The place where my consciousness lost on the battlefield was revived was in the private room of the Bavarian mansion.

Excluding the last few days, it was a space where I stayed for about a month, so I could immediately figure out where I was as soon as I woke up.

It was such a familiar place that it made me wonder if the battles of the past few days had been a dream.

“Mr. Conrad… .”

That misunderstanding didn’t happen thanks to Saint Claire muttering my name while holding my right hand tightly next to the bed.

Without being crazy, there was no way she would break into a room where a man stayed alone, so of course my thinking moved in a slightly more probable direction.

I could be sure that the current situation was after the battle with Seely Willy was over.

Because, on the other side of Saint Clare’s holding my hand, a blonde swordsman was calling my name while holding my left hand.

“Senior Conrad… .”

Seeing them both holding my hand in a deep sleep, probably exhausted from taking care of me, a feeling of gratitude for them welled up in my heart.

At the same time, even enduring one of the biggest crises that almost hit the North.

Silently recalling how many death knights Seely Willy had wielded with their limbs in previous lifetimes.

During this winter vacation, I realized the size of the achievements they and I had made.

If I was alone, it would have been impossible for me to absolutely kill at my current level.

It might have been possible to the extent of somehow tricking her into using illusion magic and making her temporarily withdraw.

I probably couldn’t have made it to the best conclusion of killing her in this territory by inducing her carelessness.

Stella and Willia protect me as my defense has loosened while preparing for the 7th circle magic.

Saint Claire took the magic that surrounded her so that the power of magic would not weaken.

It was an offensive magic that he was able to create because Hela prevented the injury that he expected to follow inevitably.

I should say thank you not only to Saints Stella and Claire, who are now sleeping next to my bed, but also to Willia and Hilla.

It wasn’t intentional, but I’d have to say more about Hilla, who knew about the Dark Church’s existence.

It was a bit too early to think that everything in the north was over yet.

… Anyway, what time is it now?

In the room with blackout curtains, the two people holding my hand are all asleep.

Around the time I felt a little frustrated because I couldn’t even move my hands.

profit. With a sound, the door to the private room, which had been closed, opened inward, and a knight with blue hair entered the room with a bucket of water.

“Saint Clare, I have been looking for clean water to use for consecration… you… .”

Like the two of them, Willia, who looks tired around her eyes, seems to be speaking in a tired voice.

As soon as my eyes met as I stood up on the bed, I stopped in place like a statue as if I was speechless.

“Conrad… sir?”

“Willia, what time is it? The curtains were drawn in the room, so I couldn’t tell the time… .”

“Conrad-sama!!”

My half-drowsy mind was awakened thanks to Willia screaming as she dropped the bucket she was holding on the floor.

At the same time, the bodies of the two women holding my hands moved up and down.

“Ah, yes… ?”

“… Senior Conrad?”

I tried to sleep more if possible.

The two woke up from Willia’s fuss and checked my face as soon as they woke up.

“Mr. Conrad!!”

“Senior Conrad!!”

It was embraced by me with a violent reaction, as if I had seen someone who had died and came back to life.

… He seemed to be worrying me a lot while I was sleeping.

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“… You’ve been asleep for three days?”

I was a little surprised, and Saint Clare quietly nodded to me when I asked the question back.

In my previous life, it was normal to wake up after lying down for half a day or a day at most due to magical exhaustion.

Perhaps falling asleep for three days was an unexpected result even for me.

It was probably caused by the side effects of overdosing the elixir, and the recoil from forcibly deploying the 7th circle magic, as well as simple magic exhaustion.

… Next time I’ll have to be a little more careful with my body.

“What? Don’t strain your body? Who the hell is talking to whom?”

“Ah, stand, saintess! Well, if you grant so many divine powers at once… !”

“You mean I know how you feel right now?! Are you saying that you know how many times I have made your heart stop beating again while you were asleep!!”

“Ah, ah, ah, ah!!!”

It would not be enough to express my gratitude to her for saving my life several times without even realizing it.

Aside from that, being sick is sick.

I was nervously injecting divine power into the damaged part of my body, so apart from the feeling of healing, a painful feeling spread around her hand.

All I could do in that situation was cry out in pain.

“S, Stella! help me! Saint Clare is trying to kill me right now… .”

“… Be still, Conrad. The saintess is treating injuries.”

“Wait a minute, Stella! hey hey… !!”

“This evil… No, don’t be nervous. It’s just one arm over.”

“aaa!!!”

To make matters worse, because of Stella who betrayed me and immobilized my body, my moans of pain resonated throughout the mansion for a while.

The treatment of the two people who held my body ended only after I showed them my really unsightly appearance.

I don’t know whether to view this as therapy or torture.

“Heh, heh, heh… .”

I was finally able to get out of the devil’s hands after the treatment, which was so painful that I almost gave up the location of the secret base that didn’t even exist.

The rest of the injustice came out of my mouth to complain about her.

“I know that there are treatments that are a little less painful, but… .”

“… So?”

“… It must have been a treatment meant to reflect on the careless handling of my body.

I completely understand the saintess’ will, so you can stop using that divine power.”

“I just need to know.”

If I didn’t step back, it was obvious that the high concentration of divine power that had accumulated so openly and openly would flow back into my body, so I had no choice but to keep my mouth shut and affirm her actions.

“I also think that senior Konrad used his body a lot this time.”

In addition, Stella was saying that, and Hilla and Willia were nodding their heads in agreement.

If I were to say that I couldn’t help it here, it would only bring criticism.

“How is the war at the northern border?”

“Since Konrad-senpai defeated the leader of the Dark Church, the number of monsters coming in has decreased remarkably.

Seeing as the number has decreased to about one or two per day, I don’t think there’s any reason the monsters from the north will no longer flock to them like before.”

“I’m glad. Although it seemed likely.”

“As expected, it was true that the woman led the formation of the monster army that was abnormally numerous and systematically moved.”

“Have you reported to the Orthodox Church?”

“Two days ago, dispatched priests from the Orthodox Church extracted information from the corpse and returned.

I don’t know exactly yet, but from what I’ve heard, it seems that there was a similar attack two years ago.”

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Judging from the fact that I went to the Orthodox church in three days, it seemed that the conversation had progressed quite a bit while I was asleep.

By the way, to say that two years ago, only northern warriors had stopped the witch without external forces, I was a little surprised at the potential of the warriors in this region.

“Seeing that there are no records left, it seems that the northern warriors did a good job blocking it back then.”

“Anyway, I don’t understand how northerners think. How could you go through such a dangerous thing and not even report it properly?”

“What can I do, it must be the souls of warriors.”

Although I could not fully understand their way of thinking until the day of the final battle after sharing the joys and sorrows with them for a month.

Anyway, this northern part is being protected because of them.

In addition, unlike their previous lives, warriors like Sharahl and Hazard did not lose their lives in this raid, so they will be able to firmly defend the north for a longer period of time.

It was the moment when all of the northern monster subjugation practice, which had many things to protect and achieved in many ways, was finished.

… Come to think of it, I almost forgot to convey one important thing.

“Hilla.”

“Yes, senior.”

“I can’t help it if I already told you, but yesterday… Instead, can you keep as quiet as possible about the guy you met three days ago?”

“If you’re talking about the guy you met three days ago, are you referring to the woman from the Church of Darkness that senior Conrad defeated?”

“yes. I can’t help it with people who already know, but I hope that if possible, I don’t know as many people.”

Even if the fact that the Dark Church was in motion was made public, it would only plant anxiety in the residents who could not do anything.

This was the right thing to do, imagining what they would do if they were publicly known.

It will be difficult to deal with when those who feel a sense of crisis gather in one place and enter a full-fledged defensive posture.

It would have to be resolved somehow if I had recovered the intact 9th Circle of its heyday and had Stella who had awakened as a hero and senior Xian who had passed the training in the shrine.

With the current me and our party’s power, it couldn’t have been anything but tricky when that happened.

First of all, it was easier to break them individually for a while before they felt a full-blown sense of crisis.

“I understand, senior. There must be a reason why you say that.”

“Has anyone else known about her other than you, Hilla?”

“Apart from me, most of the people who know about its existence are dispatched priests from the Orthodox Church.

Other than that, the Grand Duke of the North, Sharahl, and his son, Erahl. And maybe Mr. Wolfheard.”

“Is Mr. Wolfheard heavy-mouthed?”

“At least you will be as heavy as me.”

If that was the case, I would only have to tell Sharahl separately later, so it saved me a lot of trouble.

It was truly a miracle that only this amount of information about the Dark Church had leaked out even after Silly Willy had been killed.

It was also the result of coming back because I was lucky in many ways.

“Senior Conrad.”

“yes.”

“Is the condition you mentioned before about becoming a fiancé related to what happened today?”

“What conditions did I set then?”

“You said, ‘My fiancé must be strong enough to give me a cut in Dalian.’”

“… Alas, yes. That was the condition.”

Come to think of it, it was a faded memory because it had already been several months, but Hela seemed to have managed to remember the story at that time.

“Could it be that the condition of being a ‘strong person’ you mentioned at that time is because of this Dark Church?”

Even though I didn’t say it directly, she vaguely noticed my true feelings at the time and asked me about this incident.

I thought it was a good opportunity, so I also made sure to tell her.

“Yeah, right. The purpose of attending the academy right now is to expel all the guys from the Dark Church’s forces, and ultimately kill that guy called the Demon God.”

“… … .”

“So don’t ruin your life by getting involved with me and find another fiancée, Hilla.”

After hearing my words, Hela stood up without saying a word.

“I understand, Senior Conrad. Since you said that, I can’t waste any more time here.”

“Okay, I thought… .”

“So, Stella-senpai, I would like to ask you to fight from now on.”

“… yes?”

Contrary to my expectations, of course, I thought that maintaining a relationship with me would be a waste of time, Hilla calmly applied for sparring with Stella.

Having been pointed out, Stella tilted her head and asked her back.

“You mean that, Miss Hilla?”

“In order to become strong enough not to stand in the way of senior Conrad, sharing the sword with senior Stella will be the biggest help.”

“Hilla… .”

“People from the Warburg family never give up on a goal once set, Senior Conrad.”

It was a look of determination.

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The day after about a week has passed since the day I killed Seely Willy.

After the dispatch practice day in the north ended, we got on the carriage back to the academy.

“I have to stop by the Warburg estate before returning to the academy, so unfortunately I won’t be able to return with my seniors.”

Together with the elite troops, Hillawa returned to Warburg territory in the northeast.

“Goodbye, Saint Clare! Mr. Conrad! Miss Stella!”

The original three people, excluding Willia, who greeted us and said that he would stay in the north and train further.

Fortunately, by the time we went back, the snow had melted and the carriage was able to come up to the Bavarian mansion, and there was no need to go back forcibly through the snow like the first time we visited.

We were able to go back a little more comfortably than when we first visited.

Exactly, I thought so.

“Saint Claire, please go to the right and sit down.”

“I’m comfortable here?”

“Stella, you can also go and sit on the other side.”

“No, I will sit over here!”

“Please… .”

This time, I wanted to go back comfortably, but in the fierce competition for seats in the opposite direction, I was in a hurry and was under pressure from both sides.

It was a rather harsh treatment for a patient who had just woken up from a hospital bed.

“Mr. Conrad also tells Ms. Stella to go back to the other side, right?”

With Saint Clare, who pressed her body toward me as if she would not make any gaps.

“Shouldn’t the saintess sit in the front seat? It’s an Orthodox carriage, how can the saintess leave the seat of honor empty?”

I felt as if my self-control was being tested once more by Stella, who was unyieldingly perched on top of my thighs.

This chaotic seating arrangement eventually led to the point of passing through the warp gate and entering the academy.

The good news was that I couldn’t see inside thanks to the curtains.

It was the day I decided that the next time I would rather sit in the driver’s seat, even if it was a little uncomfortable.