ALL NOVEL chapter 11
11 – 011: Loop Top Korean
The ground approaches.
Jumping out of a running carriage requires considerable courage, but compared to what lingered inside that carriage, it was nothing.
The carriage, saturated with the foul stench of an intolerable virgin even for me, known for my leniency, was nothing short of hell.
If I stayed in the carriage a moment longer, my body and even my soul would be engulfed by the wretched stench, so instinctively, I fled.
And here is the result. Without a hint of hesitation, I find myself facing the ground.
The fact that I jumped out of the carriage without throwing Penny away was evidence of my generosity towards the virgin.
If it weren’t for me in this position, after punishing her, the body would be thrown outside, and the head would be hung on the carriage to show the disdain of the puritanical executioner was certain.
But I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t endure the stench of the virgin and simply jumped out of the carriage.
My own sweetness, sweeter than cotton candy, is resentful.
I will die soon, but I have no regrets.
In this short and thick life, if I can escape from this world with the stench of the virgin, any death will be a relief.
“Come on!!! Sweet death!!!”
Face and ground collide. After the body, in contact with the ground, rotates several times, a sharp pain as if the body is being thrown off is felt.
“Hi-i-i-ing!!! (Experience Points: 5 creatures)”
The horse screams, probably trampled by the horse. Soon after, an unfamiliar pressure, never experienced before, is felt on the body.
It must be the shape of the carriage. Anyway, whether I die under the horse or under the carriage, it doesn’t matter.
“The hero jumped out of the carriage!!! (Experience Points: 7 people)”
“He was trampled by the horse!! And on the carriage too!!! (Experience Points: 5 people)”
Hmm… as I expected, it seems. Several knights shook my body while making a fuss.
As if trying to confirm if I’m conscious, I frowned and said.
“Don’t, don’t make a fuss. Inconsiderate bastards… If you wanted to live, you shouldn’t have jumped in the first place!!”
“He jumped out?! Why…!! (Experience Points: 5 people)”
“Rain, the smell of a virgin slut! I couldn’t stand it…!!!”
This may become my last will, but I have no regrets. If a hero dies in such a miserable way, surely there’s something the people of this world will come to realize.
Devoting this body, I hope to impart the preciousness of purity to this world.
Of course, I’m not someone who discriminates between virgins and non-virgins, but there’s no doubt about it.
If the goddess pities me, please let me be born in a world without genitals in my next life.
If humans are nothing more than beings born from trees, fed by the dew, then that’s sufficient.
“….”
Sensing death slowly approaching, I closed my eyes.
But no matter how long I waited, the dreaded death didn’t crawl up from below to strangle my neck.
Just before death, in the vivid screams and the shaking impact, I opened my eyes.
“…What the hell?”
I slowly rose. My body ached here and there, but it wasn’t to the extent of being unable to get up.
I checked for injuries by feeling my body with my hands, but aside from minor scratches and bruises, there was nothing wrong with my body.
Why, though? Shouldn’t the shock have broken bones and torn flesh if I were an ordinary person?
“Why am I alive?”
There was no one to answer even the question that baffled me, the one involved.
“…Seems like my body got enhanced by sacred power. (Experience Points: 4)”
Surprisingly, it appeared soon enough.
*****
Due to a trivial accident where I leaped from the carriage, the procession halted, and it seemed we would stay here tonight.
The blond priest who had come from the rear to where I was standing, along with Rass, spoke to me.
“Sir, you are currently filled with sacred power. That’s why your body was protected by it, allowing you to come out unscathed. (Experience Points: 4)”
“What does that mean?”
“…A power different from mana that imbues the bodies of priests who believe in the gods. That’s sacred power. (Experience Points: 4)”
It’s said that the more one engages in acts upholding the virtues revered by the god they worship, the stronger their sacred power becomes.
I’m a warrior of the goddess of purity, so logically, I should strengthen by performing acts that uphold purity. But no matter how much I pondered, I had no such memories.
If anything, shouldn’t my strength be weaker, being lenient towards non-virgins?
Before I could pose that question, Rass asked the priest.
“Yuria… But the sir didn’t use any miracles, did he? (Experience Points: 17)”
“Even without using miracles, because the sacred power naturally emitted from his body, it enveloped him, preventing any harm. (Experience Points: 4)”
“Am I hurt?”
“…If jumping off a carriage results in injuries of this degree, then being unhurt is no different. (Experience points: 4)”
Yuria speculated that my injuries from hitting my head on the wall, despite possessing such strength, were due to depleting all my divine power in the manifestation of growth.
“…Divine power naturally emitted from the body? What nonsense is this… (Experience points: 17)”
“But it’s true. Perhaps we underestimated our hero too much. (Experience points: 4)”
“Yeah, you guys did underestimate me. In fact, you’re still underestimating me right now. How ridiculous is it to claim you underestimated me when I’m right in front of you?”
“Well… Why did the hero throw himself off the carriage? Even if it was lucky, it could have been fatal! (Experience points: 1)”
“I couldn’t stand it.”
“What on earth… (Experience points: 17)”
“If I hadn’t jumped off that carriage, not only my body but also my soul would have been tainted with the stench of filthy rags, wandering the mortal realm for a lifetime.”
“…What? What does that mean… (Experience points: 17)”
“Because I couldn’t stand the stench of filthy rag water, I thought it would be better to die. I had been standing there for quite a while, but the king didn’t say a word?”
At that, a knight stepped forward with a troubled expression.
“…I reported this matter to His Majesty. Upon hearing it, His Majesty got angry and said, ‘Anyway, do whatever you want, even if it’s to the king.’ (Experience points: 6)”
“He just said ‘do whatever you want’? Nothing else?”
“…His Majesty is a vulgar man. He cursed you enough to take your breath away, but other than that, he said nothing.”
“Even if he’s such a person, is it comforting to be considered his lord? Sharp glances flew from various places, as if wondering if even such a person would be a comfort to their lord.
“Anyway, I understand. I’ll live there from now on.”
As I pointed, Las, who looked in that direction, nodded. Not only Las, but everyone looked at me as if wondering what I was talking about.
“Hero… Why are you pointing to the princess’s carriage? Surely you’re not planning to drive the princess away… (Experience points: 17)”
“Why do you make such eyes? You seem to be misunderstanding something.”
To correct their misunderstanding, I raised my finger a little higher.
However, even though I explained so kindly, no one understood, so I moved my steps and conveyed my intention directly.
“No, why are you going up there…!! (Experience points: 17)”
“I’ll be staying here.”
Having climbed up, I placed my feet on the carriage wheel, pressed against the wall of the carriage, and settled on the roof of the carriage.
It was a compromise since the distance was too far to walk, and I couldn’t ride in the carriage.
“Ugh… The night breeze is cold.”
Was it because I climbed up? Or was it due to the season? The night breeze felt unusually chilly.
“Hey, someone bring a sleeping bag and a blanket. Even if you don’t have one, bring something to use.”
“…… (Experience Points: 17)”
“Why are you just standing there staring blankly? Move!”
*****
“Crazy bastard….”
A low, barely audible voice, short enough not to be heard by anyone, mixed with the night air and vanished along with the wind that blew from somewhere.
It was long known that the knight of purity had significant mental issues, but this was going too far.
Even if one hated non-virgins, throwing oneself out of a moving carriage with a body no different from an ordinary person was practically suicidal. No, throwing oneself with the intention to die was undoubtedly suicide.
‘Is not tolerating anything other than virginity to that extent? Or…’
Just before a question that had sprouted in Rass’s chest could take a definite form, his body froze at a voice coming from not far away.
“Hey, what’s wrong with that crazy guy? Jumping out of the carriage because he hates non-virgins?”
“Don’t know? Those guys who believe in the purity god always have something wrong with their heads.”
“No, even if that’s true… Or maybe Princess Penny is unexpectedly…”
“Do you want the crazy guy to run away?! Someone might be listening here…”
The knight, responding to the listener’s hint, hastily stopped talking, but the words had already entered Rass’s ears a long time ago.
The relationship between Penny and Rass was long. They had secretly been together since their time as students in the academy, a period that must have been well over five years.
Naturally, it was Rass who took her virginity, and the blood that flowed on the bed that night proved it.
So Penny should not have been with another man. It was definitely the case, so why does the knight harbor such intense hatred towards Penny?
Is there anyone who would preserve their virginity until that age? Even if Penny is royalty, if she only has one partner, isn’t it unreasonable to make an issue out of it?
‘Or maybe, could it be someone else besides me…’
Rass wasn’t the only one who thought that way. Not just him, but other knights were also approaching the obvious conclusion that anyone, except those adorned with a headpiece, could reach.