Chapter 131 – Wizard Board (3)

“What is this, why isn’t it opening again? “Is it broken?”
– President? Are you okay!?
“Yes, I’ll be leaving soon, so check the counter. That’s strange. This is a door that locks from the inside…”

I don’t know much about this man personally yet, but one thing is certain.
Lewis made no attempt to break down the door.
This is because the concession stand is so important.

What is it about this three-story wooden building that is so cherished?
Caroline tapped his shoulder as she took a long step forward.

“Hey, do you want me to come over here?”
“Wait. “The door is broken so I can’t get out.”
“That will be solved if you kiss me.”
“What?”

Louis looks back with puzzled eyes.
But Caroline shamelessly decided to go out.

“A while ago, while I was doing purification work at the graveside, a strange evil spirit became attached to me. “That’s what they did.”

I had no intention of saying that this was a revelation from the goddess.
No one in the world will believe that it is God’s will to seduce men.
It would be nice to reveal this and gain easier cooperation, but the Lewis she had seen so far seemed quite far from her faithful life.
Of course, in the process, she treated Hela, the goddess of light, as a ghost, but this level of blasphemy was normal for her.

‘If you tell me too much, you’ll give up on revelation.’

I don’t know why, but I guess the goddess must see that she’s trying to get this guy to me somehow.

“Do not lie.”
“Is it true? Don’t you remember the smoking room and the shack we met in Ujet last time? “It’s the same phenomenon as back then.”
“Really?”
“Okay. “He gets grumpy like this sometimes, but I can get rid of him by doing what he wants.”

At this point Caroline folded her hands against her chest and lowered her eyes.
The moist moisture around her eyes clearly gave her the appearance of a weak saint suffering from the tricks of an evil spirit.

“A saint? “There are many priests in the church, but they can’t give even one order?”
“I have almost no qualities as a saint. “If a saint like that were to say that she was tormented by such an evil spirit, would people be happy about her?”

She even sniffled, a hint of crying in her voice.

“Me too… This shit… I just want to get rid of this annoying guy… “Huh!”

It was a pure intention without a single lie.
For a moment, the warehouse shook as if there had been an earthquake and several sexual instruments fell, but I tried to ignore it.

I wonder if that sincere attempt worked, and I heard Lewis sigh.

“It’s a secret from the other kids. “Don’t go around spreading rumors for no reason.”
“Ha, do you think I’m going to brag about kissing you? “Don’t brag that you even made a saint yours.”
“Struggling… “Come here.”

Is it just to get out, or do you really believe in exorcising evil spirits?
I don’t even want to think about it any more.
Caroline naturally pushed Lewis, who was wrapping his arms around her waist and brushing her hair, away from her body.
But her warehouse was narrow, and no matter what position she placed him in, her breasts could only touch, so she eventually obediently closed her eyes.

“You mean this is okay?”
“… Okay.”

Side.

Lips lightly touching.
And a door that won’t open.

She spoke cursing her God, pessimizing her own life, and blaming the man in front of her.

“Do it one more time.”
“…”

I hoped that feeling would last until the end.

“Once more.”

After a slightly thicker, wetter, more persistent kiss, all that was left was the bitter scent of cigarettes and an unprecedented pleasure.

“More.”

I was annoyed.

***

A few days later.
When I arrived at the Ruhilen family mansion, Darling was busy working as always.
As I stared blankly at the cosmos shaking outside the window in the living room, Bill asked as he brought out the tea.

“What’s wrong?”
“I feel like I was bitten by a snake.”
“Oh my, do you need treatment?”
“Not to that extent. What about the Viscount?”
“That is…”

After hearing Bill say it would take a little more time, I laid down on her chair.
Seeing as they kept me waiting even though I came, it looks like they are having a pretty important meeting.

Just as the sun was setting outside the window, a tired voice called me into the office.
When I went inside, there was a mountain of documents piled up on the desk.

“Is this how I will properly write my graduation thesis?”
“Don’t worry about that. I’m taking care of it. What’s going on?”
“You ended up investigating the demon statue last time, right? “I think I can dig into that a little more.”

After the graduation hunt, the sewers were closed and numerous priests performed 〈 purification 〉 on the graduate students to cure their mental pollution.
Alfred was handed over to the royal inspectorate, and in the end, there was no answer from him, so the case remained unknown.
But there was a glimmer of hope.

“She met Caroline a few days ago, and she said she would find out more about her demons through her cult.”
“Is that really true…? … ? “A saint?”
“Yes. Because you owe me a small debt. And I heard that the princess has contacted her Goliath, so I think she could ask him for a favor as well.”

Goliath had already known about the existence of the demon statue even before I knew about it.
Several iron dogs must have been dispatched to search the Florence estate.
If Erzebet has the armored soldiers and negotiates with them, he will be able to obtain sufficient information about the Demon God.
Of course, I’ll have to convince her.

“Then I guess I’ll just spend an hour. At least the thread won’t be lost.”
“Yes. I’ll let you know as soon as I find out something. But what’s going on? “You seemed particularly busy today.”
“This time of year is harvest season. “We have to determine the amount of grain harvested and inspect all the items exported through the merchants, so there is no time to look away.”

I see, does this mean that there will naturally be more work?
However, Darling’s complexion seemed to be more than just being busier than usual, he was worried about something.

“What’s wrong? “What’s going on?”
“… “I guess we’ll have to increase our military budget.”
“Army?”

A hill going down heavily.
Parenzia was a peaceful city that did not suffer much damage even during the Great War.
Of course, it was because it was a rural area with no strategic value at the time, but even now, there was no chance of anyone attacking.
However, the military is being expanded.
Does this mean there will be a war?

“Has there been any change in the recent movement of goods?”
“The demand for military equipment and war horses has not increased significantly. However, the prices of holy water and salt of wisdom coming from Monarch are rising. “There is no guarantee that Parenzia will be safe at any time, so I plan to be prepared.”
“Okay…”

Holy water and salt of wisdom.
These are all essential items to deal with demons.
After listening to Darling’s words, I wondered if they might be able to exorcise the evil spirit that was tormenting Caroline.
So she asked her.
Are there any items that can drive out spirit-type monsters?

“Hmm, now that I think about it, one of Monarch’s sacred relics was recently passed through customs.”
“Is it so?”
“Hmm. It’s called a wizard board, and it’s definitely the exorcism ritual tool you mentioned. “He’s probably in the Temple of Light by now.”

Seeing that it overlapped with the time when she came to me, I guess Caroline had all of this in mind as well.
It would be a good idea to take this opportunity to visit the temple.

“More than that, it’s Caroline… “I have more work to do.”
“Yes?”
“It’s nothing. “Stop going.”

***

In a season where the days were not yet short, 6:30 PM was the time when the sunset came through the window on the west.
Beautifully sparkling stained glass.
Five-colored butterflies lightly land on the white robes of trainee priests as they bow their heads and pray.

What was interesting was that Caroline, who was sitting in the back, also did not cross her legs and had her head down like the swing girls.
Because she said something harsh to the goddess in front of Lewis last time, she was on her own.

‘Goddess, do you understand my thoughts? ‘That was the only way to persuade him?’

No matter how much she lived her life, she couldn’t help but apologize for treating Hela, the goddess of light, like she was a ghost.
On the day of her kiss with Louise, when her promised voice did not come out, Caroline realized something was wrong with her.
Only then did she urgently offer up her prayers and get the goddess’s attention.

‘I couldn’t help it. He helped me because he also hates weird things. So stop being angry now.’

Perhaps it was through her earnest prayers that even after she finished mass and entered the room, the dawn followed her, illuminating her feet.
It means that you are ready to receive the Holy Spirit.
She asked if it was the first time in a few days that she was feeling better. She wanted to lament about the narrow-minded goddess, but she held back.

Instead, as I stretched out my hand towards the small window, I felt the second Seonghwi waking up from my body.

“〈 small miracle 〉…”

Performing miracles in exchange for divine power, like the revelation of a goddess.
As the name suggests, it cannot demonstrate transcendental abilities, but depending on the amount of divinity offered, it can glimpse the near future or use healing magic one level higher.
Above all, in people’s perception, a saint is someone who causes miracles.
Now she could prove to the public that she was a saint.

“Okay, now what’s next…”

Just as a distraught Caroline took out her whizzer board and tried to listen to her goddess, someone knocked on her door.

— Saint Caroline?
“Yes!?”
— A guest has arrived.
“Who are you?”
— I heard you are a friend of the saint…

Friend?
Did I have anything like that?
Since no one had ever knocked on the door before, I asked curiously, and the door creaked open and an unexpected person appeared.

“What, do you live in a place like this?”
“Louis?”
“Is that a whizzerboard?”
“No, how do you get here…” …”
“I heard you were suffering because of an evil spirit, so I came to help you. Are you putting this here?”

Lewis came with a bouquet of red dahlias in one hand, and since he had no place to put them, he roughly placed them in the bottle of alcohol he had been drinking yesterday.
And he looked curiously at the whizzer board placed on his lap.

“What is that flower?”
“This? I bought it because it was nearby. “I heard that when you visit a woman’s room, she likes it if you give her something like this.”
“Who on earth… ?”

At least he was confident that it wasn’t the two women who were looking at him with wary eyes in the cafeteria.
Instead of answering, Lewis looked at the cross by his head and then slowly changed his mind.

“Anyway, I’ve never been good at catching intangible guys like Specters with my bare hands, so it might not be of much help, but let’s give it a try. “Did you call me now?”
“This, this? I don’t know, maybe…”

Are you sure you are listening right now?
Since I received the Holy Spirit a little while ago, it seemed like it was connected to the Wizard Board.

“Hmm, let’s see.”

However, when Lewis sat down next to me without hesitation, he said a shocking word.

“You bastard. Can you hear me?”
“Wow!? Oh, no way——!!!”

Caroline stopped screaming.