Chapter 200 – Elven Ruins

“Yes, you can take me.”

“Yes?”

I was dumbfounded because the saintess gave permission easier than I thought.
You mean it’s so easy?
The woman who was a saint of the cult and who murdered three paladins?

“I’m not sure I heard it wrong, right?”

“Didn’t you say you wanted to take her child, Maria?”

“Yes, it is.”

“Then you are not wrong. You may take them.”

A woman with a bright smile,
As I stare blankly at her, she covers her mouth and giggles.

“Why do you want to let go so easily?”

“Yes… It’s probably because of Maria’s actions.”

“We went through a lot of meetings about that. Specifically, about the treatment of that child.”

A saintess is like that, right? She gave Melissa a glare. Melissa nodded her head.

“Ordinarily, she deserves to be punished for being a saint of a cult. But she wasn’t what she wanted, she was kidnapped and forced. Considering that she wanted her ghosts who remained by Maria’s side to be lenient, and that she had no vicious aura of her own left in Maria, she did not plan to punish them. It’s just that she has lost all of her family and has no place to stay, so I was thinking of entrusting her to the temple… But as long as you take care of it, it’ll be fine.”

She herself hopes for it too. Melissa said so.

“Are you really okay? As Melissa-sama knows, Maria…”

“Know. She killed three new paladins.”

As if remembering that time, Melissa’s expression darkened.

“But at the time she said Maria was unconscious. She said it wasn’t intentional. And that was my mistake in the first place.”

“…”

“And a paladin is originally a sword that serves God, but it is also a shield that protects the people from evil. In that sense, the deaths of those three were honorable. I don’t want to ruin the honor of the three with my personal feelings.”

“Is that so…”

It’s good that Melissa doesn’t have her feud with Maria. She would have been a nuisance if she had sediment.

“Still, if you die, you will have to visit the temple once a month. It might have a special aura hidden in it.”

“All right. I do.”

“Rather than that, why do you want to take her? Is it because two women aren’t enough?”

She asked as Melissa laughed heartily.
I had to break a sweat to make excuses there again.

* * *

Even after the meteor left, the saintess and Melissa remained in the room for a while.

“Melissa, what does he look like to you?”

“Well… He seems like a decent guy. At least there is no corner.”

“Enough to start a family together?”

Melissa screamed at Lorian’s mischievous voice.

“Ah! Saintess! Because that was a mistake! She told me I never thought she had a lover!”

“Why can’t you think? He is such a strong and handsome man. Isn’t it normal to think that lovers are bound to exist?”

“Ah! I don’t know, I don’t know! I didn’t know! That was a mistake! Let’s move on like that.”

“Melissa, discipline is discipline.”

Eurmia is the goddess who presides over family peace. Of course, her followers also pursued family peace, and they had one unwritten rule.

Whether intentionally or unintentionally, if she upsets or ruins someone else’s family, she herself is somehow responsible.

She can mediate between the two of you, introduce you to a new spouse, or she can be your own spouse.

Everything is at the discretion of the bishop in charge.

And the saintess was in a much higher position than that of a bishop.

‘It’s been a while since I can kill Melissa’s spirit.’

Lorian grinned at his old friend.

A light kiss she didn’t know could easily be overlooked, but she didn’t want to miss this precious opportunity.

“Ah, the real Lorian!”

Melissa, who gave her justification, could do nothing but beat her chest as if in frustration as she raised her voice.

* * *

“So, am I going to be with you from now on?”

“That’s right. Rather than that, how could I not call you that master? If others hear it, they will misunderstand it.”

“The master is the master. It is impossible to call it any other way.”

Said Maria firmly with her free face, even though she had no expression.

Pestilence.

‘Okay. I’ll slowly correct that later…’

The first thing to do is to introduce them to Seris and Kara. I led Maria to the room where Celis and Kara were waiting.

“From now on, I will introduce you to my lovers, but you should be quiet for now. I will explain everything.”

“…All right.”

For some reason, I opened the door, leaving Maria behind. Seris and Kara were sitting on the bed waiting for me. The two looked at me through the open door and smiled.

Then I saw Maria standing behind me and she drew her sword without hesitation.

“Mr. Yooseong, what is that woman? Why are you here?”

“That’s who he was then! Wasn’t she in custody in the temple?”

I raised both hands and restrained them.

“Ceris, Kara, calm down. Maria had a problem too. Put down your sword and listen to the story.”

When I said that, the two glanced at each other and put down their swords.

I had Maria wait at her door, and I approached them and began to explain.
The story of Maria’s past that she heard from Melissa.

A tragic story of parents brutally dying in front of your eyes, and yourself and your sisters being kidnapped and subjected to strange experiments.

Ceris covered her mouth in surprise and Kara made her face look bitter at her.

“I didn’t expect that to happen… I didn’t expect it at all.”

“So do i. It was such a tragedy that I was pardoned by the saintess.”

“I’m so glad. Maria, have you been having a hard time?”

With Ceris’ arms outstretched, she approached Maria and tried to hold her. Maria avoided it by stepping backwards.

“Ah, I’m fine. Because everything is in the past.”

“…Yes?”

“?”

Cerris’s bewildered voice. Kara’s expression of incomprehension.
This is ruined
Why is he over there talking nonsense while avoiding hugs…

I decided not to lighten the mood, but to just shout hotly.

“Anyway, Maria will stay with us from now on.”

“Yes?”

“?”

Seris, who sounds even more puzzled, and Kara, who looks even more incomprehensible.
I had to explain Maria and her status window to those two.

* * *

I returned to Kalita with Maria.
Sister Nella did not come along. Is there anything to do in the city where we stayed for a while?
Well, considering what happened in Coromo, as a nun of the Yurmiya Church, there must be quite a lot of things she has to solve.

‘I heard that a paladin will escort you on the way back.’

There was no need to worry if the paladin was attached.
It’s because the writers called knights easily win even if they fight against a group of bandits with their stupid words.

“This is our home. One room just happened to be vacant, so you can use that room.”

“Can I ask you one thing?”

“What?”

“There are four people staying in this house, including the owner. Why is there only one room left when there are only three?”

“Well, Seris and Kara share the same room as me. Ariel is the only one who has a separate room.”

“Ah, is that so..?”

Maria’s eyes dimmed for some reason, and she said she would look around the room she was going to be in, and went inside.

Seris pulled my arm as if she had been waiting for that moment. She whispered in my ear.

“Mr. Yoosung, is that really true?”

“What.”

“It’s not like love at first sight!”

“Oh, because it is not. How many times are you asking?”

I replied as if I was bored. It’s not that it’s not, but I’ve been plagued by that question all the way back here. I’m subtly enjoying making a happy expression when I answer no. That’s it.

“You’re the one who likes sleeping with other women in the first place. Aren’t you supposed to be disappointed if I deny that question?”

At my words, Celis shuddered and waved her index finger.

“It’s different, Yoosung. I only recently realized that, but I want Yooseong to have sex with another woman, not Yooseong to fall in love with her.”

“What is that. Aren’t you being too selfish?”

“Yooseong is dating my sister at the same time. I can even ask for this much!”

Celis crossed her arms and spoke confidently. I’m out there, I have nothing to say I sighed.

“Yes, do as you please. I’m going to go on an adventure for a while, so you guys are giving Maria a tour of the house and the city.”

“Why are you coming to the adventure team?”

“You asked Orca to do the barrier for the elven ruins. It’s been a while since I entrusted it, so I’m going to check how far it’s progressed.”

“Ah. Is that it?”

Seris responded by saying, “There was something like that?” If it had been before buying a house, it would have been a more urgent reaction than that.
I left the house with a smile.

The adventure party was quiet as always.
It’s a place I only go to when I need it in the first place, so I have no choice but to do that.
I went up the stairs and stood in front of Orca’s office.
When you knock on the door, you hear her voice.

-Who is this?

“That’s me. Yuseong Han.”

-Hang on.

Time to wait in front of the door that has become familiar now. Today, when I wanted to go a little longer, the door opened. I went inside and casually sat down in the receptionist’s chair.

“Are you back? When did you come back?”

Orca asked, brushing her long black hair to the side of her.

“I am back today. This place came as soon as I stopped by the house.”

“…Okay?”

For some reason, Orca looked a little happy.
I told her her purpose for coming here.

“Orca, she will help me with the Elf Ruins barrier I asked you to do before. How is it going?”

“…Yes, you were that kind of guy.”

Orca sighed heavily and she answered my question.

“If that’s the case, I finished it while you left the temple. Just bring the Haeju Scroll and the barrier will disappear.”

I jumped up from my seat.

“Is that true? Then…”

“Calm down. What’s so urgent? I’m not going to jump into the ruins right away.”

When Orca responded calmly, she felt sorry for her violent reaction. I scratched the back of my head and sat back down.

“It’s just… He seemed excited when he said he had suddenly finished something that couldn’t be progressed.”

“Yes, you can. But that’s not what you need to worry about right now.”

“Yes?”

“Look at this.”

Orca placed the crystal ball on top of her desk. As she utters her short command, a video plays inside her orb.

– Ahhhhh!

The content of the video was a scene where Anne and I were intermingling.

“No, what is this…”

As I was taken aback, Orca put on a look of satisfaction, she said.

“This video… What will your lovers do if they see it?”

Yes?