Chapter 129 – Visit #03

“Okay, let’s cheer up and go fast!”

The news of the 1:00 visit from Thomas brought me back to my senses.

“Did you ask me to teach you about magic and theology? Of course we’re here to help! Teaching you is my job.”

The one who was next to him was Priest Thomas, who was one of the unrivaled geniuses in science, magic, and alchemy as well as theology, so he asked for help.

Thanks to this, I was able to learn a lot of the theoretical parts that I lacked.

So now all I had to do was sit down with Violet,haha, and apologize to Master Marianne, who was sitting across from her.

“I didn’t expect to see St. Olga here. I wish I could have given you a letter.”
“I was surprised too. I didn’t know Miss Violet would come to visit!”
“..Artin, are those two people on bad terms?”

I couldn’t answer Marianne’s question in a small whisper, so I just shrugged her shoulders.

‘…What? Did something happen that I don’t know about?’

In my memory, Olga and Violet didn’t have such a bad relationship…

Of course, he had seen Olga a few times while wandering through Violet’s memories of her.

However, there were quite a lot of distorted memories, so I didn’t pay much attention to Violet fighting Olga.

Had I known this was going to happen, would I have taken a good look at my memories back then?

“Ahaha, thank you so much for coming to see Violet, my sister, and even Al’Miraz. Thank you, too, for accepting my request to let Al’Miraj in, Olga.”

Trying to ease the awkward atmosphere, I looked up at Olga and Violet, who were sitting across from her.

“What are you talking about Artin, of course you have to come! The other kids wanted to come too, but they couldn’t come, so they were very sad!”
“Keuheum, Agnes asked for me too… I told her to call me sister before.”

When Violet looked away from Olga, her previously cold expression her was gone, and she smiled brightly at me with her usual kind face her.

When Sister Marianne also responded in order to lighten the atmosphere, I felt the stiff atmosphere loosen up.

Yes, this is a visit. When I was in the military, no one came to visit me, so I always longed for visits like this.

“Huh, it’s nothing. Can I do anything for Artin’s request?”
“I’m going to come too. Are you always trustworthy and dependent on me?”

Olga did n’t use the title “Seobangnim” As it was n’t a personal occasion, but her voice and eyes were as kind as when they were alone.

Did I also feel wrong?

“It would have been nice if Artin’s other friends came along. Violet-sama, it’s a relief that you passed the test by yourself, right?”
“…I think I heard something in my bones, Saint Olga?”
“Oh, that can’t be! It’s because I’m really sorry.. I hope other friends passed too. I mean.”

No, it is certain that it is not an illusion.

Even now, we look at each other fiercely like that, but how can I not notice that?

‘As for the reason… Is it the problem after I die?’

Violet, who is kind to everyone, and Saint Olga, who is kind to everyone, fought, and if they didn’t know, I, who was smart enough, couldn’t figure it out.

It would be better for me to step in here, but…

“It’s okay, I was surprised too! Why is someone in the Northern Church who should be in the Vatican still in the academy!”
“Huh, I’d like to tell you, but it’s a bit hard to say because it’s a church secret. Right, Artin?”
“Eh… Hmm? Right?”
“Well, if the saintess is great enough to move and has a mission to hide… I’m sure it’s a great thing, but wouldn’t it have been better to let the student council know? Isn’t that Artin?”
“Uh.. That’s because each person has their own circumstances..?”

..I’m afraid to ask now, so I’ll talk to Olga later.

I left Olga and Violet’s increasingly heated conversation behind and looked at Marianne, who was sitting next to me.

Marianne watched with interest as the two fought, and she didn’t even notice me staring.

‘Why is Marianne sitting next to me…’

The chairs prepared in the meeting room are two sofas and one chair.

Naturally, I thought I would sit with Violet, but the two of them secretly competed to see who should sit next to me, and eventually agreed to let Marianne sit next to me.

Al’Miraj, for reference, was sitting next to her Violet her with a tense face fidgeting with her hand her. Or maybe the divine protection dwelling in the saintess and the barriers placed on this building are painful for Al’Miraj.

After all, the only person I can talk to comfortably now is Marianne.

“Me, sister. I am sorry for what happened last time.”
“..Go, are you suddenly bringing up work at that time? There is a flow in conversation, right?”

First of all, I directly apologized for my rudeness the other day.

After hearing my apology, Marianne’s face turned red as if she remembered what had happened the other day, but I didn’t care and hung her head.

“I was asked by Agnes to help me, so I helped, but at that time, I was a bit crazy, so I think it was a big disrespect.”

My sister would surely think it was a sudden apology, but I don’t know a better way to apologize than this.

There may be ways to sneak over it, or settle down properly and apologize, but I think the best thing to do is to unwind what has accumulated in the ideals you met like this.

“Uh..Um..Yes, I realized what I did wrong and took it out first, so I won’t be more angry about it.”
“Really, sister?”
“I’m the type of person who doesn’t say two words with one mouth. Also, it is true that physical contact is unavoidable during sparring.”

There was something delightful about the expression on her sister’s face when she said that.

“As expected, you’re the kind of guy I’d take as a younger brother. If you weren’t going to apologize, I was going to show you the truth.”
“..When did you see it? How?”
“Once you break all 10 fingers, even some idiots come to their senses.”
“…”

I quietly put my hand down on the table.

If you hadn’t apologized by the end of today’s conversation, you would have been healed by Priest Thomas.

“Hmm, so I heard something big happened at the rose garden… Are you feeling better?”

Sister Marianne scratched her cheek with an embarrassed expression, as if she didn’t know that I was a little scared.

If it’s a sister I know… It’s not just because I’m shy, but when I ask an important question, I scratch my cheek.

“I’ve been resting well for over a week, so my body is fine, although I’m weak from taking the elixir now.”
“That’s fortunate, he, did training with me help?”
“…Yes. It definitely helped. Thanks to what I learned from my sister, I overcame many crises.”

Of course, what I was able to survive through this round of training were empty words, but not all of what I said was a lie.

In fact, if I hadn’t had the fighting technique my sister had taught me in the 4th playthrough, I would have been killed by the flesh monster Shirka.

“Looking back, I heard that you cut down even intermediate level monsters with your swordsmanship. I don’t know how to fight in the kingdom style, but it’s good when dealing with monsters, right?”
“Yes, the sharpness of imperial swordsmanship is good, but it is not easy to suffocate regenerating monsters unless it is the instantaneous power of kingdom-style swordsmanship.”

My swordsmanship is close to a real-life swordsmanship that uses the strengths of both swordsmanship evenly, but it is also true that fighting against demons has become much easier after learning swordsmanship from Sister Marianne.

“Okay? I mean… That’s great. Yes.”
“…?”

There was something strange about my sister’s reaction as she smiled and nodded.
Am I missing something? I’m not sure about something.

“That’s right, I have a present for Artin! Braided! Would you like to open it yourself?”
“Oh, wasn’t Jim being examined by Priest Thomas? It would be difficult if you sneaked in…”
“I got permission for this in advance while taking the test! You showed me when you came in!”

Violet smiled and stuck her tongue out at Olga and handed me a large envelope.

What? Is it pretty heavy inside?

“Is this… A letter?”
“Right! Since I couldn’t see the children for three days, Princess Agnes thought of how it would be if we exchanged letters! Not good? It’s like a love letter!”

When I opened the envelope, there were several letters inside the envelope.

Indeed, even though it’s hard to meet in person, it doesn’t matter if you send and receive letters!

“A love letter… Would it be okay to write something like that to Agnes’ fiancé?”
“Uh..? Ah! Sure! I got permission from Princess Agnes! It’s not even a real love letter, is it?”

Marianne, who did n’t yet know that we had formed a harem, looked at me uncomfortably, but when Agnes said she ‘d agreed, she did n’t say much, probably because of her personality that does n’t touch other people’s territory.

“That’s great, I hope you read and reply when you take a break from studying. Seeing this reminds me of the past. Isn’t it coming..Going..?”

Looking at her letters, she remembered the practice of writing her love letters with Olga.

“Will you come? It’s okay? What’s up?”

—Percussion!

When I stretched out my hand to check Olga’s condition, Olga took my hand away in surprise, then returned to focus when she realized that it was me who had reached out.

“Ah…No…I’m sorry Artin, I’m suddenly not feeling well… It’s a reflex. I never tried to knock Artyn down..”
“No, I’m fine! More than that, your complexion is really bad, will you be okay?”

Olga was n’t her usual relaxed expression of her, her eyes wide open, her expression mixed with embarrassment and surprise, she slowly got herself up from the sofa and smiled awkwardly, trying to look as good as possible.

“Well, I’ve been thinking about some urgent business for a while, so I need to go. Would you like to talk with the four of us?”
“Olga? Wait a minute… “

I called Olga to stop her, but Olga hurriedly left the room.

The sudden series of flows left me and the other two in a state of wide-eyed eyes, unable to comprehend the situation.

“What? Isn’t that just a letter? As if I saw a ghost…”
“Yeah, I will! The saintess runs around as if she is surprised to see her ghost her! How strange!”
“..Why is Al’Miraj suddenly shouting so awkwardly? Do you know anything?”
“N-yes? What are you talking about! I am seeing her saint for the first time today!”

Haha, Al’Miraj laughed awkwardly, and I stared at Al’Miraj suspiciously.

“…No way..”
“Yes? Does Violet know anything?”
“… Ah, no. Could it be that I’m just not feeling well? Originally, devils, witches, and priests don’t get along well, right?”

What? For some reason, I felt like everyone except me and my sister Marianne knew about this situation.

I was about to run after Olga, but Violet shook her head as she grabbed her wrist her.

“If you’re not feeling well, it might be easier to rest alone for a while. Why don’t you leave it alone and talk later, Artin?”
“..Uh, is that so? Violet is, after all, delicate.”

Certainly… It would be better to talk about it later when he calms down, rather than running after him right away.

Wouldn’t it be nice for Olga to visit her in the evening and talk alone?

…

Immediately after Olga left, the atmosphere became very awkward.

At the sudden action of the saintess, not only Sister Marianne, who was nominally a follower of the Northern Church, but also Violet, who had been fighting with Olga a while ago, glanced at the door Olga had exited with worried eyes.

“..Well then, shall we read the letter? I wonder what everyone wrote. Did you write Violet too?”
“Is that so? I wrote it too~ If you look for it, you will find it!”

To ease the awkward atmosphere, I took out a random letter and unfolded it.

“Oh, this was written by Xiaomei? Shall we see what you wrote?”

I opened the letter by tapping the brand on the envelope and the envelope opened neatly.

Unexpectedly, the contents of the letter written by Xiao-Mei were short and brief. However, something was out of the ordinary.

-Brother, when you come out of there, run away as far as you can! Or rather die on the spot as soon as you read it!-

In the letter, Xiao-Mei encouraged me to commit suicide.

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