155 – Lost Lamb (03)

The trigger was a word that Dauna gave me out of nowhere.

A small piece of advice that since ancient times, naming a name is an act that holds great value both masochistically and theologically.

So I tried to put a name on the chain that had manifested in me, and then the chain, which was like an angry wild horse, followed my words like a docile sheep.

Downa complained harshly about the lack of such a corny name, but honestly, ‘Bell’ was much better than Downa’s ‘Judgement Chain’.

You’re cute. drops. It also looked a bit like a rattlesnake.

”You bastard! Won’t you release this right away!? Do you know who I am!? Do you know who it is!”

Even while his whole body was tightly bound with chains, the man did not rest his mouth for a moment.

If you want to let people know where you live and who you live in, you won’t scream and carry your resident registration card.

I don’t even know what the scoundrels think.

”You were very sick. I’ll make you better right now.”

”Ugh…”

”You son of a bitch! Can’t you hear me now!? Solve this immediately… La… Go…”

Ignoring the trivial noise and concentrating on healing, the man suddenly blurted out his words.

A look of astonishment was evident from the clumsy speech of the man, who had languished like spoiled cheese.

I could easily guess why he reacted like that.

Right now, I was healing without a single prayer, and even more so, without even having a decent catalyst to extract divine power from.

”No, that’s nonsense…”

The man’s frightened expression resembled mine just a while ago, giving me a strange feeling of closeness, but that didn’t ease my dislike for him.

”Uh, uh…?”

”While I was fixing it, I also treated the cavities in my mouth and the bad parts of my bones and intestines. From now on, do not pick up and eat spoiled food, and be careful under your feet so that you do not accidentally step on shards of glass on the floor. You know?”

”Uh, that, that’s…”

”You have to answer.”

”Ah, yes, yes!”

Immediately after hearing that clear answer, after carefully reconfirming the child’s physical condition with the naked eye, a sense of relief began to sprout in my heart.

After the last day of the Bestowal Ceremony, I was able to perform miracles without catalysts and chanting, and it had been a long time since I had painfully realized through dozens of cross-checks that there was nothing superfluous about that healing power.

Perhaps because of a habit that has been ingrained in my body for decades, it was inevitable that whenever I prayed without catalysts and chants, I felt something strange every time.

”Okay, take this.”

”Uh, this, this…!”

The bright eyes that were watching me widened beautifully.

The reaction was so cute that I inadvertently let out a laugh.

What I handed to the child was a small piece of chocolate that I had kept for a treat.

In a world outside the islands where only dried grains and wild honey were the only sweet foods, it was a luxury among luxuries that poor commoners could not even afford to see in their lifetime.

The sight of a child who was born and raised in an orphanage, claiming that he had ever eaten chocolate, suddenly rose to stardom is still vivid in my eyes.

Well, it turned out to be a lie later on.

”Don’t think about saving money and eat it all right here. Chocolate is easily perishable. You know? And from now on, it’s better to target food that doesn’t leave a shape than money. It’s easy to dump money when exchanging money and it’s difficult to keep it, but food is enough once you put it in your mouth.”

”Yes, Neet!”

After that, the expression of the child who stuffed the chocolate into his mouth like a hungry hamster overflowed with vitality.

Teaching you the tricks of stealing when admonishing you for stealing would not be enough.

Even if he was criticized for dishonoring the priest’s name, there was no right thing to say.

However, the shame that my actions were shameful did not spring up at all.

In this cruel world, if you live by the rules faithfully, there are people who can’t even get a meal today, and the board is set up so that it is impossible to live by doing the right thing in the first place.

”You dare to stand up for heinous evil with the position of serving God’s will! I remember your face clearly! wait and see! I’ll hand you over to the Inquisition before long!”

The man who had been rolling on the floor in silence threatened me because he wanted it to be this time.

The spirit in the words was quite good, but the appearance was so bad. It was to no avail.

”thank you! Uncle priest!”

”Bye, don’t say anything.”

Mister. Thoughts fluctuated for a moment at the words that fiercely reminded me of an unforgettable day, but I quickly made up my mind and saw the child off.

”Keugh! Damn it! What the hell is this chain!?”

Clash! Clash!

Looking back at the child who was disappearing in the distance, the man burst into rage and struggled.

There was no fear of loosening the restraints.

Because our bell boasts a level of strength that can’t be easily cut off unless you have the strength of the warrior or the victor.

So there was only one task given to me now.

The number of cases in which this man will hold a grudge against this incident and retaliate. to explore that possibility.

If such an arrow of vengeance was directed at me, such worry was unnecessary, but if his gaze was directed at the child, not at me.

I had the duty and responsibility to prevent such a situation beforehand.

thump thump.

In preparation for the violent movement, I warmed up for a while.

Perhaps it was because of the brutal work in front of me that was not in line with my temper, but I was already feeling sick.

”What, what! What! Why are you looking at me like that!?”

Did he intuit an ominous future from my questionable behavior?

Suddenly, the man started pouring out words in a nervous tone without a chance to catch his breath.

”Huh, you’d better not think of anything nonsense! Because I am acquainted with many of the high-ranking priests who have also attended the blessing ceremony! A baseless priest like you can be sent to hell with just one letter! Know!? What’s more, my uncle has a reputation as a high-ranking cleric who even had a meal with the saintess’s exclusive guardian priest! If you know, solve this right away-”

”Hey, how much can you use your prayers in a day?”

”····What?”

The man, dumbfounded by my sudden question that cut his words into pieces, expressed his doubts with his whole body.

”What the hell is that…”

”Please answer the question. How many times can you pray in a day?”

”····Glause!”

It was a shabby sentence that didn’t even feel a hint of coercion, but judging from the man’s frightened reaction, there was no doubt that I was seen as a fairly threatening person in his eyes.

How long did the uncomfortable silence that took your breath away last?

Before long, the man stuttered and opened his mouth.

”Ha, about three times a day…”

”Is that so…”

You really were a priest.

I knew it in my head, but after calmly accepting the reality that I wanted to deny in my heart, I let out all the heavy breaths I had been holding back.

It wasn’t an impersonation or a pseudonym.

A real clergyman who was allowed to use divine powers from the main god was the author who beat that delicate child mercilessly until he reached that point.

fast.

”Then you won’t die even if you get beaten to death about three times. Right?”

”····Yes?”

It wasn’t long after that that the savage melodies that broke flesh and bones resonated for a while in the dark streets where people’s eyes were hard to reach.

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”Woo-wook…”

I thought it was fortunate that I hadn’t had a hearty breakfast.

If I had done that with a full stomach, I would have vomited all of my precious daily bread on the floor.

Apis’ advice that if you beat people a lot, you’ll get used to it sooner or later. The reliability contained in it plummeted again in me.

Rather than hitting someone, it was much better to just get hit.

It was a historic moment in which I realized once again how violent and reckless a human being was.

”Hero… I came a long way late for my appointment. You must have been very angry…”

Concerns came later.

Not too long ago, it would have been impossible to even imagine such an irrational scene of the hero being angry with me.

It was to the point where I could clearly picture in my head what kind of shameful act she would ask me to do.

It’s because I’ve just had skinship with the saintess. I basically lay down my usual anger first.

I heard that the search for clues to the holy sword was wasted, so the resentment stemming from such a failure must not be trivial.

If the sin of being late for the appointment is added to this…

gulp.

The saliva leaked in and out.

To the point where the urge to head back to a cozy lodging springs up.

But that was out of the question.

Because in this system, I was the only person who could calm the angry warrior.

I had to make up my mind.

Yeah, is it something you don’t know about?

If you’re lucky, you might end up sleeping together in the same bed like last time, or taking a bath together.

My easy expectations were shattered at the moment when I witnessed with my own eyes the figure of the warrior standing around like a mannequin at the meeting place.