Chapter 299

My Villains Episode 299

54. Paladin (7)

Another 10 days have passed.

Since the work was roughly finished, he wanted to leave for the west, but the priests of the Church of El Ganore begged him to wait until the soldiers to protect the monastery arrived.

At first, I thought it was a little annoying, but since I had already been given the wonderful title of ‘Guardian of the Holy Land,’ it wouldn’t be bad to stay for a few more days to solidify it.

The mercenaries under his command seemed quite pleased with the news that the break between the tides had increased a little.

Thanks to this, our party celebrated the New Year in the year 764 of the Luminous calendar at the Seteniora Monastery.

Monastery people were busy preparing for the new year. Of course, since less than 15 days had passed since the undead army swept through, it was not a situation where a grand festival or dinner could be held. According to the tradition of Gwangmyeonggyo, after bathing in cold water, they gathered at the church and worshiped. After the service, we had hot drinks.

“It is a process to shake off the unclean things that have been buried throughout the year and purify the body.”

I was sitting with my party in the corridor next to the cathedral when a middle-aged man wearing a black hood smiled and handed me a glass.

“Thank you, Priest Okan.”

“Hehe, didn’t I tell you already? Brothers are enough.” Upon accepting the large, crude ceramic cup, the middle-aged monk Okan tipped the bottle and filled it. The hot sake that steam rises warms the hand holding the glass.

“I will pray that the blessings of the Lord come upon you in the new year as well. Seriously.”

“I hope the protection of the Lord will be upon your priest-no brother.”

Even though he returned the favor moderately, Okan did not intend to leave and stood in front of him, fiddling with the bottle.

“......Hmm.” Heila, who was waiting for her turn next to me, clutching her glass tightly, cleared her throat. However, Okan, as if lost in thought, did not notice the silent prompting.

...What is this man? do you have something to see?

Just as he was about to pull out his pocket, wondering if he should make an offering, the monk opened his mouth after hesitating.

“I heard your story.”

“What are you talking about?”

Okan looked around for a moment, then lowered his voice.

“The revelation left by the Holy Son... and the calling of the Lord.”

Revelation and calling?

Oh right. I said that because I didn’t want the Elganor Church to know the contents of the dream.

“Looks like you heard from Lord Kabar.”

“Yes, that’s right. Oh, don’t worry if the story will spread. This is a story that I was able to hear because I was in a position, albeit a small one.”

As the story seemed to be getting longer, Heila, who had cleared her throat several times, finally put her glass down quietly.

“Oh dear. I’m sorry, sister.”

It was only then that the priestess, noticing Heila’s gaze, refilled her cup. Black pearl-like eyes twinkle through the rising steam.

There was a faint reluctance in Okan’s eyes as he glanced at the heila. If you are a comrade who defended the cathedral together in the last battle, why are you doing that?

Okan, who entrusted the bottle to a nearby monk, continued talking.

“There is something I would like to tell you about that matter.”

“...which?”

“I want to accompany you on your journey. If it’s okay.”

“yes?”

When I opened my eyes wide at the completely unexpected words, the middle-aged monk quickly added.

“Hmm?”

Yes, it wouldn’t hurt to have a priest join the party. Let’s think positively.

“...But how many cups have you had?”

Heila blinked at my sudden question before answering.

“Six cups.”

“Six? stop drinking I will take it.”

“You should drink 12 cups to welcome the new year.”

“It’s wine and the glass is small.”

Heila, who was sipping alcohol from a glass as large as a decent tumbler, had a red flush on her cheeks.

“I’m already drunk. Look at that red face.”

“I’m not drunk.”

“Drunk. Now, let’s go back.”

“I still have six drinks left. The doctrine of Gwangmyeonggyo”

“Since when did you keep that? Did you take a warm bath in the morning too?”

I was arguing with Heila when I suddenly looked out of the church window.

At first glance, a communal house can be seen in the distance. On the other side, the Paladins of the Church of Calandari and Princess Theodora were supposed to be worshiping among themselves.

Theodora, who entered my dream and confirmed the saint’s revelation, asked for a moment. I’m going to check what God’s will is through prayer.

Maybe the answer is fixed?

Due to the revelation left by the saint and my relationship with Ulkar, Theodora and I had to share a fate for a while. To be precise, I induced her to think so... but it’s the same thing.

Following Monk Okan, if Theodora joined, there would be no more suffering from undead or injuries.

I’ve been staying in one place for quite a while, so I’ve received two letters for some reason.

One was a letter from Ulkar that arrived after a week’s journey.

He stays in High Castle, an element of the border (要所), and is operating an army in the Western Highlands and Abiden, and as rumor has it, he is fighting against the electors of the Mittergerland Empire.

Recently, the king of death and the undead army he leads were wondering, but he was surprised to hear that the holy place on the cliff was attacked.

Well, who would have known that the undead would attack the Holy Land?

Saint Abel met his death by the death knight’s strange power, but if it wasn’t for that, he would have been reduced to ashes like a gnat jumping into a bonfire.

Well, thanks to the support of me and Theodora, it really did.

Also, at the end of the letter conveying the current situation and regards, Ulkar recommended joining him.

-I heard that something happened in Raven’s Cliff. If my prediction is correct, the ‘task involving Miss Ellen’ that the lord said has been completed. If that’s the case, I hope you come back under my curtain and lend me your strength. The undead and fish-man forces retreated for a while, but dark clouds still hang over the west. I need your strength.

I was planning to go to Ulkar as soon as I left the monastery, so I sent a reply with the will of consent.

I’ll be reuniting with him before January is over.

The main purpose was to prevent the corruption of Ulkar and monitor him, but in the process, defeating the Elector Counts of Mittergerant would have been quite meaningful.

It is because I do not know what kind of harm the war-torn kingdom will do to my future journey.

The second letter was completely unexpected to me.

A letter enclosed with five gold coins and fifty silver coins arrived after a month and a half.

The sender was Merle Dae Buni, the vicar of Lavalton.