Chapter 132 – Wizard Board (4)

“Hey, can you hear me? “Aren’t you going to answer?”
‘Fucked, fucked, fucked, fucked… !’

He believes that the person he is talking to is an evil spirit, and he often behaves in a profane manner, as if he were treating a male delinquent.
Caroline felt cold sweat running down the back of her neck.

“Louis… ! “If you treat me like that, wouldn’t even the evil spirit get angry?”
“Just stay still. “I saw it in a horror movie, and it was always the first thing that appeared in front of people who acted like this.”
‘What on earth is that!?’

I lost my senses when he said something incomprehensible and that he would twist my head off as soon as I made eye contact.
Lewis walked around the small room, which was about 2 pyeong in size, and continued to argue with the evil spirit, Hella.

“Why don’t you come out quickly? You scared me, you bastard. Uh? I think that cross was hanging in the opposite direction a little while ago. “Is this the work of a ghost?”
“No… ! That’s what I did… !”

Lewis looks closely at the cross hanging upside down by his bedside.
He was so shocked that he restored it to its original state, and this time he pointed to the flower he had brought.

“Caroline, don’t you think this thing has become noticeably weaker than before? What do you think about it?”
“Well, well… ? Haha.”

That’s because you stuck it in a bottle of alcohol!

The room itself was the size of the palm of one’s hand, so there wasn’t much to look at.
Lewis took out several Bibles and was leafing through them, and then he slumped down on the chair across from him, as if he was dissatisfied.
Caroline was trembling, wondering if the Goddess would punish her.

“Why are you like this? Oh, you’re scary? “He was like that the last time he was in the sewer, and he’s secretly very scared.”
“It’s not that you’re too scared… ?”
“It sure looks like a bit of an evil spirit. “Of all the ones I’ve seen, he’s the best of the best.”

Of course.
What kind of crazy evil spirit in the world would run amok in a temple where the power of the main god reigns?
The only person who had the authority to do so was the owner of this place.

Afterwards, Lewis continued to look at stains in the corners of the room and cracked windows.
Caroline avoided his eyes and looked to see what message had appeared on her Weezer board.

‘Uh?’

However, unlike the times when she was worried that a curse might be placed on her, she is a goddess who does not receive any revelations and does not even respond.
Perhaps due to his mood, the wooden pointer appears to be shaking as if it were alive.

Caroline’s eyes peered past her slitted bangs at her displeased Louise.
He asked with a grin when our eyes met.

“If I cursed this much, wouldn’t I be afraid of evil spirits and not be able to harm them?”
“Yes?”
“If there is no other way, I will introduce you to a shaman I know. I don’t know if I’ll be contacted…”
“No! “There’s no need for that!”

Then Caroline felt an incomprehensible kind of pleasure bloom within her.
It was a kind of vicarious satisfaction.

How much pain I have suffered from the goddess’s tricks and arbitrary revelations.
After being chosen as a saint, she had to endure the disdain of her order and her former colleagues for no reason.
She didn’t even wipe the dust off the mirror in her room because she didn’t want to look at herself.
Nevertheless, she thought that she had a deep meaning, so Lewis was taking out her anger on her and letting out the emotions she had been holding back for so long.
She was an Inquisitor, in ways that even she could not.

“Can’t you just curse more?”
“Really?”
“I think that’s enough. Oh right! She has statues of the goddess that she gives out at the temple, so if she finds it difficult to talk into the air, she does that too. Is she in the desk drawer? “I’ll take it out, so just get out of the way for a moment.”
“That seems a bit blasphemy…” …”

After helping Lewis out of her chair, she naturally dragged him, who had handed her the statue of the goddess, to the bed and sat down with him next to him.
She grabbed his forearm and whispered in a soft voice.

“Are you okay. In a way, isn’t it the goddess’s will that brought me to you?”
“That… Go?”
“Is that true?”

Caroline watched as her whizzer board trembled on her neatly gathered lap.
Sweet joy bloomed in her eyes.

“You have to bear it all yourself.”

Somehow, Lewis started to like her a little.

***

The evil spirit she was looking for did not show up until it got dark outside her window.
But my exorcism was effective, as a rare smile appeared on Caroline’s face.
She sat me down next to her without any hesitation and complained about the boredom of temple life and the religious rituals that were full of ostentation and pretense.

“What was it? They suddenly came to see me and imprisoned me for months? Then he told me to go to Parencia… “I said I had work to do.”
“Okay?”
“Huh. When I came here, I heard a junior colleague call me a prostitute and I was tormented by a strange evil spirit… “This is too bad.”

Her shoulders and the corners of her mouth, which had always been tense, had loosened considerably along with the bottle of alcohol that had returned to its original role.
It can be seen as similar to a flower hanging down on a table.
Her hair, as beautiful as red dahlias, sparkled in the moonlight.

“Huh~.”

As I fell down on the bed, slightly flushed cheeks and glaring eyes looked at me.
Her clothes were also disheveled, and her navel slightly exposed and breasts rising above it looked extremely provocative.

“Hey, Louis.”
“Why?”
“You really are the owner of the store, right?”
“…”
“Nothing else, you really are the owner of the store, right? “I just made a name for myself on the battlefield in the past.”
“That’s right.”

I exhaled cigarette smoke and averted my eyes.
Looking at the necklace that Erzsebet gave me in good condition, it looks like 〈Truth Question 〉 was not used.
It was just a simple question.

“… “You lie down here too.”
“Why?”
“I told you not to talk too much and lie down… ! “Eight!”

As she tugged on her top, she fell behind her, making me fall too.
There was a rustling sound and dust rose from the tattered blanket.
The bed was narrow even for a single person, so the entire left arm of the bed was stained with Caroline’s body temperature.
She said as she put her arms around my neck and put her chin on me.
Even though I smoked like that, a voice tickled my ears that was incomparably sweet to the cracked wood grain of the ceiling.

“Thank you for today. “I’ll ask the guy at the church about the demon statue I promised you last time.”
“Okay. Thank you.”
“I can’t see the evil spirit right now, but I never know when it might bother me again. “I’m sorry, but please do me a favor then as well.”
“Let’s kiss?”
“I don’t know, I probably did more…”

For a moment, she was startled and quickly raised her upper body.

“Oh, no! “Pretend you didn’t hear me!”

She seemed very embarrassed, gasping for breath several times.

“Right! Should I go now!? Because it was late. Just wait a moment. “I’ll give you the cigarettes you wanted last time in return.”

She cupped her forehead and told me to wait as she would be back soon and went outside without even putting on her outerwear.
I woke up smelling the faint scent left on the blanket.

A bleak room with only a dusty mirror, a small stool, and a bed.
It is not difficult to guess how Caroline is treated by the church.
After putting flowers back into the empty liquor bottle, I looked at the wizard board that was placed under the bed.
I wasn’t sure if he would answer what I said, but he picked it up and placed it on his lap.

“No matter how stupid I am, I know that his reaction is different from those possessed by evil spirits.”

Because I am familiar with black magic, demons, and the rituals they perform.
The object that is tormenting Caroline is definitely not an evil spirit.
I don’t know if the expression ‘harassing’ is appropriate, but… Anyway, it’s true that her life has changed somewhat for the worse.

“The reason why a saint who acts on behalf of the goddess’s will was thrown out of her church is also obvious.”

Usually, God’s will is not very pleasing to humans.
A goddess who hates warriors and loves saints.
The religious order knows that what they are trying to do is against the will of God.

Ssuk, sssssuk.
Even though I didn’t ask any questions, the pointer started pointing at the wizard board and giving me a message.
The sentence I completed over a long period of time was a mission I was very familiar with.

—Numquam Obliviscatur Votum.

Don’t forget your oath.

“I know.”

I haven’t received any revelations, but I know what I need to do.

“You don’t even have to say it.”

I put my hand on the pointer.
I put a lot of pressure on my two fingers and spoke to God.

“And that goes for Caroline too. “That guy’s life is not something that God can control.”

Quick! Pap-duk!
Ignoring the horrifying sound of the wooden board grinding and the numb pain in my fingers, I moved the pointer to the upper left corner.

“Don’t say nonsense like you don’t know, just keep your mouth shut. “Don’t go out on your own unless Caroline wants you to.”

The room shook, curtain rods fell, and liquor bottles spilled, but I stubbornly moved the answer to where I wanted it to be.

“Understand?”
— Yes

The exorcism was successful.

***

“Ahmmm~!”

A refreshing sunny morning.
I woke up early today to go to academy class.
The dusty room has been thoroughly cleaned, and red dahlias are soaking up water in cleanly washed liquor bottles.
As she looked at the petals that were slowly withering away, she muttered something under her breath.

Whoa!

Eventually, 〈small miracle 〉 activated and the darkened petals bloomed red again.
The daily routine began with using sacred power to bring flowers to life once a day.
But suddenly, unlike every day when I was always soggy, I felt quite light today.

“What?”

Caroline, standing in front of the sparkling mirror, was startled.
She unbuttoned her bra and flipped it around, looking closely at her reflection in the mirror.

“A little… “Hasn’t it gotten smaller?”

After Lewis left, there was no further response from the wizard board.
Naturally, the revelation also disappeared and I was still wondering how to get into the canteen.
As the size of her breasts decreased, she crossed her legs, touching the sunlight streaming in from outside her window with her bare feet.

“Hey, goddess~?”

Instead of his usual gruff tone laced with profanity, it was a tone full of condescension that anyone could see.

“Although I have said many times that I don’t need it. Aren’t people not perfect and living with some inconveniences? Well, I’m not trying to show anyone in particular! Isn’t it the duty of a saint to deny the body that the goddess gave her now? …”

She even took out a whizzer board and tried to hear her goddess’s intentions.

“And if you say that the evil spirit was suddenly exorcised! Even Lewis finds it strange! You told me to flirt with him, right? Last time I saw it, it seemed like I almost got over it…”

She is a saint who taps the pointer and touches her soft lips.

“No matter how much I think about it, I’m much better than the kids in the cafeteria… “Can’t you just keep helping me like you are now?”

Sussssseu.
Then the piece of wood moved very carefully.
She smiled brightly as she saw the pointer moving along the cracked path, as if it had been accidentally scratched while putting it under the bed.

“Then, please take care of me in the future as well?”