episode_0129

Is this what it felt like for livestock being dragged to the slaughterhouse?

The emperor’s arbitrary actions were giving me a huge headache.

It was the Pope who saved me in that situation.

‘It’s really beautiful.’

The Pope was so beautiful that just looking at him purified my eyes, just like a nymph.

And now that I’ve been living with nymphs for quite some time, reading their expressions and thoughts has become a piece of cake for me.

‘Sir, I will buy you some time, so get out of here immediately.’

‘Thank you, thank you.’

I took advantage of the brief moment when everyone was mesmerized by the Pope’s appearance and escaped the Emperor’s grasp.

Even the emperor, a second-tier power, was helpless against the miracles performed by the Pope.

‘It’s a scam. I’ll have to ask him to tell me later.’

A miracle that deceives the target’s senses for a moment.

It was a power with endless possibilities if used well.

“Warrior? What are you doing here?”

“Oh! Sir Peredil!”

On my way away from the temple, I met Peredil, who was called the Holy Spear of the Holy Kingdom.

“This is fate, please help me.”

“What’s going on?”

“The Emperor is being chased by that pervert.”

“Yes?”

The emperor and the pervert.

Peredil was surprised by the words that could not be mixed together, but since he was a highly trained paladin, he hid me for the time being.

“Come here first.”

“Thank you.”

So we moved to the room that Peredil had guided us to.

And there was a patient there.

“Oh, warrior, how have you been?”

“Clark? Where’s your scar?”

Clark, the first apostle of the Holy Kingdom, was covered in wounds.

The nymph’s signature disc was so damaged that it wouldn’t have been strange if it had shattered at any moment, and the veins all over her body were red as if she had been struck by lightning.

“I’m fine. You don’t have to worry about it, Warrior.””

“No, you can tell just by looking at it that it’s not okay.”

Clark spoke calmly, but his expression was powerless.

Nymphs always have a kind smile on their face, no matter how tired or worn out they are, but Clark didn’t even have the energy to smile.

“The first apostle was injured while trying to stop Behemoth’s advance.”

“Those guys called monsters?”

“Yes.”

“How was the treatment?”

“We are providing treatment using the medical technology of the Holy Kingdom and the wisdom of the Tower. However, it will be impossible to carry out apostle activities as before.”

Peredil was usually blunt, but this time he couldn’t be. He looked quite gloomy.

‘Just as Helen was a mother to Camilla, Clark was a father to Peredil.’

I wanted to help if possible.

I’ve received help from Peredil a few times, but the world would be more peaceful if Clark, the first apostle, were still alive.

But what can I do?

The medical knowledge I possess is nothing compared to the knowledge accumulated by the Holy Kingdom, and it is impossible to graft that onto nymphs.

‘wait for a sec.’

There was an idea that flashed through my head like a bolt of lightning, like the grace of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, as people often say.

“Sir Peredil, it was the goddess Hestia who created the nymphs, right?”

“Yes. According to the records, the goddess Hestia herself created each god by intertwining their divinity with her own divinity.”

“Then, for the nymphs, the divinity of the goddess Hestia would be an effective elixir, right?”

“I understand what you are saying. You intend to use your divine power to draw out Hestia’s divinity and infuse it into the apostle, right?”

“Yes, I think that might be the solution.”

Our house nymphs, Helia, Fores, and Laby, loved our house, which contained the divinity of Hestia.

Even though Helia, who serves Hestia, is unknown, the other two did not serve Hestia, but they liked Hestia’s divinity. So, doesn’t Hestia’s divinity work as an elixir for nymphs in some way?

“Above, it’s dangerous.”

Clark objected in a dying voice.

“Excessive use of your power overloads your soul. No matter how much of a Titan you are, you are not yet a god. Use your power for better things… .”

And then he passed out.

It seems like he used up all his remaining energy talking at once.

“I’m fine, but what does Lord Peredil think?”

“…..”

Peredil hesitated for a moment to answer my question, then answered confidently.

“I know it’s shameless, but I would like to ask for your help, warrior.”

“I am not shameless. I also receive a lot of help from Sir Peredil. We should help each other.”

We went straight into Clark’s treatment.

So I tried to call a doctor first.

“It’s okay. I’ll help you with the surgery.”

“Do you have any medical knowledge, Sir Peredil?”

“I am not as good as a nymph, but I am also a seeker who has lived for a long time. I have a fair amount of knowledge.”

“Ah… ”

I’ve been thinking lately, but the people in my neighborhood are old. It’s not just that they’re so many, it’s that their jaws drop.

‘Everyone says they’re over 200 years old.’

Am I just a child among them, being only 21 years old?

Be a little more gentle with me.

“Warrior?”

“Oh, sorry. I was just thinking about something else.”

At Peredil’s suggestion, I immediately brought up Hestia’s divinity and injected it into Clark.

‘Wow, the fuel efficiency is crazy.’

If you put in 10 Hestia divinities, 9 of them will disappear without meaning.

‘That’s why they tell you not to do it.’

If I were as skilled as Helen, I’d probably collapse before I could heal Clark.

But luckily for me, I now had a second-tier knight, Peredil.

“I’ll help you.”

Peredil made a thin thread out of Aura, which penetrated Clark’s disk and showed me which way to go.

Is this the realm of humanity?

‘I’m a really strong kid.’

If you look at a truly strong person, he has skills that will make your tongue stick out.

Let’s live more humbly from now on.

How many hours did you have to treat it like that?

“The disc has been fixed.”

“Whew… We’ve passed the hump.”

The disc, the source of life for the nymphs, has been repaired.

“If this gets out into the world, the world will be in an uproar.”

“Really? It doesn’t seem like much.”

“It’s a great thing to be recorded in history. There have been many attempts to cure the nymphs in the way the warrior thought, but they all ended in failure.”

“Is there a critical reason for failure?”

“Yes, not only was there no human who could handle Hestia’s divinity like the warrior, but there were also cases where the divine power could not withstand the strong divinity and became a crippled person, so the Holy Kingdom designated it as a taboo.”

“Then, we have become the great sinners who broke the taboo.”

“I’m sorry. Because of my greed… ”

“Haha, you don’t need to apologize. If you fail, you’re a great sinner, but if you succeed, you’re a good person, right?”

The Pope will also get a good result, so everything will go well.

As I was finishing organizing things to some extent, Peredil suddenly knelt down to me.

“Thank you, warrior.”

“Sir Peredil? There is no need to do this.”

“No. I will definitely repay this favor even if it means going against the Holy Kingdom.”

“No, you shouldn’t be at odds with the Holy Kingdom, you rascal.”

Peredil was truly stubborn, just like his stubborn appearance.

I told you over and over again that it was okay, but you said you would definitely repay the favor… How will you use this later?

While I was pondering for a moment, someone came to visit me.

“You were here after all, warrior.”

It was Rachel, the vice-captain of the Second Knights, who assisted Helen together with Camilla.

“Rachel? Long time no see. But why do you look so grumpy?”

“I’ll explain later, but for now, there’s chaos outside.”

“What, did a ghost suddenly appear?”

“That’s not it, there was friction between the emperor’s forces and the pope’s forces.”

“Why?”

“Well, His Majesty the Emperor thinks His Holiness the Pope is hiding the warrior, so he’s demanding that he be handed over.”

“???”

. . .

‘So that’s how it turned out.’

Pope Esther sighed at the current situation in which the Empire and the Holy Kingdom were confronting each other.

I knew that His Majesty the Emperor was reflecting on the significance of the existence of the Holy Kingdom, but I never dreamed that the situation would escalate to this point.

‘I know His Majesty the Emperor’s mind, but it is too hasty a judgment.’

The Pope also personally reported and heard about the monster Behemoth.

In fact, the Pope also thought that it would not be strange for the Empire to fall at any time due to the monsters sleeping all over the continent, just as the Emperor had worried.

If Clark had not sacrificed himself, there would have been many disaster victims in the East, and if the tiger that swallowed the sky had not appeared at that time, there would have been many casualties.

But the emperor did not know everything.

The Emperor thought that the reason the Black Tiger appeared was because of a change of heart, as Cyan had said, and the Pope guessed that the Black Tiger had ripped off Behemoth’s soul core.

There was a difference here.

‘His Majesty the Emperor has not earned his mother’s trust.’

It was evidence that there was information that the Emperor, who had to look after everything in the empire, did not know.

In a way, it was natural.

Unlike previous emperors, Emperor Cain of the time refused to form alliances with nymphs.

Because Kaina didn’t want her companion to die because of her.

Esther, as a pope, felt sorry for Cain’s opinion, but as a nymph, she respected her opinion.

In a way, she was the only one who made a normal choice in the midst of the abnormal.

But even the Pope could not bend his will when it came to Titan.