episode_0063

‘Holy shit. Couldn’t this be… that’s it?’

A sign of apostasy.

The proof of his oath of allegiance to the devil was clearly engraved on his shoulder.

Linai looked at the tattoo in detail, touched it once, and the tattoo disappeared for a moment. Then Linai got angry, probably thinking it was just a wizard’s prank.

“Did someone draw it as a joke? Really. You are an important body fighting for us, but who would do something like this… I will report it clearly.”

“No, no. are you okay. It could have been something a stressed wizard did on impulse. Even wizards don’t do this because they want to. This is a job that only people with no outstanding achievements take on, so being disciplined here will only make you feel worse. You don’t have to report it. Never.”

For now, it must be kept secret. It may be known to Deshade, but it must be completely hidden from Gaia’s believers.

We don’t know what will happen if they see that defending other races is a betrayal of humanity.

“You have a good heart. All right. Since you said so much, I won’t report it.”

“Please, please. It’s a secret between me and Rinai.”

“It’s a secret. Hehehe. It’s funny because it feels like I’m doing something bad. When I was at the temple, there were never any secrets like that.”

Linai laughs, covering her mouth with the sleeve of her priest’s robe. Then his expression darkened for a moment and he muttered something to himself, but I couldn’t hear it clearly.

“… No, but there was one.”

‘For now, I’m glad I don’t think I’ll get caught.’

When Linai looked away for a moment to clean up after herself, the tattoo visible in the mirror appeared again. So I hurriedly picked up my outerwear and put it on.

Unless I change my clothes, I don’t think I’ll get caught.

Even if you do see one, they generally respect the customs of soul soldiers, so you may be able to pretend that it is something like a tradition from your hometown.

But I don’t like the shape.

Bat wing tattoo.

It was a token that looked exactly like the bat wings that hung on Astesia’s head.

‘I feel really dirty, this is.’

I don’t really like tattoos.

It’s not because tattoos aren’t cool, but because if you get a tattoo, the shape will change over time and it’s incredibly difficult to erase it. It’s really annoying that the tattoo was imprinted on my body while my consciousness was confused.

The contract with Deshade didn’t seem to have any special features, but it clearly showed that Asmodeus was planning to provoke Deshade.

‘Isn’t this like the devil of jealousy rather than the devil of lust?’

It was a clear sign that Asmodeus intended to screw Deshade well.

First of all, when I touched it, there was no reaction other than disappearing for a moment, so I decided to show it to Deshade and pay no attention to it.

Without having to pack anything, I leave the resuscitation center and say hello to Linai.

“Then let’s go.”

“Ah! Would you like to take this with you?”

But as I was about to leave, Linai gave me a paper bag containing something.

“Huh? What is it?”

“Snacks. It doesn’t contain anything special, but I made it to give it to you sometime as a gift in return for buying you food last time. Flour arrived for the first time in a while. It’s been a month since flour arrived to us at Sosangso.”

‘Oh, by the way, Deshade completely ruined Linai’s lunch at that time. So we had lunch together outside.’

Linai said something, and it turned out to be a repayment for Deshade’s previous atrocities.

It pricked my conscience a little to be reciprocated in this way, even though it was purely a courtesy on our part, but it’s also not a good idea to refuse a gift that you made yourself.

“It was our fault, so it’s only natural. But turning down a favor might be worse. Because it took a long time to make. Thank you, I will eat well.”

I always ate meat like crazy, which was in oversupply, but seeing something like this for the first time in a while made me want to eat it, so I didn’t refuse it.

I take out a snack from a paper bag and bite it in front of Linai.

Ajak-

A snack with a light taste.

‘Salt may not be the case, but sugar seems to be quite valuable as well.’

It wasn’t that sweet, but it was okay. At least it’s much more delicious than black bread, which is so hard that you can’t eat it unless you soak it in the soup for at least 5 minutes.

The vivid taste of flour that I have eaten for the first time in a while brings back memories from my lifetime.

‘Come to think of it, it was difficult to get even a piece of properly made bread when I came here.’

As I held the snack in my hand, I felt that, if nothing else, things were getting better, at least in terms of the farming environment.

“It’s really delicious.”

“Really? Actually, when I was at the convent, I baked and ate cookies once in a while. I always just looked at it and tried it on my own, and luckily it seems to have worked out well.”

“Is it good? It seems like all the people at the convent are very talented. I knew you could make such delicious snacks.”

However, despite my praise, Linai’s expression darkened briefly again and she whispered something to herself.

“It would be nice if that kid could taste this again…”

“Yes?”

“Oh, no. Well, enjoy it and if there ever comes a time when you can tell me what I asked, please tell me.”

Linai seemed to still have lingering feelings about the previous question, so she asked again at the end. So I couldn’t refuse this time.

“I understand. Well, I’ll take the snacks gratefully as a repayment. Let’s see again later.”

“And I keep saying this because he was resurrected for the first time in a while…”

“If I ask to see you again, I will be punished from heaven, right? I know. How many times do I see our priest?”

“You know, but you say that for no reason. Hehehe. Then go ahead and go.”

While thinking about where to go with the snacks in the paper bag, I had a good idea and turned to Linai and said.

“Over there.”

“Yes? Do you have anything else to do?”

“No. Well… that’s just what I’m saying. Do you continue to work after this?”

“Um… I guess so? Since the battle has just ended, we have to take care of the soldiers’ wounds.”

“Then, how about taking a look around the barracks instead of the resuscitation center? I mean business trip, business trip therapy. Among other injured people, there may be some who cannot come because they have difficulty walking… Anyway, while walking around, you may ‘accidentally’ hear the information the priest wants.”

Linai listens to what I say, thinks about it carefully, then understands what I mean and becomes happy.

“…Ah! That’s right! There might be a way like that! Thank you so much, Lee Rim!”

“Then I’ll go.”

“Yes. Thank you so much! I guess I should just wrap this up and go right away.”

“Are there any people injured?”

I’m also leaving a warning in case I go around asking about Astesia too openly.

“Yes. I think it’s right that if there are people who are injured, we should approach them first.”

I decided to go back to the supply area for now, leaving Rinai in a hurry to organize what she had planned to do today.

It is said that the outpost was partially destroyed in a rear raid, so everyone must have returned to the barracks.

‘I don’t know if they have completely evacuated, but I’ll give it a try first and if not, I’ll go back to the outpost.’

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“Ah. You are here.”

“Did you come here alive? I hadn’t seen him for so long that I thought he had been thrown somewhere.”

When I returned to the supply area, Enin and Master were there.

“This is the path coming from the direction of the resuscitation center where I just died. I’m glad everyone is safe. But what do you do?”

“They teach you exercises that allow energy to circulate smoothly in your body.”

“Ugh. After using my body for the first time in a while, I felt like I had muscle pain or something else.”

Enin was stretching with his teacher.

‘I can’t believe I only ended up with muscle pain after swinging a hammer of such enormous weight. ‘It’s huge.’

Among the striking units, the heaviest weapon, excluding Noan’s shield, is the anvil.

It’s hard to believe that Enin looks so fine despite wielding such a weapon without stopping.

I couldn’t see anyone else, so I asked.

“What about Peria and the others?”

“It looks like the driver and adventurer won’t be able to move for a while. I think it may have been because I directly blocked the magic spear, but my bones didn’t heal well even with healing magic, so I think I’ll have to recuperate for a while. Peria and the priest are over there.”

When I went inside, I saw Peria and Thistle sleeping on a cot made by attaching chairs.

“Perhaps because each of them used their magic and divine power for a long time, they were completely exhausted. I think it will probably remain like that until it recovers to some extent.”

Ahh-aaa

“Queunnng…”

Peria is chewing Thistle’s finger. Thanks to this, Thistle’s sleeping expression looks painful even today.

“Ugh. What kind of trouble are you causing again?”

Remove Thistle’s fingers from Peria’s hand and instead place a nearby pen in her mouth.

Muttering-

‘Wouldn’t the pen stand break if I did that? Well, that’s none of my business.’

Since we both went through a hard time, we should leave it alone until we recover.

Enin stands up with Hwarim and tells me the news as if he just remembered it.

“Now that I think about it, Irim was conscious until the end with Deshade, right?”

“Yes. That’s right.”

“Then it would be a good idea to go to the command center.”

“What’s going on?”

“Deshade finished the ritual and brought the succubus. But General Terraim keeps saying that he should be killed. First of all, the head of the Hygenic security unit is defending me.”

“What?”

The moment I was worried about came right away.

A ghost trying to achieve merit ended up biting the last surviving demon.

“Isn’t there Deshade?”

“General Terraim is ignoring the testimony, citing his status as an honorary elder of the Gaia Church and saying he does not recognize Deshade. In addition, they deliberately left only noble officers and continued to interrogate them, so I couldn’t go in either.”

‘Of course, I’m the only one left until the end. But Deshade is also a god, and he doesn’t even believe in God’s testimony. ‘I really don’t know what you believe.’

Actually, I did think that something like this would happen if Astesia was brought with her at the moment of her final consciousness.

However, it was God who completed the ritual, and I thought that if God and Hygenic, who was the leader of the strike force, trusted us and defended Astesia, we would back down to some extent. I didn’t know they would try to kill me.

“I think it would be solid evidence if Lee Rim, who is mentally ill, personally defends the case. Since you were with us until the end of the ritual, I think you can tell us that it was not the succubus who tried to kill us, but the devil and his minion, the puppeteer.”

I think going fast is a good decision.

“Then I should go right away. Ah, Enin, Master. Please eat this. I got it from the resuscitation center.”

Take one cookie out of the paper bag, put it in your mouth, and give the rest.

I recently learned that delicious food tastes better when shared.

“Isn’t this pancake? It’s a food that I thought would be hard to find anymore.”

“Some places call them pancakes, right? In the Kingdom Alliance, they are called cookies. There was a story that flour came into the church, and it seems to be true. I guess you still have more time than us.”

“Please give your thanks to Priestess Linai when you stop by the resuscitation center later. Then I’ll go.”

I go out while munching on some snacks.

When he heard that General Terraim, whose actions he usually did not like, had touched Astesia, he got so angry that he chewed the cookie a little roughly and swallowed it, thinking.

‘There’s nothing I like about this bastard Terraim. ‘The Demon King was eventually screwed, but is there no way for this man?’