The Assassin and The Blind Saint

Arc 3 Chapter 10: The Holy Sword

After defeating the Vampire, my Ikarus wings began to disappear into a bead of light, healing all the burns I received as I lunged at the Vampire's magic earlier.

I rushed to Lena's place and grabbed her body in my arms before she fell.

"Thank you, Sirius," he said weakly.

He seems to be using too much magic.

"You're so great, Lena. Thanks to you, we can defeat the devil." Hearing my praise, Lena's ears look red.

"of course... I have promised to be a great healer when we meet again" he replied proudly.

"Alright, we should hurry back to the Village, Lena."

I then ran and jumped between the ruins of the Village that made Lena who was now in my lap hold tighter to my neck.

"Don't jump too high, I'm afraid of heights you know" he murmured.

"Hey, you're blind, have you forgotten?" reply half jokingly.

Looking at her very different manner when she was in the presence of her followers made both sides of my lips rise.

The Lena I saw after becoming a Saint always appeared elegant, dignified and graceful. Now when I'm with him, he's still the same as when we went on a trip.

"You changed a little, Sirius," said Lena, who placed her palm on my heart.

I looked towards the full moon. Its light shines brightly into the darkness of the night. In the depths of my heart, I want these moments to last forever.

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On the other hand, Georgy had just defeated Marinus—Vampire Nobles who had moved him elsewhere. Georgy's body was covered in wounds from his fight with Marinus.

He sat under a tree to rest. The place where Marinus teleported was a forest on the Empire's borders. Space and time magic like the famous teleportation was extremely difficult to master. That was why Marinus could not move the two of them to a place further away from this.

"I hope the Saint is okay... Uhuk... " Gory vomited blood from his mouth. It seemed like he had a deep wound in one of his organs.

"I must immediately find a settlement... " Gory then tried to get up and walked while holding his stomach.

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The fight in Runfeld Village is over. The invading Vampires began to flee after sensing the Devils summoning them die.

Village buildings were badly damaged and several blazes were seen in some buildings. The Guard Patrols and Holy Knights took a lot of casualties this time around.

Of the approximately 200 people who took part in the fight to defend the village, only about a hundred people survived. On the other hand, the casualties of the Holy Knights who had taken part towards the ruins of the village were only ten people.

They then sent envoys to the nearest city to ask for reinforcements in conducting village elections. This attack made the Athenian Temple officials wary of the attacks of the other Devils and tried to add the Saint's bodyguard while at the Astria Archduchy.

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Hours after the fight between Sirius and Lena and Regulus, Arthur is trialling at a secret temple. In front of him, there was a figure that resembled him.

They had the same strength, the same techniques and the same fighting habits. This makes Arthur very difficult because his enemy knows all his movements.

"What's up, Hero? Have you given up?" ask the figure of a man who resembles Arthur.

There are wounds all over Arthur's body, which he has is also thinning and he still does not know how to defeat the enemy in front of him.

"I told you, didn't I? The key to this trial is to be honest with yourself, Arthur," said the Arthur-like figure.

Arthur still did not accept anything that his twin had said when their fight took place earlier. Arthur denies that his ultimate goal of becoming a hero has changed.

"I'm still the same as I used to be, never to change!" Arthur bolted to launch several attack combos.

"Fufu... Yes, your stupid nature has not changed at all!" Arthur's clone could easily dodge his attacks.

"Naude!"

-bam!

Arthur bounced away under his cloning counterattack. Arthur's clone can easily attack his trickery.

"Imagine when you could embrace his smooth body" said Clone Arthur, revealing his left fist.

"His soft voice tickles your ears... "

"Imagine her dazzling smile was specially given to you... " Hearing his Cloning, Arthur closed his eyes, imagining the Saint smiling sincerely at him, hugging him tightly like Arthur was the whole world to the Saint.

Yep... Iwant... I want everything that is on him.

Arthur then opened his eyes and got up with the help of his sword. He knew what he wanted to be a hero.

"He... You're finally being honest about why you became a hero."

Unlike the purpose of Arthur who previously became a hero to restore the glory and honor of his hometown—Kingdom of Brichnoig, this time Arthur wants to become a pure hero just want to be close to the Saint.

"Love can change a person" says Klon Arthur. There was a sword that pierced his stomach. He did not move at all when Arthur darted to attack him.

"Thank you, the other side of me. You've been making me realize how I feel all this time" Arthur said.

Arthur's clone's body then began to turn into a grain of light. "You've successfully completed the Trial, Arthur."

Arthur's clone then floated to the temple ceiling.

"Follow your heart's words and get what you want" said Clone Arthur before his body split completely into beads of light.

Yep... After all this is done, I will express my desire to become the Knight of choice of the Saint.

- Singggg

A flash of light illuminated the entire Temple area, on an Altar that was in front of Arthur. A sword appeared that floated above the Altar.

"It... Could it!?" Arthur rushed to the altar and took his sword.

"Excalibur... I finally got you."

The Sacred Sword of Excalibur that was originally in the Main Temple of the Goddess Athena appeared in the secret Temple after Arthur completed his final Trial. Arthur is now officially the Hero who holds one of the next Holy Weapons.

"Saint Supreme... I've succeeded."

...Note Author: Arthur...

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On the other hand, after Lena helped heal the wounded in the village, Lena and Sirius were now alone in a tower of the main Temple of Runfeld Village.

"Sirius, you are now officially my Knight of choice. But I want you to be free to go wherever you want" said Lena, leaning her head against Sirius' chest.

"But, if you're in baha—"

"I'm sure you'll always come when the time comes." Lena said it with a smile. "I don't want to be your beaver, Sirius."

"All right, I get it."