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I looked at Ruel, who was approaching at a slow pace.

I don’t feel the energy of evil spirits. It is natural that it is impossible for an evil spirit to intervene in a sacred place filled with the energy of the main god.

But to put it another way, it means that someone in the church intentionally ruined Ruel.

The culprit that immediately comes to mind is the Pope, but I don’t think that crazy man who looks normal with his head turned around will touch a paladin.

“Lucy Aln! Instructions!”

Arthur uses the wind barrier to shake off Ruel’s mace and urgently raises his voice. Is there no time to think slowly?

“Old grandpa♡ You have become a beast?♡”

When I taunted him by showing him Ruel’s mace, his murderous gaze fell on me.

I turn in an instant and stare at the charging monster.

The movements are not much different from the sacred martial arts I know.

Because the bodies they have are different, the other side can move in a rougher way, but that’s it.

It is possible to predict movement. And I see a weakness in my left arm.

Perhaps it was a scar left by one of the interrogators. So, take advantage of that weakness.

If that was the case, you should have told me earlier! Damn you! Has your reaction speed deteriorated due to old age?

“A poor saint! barrier! Now!”

As soon as my voice reached me, Fabi created a wall of divinity in front of me.

When Ruel’s attack hit, the wall cracked with a loud noise, but it was enough to create an opportunity to escape.

‘It’s quite different from what I know!?’

Even if you intentionally choose a route that makes you hate Ruel, the pattern won’t change that much!

So you’re saying that doll is treating us like animals right now?

haha! For some reason, I felt like I had better days to live, but it turns out it wasn’t for nothing!

“Gap.”

While he was thinking of a strategy while biting his lip, Frey suddenly jumped out and swung his sword, aiming for Ruel’s left arm.

Then, the arm that had seemed difficult to move just moments ago suddenly recovered and moved to grab Frey’s neck.

“Don’t move alone!”

“Wow. It’s dangerous.”

Thanks to Arthur’s quick reaction and rolling up his arms, Frey was able to step back.

Is that what it means to be insidious?

Good. Then let us fight insidiously.

“You idiot. Cover your eyes.”

“Can I leave my other senses alone?”

“It is better to take away everything or just get rid of one. That way you can make it into a toy.”

“Okay!”

The darkness created by Joy surrounds Ruel’s head. Ruel tried to respond with divinity, but Joy easily nullified the interference.

“It’s quite tricky! It would be impossible to take away all of your senses!”

With this, I have overcome the first condition and now it is my turn.

“Insects. It’s time to work.”

– Hmph. It’s scary.

– I think I’m going to get eaten!

– I’m shivering.

“If you want to be abandoned, do whatever you want. It would be good for me if the bugs disappeared.”

– I hate that even more!

– let’s go!

– Please order me anything!

Three fairies are released around Ruel and eat away at his nerves. Now that sight has been taken away and the importance of hearing has increased, even Ruel would not be able to completely ignore that chattering sound.

My prediction was not wrong. His movements, which had been tracking Arthur and Frey as if it were natural until he lost sight of him, became sluggish.

“A poor saint!”

“I will bless you!”

If Faby’s blessing is granted at this moment, it will be even more difficult for Ruel to guess our movements.

The saint’s blessing increases physical ability to a level that is different from general buffs.

It would be difficult to predict from Ruel’s perspective, having only seen his movements before receiving the buff.

Now all that’s left is for those two to continue fighting.

You don’t need my command. In a battlefield where a single instinct determines victory, voices are meaningless.

Knowing that my words would only cause unnecessary confusion, I said nothing and directed the two people to rush to me with a glance.

“Is this freestyle?”

“As expected, Lucy! The best!”

Frey’s sword, which flew as if to pierce the sound, bounced off the shield made of divinity.

An arrow of wind flew past the side of the shield, but Ruel did not dodge it.

The moment the magic that penetrated under the helmet caused a small wound and a numbing pain, Arthur stood next to him, preparing to swing his sword.

The image of another man overlaps Arthur’s image. A large knight who seems to have a resemblance other than gender. This is what Benedick looks like.

That movement is only an imitation, so it cannot reproduce the power that Benedick possesses.

However, it can make you feel intimidated.

Ruel urgently raises his shield to block Arthur’s attack. Even the legendary paladin judged me to be a threat.

However, the attack does not occur. The real enemy of our party was someone other than Arthur.

Frey swings his sword.

Directly in front of you. Toward a very small place. Toward a place that should be called a dot.

The sword concentrated in one place became a huge sword strike, as if the space that could not endure had collapsed, and blew off Ruel’s head.

In the aftermath, even the wall behind it was split in half, but fortunately there was no sign of the building shaking.

“Fray Kent. What on earth is that?”

“What Geomseong told me.”

“Huh. Have you just realized it as your own?”

“Mmm. That’s not it. It’s still not enough.”

“…That?”

“Yes.”

That’s still not enough. Are you going to cut down the actual space once it’s completed?

…If that day comes, I will have to do everything I can to avoid sparring. A sword that cuts through space is just defense and has no meaning!

I passed Frey, who was tilting his head saying he could do better, and reached in front of Ruel’s doll, took a deep breath, and placed my hand on it.

The divinity he possessed flows into me through the power of embrace.

“…Ah.”

In hindsight, I realized that I had made a mistake.

Is it possible that it is simply divinity that is accepted as the power of inclusiveness?

Since the divinity that comes from faith is influenced by the spirit of the owner, it is natural for the owner’s emotions to seep into the divinity.

As I felt the anger of the noble paladin, I felt my vision becoming blurred.

Huh. I’ll be nagging you again later…

*

Garad, who was watching the later battle in Lucy’s inner world, kept fiddling with the handle of his sword.

“Is this really the strength of children who have not yet become adults? What an amazing talent.”

“Talent. okay. It is clear that they are people who should be called geniuses.”

“If you have something to say, say it properly. So, you haven’t confessed properly even once.”

“Shall we start again?”

“Fighting can be tiresome, right? Just keep talking.”

As Garad narrowed his eyes, Ruel gritted his teeth and then sighed.

“It is true that those children were originally talented, but it was after they met Lucy that they grew rapidly.”

“What’s the problem with that?”

“Don’t you think we are similar to those of us who grew rapidly after meeting the hero?”

Only then did Garad understand what Ruel was trying to say. We all grew up hearing that we were geniuses in our respective fields.

However, his true enlightenment came after he met a man called a hero and went through hardships alongside him.

“Are you still hesitating whether you can let that child meet the hero?”

“The last thing I saw of him was so ugly. So much so that I want to erase it from my memory, even for the sake of the hero. If Lucy is affected by those words.”

“Hi. It’s a good thing you didn’t get married. If I had children, I would have tried to hold them in my arms until they died.”

Garrad, who stuck his fist into Ruel’s side while giggling, looked confident even as he looked at him with cursing eyes.

“Just have faith and wait. You’re an old man with no arms around you.”

“What am I…”

“Gyaak!?”

The two people turned their heads when they heard a girl’s scream coming from behind them and blinked when they saw Lucy.

“Lucy. Why are you here?”

“Probably because of something the old man did while suffering from dementia.”

“…Are you talking about the doll Erginus made?”

“Yes. Another old man. It was completely crappy. Was your grandfather like that in his prime?”

“What are you talking about? Is there any way that a weak guy like that can deal with an evil spirit?”

“I don’t want to agree, but it’s true. Compared to the real Ruel, it would be a shame to say that that doll is crap.”

The strength possessed by those who take the lead in the battlefield against the forces of evil spirits can never be fake.

If the doll had as much strength as Ruel, Lucy and her friends would have been placed in the arms of the main god.

“Apart from what it was like in the old days, please explain in detail.”

“I will explain for you. I think I know roughly what the situation is.”

As Ruel clicked his tongue and moved his hand, a door similar to the entrance to a dungeon appeared in front of them.

“ While embracing the divinity contained in the doll, I also embraced its anger. Right?”

“That’s right. I heard that old men are very tough, both original and fake. This is why it wasn’t popular.”

“…Keuhum! Anyway, it seems that the anger that the paladin possessed has been changed into a way that is easier for you to face. It must be because his power grew while embracing Garad.”

Normally it would be something like a book or a play, but it was a dungeon. It’s a very Lucy-like sight.

“Hmm. So, if you go inside, you can find out a lot of the old man’s secrets?”

“It is not me, but the inside of the doll Erginus created.”

“It’s either that or that. Haha. It’s gonna be fun. How pathetic there are. I’m really looking forward to it.”

“I’m looking forward to it too. What kind of excuse will Ruel make when he sees what’s inside?”

“…Going in together?”

“Did you really plan on spending it alone?”

“Someone is having a hard time because of an old man, but the old man just wants to watch? Haha. That’s really irresponsible.”

“That’s not it! Shit! Don’t go in! Let’s see what’s waiting for you!”

Resigned to the two men’s coordinated attack, Ruel grabbed his mace and looked at that door with anxious eyes.

Please, there has to be something healthy inside.