468. Remarks (8)
A vivid scene from the past that would have been impossible to observe was passing through the eyes of the boy, Nate.
The gravedigger’s wife screams while hugging her son’s body. A woman in black robes approaches her and whispers her sad words as if to comfort her.
The grandiose demon summoning ritual they carried out in the Primrose entertainment district, and the deaths of countless people caught up in it.
Yes, because of the woman right in front of me. That woman completely corrupted the soul of the poor mother who lost her child, causing her to accumulate heavy karma from which she could not be saved.
Slurp.
Nate slowly pulled out his old longsword.
Unfortunately, it was impossible to change the future, which was completely fixed. However, it would be possible for him now to at least condemn the culprit of this situation and that passionate subordinate.
“No way, you…” … ?”
At that time, the woman seemed to realize something and muttered.
“Those mysterious eyes! Ah, you are the boy the archbishop was talking about! “Because he had a disadvantaged childhood, he imagined himself as a much smaller and weaker child.”
In an instant, the atmosphere changed. The woman, who had erased the tension that had wrapped around her body, took a step towards her Nate, neatly adjusting the hem of her black robe.
“Let me formally introduce myself. My name is Taiara Hao, and I am the parish priest of Dunstan Territory. Could you please take away that sword? “Our devoted brothers are by no means your enemies.”
“… … .”
“I don’t know if you believe it, but the Archbishop of Love has been saying for a long time that you would visit this place. And I have prepared quite a few things to welcome you as a brother.”
It was an unpleasantly friendly demeanor.
When Nate frowned and raised his sword straight, Taia stopped and smiled awkwardly.
“I repeat, I am not your enemy. Just according to the archbishop’s wishes, I went back and forth from time to time at the orphanage, eagerly waiting for you to show up here. What do you think? “Did you like the gift I prepared for you?”
They were a tribe that would have been unpleasant to cut down with a single sword, but even Nate couldn’t help but react to those words.
“… gift?”
“That’s right, it’s a gift prepared for you by the Archbishop himself.”
“… … .”
I thought it was just one of the evil things that devil worshipers do on a daily basis, but was there really another hidden story?
Nate concentrated his mind and looked at Taia carefully. Then, the strange journey of her life that she has been through so far quickly passes before her eyes.
The ability to fully insight into human life was the power of the oracle.
Meanwhile, she had just become bishop of Dunstan and had just welcomed a new archbishop.
Crackling-!
Suddenly, there was a faint noise and Nate’s vision became blurred. It was a sign that it was sensitive information that directly affected his future.
“… … !”
Nate quickly looked away from the sight. It wasn’t that difficult for him to just peel off that thin veil.
but-
-Remember, Nate. The most effective way to purify sewage is to simply leave the impurities to settle down on their own. If you hastily put your hand to correct it, the water will turn into even more muddy muddy water due to your light gestures.
okay. Mama always said that.
Nevertheless, if you try to look into it without thinking, at that moment you will attract even worse possibilities and become a powerful wedge that fixes the future.
Blink.
He blinked once to distract himself and chose the most basic way to get the information he needed. It was to hear the story directly from the person involved.
“Explain. “What do you know about me?”
Then Taia responded obediently with a happy face.
“I just received some information about you from the archbishop. They say he is a descendant of a secret clan and a valuable key to preparing the future of the underground cult.”
“key? “What does that mean?”
“I don’t know the details either. All I can say is that your presence is more important than anything else in order to welcome the person the underground church is waiting for.”
“… “Then why is the passionate archbishop trying to drag me into the underground cult?”
“To protect you at all costs. The Archbishop said that it was all about [Payment]. So put away your sword and come with me. “We will protect you wholeheartedly.”
I don’t even know exactly why. Is he just doing what the passionate archbishop tells him to do?
A feeling of discomfort crept inside me.
“Then what is the ‘gift’ you prepared?”
“It’s over there, right? As you can see, a great high-ranking demon is having fun destroying the monastery. Aren’t you truly a minister?”
“How can summoning a devil and disrupting the world be a ‘gift’?”
Then Taia’s face became filled with deep joy.
“It is a gift beyond doubt! Strictly speaking, it’s a gift for everyone here, including you. iced coffee! “It is also the utmost love of [passion] for this world full of worldly desires!”
As Nate’s face faintly distorted, she urgently poured out an explanation.
“Of course, I completely understand the confusion you feel. Ordinary people do not easily understand the deep meaning of sorrow, and sometimes seriously misunderstand Him. But I can assure you that [Payment] is no different from all the love in the world.”
“… … .”
“So he responded to us, as he always does, in a loving way. He responded with love to the human longing for his life, and he also responded with love to the sorrow of a mother who lost her child.”
“… So she sold her soul to the devil and led him to commit massacre?”
“That is a misunderstanding. All of this was going to happen someday anyway. It’s just that Ae-yeol personally intervened to advance the time a little and greatly reduce the number of people who would be caught up in the fate of holocaust.”
“… … .”
“The archbishop said you would probably understand everything.”
okay. That was the strange part.
Originally, most people in the monastery, including orphans, would not have escaped death.
However, in that certain fate, there was a cause and effect that I could have a little bit of insight into. How?
As soon as a question arose, the oracle’s intuition immediately picked up the answer in his head. It was Dasha’s face smiling brightly at him.
-Priest Gustav! Priest Gustav sent you here!
In fact, the only person who would survive until the end in that orphanage was the Barsha girl I met during the preliminary investigation.
‘Ah, did you say it wasn’t Warsain?’
But the moment he met that girl, Nate was able to realize that she had somehow deviated from his predetermined destiny and was twisting his future in a dangerous way.
If it were not for this incident, Dasha would have left the orphanage after about a year and joined the assassination organization.
It is a well-known fact that until then, the abbot would have continued to sell poor orphans to the red-light district.
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Then, the gravekeeper’s wife, who finally figured out how to make a contract with the devil, attacks the monastery, and everyone there loses their lives to the devil at once. That was exactly what should have happened one year later.
“Do you understand now? “That the response Aeyeol sent was nothing else but ‘love’?”
Taia asks with a strange smile.
“… … .”
okay. At least Nate had no choice but to admit that one fact.
The future changed by [Aeyeol]’s intervention is more positive than expected. By encouraging her to summon a demon in advance, she saved the lives of countless orphans who would have been sold to her entertainment district in the future.
So, what happened to Dasha?
It is true that she also has a significant stake in this changed future. Thanks to the girl’s struggles alone, Priest Gustav found the guild, and he invited himself, who happened to be a new mercenary, here.
And by engraving a simple congratulatory message on the abbot’s soul, he was able to create a gap that could save the lives of the orphans.
“Then perhaps that girl named Dasha is also among you… … .”
“Dasha?”
“… “No, it’s nothing.”
Nate, who was deep in thought for a moment, nodded.
“good night. “If the gift your archbishop has prepared is the lives of orphanage children, then I will gladly accept it.”
“Ah, is he finally understanding our true meaning? “This is such a joy!”
“Isn’t it too early for that? If we allow the erosion to continue like this, those children will all die sooner or later. “It’s a gift in its own way, and if you prepared it, you would have come up with a proper way to purify the children’s erosion, right?”
In order to save the life of someone who should have died, you have no choice but to make them go through an experience equivalent to death instead. That was the reason why Nate could not hastily evacuate the children far away even though he had predicted today’s tragedy.
‘Besides, if things continue like this, the damage will grow uncontrollably. ‘Because the strength of me and the Astros mercenaries alone will not be able to stop that high-level devil.’
A well-trained group of Holy Knights, or equivalent priests, are required to have divine power.
However, causality did not allow Nate to make any further adjustments, and for some reason, Nate’s intuition also felt that that level of preparation was sufficient.
‘why?’
As Nate looked down at the ruined monastery grounds with worried eyes, Taia, who noticed that his vigilance was not the same as before, took a step closer and said,
“There are plenty of ways to save them. The Archbishop of Love will be happy to give you an answer. So, come quickly and go to the church with me.”
“… … .”
“It seems unbelievable. Well, the archbishop said it won’t be easy to convince you. So, if you don’t feel like it, I told you to tell me this as well.”
Taia approached with a somewhat eerie smile, lowered her voice a little, and whispered in Nate’s ear.
-The stigma that is oppressing you is engraved in a place you can never see.
“… … !”
Whick!
A sharp sword touches the back of my neck like lightning. At the same time, Taia, facing the boy’s sharp eyes, flinched in surprise and raised both her hands.
“Wait, wait! Don’t be angry with me! “I am merely a messenger carrying the Archbishop’s words!”
“Say what is right. “Where did you hear that information?”
“So, you’ve been saying it since a while ago, right? “These are all words that the Archbishop of Joy ordered me to tell you!”
Nate frowned.
stigma. There are only a handful of people who have even a vague idea of its existence. At least the people who know the exact nature and location of the stigma are all dead and no longer in this world.
‘Passionate Archbishop… … .’
What on earth is he? How is it that we can’t easily get a glimpse into that woman’s past, and now we know things that no one should know?
Trying to keep his cool as much as possible, Nate gently applied force to the tip of the sword pointed at her.
“okay. “What other nonsense did the Archbishop of Love talk about?”
“No, that’s bullshit…” … .”
“If this is not nonsense, how on earth can a person engrave a stigma on a place that cannot be seen?”
Nate’s increasingly sharp momentum was quite threatening. Because of this, Taia lost her composure and panicked for the first time since she faced him.
“What I conveyed is absolutely not empty words. The Archbishop spoke clearly! “The reason you have not been able to find the location of the stigma until now is because it is engraved on your soul, or Bion, not your body!”
“… … !”
“So, come to the Underground Church and become our brothers. “Only the Archbishop of Passion can lift the heavy restrictions engraved on your soul and unleash your true power!”
… Bayon.
Yes, that was it.
Nate fell silent with a complicated expression. And after a while, a soft laugh came from his mouth.
“Ha ha ha ha ha… … .”
Taia was confused by the sudden reaction, but Nate withdrew his sword from her and let out a sigh.
“Yes, not the lives of orphans. “I guess this is what the archbishop meant as a gift to me.”
“… … ?”
“You were used by him.”
Nate finally realized it fully.
That woman’s mission was not to take her to the Love Church. She was merely a means of conveying the location of the stigma hidden within her.
[Ayeol], who intervened in the future in a subtle way, would have already known. The fact that Nate would never spare someone who mentioned ‘stigma’ in front of him.
So even with his insight, he cannot see the future of that devil worshiper. Because that woman has no future left anymore.
‘It is probably true that the stigma is engraved on the bayon.’
Nate knew it intuitively.
The only thing that concerns me is how the Archbishop of Love knew that fact and for what purpose he approached me.
‘But at least this much has become clear.’
Who should clean up the erosion and save those children? Who should punish the superior demon who is destroying the monastery?
Why did his premonitions whisper that everything would work out just like this, despite his obvious lack of preparation?
“… “I don’t really like this method.”
There is no time to find another solution.
After making his decision, Nate held his sword backwards and raised his arms high.
“… … ?”
Taia, who had been watching the scene blankly but not fully understanding it, belatedly realized the meaning of the action and slowly opened her eyes.
“wait for a sec? What are you doing now… … ?”
But before she could finish speaking-
Phew!
A sharp sword loaded with aura pierced Nate’s solar plexus and came out from behind his back.
fantasy,
