109 – Saint (2)
“…… “
Cold. And cold.
At the same time, it is so sharp that it hurts.
That kind of look in your eyes.
This was Yurika’s first thought when looking at Pope Petra.
Her heart aches.
I feel the pain as the core in my heart becomes a sharp thorn and moves uncontrollably.
Yurika, realizing that fact, laughed self-deprecatingly.
‘… ‘I have no conscience.’
She hurt so many people.
She sold out so many people.
I can’t believe I felt this much pain just because I received one glance.
Even when she thought about it herself, it was so absurd.
She slowly closes her eyes.
‘…… Let’s accept it. ‘Yurika.’
I already know the truth about everything.
It has been a long time since it became clear why she did what she did.
How could you not know?
There were so many drugs everywhere in the room.
The evidence would be overwhelming.
She exhales lightly.
That’s it.
Now she will soon be dragged to the guillotine and subjected to all kinds of cruel humiliation, and her head will be cut off.
Her whole body was shaking without realizing it.
In the rising fear.
Ironically, she felt a sense of relief.
‘… ‘Good.’
Yurika thought with a faint smile.
She said it was already difficult for her to hold on any longer.
She suffered great repercussions from not being able to provide proper medicine.
The most embarrassing thing was the voice of the ‘black sheep’ that always rang in her head.
The tone, which was just a whisper, has now become strong enough to convey the syllables clearly.
Her will was eating away at her day by day, driving her increasingly crazy.
‘… And… ‘
She could no longer turn her eyes to the guilt she had tried so hard to ignore.
It was now difficult for her to bear her own ugliness as she calmly committed crimes, reminding herself that she was a witch.
Even now, when I dream, people pouring in with resentment.
The dead rise from beneath her feet, grab her, and pull her to the depths of hell.
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Then she wakes up from her dream in a cold sweat and panting.
Add the medicine.
Go back to sleep.
It happens again…
Such a vicious cycle.
She was finally able to be liberated.
Yurika lowered her head and opened her mouth softly but firmly.
“…… Please kill me.”
“……… “
Petra, who stood silently, did not say anything for a while.
A short time, like an eternity.
After sending out the paladin who was guarding her, she slowly approached Yurika.
And.
Wow!
I hugged him tightly.
“…… !”
Yurika’s eyes widen and she opens her mouth.
“…… Pope… sir?”
“… I’m sorry.”
Sudden content.
Before I could even wonder, Petra’s words continued.
“… Sorry. Yurika… sorry. Sorry… I found out too late. For showing up too late. I found out too late… “I’m truly sorry.”
“…… “
Maybe it was because she didn’t know if she would ever hear an apology.
Yurika felt her embarrassment and her barely suppressed emotions welling up at the same time.
Her pure heart overflows from when she was a cadet and when she was a saint.
Yurika’s eyes became cloudy before she knew it.
With tears streaming down her face, she holds Petra and cries silently.
However, his complexion hardened when he heard a coughing sound shortly afterwards.
“… !? Church, Pope?”
“Cough…” Cough!”
Petra covered her cough with her hand and carefully wiped away the black blood flowing from the corner of her mouth.
She then carefully grabbed Yurika’s trembling shoulder.
“… No way, due to the demon’s curse… ?”
“That’s not the point. Listen carefully. Yurika. “Our church recently found out the location of the 4th and 5th places in Yukma Station.”
“… Yes… ? What is that all of a sudden… ?!”
“I think you all know that the existence of Yukma Yeokcheon is surrounded and protected by countless relatives.”
She nods her head.
That’s why subjugating Yukma Station is difficult.
Because it was the reason countless people sacrificed themselves in a war of attrition.
“But recently… Was there a big discord between the two? Each other’s power was greatly reduced. Thanks to that, we miraculously succeeded in finding the location despite the sacrifice of the scouting team.”
“… Well, then, tell the hero right now… “
Petra shook her head resolutely.
“The current warrior is too weak. For her unprepared face, facing the Demon Lord will most likely cost her her life. But she can’t let go of the Demon Lord like this. “Now may be our only chance to defeat one of them.”
“…… “
A coldly accurate assessment.
As Pope Petra said, the warrior Erina was not properly prepared.
And this is to put it another way.
Her saintess, Yurika, who was to serve her, was also said to be unqualified.
“For the greater good, 4th place. You must defeat the messenger of Pianhua. An entity that transforms countless citizens into vampires and turns them into demons and servants. “Now that the huge organization called the Association has fallen into her hands, the most appropriate option is to prioritize subjugation.”
4Th place. The messenger of Pianhua.
One of the demon lords who came from ‘outside’.
Commonly known as true ancestors, vampires, blood empresses, etc.
Image and power of a vampire A powerful being capable of anything.
The biggest reason why humanity is currently unable to use evil spirits is because of her existence.
With a single gesture, the air turned blood red.
Because she possessed the power of Imae Mangryang (魑魅魍魎), which turns the dead into contagious people just by contact with the air, an all-out war was virtually impossible.
So if it is possible to destroy the 4th place.
Inevitably, the future situation would be very favorable to the heroes.
“… But I’m in 5th place. “We will head to where the black sheep is.”
“…… ! Uh, why… “
With a sad smile on her lips, Petra slowly stroked Yurika’s forehead.
“… “It’s painful, isn’t it?”
“…… !”
“The voice of the black sheep… “I know very well that it is still gnawing at you.”
“…… “
Petra barely swallowed the welling tears and wiped Yurika’s thin face.
And then he placed a small kiss on my forehead.
I was momentarily taken aback by the sudden action.
“… !”
Yurika swallowed a sigh of relief as her body suddenly stopped listening to her.
Sharp! Consciousness becomes blurred.
No way… Is it the power of sacred law that she doesn’t know about? ?
“Church, Pope… sir… !”
“My dear Yurika. These are my last words to you.”
Dear daughter.
Please… Please live.
An echo filled with regret spreads through the warm voice.
With those last words in her fading consciousness, Yurika lowered her head.
*
A few days later.
“…… “
Yurika got down on her knees and carefully swept down the tombstone in front of her.
Her tombstone contains the Holy Knights sacrificed in the Holy Temple… Pope Petra’s name was written on it.
“…… “
I stare blankly at the tombstone.
I can hear the voices of distinguished guests who have come to say hello to me.
-Thanks to the Pope, I have finally defeated one of the great evils.-
-Clearly the 5th black sheep… Was it? I heard that it’s a creature that is influenced by emotions… –
-There is also a saying that he is a devil who lives in an illusion without a body. One thing is certain… Regardless of the power it possesses, there is no doubt that it is a difficult being. –
-… By the way, the punishment for the saint… How… –
-What are you talking about? Didn’t the church reveal that everything was a sham?
That’s right.
Surprisingly, all of Yurika’s sins had long since been overcome.
Even Yurika herself didn’t know what happened to her.
Just… One can only guess that Petra had her hand in it.
A little more time passes.
The cemetery, which had been noisy for a while, soon had only one Yurika left.
She stayed silent and then took out a letter from her arms.
The nun who transferred her gave it to her in tears… It was the Pope’s will.
Flutter flutter-.
Carefully unfold the neatly folded paper and read.
‘…… ‘
There wasn’t much of a story.
Like a diary.
Such low-key daily stories make up most of them.
-… I still remember it. A cold winter day. I was taken aback by the sound of a newborn baby crying, and that was when I met you for the first time.
-As soon as I saw her, I realized that she had been abandoned by her parents. A silver-haired baby wrapped in a cloth. The moment you held it in your arms, you let out a surprisingly powerful sound. A voice crying as if asking for help. I immediately realized that this was a miracle bestowed upon me.
The story of my childhood, which I no longer remember, continues.
The story is that he hated green peppers so much that he had a hard time running away and saying ‘Puuu!’ To avoid eating them.
The story of a man who secretly ran away during worship time and got scolded for playing at the playground.
‘… I was like this.’
I smiled sadly as the memories welled up again and again.
Before you know it, the letter rushes towards the end.
‘…… !’
I soon stop at the last phrase.
-Goddess Irelua. As the Pope, I will bear all of the saint’s sins.
-You can burn in hell for eternity. I will calmly accept endless torture. –
-So please… Please forgive my daughter. Please, Yurika, that child… Please save me.-
Suddenly. Pop.
Tear marks spread across the letter.
Yurika, desperately holding on to her letter, slowly lowered her body and burst into tears.
Pope Petra.
And the Knights of Irelua.
Thanks to their sacrifice.
Yurika was barely able to escape from the demon’s spell.
*
But unfortunately, Petra’s sacrifice was like that.
Completely different from what I had hoped.
On the contrary, it drove Yurika even further into hell.
“… Hmm… ah.”
I hold on to my shaking arm.
I carefully inserted the syringe into my forearm, which had a lot of bruises.
The injected drug barely helps him regain his senses.
Without medicine, Yurika has already fallen into a state where she cannot even carry out simple daily activities.
‘… Rather… ‘
I would rather die.
I would have rather given up.
It shouldn’t be this painful.
Gurgling.
Tears filled with despair flow from Yurika’s eyes.
It was painful.
It was difficult.
I wanted to die right away.
However, I could not die.
Instinct for survival.
Your will.
It’s not even the power of a saint.
-Please… Please live.-
A word from my precious mother, Petra.
She has become a curse and she has oppressed herself.
Bows down in pain.
Yurika, who cried endlessly, forced herself to continue her ugly and miserable life.
*
Time passes.
Countless sacrifices occur.
Yuen Joun has become a completely different person.
Her brain was injured and Seol Garam was forced to reveal her emotions and implanted her with a forebrain.
The hero Erina has completely lost her human heart, emotions, and humanity.
Lastly, to the witch Yurika.
Just ghosts who live because they cannot die.
A piece of meat that moves just to defeat evil.
This was the truth about the warrior party revered as heroes by the people.
I can count the days I have had a proper rest as I head to the battlefield.
Not much is said even when someone dies.
It was a day when such a life continued.
“… “What did you say just now?”
“Ahahahaha! This! The person who is a saint is deaf. “You’re still young, so it’s impossible for you to have hearing loss-“
Puck!
Yurika hit the head of the man who was talking nonsense in front of her.
The man who fell down, shouting ‘Kkuwaek!’, Jumped up like a roly-poly, shouting ‘Wahhahahaha!’ As if he was okay with it.
Dressed casually.
The middle-aged man, who appeared to be in his early 40s, was a scientist and researcher who was considered one of the elite among the surviving humans.
‘… Did you say he was ROGUE’s top engineer?’
This is probably a good thing.
His priority was to check whether the story he heard was true.
“Really… My addiction symptoms… “You can stop it?”
“Ahahahaha! “You’re interpreting it in a way that sounds too good!”
The man shrugged his shoulders and said ‘No~’ and continued to give an accurate explanation.
“It is a substitute. The saint’s addiction symptoms have reached a point where they can no longer be deciphered. That is why it is said that it causes dependence on other drugs. So to speak, can we say that he is Admiral Lee? Hmm? Is not it. As expected, it’s too poor-“
“-That’s it. “Well, how on earth is that possible?”
The scientist grinned and said, ‘I have something to show you,’ and took her steps forward.
Yurika carefully followed behind him.
Soon, the scientist stopped in a huge laboratory, pointed beyond the glass window, and struck a pose saying ‘Ta-da~’.
“Do you see that?”
“…… “
There was an ordinary looking coat there.
And a sword with unique initials engraved on it.
Finally… Parts of the human body structure that appeared to be artificially created were on display.
