Ed subjugation battle (12)
?The red butterfly hairpin was shining softly in the moonlight streaming through the stained glass.
Although it is not equipped with any special magical device, the hairpin makes the always noble-looking Saint Clarisse look even more noble.
The white hair cascading down the face is spread out on a prayer table prepared for church members.
The pure white color that symbolizes purity was subtly colored from the hair to the elegantly dressed saint’s clothes.
“Ah, ah… Lady Clarice. I heard that you returned to school, but I didn’t know you would come to the Bachelor’s Cathedral. I’m sorry… If you had told me in advance… ”
It is dawn and the sun has not yet risen.
The diligent choir attendant opened the chapel door at an early hour and almost lost his liver.
If you are a member of the Church of Telos, you will live with the honor of seeing the face of this noble saint for the rest of your life… Because she was sitting alone in the chapel.
“oh. “I’m sorry for coming without telling you.”
Unlike when she was the immature noble child Kylie Ekne, when she is the saint Clarice, this girl looks noble as always.
The gap is such that it’s hard to believe that the two people are the same person.
“Oh, you didn’t attend the prayer meeting at Cleric’s Monastery this summer.”
“Mr. Seonghwang made it convenient for me to prioritize my academic schedule.”
“Well, I see… Excuse me. “I’m sorry for disturbing you while you were praying.”
“Do you have something to apologize for? “I just came in on my own.”
In fact, Clarice was also embarrassed.
I planned to take off the pendant that had the camouflage magic imprinted on it for a moment, and pray in a relaxed state in an empty chapel.
However, I never thought that another believer would come in in that short period of time… I had to respond with improvised means.
“Suddenly and unscheduled to pray early in the morning. Has there been any change in your state of mind? or not… Even if you’re worried… ”
The student on duty asked for a moment, then hissed again and bit his tongue.
“Ah, ah… Sorry, sorry. I asked an off-topic question. Please forget this… . Well, I’m so embarrassed by the current situation that I’m speechless… ”
“Oh, you don’t have to be so difficult. just… “Now it’s school again.”
After calming the student down with a calm voice, Clarice put her hands together and closed her eyes again.
“I miss the prayer meetings at the Cleric Monastery, the main body of the Telos Church, and I think I continue my life in this Sylvanian monastery far away from the Holy Emperor’s building… “It feels really amazing.”
“Is that so… ”
“So, I just wanted to pray to Telos to help me get through this semester without any major issues.”
After saying that, Clarice quietly lowered her head.
It was clear that she was truly a saint who received the respect of the Church of Telos, so the student on duty took a step back, holding his breath.
The image of a saint sitting alone in a chapel and praying to Telos. It felt as if time had stopped in the chapel, and the choir students were determined not to be disturbed.
The sound of a student leaving the chapel echoed softly, but… It did not reach the ears of Clarisse, who was quietly praying.
The wording of prayers to the Lord was always different.
Depending on whether it is day or night, whether it is the Sabbath or Advent, whether it is a holy church or an ordinary church, whether there are Christians or non-Christians mixed in, whether it is a happy time or a sad time… They are all different phrases. Clarice had already memorized all those phrases when she was young.
However, the wording of private prayers was always arbitrary. No matter how much she is a saint representing the Church of Telos, wouldn’t she be able to do whatever she feels comfortable with?
Although it was full of hardships and many painful experiences, life as a bachelor always made Clarice excited.
Every day was like a dream, to the point where I wondered when I would ever be able to live like this again. I experienced many things for the first time, and for the first time in my life, I met someone I wanted to become close to.
However, it may not always be happy and enjoyable. The same goes for the experience I have accumulated.
──Saint Clarice is the only girl who witnessed the resurrection of the Holy Spear Bellbroke along with Ed.
When it comes to Edgar Bellbroke, he is the only human who can be trusted without question even if there is no basis for it, and who can accurately understand the context of the story.
That alone made Ed realize how much it meant to him, even though he wasn’t even aware of it… I just pray that things unfolding in his path turn out well.
Not all good things will happen. There will definitely be difficult times.
Even if there are many remaining trials, I hope that you can gain the strength and courage to overcome them…
Clarisse quietly murmurs.
– God who looks down on us from the sky and provides us with kindness.
– Please give us a strong will and firm courage to overcome the trials that lie ahead.
– Please give me the reason to calmly deal with unexpected situations without losing my sense of reason.
Rain is falling.
As soon as she sees Ed lying bleeding, Princess Fenia throws away her lace-covered umbrella and runs out into the rain.
The servants are shocked and chase after Fenia with umbrellas, but Fenia pays them no heed and straightens Ed’s mud-covered body.
Blood was flowing from a deep sword wound. Blood was already forming a puddle on the floor due to the pounding rain.
The subjects are shocked and run out, but Fenia doesn’t even seem to care. Her ridiculously expensive royal dress ends up covered in mud and blood.
They tried to stop the bleeding by tearing the collar, but the amount of bleeding was so large that it was impossible. Princess Fenia yells at her soldiers and orders them to bring a medic immediately. She exclaims in an exasperated voice, asking the Bachelor to do her duty as well.
– Please give me the character to keep a cool head even when unbearable anger comes flooding back.
A surge of magical energy surges through the collar that holds Taily.
Faced with Tailly, who can no longer move her body, Lucy feels indescribable anger.
it is raining.
In my memory, I recall the day when Glokt, the girl’s teacher, left.
Now I have let go of a lot of things. The longing that remained in his heart was replaced by a new relationship, and there was no other empty space left in Lucy’s heart.
The emptiness was filled long ago. Therefore, from now on, he no longer loses his temper and goes on a rampage, nor does he do things out of anger.
However, that does not mean that the rising anger disappears.
The sad chill in his eyes as he glares at Tailley sends a shiver down his spine.
Dozens of ice spears floated behind Lucy.
The Ice Spear is a mid-level magic that is often used by high-level students who are skilled in magic.
However, their scale and magical power are completely different.
Although it is a level of magic that would make a student exhausted even if it were only implemented, the ice spear that Lucy created fills the air.
From Tailley’s perspective looking up at Lucy… . I can’t see the sky.
He didn’t even chant. There is no sign of even raising magical power.
Just a reflexive movement caused by anger can create magic on this scale. It makes you see at a glance how desperate the gap between Lucy Mayril and Tailley McLaure is.
Even if she is in perfect condition and not in complete disrepair, Tailly cannot even reach Lucy’s toes.
There is not an ounce of mercy to be found in Lucy’s angry face.
Cold anger rather than hot. Without shedding tears, swearing or yelling.
It’s just that cold, bitter chill that permeates you… It gradually turns into a greater sense of fear.
– Please give me the wisdom to always see the truth of things first, even in urgent situations.
Secretary Rienna closed her eyes tightly and gritted her teeth as she ran across the half-destroyed hallway of the commercial office.
Dune has completely fallen out of the top tier. The employees of the Chamber of Commerce faced the catastrophe of the Chamber of Commerce building collapsing in the absence of leadership… We are already in a state of confusion.
There is no such thing as order. First of all, you have to run away. Elte Trading Company has already reached a point where it is difficult to normalize.
I couldn’t know exactly what happened, but I knew it through intuition. Dune was unable to completely dominate Lortel Kecheln.
I thought I had completely trapped the sly fox girl, but there was still an escape route for her.
The memory that came to mind for Secretary Rienna was the face of Yenika she saw in the VIP waiting room.
The girl who was guarding the waiting room with all kinds of spirits manifested was the very thing of fear to Rienna.
Rienna’s secretary was timid to begin with. It felt like she had already reached her limit just by clenching her teeth and running down the hallway.
However, the wall next to the hallway suddenly exploded, sending out fragments.
Secretary Lienna rolled on the floor, clutching her chest in shock. What broke through her walls was… This was the object that Secretary Rienna had been running away from just a moment ago.
Drizzle of rain poured into the hallway inside the half-destroyed store.
It was here.
Yenica Palover, who broke through the wall, looks at Secretary Rienna and talks.
– Even if we find ourselves in a corner, please help us think of ways to overcome it.
Assistant Professor Claire leads Lortel Kecheln to the Vice Principal’s office in the Trix Building.
Now, it doesn’t seem like a very good thing for Lortel and Rachel to meet.
The relationship between Elte Trading Company and the school has already become so strained that it is unlikely to get any worse from here.
Not only that, Lortel seems to be in quite a critical situation… What a great deal you can make when you meet Vice Principal Rachel.
However, due to Lortel’s strong request, a call was made to Vice Principal Rachel’s office.
When the acceptance was surprisingly readily accepted, only Assistant Professor Claire was left in a dazed mood.
In the end, Professor Kallade is left alone in the on-duty office, but Assistant Professor Claire and Lortel enter the Trix building side by side.
When I walk down the hallway and open the door to the vice principal’s office, I see an elderly woman with flowing dark red hair sitting at the office desk.
Sylvania’s vice principal’s attire isn’t that extravagant, but it’s not that simple either.
A bluish cloak over neatly worn clothes.
When you look at the nasolabial folds that show the passage of time and the wrinkles on the backs of your hands… She is definitely not a woman who looks young even with empty words.
He is at odds with the principal, Obel Forcius, and has constantly created a negative impression on the Elte Company.
When Rachel sees Lortel following Assistant Professor Claire, she looks surprised.
Although Bachelor participated in Dune’s planned takeover of the Elte Company, he did not go far beyond turning a blind eye.
We just received a promise to lift the monopoly on some items that Elte Corporation has a monopoly on.
I was wondering how intense the internal war of nerves was that made merchants give up their right to make money, but in the end, it was a disaster.
As soon as Rachel saw Lortel, she succeeded in predicting the situation to some extent.
However, the conversation between Lortel and Rachel is separate. Negotiations between those at the forefront of academic affairs and those at the forefront of commercial affairs… Just appealing to emotions is not enough to reach a conclusion.
The two people sit across from each other at the negotiation table.
Even though he is in a corner, Lortel smiles coquettishly.
– Even if something doesn’t go as planned, please give me the wisdom to put things right again.
The young Aspect’s magical energy disappears from Ayla’s body.
When Ed Rosstaylor was injured and his control over his magic completely disappeared… Only then does Ayla succeed in coming to her senses.
The place is inside a tightly packed wooden shelter.
This place, once a favorite place for Lucy Merill to nap, is a simple resting place with lots of fluffy fur on the floor and a ceiling made of large leaves thickly layered on a wooden frame.
It’s dark because the entrance is blocked.
Ayla opens her eyes, shakes her head and tries to get up. The sound of her rain fills the interior, making it hard to hear the sounds outside her, but it seems like there was a commotion anyway.
It’s dark and I can’t find the entrance. Still, Ayla carries her heavy body and touches the edges of her walls here and there.
The noise of crowds can be heard from outside. After listening to the sound and fumbling around for a while, I finally found a door that I could barely push aside.
I whine and push the handle in my hand in the dark, but the door doesn’t move. Still, it seemed to be moving slightly, so Ayla continued to squeeze his hand tightly.
– and… .
“… .”
There, Clarice’s prayer stops for a moment.
I would like to ask God for help with every crisis I can imagine, but there are still many more trials in the world that I cannot imagine.
Trials are trials because they are unpredictable. Clarisse knew that fact well, so she closed her eyes for a moment, then opened them, and spoke softly, giving his hand a firm squeeze.
– Even when an enormous or insurmountable challenge comes, the courage to face it without fear… Please give it to me.
“Ugh, huh… .!”
Taily overcomes her fear.
Even if the ordeal before him is one with no hope of overcoming it… There are people who won’t stop pounding on the wall.
They are the captains of sinking ships.
Or, they are soldiers who maintain formation to protect the capital even though they know they will lose the war.
The same goes for the workers who repaired the dam and did not run away even after seeing the flooding flood.
Fathers who send their children behind their backs even in the face of a murderer with a weapon are like that.
They have something in common. It is not such a great philosophical thought, nor is it a will so noble as to make one put one’s tongue out.
The point is that there are things that must be protected.
That one simple fact helps people overcome unbearable fears. It makes you continue to resist even at the end.
Tailly clutches Lucy’s small hand tightly with a hand full of blood.
Even though the girl is only half my size and weight, I can’t shake her off even with all my might.
Nevertheless, Tailly gritted his teeth and resisted with all his will.
“Lortel Kecheln’s villa is over there… The convoy is ready to enter… !”
“According to the information received, search mainly in the underground space! If you don’t move quickly, they might use some trick… !”
Meanwhile, Princess Fenia, who was pressing Ed’s wound, couldn’t believe her ears.
Senior trainer Tune, who was dispatched as a convoy under orders from Persica, was thinking of leading the convoy and raiding Lortel’s villa.
The number of people in the convoy is limited.
When entering Sylvania, the people left behind while going through the formalities and the people guarding the carriage were missing, and due to the nature of the space inside the forest, many people could not move at once.
It was a situation where there was no benefit in dispersing the personnel any further than this.
“What are you talking about? “Can’t you see that the person is bleeding?”
Not only Ed, but Tailly was also seriously injured.
Tailie’s condition, which has accumulated injuries, is bad, but Ed’s bleeding right now is also unusual. Ed is overwhelmingly serious based on the bleeding scent alone.
I didn’t know what would happen if I left Ed like this on a rainy day like this.
“This is Hwang Myeong. “Move now.”
“Princess Fenia.”
“It’s a wake-up call where people’s lives come and go. “Don’t you understand what I’m saying?”
Princess Fenia got up from her seat and aimed straight at Tune.
A female knight with red hair hanging down and taking off her helmet. Although he is dignified and trustworthy, his loyalty is not towards Princess Fenia.
She is the closest confidant of the Knight Commander who is attached to the Princess of Persica.
Although they were dispatched under the pretext of being Princess Fenia’s bodyguard, their ultimate purpose was to carry out Persica’s orders.
Disobeying the imperial command is punishable by death.
The female knight, caught between the orders of the Princess of Persica and the orders of the Princess Fenia… She closed her eyes gently and spoke.
“Princess Fenia.”
“Senior trainer, Tune. “Don’t make me remember that name.”
“If you keep quiet like this, you will see the actions of a sinner… ”
Tune did not finish speaking. Because his head suddenly turned. Tune’s pupils widened in surprise.
Princess of Charity, Fenia Elias Cloel.
Her tendency to embrace and acknowledge people, no matter how lowly their status, gave her her nickname. For when she was in her labyrinth, she judged men only by ability and character.
From the cleaning worker who cleans the imperial floor, to the imperial chef’s third-rate assistant cook, to the new maid… Her temperament to treat everyone equally was a miracle that bloomed in this insidious world of scheming.
Shouldn’t there be people like this among the royal family?
Her evaluations and rumors that circulated among users were usually like that.
She slapped her subordinate. In a place where so many people are watching.
The sight is so rare that it feels unrealistic.
Not only Tune but also the other soldiers who were watching the situation held their breath.
Even if you were to lift the cheek of a female knight who has been training for a long time, there is no way that it would show great power.
The pale hands that had grown noble all their lives only became more red.
However, in the rain, the eyes that were glaring at Tune with narrowed eyebrows were still firm.
– Shoot!
A raindrop rolls down her jawline. By the time she was hanging from the edge, Princess Fenia opened her mouth.
“please… “Please follow the line.”
“… ”
“People… “A person fell after being cut by a sword.”
Princess Fenia also understands the life story of Ed, who was on the brink of death several times.
The hard thing to bear is that Princess Fenia was the biggest burden and wall in Ed’s life, which he lived so stubbornly.
“There are people who are holding on so hard… “Is that what you want to say now?”
The words he uttered sting himself.
It was she who first expelled him from school, and she was the one who stood in opposition to him every time at important junctures.
Criticism and criticism, suspicion and contempt, trials and pain. If we go to the source, most of them were directed to Princess Fenia.
The darkness of the Ross Taylor family, the wild life where it was painful just to live each day, and the life of a bachelor who was ridiculed wherever he went.
A man who gritted his teeth and never gave up his will to live, even though his life was full of pain. The person who was always glaring into the man’s eyes from the other side was Princess Fenia.
However, there remains one well-known fact that no one can deny.
─Ed Rosstaylor has never once resented Princess Fenia.
Although there were times when he was grumpy or indifferent, Ed never became pessimistic about life, blaming others for his situation.
Tune suddenly looked at Princess Fenia’s face again and took a deep breath.
It wasn’t just rain running down her chin.
After sniffling once, she somehow manages to maintain a stern expression, but if you look deep inside, a weak girl of that age comes out.
“If you stay still like this… I’m dying… How did you survive? ”
Because of its distant lineage and authority, it is a fact that is too easily forgotten.
Even if you were born with the most noble bloodline, wear dazzling dresses in a magnificent rose palace, and go to dazzling dinner parties.
Even if you are a member of the royal family, who rides a carriage the size of a commoner’s house, looks down on the world, and commands hundreds of troops with a single wave of your hand.
After turning over one eyelid, what you see is just a girl who has grown up.
It flew like a long spear and stuck in Tune’s head.
I realized that I was completely at odds with the prestige of the imperial family, which I had seen while working in the Imperial Knights for many years.
The royal family are also people. This very obvious fact seems like a ridiculous twist.
“… “We will organize personnel toward the Haksak-dong area.”
Tune spoke slowly and in a trembling voice.
“Trainer Tune! If not now… !”
When the assistant next to him tried to say something, Tune raised his hand to stop him.
At the sight of Princess Fenia, who eventually went to Ed’s fallen side and pressed his wound tightly, Tune hesitated for a moment before speaking.
“For now, we follow Princess Fenia’s orders.”
“Well, if that happens… !”
“You can catch Lortel Kecheln too. “I just prioritize dealing with the situation at hand.”
While saying so, Tune gathered his soldiers.
Bringing in medical personnel is not that difficult. However, the problem is Lucy Mayril, who is holding Tailley’s collar.
She is a girl with great power that can end any situation.
With one gesture of her hand, Tailley’s treatment is decided.
The only boy who can stop her is also unconscious and bleeding.
like that… As the released magical energy covered the sky.
─The story ends.
– amen
After finishing her last prayer, Clarisse raised her head.
In the sky that was vaguely visible beyond the stained glass, the darkness of the night was already fading away, and the energy of morning was slowly rising.
The dark red clouds have subsided considerably, and there is a gentle breeze blowing in the scenery outside through the outer window.
It’s too dark to be called morning, but it’s a bit bright to be called night… Time on that border.
Clarisse nodded, feeling the early morning air. He stretches out loud to loosen up his stiff body, and as he slowly walks out of the chapel, he stubs his toes on the wooden seats prepared for believers.
He mumbles in pain alone with a squirming sound, and eventually he grabs the necklace and walks away again.
My toes were so sore that I was in tears, but I somehow held it back and came out again looking like a noble and holy saint. After that, she took a short deep breath.
The early morning air entering my lungs was cool.
At this point, it felt like it could be called morning air.
