, that wasn’t needed anymore.

In fact, the attempt to find the missing Pope was done as a means to punish the king, but since it was not necessary at all to finish the story, it was okay to skip it.

Moreover, the reinforcement stones that needed to be obtained from the ninth and tenth villages were no longer relevant, so there was no reason to receive requests here.

You no longer have to do what you used to do.

There was simply no reason to do what I had planned.

After watching the sunset like this, we spend the day and head to the tenth village.

After watching the sunset once again, we leave for the final destination, the Demon King’s Castle.

Because it was a simple and clear goal, there was nothing to forget.

But what was most disturbing was what the goddess was doing.

I got off the carriage and saw the ninth village, which had a similar atmosphere to Seongguk.

The buildings were dyed pure white, and between them, buildings and sculptures that looked like holy relics came into view.

Of course, I will dye the whole world white like the Holy Kingdom. There was no such combative feeling, so the appropriate white color made my mind peaceful.

and.

“The Pope is benefiting the world by opening his eyes again, so it is fitting that we all kneel before him!”

A man’s cry was heard.

And what followed was the voice of a woman.

“The Pope says he will oppose the devil and comfort us, so we will be blessed!”

I heard the sound of many people flocking with their faith, and I had no choice but to open my eyes wide and follow the sound.

The people walking the streets were holding torches in their hands, and the procession could be seen stretching out along the street with stairs stretching like a hill.

Before I could question anything, I couldn’t help but be entranced by the word ‘Pope’ coming out of their mouths.

The moment I absent-mindedly almost participated in the procession, Kailon’s hand grabbed me.

“… Where are you going?”

“Oh, no… Speaking of the Pope earlier… ”

I pointed to the procession and said so.

The appearance that everyone followed and said they believed in God or the Pope was no longer that of ordinary believers. It was safe to say that it was a scene of madness.

It was a strange feeling.

I thought it was really strange that the Pope, who was said to be missing, was being paraded by others here.

And Agnes’s expression seemed to be the same for everyone else as well.

The sight of him clenching his mouth and gently shaking his head, like someone seeing an unbelievable sight, already contained denial.

“… That can’t be happening… Is it possible to be revived… ”

Those words denied the voices coming from the procession.

However, it seemed like their eyes had already turned away, so I couldn’t say anything to them, so I could only mutter to myself.

“Pope? The one who went missing? Suddenly?”

“… What, is that possible? Nonsense. No matter how close it is to God, it can’t possibly be… ”

Linda’s bewildered voice continued, and Flora seemed to think rationally and conclude that it didn’t make sense.

There was nothing to say whose reaction was right.

Because everyone was in panic, saying unbelievable words, and just saying their own words as the bloody procession of people continued behind the boring scenery.

The words that followed seemed to be delivered slowly, like waves.

As they sang blessings and miracles to the goddess, their faith gradually became more and more crazy.

In the first place, they sang that someone had come back to life, and it was impossible not to go crazy following along as if they had witnessed it.

If he really woke up, if he really died but woke up again.

that.

“… Crazy.”

Kylon’s voice interrupted my continuing thoughts.

His expression became increasingly grim as he chewed his lip.

No one who saw that expression kept their mouths shut, as if they didn’t have the courage to talk to Kailon.

I was no different.

Nothing was said at this party, but despite the silence, other voices filled the city.

“The Pope resides here, and they say that the current saint is a fake!”

“Drive out the fakes! Drive out the fakes!”

The sound of Kylon’s teeth grinding was heard.

I spent a lot of time in the eighth village. However, I never dreamed that the goddess would approach me first and play tricks on me.

No, I realized later that I was being too complacent.

I just thought that God encouraged the devil to hasten the destruction, but that wasn’t the case.

I narrowed my eyes and looked at the end of the procession.

No matter how many people there were, there would eventually be a limit to the number of people who could be in a small town, so it could be seen as a natural end.

thank god. If I were here wearing saintly clothes, their eyes would have been directly on me, and their torches would have tried to burn me.

I felt so fortunate to be wearing the shabby villager’s clothes right now.

I was watching in real time how a faithful saint was being accused of being an apostate and a heretic in an instant.

There really is no Buddhist temple like this. Suddenly, a saint went from being a goddess and a public figure to the Pope to becoming an apostate and heretic. How many people would not turn a blind eye to such news?

Of course, if you look at it through the eyes of others, there really is no such thing as a fire, but when I became a party to it, I was worried that my body would be burned by the fire.

Isn’t it said that the most painful death among all causes is death by burning?

I didn’t want to die in a fire.

Being accused of being a heretic and a witch and being burned at the stake was an option.

So I scratched my neck.

I immediately remembered the trauma I had received from the king.

Now, I was becoming more and more scared at the thought that it might not be the king, but the people around me.

As I was scratching with my trembling hands, there was a hand holding my arm before the nails could dig into my skin.

“… … .”

Kylon just gave me a puzzled look while holding my arm.

I think he made that expression because he didn’t expect me to react like this.

For a moment, as if I had committed a crime, unable to keep my gaze in one place, I soon looked up at his face cautiously.

“Sorry.”

“What do you have to be sorry about?”

Kylon responded to my apology as if there was no need to do that and looked at Linda, Agnes, and Flora.

He glanced at it for a moment and then purred.

“… What do you want to do?”

The expressions of the three people changed subtly, perhaps because the words were serious.

The procession got further and further away, the torches dwindled, the streets became dark again, and the noise disappeared and silence subsided.

Now that I had heard that I was a heretic, and that I was preaching that I was an apostate, unlike before, now it was an extenuating moment even if they pushed me away.

Still, I felt a little relieved because Kylon wouldn’t leave me alone like that.

It is inevitable that the fear will not completely disappear.

It is Kylon who demands an answer.

However, no one had to take responsibility for this answer.