Children of the Holy Emperor Chapter 466

466. Remarks (6)

“I apologize, sir.”

Masain was embarrassed and bowed his head to Seongjin. He had returned to his usual upright appearance, as if he had never been angry.

Of course, it was already too late, and his fierce talk had swept through the inn.

“I must have lost my mind for a moment to make such a mistake. “I will gladly receive punishment for this disrespect when I return.”

“… no it’s okay. “Never mind.”

Seongjin answered hesitantly.

I didn’t really feel like blaming him. He was the one who left the escort knight aside and wandered around in the first place.

The only strange thing was that, no matter how angry he was, Lord Martha was the kind of person who would wantonly abuse the prince he served.

“But, Sir Martha.”

Is it because of my mood?

“For some reason, your face seems to have cleared up more than before. Are you feeling okay now?”

Masain then tilted his head and traced the side of the boat with a very relaxed expression.

“… You mean that? After listening to the words, I somehow felt very refreshed inside. Does it feel like a long-standing congestion has disappeared all at once? “I have heard rumors, but Priest Bart’s healing power is truly amazing.”

“No, it’s healing power…” … .”

It must have been amazing as always. Because that’s what my father did.

‘What happened?’

Sir Masain seemed to be purely impressed by the priest’s abilities, but Seongjin sensed a subtle gap in his behavior and couldn’t help but feel nervous.

But fortunately, Seongjin was soon able to understand the reason. Because a young man came into the inn with unsteady steps.

He was wearing an assassin’s unique stealth suit, and when he spotted Seongjin, he smiled an uncharacteristically wide smile.

“We are here. Mores.”

“It’s finally here. Mores.”

The man, who repeated words with similar meaning twice, walked towards Seongjin with somewhat unsteady steps, as his feet were not aligned.

“Let me tell you a little bit: it’s all because of my father.”

“okay. “His father made a light hint while waking up his brother.”

suggestion?

“huh. “It’s a light suggestion that doesn’t linger for long and doesn’t put a strain on the soul.”

“It’s a kind of epilogue. “I told you not to keep your words bottled up.”

When the suspicious person he saw for the first time approached in a very innocent manner, Masain, startled, blocked Seongjin’s path and growled.

“Stay back! “What kind of guy are you?”

“Sir Martha.”

“Just looking at him, it seems like he knows his status, but how dare he disrespect his status…” … !”

Seongjin raised one hand to reassure Masain, who was wary.

“are you okay. “That is the prisoner we captured last night.”

“… yes?”

Masain’s pupils shook violently at the man’s unexpected identity.

“Captivate? A prisoner of war? I beg your pardon, sir. The author just walked into this place on his own feet… … ?”

“Uh, well. “There is such a thing.”

That thing is actually a soulless living doll created by ‘Kaya’s Breath’. I thought I needed to leave at least one sample, so I brought it with me. My twins personally helped me with valet parking on behalf of myself, who didn’t have time.

“… yes?”

While Masain was dumbfounded by Seongjin’s unkind explanation, the man slumped down on a nearby wooden chair. Then he stretched out his arms forward and made a request with a calm expression.

“Now that the transport is over, can you tie this guy up somewhere properly?”

“If we leave, the souls that ran away might come back.”

“We have to go soon.”

“I have to take care of Joe who stayed up all night.”

“… … ?”

Masain still had a suspicious look on his face, but there was no need to decline when the other person said he was willing to be detained. He took the rope at lightning speed and began wrapping it around the assassin’s body around the chair.

Meanwhile, Seongjin pulled out a nearby chair and sat down across from the assassin.

“It took longer to arrive than I thought?”

The biological doll, which still showed traces of precise neurosurgery, was well worth investigating.

The only problem was that it was impossible to know what kind of unexpected situation this doll would encounter when the twins left and control of the body was taken over by Kaya’s breath again.

Also, Dasha’s condition was quite serious at the time, so she left the doll with the twins and returned to the inn first.

but-

‘If I had known it would be like this, would I have carried it with my own hands, even if it was a bit of a stretch? I guess the two kids had a hard time staying up all night… … .’

As if he had guessed what Seongjin was thinking, the assassin chuckled with a mischievous expression.

“are you okay. “We played around a bit and took turns.”

“Later, it got a little annoying, so I started arranging for him too.”

“Arenja?”

“Yes, of course Rebekah absolutely hated it.”

“What can I do if we complain?”

Seongjin felt a little relieved.

Great job, kids. I don’t have much to teach you. At least it doesn’t look like you guys will easily get stabbed by others somewhere.

“Anyway, here’s the problem.”

How do you keep this biological doll safe? I have a feeling that if the soul from over there comes back, there will be quite a bit of trouble.

When Seongjin frowned, the assassin nodded and answered.

“Mores guessed right. “This doll has a light message of [self-destruction] engraved on it.”

“Once they regain control of the body, they will probably destroy this doll to destroy evidence.”

“It’s not that difficult. All you have to do is quietly stop your heart and stop your brain.”

“That alone will cause tissue damage quickly and the doll will lose its value as a specimen.”

Right.

“Then, while I’m at it, shall we pamper myself a little more with Arenja? “I’m asking them to take turns guarding the doll.”

Instead of answering right away, Herna and Kadesh stared at Seongjin playfully for a moment.

“Or there is a simpler way.”

“I don’t need help from Arranger or anything like that.”

His mouth was so itchy that he looked like he was about to die.

Although he felt like he was being caught up in something, the twins’ passionate eyes made Seongjin have no choice but to ask this.

“… what is that?”

“Mores is writing a new message.”

“It’s like putting a new saying on top of a saying.”

Seongjin blinked.

A congratulatory message?

“I know that? “I can’t tell you exactly, but the guy who engraved the saying on this doll is bigger than I thought.”

“So even if it’s Arrange, it’s not easy to resist. “There is no way to get rid of this saying.”

“It would have been quite dangerous if we weren’t there to watch last night, right?”

“that’s right. “My body would have been taken away in the blink of an eye or I would have easily died.”

There are some places where you can guess. He’s probably the guy who engraved a congratulatory message on his bare eyebrows.

At the time, the Demon King had this guess about the guy’s identity.

-lets think. Such restrictions are usually only applied to beings lower than oneself. But even this great Fire Demon can’t read it properly, right?

-Maybe. No, this is almost certainly true, but it means that the eyebrowless woman may be a member of one of the high-ranking demon lords.

Then another question arises.

‘How could Herna and Kadesh resist that apotheosis…? … ?’

Their gazes intersect deeply as if searching for each other. The innocent-looking assassin’s eyes have a youthful, somewhat eerie purple glow.

At that moment, Seongjin felt that somehow the twins and he were thinking similar things.

“okay? That’s why we need Mores’ congratulatory message even more.”

“Mores would be able to overwrite that command.”

“You understand, right? “Because Mores is Mores.”

“that’s right. “Mores is none other than Mores.”

Well, at least I know one thing for sure. Let’s leave our suspicions about each other aside for a while.

“… … .”

Anyway, it was an embarrassing thing.

In fact, Seongjin has accidentally engraved something similar to a congratulatory message a few times. For example, the former Countess Sigismund, and what she did to her bare eyebrows last night.

But isn’t that something that happened unintentionally at the border between consciousness and unconsciousness?

Moreover, how on earth is such a thing possible to engrave a message on an empty vessel that has had its soul drained out of it?

“I know that? Sometimes, some sayings are engraved on the bayon.”

“Avoiding aeon, the essence of the soul, it only imprints on the surface of the soul.”

“So the same thing is possible with Dacion.”

“Because Dacion, like Bion, corresponds to the outer surface of the soul.”

“Usually we use that method to avoid damaging Aeon. Just like the hint that Seonghwang’s father gave to Masain brother just a moment ago.”

“Sometimes I use that method to avoid getting caught by Aon. Just as her grandmother once ‘branded’ her father, His Majesty.”

“… stigma?”

for a moment. I feel like I just heard something I shouldn’t have heard?

“… … .”

Seongjin and the twins closed their mouths at the same time and looked at each other blankly. And after a while, he naturally changed the topic, as if he had made a promise.

“good. I’ll give it a try. So what should I do to engrave that message on the surface of my soul?”

“It probably won’t be much different from what you did before.”

“Just try to be less sincere and lighten your attitude.”

“Don’t let your strong intentions become a dagger and cut into the essence of your soul.”

“Don’t let those blunt words ruin your empty decision.”

Hmm, somehow I feel like I know.

In order to overwrite the already engraved words, it would probably have to be stronger than the curse placed on Lord Martha’s soul. But at the same time, it seems like it should be much weaker than the one carved on bare eyebrows.

When Seongjin inadvertently looked back at Masain, he was listening to their story with a slightly confused expression. Perhaps Lord Massaine will need some explanation for this conversation later.

“Whoa… … .”

After catching his breath for a moment, Seongjin looked straight at the assassin and slowly opened his mouth.

[From now on, I will not allow any hasty actions. In the future, I will do my best to preserve the current state as long as I want.]

Then, I felt the wind of cause and effect that started from the corner of Seongjin’s mouth, lightly enveloping the body of the assassin tied to the chair.

Was it successful? Probably so. Because the assassin-the twins-smiled mischievously, as if satisfied.

“Haha, look at this. “Mores is, after all, Mores.”

“That’s right. “Mores is none other than Mores.”

The twins muttered playfully, waving their heads in place of their tightly tied arms and giving a clumsy farewell.

“Then the work has been completed well, let’s go.”

“Don’t cause any more trouble and return to Regina quietly.”

hmm? I have a feeling they were in a hurry from earlier.

“Are you going as soon as you arrive? why? Is there anything urgent?”

“It’s urgent. “It’s already late afternoon.”

“It’s almost time to wake up.”

weather? What kind of lazy person in the world wakes up at this hour?

“Uh-huh! It’s rude to say that. “For our group, this is like dawn.”

“I have to go quickly and give him food. “Otherwise, you’d be rolling around the room starving all day, right?”

Do you feed me? Do you guys raise any animals at home?

The twins looked somewhat confused at Seongjin’s question.

“Well, considering that we take care of Joe every day, it’s hard to say that’s completely wrong.”

“Of course we like Joe a lot, but we’re still a little embarrassed to put him out there.”

“Anyway, Mores. Good luck to you in the future too.”

“Don’t forget the hint you gave Brother Masain.”

Seongjin was momentarily taken aback by the unexpected request.

“suggestion? “Why is that?”

“Well, didn’t Seonghwang’s father tell Brother Masain not to endure any more upsetting things?”

“Dad, Your Majesty, I was just giving some light advice, but you saw the huge consequences that came from it, right?”

“Be careful, Mores.”

“Be careful, Mores.”

“… … .”

The twins left after asking Seongjin some big questions.

Of course, this was the question that caught Seongjin’s nerves the most.

‘… So guys. ‘Who the hell is that ‘Joe’?’

* * *

Meanwhile, time in Dasha’s dream was passing quickly.

When Director Mathieu hid in the prayer room and never came out, the atmosphere at the orphanage completely changed.

Occasionally, priests would gather in groups of two or three and bow with anxious looks on their faces, and sometimes people with a scary look would come to visit the abbot and then go away empty-handed.

However, there were no more orphans going missing.

‘Bart said that. I think the director will take care of himself for a while.’

Dasha was relieved. Everything was going as he said.

-I’ll be back soon with people. So, from now on, you won’t have to sneak out at night anymore.

okay. Now you don’t have to struggle to stay awake and gather evidence. There is no need to cover your face with hair in case others notice you!

For the first time since coming to this orphanage, Dasha was like any other child and could feel at ease.

The environment was still poor and the hunger had not improved at all, but life could become much more livable simply because the anxiety of being sold off somewhere without a word disappeared.

It was probably around that time that the Dunstan estate became disorganized.

“You know what? Priest Ellison. “It is said that a powerful demon species appeared in the Primrose entertainment district not long ago.”

“Ah, I heard that too. “Horribly, people were torn to pieces and died, right?”

Primrose Entertainment District is administratively located on the outskirts of Asin Territory, but considering its distance from the actual city center, it could be considered closer to Dunstan Territory. As the living areas of the territory residents greatly overlapped, the disaster that occurred there was also bound to become a big topic of discussion.

“What a devil servant, not long after the Feast of St. Bastian! “Could it be the work of those vicious devil worshippers?”

“I heard it might be the work of a demonic contractor. “He sneaked into the red-light district as casually as an ordinary person, and unleashed the devil in the middle of a crowded street.”

“Ah, how could such a scary thing happen…?” … !”

“Grand Duke Asin is also taking this incident very seriously. “He said he formally requested that the Holy Knights be sent to Del Cross.”

As it was an incident that resulted in numerous casualties, the Dunstan estate was not completely safe either.

Funerals were held one after another for the residents of the territory who died in the incident, and the number of people visiting the monastery to wash away their uncleanness gradually increased.

As Dasha looked at those scenes, the words the boy mercenary muttered to himself that night suddenly appeared in Dasha’s mind.

-It seems the priest’s decision was a little late.

-Collapse… I will wake up. And there… Numerous screams and shadows of death… … .

It was a time when Dasha was shivering from an unknown cold.

“uh? That lady… … .”

Ramira, who was chewing the hard crust of bread next to her, quickly pointed somewhere.

When Dasha looked up, Peter’s mother, who had not even seen her nose in the past few days, was standing there awkwardly.

“What’s going on with that lady? “She’s been nowhere to be seen lately, so I thought she’d completely given up on finding her son?”

“okay? however… … .”

Dasha trailed off, trailing off her words. Because her appearance gave her an eerie feeling that was difficult to explain.

“… … .”

Meanwhile, the woman had become noticeably emaciated. The complexion had turned black somewhere, and the expression was very distorted and grotesque. Even the strange black smoke surrounding her body.

“what?”

“who is this?”

The other children who saw her also hesitated and backed away. Because she felt an instinctive fear from that ominous sight.

It was right then.

“Mathieu… … .”

The woman lifted her head crookedly and glared at the children with shining eyes.

“Director Mathieu. “Where is that damn son of a bitch now?”

fantasy,