The Assassin and The Blind Saint
Arc 1 Chapter 15: Meeting
After breaking free from the Witch curse I killed, Lena suddenly lost consciousness. This may be caused by Mana Exhaustion. The condition in which a person uses mana exceeds the capacity he has. I didn't know that Lena could use a Purification Magic that could make me free from Curse Magic.
“So, how long have you been inhabiting this area?”
I was now chatting with the man who helped Lena when I lost control of the Witch curse I had killed.
“Of course, it's very hard to guess the time here. I think when King Valier de Aquitaine performed his coronation ceremony,” he replied.
“It was about 7 years ago. I heard his coronation was ruined by a Devil's attack.”
“Hahaha! The perpetrator of the incident was none other than Me!” he said with a laugh.
“Hee ~ turned out to be the truth of the story. Then, you ran here to escape from the pursuit of the Inquisitors?”
“Absolutely. It was the fourth time I had lost control of my body and attacked the nobles during an important event. My father was very troubled because of it,” he said in a melancholic tone. “Karenaku, my family's good name became tarnished in the Kingdom of Aquitaine. I think I chose the right decision to stay here. I will only harm others and myself if I stay with ordinary humans.”
Such was an Arbil and several other Cursed Child. They would not be able to coexist with humans except…
“Then, what about your story? How did you escape Arbil's curse like mine? rumor says ‘if you have killed 1000 humans, then the demon inside you will be satisfied with killing him’ so, is the rumor true?” ask her with a serious tone.
“Two thousand, After I killed 2000 humans, I was freed from Arbil's curse,” I answered correcting the false rumors.
“Hoo. Then, what about those voices, did they disappear as well?”
I know what voice he's talking about. The voice of the people you killed, the voice that appeared when an Arbil regained consciousness after losing control.
“No, the voice often reappears. I asked my friend to make a cure for it but.”.
“You will not be able to remove guilt and darkness from one's heart by medicine or magic.”
Yes, we understand each other because of what we have experienced. For this reason the Master gave me this command, a purpose in life to cleanse my dark soul because of the curse.
“Ughhhhh.. Sirius you're so noisy..”.
Suddenly I heard Lena's voice talking in my sleep. Seeing this, I just smiled considering what he had done for me earlier.
“She is a great woman,” said the man. “Rarely anyone can withstand the aura of killing an Arbil and have the courage to talk to them while in the Bloodlust Frenzy state. Even though you have lost the curse but, Aura kill and your power is not far from before.”
“Ya... Lena is a strong woman. Just like someone I know.”
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“Te-thank you brother for saving us.”
“Thank you for freeing us from that woman.”
After a few hours of rest. Lena and the twins we saved regained consciousness.
“You don't be naughty yes ~ Listen always to the words of this uncle and don't bother him too much,” Lena's instructions to the twins named respectively, Rudd and Ruby.
“Ummm.”
“Good.”
I walked over to the man to say my gratitude.
“You take it easy, I will accompany and help them. I have also known the dynamics of my Arbil change. I will stay away from them before I lose control of my body,” the man said trying to convince us. “I will also teach them about their strength, I hope they will be a little - a little able to find purpose in their current condition.”
"I understand ... And one thing, I almost forgot to tell you my name.”
I offered to shake hands with him.
“My name is Sirius. Nice to meet you.”
He took my hand as well and held it tightly.
“My name is Louis de Aquitaine. Nice to meet you too, Sirius,” he said with a smile.
Aquitaine? Each of us has its own secrets. Since we understood each other, did he tell me his real name?
We left them to continue our journey. I then turned around and saw the three figures waving - waving their hands at us. A member of the cursed King's family and a pair of twins chosen by the Demon God. Is this destiny? There is no such thing as coincidence in this world.
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The Capital of the Habsburg Empire, Ruhmstadt. The Temple of the Goddess Athena. The meeting between the 5 Cardinals was held with several high-ranking officials - important positions in the administration of the Temple of the Goddess of Athens.
“I apologize in advance. We are cooperating with the Imperial Intelligence Unit but, of the four teams we launched to escort the candidates, to date, we have not found any news from them,” he explained in a low tone due to his embarrassment to feel the dissatisfaction of the Cardinals to the performance of his subordinates. “Last we received a letter that Team 4 was taking him through the Elmea Forest but, until now there has been no word from them anymore,” he added.
“Isn't it far from there is City?” a Cardinal asked a bald man in robes.
“You're right Cardinal Betrand. We have a cell there to do the monitoring. I think I know quite a bit about the condition of the Saint candidate that Mr. Hohenheim talked about earlier,” he replied.
“Just tell Mr. Velis and don't spin around. Right now, we have to secure the candidates for this Ritual. Thuringia Kingdom has been on the verge of being destroyed by the Demon army, we as quickly as possible need a Saint and a Hero to hit back those Devils!” another Cardinal.
“Good Cardinal Paul. According to my Subordinate, the team sent to escort this Saint candidate has been completely wiped out. The Saint candidate was seen with a man entering Omor City at night. Not long after, the Patrol Guard there found several bodies whose identities were from the Republic of Anconia in view based on weapons and equipment.” Velis explained the report he received from his subordinates to the higher-ups present.
“The Fucking Atheist!”
“They're trying to kidnap our Saint candidate! This cannot be allowed!”
“Destroy them!”
Hearing reports from Velis, those attending the meeting began shouting at Republicans for trying to sabotage them.
“Quiet sir - sir, we must not act rashly in this situation. If we declare the Holy War also to the Republic of Anconia, the Alliance will face two Fronts which will be more unfavorable to the Alliance, ”.
“What do you mean Leroy? They are already bright - eager to sabotage us! Isn't it clear their intentions?!” cardinal Paul said.
“Leroy right, Paul. Maybe they still do it by stealth but, if there is a total war ... The big alliance is likely to be cornered and soon it will split, “ Cardinal Betrand explained.
They had a meeting from the morning that finally finished at night. After the meeting was over, the higher-ups of the Temple of the Goddess Athena began to disperse from the meeting room. Looks like a Knight in his 50s is about to leave the room. Suddenly he turned around because he felt someone was following him. He then saw his old friend smiling at him.
“During did not meet Georgy.”
“Cardinal Leroy?”
“Don't call me that. We're old friends. Will you follow me around for a while?”
They then walked to a place that was quieter than the people of the Temple.
“Then, there's something you want to talk about.”
“You never change well, Alright I will tell you.” Cardinal Leroy then took out a piece of paper containing the Illustration of a woman and gave it to Georgy.”According to Mr. Velis, the whereabouts of one of the Saint candidates were now in the vicinity of the border area. More precisely between Braswigh City and Ilmenoy City,” explained Cardinal Reloy.
“You want me to look for it?”
“Yes. To be honest, we strongly suspect the Empire is sabotaging some of the Saint candidates so that they do not get here so that the Saint candidates from their Country are re-elected at the Ritual,” Cardinal Leroy said bluntly.
Hearing the explanation of his old friend, Georgy became a little gloomy in the look on his face.
“I'm sorry if I offended you, Georgy,” Cardinal Leroy said sincerely.
“It's okay, I'm not that naive and know very well what the higher-ups of my country are doing.” Georgy just smiled at his old friend.”All right, I'll look for him.”
“Thank you Georgy.”
They separated after the conversation.
Georgy von Ritterburg was a former Exclusive Knight of the Saint. He was the best of the best as a Knight. Even he was aligned with Heroes - the previous hero in terms of strength.
He is well known for his honor as a Knight. A figure who became a role model for all Knights as the pinnacle of the Meaning of being a Knight himself. On the continent of Alterna he is known as— The White Knight.
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Somewhere on the border between the Habsburg Empire and the Neutral City of Ilmenoy, three men were discussing something.
“Sadly Mr. Geldoro should order us in this mission.”
“You're right. I heard Albert The Golden Hero will be at the forefront of the fight. I was very curious about the strength of someone who once had the title of Hero.”
They were on their way to Ilmenoy City to search for their target.
“Already, we are ordered by Mr. Geldoro to arrest the Saint candidate. He said he would give us an invaluable reward if we successfully complete this mission,” said one of them while rubbing a ring on his finger.
“Hee~ Time-stopping ring, huh?”
“You get an interesting artifact from Mr. Geldoro.”
The man then smiled and replied to them, “Of course. After this mission is completed, I think Mr. Geldoro will also definitely give you a more powerful Artifact than this.”
