The days when I was still young and a bit immature.

It was about three years after Stella, a blonde girl born and raised at Cherryfield Nursery, was adopted by Count Arwen.

In the usual mansion, Arwen Mansion, my father… He received guidance in swordsmanship from his master and trained arduously from morning to night.

Around the time when I was a little tired of Master’s passion for education, who said he would raise me as the heir to the Arwen family, a renowned swordsman.

Thanks to the servant who testified that I looked too tired and begged Master.

At the age of thirteen, I had the rare opportunity to go outside.

“Merry! Snow, snow!”

“My lady, the road is slippery, so you shouldn’t run.”

With Mary, a servant of the Arwen family and my personal servant.

The day I returned from going out to Yeongji’s shopping district to relieve the accumulated stress from hard training.

An unfortunate incident struck her and me without warning.

“Hey, let go of this! Now this is completely unjust!”

“Don’t run amok, kid. Knock it, before you crush it.”

“We aren’t that bad either. I will release you as long as you remain calm until the ransom is paid.”

“Mo, the ransom?”

“Yes, noble lady. So, if you don’t want to be treated badly, stay calm.”

On the way back to the mansion after taking a short walk in the shopping street with Mary, holding hands with some snacks.

Mary and I were caught by a group of thieves on a deserted road between the manor and the mansion.

“Let the young lady go! You scum!”

“This crazy bitch doesn’t see anything. Did you tell me to shut up or not?”

“… Kahak!”

“Merry!”

Watching Mary being kicked by bandits with her hands and feet tied, even though I was young, a simmering emotion like anger welled up in my head.

After being adopted by Count Arwen, he grew up receiving the education that he should always live with dignity and justice.

It made me think that the people in front of me now do not know shame even though they do unjust things.

“The other side is a noble lady who can get a ransom, you bitch giggles and f*cks about what you’re good at!”

“Kahah… !”

“Do you think you are a noble as well, just because an innocent bitch works for an aristocratic family? yes?”

“If that kid gets ransomed, will this bitch just play with it and sell it to a brothel?”

“That’s fine. A bitch like this should know the subject.”

Watching the thieves spit out words they couldn’t say even in front of me, a child.

I quietly reached for the handle of the sword I always carried in my bosom.

Now that Merry’s attention is focused, I should have been able to strike the first blow, so I’m sure all of this evil horde can be brought down.

Because, Heaven must be on the side of the righteous.

Grasping the blade of the broadsword in her bosom, pulling it out and about to swing it at the nearest man for the first time.

“Oh, look at this kid?”

My heartfelt attack was blocked by the hand of an adult man in vain.

“F*ck. It seemed to be quiet, so I didn’t touch it and left it alone. Are you quietly wielding such a dangerous object?”

“… … .”

“Ha, f*ck. it really pisses me off Are you acting like a kid because you think it’s not right for you, huh?”

“… … .”

“I’m asking, you kid… !”

Right before the fist of the raging thief flew towards my face.

Something from behind hit the man on the head, and the agitated bandit collapsed on the spot without even being able to utter his words.

When I came to my senses, the situation had already been sorted out by Master, who had come to rescue Mary and me.

Master held back the broadsword that the man had taken from me and said,

“Didn’t I tell you not to swing your sword outside yet?”

Originally, Master’s words were like heaven, so it was the right situation to apologize right away along with an apology.

For some reason, the first excuse came out of my young mouth that day.

“But it wasn’t fair.”

“What is not fair?”

“Even though the thieves kidnapped me and Mary, who did nothing wrong, and used violence against Mary because they were in a bad mood.

It was an unfair act to stay still and do nothing while watching it.”

I always thought it was right to act righteously according to Master’s teachings, so I didn’t have any shame in thinking that what I did was wrong.

The answer that came back from Master’s mouth was advice that was a little different from what I thought.

“It is meaningless to say that the bandits did something wrong. Because justice can be achieved only when you are stronger than your opponent.”

“Yeah?”

“If you want to live uprightly and honorably, and if you want to protect your precious people. Be strong and make it impossible for others to disagree with you.”

“… … .”

“All justice is just making the strong bend their opinions against the weak. Always remember that what is more beautiful than right justice is the power to keep it.”

When I was young, I couldn’t understand the words at once.

As time goes on and I get older, Master… I could barely grasp what my father meant.

Maybe it’s thanks to someone who always shows strong power and overwhelming ability in front of me, and constantly carries out his own justice.

It wasn’t until I saw the sword in person that I could figure it out.

Conrad-senpai was a person who knew how to handle various yet powerful powers more than anyone I’ve ever met.

Even when he rescued me from our first meeting before entering school, when he killed the Apostle of the Dark Church at Cherryfield Nursery School, and when my grades were manipulated by Professor Wolf.

He was a man who never hesitated to use that power to enforce his own justice.

I, who constantly watched Conrad-senpai from the side, was confused because I didn’t know what feelings I had for you.

Now it seems that I have finally found out the identity of my feelings for you.

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My wish that the ceiling of the church would appear when I first opened my eyes was unfortunately only half fulfilled.

Because, the moment I first opened my eyes, Saint Clare’s face was covering about half of my vision.

Saint Clare’s expression, which at first seemed to be looking at someone who was worried, seemed to change to an emotion similar to anger little by little after I came to my senses.

After two days, when my body started to recover, she started shooting at me with accumulated resentment in earnest.

“I’m crazy, crazy! How can a human body come in such a mess?!”

Seeing these words come out of Saint Clare’s mouth, who treats minor wounds without difficulty, it seems that the wound I received was one of the most serious.

Even anti-death magic wasn’t all-powerful, it was just something that allowed the body to sustain itself even when it suffered fatal wounds.

It was understandable for her to be concerned, since there would be no point in preventing death or anything if not treated properly while the body was holding onto the soul.

“In the first semester evaluation match, it seemed like he finished the evaluation match without getting hurt. Now, just by looking at his body, I don’t even know if he’s human or undead. There is no middle ground for you?!”

“I, saintess… . My head is ringing… .”

“I told you to cry?!”

“And that left arm… . I haven’t been injured in a while, so it still hurts… .”

“He said he was sick!!”

“Ah, ah, ah!”

Every time I applied divine power to a bone in my arm that had been almost numb, a strange, unbearable pain hit me in the left arm.

In fact, I wonder if there is a part that doesn’t hurt, not just the left arm.

Saint Claire was persistently harassing me, especially the part where my wounds were the most painful and painful.

It was inevitable that the moan I had been holding back would spontaneously come out of my mouth.

“I heard that sparring with Stella is part of friendship! Originally, do nobles prove friendship in this way? I thought we were fighting enemies of some family!”

“Calm down, Lady Claire. No one is actually dead.”

“be quiet!”

“Ah, ah, ah!!”

Perhaps she said something for nothing, but the pressure from Saint Clair pressing on her arm intensified.

I never thought I would feel the pain I didn’t feel because I was concentrating during the evaluation match this way.

Of course, even though it hurt, it was the pain that accompanied the process of healing the wound, and as evidence of that, every part her hand touched was rapidly recovering.

That fact didn’t negate the fact that I was in pain right now.

“I’m glad you won.”

“Yeah?”

“In the evaluation match, Mr. Conrad won, right?”

From hearing the words that came out of Saint Clare’s mouth inadvertently, it seems that she probably wanted me to win the evaluation match.

“Did you cheer me on?”

“Because I’ve known Mr. Conrad longer than Mr. Stella, and we’ve been through more things together.

… And I don’t know what will happen if that wish or all goes into that lady’s hands now.”

“Yeah?”

“I didn’t say anything.”

Saint Claire, who muttered behind her back with a serious expression, rummaged through the pockets of her priestly clothes.

Soon, he took out something shiny and silver and showed it in front of me.

“If I had known this would happen, I would have told it a little sooner.”

The silver cross necklace St. Claire showed me was strangely full of divine power, and I could feel the divine protection.

“It seems like something I’ve seen somewhere before.”

“Have you cleaned up the ruins with me half a year ago? It’s a holy relic that was recovered at that time.”

“Come to think of it, there were things you took with you as proof that you were purified.”

“At last, the consecration of the holy relic was completed. I even discovered the ability of the Holy Spirit that was hidden.

The protection of this necklace hangs. If Mr. Conrad goes somewhere like this time and acts as if he gave up his life, I will protect him at least once without condition.”

I carefully asked Saint Clare, who spoke as if she would give me the precious holy relic, if that was okay.

“Can you give me something so precious?”

“It was an item that could not have been retrieved had Mr. Conrad not stepped forward and cleaned the site in the first place.

The Orthodox Church has something to say about taking out the holy relics, but… . They talk about what they want to talk about.”

After saying that, Saint Clare stood up from her seat and suddenly thrust her chest into my face.

Naturally, I was taken aback by the gesture and questioned her behavior.

“Saint? What are you doing?”

“Stay still. I will fill you up.”

“I can fill it myself without bothering you, Lady Claire.”

“Are you still unable to raise your left arm properly?”

“Couldn’t you fill it up later instead of now?”

“It’s noisy. If you don’t fill it now, I’m worried that you’re going to risk your life somewhere else.”

Around the time Saint Clare was struggling in front of my face with a burdensome body.

Suddenly, as soon as the door to the hospital room opened, other familiar faces appeared from behind the door.

“Conrad, how are you feeling?!”

“Have you entered a period of recovery? Junior Konrad has a knack for worrying others… .”

It’s a problem that it appeared in such a misunderstood situation.

“Oh, Saint Clare? What are you doing to Conrad now!”

“It’s not enough to spend the two of us alone in a room using the treatment of junior Konrad as an excuse, can we consider that clearly crossing the line?”

“… How did you get in? I must have said that Mr. Conrad is restricted from visiting because of intensive care.”

“Don’t lie! I asked another priest and he said that the intensive care period was over yesterday!”

“Are you going to cover the sky with your palm, Junior Claire?”

“… … Chet.”

Saint Claire rolled her eyes once from an angle where Lulu and Xian-senpai couldn’t see, then started talking to the two with a shameless expression.

“Since I was so focused on treatment, I didn’t even realize the time was passing. It happened because I was treating Mr. Conrad, so you understand?”

“Then what was that thing that just pushed itself right into Conrad’s face!”

“I don’t know what you are misunderstanding. I just filled the necklace on behalf of Mr. Conrad, who is sick, but is there any problem?”

“Is that really all there is to it? I think it was a move that clearly felt selfishness, junior Claire.”

“Do you have any selfishness? It’s my selfish desire that Mr. Conrad goes somewhere and returns unscathed.”

Why do these days, whenever we run into each other in private, it always goes like this.

It was necessary to quickly move the topic to another side in order to prevent a protracted argument from causing discord within the party.

“By the way, can both of you come visit me? What about Stella?”

“If you’re Stella’s junior, you don’t have to worry about that, Conrad’s junior.”

“Yeah?”

“Stella is recovering quickly, so she was already discharged yesterday. Conrad, you know, his body is strong.”

Even though he was so battered, he woke up in two days and was discharged.

It was a blessed body that could only be seen as fraudulent.

“Mo, are you feeling better, Senior Conrad?”

I heard that even the dragon will come when I say it.

Stella, who had recovered and woke up before me, immediately visited me to check on my physical condition as soon as my visit restrictions were over.

With the fruit basket that is the symbol of a hospital visit.

“not bad. My body still throbs a bit. At this rate, it will be all right within a few days.”

“I’m sorry, Senior Conrad! I lost my temper and fought with all my heart… .”

“There is no one who sincerely apologizes for fighting in the evaluation match. Rather, if I hadn’t fought properly and seriously, I would have been angry first.”

“Still, if you look at the cause, the Dalian application I gave you is a problem… .”

“It doesn’t matter because I did too. Don’t worry about any of that.”

Even with my consolation, the core of his heart was hardly resolved.

Stella kept her head down and seldom made eye contact with me.

The moment I put my right hand on Stella’s head to comfort Stella’s mood a little.

“Hiyaaa”

As soon as I touched the top of her head, Stella’s body jumped out of place.

With a very cute cry that I have never heard before.

“Sorry, you don’t like having your hair touched that much.”

It was a method I had used many times to appease her in my previous life.

The current Stella seemed to have a reluctance towards that sort of thing.

“Oh no!”

“yes?”

“It’s not that it’s bad for Senior Konrad to touch your hair, but if you insist on it, it’s the opposite.”

“yes? Does that mean you like it?”

“Joe, Joe, good, good, good… .”

Stella suddenly started moving like a broken toy, repeating the same syllable.

“sorry! I’m going to get some fresh air!”

I ran out of the hospital room thoroughly covering my face so I couldn’t see it.

“Wait a minute, Mr. Stella! You can’t run in the hallways of the church!”

Looking at the door to the hospital room where she ran out like a storm, I had no choice but to fall into quiet trouble for a while.

I couldn’t even fathom the reason for Stella’s sudden change of attitude.