episode_0551

“So you called me?”

“Yes.”

Seth looked at me with a puzzled expression.

“This division, are you willing to go see your family without thinking in this situation?”

“So I’m asking you a favor.”

Normally, I would have gone alone, but the circumstances were such.

Seth eventually nodded to my bold request.

“Okay, do whatever you want.”

So so so so so-

The air is torn apart.

What appeared among them was Seth’s office.

“Why are you sending it here?”

“Because it’s the safest here.”

“Not here, there are rooms with no entrance at all.”

The room where I was tricked and trapped by Edeline.

The memories of being there are still vivid in my mind, but there was no place as safe as there.

“You’re scared there.”

“Of course.”

I obediently entered her office.

* * * * * *

I was standing in front of the difficult-to-pronounce academy called ‘Champs-Gernais-Sain’.

There are many students coming and going in the tall and huge academy.

“What would it be like if I were born in a place like this?”

“What should I do? This school must have been blown away too.”

“Pfft!”

Laughter burst out.

Because it was a sobering answer.

I walked into the academy with Seth.

As we entered the front door, the housemaster who was keeping a close eye on us walked in.

“What brought you to Champs-Éirenaissin?”

“My younger brother─”

“I heard that there are people here who claim to have met Mercurius.”

Seth interrupts me and steps forward.

It was clear overprotection and lack of manners.

The housemaster glanced at me and looked Seth up and down.

To be exact, the robe she was wearing.

“I was wondering if I could borrow them for just one day.”

“Did you make a reservation?”

“No.”

“Professors are busy people.”

The housemaster’s eyes looked sharply at Seth.

“No matter how much you come from the Magic Tower, stealing away professors is the same as stealing time from students.”

Sets, who was about to step forward, was stopped.

I didn’t want to cause trouble at my brothers’ workplace.

The housemaster looked at me again.

“What is your future training schedule?”

“You both have lectures in the morning.”

“Can I wait until it’s over?”

“That’s okay. ···Follow me.”

I walked out following the housemaster who was walking ahead.

For some reason, Seth seemed to be in a very bad mood.

But what can you do? It’s all an overreaction for me.

We were guided to the reception room and took a quick break.

How much time did you spend like that?

A knock is heard, and then the hinges rattle.

It was Stella. Stella looked me up and down with very embarrassed eyes.

“Oppa?”

“It’s been a while.”

I heard that a guest suddenly came, so someone said…!”

I smiled and hesitated.

Stella’s eyes immediately looked Seth up and down.

“Hello! How have you been?”

“No. Because your brother is such a troublemaker.”

Seth glanced at me humorously.

Stella looked at me questioningly, as if asking what had happened.

“···But what brings you here?”

“I’m going to go see my father and mother. What about Damian?”

Stella sighed and sat down at the table as if she understood.

“Yes, that’s right. I’ll come down in ten minutes.”

“Did people say anything?”

“Don’t even mention it, you came all the way from the temple to interrogate me?”

It seems the lie worked.

A little while later, Damian also arrived in the reception room.

“···Brother? What happened all of a sudden without any contact?”

“Sorry, I don’t have time. How have you been?”

“I thought I was going to die. Until yesterday, he lectured for an extra two hours every day to keep pace. If you add the lecture preparation time, I worked an extra six hours a day.”

Only then did Damian, who was sitting next to Stella, discover Seth.

“Ugh! Hello!”

Seth also smiled and nodded.

Demiman glanced at me while receiving the nod.

“So, why did you come here?”

“I’m thinking of going to see my parents soon.”

“Huh? uh. That’s how it should be. When?”

“Right now.”

Damian and Stella look at me with fascinated expressions.

“Why? Is there any problem?”

“···Do you know where your father lives?”

“I don’t know.”

“You’re at Benji’s! I’m in an uproar because of my brother!”

Seth made a hand sign asking for silence.

Damian then closed his mouth as if embarrassed.

“···It takes a month to get there.”

A one month round trip wasn’t that long.

I glanced at Seth. Seth, who caught my gaze, looks at Damian.

“You can make a round trip in one day.”

“That’s right. If we’re going to meet each other, wouldn’t it be better if we all go together?”

If that’s the case, it won’t be difficult to bridge the gap between us.

However, their faces were not very bright.

“···It’s so sudden.”

“······We didn’t prepare anything.”

It was all just excuses.

Because those eyes simply showed reluctance to meet.

No matter how much you are family, if you don’t see each other for 10 years, you are still a stranger.

But they haven’t seen their parents for 20 years.

However, if that was what the two meant, I couldn’t help it.

“Then why don’t I go alone.”

“Where is that? If I had contacted you in advance, I would have prepared!”

Stella spoke in a resentful tone, but it didn’t make any sense to me.

If I were to celebrate the anniversary, I would prepare it, but I never prepared an apology or greetings.

“I’m sorry. I really didn’t have time.”

“This person might die within this year.”

The two of them widened their eyes at Seth’s sudden remark.

The eyes staring at me and Seth were not very friendly.

“What do you mean?”

“I can’t explain it. So, I’m planning to hold my wedding, which I’ve been putting off, and I’m here to see my parents. Because it could be the last time.”

“Seth, why are you saying that?”

Hearing the scolding, Seth turned to look at me.

He then begs Damian and Stella as if he is asking for a favor.

“Please do me a favor. Please give this idiot one day.”

It was an embarrassing coming out.

Who on earth could refuse something like this?

It became natural for the two of them to follow me.

Thanks to this, the awkward silence continued even after arriving at Seth’s office.

But in the end, Damian loses his luck.

“···What does it mean to be able to die?”

“Don’t worry. Because it’s not a big deal.”

That cannot be explained.

Did he not like my attitude?

Stella glared at me sharply.

“Why do you have to do something dangerous?”

“Someone has to do it.”

“Someone will do it! Why are you doing that?!”

“That’s it.”

Just remembering the absurd reason made me laugh.

“No one does it but me.”

Hell said.

‘I’m weird.’

As the saying goes, who would waste precious time for world peace that no one even recognizes?

Who will save the people of the Inner Demon World, and who will think of leaving the world where everything has been achieved?

─No one does it but me. No one.

That’s why I have to do it.

“But it’s definitely not meaningless.”

“······.”

“And you have to be unlucky to die, not necessarily.”

If I were to face that risk, I would accept hell.

[okay. I hope we can achieve our revenge.]

The sound of Hell cackling echoed in my head.

If you sign a contract with him, everything is over.

So I just hoped that wouldn’t happen.

A short yet long time passed in silence.

Normally, it would have been a time to discuss how to meet each other’s parents and what to watch out for, but the atmosphere had become so cold that it was difficult to even get a word out.

I’m embarrassed to be worried, but I’m also sorry. It’s hard to keep my mind from racing.

“By the way, when did your parents come to Lomaria?”

“We also found out recently.”

‘You found out recently?’

Come to think of it, even my hallucinations couldn’t help me track down my parents’ whereabouts.

Only Lexi and Alex vaguely knew where their parents lived.

How on earth did you two settle in Lomaria?

Damien, who received my gaze, explained the self-imposed decision.

“When I came down to Habstenburg, I asked Dragonia to go to the house, but there was no one there.”

“So?”

“A letter was left instead. Dennis Nightglory, a priest of the Wolf Church, took the two of you.”

“······.”

‘It was him.’

If I hadn’t gone to Lomaria with Jules, I would have met Dennis after seeing that letter.

But fortunately, the letter reached my younger siblings.

One way or another, it was all a waste of effort in the end. Your parents will also be living in a better environment.

‘If I go, I should at least say hello.’

Dennis’s influence must have played a role in the creation of the ‘Wolf Church’.

Dennis had been helping us behind the scenes even before he apologized to us.

Even when our heads are against us.

“Do you know this person named Dennis?”

“Yes. He’s my teacher.”

“Master? What kind of teacher?”

“Dagger technique, box fighting, archery… things like that.”

Just when the atmosphere was about to get strange.

Damn it!

Just then, the air split open and Seth appeared.

Turbulence is created in different climates and pressures, causing hair to tickle the face.

“Arrived.”

“Yes?” “Already?”

I shrugged at the dumbfounded two and got up from my seat.

“It will be soon.”

* * * * * *

We headed straight to the temple.

There is only a story that Dennis took his parents, but it is not known where he took them.

Benjis is beautiful and big.

Nevertheless, I did not get lost on the path to the temple.

It was thanks to the symbol of Maal towering in the sky.

The temple we arrived at was as huge and beautiful as the royal palace.

The windows sparkle with beautiful stained glass and the majestic clock tower.

Even neat and clean roads.

You can clearly feel that it is the headquarters of the temple.

“Wow…”

“This is my first time coming here.”

I wonder if it’s just me, Damian and Stella also expressed their admiration.

How far did it go that way?

I grabbed a priest who was heading somewhere while holding a book.

“Sorry. I would like to ask you for directions.”

The priest gave me a friendly look and greeted me with his eyes.

“Yes. What brought you to the temple?”

“I have come to see Father Dennis, where should I go?”

“Ah, are you Father Dennis?”

The priest smiles and acts knowingly.

Still, he smiled awkwardly and looked apologetic.

“I was just on my way. However, uninvited people cannot enter our headquarters.”

“Then, could you please just contact me? If a disciple says he has come, you will know who it is.”

The priest widened his eyes.

As if he had heard about me.

“Are you a disciple of the priest? Did you learn to hunt?”

“Yes. That’s right.”

“Yes. If you are a disciple, there was a request to come in at any time. However, I have never heard of other people…”

The priest continued speaking and looked at Seth and my younger siblings.

It was a polite congratulatory message.

Seth glances at the priest with a dissatisfied look.

The priest looked at me with an embarrassed smile.

“I’ll be back soon.”

“No, let’s go together.”

“It’s just a moment. I’m not even a stranger.”

Seth looks at me.

But my tired eyes made me raise the white flag in the end.

“If you don’t come out within 5 minutes, I’ll force you to go find it.”

“Ugh, okay. I’ll be back in 5 minutes.”

“Then, can I go now?”

“Ah, yes. sorry. Let’s go.”

“The reception room where your group can rest is on the first floor of this building, but if you really want to wait only 5 minutes, we recommend taking a walk in the temple park.”

The priest smiled kindly and then began to walk away.

Since it was my first time here, I started looking around without realizing it.

Most of the styles of the temples were similar, but the temple here was different.

The inside of the temple was full of things that had never been seen on Earth.

When you hear the sound of someone singing, you look and see that the stone statue is singing.

It resembled a gargoyle, but it was not a gargoyle.

It was incomparably more refined and beautiful.

The empty armor stood as if protecting a stone statue.

“It’s so beautiful, isn’t it?”

“···Yes.”

“This is the first creature created by Vulcanos before the Gargoyle.”

The stone statue looks at me.

We made eye contact. Soon the statue spoke to me.

“Run away.”

“I don’t know what language it is, but it’s really beautiful.”

“You will get eaten by them.”

Smiling at me.

The strange encounter lasted only for a moment.

“Here.”

The priest grabs the doorknob of the priest’s office and opens it.

Without even knocking. It was quite rude behavior.

‘Is Denis’s position in the temple bad?’

“Please go in.”

One way or another, I am smiling.

Thanks to that, I couldn’t say anything.

I stepped into the door opened by the priest.

But it wasn’t Dennis waiting for me in the priest’s office.

bang! Slam!

The door closes arbitrarily and the lock is engaged.

No matter how hard I pushed, it wouldn’t open.

There was no sound outside, as if the space had been cut off.

My head felt hot.

“Ha…!”

I laughed out loud.

‘This is what happens here?’

[···Do you want to do it?]

My heart grows cold at the temptation of hell.

From what he said, it was clear who was inside.

“I’m glad to see you again like this.”

─A servant of angels.

The Pope smiles kindly and welcomes me.

“Now, don’t just stand there, come in.”