episode_0095
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“Keuheup!”
My sister tightly shuts her eyes at the strange movement wriggling inside her arm.
“Hold this. It will help you.”
I took a handkerchief out of my bosom and put it in her mouth.
You don’t want your teeth to get hurt, and a handkerchief might help you muffle your voice.
The sister did not refuse and put the handkerchief in her mouth.
The fallen relic was not able to control as many areas as expected.
“You are really strong. You have been able to block this energy with just one arm… .”
It must have been that hard to endure.
I can see why she showed up looking so exhausted.
It was a miracle that I didn’t immediately become swept away by this holy relic and fall into madness.
No, it was possible because it was her.
Is there anyone who can handle this relic?
The reason why you feel pain when you put divine power into your body is because the energy inside your body rejects and attacks the divine power.
“It’s getting better.”
“Do not push in too hard.”
Even though it was so painful that she wanted to cut off her arm, the sister was worried about the sacred object.
“Are you afraid that the sacred object will be damaged?”
“… Yes.”
Even though he shows a pitiful sight of suppressing pain, I respect his mental strength to think of the sacred object rather than his own body.
“But if you don’t do it to this extent, it’s hard to get rid of the energy.”
And honestly, I doubt if this should be called a holy relic.
Isn’t this a sacred object, or rather an object, that has contained the spirit of an evil spirit for 300 years?
I wonder if this can still function as a ‘sacred relic’.
Wouldn’t that be enough time for him to change his ways?
‘If it breaks, it breaks.’
Sister Melody was much more important to me.
“Priest!”
Ignoring her words, he continued to pour divine power into his body, driving away the evil spirit power that was invading his body.
“This is an object that has contained the spirit of an evil spirit for 300 years. At this point, it wouldn’t be too much of a stretch to say that it’s not our sacred object, but an evil spirit’s sacred object.”
“No, it won’t. Once you purify all the energy, it will come back.”
“My sister is more precious to me than things that may or may not return.”
“!!”
“It’s something that hasn’t been in the country for 300 years anyway.”
Even without that holy relic, the country lived well and ate well.
“We’ve been doing well without the holy relics, but it would be a great loss to the church if our sister lost her arm.”
“That’s ridiculous… .”
“Think about all the things you have been doing without anyone knowing. Without you, the church would be in big trouble.”
“… Not that much.”
“That’s exactly what I’ve seen from my sister. I’ve seen how much effort she’s put into the church so far.”
I saw it with my own eyes, so what’s the importance of this holy relic?
It can’t save people, nor can it kill heretics.
It’s just symbolic.
But when you look at Sister Melody, she can do it all.
Kill heretics and save people.
So, she is bound to be much more important and precious than the contaminated relics that we cannot tell whether they are ours or someone else’s.
Dismissal-
but.
Even though he said with his mouth that his sister was more precious, his heart ached when he saw that cracks were starting to appear in the sacred relic.
“How about we stop now?”
She asked cautiously, perhaps because I objected so strongly.
“No, it’s almost done. I just need to finish it.”
She was no longer gritting her teeth in pain, perhaps because she had purged all the energy in her body.
But the remaining problems are more serious than expected.
This thing doesn’t seem to want to fall off my arm at all.
“If this continues, the holy relic will break!”
“If you finish now, you’ll just end up with something that was just pressed.”
When my energy fades, I will try to take control of my sister’s body again.
The best way is to eliminate the cause and prevent it from starting in the first place.
“You have to take it off completely. Seriously, just a little more is enough!”
Crackle- Crackle-!
“Ahㅡ!”
Is it really broken??
What punishment will you receive if you break a sacred object?
But this has many flaws that make it a sacred relic. Can you please be a little more lenient?
While concentrating on the movement of the divine power, I thought dozens of times whether I should stop now.
‘If you were going to quit in the middle, you shouldn’t have started in the first place!’
Once you start something, you have to see it through to the end.
As I continued to pour divine power into it, it seemed like this guy couldn’t hold out any longer.
It wouldn’t have been easy to fight back while trying to take control of Sister Melody’s body, with my divine powers added to it.
“Done!”
Crunch!
The relic fell from his arm.
I thought that although it would be impossible to purify the thing that had been tied together for 300 years, it would be possible to successfully separate it.
“Okay!”
“After~”
The relic that fell from his arm became calm as if it had never given off such an ominous aura.
At first glance, something that looks sacred may also appear to be a sacred object.
“Fortunately, it only took a little bit of gold, and it wasn’t damaged!”
How can you look divine when you have the aura of an ominous evil spirit inside you?
It’s annoying and makes me mad.
“Purification was not possible.”
For now, I’ve just taken it out of my arm, but if I continue to purify it, won’t I be able to get rid of the energy that’s dwelling inside the holy relic?
“I will report that the relic has been in this condition since I first discovered it.”
“Yes?”
I didn’t know that it was Sister Melody, and not anyone else, who would say that she would lie in the report.
“I said this because I was worried you might be worried. It is absurd that the relics that were handed over to heretics 300 years ago are in good condition, so everyone would understand. So, please know that, priest, and forget about today.”
I think it sounds plausible.
Even if it was completely split, it would be okay if they said that the heretics did it that way, but wouldn’t it be okay if it was just a crack?
My heart feels a little lighter.
“Do you feel a little lighter?”
I laughed out loud because I was so frustrated at my sister speaking as if she had read my mind.
“It seems like someone who came into my mind and came out.”
“I will never forget the hard work you did for me.”
“By the way, can I take a look at your arm again?”
“Yes.”
When I looked at my sister’s arms again, there were bruises here and there.
But everything was working normally, except for the bruise.
“I’ll check each finger one by one. Can you feel it?”
Press down on each finger one by one to check if you can feel it, and clench and unclench your fist to check if you have regained strength.
And when the bruise was removed with divine power, the arm returned to its original, healthy state.
“It seems like everything has returned.”
“Yes. Isn’t that fortunate?”
“… Yes.”
“It’s a precious arm, so please take good care of it in the future.”
How many people have been saved by this arm?
I don’t know the exact number, but it’s probably well over ten lives.
If we had lost this, our fighting power would have been halved, and people would have suffered that much.
“Okay, thank you for saving my arm.”
“By the way, it was quite noisy, but I guess everyone is sleeping well. That’s fortunate. What are you going to do about this?”
“I plan to wrap it in cloth and carry it around.”
“Can I have it?”
“Yes?”
“Sister, you have to keep fighting. On the other hand, I mostly rest or don’t move much during battles.”
Comparatively, I don’t move around as much, so I can keep it much safer than her.
“Well, I’ve already been tempted by this item once, so it might be safer for you to leave it to the priest.”
“That’s not what I meant!”
“No. I was short-sighted. I don’t know about others, but I think I can trust Father Arthur. I know it’s burdensome, but please take good care of me.”
Even though I was the one who made the holy relic gold, my sister willingly entrusted it to me.
The reason I wanted to keep this was so I could purify it from time to time.
‘It’s too dangerous.’
I hope my sister, who is already having a hard time, doesn’t have to suffer because of this guy while she is resting.
‘Let’s have a proper fight before we leave here.’
It would be more fun for him to play with me, who only has time to heal the occasional injured person, rather than playing with someone who is busy fighting.
I was thinking of finding out what this 300 year old guy, who I couldn’t tell if he was a grandmother or grandfather, could do.
* * *
“Ugh.”
Did I underestimate the power of a 300-year-old relic?
As I stood up, clutching the relic wrapped in cloth, I could feel my entire body sagging.
I stared at the cloth covering the sacred relic that I had hidden to one side.
‘Is it because of that guy, or am I suffering from the aftereffects of using too much divine power? I’m not sure yet… .’
Still, I’ve never been this sick after using a lot of divine power, and judging by the discomfort I felt as soon as I woke up, there was a high chance that that kid was the problem.
“… is that…?”
“Haha! That…huh?”
The area around the tent, which was quiet at dawn, occasionally hears conversations from the diligent people who woke up early.
Normally, I would wake up and say good morning, but now, everything is bothersome and difficult.
‘I’m glad I said I’d keep it.’
I’m already a person who has had a hard time, so shouldn’t I be able to handle this much?
“If it stretches too much, I’ll be suspicious.”
I really didn’t want to get up, but I forced myself to do so.
“Ugh.”
I can’t help but groan.
My body feels heavy even though my muscles aren’t tense.
When I went outside, people greeted me warmly as if they had been waiting for me.
“Now you’re out, priest.”
“Yes. Good morning. Did you all have good dreams?”
“Oh, don’t be ridiculous. This is chaos now.”
“What’s going on? What’s going on… .”
“I had a nightmare when I woke up today. But everyone else had nightmares too?”
“!!”
You’ve had nightmares all your life?
“My body is also very tired… .”
“That’s right, I’m not feeling so good either.”
It was as if a 300-year-old relic had an unimaginable effect on our entire party.
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