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008 – Saving people # 1

“Wait here.”

Silver Knight Loras led me to what looked like an old barn. There were already many people sitting there, and their behavior and appearance were all different.

Sze-.

They took one look at me and then got busy with their own business. Of course, there were people who approached me with interest.

It was a man with his face painted white and his lips painted red. It seemed like he looked both old and young, but he ended up looking a bit untidy.

I never thought that the clown I wanted to deal with the most would be interested in me.

“I am Sinclair, a wandering bard! You are so tall! Is it about 6 feet tall?”

6 feet (183 cm).

Isn’t this a really crappy unit?

It was said that this was because the king who conquered various parts of the continent and established a united kingdom determined the measurement based on the size of his feet.

I’m used to it now, but it was a very ergonomically uncivilized unit.

“Six-foot brother Midvar. Since we met like this, why don’t we at least say our names?”

While the bard was flirting with me, the man wearing a leopard skin on his head laughed.

He rummaged through his medicine bag and laughed sarcastically.

“What is Tongseongmyeong? I guess everyone here is just a stray dog who came to see Lady Psyche’s face. I am different… !”

Sze-.

What the leopard hunter took out of the medicine bag was a very thick-looking medicine. It looked similar to ginseng or bellflower root, but it was difficult for me to identify the exact variety.

However, it was clear that it was a valuable medicine, as some people exclaimed with exclamations of “ho.” or “huuh-.”.

“It’s almost 300 years old. With this, I will heal the young lady and become the count’s fiancé. Why don’t we all go back now instead of suffering for no reason?”

Becoming a fiancé?

What does this mean?

I asked the bard Sinclair, who seemed to be speaking lightly.

“Brother Bard, what is that man talking about? Heal my illness and become my fiancé? Is there a story like that?”

“Oh? Isn’t Lady Psyche of marriageable age? Although she suffered from an illness and her appearance was greatly damaged, she was once a beautiful woman who was called one of the three flowers of the kingdom. .”

It seemed to be a widely spread rumor among people that anyone who could cure the Lady’s illness would be able to become betrothed to her.

“2 years ago, before I got sick, I heard that you were constantly talking about yourself here and there, right? I want to see you in person to see how beautiful you are.”

“I heard there were marriage talks with Archbishop Archibald’s second son… .”

While people were imagining Psyche’s appearance, I too was lost in my own thoughts.

“To become a pastor, having a wife is essential.”

In the 21st century denomination, there was a rule that if you wanted to become a pastor, you had to have a spouse.

In other words, only married people could truly be ordained and recognized as clergy.

A soloist is not even a pastor.

“… There are also some conditions that are more important than anything else to become a pastor’s wife or a church wife. Purity and modesty. Wisdom. And bold courage and humility.”

Women with all these virtues were difficult to find even in the intelligent 21st century.

Is it difficult to find the most basic ‘pure woman’ even in church youth groups?

What’s more, when male classmates at the seminary gather together with only men, they say in a slightly self-mocking voice, “Where are the virgins in the world these days?”!

Holy moly!

It’s so deplorable that it makes one’s clothes turn upside down!

All women in the world are born virgins, but why, for some reason, are there no virgins in the church?

but!

In this world of darkness, surprisingly, there was a virgin.

Psyche Agarpe was the purest and most steadfast virgin I have ever known! That’s because the nickname recognized by the church was ‘War Virgin’!

A woman as brave as a lion, as pure as a dove, and who did not stop fighting against evil until the last moment when the royal capital fell to the locust-like cultists!

It’s literally the ideal spouse I’ve been dreaming of!

How could I not feel a calling and revelation as I traveled around the world to meet her?

‘If I do well, I might get engaged to Psyche?’

It was a time when I was laughing alone with that thought.

Knight Loras, who had been listening to the story while leaning against the wall of the old barn, snorted.

“An engagement would be impossible. That’s because you already have a fiancé. However, if anyone can cure the young lady’s illness, it is certain that a large reward will be given.”

With those words, Loras left the barn.

# # #

In the morning, the maids of Count Agarpe’s family came to the barn with baskets full of food.

Since there were only delicious foods such as bread, wine, and grilled fish, I was able to feast for the first time in my life.

As my stomach filled like that, curiosity suddenly arose.

“The hospitality of the customers is very good.”

How many guests has the Count’s family served so far? No matter how high the prestige of the count’s family is, it would be difficult to get guests to eat and drink every time.

While I was thinking that, a man who appeared to be an old servant appeared and guided us into the mansion.

“Follow me.”

The stone mansion had an eerie feel like an old castle, but there was no dust accumulated, perhaps because many maids and servants were busy sweeping and cleaning it.

When I arrived at the reception room, I received a wooden ticket as Manaan had explained earlier.

The waiting number is 12.

I couldn’t tell if it was a high number or a low number.

Thinking that it would take a while for my turn to come, I decided to take a look at the mansion. The grounds of the mansion were very large and even had a place for private soldiers to train.

visor-! Chae-chaeng-!

In what looked like a small parade ground, Knight Loras was holding a sword and grappling with soldiers. He was laughing leisurely while dealing with five soldiers at the same time.

“What are you doing? Come on!”

“Lord Loras! Then I’m really leaving!”

“At once!”

“Wow!”

visor-! Chae-chaeng-!

Knight Loras showed no signs of fatigue while dealing with five well-trained soldiers. Instead, they pushed the soldiers and even defeated them all.

When I thought that my skills were truly amazing, the boy servant who was sweeping the willow leaves next to me said.

“Loras, aren’t you cool? When I grow up a little, I will be trained by Loras and become a soldier of Agarpe. And, by making good efforts, one day I will become a sincere and perfect knight like Loras!”

The story of a boy steeped in dreams pierced my ears. When I first met him, I saw that he didn’t know how to use polite language, so he was an ignorant kid who didn’t know how to learn.

In the first place, are the words ‘sincere and perfect’ a modifier that can be attached to a person?

I’ve never met anyone other than myself who fits that description.

I said to the boy.

“Kid. How about becoming a monk rather than a knight? It is more wonderful to go to heaven by disciplining yourself faithfully than to be good at fighting with a sword.”

Gugit-.

The servant boy frowned.

Thinking that evangelism would be achieved if I pushed just a little harder, I spoke as if driving a wedge into conversion.

“I am Hyde, the priest who will be in charge of the church at Agarpe Manor from now on. If you want to receive teachings about salvation, knock on the church door at any time. It is much better to learn how to save people than to kill them.”

What the Lord did when he began his public ministry was to make disciples. Even though this boy looked crazy, he seemed good enough to be my student.

Peter, who became the first disciple of the Lord, was also an ignorant fisherman.

However, the boy blushed and shouted at me.

“Gi… Don’t insult the knight! Lord Loras is a hundred times cooler and more amazing than the priests who just pray and do nothing!”

It was a truly deafening voice.

While I was slightly dazed, soldiers and knight Loras approached us. When they pointed at the kid’s head and asked, “Paulo, what’s wrong?”, the kid started growling wildly.

“This sloppy monk looked down on martial arts, thinking it meant killing people!”

Loud roar-.

As the voice rang out loudly, all the soldiers who were training sweatily with their swords stopped and looked in this direction.

Their expressions were all grim, and some were swearing. Just when I thought the atmosphere was getting tough, Knight Loras crossed his arms and asked me.

“Monk Hyde, you tell an interesting story. If he were thrown into a den of heretics, he wouldn’t be able to withstand even an hour and would run out looking for knights and soldiers─.”

Gradually-.

A gauntleted finger stabbed my chest.

“What do people like you who only read and pray know? While you are proudly preaching from a warm and safe platform, we are shedding blood to protect people.”

Soon there will be soldiers here and there saying, “Sir Loras, you might get sick of your pants, stop. He burst out laughing, saying, “You’re shaking!”

Just as they said, I was shaking.

I was angry at their hostile tactics!

“So… Have you ever saved anyone from a den of infidels? Where were you when the sacrificed person cried out in injustice and grief every night?”

“What? What are you saying?”

I hated knights.

Because the knights did not save me even though five years had passed.

If I had been just a little more capable and dependable, like the knights who overconfident themselves in their own abilities, I certainly wouldn’t have had my soul destroyed by being called the “Devil’s Lust”!

Therefore, this arrogant knight Loras and the incompetence of the soldiers could be seen as having a significant role in why I became a cult!

“Guilty.”

“What crime?”

I quickly walked away, leaving the frowning Loras behind.

Now it’s probably my turn.

After curing Lady Psyche’s illness, I must also cure the ‘disease of incompetence’ that this Agarpe Manor is suffering from.

With that feeling, I headed to the reception room where the waiting people were staying.

The old servant “Number 12, Monk Hyde! I was looking for you!”He tapped my shoulder.

# # #

I followed the old servant into a room.

There was a bed with curtains drawn, and maids were lined up in front of it with solemn expressions. Soon the old servant spoke to me.

“According to the teachings of the Bible, women and men must maintain a godly separation. Please refrain from touching or palpating the lady’s skin. The young lady is the daughter of a count.”

Don’t touch me during the checkup?

It was an embarrassing story in many ways, but…

“Good.”

It was a no problem story for me.

Because you can’t carelessly touch a woman’s body! If you have a pure and godly female body like Psyche, you should be even more careful!

Sze-. Cheolrrrr-.

Soon the maids stood up and pulled back the curtains over the bed.

There was a woman sitting on the bed with her hair scattered like an animal.

“… ah… ah… .”

The gaze through the red hair was hazy, and drool was dripping from the corner of the half-open mouth. Perhaps because she was wearing a long white nightgown, she looked like a virgin ghost.

“Poor girl… .”

“A person who was so pretty… .”

While the servants and maids were turning their heads in sorrow or wiping away tears from their eyes with their aprons, the old servant asked as if grasping at a straw.

“Monk Hyde, can you cure the young lady?”

I have only one answer.

“I will fix it before the end of the day. Before that, could you please get me some olive oil and willow ashes?”

The moment I entered Psyche’s room, I had already guessed what illness she was suffering from.

In fact, it didn’t even take 10 minutes to cure the disease.

The disease that Lady Psyche suffers from.

It was a ‘faking disease’, a disease that no one could cure, but no one could!