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by fnovelpiaEpisode 226 – Princess, Ariana Crowfield 39 –
The reason why Alice fainted was simple.
I solved the password step by step as she instructed me.
There were no problems up to this point.
However, there were times when work had to proceed at the same time.
Something like pressing two buttons at the same time.
Maybe it’s because there are one or two other trustworthy people when working on confidential documents.
I didn’t know it was a trap.
Kwaaang-
There was a huge explosion, and instead of people, pieces of stone and plates moved frantically and attacked us.
The cause of the explosion is unknown.
Perhaps the Duchess didn’t consider our powerlessness and didn’t mention that there was a trap.
However, we both have Aura Swell that can use Aura Enhancement.
Although you will take damage from this level of attack, you will not receive fatal injuries.
That’s what I thought.
Fluttering~
Until Alice became one with the floor.
what. Why are you falling down?
I was taken aback for a moment and quickly went there.
-are you okay? Princess Alice? Isn’t there some problem?
She has no answer.
It’s an Auror Swell, so it won’t die from any attack.
This is the Duke of Crowfield.
This is a place where you can prepare for a serious attack.
Even so, I’d like to put something in my office that would kill even Swell.
A peacock is a peacock, so you should check it out first.
‘I guess he’s alive?’
The most certain way to check if a person is alive is to see if there is a heartbeat.
It’s as if the lion army’s servants are treated as dead because their hearts don’t beat.
Heartbeat is an important criterion that separates the living from the dead.
That’s why I just put my hand on Alice’s chest and made her heart beat…
‘hmm. Now that I think about it, I don’t think I can feel the beat.’
Objectively, the princess had large breasts.
In my past life, I have never tried to feel the heartbeat through the breasts of a woman with big breasts.
I don’t know if I can feel it.
Also, it’s not a good idea to touch the breasts of a woman who has fainted.
Because she is not a commoner but a princess.
So, I pass on listening to the heart directly through the chest.
He placed his hand, which had enhanced his sense of touch, on his neck.
‘live.’
Fortunately, the heart stands out.
Resting breath.
There was no need to take action right away.
And what you need to know is whether you are in a vegetative state or not.
Immediately, he forced open her closed eyes and used light magic.
Pangㅡ
A brief flash of light blooms from the tip of my right index finger.
It was a flash so strong that even I had to frown for a moment.
And that moment.
A subtle movement was detected in my pupils, which had been strengthened by aura enhancement.
Alice’s pupils shrank to reduce light penetration.
good night.
At least there was no major damage to the brain.
He fainted due to simple shock.
‘What kind of bomb exploded that caused you to take damage? no. ‘It’s unlikely that Tyrael lied in the first place, isn’t it?’
She can’t lie.
If you say it out loud like this, it’s obvious that it’s a lie.
in other words. This method has a high probability of being correct.
The way Alice and I proceeded was the right way.
But the bomb exploded.
So what exactly caused the bomb to activate?
‘First of all, the duke is the one who installed it, so let’s think about it from the duke’s perspective.’
ruler. Let’s think about peacocks.
You’re crazy.
So, if you followed the crazy bastard’s plan, would the bomb have exploded?
‘for a moment… no way… ?’
But there is one possibility that occurs to me.
Because Alice didn’t know the bomb would explode, she couldn’t concentrate on defense, so the actual power of the bomb was only enough to block it with Swell.
The Duke values honor and dignity.
And it is noble and honorable for a guard knight to do what his master wants, even if it means sacrificing his life.
If you combine those three things…
‘You crazy bastard.’
I don’t know if it’s true or not.
The Duke simply designed it to explode.
Make sure the bomb is deployed exactly as instructed.
To thwart unexpected intruders by surprise.
‘This should have been a piece of shit, but it’s believable because he’s a man who treats his daughter like an enemy. wow.’
Honestly, no one knows the truth.
Only the Duke himself and the Duchess will know.
It is this trap that even the Duchess is likely to be unaware of.
Honestly, I don’t know how to react.
‘what. ‘It’s okay because I’m alive.’
It’s okay as long as it’s not dead.
no. Even if he was dead, if his body had been intact, he would have been saved somehow.
Clap~
In any case, work must proceed.
I laid Alice down in a suitable place and deployed the device.
Unlock the safe.
Enter your password.
We proceed with various things.
Solve the puzzle somehow.
By taking step by step.
Reach it eventually.
[Confirmed.]
There is great news for Tyrael and Ariana.
At least now I know she was telling the truth.
Ariana will no longer be subjected to eternal suffering.
As the space distorts, a portal appears.
The door was a kind of portal.
And it was obvious what was inside.
Sigh.
The eyesight, strengthened by aura enhancement, scans all kinds of paper.
Understand every single word without missing a word.
These were issues that would be bothersome to the duke if they were resolved one by one.
But it wasn’t enough.
I wouldn’t know if it exploded all at once. One or two were not enough to affect the trial.
“Ha.”
And one sentence caught my eye.
And the words came out naturally.
“found.”
The paper I picked up.
This was written on the paper:
[Operation Vol. 72, Assassination of Pope and Saint.]
A trump move that will completely turn against the duke family and the Holy Emperor.
It is now in my hands.
“Stop.”
But the sound you hear.
I don’t know how, but someone stopped me.
Although I didn’t see it, it was a voice I knew instinctively.
Because he was the real culprit who brought me to this point.
“I thought you were being protected by security, but you came out?”
“As expected, it was you… really… A beggar human… ”
Ariana Crowfield.
Duke of Crowfield.
She burst into the office door.
==========
“… ”
“His Holiness the Pope.”
A land where the sun turns red and then sets, leaving only the lingering scent.
When night comes to a place where no shadows fall despite the brightness.
In the deep sanctuary of Seonghwangcheong, a man was guarding the side of another man.
“Are you okay?”
The man who spoke looked familiar.
A person who always appears at meetings of the Holy Imperial Office and represents the Pope.
He was the Pope’s representative.
“… ”
And the man who was called Pope by the Pope’s representative was lying in the bedroom.
A window covered in various colors came into his field of vision.
The slight darkness indicated that the Heavenly God’s miracle was about to end.
“… ”
The old man, who was lying in bed and just watching the world, watched his representative in silence.
There was no need for words.
He was just sending everything away with his eyes.
“Night is coming.”
How long has it been?
For the first time in a long time, human words flowed from his mouth.
night.
Normal people change from night to day.
The moment when day comes to change the world and drive away the darkness that covers people’s eyes is considered a miracle from God.
But this is not true.
The light that filled this world is fading away.
A time when all things are given time to rest for a moment.
Also changing from day to night.
It is another miracle gifted by the Creator of this world.
“The night seems to be getting longer.”
Day and night.
Both are miracles of God.
One of the two cannot disappear.
“When… Are you going to leave this room? ?”
the deputy asked the pope.
It was a simple question: When will the Pope leave this place?
“It won’t take that long.”
“I see.”
The deputy looked at the Pope with an unknown expression.
At some point, even the remnants of the sun that disappeared beyond the land disappeared.
There was only the moon in the sky, proof that the sun was still shining beyond the land.
“Do you think the Heavenly God was right?”
Suddenly the Pope spoke to his representative.
Seonghwangcheong, an organization representing all Celestialists.
There, he was chosen by humans, not gods, and was the true representative of the Celestial Church.
These were extremely inappropriate words to come out of his mouth.
“I’m just thinking about it now. I don’t think Heavenly God was so right.”
And even more shocking words follow.
Denial of the God one believes in.
The agent couldn’t guess what he was thinking.
Whatever he said, I felt like asking him to explain it quickly.
“In the end, faith is so vain. I just realize that there is no such thing as faith without a price.”
Only then was the deputy able to get a rough idea of what the Pope was trying to say.
There is no faith without cost.
It was the opposite of what the Seonghwangcheong demanded.
God clearly exists on this earth.
There is a lot of evidence for that.
But God just chooses saints.
There is no management done to it at all.
There have been several massacres by adults in history.
The Heavenly God allowed them to use the stigmata in the same way.
They say that if you believe in heavenly gods and have no sins, you will go to heaven.
In fact, the element of heaven is not revealed at all.
Holy power can be similarly reproduced with elixirs created through the development of alchemy.
Precognition of the future In addition, very few wizards or knights have been able to partially reproduce the mystery of seeing the future.
The ability to see the past also became possible through video recording magic tools to view previously recorded videos.
I am not sure about the future prospects.
And heaven, which promises eternal happiness.
There were already people living happily on this earth with infinite life spans.
The miracles given by the heavenly gods.
Now it has become nothing special anymore.
There is no faith without cost.
What the Heavenly God showed me is becoming more and more meaningless.
Who would really want to believe in heaven?
I just believe it because of pressure.
“I feel like this because even I am becoming weak. How dare I participate? How can I move forward?”
“No one will say anything.”
“No matter what. As a human being, I would not be able to understand the will of the heavenly gods. just… We just move on.”
“Yes… ”
That was the end of the conversation between the two people who had ascended to the highest position an ordinary believer could attain in Seonghwangcheong.
“I guess I should take a break… ”
So the Pope went to sleep.
The Pope’s representative stayed by the Pope’s side.
White moonlight subtly and brightly colored the area around the Pope.
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