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Chapter 48
Chapter 48
Chapter 48
Simon heard the whole story from Pier.
Simon went unconscious as he received the attack flying towards Elizabeth instead of her, and Pier and Elizabeth formed a temporary alliance to face a common enemy, working together to capture the Priest. According to Pier, it was a very boring battle.
Let her down first.
Simon decided to listen to her story first.
Before dying from suffocation by the smoke from the bonfire, the priest came down from the ceiling and knelt, tied in a cobweb.
Thank you! Thank you! Uhuhuhuhuh! I was so scared!
Melting in tears, she looked as young as expected. She clearly looked like she was Simons age, or a year or two older.
I dont think its time to say thank you yet. Answer the questions that Ill be asking from now on.
Yes! Sniffle!
Are you a student of Efnel?
It was quite an important question. Kizen and Efnel were on an armistice, but they were definitely in a hostile relationship, and Simon letting her go could be a problem.
But she frantically shook her head and denied it.
D-Definitely not!
[Kuhehe! Youre lying from the first question.]
Pier grinned and pointed his greatsword at her. The priests face turned pale.
Im telling the truth! Please trust me!
[Stand.]
She jumped to her feet, terrified. Pier cut off her robe from bottom to top with his greatsword.
White legs were exposed through the cut robes, and a pure white skirt was visible. As it went to the top, you could see an outfit anyone would know.
Efnels school uniform made with Holy Shroud, said to surpass that of Kizens, armed with advanced defenses against dark magic.
Even the pattern of Efnel attached to the school uniform was exactly the same.
[Sly priests always lie through their teeth anyway.]
Elizabeth placed her hand on the priests shoulder and moved her tongue.
Hiek!
The priest shut her eyes tight.
[Theres no need to listen anymore. Lets kill her right now and continue our talk.]
Trust me! The truth is, I-I!
She blushed and lowered her head. She then gently bit her lip and opened her mouth carefully.
I was expelled from Efnel two years ago.
Hm?
So she wasnt a second-year? Simon blinked at her unexpected answer.
Pier and Elizabeth looked uninterested, but Simon had a reaction. She looked at Simon with desperate eyes.
Please trust me! I was indeed in Efnel for a while! However, Im just a mediocre commoner like anyone else and couldnt hold out in their 1st year, getting kicked out! Killing someone like me wont bring any benefit to Kizen!
Then why are you still wearing the uniform of Efnel? Im sure they retrieve it when someone gets expelled.
Her face turned even redder.
I-I impersonated. Them.
Impersonated?
Yes. Times were really tough back then, and I also couldn't accept the fact that I was kicked out of Efnel So I forged a fake student ID and school uniform, took missions, and made money as an Efnel student! Thats it!
Her expression contorted with shame and sorrow.
But I couldnt find any mission with rumors spreading in the Holy Federation so I took missions in the dangerous Dark Alliance
[Are you telling us to believe such an obvious lie?]
Elizabeth smirked at her and grabbed the hem of her top.
Elizabeth ripped her clothes as the girl looked up with a puzzled face.
Riiiip!
Kyaaaaaah!
She screamed and shrank back in surprise. Elizabeth frowned as she looked at the torn pieces of clothing in her hand.
[Its really nothing but fabric?]
The girl sobbed and lowered her head more.
Dont be too harsh on her.
Simon got up from his seat and moved toward her.
She shrank even more, turning her body away so that the torn part couldnt be seen.
Rustle.
Simon took off the robe he was wearing and covered her body.
Are you okay? Cover yourself with this.
Ah Thank you!
The priests eyes welled up with tears.
And
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Elizabeth, who was watching that, immediately felt a mixture of complex emotions.
Ill ask you again.
Simon returned to his seat at a leisurely pace and sat down.
First of all Hm. Whats your name?
It was a very kind tone.
She answered, quickly sitting on her knees, facing Simon.
I-Its Ellen Zile!
How did you get this mission?
Through a middleman that goes in and out of the border I was told that there was a high-paying job eliminating undead in the Dark Alliance.
Not a word of Simons interrogation could enter Elizabeths head.
Have you seen the Lord of Arnish?
Ah, yes! I heard the details of the mission from him.
Do you have any evidence to prove that you received the mission from the Lord? Like documents or down payments.
Everything was very annoying.
Simon treating the priest kindly.
The priest looking at Simon with interest and talking.
Purple petals were fluttering.
Elizabeth felt something overlapping between the two of them talking.
The memory was still clear. The image of man and woman whispering their love to each other in a field full of violets.
The man she once loved more than anyone, Richard Polentia.
The woman who stole such a man from her, Anna Cross.
It was like this at that time too. Elizabeth, who followed after Richard on a hunch, hid in the grass and witnessed the two of them hugging each other.
She saw the necromancer and the priest kissing each other.
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I thought I had forgotten it already.
This feeling This terrible thing called feeling was once again forming an eternal nightmare in her heart.
Okay, this should do.
Simon obtained the documents provided by the middleman, the down payment from the Lord, and even the forged Efnel student ID.
Ellen also didnt care about the money as long as she could save her life. Whatever it was, she just wanted to live.
[Boy. What are you going to use all that for?]
Im going to visit the Lord later.
Simon grinned.
I need to extort everything I can.
[Kuhahahaha! Very well, very well. As expected from Richards son!]
U-Uhm
Ellen carefully asked while reading Simons countenance,
Then, can I now
[Simon Polentia, was it?]
Elizabeth spoke, cutting off Ellen.
[Sure, Ill accept your offer to join the Legion.]
Simons eyes widened.
Really?
[Yes, but I have one condition.]
Her eyes gleamed fiercely.
[Suffocate that priest to death with your own hands. Right now.]
Ellens face turned pale.
[Thats my only condition.]
Simon raised his head and looked straight at Elizabeth.
As their eyes met, Elizabeth felt her heart beating rapidly.
He really looked like him.
That man
She thought it was going to be disgusting. The child born between Richard and the woman she didnt even want to mention.
But it wasnt.
That expressionless face made her heart race frantically.
It broke down the nightmares of the heart and made warm springs appear.
She couldnt understand her own feelings either.
Was it Richard again?
You couldnt forget him in the end?
Was hating him just words?
Dont you have pride or anything?
Half of him has that womans blood flowing, you know?
But.
Elizabeth wrenched her eyes closed.
She really didnt want to admit it, but
He was already irresistible to her.
Former Captain of the Spider Troops, Elizabeth.
Finally, Simons mouth opened.
Tell me why I have to strangle Ellen to death.
[Its to prove if I want to know if youre worthy of being my master.]
I know.
Simons voice was weighty.
Im asking why I have to prove my worth to you.
[What?]
You seem to be misunderstanding something.
Simon slowly rose from his seat.
Its true that you once belonged to my fathers Legion, but hes him, and Im me. Ill form the Legion with my own judgment and standards. But after observing you for a while, youre
Simons cold voice
Disqualified.
pierced her chest.
He broke her heart and set loose the nightmare of her feelings once more.
Even though youre undead, you have too many emotions in your thoughts. You dont even know whats important after being swayed by your emotions. What in the world can I prove by strangling that woman?
Her heart sank with the feeling of a guilty conscience.
It felt like she was naked.
Telling me to prove it must also be an excuse.
Youre just doing what you want to do. You want to manipulate me according to your impulsive and vulgar desires. I cant believe or trust you like that. Theres no value in an uneasing existence like you in my new Legion.
Simon turned his back.
Lets go back, Pier, Ellen.
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The moment she saw Simons back. Elizabeth almost unconsciously reached out her arm.
Looks like
Simons eyes as he glanced back were so cold.
We wasted our precious time.
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The night was getting late. Simon, who had gotten out of the abandoned castle, was heading to the Lords castle with Pier and Ellen.
[By the way, Boy.]
Said Pier.
[Are you really going to give up on Elizabeth? Her abilities are useful in many ways, you see.]
Hey, no way.
Answered Simon with a soft smile.
This is just fighting over dominance. It was inevitable in order to not be swayed by that obsessive Elizabeth. But for sure, shell have no choice but to come to me in the future.
The corners of Piers lips rose up.
[If so, dont tell me It was all part of your plan to get struck by that divine spear?]
No comment.
Pier giggled.
[This little kid Thinking of petty tricks just like your father! Kuhahaha!]
Ellen, who was furtively looking at Simon from the side, intervened.
Im sorry for that attack back then.
Its fine, Ellen. You didnt shoot it aiming at me anyways.
But is your wound really okay? Your chest was pierced by a divine spear
Simon said while touching his chest,
Im fine. Fortunately, I dont think the spear went right through my core.
Ah, thats a relief!
Actually, Simon didnt realize it, but the divine spear properly pierced the core.
Pier also saw it. He was going to rip both Elizabeth and the priest to pieces with the anger of losing the contractor, but when he checked the condition of Simons core, it was intact. The Legions contract was also unaffected.
It was something that couldnt happen with common sense, so even Pier had no choice but to think that, luckily, it didnt hit the core.
How mysterious.
No matter how much he thought about it, it made no sense.
Pier? What are you doing there on your own?
[Nothing. Im on my way.]