Paladin in Dark Fantasy

Episode 18 .

Tegain opened the door to the office.

“Meet the saintess.”

There was Yuriel.

“long time no see. Even though I knew it was rude, I came here out of the blue. Please forgive me.”

She lowered her head slightly, and a few strands of her platinum hair ran down her white neckline.

Tegain gave a somewhat satisfied smile.

“Never mind. More than that, you grew up really beautifully. This Tegain is a young lady…, no. It seems like it was only yesterday that I met the saintess, but now that she has become such a beautiful lady, I feel the speed of time all over again. I’ve grown a lot in the meantime. hahahaha!”

He shook his head slowly as if it wasn’t Uriel.

“I still remember meeting you at the marquis’ house when I was an officer. The archbishop was and still is dignified. Are you rather younger?”

Tegain chuckled and waved his hand as if to dissuade the praise.

“I just want to thank you for remembering me. It must have been ten years. I should have visited you even after the ceremony was over, but after making excuses like this, I finally see you. Please forgive me.”

Yuriel drew a mischievous eye smile.

“is it so. Why don’t you come and visit me? The only person I know in Seonghwangguk is the Archbishop, but you made me feel lonely.”

“Oops! You still poke me under the guise of a joke.”

“I can’t believe it’s an ice cream. It’s a joke.”

Having said that, Yuriel looked at Aiden while drawing a thin arc.

“But, I sincerely want to say that I was a bit rude to the paladin over there.”

Tegain took a step out the door without noticing.

“hahahaha, I don’t know, but I think I have something to say. Have a conversation. I’m going to do some errands.”

“It wasn’t enough that he came suddenly, so how could he cause such a nuisance? My office…”

Aiden cut her off.

“I’m sorry, but saintess. May I ask you here?”

Tegain looked at Yuriel and nodded. seems to do that

“I have just been rejected by that friend, so I understand how you feel. Isn’t it a busy time for one? Especially if it was Sir Aiden. Don’t mind me, feel free to talk.”

Tegain bowed his head once and stepped out the door. Aiden was very satisfied with the archbishop’s kindness.

When that happened, Yuriel also gave up and sat down with Aiden.

“It’s really hard to have a conversation over and over again.”

“Forgive me. There have been many examples in the past.”

At the first meeting, I just said what I had to say and left, and at the installation ceremony, I left after receiving a blessing.

Since he had ignored the sent message several times, it was undeniable that it was a violation of etiquette.

“no. You must have had a situation too. I don’t know, but it’s because you always looked busy as if you were chasing something. just,”

A different color permeated Yuriel’s pupils. Iden swallowed his resolve.

“I couldn’t get rid of the feeling that you were reluctant or uncomfortable with me. If it’s purely my misunderstanding, I’m really sorry.”

Even telling a lie would have the opposite effect. The saintess’ mind’s eye penetrated her psychology, so it was better to tell the truth.

“There is no need to apologize.”

“… that means that.”

“Yes, sorry.”

A lonesome airflow passed over Yuriel’s expression. It was a familiar thing. Appearance, lineage, family, ability. It was because envy and jealousy always followed her, who was born with everything, and she was resistant to the hatred of others.

If it is different from usual,

Most of those who hated Uriel never showed their feelings outwardly. They wore masks and treated Uriel, and it was the same with Uriel.

However, Iden was different. Because he was the first person to say you were uncomfortable to his face.

“May I ask why?”

As for Iden, I couldn’t say I knew your mind.

It was Aiden’s prohibition, and it was in line with the reason why he couldn’t directly comment on the future development or fate of the characters in the world.

For example, the reason why Tegain couldn’t be told that the demon the Demonic Cult was trying to summon was Marticoras.

This was also the reason why he couldn’t tell Daryl a specific way to wash away the demon’s blood.

Had it not been for the ban, it would have been much easier.

In the end, Iden had to earn the trust of others and tell them to trust and follow him.

“There is no particular reason.”

lie. However, Yuriel did not ask any further. I can’t be bothered to tell the truth. At this point, Uriel was hiding his authority. No one will try to talk to Yuriel if the mind’s eye is revealed to the public. Uriel was well aware of that fact.

“······It must be really painful to be with someone who is uncomfortable. sorry.”

“There is nothing to be distressed about. It’s not that I hate the saintess.”

truth. Uriel had a slightly perplexed expression. If it’s not uncomfortable because I don’t like it, what the hell is the reason? I looked at Aiden, but I couldn’t find anything like a crush on the opposite s*x in his eyes.

Uriel was ashamed of himself for having such a doubt even for a moment, so he was silent for a moment.

“Are you done with what you want to say?”

“Oh, no. I had a question I wanted to ask you…”

Aiden looked at Yuriel, who was talking nonsense, with a slightly strange expression.

“Saintess, your complexion is not very good. If it’s not urgent, you can do it later.”

Uriel shook his head from side to side. He took a deep breath and returned to his calm state.

He looked at Iden with a serious expression.

“Sir Aiden, do you worship the sun god Vacheksar?”

Something to come has come. Aiden responded immediately without hesitation.

“I do not serve.”

Yuriel’s face froze. Paladin Iden has no faith. Among several hypotheses, one was confirmed.

“Oh, no. How is that…”

“There is no particular reason.”

lie.

Uriel’s head felt frozen. I put the questions together, but when it came to reality, my brain overloaded.

A lot of the common sense she believed in was broken.

Uriel barely opened his mouth.

“Sir, he said he would spread the teachings of God to me.”

It was the only truth among Aiden’s answers at the installation ceremony.

“Vacheksar’s teachings are correct. Build evil, help the weak, and do good. I believe everyone should follow that will.”

“Then isn’t it right to serve? While spreading the teachings of God, the body itself is unclean. That in itself is illogical.”

Aiden shook his head.

“It is not illogical. Have you ever believed that the values left by famous philosophers or great men were correct? Even if someone else’s teachings are applied to doing the good I believe in, the subject is only myself.”

“To be frank with you, you are saying that Vacheksar is also a philosopher or a great man. Is my understanding correct?”

Aiden nodded.

“you’re right. The cult considers Vacheksar to be an omnipotent and fair god. Of course the saintess would think so too.”

“Yes. All the people of the Empire will take it for granted.”

“However, the premise collapses from the beginning. God is omniscient, so why is this world full of suffering? Get out of the periphery. Village units are moaning in pain as they have been reduced to human farms. Is God, who knows all of this, condoning this?”

“How can we, mere creatures, know the will of God?”

“I knew you would say that. I just wonder where such blind faith comes from.”

“Priest, Valkyrie, Saint, Saint, Paladin. Don’t they all work miracles? Most of them, except sutra, build up faith and create miracles. It is faith toward Vacheksar.”

“A tribe that believes in a warrior god has a body that is beyond human. A group that worships the great sage creates an aberration equivalent to divine power. The race that regards the sea as the source of all things causes tidal waves and communicates with fish. Now, like this, the beings they believe in also bring miracles. Do you accept it as a god?”

As there are many religions in this world, the gods people believe in are also diverse.

Most of them believe that the being they worship is omnipotent and fair.

However, the gods call different values fundamental and spread them. Extremely, the god of warriors said that only martial was the source, and the great sage propagated that only intellect was right.

It was said that no one could do it. Then it wasn’t God.

That’s why humans bite and tear each other. Because each of them had to prove that the existence they believed in was God.

In normal cases, people who have been denied their faith raise their voice or avoid conversation with the other person.

However, Yuriel had a calm expression on her face.

Aiden knew why. It was because the opinions he spat out were difficult issues that Uriel was secretly conflicting with.

‘Why would an omnipotent God watch such a terrible world?’

‘Is this all an ordeal, and is it because of our lack of faith?’

‘Then what does God really want?’

‘Why did you bestow such pure divine power and great authority on me with such a heart?’

‘no. let’s pray Let go of thoughts and always worship God.’

In Yuriel’s eyes, it was as if Aiden was confronting such a question head-on.

Even so, he did not lose his divine power. The church taught that God does not respond to those who do not have faith.

What kind of existence is the paladin in front of me? A supernova that broke through the ordeal in two years. A paladin who turned the Order upside down from the first mission. The judge chosen by Blue Flames. A hero who subdued the demons recorded in the Bible.

It happened in just a few weeks.

No other great hero in the Bible has accomplished such a feat from the start.

Uriel opened his mouth very carefully.

“Is it true that you are carrying on all the wills that Bacheksar spread?”

Otherwise he wouldn’t be a hero in Bacheksar. The story he was writing was hardly a heroic epic.

“Not at all. Except for perdition and altruism, everything else is denied. The teaching of enslaving demihumans is disgusting. I only move on my own will.”

Yuriel’s pupils dilated.

Aiden’s declaration,

A person who does not serve God spreads the will of God and makes impossible achievements. Isn’t that the incarnation of Bacheksar?

And he covered up even the momentary possibility that Uriel had.

It was because Aiden was moving solely on his convictions and iron rules.

What Sim’s Eye judged to be true was only part of it.

What will the person who writes such a story be written about in the future?

Uriel laughed as if he was exhausted.

“Then, how the hell do you borrow the power of Bacheksar?”

The divine power emitted by Aiden was undoubtedly the same origin as the power used by the followers of the Balanches cult.

“I cannot tell you.”

Because there was a ban on it.

“However, we will resolve the various questions the saintess has in the near future. I will contact you separately, so please come to the place where I will inform you without anyone accompanying you.”

Aiden stood up.

“I really want to go. Holy lady, it was a good time.”

Aiden left the office, but Uriel stayed there for a while.

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She didn’t move until Tegain returned.

“Why is Aiden so alone?”

“He hurried away again first.”

“hahahaha, this is true.”