{Central Meeting of the Griffin Kingdom in the Morning}
“Haven’t I told you before! The western region of Arkhan was originally and legitimately managed by our Balonde family…”
“Marquis Ramto! Don’t be ridiculous. For nearly 100 years, our family has been guarding the border of the western region of Arkhan! And it was the land of the demons, so what kind of management have we been doing..!”
“No… This kid is looking down on our ancestors’ land!”
“Okay, let’s decide it with a duel! A duel!”
The high-ranking nobles who were grabbing each other by the collars and bickering, and the nobles next to them, gathered and watched, creating a human arena.
Bam-!
Crack!
After defeating the Demon King, they thought peace would continue, but due to the bloody fights of the nobles trying to expand their territories even a little, the central hall of the Griffin royal family became a fighting arena.
“.”
And there was one person on the podium who was watching this with his chin resting on his hand with a bored expression.
Clap-!
Clap-!
“Haha.. Okay, let’s beat each other up. I’ll have to listen to less noise in the morning.”
Their king said in a sarcastic voice, clapping his hands.
“I’ve been a marquis for several years longer than you! You bloodless bastard!”
“Huh! An illegitimate child who got a noble position by luck because the heir died, what the heck!”
The fight showed no signs of stopping, and with even unfilial insults flowing out like a fight between rascals, it only got more heated.
Since the Griffin Kingdom also had a hierarchy, at first, other high-ranking nobles actively tried to stop this fight.
“Oh! That’s a handling draft! Isn’t that a technique where you throw it backwards in one go?”
“Quite… Marquis Balonde said he’d been practicing his technique recently, but his posture is quite good.”
Now, even the high-ranking nobles who valued their dignity in the fight between nobles that was held every day clenched their fists and watched the duel with excited eyes.
“Marquis Balonde, do your best! I’m rooting for you!”
“Marquis Burkan, don’t give up until the very end! A comeback…!”
As the match between nobles…. no, a duel, heated up, Seyeon, who had a cross tattooed on her forehead, stood up from her throne.
“Gal!!!”
Paat-!!!
“Hwiik!”
“Eungiit!”
Using the Lion’s Roar technique she had learned from the people, she instantly cleared the room.
“The morning central meeting will be adjourned here and we will only hear reports on administrative matters, so all vassals, leave!”
As soon as the king’s order was given, the nobles, who had been overcome by the momentum, were dragged out of the room by the knights.
And only the prime ministers and administrative officials remained.
“Then we will begin with the first agenda. Your Majesty.”
The central secretary stepped forward holding a long piece of parchment that dragged on the ground.
Only then did Seyeon sit down and look at the administrative officials with a serious face.
‘They are the only ones working…”
“Yes. Let’s begin.”
“Yes. The first is that the Church of the Goddess has a proposal for Your Majesty regarding the disposal of the former Saint Lea Forte.”
“The former Saint..?”
Seyeon’s face, which had been slightly relieved by the first agenda item, hardened again.
Thud.
Thud.
And then, as if they had been waiting, a white group walked out from one side.
On their entire bodies were white robes with two wings symbolizing the Goddess drawn here and there.
The only people in this continent who wore such attire were the priests of the Church of the Goddess.
“Ahem..!”
The first of them, an old man with a white beard like a mountain spirit, walked with difficulty to the throne where Seyeon was sitting.
“Your Majesty, the legitimate heir of the Griffin royal family, Cardinal Wilhelm Ramse of the Church of the Goddess greets you!”
“..Why are you here when you are not feeling well? Well, it is nice to meet you.”
Although he said he was happy, Seyeon’s face showed no sign of being happy at all.
Rather than welcoming him, it would be right to say that he was trying his best to show off, asking, “Why did this gentleman come again?”
The position of cardinal in the Church of the Goddess was like the council of noble elders right below the saint.
The highest-ranking clergy with the most experience, the most reckless, and the most fanatic nature within the Church of the Goddess were the cardinals.
“Your Majesty… Knock knock! Currently, the former saint and heretic Lea Forte is heading to the Magic Kingdom!”
“The Magic Kingdom? Elves? That’s fortunate. I couldn’t sleep because I was so worried that they would cause trouble around here!”
“We are currently sending the heretic inquisitors to capture the heretic!
However, the power of the Demon King is too strong, and we are all being martyred by the evil power!”
“Huh? Why are you sending the heretic inquisitors?
Cut off all related elements immediately and shout that he has no relation to our kingdom at all, but that’s not enough…”
The conversation between Seyeon and the cardinal was somewhat off topic.
The cardinal said that the saint should be captured immediately and severely punished, but Seyeon insisted that the big shit from our country was heading to another country, so we should definitely cut ties and pretend not to know at this opportunity.
That’s because being a contractor for the Demon King Baal is no different from a huge disaster.
In order to capture the Demon King, we need to form a warrior party again.
But what are the current statuses of the members of the former warrior party?
The warrior himself lost his warrior job, Sylvia, a knight, became a drug dealer, and Karen went missing.
Even the saintess who was the party’s healer position became the main culprit who made a contract with the Demon King.
I don’t know if he’ll do something if I ask YooSeongi, but…
To my friend who had already retired and was resting…
It was shameless to ask him to stop the target who was no different from trauma when he went berserk.
“Your Majesty! As the warrior of the goddess, draw the sword of light and punish the heretic!”
“Do it!!”
The chorus of ‘do it” burst out from the priests’ mouths at the same time.
“I can’t.”
Seyeon refused outright.
As a warrior, it was only right to rush and punish ‘evil’ that appeared on the continent, but as the king of a country, it was only natural that he should refuse.
‘And besides, if it’s the Demon Kingdom of Makinia… weren’t they the ones who stayed quiet during the Demon King’s time?”
The pure-blooded elves of Makinia are the ones who have the most developed magic on the continent and have enough power, but they said they would just sit still because it wouldn’t harm them.
They don’t feel any guilt because they will definitely take care of the Demon King even if they leave it to him.
“Why?! Your Majesty!”
“It’s disrespectful to the goddess!”
These fanatics didn’t understand Seyeon’s thoughts at all, which most people would understand.
Evil is born, causing damage to the goddess’s church—It’s only natural for a warrior who received the power of the goddess to take care of it.
They can only think in such dichotomous ways.
“Ugh.”
As Seyeon was thinking about how to explain it to these fanatics, a thought crossed her mind.
“The warrior profession I had is gone.”
“?”
The priests opened their mouths in shock for a moment and couldn’t close them.
“Ugh. Your Majesty, what do you mean by that..? The warrior profession is something that the goddess gives us… So you’re saying it’s gone..?”
However, Cardinal Wilhelm, who had experience, was the first to recover from the shock and opened his mouth.
“I wanted to tell you earlier, but I didn’t get a chance. About a year ago, I woke up and my warrior class was gone. In other words, I’m no longer a warrior.”
“No way…”
Seeing the priests’ continued incredulity, Seyeon pointed to himself and told them to check for themselves.
Woo-wook—
‘Even if the goddess is gone, can I still use my divine power?”
The cardinal walked up to the throne himself, took Seyeon’s hand, and confirmed it by observing her divine power.
“Oh my gosh… Your blessing as a warrior has disappeared!”
Only after the cardinal’s confirmation did the priests believe that Seyeon’s ‘warrior’ class had disappeared.
“A saint has become a heretic and even my warrior class has disappeared… This is a disaster! This is a disaster!”
“What should we do… Oh, goddess….”
The benefits of the simple warrior class had disappeared.
Even though Seyeon’s power was still intact, the priests only focused on the fact that the profession of ‘warrior’ had disappeared, and they looked as if the world was ending in despair.
“There is a way… Don’t we have a goddess?!”
Even though he was a cardinal of the goddess cult, he had no idea what had happened to the goddess of his cult.
As the cardinal shouted and approached the priests again, the priests next to him made the sign of the cross and began to mutter something under the leadership of Cardinal Wilhelm.
After about 10 minutes…
“.”
Seyeon was watching them quietly, wondering whether she should kick them out or wait a little longer.
“Your Majesty, I have something to tell you!”
“So… what is it?”
“The evil known as the Demon King has descended on the continent, and even the saint has become corrupted! In order to overcome this disaster, it seems that the power of the warrior given by the goddess is absolutely necessary!”
“Even if I’m not a warrior…?”
“Yes. Your Majesty is not a warrior. So, I would like to summon a new warrior. Can the Griffin Royal Family give me permission?”
“…A new warrior?”
Seyeon sat up straight, her expression languid at the priest’s words.
She had not expected that he would select a new warrior since the warrior was gone.
‘Wait? If I select a new warrior…
Seyeon thought about the merits and demerits of summoning a new warrior while keeping her mouth shut for a moment.
‘What would you summon if there was no goddess? It seemed that they did not know that the goddess was gone.
And she had no intention of telling them.
“Very well. Do as you wish.”
“Then I will come to inform Your Majesty as soon as the ritual is over.”
“I really hope it is successful”
Seyeon greeted them with a smile, praying that the priests would waste their time doing useless things.
“Okay, the first agenda item has been resolved. What is the next agenda item?”
King Seyeon asked the secretary with a cheerful face as he resolved the thorny issue.
“The next agenda item is… um? Sylvia Sylvester, former commander of the Silverwolf Knights, has applied for reinstatement.”
“What..?”
Seyeon once again looked surprised at the news of her former colleague.
Clang…
Then, along with the sound of metal rubbing against each other, a reporter stepped forward from the back row of the carpet where the administrators were standing.
Clang.
Clang.
The slim violet body armor moved.
Clang…
“Whew…”
The moment the knight raised his hand, took off his helmet, and shook his silver hair.
“…”
An odd silence fell over the room.
Sylvia always wore only angular silver plate armor that made it impossible to tell her gender.
However, the armor she was wearing now was rounded as if to emphasize her femininity.
It was a female plate armor with vivid curves around the chest and hips.
Swish…
Her hairstyle was also not the simple short hair of before, but long, straight hair that reached her back.
Her face, which had been beautiful to begin with, was lightly made up, and she was wearing a purple rose eye patch on one side, making her beauty stand out.
“Knight Sylvia Sylvester. It’s been a while since I’ve greeted you. Your Majesty.”
Chuck…
Despite her different appearance, Sylvia, who had knelt on one knee as before and paid respect to King Seyeon, raised her head and looked at Seyeon with one eye before opening her purple lips.
“Your Majesty. I wish to be reinstated as the Commander of the Knights.”
Seyeon flinched at Sylvia’s words and came to her senses.
“Hmm… Considering that you are a Grandmaster and a former member of the warrior party, reinstatement shouldn’t be difficult… But Sir Sylvia?”
“Yes.”
“What is the reason you suddenly applied for reinstatement? Well, if it’s something that’s difficult to say, then you don’t have to.”
It wasn’t just Seyeon who was curious.
The knights and administrative officials who were listening to the story here were also very curious about why the Commander of the Knights, who had been locked in her room a few days ago and drunk on drugs, was wearing armor and coming out to ask for reinstatement as the Commander of the Knights.
“I thought I couldn’t just stay like this… I came. I have caused great inconvenience to everyone, including Your Majesty. apologize.”
The royal knight commander and the judge who had been trying to question her about her past sins closed their mouths at the sight of Sylvia lowering her head with a deeply sunken face.
“Um… But Sir Sylvia? It seems like it will be difficult to reinstate her right away.”
Seyeon glanced at Sylvia’s gauntlet that was shaking slightly and continued speaking.
“I need to share my opinion with the other nobles about this matter, and it seems like Sylvia will need some time to recover.”
“Understood…”
“Then go back for now.”
“Your Majesty!”
Sylvia raised her head again and shouted at Seyeon’s order to go back.
“This is a very personal question, but… may I ask you one thing?”
“If it’s something you can answer.”
“A few days ago… did you come to the supporter of the warrior party… so… did YooSung come?”
Seyeon looked at Sylvia with extremely earnest eyes and asked.
Seyeon remained silent for a longer time than when she had answered any other matter.
“It must be as you saw.”
She closed her mouth with those words.
Just as you saw.
YooSung came to see me?
He came to see me in person… Forgive me?
Sylvia, whose thoughts briefly crossed her mind.
“Hehe… I see!”
Sylvia smiled for the first time and shouted in a high-pitched voice.
She got up from her seat, slightly bowed her head to Seyeon, and exited the central hall.
Clink…
Clink…
Until the sound of Sylvia’s greaves grew distant, no one in the central hall said a word.
The smile Sylvia showed at the end was so captivating and dangerous that it took her breath away for a moment.
Swish…
Deus x Machina.
YooSung, who had written the two names on the parchment, rubbed his temples for a moment and fell into deep thought.
He went back to the Iron Lord castle and tried to search for the keyword ‘dimensional transfer’ instead of ‘mineral’, which he had not been able to find any information on.
That’s when the names Deus and Machina came up.
These two ancient people, whose character descriptions only mention them as two princes of the Ancient Magic Kingdom, had a record in the underground library that they had created a dimensional transfer device.
YooSung, who was excited by the fact that there might be a dimensional transfer device of a completely different type than the one he had designed, asked Iris for a detailed explanation.
“You cannot access that information… Huh?!”
For an instant, Iris’s eyes turned red and a voice with no pitch, like a machine, came out.
Bewildered, Iris tried to check again, but she kept hearing the same response and even a voice saying that the information was locked.
That’s right.
Someone who designed Iris had set a lock on the information.
“I’m sorry.
Yooseong-nim…”
Seeing Iris bowing her head and apologizing, Yooseong felt miserable at having missed the clue he had barely found, but told Iris that it was okay and returned to the workshop.
“Should I go get some fresh air?”
Yooseong, who looked much more haggard than a month ago, got up from his chair and walked towards the workshop’s entrance.
Squeak…
When the door opened.
Swish…
“Ah.”
The gray sky and pouring rain poured down.
‘It’s raining today too… Now that I think about it, it’s been raining for the past few days.
Thinking about it, the frustration of not being able to go outside was also because of the rain.
Yooseong looked up at the sky while listening to the sound of rain, then let out a small sigh and tried to close the iron door again and go into the workshop.
But when the door was half-closed, Yooseong’s hand stopped.
His gaze stopped at the apothecary shop across the street.
Even though it had been several weeks since the curtains were drawn, the glass window was still there with the curtains drawn.
There had been no changes, such as the store opening or any further construction.
In fact, Yooseong had already noticed that this was not just a simple apothecary shop.
“I kept peeking over here…”
He also knew that whenever he passed by, he felt a presence inside and that ‘golden’ eyes were watching him from behind the curtains.
There were only one or two people Yooseong knew who had golden eyes, and there was only one person who would be hiding around here.
“The eyes that had been peeking over him 24 hours a day for several weeks have not been seen for the past few days…”
“I can’t feel any movement either.”
‘If the guy in there is the guy I thought he was, then there’s nothing to worry about.
Rather, isn’t it something to be happy about, that the bothersome thing has been removed?’
“Maybe those three were because of something the goddess did…”
“Why did Seyeon say that… phew.”
Yooseong ruffled his hair once, a habit that comes out when he’s frustrated, and took out his umbrella.
Bang!
He walked down the alley where there was a lot of water and approached the herbal medicine store across the street.
Thud…
Thud…
The feeling of his shoes getting wet and uncomfortable spread through his feet with every step he took.
No, maybe it was the feeling of not wanting to go towards that door that was making him feel uncomfortable more than his shoes getting wet.
Thud.
However, it was such a short distance that he arrived in an instant in front of the door.
Yooseong stood still, looking at the old wooden door and its handle, which was newly built.
‘I feel uncomfortable if I don’t check.’
Squeak…
In the end, he reached out and grabbed the handle of the wooden door and slowly opened it.
Bam…
The next moment, Yooseong’s eyes opened wide and the umbrella fell from his hand.
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