Chapter 19 – Gratitude Festival (2)

Time passed and it became a festival day.

From early in the morning, people walked around the city and dressed up, and the lively atmosphere, as if hinting that something was happening from now on, excited even those who were not very interested in the festival.

“It is pretty.”
“Yes.”
“Shall we go?”
“Yes.”

Meanwhile, I went on a date with Seoyoon alone. The other kids stared at us in amazement, but they didn’t really care.

“Those clothes….”

“Why? Strange?”

“These are the clothes I bought you.”

“Oh, remember?”

I came out wearing the clothes Seoyoon bought me. It was expensive, and it was the coolest one, so I wore it. She fell silent for a moment, perhaps thinking of something else.

“You don’t like it?”

“…… No, let’s go.”

Seoyoon, suspicious of whether she liked her or not, held out her hand her. Even though she thought she wouldn’t feel any special emotions, she felt a little sticky sweat on her palms, as if she was surprisingly nervous.

I smiled and squeezed my hand tightly. She started and glared at me.

“…… Cheeky.”
“What?”
“This is it.”

She didn’t answer that it was arrogant, but she just took my hand and walked ahead.

She was 20 cm shorter than me, and even if she got two steps ahead of her, I could catch up with one step.

When you catch up with her like that, she walks even faster, as if that fact didn’t like her. Then I walk two steps.

Then she stops. I stop along too. Seoyoon, who was carefully looking at herself and the length of my legs her, must have thought that she could n’t win by walking fast, so she slowly slowed down her steps.

I followed her and slowed her pace. Time passed slowly as we walked.

As I walked, I had arrived at the gate of the city before I knew it.

Normally, the castle gate was firmly closed, but today it was wide open. There were people around them staring at the castle gate with sparkling eyes full of expectations…….

“What?”

“Let’s see a parade.”

“Parade…….”

Seoyoon was quite interested in the word parade. The problem is that we don’t know when the parade will start.

She wasn’t even in the original plan, and she wasn’t the type to wait for a parade that might arrive.

However, her desire her to see her and her reason her to keep her plan her are conflicting and making her suffer.

“Shall we go see it?”

“But…”

“It’s okay. Do people have to be here in the morning for no reason? I will be back soon.”

“…… Then wait a little bit and if you don’t come, I’ll go.”

After saying that, we waited for the parade. The surrounding buildings created shade, so it was not hot even if I stood for a long time.

But even after waiting ten, twenty, thirty minutes, the parade did not come.

In the end, I asked a peddler who sells drinks while purchasing a drink.

“This, when will it come?”

“Huh? Don’t know What time will it arrive, how would these people be waiting if they knew this?”

“That too…….”

Living in the 21st century, where it is natural for trains to arrive at a set time due to the advancement of clocks and means of transportation, I returned to my original place, slightly surprised by the fact that there is no accurate time.

He handed over the drink he bought to Seoyoon and told him that he did not know when he would come.

“That… Do you want to wait longer? Or would you like to do something else?”

Squeaking, gulping down a drink with bitter eyes. Seoyoon gladd at me. That’s why it seemed as if it was okay to go somewhere else from the beginning.

I looked at her with a smile that meant that she was innocent. She averted her eyes slightly and chewed on her straw. Then, for some reason, thin ice began to form in her drink her.

“…… Wait.”

“When might he come?”

“It’s a waste of time waiting.”

It was a common fallacy of the selling price, but it was very stupid to point it out. It seemed obvious that she would blame me for wasting time…….

So we sipped our drinks and waited for the parade without saying anything. In fact, it was questionable whether the parade was right.

Only the sweat flowing between the palms of his hands increased. When sweat began to flow not only on my palms but also on my back, I began to hear people cheering from the front.

We looked at the roadside with eyes full of anticipation. Knights riding armored white horses were marching in line one after another.

Among them was a large carriage, which was hidden from view by a curtain, but from the outside of the carriage it was easy to see that the rider in it was a very tall man.

‘It’s strong.’

I looked at the knight riding next to the carriage and slowly guarding his surroundings. It didn’t show through because he was wearing full body armor that covered his face his, but he instinctively knew that he was very strong.

Who would win if they fought me, I’ve never trained on how to fight while wearing armor. It will be my defeat Then what about the bare body? It was ambiguous. I had never seen the swordsmanship of other world knights, so I couldn’t unconditionally conclude that they were inferior to me.

“…… Do Jin-ah.”

“—Huh?”

“Let’s go. I saw everything.”

“Ah, yes. Let’s go.”

I, who was fighting her knight and her shadow her, followed her at Seoyoon’s call. She took me through the city last weekend with the kids, looking for a good date spot.

The city was tinged with festivities. It was a vigor close to madness. We were immersed in that madness.

“Whoa…… It’s hot.”

After walking around the city under the scorching sun, Seoyoon entered a teahouse and said that while flapping her sleeves her. Every time she flapped, the smell of her pheromones she flew towards me.

As I smelled her scent her and stared blankly at her, Seoyoon carefully flapped her sleeves and checked my reaction.

When I met her gaze at her, she cleared her throat and turned her head away. She grinned and let go of her sleeve.

“Where are you looking?”
“I didn’t see anything.”
“Really?”

Seoyoon put her hand on the sleeve of her neck her again. I held her by the wrist to stop her from seeing someone.

“…… Yeah, I said I’d like to see my girl, what’s wrong with you?”

“My woman…”

“Why not?”

I stepped out proudly. Anyway, now she can’t live without me. Made it that way. Seeing my imposing appearance of her, Seoyoon was silent as her face her blushed, wondering what she was thinking.

Like this, dating was a struggle of pushing and pulling, eating and being eaten.

“…… What would you like to drink?”

“Anything.”

Seoyoon wondered if she was feeling the heat, and called her waiter while looking at the menu. The waitress who came quickly took the order and tip and quickly ran to the kitchen.

After a while, looking at the alcohol the waiter brought out, I smiled sinisterly.

“Is it still afternoon?”

“It’s okay. It’s a festival.”

“That’s right. Is it a festival?”

We toasted fruit wine full of fruit flavor in our glasses. The alcohol flowed down his throat.

The scent of alcohol made from concentrated fruit filled his body. My whole body felt hot, and a fever began to radiate from my body.

“Whoa, it’s hot.”
“…… Hot?”
“Yes? A little bit? Is it because there is no fan or air conditioner? ….”
“Would you like to cool down?”
“How…… Crab.”

She said ah and opened her mouth. A freshly made ice cube glistened in her mouth her.

Understanding her intentions her, I raised her upper body her and kissed her. Indeed, the ice was cool.

* * *

Rumbling, the carriage with colorful patterns engraved on the castle of the lord who rules the city stops.

While dozens of paladins were wary of their surroundings and prepared for an unexpected attack, the carriage opened and a woman in a pure white nun’s uniform slowly stepped down.

She was wearing a veil, so her face could not be seen, but her slender figure made it look like a goddess descending to earth.

Holding the hand of the chosen female knight so that her body’s purity would not be compromised, she set her foot on the ground and followed her female knight’s guide to her living room her.

“Oh, you are here. Holy Maiden.”

The lord, who had been waiting for her in advance, got up and greeted her. However, the saintess took her seat without answering.

Then, he whispered in the ear of the female attendant. Hearing her saintess’s words of her, the woman who lived here straightened her back and relayed her saintess’s words of her.

“The saintess said, ‘Thank you for the invitation. Lord.'”

“No big deal. Saintess. If possible, it would have been better if I had heard that voice in person…….”

Whisper.

“The saintess said, ‘That is impossible.'”

“I know. You are blessed by the constellation Virgo.”

“The saintess said, ‘Thank you for understanding.'”

“It is rather an honor for me and my family to be able to attend the holy woman who has been blessed by God, and it is a national restoration.”

The saintess quietly nodded her head and drank the tea prepared in front of her. She trained for years not to show her bare face to men, so it wasn’t too difficult for her to eat while wearing the veil.

“By the way, I understand that usually the bishop or archbishop comes. Even if the reason why the saintess came in person…….”

“…… The saintess says, ‘That’s a secret.'”

“Okay. Okay. You can’t dig too deep.”

Saying that, the lord glanced at the saintess. Despite being covered by her veil of her, it was an enchanting look that made sense that she was blessed by her Virgo of her.

That’s the extent of hiding and covering it up, how beautiful can a bare face be? She had a strong desire to lift her veil and covet its face her.

However, Yeongju immediately gave up on her heart her and drank her tea.

‘I can’t ruin the family.’

The saintess who received the blessing of the star of Virgo had to maintain her virginity in return. The problem is that the price was forced upon others.

The man who saw her bare face she went blind.
A man who hears her voice her becomes deaf.
A man who touches her body she is struck by lightning.

If she had decided to abuse that ability, she would have become a great witch who slaughtered tens of millions of men.

She was a faithful nun, ready to sacrifice and abstain herself.

The church designated her as a saint, and so she grew up without receiving attention from men, let alone touches.

The reason why she participated in this city’s Grand Thanksgiving is because she received an oracle.

─A star has fallen in the dungeon.
─Go get him.

Traditionally, a star is a sacred and holy thing.
The church immediately dispatched an investigation team.
It was the saintess who was chosen by him.

‘What is it?’

Questioning what a fallen star is, the saintess devised a plan to infiltrate the city.