Chapter 167 – Remaining Funds (4)

It is said that the three most important elements that humans need are food, clothing, and shelter.
It was not a teaching from the church, or common sense from the back alleys of Louvier, but something Louis suddenly spilled before leaving for the Baltic Mountains.
Among them, if one were to judge the superiority or inferiority, he would usually eat it, but this was the true intention of the complaint, which led to the conclusion that this house was more important to him than anything else.
Don’t cause any trouble while I’m away.

Caroline fully understood his affectionate threats.
Isn’t it because he protected himself from two countries, the castle and the kingdom, and hid himself here?
So he did not mess up the house like Lewis had asked, and above all, he did his best to avoid being noticed by anyone.
They secretly took the remaining food from the canteen and ate it, and did not turn on the lights at night.

Even during my time as a Heretic Questioner, infiltration was a daily routine, so there was no major inconvenience.
Until he returned from the floating island.

“I’m going to the workshop for a while, so don’t turn on the lights and stay alone for a moment. “I’ll lock the door and leave.”
“Anything to eat?”
“Okay, I’ll get it. “Is there anything you’d like to ask?”
“…”
“Caroline?”
“… It’s okay. Get out quickly.”

Caroline answered curtly, covering her breasts with both arms, to Louise through the crack in her door.
In response to the swear words naturally spoken, Lewis tilted his head, wondering if he had become sensitive after starving for a meal.
Fortunately, noticing something he hadn’t noticed, Caroline breathed her sigh of relief as soon as Lewis got out.
She then quickly went up to the second floor and touched her underwear hanging in her bathroom with her hands.

‘It’s not dry yet… !’

Food, clothing and shelter.
The three most basic things humans need.
What Caroline needed most at this moment was not a house or food, but clothing.

When she ran away from the church, she didn’t even have time to bring a bundle with her.
In the first place, the moment you entered the Temple of Light, you could have been traced to the store.
So, she left everything behind, including her whizzer board, Bible, and rosary, but her biggest problem was her clothes.
She was wearing a single-piece priest’s uniform and a set of top and bottom underwear.
These were all the clothes Caroline had.

The top and bottom were taken from Lewis, so there is no problem.
However, underwear is an exception.
While I was washing and waiting for it to dry, I was left in a very defenseless position.
Even though she made him do errands for cigarettes and meals, it was impossible for her to even put her women’s clothes and underwear into her hands.

When others hear it, you have to say your waist and chest measurements, which they will ask you three times, and reveal which brand and material you prefer.
Even if you specify the color you like– rather, if you entrust him with buying anything, doesn’t that mean you have to wear those clothes?

“Should I sneak out and come back…” …”

Caroline’s worries deepened.
When I ran my fingers under the thin fabric on her breasts, fortunately there were no protruding parts.
I don’t think I was like this in the past, but this and that were all due to becoming a saint.

‘It certainly looks insensitive, so you might not pay much attention to it.’

No matter what, I’m sure you’ll notice when it’s time to sleep.
Even though it was Caroline’s fault that she fell out of bed, it was Louise who hugged someone next to her and buried her face.
Not only was she strong, but she didn’t hesitate to smell her cleavage, so there were quite a few difficulties.

In the end, Caroline runs into a situation where she can’t find an answer.
There was only one thing she could do, then and now.

“Goddess… Please give me the answer. Honestly, pushing yourself to such an extreme situation is too much, right? You made the right choice. At the very least, shouldn’t we create a situation where the saint of the kingdom is mistaken for her prostitute!? “What more do you want from me!!”

Caroline, whose anger was gradually rising, jumped to her feet, turned her sign of the cross upside down on her wall, and shouted.
I forgot Lewis’s warning not to be caught by anyone outside.

“You’re not answering? Then I’m going to leave!? I can’t even eat properly! I can’t even sleep comfortably! No clothes! “Luis, he just comes back and storms out without even paying attention to me!!”

The anger reached her head, and she slapped the floor in a sobbing voice.

“Just wait and see. I will take revenge! Bring the Weezer board and seduce Louise again so that she can’t do anything even if she gets scolded in front of her eyes…”

Right then——

Slam!

“… ?”

The sound of a door opening.
Caroline reflexively closed her mouth.
Regaining her composure in an instant, she grabbed a knife from the kitchen, which had no cooking utensils.

There was a suspicious silence, with even the iron dogs that were supposed to be on the first floor not barking.
I knew there was a defensive spell, but it didn’t seem to work on intruders.
She opened the door carefully, and Caroline walked down the stairs and was soon met with her own image looking at her in the dark.

“Is it a religious order?”
“…”

A shabby outfit with a robe wrapped all over its body.
If you are an assassin, this is the best outfit to hide any memorization without being discovered.
Instead of answering her, he raised her arm and at the same time she grabbed her sword and charged at her in one go.
That moment–

“Receive.”
“Huh?”

What was held out in front of her was a large shopping bag.
The person who lifted the hood and handed it to me was a girl with an emotionless expression.

“… Oh my god.”

Caroline knew who she was.
Although I have never seen her in person, she was a person of interest that any heresy inquisitor of the Blood Gate Brigade must be aware of.
A deadly force that defeated the Demon King and one of the saviors of mankind.
The fastest guide who can find the only direction in the middle of the demon world where there are no signposts or side roads.
Bahran is the highest-ranking spiritual guide who predicts all movements of celestial bodies and glimpses the future.

“The size will probably be about right.”

The new moon shaman, Nova Latte, said this as she handed Caroline the underwear set she had brought from Bach Lan.

***

“Come get the pickaxe again tomorrow. Handle corrosive solutions with care. “No toxic substances will come out, but if the bottle breaks, it will be very difficult.”
“Thank you.”

I took the supplies I needed from Kano’s workshop, went out, stopped at a street vendor, and bought a quick dinner.
In the dark night sky, many stars were forming the Milky Way.
While walking towards the academy’s main gate, I realized that the Milky Way was running in a straight line along the road.
When I saw the familiar sign, I started to walk a little faster.

It is not difficult to guess who is visiting.
Because there was only one person I contacted.

It was the moment of reuniting for the first time in 10 years with one of my colleagues, with whom I had been through the ups and downs for 5 years.

When we arrived at the store, the door was already open.
Pieces of glass soaked in slanted moonlight crumbled when stepped on by slippers.
As I went inside, the face I had longed for finally appeared before my eyes.

“Nova… ?”
“…”

The old colleague I met across the counter had changed a lot over the years.
Probably me too.
Perhaps that was why Nova also put the iron dogs in her hand in her mouth and chewed them as if she couldn’t guess who I was even when she saw me.

Black scales and bright yellow pupils.
From the huge fuselage forced into the counter to the wings covering the ceiling.
It seems like a lot has changed in the time we haven’t seen each other…

“Fuck?”

It wasn’t.

When I rubbed my eyes and looked up again, I saw that Nova was a different creature in a fundamental way.
The dragon with black wings raised its other hand, which had been crushing bread on the counter, up without delay.
I was dumbfounded by his behavior as if he had no idea who the person in front of me was.

“You educated your child incorrectly.”

It was a little while later that Nova, who was on the second floor, rushed down.
A pickaxe made from dragon bone was about to be available at the store.

***

A reunion between a man and a woman who had not seen each other for a long time.
Whether we like to admit it or not, that fact has not changed.
I’m sure there are a lot of words I’ve been waiting for and saying.
However, when the two people looked at each other across the stairs, the conversation between them was so clear.

“Long time no see. Did you eat?”
“Yet.”
“Let’s go up and eat together. “Are you going to keep that dragon here?”
“Huh.”
“Okay.”

It was over.
After Lewis pulled down the shutters of the stall, she came up to the second floor and put the food she bought from her stall on her table.
Throughout the meal, they just played with their forks without saying a word.
Caroline couldn’t help but feel nervous about whether this silence was caused by her.

“Hmm~ It was a long trip and I’m tired. “I’m going to the bathroom.”

So, when Nova left the room for a moment, she asked Louis.

“Hey, is he really the New Moon Shaman?”
“Huh.”
“Why did you come here?”
“Because I wrote a letter.”
“What!?”
“Last time, you asked me to help you exorcise evil spirits? “You said you had a friend you knew well back then.”

At that time, I didn’t know Lewis’ identity.
Who would have known that her friend would be the Duke of Bahran?
I felt uncomfortable for no reason, but he remained calm.
First of all, since it was late, it would not be too late to talk about it the next day, and Louis told us one important thing.

“Of course I sent a letter, but there must be a reason why Nova came here.”
“Reason?”
“Because she knows how to predict the future to some extent.”
“No way…”

Her eyes fell on a set of underwear that she had unknowingly placed in a corner of her room.
That’s why I came… Probably not.

Anyway, after eating, it was time to go to bed.
Caroline looked fascinated for a moment as Nova came up after finishing washing her face.

Although he was obviously slightly older than Louis, he had a similar build to the Chairman, who had become significantly younger after the Grand Council.
Bahran’s attire exposed beneath the robe was more exposed than the arbitrarily modified priest’s attire, but his skin was extremely pale in the moonlight.
With delicate facial features and a doll-like appearance, he has an expressionless expression that leaves you unable to tell his true feelings.
Nevertheless, in the words he spoke as if he were asserting, I felt a considerable strength that contrasted with his appearance.

“It’s been a while, so I’ll sleep next to you.”
“Now, wait… !”
“?”

Caroline reflexively stopped Nova, who was naturally trying to get into the blanket laid out by Lewis.

“That is… If I, no, I don’t sleep next to him, something annoying will happen, right? “It’s not a lie.”

There is nothing I can do about it because it is obvious that I will fall at dawn again due to the revelation of the goddess.
She said to herself and gently held the blanket in her hands.
However–

“Because of revelation?”
“Yes?”
“Wait.”

Nova got up from her bed, opened the window of her room, put her hands together and muttered quietly.
And when she returned, she looked at Lewis and Caroline in turn and spoke calmly.

“We reached a good agreement through prayer.”
“Yes… ?”
“What?”
“You can sleep comfortably now.”

Caroline was dumbfounded.
Her own words, no matter how loudly she screamed, did it mean that Hella, who consistently said ‘Mol? Lu’, gave up so easily?
Her bewilderment and joy, as well as a bit of futility and regret, tore through her chest and her heart pounded wildly.

“Uh, how did we come to an agreement…?” …”
“It’s no big deal?”

A shaman of the new moon who predicts the future like the three Moirai sisters of Sandalphonia Gorge, one of the four most secret areas of the empire.
When Caroline, who couldn’t bear to speak informally to her, asked her carefully, Nova shrugged her shoulders.

She said, “If you’ve come this far, there’s no use trying to drop it, so I just asked you to do it in moderation. Anyway, whatever the goddess wishes will come true later…”
“Ah, ah, ah, no!”
“Peuup!”

Caroline remembered her past conversation with the goddess on the Weezer board and unknowingly blushed and covered Nova’s mouth.

“Well, that’s absolutely not possible!!”

That night, the ominous numbers starting with the letter E kept ringing in her head, and she ended up not being able to sleep at all.