episode_0034

Upon returning to the church, Sophia received a severe scolding from the high priest of the Preta branch.

“You have great talent, so they gave you permission to become an adventurer. Driving people to death and getting disciplined?”

The church’s higher-ups were also very angry because they had dared to tarnish the church’s name.

But that didn’t mean he could kick Sophia out or give her a severe physical punishment that would leave behind mental and physical consequences.

She is so talented that she rose to the rank of high priest in her 20s, and has actually been recognized for her outstanding skills as an A-rank adventurer.

The punishment given to her was to stay in the church’s retreat room and pray to God for a month without coming out.

Because water and food were provided at a minimum, it was a place that other priests would never enter unless they had committed a sin or were seeking to practice deep piety.

“Ha, but I’m not at fault! It was Claude who led the party, and it was Miss Mary who caused the incident by making the wyvern angry.”

Sophia shouted that she was not at fault, but the high priest shook his head.

“In the end, wasn’t it you who chose to be with them, wasn’t it you who went with them to catch the wyvern, and wasn’t it you who was there but ultimately failed to stop it?”

“……”

I had nothing to say.

In the end, I became an adventurer and chose Claude.

It is true that I did not know how to deal with unexpected situations and did not have the skills.

You might ask what a priest can do in that situation, but blocking variables and responding to unexpected situations are also essential elements of an adventurer.

There are also potions and consumables for that.

In other words, they either prepared thoroughly well.

Or, it could have been easily dealt with if Edin had still remained in the party.

They would have figured out the wyverns’ habits from the beginning and prevented them from planning to steal the eggs.

Even if the egg had already been stolen, the second egg would never have been stolen.

Even if stealing the second egg caused the entire wyvern to attack.

They must have somehow used sticky, pheromones, poisoning potions, improvised traps, etc. to divert the Wyverns’ attention, grab their ankles, and somehow bring them to a level where the party members can deal with them.

It is true that Mary was the one who did the most wrong.

Situational judgment, preparedness, knowledge, etc.

If we look at that aspect, in the end, Claude and Sophia both did the same thing.

Six days of being locked in the prayer room like that.

“……”

Sophia was staring into space with wide eyes.

A training room where food and water are provided to a minimum.

Plus, I couldn’t sleep because of the curse of insomnia, so I felt like I was dying.

Even if I wanted to go out, I couldn’t.

Because the high priest with more powerful magical power than himself sealed the door himself.

‘Fuck you bastards. Why, why should I be punished? ‘I didn’t do anything wrong?’

She has been like that since she was young.

I always thought I had done nothing wrong.

I always thought of myself as a good kid.

Whenever something happened, it was always someone else’s fault.

He was just standing on the sidelines and got caught up in it.

Rather, I thought of myself as a victim.

‘I’m good. You shouldn’t be punished. Life should go well and you should be happy!!’

There was only one reason why she always wanted to be such a ‘good girl’.

It was because I wanted to be happy.

When I was young, I was abandoned by my parents.

I grew up in an orphanage attached to a church.

An orphan abandoned by his parents.

So feel sorry for yourself.

Everyone should feel sorry for me and find me cute.

From an early age, her personality was already developing.

Meanwhile, the talent for divine magic was revealed to her.

It was even quite powerful.

‘Ah, because I am kind and pitiful, God also feels sorry for me and helps me!’

She thought so.

He said he was such a good kid that he received talent from God.

From then on, my obsession with being a ‘good kid’ only got worse.

‘I’ve received divine power from God, so if I remain a good person, I’ll become happier.’

Let go of the trashy past you had when you were young.

I thought I could live happier than anyone else, enjoying great wealth and great power.

Because he is a kinder person than anyone else.

Because I’ve never done anything wrong before!

I accidentally pushed a child from the same orphanage and scratched my knee, but that was only because he was standing there for no reason.

Among the aspiring priests I trained with, the boy always came in first place.

One day, he contracted a severe poison and had to quit his training as a priest due to his illness.

‘I can’t help it. There is no way you can get better grades than me. There was definitely some manipulation going on. So you are being punished.’

The evidence was handled well, and no one knew it was her.

She was still a good girl.

When the rising hero Claude said he would save the party.

I thought that light had finally come to me for living a good life.

An outstanding adventurer with a guaranteed S rank for the title of hero.

The guy next to him named Edin was a little annoying.

Even though he has no talent, he sticks next to Claude and tries to get some crumbs from him.

I’m more talented at alchemy than I thought, but if I’m confident, I don’t need healing potions.

There is no need for attack potions if you have Mary.

Useless.

It’s annoying.

‘If it’s useless and annoying, get rid of it. How dare you stand in the way of my happiness. ‘That’s bad.’

Those who do bad things get cleaned out.

So, is that a good thing? Is something else a good thing?

Thinking like that, she took action.

“Honestly, Mr. Edin, isn’t it a bit like that?”

In the bedroom where they were alone, she whispered to Claude as if to encourage him.

Although he was a priest and got involved with Claude, he rationalized that it was not a bad thing to do as it was his path to happiness.

Anyway, she will eventually be in danger if Edin receives A-rank requests in the future.

Anyway, there hasn’t been much to do since he and Mary came in.

He encouraged Claude by saying, “This is also for Edin’s benefit.”

As a result, it was because of her instigation that Edin was kicked out.

‘ah! Now there is nothing standing in the way of my happiness.’

That’s what I thought.

…Until I got locked in the training room, right here and now.

“Why? why? How did it end up like this? Because I received a Wyvern request? Is it a problem that I met those bitches in the first place? Or even before that? What on earth…”

He’s definitely a nicer kid than anyone else.

I should be happier surrounded by wealth and fame than anyone else.

Why did that happen?

While I was thinking that and feeling confused.

“Sophia. A guest came.”

The door to the training room that seemed like it would never open opened, and the high priest called her.

“…?”

A door that seemed never to be opened unless the Pope himself visited and asked it to be opened was opened.

customer?

Who on earth was that customer who opened the door?

Thinking like that, I turned my head.

“Hey, Sophia. I have something to say. Come out.”

I received a request that was not worth much and caused damage to myself.

There was Claude, speaking confidently in a commanding tone.

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“…Why doesn’t this guy come?”

The day after I stopped by the academy and handed Edin a note.

Claude waited for Edin at the time and place written on the note.

30 minutes made him think he had grown up so much that someone like Edin would dare make him wait.

Edin did not appear no matter how much time passed.

“Did I look at the time wrong?”

I didn’t even think it wouldn’t come out.

But when more than an hour passed.

“You fucking bastard!!”

Only then did Claude realize.

How dare Edin ignore his own words.

‘How dare you disobey me?’

The orders from the adventurer guild elders were not in my mind.

He is just filled with anger that Edin ignored and disobeyed his words.

I immediately headed to the academy to question Edin.

However, this time the treatment was completely different from before.

“You cannot enter.”

“What? hey! Don’t you know who I am? Does that even come out when you look at the order?”

The security guard immediately denied entry without even asking inside or anything like that.

I wanted to make a fuss right here and there, but I wasn’t a person with that much sense to do that in the middle of the city.

I struggled to hold back and screamed.

I am the hero Claude.

He came after receiving orders from the adventurer guild elders.

But how dare a lowly security guard stop him?

It was absurd.

The security guard responded with a cold glare.

“I know who you are, warrior Claude. However, the director’s instructions are not to let the person in unless the contents and reasons for the order are explained accurately. Because we do not know whether it is a real or forged document, we need to know the exact contents and reason for the order.”

The chairman’s instructions have already been given.

However, how would you explain to Edin that he should dig up Chairman Mureos’ weaknesses or mistakes and, if not, create something that could be a weakness or mistake?

“What, what?! Where can I find something like that? The message is just to bring Edin?”

“That way you won’t know. Why, for what reason, are you trying to meet Mr. Edin? Please explain your purpose. Only then can you confirm.”

“No, you can just ask the elders directly.”

“If you want to ask questions to elders, you must know the exact content and reason for the order as a matter of procedure.”

“No, huh…”

No matter how hard you try, it won’t move out of the way, standing up straight like a pumice stone.

I could force my way in, but if I did that, I was afraid that Chairman Mureos would catch me and do something to me.

Didn’t I say one wrong word to Edin before and was cursed with sleeplessness for a month?

No matter how great Claude is, the stress and fatigue from 6 days of sleeplessness are slowly creeping in.

I thought it would be dangerous to receive any more punishment than this.

“You bastards… we’ll see.”

In the end, Claude was so scared by Chairman Mureos that he gritted his teeth and left the place.