Episode 46. night

In the silent cathedral, even the night sky remains silent.

When the sky gradually turns purple and the stars show their faces early, the priests of Saint Stica go to bed early, as if running away from a dazzle.

The stars cloud the mind.

Even above the Saint Stica Cathedral, the stars shine, sing the legends of wizards, and fill the night sky.

Such lightness is not allowed in Saint Stica Cathedral, which should always be quiet.

It is the same reason why the young priests of Saint Stica fall asleep earlier than the other boys.

To always live a life faithful to the light… . Even when the children outside the cathedral are adventurous looking at the constellations, or while they are talking all night and dreaming of becoming wizards or knights in their hearts.

The children of Saengstika fall into a deep sleep where they are not even allowed to dream.

“sorry!! Sepia, apologize quickly!”

“I have to stop chasing you to stop breaking it, what should I do then!?”

But today, the children couldn’t sleep.

Because Ina and Sepia were screaming and running amok to the extent that you could clearly see what was going on inside the bedroom as well as outside.

Young priests who were not allowed to go out at bedtime were tossing and turning under the covers, imagining the situation outside.

Flash, boom-!

Something exploded like thunder.

The children enjoyed just exchanging glances with each other in the dark.

“Sepia! Stop breaking it!! Everything will fall apart… !”

“He’s coming from the other side with a knife, how can he stay still!”

The cathedral, which was always quiet, is scorched by flames.

Now that all the adults have gone out to deal with the wizards outside.

The children of the cathedral quietly came out of their blankets and spent the early night looking at the fireworks shining through the windows instead of the stars.

Even so, I couldn’t look out the window with my short stature, so I just kept my ears pricked up like a rabbit and visualized the situation outside… .

Some of the children were hoping that this thrilling uproar would grow further.

“—♪”

By the way… .

When the choir’s song was heard, the children could no longer hear the sorcerer girls’ cries.

The window, which had been stained by the fire, began to be filled with a plain white color again.

This silent hymn that the children have been tired of listening to from dawn until they fall asleep makes everything quiet.

This chord, which seems monotonous, is actually pronouncing the words of the Bible for a long time.

“Ah—♪”

Adil in the Madou language.

According to the Bible, it means silence.

The magic formula combines the words of the caster’s intentions from the images and expresses them, but those words also use the magic language from the Bible after all… .

When words chanted aloud by others dominate the surroundings, it is impossible to fully escape its influence.

The core of the magic formula is a meticulous and elaborate combination of words with meaning.

When the chorus of the saengstika choir sings silence, words that become silent occur in the middle of combining magic language, and the magic formula collapses.

Hence the name, Dispel, the song of cancellation of magic.

It was the symbol and pride of Saint Stica Cathedral, which was famous for hunting wizards.

‘A wizard who can’t use magic is no different from a knight without a sword… . It’s already over.’

The eldest boy in the room shook his head, as if the short festivities had come to an end.

At this, the children who were looking at him became depressed and lowered their heads, and the boy who woke up from his sweet dream gathered everyone and whispered.

“Let’s pray.”

“… .”

“For wizards who will get scolded a lot.”

I don’t know if the Stica Knights, who have no mercy at all, are going to keep those scandalous wizards alive… .

The boy gathered the children together and prayed.

‘May this place always be peaceful, may the saintess be merciful to immature wizards…’ .’

Kwaaang-!!!

“what… !?”

Did Elma even answer his prayers?

When the gaze of the boy, who had made a loud noise without even realizing it, turned to the window, the pure white window sill was once again dyed the red color of the wizard.

The mage named Ina seemed to have given up now, but she didn’t say anything… .

“kidneys… !”

A sorceress called Sepia was chanting a strange magic she had never heard of in her life.

The eyes of the children who had gathered like chicks in the quiet cathedral bedroom sparkled with endless imagination again.

* * *

“Kek… .”

“sepia! it’s okay!?”

A small amount of blood flowed from her mouth, but Sepia stumbled and stood still.

Around them, lightly dressed knights in black helmets were surrounding them with jet-black swords drawn.

Like the famous Silent Knights, they didn’t say a word, but they looked pretty flustered when Sepia exploded without a magic circle, let alone a chant.

Even the choir, which sang loudly in the middle of the night, fell silent as the debris of the explosion flew right in front of their eyes.

Seeing the dismembered stone statue of a paladin and Sepia’s eyes shimmering in flames, the priests stepped back.

Did he have the feeling that the girl in front of him could make them look like that right away?

Sepia couldn’t hold back a laugh when she saw those big guys gathered together and scared of her.

‘Even though it’s an environment where interference comes in dozens of times a second, it’s still shooting magic. Is it worth it… ?’

Besides.

“Grrr. .”

The brave wolf, who had bitten off the necks of the beasts that once attacked the snowy field, rode the starlight down to Ina’s side.

“… I won’t tell you not to see blood anymore, Labo, please protect Sepia.”

The wolf guardian spirit next to Ina, the great Labo, entered the battle in earnest.

In the case of ordinary human priests. Even carrying a single spirit, let alone a guardian spirit, would have to push one’s limits, but the Lang tribe, who have served spirits since ancient times, are the only race that can summon even a guardian spirit from the sky.

Priests would know better than wizards about the strength of the guardian spirits summoned by the Rang.

Of course, that didn’t mean that Ina and Sepia could head-on and win against Saint Stica Cathedral, but even in a hopeless situation like now, they had the power to take a few opponents with them.

“Dear priests. I’m really sorry for destroying the holy cathedral. Since you drew your sword first, wouldn’t that be a sacrifice?”

“… .”

“Are you done?”

The 30-minute chase that destroyed many facilities in the cathedral finally entered a standoff.

With the idea that they wouldn’t want a bloody situation in the holy cathedral.

The time when Sepia smiled, saying that all she had to do was hold out until Princess Frill came.

“Are you a demon too?”

A knight with eyes glowing with violets stepped out of the shadow of the cathedral.

“A girl with a clouded soul. Are you also corrupted by Professor Ian’s teachings?”

“It’s cloudy… . Keep your eyes open, Sir Sharp. Can you see the two holes in my stomach right now?”

“… You yourself are well aware of your own bizarreness. Is it a shamanic ritual with an evil spirit?”

“This is called a kidney.”

“Now play with me-”

“In the kidneys, two excretory organs in the body, enough mana is accumulated to form a magic circle of about 4 circles per day.”

Sharpe’s eyes are never wrong?

Louis Sepia, standing proudly in front of Dar, laughed at his ignorance.

“Do you know what the most important hypothesis in body manaology is? That is, the claim that there is no soul. That what was believed to be a soul could actually be mana accumulated in the body… .”

“You’re really crazy… ! What are you all doing!? Shut the author’s mouth!”

“This is my final warning.”

pop-!!

As soon as Sepia finished speaking, a pillar of fire shot up right next to her.

A girl with flowing dark brown hair, glowing in red flames, looked into Dar’s eyes.

“Left liver.”

“no… ?”

“If you deal with the mana in your body often, you can burn the mana in your organs like this and immediately emit it in the form of high temperature.”

The girl, whose soul had become a little more blurry in real time, sighed as if telling her to come to her senses.

“Prayer is not something you see with your eyes, but something you do with your eyes closed. Knight.”

* * *

When the sun sets and the moon floats coldly, a dark curtain is placed over everything in the world.

Under the curtains where the eyes of the cats shine and the collapsed buildings look pitiful.

If you are bathed in the moonlight, the blood on your hands will fade and your guilt will hide.

If I close my eyes and fall asleep, wouldn’t everything in fact melt away with the bright sunlight as if it were a dream?

The corpse of the day, the sins of oneself… .

After the day when the two once-human corpses cooled down and felt like puppets. The girl was always afraid of the night.

Even though I fell asleep while avoiding the darkness and the sun was shining brightly… . If, by any chance, you woke up on a pitch-black night without a single star, blood could not go back to the dark blanket that day.

like that… . I was afraid to even close my eyes, the day I had to spend such a terrible night with my eyes open.

Fier still can’t forget how he unknowingly and daringly went to visit a saintess younger than himself.

* * *

‘Lady. I killed my father Because he tried to kill my mother.’

‘… .’

Even at the disgusting confession that burst out with crying, the holy saint embraced my filthy body.

When I was silently embraced by her, the scar on my neck that was still swollen was like boiling again… .

It had been less than a month since she was revered as a saint.

‘How could he be there for me while suffering so much?’

No matter what kind of fear and pain you experience, if it is possible with this filthy body stained with sin… . I will definitely protect that innocence.

If the saintess’ innocence loses its light… . It is like losing the eternity of wanting to protect the first and last light found in Pie’s dark life, even if it means risking everything.

Inside the cathedral that turned into hell, Pierre’s sword radiated light. No, she shined in everything.

This is an expression of Pierre’s will not to continue the current duel with a sword-to-sword confrontation.

The old man shouted at Pierre.

“Do you want to have a conversation of faith, not a conversation of swords!”

The sword talk was clearly a victory for the veteran Virgo. Pierre admitted it succinctly.

But even if the sword I had sharpened was defeated. Even if he died, he could not accept that his will and beliefs were broken.

“If it’s for the saintess’ sake, I’m fine with any kind of insult.”

“Do you really think it was for her? Wasn’t it just your private greed?”

“… You will not understand.”

“No, I was just like you… . So you can see. What is wrong is your stubbornness.”

* * *

When he was young, Virgo guarded the vast coast.

Unlike today’s knights who only talk about honor and do not want to step on the blood and mud of the battlefield, he dyed the sand red as he slashed the necks of the infested pirates.

At the end of the legendary story that followed his name and the merits that gradually piled up, the previous emperor kept him by his side.

It was natural for Virgo to obey orders as a knight. Besides, to keep the emperor close. It was the most honorable position that everyone wanted.

However, it just didn’t make Virgo laugh.

Until I met Princess Frill… .

When I first got to escort Princess Frill, I thought it was rather fortunate to see that the princess didn’t leave the room without listening to class.

If you don’t step out, you’ll be loved for the rest of your life and you’ll be able to spend a happy life.

I thought that would be more helpful to her and that it was the right thing to do.

That’s why watching Princess Frill change without hesitation even in a lofty position and starting to intervene in the precarious incident in Kiruna.

It seemed like a series of very dangerous events and accidents.

I couldn’t understand why they chose the difficult path instead of the easy path. He just wanted to fit the values of the person serving him to his narrow vision and hardened ideas.

But, now I know.

wrong thing. That it was my broken heart that had stopped before I knew it… .

The change the princess wanted was not wrong.

It was clear that the path Princess Frill wanted to take was a difficult and thorny path, but it was clear that it was not the wrong path… .

Of course, I am still concerned about the events happening around Professor Ian and Princess Frill.

However, good friends were made around the princess, and a teacher with upright convictions was born.

‘The princess is definitely growing in the right direction… . I just believe and follow.’

Professor Ian’s teachings and frill’s change broke Noh Knight’s stubbornness.

After abandoning the sea and living in a greenhouse. Virgo felt her heart beat again as she was with Princess Frill.

The old knight firmly believed in his little master.

“It is painful to watch the person I must protect change. Change is inevitably accompanied by pain, and the results are not necessarily right.”

However, do not use your narrow standards to judge the change.

Their vessels are not something we dare to measure.

“I will bring down your tower.”

The endless tidal wave of old knights, which had been broken countless times, flowed down through the slanted windows of light that pierced the false white tower.

The Miracle of the Knights, Nosh.

The blue will of the old knight shone in response to Pie’s conviction.

The light that filled the cathedral seemed to be shining pure white from a distance, but… .

Somehow in the air inside the cathedral.

Blurry, but clear.

There was a salty smell.