Chapter 228 – Pilgrimage.

It was a night when the moon was shining brightly. On the surface of the water that had changed its clothes to match the sky, the stars following the moon were playing on the waves, and the blue woman was quietly watching the scene.

“It’s really scary to get used to.”

She tugged at her hair, which was scattered in the breeze that tickled her ears, and remembered what she had been trying to do to see this sight. She pursued the person who wanted to show this scene more than anyone else, and thought over and over again why this sight, which she was able to see after sacrifice, was not so special, but the more she thought about it, the more her heart brought only one reason. She took out her necklace, which she always kept in her bosom, and looked at her cross in her hand, glistening silver in the moonlight.

If such a long time had passed, it would have become blurry, but as time passed, the figure of the person she missed became clearer, and the woman’s heart was tightened with a burning heart today.

“Rachel-sama, are you here alone again?”

She let out a sigh at the sound of her man’s voice calling her name.

“Kane, can’t I leave you alone at a time like this?”
“But if you’re alone, you’ll be a constant target for these.”

He said, clearing the monsters on the floor of her with her feet.

“I’m also a paladin. It’s not to the extent that I can’t protect myself from monsters who haven’t even reached adulthood.”
-Kiririk!

Rachel then stepped on and killed a monster that was aiming at her and approached her feet. No matter how immersed she was in her thoughts, it wasn’t to the extent that she could not become an adult and get attacked by the eerie monsters crawling on the land and aiming for sleeping humans.

“I am your escort.”
“The acting manager’s mission must have already ended in Parz, right?”
“Even so, I have a duty to escort you safely to the Holy Land.”

She recalled what happened in Parz at his seemingly straightforward words.

“Is it because of the wizard?”

It was after experiencing such an incident in Parz that his behavior, which he had always been strict with, became exceptionally more stubborn. The meeting with the wizard was like a lightning bolt unexpected for them.

“Don’t Kane know that he and we have nothing to be hostile to?”

It was difficult for wizards to deal with paladins as wizards did, and paladins could not be hostile to wizards unless several were gathered. The wizards didn’t pay attention to the Holy Land, and the paladins were not free enough to wage war against the wizards, so even if they were vigilant and watched, it was rare for them to interfere or hostile to each other.

“But this time, the mages could definitely turn against us, right?”

Rachel eventually shuts her mouth. That was the reason why she couldn’t take him hard, as she had been following her to escort herself. It wouldn’t be strange if he, indignant at the situation in which she had stolen her witch from her sorcerer’s possession, went after them right away.

“It won’t happen.”

Even so, she could say that the home would not exist. At least when Rachel woke up her witch she seemed not very kind to the wizard and erased his magic, which is why she prioritized intercepting her witch rather than subduing the wizard.

“Why are you so sure?”
“Because she’s one of the three witches.”

Hearing her words, Kane seemed surprised. She brought her because she was a witch, but didn’t say that she was a special witch. He couldn’t have known that those three witches could seal the wizard’s magic.

“Then he could have killed him and come out?!”
“Even if all the people of Parz die?”

Killing a wizard was a very dangerous thing. He was not someone who could be killed just because he could be killed. The fact that they have a means to destroy a country just by saying it when they are cornered is because they could find it by digging through old documents. If he felt that he was going to die and used that method, everyone living in Parz could die. If such a situation had occurred, it would have been impossible for her and the entire envoy to survive.

“So this is best.”

If he ever comes after me, I’ll be able to seal his magic and subdue him with the witch’s power.

“I’m too lazy to listen to nagging, so I’ll go back to the carriage. This should be fine, right?”
“…Yes.”

Even after saying that, she didn’t feel like he was cheating on her anymore, so she decided to go back to her own carriage. She made a rough sweep of the monsters that had swarmed nearby and got into her wagon.

“Whoa, if you were really a person who only did your duty, it wouldn’t have been burdensome.”

Rachel smiled bitterly as she muttered words bitterly that he couldn’t hear. At least he wasn’t a person who could hide his feelings as much as he was naive. If it hadn’t been for a little more notice of her own, she wouldn’t have been avoiding him. She looked across from her before lying down on her own bed. There was a large iron fence there. A hard, cold iron cage that would be used to confine a large animal too foreign to be in a wagon used as a room. What was inside was neither a monster nor a dangerous wild animal.

A red girl was asleep as if dead on a simple bed with soft cushions under a soft cotton blanket. Pale red hair like flower petals flowing down soft bedding, clear and clean skin, and the girl’s voluptuous limbs, which could not be buried in soft cushions, made it feel like committing a crime even being locked up behind bars. However, if you know the identity of the girl who seems unable to kill a single bug, you will understand why she is locked up in that prison.

“Are you saying this child is really one of the three witches?”

After all, the three witches were witches who descended to this land with strong enough power to be said to be the source of magic.

“A witch who was destined to hate the world and humans…”

When Rachel heard her story about them, she thought she was an evil one wielding powers as disastrous as wizards. However, when she faced this witch herself, she couldn’t help but doubt whether the witch and this girl, who had only been told about her, were the same being. She quietly went over to the bars and opened the door. And if you carefully look at the dress that covered the girl’s body, the unknown wounds on her face were revealed one by one. Blue bruises resembling large handprints were still left on the girl’s delicate skin.

I could see the scratches from the sharp claws of something like a beast, and the various wounds left as scars due to not being treated in time. As soon as she covered the dress she was lifting with her trembling hands, her eyes immediately reached the girl’s hands. Her tiny hands, which she would never have seen after being dipped in water, smelled of calluses and spicy herbs that seemed to be traces of life. Lastly, one of her legs, which was examined, was wrapped in bandages along with a splint. When Rachel saw her girl’s condition, she called in her personal therapist to treat her girl, and she clicked her tongue and remembered her words.

“… Did she say it was impossible for her to walk properly even if she was completely healed?”

Did she even say that it would be painful to move even with all kinds of drugs? Rachel wondered if it was really right to take the girl like this.

“If it was Master, of course…”

When she reached out her hand and put it between her girl’s neck and her leg, trying to lift it.

“If you want to revive Master, be sure to bring a special witch.”

A cold woman’s voice ran down her spine. It wasn’t that the woman whispered to her right there in person. Well, it was only Rachel’s memories. The words she had heard before she left her shrine as her acting minister held her wrists.

“…Master.”

She looked at her trembling hand, then bit her lip and slowly removed her hand from the girl’s body. She knew

“What should I do?”

The sight I longed for so much.

“Please teach me.”

Even though she always sees the scene where the word “Beautiful” Leaks out, the reason why the scene is not beautiful is because of the vacancy of the person she thought would always be by her side.

“It’s no use even if I say this…?”

She also blames herself for harboring feelings she shouldn’t have for her own mentor.

“The world without Master has no meaning.”

Squeeze, iron spatula. The sound of the iron bars closing and locking rang the carriage.