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    Episode 430

    Shootaaaaa-

    A beautiful sea with emerald waves.

    Mild weather with a slightly muggy feel.

    This was Kula’s original appearance.

    And against the background of this molten sea of ​​Kula stood Simon and Israfil.

    “It’s here.”

    Well done.

    What she handed over was a rein-like object made of platinum. The divinity was gently swaying.

    “I heard it from Lethe.”

    Israfil whose eyes were closed as always smiled.

    “The objectification of divine beasts. And the Chariot of Light and Lightning. I have prepared a suitable sacred artifact.”

    Simon accepted the artifact with a grateful expression.

    It clanked like metal but it wasn’t heavy. It had a comfortable fiber-like texture and had a stickiness that seemed like it would never tear.

    “I thought a lot about what artifact to gift. It will help control the high speed of the divine beasts.”

    “Thank you so much Israfil!”

    Simon bowed his head.

    “I am even more grateful because you completed the mission safely.”

    “It was a meaningful time for me too away from the mission! I learned a lot after coming to Shinsung Federation.”

    “Hohohoho! thank god.”

    While the two were talking in a warm atmosphere Lethe who had been left out of the spotlight was looking at the sea with a somewhat sullen expression.

    Then she got up from her seat and stepped on Simon’s foot with all her might.

    “Israfil if it’s okay… Ah!”

    A star falls from Simon’s feet! It bounced up.

    Lethe was stretching as she passed by pretending not to notice.

    “Lethe!”

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    “What happened?”

    Israfil covered his mouth and smiled gracefully.

    “The relationship between the two has gotten better since we haven’t seen each other.”

    Lethe turned around angrily.

    “It’s hard to get better! And Israfil! I will never forget this accommodation!”

    “Oh what happened?”

    “Don’t pretend not to know!”

    Israfil just smiled naturally and moved on.

    And he promised Simon that 10000 gold pieces of compensation would be sent to Les Hill through a broker. It seemed like a currency exchange procedure was necessary.

    “Now leave the rest to the priests.”

    Israfil tapped Simon on the shoulder.

    “Please have my nephew return to the Dark Alliance tomorrow.”

    Lethe looked surprised.

    “Ber already?!”

    “Oh my~ Lethe. Do you regret it?”

    “What are you talking about?”

    Lethe screamed.

    “Anna said she wanted to see Simon’s face at least in the New Year. The New Year should be spent quietly with family. And above all.”

    Israfil turned to Lethe.

    “Lethe also has to begin her duties as a saint again.”

    Lethe said ‘Ugh!’ He made a face and took a step back.

    “The most important period in a saint’s life is the year immediately after awakening.”

    Israfil started nagging with a smiling face.

    “Even though Lethe is a new saint she has already been away for 15 days. The high-ranking people at Afnel are furious. Please start wearing saintly robes and attend the event starting tomorrow evening. It is important to make your name and face known to all people and to build influence.”

    Lethe said with a droopy face ‘……Yes.’ He answered. Simon encouraged with a grin.

    “Cheer up saint.”

    Immediately a roundhouse kick of anger flew towards my face.

    * * *

    “good bye! Holy woman! And Sean Priest!”

    “Thank you for saving the village!”

    After saying goodbye to the Kula people he had grown fond of Simon rode on a teleportation magic circle.

    After arriving at the border I said goodbye to Lete Israfil and parted ways.

    And a little while later in a secret warehouse in front of the border.

    “……This again.”

    Simon smiled bitterly and was preparing to enter the wooden box of the wagon.

    “We will leave for the Dark Alliance in 10 minutes!”

    A broker disguised as a merchant said.

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    I’m used to it now. No I might have just resigned myself.

    I warm up my body with some vigorous stretching and give my back time to adjust to the abuse.

    Ta-da-da-da-da!

    A suspicious person wearing a black robe ran into the warehouse.

    “Who who!”

    The broker spread his arms to block it.

    “You must not enter here without permission…!”

    But with a ghostly movement the man slipped out from under the broker’s arm and suddenly approached Simon.

    “who……! Whoop!”

    Simon whose face was immediately grabbed was crumpled and pushed into a wooden box.

    “Quickly move to the side!”

    The wind blew away the robe revealing the face of a girl with white hair and golden eyes.

    Simon gaped.

    “Le lete?”

    “fizzle! fizzle! Israfil will find out! Quickly move aside!”

    Before Simon could retreat Lethe thrust herself into him roughly.

    ‘Ouch!’

    How can someone who is a saint be so reckless?

    As she was forced to squeeze herself into the tight space the two of them were pressed together with their entire bodies.

    Simon became as hard as stone. Her face red and out of breath was right in front of me.

    “Here’s a tip!”

    Ting!

    Anyway Lethe who was desperate flipped the coin to the broker.

    It made the broker who received it say ‘Oooh!’ He made an expression like this.

    “I’ll close the door.”

    Lethe grabbed the lid of the luggage box.

    “Now wait a minute Lete! What about the saintess class and your future schedule?”

    “What do you need to know!”

    Lethe was reckless.

    “This is how it ended up so I too will fall into the Dark Alliance and see Teacher Anna’s face…!”

    Slurp.

    A white line wrapped around Lethe’s waist and she was pulled into the air with a scream.

    “You can’t be stubborn like a child. Lethe.”

    Again and again.

    The clear sound of shoe heels could be heard.

    The broker immediately fell to the floor and Simon got up from the wagon.

    “Israfil!”

    Israfil was walking and in the air Lete who had been caught was seen struggling.

    “Let go of this! Israfil!”

    “You said you wanted to quietly move on but I said no right?”

    Israfil touched his forehead and sighed.

    “Is this rant really a good idea?”

    Lethe shouted with a red face.

    “I told you to let go of this!”

    Sigh!

    Israfil snapped his fingers and the strings binding Lethe disappeared. Due to the sudden situation she was unable to land properly and fell to the floor.

    “Lethe.”

    The sound of Israfil’s heels spread across the floor.

    When Lethe who was in pain after hitting her butt raised her head she saw Israfil with his black pupils exposed.

    “……!”

    Revealing his eyes also meant that Israfil was quite angry so Lethe flinched without realizing it.

    but.

    “Don’t let a moment’s impulse make you do something you will regret for the rest of your life.”

    Her voice was friendly and soft as if she was admonishing.

    “If you leave without saying a word this time your position as a saint may be in jeopardy.”

    “Even if I don’t have that seat…!”

    “Without the power of a saint-”

    Israfil’s eyes turned to Simon.

    “Can Lethe beat my niece?”

    “…….”

    Lethe closed her mouth. Israfil smiled and returned to his closed-eye form and asked the broker.

    “How long until departure?”

    The broker bowed his head even more deeply and shouted.

    “5 minutes left!”

    “great.”

    Israfil gestured with his hand to raise the broker and continued speaking.

    “Please let us say goodbye one last time.”

    Israfil and the broker walked out of the warehouse. The broker said quietly.

    “It’s not something I dare to interfere with but is it okay? I don’t think I’ve given up yet…”

    “It’s okay.”

    Israfil’s eyes turned into half moons.

    “If you had said it like this you would have understood. Lethe is a smart kid.”

    * * *

    “Haaa.”

    The door closed and Lethe sighed. Simon also got up from the box and came out.

    “Of course I knew I would get scolded.”

    “……Please be quiet.”

    Lethe blushed and grunted. Simon smiled slightly and crossed his arms.

    “I want to take your side but Israfil is right this time. It’s not right to be absent during the most important time in a saint’s career.”

    “……what.”

    Lethe raised her head glumly.

    “I know that too.”

    “It’s okay that you know.”

    There was an awkward silence for a moment.

    The last five minutes given were short but I couldn’t say anything.

    “If a war breaks out between the Holy Federation and the Dark Federation one day.”

    Her eyes reflected Simon.

    “We’re going to fight right?”

    “……Probably so.”

    Lethe laughed.

    “At that time I will strike you down with my own hands.”

    “No one cares about this either.”

    The two looked at each other and laughed quietly.

    “Well apart from that. As a saint representing the people of the Federation I would like to thank you for your cooperation in this matter.”

    “Then next time you come to the Dark Alliance.”

    “yes?”

    Simon smiled and continued.

    “Next time I’ll ask you to do it from here. In fact our Dark Alliance also suffers a lot because we don’t have a priest.”

    Priests are superior in areas such as disease treatment recovery and undead purification.

    And places like Death Land a space full of curses and poisons would have been a problem that could have been solved a long time ago if there were priests.

    Lethe lowered her eyes after hearing the suggestion.

    “……Dark Coalition.”

    In the past when I crossed the border with Anna’s medicine I felt like I was crawling into hell on my own.

    but.

    “I’ll think about it.”

    My thoughts are a little different now.

    “then.”

    “yes.”

    Lethe smiled brightly.

    “Goodbye. Simon.”

    * * *

    The bitter cold ended and clear skies returned to Kula but a natural snowstorm was blowing at the top of the tall snowy mountain.

    And a cave in the snowy mountain.

    Paladins and scholars from the Holy Federation were investigating the entrance to the now-vanished Karisa Dungeon.

    “Who knew there would be a dungeon in a place like this?”

    “I know.”

    The paladins dispatched from the center grunted while wearing fur coats over their armor. Among them one man’s head turned.

    “A scholar. Did you find out anything?”

    “yes.”

    The scholar put down his reading glasses and answered.

    “……I found some very interesting traces.”

    “Interesting traces?”

    “The barrier of this dungeon. Is it true that the wizards of the Mizenashi family created it artificially?”

    “exactly.”

    “But it is impossible to create this barrier with their power.”

    The paladin turned around.

    “What does that mean?”

    “Surprisingly the structure of this barrier is a composite magic circle made up of a sacred and jet-black magic circle. You must have both properties to release it.”

    The paladins’ mouths opened.

    “Did you say it’s pitch black now? There is a pitch-black barrier in this northern mountain valley…!”

    “I don’t believe it either but it’s true.”

    The paladin was deep in thought with a pale expression.

    “I’ll have to reinvestigate the Mizenashi people who were taken to the center. I will also contact the star saint and find out how she solved the barrier…”

    The paladin who was quietly listening to the story next to him turned his head.

    “Captain why are you drinking while talking?”

    however.

    The captain who had just been speaking had disappeared.

    “Big leader?!”

    Slurp!

    Slurp!

    The bodies of the paladins guarding the cave swirled as if the space was distorted and disappeared without a trace.

    In the blink of an eye all paladins were erased from existence.

    “Huh huh!”

    The frightened scholar sat down.

    All the paladins had disappeared and someone was entering the cave.

    Something wearing a robe.

    No he wasn’t wearing it he was literally covering his entire body with a robe the ends of which were dragging on the floor.

    Only two eye lights were shining in the darkness beyond the road.

    [I created that barrier.]

    Not human.

    The scholar’s lips trembled from the most extreme fear he had ever experienced in his life.

    “Who are you!”

    “curious?”

    The scholar was startled by the voice that suddenly came from beside him and turned his head.

    A woman with her wild hair down.

    But no face was visible. It was as if a black shadow had stuck to his face.

    “I won’t teach you~”

    puck!

    Clud!

    Blood splattered.

    The scholar’s neck and spine were twisted in impossible directions and he collapsed.

    “What are you going to do now old man?”

    She looked back.

    “Following from Hyeolcheongyo to Dungeon Master Carissa. The old man’s words are being shattered one by one.”

    Eyes flashed within the robe.

    [……There is still a lot to say. but.]

    Ssssss.

    One withered arm protruded from the pitch black robe.

    [Kizen and Afnel.]

    A dark blue glow flickered in the palm of his hand and then disappeared.

    [I guess I should get rid of those two places first.]

    * * *

    Simon crossed the border promising that Lethe would come over this way next time.

    They say humans are creatures of adaptation and Simon calmly closed his eyes in the wagon which was the worst ride. Now that I am used to it I even feel a sense of stability.

    So we crossed the border arrived at the neutral zone and moved to the territory of the Dark Alliance using the teleportation magic circle. I took a carriage and came to Les Hill.

    After arriving at Les Hill I ran up the mountain range on my own two feet and arrived home before the sun set.

    “Simon! Welcome!”

    “Good job Simon! I heard the story from my sister-in-law.”

    Simon was reunited with Anna Richards with a hug.

    Anna immediately grabbed her apron.

    “Your son is very hungry isn’t he?”

    “Oh no! I had a quick snack on the way…”

    “I’ll make something delicious for you so just wait a moment.”

    Of course Simon had no right to choose.

    While Anna was preparing dinner Simon came up to the room.

    “……ah.”

    But something.

    There were quite a few letters in front of my desk.

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