Chapter 122 – The Incubus Wizard Conquers the Church

It was the next morning.
What I did after waking up from a short sleep was to visit Rebecca, who lived in the same inn.
Rebecca had been training swordsmanship with a wooden sword in the front yard of his inn, not in her room since early morning.
As soon as I ran into her in the yard, Rebecca gave me a questioning look.

“Luke. What’s the matter? You always slept in on holidays, but you woke up early today.”

This is not the time to say good-bye in the morning.
I sighed and told Rebecca the main point.

“We’re having a party on the roof of the inn today. It’s a founding party to celebrate our fixed party. Let’s invite you, me, and Kate to gather tonight.”

At Mr. Brown’s inn, it was possible to rent the entire roof for a rental fee.
The rooftop of the inn had a barbecue grill, charcoal fire, and various party supplies, so it was a good place to enjoy a party with a small group of members.
Tonight with the fixed party members, I want to grill meat and have a drink while relaxing.
When I revealed my intention, Rebecca responded with embarrassment.

“It’s nice to have a party on the roof. Kay has to attend too? If I’m with you, you won’t even come close to him. Except for our quests, we’ve never met and played separately.”
“Leave it to me to get Kate.”
“What? Is there a way?”
“Yes.”

I nodded at Rebecca’s question.
But when Rebecca heard my answer, she just put on a puzzled look.
I’m sure it’s absurd though.
Because my method was not carried out under an elaborate plan.

“I’m going to go to church right now and flirt with him.”
“What?”
“I’m a dreamer. I have to fight like a dreamer.

Makes Kate fall for me all over again.
This time, I’m going to make Rebecca’s strong affection so that I don’t even notice her.
That was the solution I came up with after listening to Rumi’s advice last night.

Took!
After hearing her story, of course, Rebecca put her hand on my forehead to take her temperature.
Her soft hands touched my forehead.

“You don’t have a fever. You didn’t eat something wrong yesterday, did you?”
“Now I’m normal.”

Rebecca let out a sigh at my seriousness, she said.

“To be honest, how can I believe you’re flirting with a girl? Even if you’re already dating him, you’re just a little…”
“Little?”
“He’s not shy. He’s not a carnivore, he’s an herbivore. I’ve heard a lot of stories about incubus around me, but they say that few incubus treat women as carefully as you do. Anyway, what I want to say is, do you know how to flirt with women? After entering the church, ask Kay to work for you. Aren’t you hesitant to hang on?”

There was disbelief in Rebecca’s gaze at me.
That was understandable because I had never actively appealed to my lovers until now.
In particular, before we started dating, I hardly expressed my liking.
To think that I would make her fall for her even more and drag her out of the church.
I’ll do it even if I don’t have trust.

But I believed in myself.

“It’s possible. It’s easy to bet on a nun in a church.”
“No, with what kind of confidence do you say that?”
“Because I’m an incubus.”

He pointed at the horns on top of his head with his finger.
For 21 years, I have suppressed my nature as an incubus.
I didn’t want to be like my fellow countrymen living a dead end, so I didn’t act like an incubus on purpose, I just tried to live like a human with horns.
But now I decided not to suppress my nature.
Only for the happiness of my lovers.

“Ha. It’s funny! If you’re that confident, try flirting with me first. Here, Rebecca-sama, start with yourself. What if I don’t want to attend the party? Didn’t you think of that?”
“Of course not.”
“Look at that! It’s really flimsy.”

It was the moment Rebecca put her hand on her waist as she frowned.
I added briefly.

“You don’t even have to think about it. You’ll come unconditionally.”
“What?”

Rebecca’s voice rose, perhaps slightly distorted by my assertive tone.
At that very moment I placed my hand on Rebecca’s shoulder and blew into her horn.

Squeak.
The moment you gave strength to the horn, a sweet scent spurted into the air.
It is a pheromone that excites women, which is the psychic power of the incubus.
However, the concentration of the pheromone she had just sprayed was very light, so it only made her feel a little hazy.
Because this is enough to bring Rebecca down.
Rebecca, who smelled the pheromone scent, let out a panicked voice.

“Now, wait a minute. Isn’t this a pheromone? Why are you spraying this now when it’s not time to recharge your mana?”
“I’m trying to get you down.”

I replied with a smile.
Rebecca was looking at me with quivering eyes.

“You, you’ve never used pheromones without asking permission from me. You always did everything with permission like a hottie!”
“I pushed that chinta off a cliff yesterday. Here, the incubus acts as a lover instead.”

Maybe it’s because of the pheromone that makes my head wander.
Rebecca stumbled and was about to fall to the ground in her yard.
At that very moment, I swiftly reached out and took Rebecca’s leaning body to the ground.

“Ugh.”

The moment our bodies were pressed together, Rebecca’s pale cheeks blushed as if she was embarrassed.
It had been three months since we had met her and she was still a bashful Rebecca.

“Hey… It’s out here. People are staring! You fool!”

If it had been until yesterday, I would have released Rebecca pretending I couldn’t win here.
But I decided to go out differently.
What Rebecca wants here is not something to set her free for.

“It doesn’t matter.”
“What?”
“Why do we have to pay attention to others? You and I even promised to get married.”

I held out the pearl ring on her finger to Rebecca.
A mermaid tear ring that was once given to Rebecca.
By putting these couplings on each other, we promised to marry in the future.
As she held out her ring, Rebecca hesitated before opening her mouth.

“Yeah, that’s right…”
“As a fiancée, please. You prepare the celebration party. I’m waiting for you with food and drinks. I’ll take Kate tonight.”
“Ah Okay.”

It was a stone fastball request, but Rebecca nodded her head.

“I’ll have everything ready. But Luke. Can I ask you something?”
“Ask.”
“Aren’t you pushing too hard all of a sudden?”

I asked while shrugging my shoulders.

“Are you burdened by pushing?”
“No. It’s not a burden.”

Rebecca added her words in a crawling voice, ashamed to reveal her true feelings.

“Everything, it’s much better than being stuffy. I like it because they look like warriors protecting my homeland.”
“You like it?”
“Kuhm!”

I’m coughing, but it seems to be good.
I lifted Rebecca back up and tried to free her from her hold.

“Hey, can you stay like this for a second? Luke.”

But Rebecca didn’t let me go, so I had to hold her tighter.
After the hug, Rebecca and I parted ways.
I have to go to church to pick up Kate, and Rebecca will need to order food and drinks to prepare for her party.

“See you on the roof at night.”

After saying goodbye to Rebecca, I set off for the church.

*

Did you say that the day you go is market day?
I never thought that today would be the day to use that proverb.
Arriving at the front door of the church grounds, I looked inside and felt embarrassed.

Today was the day when there was an event at the church.
It can also be said to be the most grandiose event of the year.

‘Baldur’s birthday.’

Today is the birthday of Baldur, the god of light worshiped in the church.
Thanks to this, the church grounds were decorated very splendidly, and far more church members than usual were wandering around the grounds.
To be honest, just looking at it is enough to catch my breath from the crowd.

“Hey, that’s an incubus over there.”
“Why did you come here on Baldur’s birthday? Did you come to ruin the event after being instructed by the demons?”
“Someone go and block it.”

I heard the voices of churchgoers whispering around me, but I didn’t mind and went through the front door and into the church grounds.
No matter how many people there are, the church members serving Baldur are basically non-violent.
There will be no bloodshed unless I do something stupid.

‘Where’s Kate?’

However, there were so many people that it was difficult to find Kate.
I wandered around the church grounds for a long time and snooped inside the building, but I couldn’t see the gorgeous blonde nun.
It’s been an hour since we arrived at the church, and Kate is still nowhere to be seen.
During that time, of course, I heard countless words from church members.

“You incubus bastard! He’s going to go back to hell, but what did he come to the church for?”
“Baldur will judge you!”

Church members chattering from afar are annoying.
As I continued to walk around the church grounds, someone suddenly spoke to me from behind.

“Mr. Wizard! Why are you here!”

Sniff!
I turned around and saw a little girl in a nun’s uniform staring at me and crying.
I wanted to feel a strange sense of deja vu, but it was a face I had seen many times when I came to church in the past.

Nancy.
A young apprentice nun who chased after Kate.
A kid who cried loudly like an alarm whenever he saw me, an incubus.
This time, as soon as Nancy made eye contact with me, she whimpered and started to cry.
I think it’s pretty scary that I came into being.

“Whisper! Huh…”

Nancy tried to get her to cry, but I stayed calm.
Not twice, but three times, because I have no intention of being beaten by that Human Alert kid.
In an instant, I reached Nancy and held out her hand.

Since this is an open place in the church grounds, the eyes of the church members around me naturally focused on me.
But don’t worry.
I didn’t mean to hurt Nancy.

“Do you like sweets?”

Lollipops.
It was something I had bought before going to church, reminding me of Nancy.

“Oh, it’s candy!”

Nancy stopped crying as soon as she received her candy.
I had seen Kate soothe Nancy with her candy the other day when she visited church for a foot-washing ceremony.
It was something I prepared with that in mind, but it worked surprisingly well.

“Don’t cry. And I want to ask you something. Where is Kate now?”
“Ke, Kate, sister? Sister, she’s not at church right now. The paladin who went out on a campaign is returning today, so I went outside for a while to pick her up. Leading the returning paladin is my mission today.”

That she was out?
Somehow, no matter how much I went around the church, I couldn’t see it.

“Where can I meet her?”
“I’ll be back at the church with Paladin soon. If she waits here, it means I can meet her sister.”
“Thank you for your answer.”

As a thank you, I gave Nancy another of her lollipops.
Nancy took two lollipops, opened the package on the spot, and licked them voraciously.

I heard that Kwangmyeongseong Church is an organization like the military, so bringing food from outside is extremely restricted.
That is why nuns say that when they receive food from others, they have a habit of forgetting it on the spot.
It was also the reason Nancy gobbled up her candy like she was possessed.

“Oh, it’s delicious. It’s really delicious. After all, cheap candy tastes like honey.”
“…”
“But wizard, you can’t stay here right now. If Paladin-nim returns to the church, you’ll be in big trouble.”
“Why?”
“My sister Kate only told me, and she said that you and your sister are like that?”

Between like that?
I nodded my head because it was clearly referring to dating.
But I don’t know what my dating Kate has to do with Paladin.

“Did Kate tell you? We’re dating?”
“Among the people in the church, only me was informed. Others don’t know. Even though rumors are circulating, they don’t believe in the fact that the nun and the dreamer are dating. Her ex-sister told me about it herself, so she didn’t know.”
“Yes, I understand. But why Paladin?”

Nancy opened her mouth with a puzzled expression.

“Jake Luden. This is the name of a paladin who is returning to the church. Among the paladins belonging to our Yoensuu branch, he is as strong as you. And there is one more important thing than anything else.”

As Nancy continued, she realized what it meant to have big things happen.

“Paladin Jake has a crush on Kate. What would he think if he saw an incubus approaching her sister?