Chapter 166 – A Visit That Is Not a Hospital Visit -5-

Did Gleipnir’s greeting work?

Éclair tried to touch the hard-shaped body with a surprised face at the charm that made it impossible to call it a chain.

Chareuk-!

“Hmm?”

The closer Eclair’s hand is, the farther Gleipnir is.

It’s like avoiding people’s hands when trying to pet a stray cat.

It resembled the shape of holding a magnet and pushing the same pole.

I went to the left and then to the right, and I was quite embarrassed by the will to never get caught in Eclair’s hand.

It was the same when I showed it to Rike.

I feel reluctant when someone other than me tries to touch it.

“It seems like it wouldn’t be a good idea to use strength or speed to forcefully catch it in order to avoid it.”

“Maybe··?”

Watching Gleipnir slipping away from him while maintaining a certain distance, Eclair narrowed his eyes as if he didn’t like it, then straightened his waist to straighten his coat.

“Well, that’s okay. We’ll talk about the details later.”

“Come be careful. I eat well, so I can comfortably buy what Kitty wants to eat.”

In response to her attitude of trying to calm me down somehow, I raised her hands and feet and decided to wait at her church.

“Roman.”

“Huh?”

Mumbling her mouth to say something, she blushed slightly and spoke her words out.

“I’ll be back soon, so don’t cry because you’re lonely.”

Thud!

Eclair’s rare act of closing the door with a joke made me laugh after a while.

‘I can’t see the end of the charm of Riquette and Eclair.’

Aside from her fun, her attempt was really fresh, and her face, embarrassed even after she said it, kept running in her head even when she lay down.

Charuk-

Gleipnir, which had been standing stiffly for fun and greetings, collapsed and flowed onto the ship.

What’s curious is that it doesn’t feel like heavy, hard metal has fallen, but rather, it feels like a soft cloth fluttering on the body.

“Do you really hate being touched by other people? I’ll be careful next time.”

Slowly and silently, I stroked Gleipnir as usual as he approached me with my hand.

Churru-

At some point, the chain lost its strength and became limp.

I don’t know why, but it happens sometimes, so it’s not surprising.

‘No matter how hard it is, it’s a chain, but it doesn’t sleep all the way…?’

With a sense of weight, he gently lifted the dangling Gleipnir and pushed it into the air where it was originally, and the time to wait for Eclair began.

…

‘Even if I’m not hungry, thinking about the night… I should eat.’

He hits the bed with his heel and spends time in a daze in his room.

For dinner, I was excited about what Eclair would bring.

According to her concerns about her health and her taste, she mentioned to me, would she prefer a clean menu rather than greasy and stimulating dishes.

It doesn’t matter if you buy the eclair you want to eat yourself.

There really isn’t any food or cooking that really covers it.

Smart-! Smart-!

She was waiting for Eclair, but someone other than her came to visit.

As in the morning, a strong knock that could not control its strength.

It was really easy to know who was coming with one action, without having to focus on the senses.

“You may come in.”

Kiik-

It’s the same duo as when we met in the morning, but in a different state.

The saintess who came in accompanied by a large woman seemed to be more tired than in the morning, perhaps because today’s schedule was quite a forced march.

The shape of her smiling mouth was the same as in the morning, but the feeling was heavy.

She herself doesn’t want to show off her character, but the setting that her body is weak seems to work harder than she thinks.

“Excuse me for being late. I just talked with the knight at the imperial court as well.”

Perhaps it was due to fatigue, but his voice was strangely low.

“I see. What are you doing? You look so tired, but you don’t rest.”

The corners of her mouth trembled at the direct mention that she looked tired.

“Even after the knight left, there was something discussed between the church and the imperial family, so I passed it on to the knight.”

Isn’t it a story that makes my head hurt just by listening to it?

She feels she did a good job getting Éclair to rest in bed.

“If it’s the information I need to hear, I’ll listen to it myself later. Is there even a need for the busy saintess to visit?”

She thanked me, then erased her laugh and continued the conversation in a lower voice.

“Hmm… Thank you for your words. Actually, I came here because I wanted to ask the adventurer-sama something, so is it okay?”

In a serious atmosphere, I nodded my head willingly.

It’s better for each other to ask honestly than to do a background investigation that won’t even come out.

“Even a saintess may not be able to answer a subject that is too sensitive depending on the question?”

“I know that. Thank you so much for the opportunity.”

“There’s a high chance I won’t be able to answer, but it’s kind of scary to get a thank you already.”

She showed a slight smile on her really tired face, not the corners of her mouth that she habitually raised, before bringing up her question.

“Among adventurer’s family relationships, are there any people related to the church? I would like to ask if there are any former paladins or priests.”

“No? It’s a family… My parents were farmers. I don’t know now.”

At my question, the saintess let out a short salivation and thought, then dug a step deeper.

“Have you ever looked at your family’s genealogy further up?”

“Genealogy, I’m a commoner, so I don’t know exactly. I’ve never heard of my grandfather or any other lineage during the time I lived with my parents, who I can remember.”

“Ah… That’s right.”

I know what she wants to ask me.

I don’t know what she felt when she saw my white flame.

It seems like they are trying to find a connection somehow.

You must be curious about an adventurer who has the power to drive down and purify a mighty demon with great resistance to normal physical force.

However, since the most powerful and largest of the holes to be inferred is blocked, how will it come out?

‘No matter how curious he is, he won’t openly ask.’

Even if she is a saint of high rank, asking adventurers what skills and artifacts they have is a range that is not even included in the number of cases in the first place.

Even if it’s black, there’s no reason I’m willing to show it.

Taking on the role of her ignorant adventurer, I asked the woman who was contemplating her next question.

“Saintess. What are you curious about me?”

As if she had prepared in advance, she answered quickly like a magic tool.

“The way he fought against the mighty evil was so valiant that I wanted to learn the secret.”

Would it be like this if, like Eclair, it was not in a straight line but wandering in various places and living with one foot in the political arena?

The art of talking back was an art.

“It’s not that they’re brave, they’re ignorant and fearless. Most of the adventurers are like that.”

“…Is that so? Maybe it’s the first time I’ve met an adventurer belonging to the platinum rank, so I felt extraordinary.”

It was an unexpected fact.

To say that I felt extraordinary meant that even if it was lip service with a good appearance, it was the first time a person the size of a saint saw platinum.

“If you go out of the country, you’ll have a higher chance of meeting them than in the capital city, right?”

Platinum, like me, stuck in the capital and stopped by the guild tavern was rather rare.

No, among platinum, I am the only one.

Like a fatalist risking death, they must go out and live their lives doing various things worthy of the name ‘adventurer’.

Even if it’s blue gold, it’s hard to see it in a tavern, except for a mentally ill person like Nottingham.

The odds of encountering high-ranking adventurers are much higher outside the capital.

“I’ve met those who belong to the blue gold a few times.”

But it meant there was no platinum.

“It’s an honor. That’s the first platinum saintess saw.”

“I am truly honored—”

Smart-

The person who could have opened the door naturally without knocking read the clutter inside and knocked on the door out of etiquette.

Here, Magella, who voluntarily recognized that she was the lowest, opened the door after confirming the intentions of the saintess and Roman.

When the door opened, Eclair bowed briefly to the saintess.

“Excuse me while we are talking.”

When Eclair appeared, holding her paper bag and her pot somewhere in her hand, her saintess turned around and greeted her with a smile.

“I was going to leave right now because my business was over. Then, may the adventurers and knights be safe…”

Eclair entered and the saintess and her counselor left the room.

Kiik-

Éclair asked me while checking that the door was closed and putting food on the table.

“Did you interrupt me while I was having an important conversation with the saintess?”

“No. It was just the right timing. It wasn’t even a big story.”

“Hmm…”

“Well, you must have a lot of questions about my fight with the devil. When will you catch me and call me properly for investigation?”

“The probability is high, but it won’t take too long. First of all, the big stems are in a state of being built inside.”

“That’s fortunate… I had a hard time buying it, but I’ll prepare it, so sit down.”

When I patted Éclair’s butt, she smiled but did not stop her hand.

We unpacked the food on the table together, sat down, and started a light meal with a cream stew that even the ingredients were well-cooked.

“It’s time to go to sleep soon, so something soft would be better. And eat the bread in the bag in the morning.”

“I’ll eat well.”

She was grateful for the arrangement of her éclairs prepared in advance until the morning, and spent the time focused on conversation with her rather than simply her meal.

…
…

“Innocence.”

Piing-

In her hand, round objects like particles of light gather and become a hard and sharp sword.

Isn’t it a form of romantic appearance?

“The sense that you feel just by looking at it with your eyes is pious? Holy? It’s that kind of feeling.”

“It’s not wrong. Innocence’s ability… Is the activation of sex magic.”

“Did you get the skill to use through the sword?”

This was a very curious part because it was an unknown external part of the game.

In the case of Rike, the heroine of Akarite, she learned blood magic through Vanitas.

Even if Eclair isn’t actually the heroine of the game, there’s a good chance she’ll learn the skill.

“It’s not directly used, but when you’re holding Innocence. If I wanted to, it’s a form of sexual magic that continues to be activated, so it’s a little different to learn a skill.”

“What kind of sex magic is it?”

She raised her sword and set it in front of her, closing her eyes to show by her actions rather than her words.

“… When I focus on this sword, there is a voice that I can hear.”

-Innocence and innocence of heart will be forged into one sword, imitating the blessings of the gods. This sword will protect you by strengthening your heart and faith against power, greed, ambition, and corrupting influences.

-The lion’s heart.