episode_0212
by fnovelpia“Honey, wake up.”
I opened my eyes to a sweet voice that seemed to wake up my lover.
Arphia, who had woken up a long time ago and was fully prepared, was looking down with a refreshing smile.
Arphia stretching out both hands.
When I grabbed his hand, he pulled me up.
“Okay, water.”
Arphia waved her fingers to create a stream of water and put it in my mouth. I gulped a few times and spat it out. Then I drank the water again.
Perhaps because it was the water of the spirits, one sip cleared my hazy mind.
“Are you awake?”
“Yes.”
“Let’s wash up and eat breakfast. I bought some food in the city.”
Without saying anything, Arphia prepared everything on her own. She, who didn’t want to go to Bestia, moved first.
After our reunion, I felt more energetic than ever.
I left the tent and washed up in the lake. I had a simple breakfast with the packed lunch that Arpia had bought.
I appreciate her being cooperative, but I’m still worried about what happened yesterday.
“Is that okay?”
“I can’t keep being a spoiled brat. I’m a slave and I’m the master, so I have to do whatever he says.”
Arphia smiles bitterly, as if she has given up.
Then suddenly.
“Honey, I have a question. Was that a punishment or a reward yesterday? I think I need to make sure.”
“It’s a punishment. It’s a punishment for not listening to the master.”
“Then if you listen well, you’ll get a better reward than that?”
“That’s right. So listen to your master. If you listen to your master, you’ll get rice cakes even while you’re sleeping.”
“Hmm~ Okay.”
I finished eating.
Now it’s really time to leave.
Arphia spread her wings.
The spirit enveloped us like a cloud.
“Are you going to Bestia?”
“Yes.”
“I wanted to go there anyway. I want to see who the hell took him away from me.”
***
Bestia, the kingdom of the water people.
There has been a topic that has been gaining explosive popularity in Vestia recently.
The Death Sect.
One day, a messenger of death suddenly appears and frees you from your hellish life. He helps your business prosper and cures your illness.
At first, it was thought to be a groundless rumor, but the number of people who experienced miracles gradually increased. Many people wanted to become believers of the Sashin sect.
Rumor has it that even the princess of Vestia, the lioness Hilde, has joined the cult.
It has become common to see people from the Sashin sect on the street.
There were also many who were displeased. Those who could not believe in the ominous being called the Grim Reaper, and those who were members of the Order and Balance sect.
The Order of Order and Balance is spread across the continent.
The same goes for Bestia.
The believers, led by Iris, the unicorn beast and high priest in charge of the cathedral in Vestia, protested fiercely.
Even children know that the Grim Reaper is an evil being, and it is obvious that such a Grim Reaper would destroy order.
But the church’s vehement protests were not accepted.
“I hate that Lin! He kicked me out before without helping me!”
“I don’t like religious groups either. They pretend to be righteous, but they are bad people who are full of vanity and harass innocent people.”
It was all because of those two girls.
Mirabelle and Lin have no good memories of the church. Mirabelle in particular lost her father because of them and was sold into slavery.
Of course, I did meet Karami during that process, but I can’t say it was all thanks to them.
The sabotage operation by the two people who harbored ill feelings toward the church was thoroughly carried out.
Lin brought misfortune to the nine-tailed fox.
Chewing your tongue while eating, yawning and a bug going into your mouth, or having a stomachache before something important.
Mirabelle was cursed by a witch.
It caused nightmares and interfered with the thought process to make people distrust God. It was a curse as terrible as death for a devout believer.
“Are you done?”
“Of course! I fell over and spilled the delicious food the moment I was moving it!”
“… End?”
“Is there anything more evil than this? What have you done?”
“You have disturbed my faith. I will doubt whether the path God leads me to is truly the right one.”
Lin tilted her head.
“What’s so evil about that?”
“He ruined the relationship between the god and the believer with magic. To use a metaphor, he made Lin doubt the master.”
“Lin doesn’t suspect Zhuyin.”
“They made it like that with magic.”
“It doesn’t work on Lin!”
“So… oh my.”
anyway.
The believers of the Order and Balance Church suffered from misfortune and curses, and had problems in their daily lives. It was all the work of the great witch and the nine-tailed fox.
High Priestess Iris also could not escape.
For example, a couple of innocent childhood friends came to receive a blessing, but it turned out that the woman had regained her virginity through healing magic, and was actually a fake virgin who was seeing another man.
Also, I often had nightmares about becoming corrupted and turning into a Bycon.
One day, while he was suffering like that, a major incident occurred that turned the situation around. A saint appeared in his home country.
“Saint! Virgin!”
The reason Iris chose the path of a priest is because there are many virgins in the church.
But a saint, a symbol of purity?
Ouch.
Iris regained her energy in an instant.
I prayed to a saint I had never seen before.
And to God as a bonus.
‘Thank you for giving me the saint!’
Iris spread her arms toward the sky.
I can’t stand this taste.
Because of the saint’s appearance, Mirabelle and Lynn’s efforts were not very effective. Their faith centered around the saint was unwavering.
The number of people wishing to join the church also decreased accordingly.
A strategy meeting between two girls.
“I never thought a saint would appear.”
“What is a saint?”
“It will be difficult to expand the church like this until the master returns.”
“What is a saint?”
“I think we need another way.”
“Are you ignoring Lin now!”
Lin suddenly got up and put her hands on her hips to protest.
Mirabelle let out a deep sigh.
“I don’t know either. And even if I explain it to you, you still don’t understand.”
“That’s right.”
I sat back down.
Mirabelle has seen many different sides of Lin while spending time with her. Now she is more like a child, but when she first saw her, she was a mature woman.
Sometimes she becomes a properly grown girl, and sometimes she even transforms into a fox.
If only the appearance changes, it doesn’t matter, but the way of thinking and actions also change depending on the form.
When asked why, he only repeats that ‘acting is the lifeblood of disguise.’
There is no such thing as a mischievous child like Lin. He plays the mischievous child so perfectly that I don’t even want to talk to him.
“If you are dissatisfied, come back with a different look.”
“Lin likes this look!”
Because this was the time when he was happiest with his master.
Lin likes this look.
In any case, it seemed that innovative means were needed to increase the power of the religious order.
***
Lin says.
The sky is fickle.
If the world should go according to plan, then if it doesn’t suit your taste, you can change a person’s fate as you wish.
Those who pretend to be good are the most dangerous.
This is what Lin realized.
The same goes for the Order and Balance Sect.
Common sense tells you that it wouldn’t be normal for a priest to only like virgins, right?
Surely, at some point, it will transform. It will pierce people with its strong unicorn horn.
That moment came sooner than expected.
Boring daily life.
Even now, Rin wants to go to Karami, but Mirabelle is stopping her from going. These were the days when she had no choice but to run the church while waiting endlessly for the master to come.
Heukbi, who had been chatting in Cheonsangru, sipped his tea.
“I have an ominous feeling. I feel a bad vibe.”
“It seems like there’s a problem in the kingdom.”
Even though Chun-lian has disappeared, Yu-hwa’s insight remains intact. Cheon-ho, who moves according to the will of heaven, is not completely unrelated to God.
The balance that maintained the power of God is shaken.
If the balance is shaken, believers will not be able to escape the influence.
The same goes for the believers within Vestia.
Yuhwa’s prediction was not wrong.
Something strange has happened to the believers of the Order and Balance Church, especially to Iris, the most devout of them all.
His hair turned black, and his rainbow-colored pupils turned red. His appearance was closer to a bicorn than a unicorn.
It wasn’t just the appearance that had changed. The people in the church had gone crazy en masse and started attacking innocent civilians.
“The opportunity has come!”
A golden opportunity for the Shinigami sect.
As night fell, Lin and Mirabelle went about subduing the renegades running wild throughout the city.
“Save me!”
Boom!
A traitor who threatens the pig people.
Lin took a picture of it and shouted.
It didn’t kill him, it just knocked him out.
“Huh?”
“Miss, are you okay?”
“, thank you… N, nine-tailed fox?”
Lin snapped her fingers.
Now she was covered with a black hood.
“No. This body is a messenger sent by the Death Sect.”
“But it has nine tails?”
“… The important thing is that you have received grace from the church you belong to.”
“That, that’s right?”
“Thank you. Thank the messenger. Long live the messenger sect three times.”
“I’m an atheist… .”
Sizzle!
Lin’s odd eyes flashed ominously.
The pig man was terrified.
“Long live the Sashin Cult! Long live the Sashin Cult! Long live the Sashin Cult!”
“Goooot, pig.”
Lin joined Mirabelle.
Mirabelle’s attire was also different than usual. Instead of the short maid outfit she usually wore, she was wearing a robe and a large cone-shaped hat. It was a cute witch’s outfit.
This time the opponents are priests.
They wanted to subdue her in the form of a witch they hated. It was a petty revenge.
“How is it? Is it okay?”
“Of course! What about you, witch?”
“Me too.”
It was a new conversation.
From the clergy’s point of view, it would be more reasonable to pray for God to appear rather than to find an opponent to fight against the two people.
“There’s something strange.”
“What is it?”
“These people act like vampires. All the people who were attacked got bitten in the carotid artery. The people who were bitten also changed.”
“The smell of Lindo’s blood vibrates.”
As Yuhwa said, there is clearly a problem in the holy country of Cassilon. Has the vampire taken over?
If you go there, you will be able to find out the details. However, Mirabelle is worried about going out without the master’s orders.
“Huh?”
“Huh?”
At that moment, I was wondering what to do.
Mirabelle and Lin burst out in question.
Mirabelle’s staff shook.
Lin’s ears perked up.
The eyes of the two who had been staring blankly at one side met.
A silent validation of the energy they sensed from each other.
The moment the verification was completed, they moved simultaneously.
Lin jumped over the roof, and Mirabelle flew on her staff.
The energy they felt was one.
“Master!”
“It’s Zhuin!”
It was the spirit of the master Karami.
At the place they arrived, there was Karami, who had flown in on the spirit wind together with Arphia.
“It’s been a while, everyone. How have you been?”
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