Kuro no Senki (LN)

Albs, the high priest of The Temple of Pure White, heads to the temple floor.

The passage leading to the floor is long and surrounded by silence that makes your ears ache.

Because of this, the rubbing sound of the sacrificial garment was felt louder by the Albs than necessary.

Somewhat, maybe you're nervous, and Albs stroked his jaw.

It conveys a twitchy feeling.

Albs turns forty.

He is the youngest of the great priests, and quite young among the "Temples of Pure White".

It is unusual in the history of the Temple of Pure White for a young man like Albs to become a high priest.

Albs sought power from the moment he became mindful.

For that reason, he was hated by the greats of The Temple.

Because old people hate the rise of young people.

But Albs couldn't contain his desire.

Albs moved to gain the support of his followers, not the greats of the 'Temple'.

Numbers and gold were easy measures to understand.

The greats of "The Temple" were also supported by many believers and could not ignore the Albs, who would collect many donations.

Albs has become a high priest. He still takes care not to lose the support of his followers.

The beard is shaved to appeal to familiarity.

I wear simple clothes from time to time and worry about coarse meals.

Other than my wife.

But Albs was happy with his current life.

Whenever he realizes that neither gain nor say excitement has gained power, he runs through Albs' body.

That said, I can't just stay drunk on power.

We have enemies.

The resistance to drag the Albs down from the seat of the high priest is one of them.

Albs wasn't insulting the resistance, but he wasn't even more alert than he needed to be.

The presence of the Inquisitor was holding the resistance back.

The Inquisitor is crazy.

It's like a madman.

And it's something that ordinary people are afraid to realize just because they think the blade of a madman might be directed at them or their own family.

Albs wouldn't hesitate to expose himself to the blade of a madman, but he didn't want to criticize the face of the resistance.

Because the resistance was only prepared to that extent, they were able to become high priests.

How prepared are the four of us to meet on the floor, Albs was still undetermined.

The Five Confederations...... That is what the forthcoming meetings on the floor are called.

They used to call it the Six Confederations, but there is a history of renaming them as the Five Confederations after the Great Cleric of "The Temple of Lacquer Black" stopped participating.

The Five Confederations are gathered by the high priests of each "Temple" to cross the hedge of the "Temple" and to exchange discussions.

At least nominally.

In fact, it is a usurpation of initiative.

If anything goes wrong, the Great Cleric takes the lead in the Pentecostal and sets the sequence.

The "Temple of Pure White" currently holds the lead, but it only retains a degree of advantage in acting as a facilitator for the Pentagon.

Heavy doors open.

The Great Cleric had already gathered.

That's the math.

Because Albs adjusted his time to show he was in the lead.

Albs sat down in the upper seat and stared at the four high priests.

The four high priests are hoarding their mustaches and smiling with a gracious smile.

Albs realizes that's just a pseudo.

What the great priests are floating about is a snake's laugh.

Smiling, I'm looking at the opportunity to swallow this one whole.

"... I heard about a bandit on the east and west streets."

It was Flaum, the high priest of the Temple of the Loess, who cut the fire.

The Five Confederations often begin with chatty exchanges.

Albs also heard about the presence of bandits on the east and west streets.

But the damage is insignificant.

Rather, the damage caused by buying up and selling reluctance is greater.

Either way, it's an issue that needs to be addressed, but now is not the time.

After a slightly less feverish exchange, it was decided to tell the faithful not to be confused by the fluent language.

"You also hear about General Ignis starting a deal. It's the same time the bandits showed up."

"Ha, ha"

When Willidis, the Grand Cleric of "Temple of Cui", said in a whispering tone, Roofs, the Grand Cleric of "Temple of Crimson", shook his body with a victory.

Since Ignis became general, Roofs has spoiled to the bottom of the sequence.

Still, I guess it's because no one wants to pull the poverty lottery that Roofs maintains the status of high priest in The Crimson Temple.

"I've also heard of King Magnus's request for help from the Kepheus Empire."

"Oh, my God, is King Magnus going to sell the country!

"More than that, I didn't expect to rely on those backhanders' countries!

Willidis and Flaum moaned exaggerated, Albs said.

"Our country and the Kepheus Empire have a pact of harmony. No wonder King Magnus asked for help."

Albs said in a flat tone.

I feel declared hostile and angry.

But there was also a desire to praise King Magnus.

"Temple" often serves as mediation when lords can rub it with toll taxes, etc.

One day, the Lords are conceding to The Temple because they think they might rely on it.

The new trading route threatens to upset that balance.

Now that I think about it, it may be that for this reason King Magnus did not oppose the transfer of General Ignis.

"But there is no denying the possibility that the Kepheus Empire is hiding its sincerity. We have to be prepared for something. We need to gather information for that."

"Then we've already hit our hands."

As Albs turned his gaze, Reum, the high priest of "The Palace of Heaven," swelled his nose with skill.

Reum is the most discerning man among the high priests.

In short, I prefer color.

I guess power is just a tool for Reum to hold a woman.

"What kind of hand did you hit?

"Let the spies sneak in"

Reum laughed niggly.

"According to reports, the man I've sent from the Kepheus Empire is with Chrono"

The man who killed the clergyman, Albs almost pounded his tongue.

At that time, Albs was greatly sharpened in his speech.

He was a wary opponent.

"Chrono has let his subordinate assault the village, repeatedly pretending to crusade, and has recently cooked it out to the vagrant," he said.

……

Albs couldn't say anything.

I can't read Chrono's intentions.

No, I know you're trying to increase Ignis' voice, but I can't read ahead of you from there.

"Either way, you should be on guard."

"Of course."

As Albs said, Reum nodded.

Most importantly, Albs didn't expect Reum to follow in silence.

Mr. Theon started laughing a lot - and Chrono looked down at the garden from the room to which Ignis' mansion was addressed.

Theon and Aqua were colluding in the garden.

Since when did the two get along, Krono fished his memory as he kept his weight on the wall.

If Chrono's memory is certain, it's been since the Fake Night Ranger thing.

That's when Chrono left Scion and Aqua in the inn.

I guess something happened there.

"Oh, is that stealing?

"It's not like that."

Chrono looked back and glanced at him.

The blunt pain ran on my body.

It's a 'engraving' recoil.

I hear it was a bad idea to run up the wall.

Rio lay down on the bed and looked worried about Chrono.

"You shouldn't use 'engraving' much."

"Do good."

A year has passed since he acquired the "engraving technique", but Chrono has not been able to use the "engraving technique".

My body can't accept recoil using 'engraving'.

"With that said, I guess Chrono will use 'engraving'"

"That's not true."

Phew, and Rio replied carelessly.

You seem more convinced you're lying than you are to say you suspect.

"Ah, Mr. Theon has been laughing a lot lately, hasn't he?"

When Chrono went off topic blatantly, Rio laughed bitterly as he said he had no choice.

"You don't think Chrono's a good thing, do you?

"You know what?"

"If you look so scared, you'll know who you are."

When Rio got out of bed, he moved to the opposite side of Chrono.

"Why does Chrono look scared?

"... Mr. Aqua is"

Chrono stared at Aqua through the window and remembered the first time he met her.

"I think Mr. Aqua is a spy for The Temple"

"What makes you think that?

Rio smiled funny.

'Cause the first time I saw him, he said he was interested in you or something.

……

Rio kept a grin on his face and stopped moving.

"There's no woman approaching me without any heart."

When Chrono affirmed, Rio stared at Chrono with eyes that looked at the poor child.

"Chrono, you should get some rest today."

"Because it's weird. Mr. Aqua blew General Ignis' arm off. You're gonna tell me you're interested in me or something, right?

Yeah, and Rio just nodded that he finally got to the point.

Aqua is between Ignis and Old Knowledge.

Normally you wouldn't treat someone you know in a friendly manner who took their arm.

"That sort of thing. And then there's the erasure."

"It's not a virtual choice. It's not an erasure method."

"You're right."

Rio was right.

There are two factions of the Holy Argo Kingdom: the Kings and the 'Temples'.

Because of Ignis, the Kings have no reason to send in spies.

There is only one option left.

"Though I feel it's short-circuited for the enemy to think only of the Temple."

"Eh, but if you start saying that, you can't squeeze out where the spy is. If it's only possible, there's actually a line that says I don't like General Ignis."

You don't have to squeeze.

Chrono didn't know what it meant and tilted his neck.

"This is enemy territory. Anyone can be an enemy, and anyone can be a spy. It's hard to get along with an enemy in that sense."

"If that's what you know."

"I don't have a hobby to advise you, knowing you don't like me. If you're a good friend, I'd advise you once or so."

Chrono groaned at Rio's dryness.

But if Rio is to say it's terrible, the chrono that brought Scion in with it with the intention of using it from the beginning is even worse.

As Chrono left the window, Rio sighed.

"Are you going out of your way to hate me?

"I'm responsible."

I am responsible for bringing Zion to the divine kingdom of Argo, for knowing that Zion is troubled, for leaving him alone that he should solve it, and for failing to be vigilant against Aqua.

Though I tried to pop out...... I couldn't warn you if I was with Mr. Aqua, and Chrono hid himself in the shadow of the tree and waited for the timing of his exit.

But Theon and Aqua continue their conversation with pleasure.

Nevertheless, you have a good smile ~, Krono thought.

Cyon's smile, which Chrono knows, is an understated smile.

Not now.

Theon is pointing such a smile at Aqua that he makes his surroundings feel brighter.

"Hey, what are you doing"

"... Huh!

Chrono looked back reflexively and stroked his chest down with a ho.

Because it was Ignis standing behind me.

"Oh, sort of. General Ignis, what are you doing?

"Called to the King's Landing."

"What?"

Chrono, to his surprise, turned his voice upside down.

"He was summoned to the king's capital, under the king's orders, right?

"Harassment of the high priests."

Ignis threw up and walked out towards the gate.

Chrono rushes, following Ignis.

Ignis quickly eased his pace when he noticed that Chrono was following him.

"Out of the blue, the operation is going well. They're going to put pressure on it."

Ignis said with a wild grin.

The harassment of the 'Temple' shouldn't be interesting to Ignis, but on the other hand, I guess he's also delighted that he let the 'Temple' bubble.

"Isn't that why you skip?

"You can't. If it's a call from them, I'll ignore it, but I'm in the shape of a royal life. Ignore me."

You're starting to stink, Krono said.

I don't know if 'Temple' realizes Chrono's intentions, but it's not a bad hand to break this one off.

Without Ignis, that's all it takes to get in the way of activity.

At all, always, always, and Chrono toothed.

When the operation is well under way, it always gets in the way.

"Don't worry. Rely on Aqua when I'm gone."

I'm worried because I don't trust that Mr. Aqua! and Chrono swallowed a word that went all the way out to his throat.

"What kind of person is Mr. Aqua?

"... right"

Ignis stopped and stroked his jaw as he conceived.

"Aqua is a respectable colleague. It is also one another who worries about the future of the country and like-minded. And then you're a childhood friend."

Chrono felt like holding his head.

Aqua is not for spies.

Even Chrono was uncomfortable with Aqua for the first time.

All I could say was that Ignis' eyes were cloudy.

No, maybe Ignis thinly realizes Aqua is a 'Temple' spy.

But trust in Aqua is blunting Ignis' judgment.

Ignis started walking again.

The boxcarriage was stopped in front of the gate.

Ignis stared at Chrono as he boarded the boxcarriage.

"It is a matter of banishing the Asians out of the country, but I will speak to King Magnus. This should make it easier for Baba to move."

……

The boxcarriage moves out.

Chrono had to shut up and drop off the boxcarriage Ignis boarded.

When Chrono returned to the garden, there was no sign of Aqua.

Patrol your gaze.

Scion was reading a book on a decaying bench in the corner of the garden.

Chrono approaches Shion unnoticed.

The dry sound of a pacifier sounds.

I stepped on the twig that was falling off.

Failed, Krono glanced.

Theon looked up and looked at Chrono like that wonderfully.

"Ya, hey, how you doing?

"Good, though."

What's that? But it's a tone.

Chrono sat next to Zion.

I giggled as the bench protested Chrono.

I wonder how we should cut it out? and Chrono stole a look at Scion.

Scion is closing the book and stretching his spine.

"Uh, Mr. Scion's been talking to Mr. Aqua a lot lately, hasn't he?

"Oh, no, well, I'm just asking you to talk to me!

Theon hesitated, waving his hands left and right to delude his embarrassment rather than to deny it...

Theon stopped pitching and leaned down to embarrass himself until earlier.

"I'm just really being consulted."

"Because I was too busy to talk to you much. After all, do you want to talk to General Aqua?

"Um, I'm just talking to you unilaterally...... but Master Aqua needs to talk to you personally! Oh, excuse me."

Theon embarked on himself as excited as he was, and immediately leaned in embarrassment.

Apparently, Aqua's stock is soaring in Scion.

Are you saying it's a good idea to intentionally catch the stock price? and scarce financial knowledge passed the back of Chrono's brain.

"We're close, aren't we? It's a good thing this is enemy territory."

……

Theon tilted his neck wonderfully.

Chrono felt like holding his head.

That's the second time today.

"Duh, one way or the other, Ah, Mr. Aqua... in a neighborhood of the Holy Argo Kingdom"

"Does Master Chrono think Master Aqua is the enemy?

The sight of Zion turned and became steep.

Even two years ago, Scion didn't stare at me with such a harsh eye.

"No, I'm not, but I figured, I shouldn't be on guard."

I think, Chrono couldn't say until the end. Because Theon stood up silently.

"... I don't feel well so I will rest in my room"

"Oh, yeah? Oh, take care."

Scion walked towards the mansion in a rough foothold.

Chrono leaned against the back of the bench and exhaled a great deal of sigh.

How long has it been since I breathed such a big sigh? It's such a big sigh to think about.

"Exhale and happiness will escape."

"Happiness escaped, so I sighed."

When Chrono looked up, Elaine was about to sit on the bench.

For some reason, the bench didn't flatter Elaine when she sat down.

"Isn't that a dress today?

"Something we don't have business with."

Elaine also said as a matter of course.

Elaine today is plain...... she was dressed like a clerk she was wearing when serving customers.

Elaine's dress looks horny, but she's still horny enough.

I feel erotic in my stuffed hair.

"Were you watching?

"Yeah, it was a fun show."

Bad guts, Krono glanced.

"That was like saying bad things about your boyfriend to a woman with a boyfriend."

"It's easy to understand, hard to understand, I don't know."

Chrono groaned and looked up at the sky.

"I was angry when people said bad things about dependent subjects. Should I have said that?

"Dependent?

Chrono woke up his body and stared at Elaine.

"Doesn't the Chief Cleric seem to have had a lot of things? They poked that gap in my heart. It's like falling in love with a guy who's been a little nice to me."

"The metaphor is easy to understand"

Chrono dropped.

"If you'd been a little gentle, the Chief Cleric would have been some of your mistresses by now, wouldn't he?

"Thank you for adding to other people's weaknesses."

Hmm, Elaine smiled funny and saw Chrono flush.

It's a colorful trick.

"You're adding to other people's weaknesses. Now you're awake to your conscience?

"... that"

When Leila, when the general, when Elena, if you think about it, when Rio... Aridead, Deneb, Faye, if they say they put it into weakness, maybe so, Krono held his head this time.

"Maybe I'm a terrible guy."

"Maybe," he said.

Elaine looked at Chrono with eyes that seemed difficult to understand.

"I'll be a bad man."

Chrono clenched his fist and stood up.

"Now, if you try to hold the chief cleric, you will be resisted. I mean, it's just rape."

"Yes."

Chrono was pointed out by Elaine and lowered his back to the bench.

"What can I do?

"The Chief Cleric made his own decision, so you should leave him alone."

"That's not going to happen."

"Trouble."

Elaine said with a glance.

Apparently, Elaine thinks she stinks from the bottom of her heart.

"Well, whichever you choose, you don't get all sorts of eyes, so you can do what you want."

It would have been ideal to fit round - and Chrono stood up.

"Lord Theon is sleeping in his room, isn't he?

"Yes, End"

Chrono returned to the mansion ready and was shot down in one word by Fay.

I don't know if it's a pseudo-morbidity or an infidelity sleep, but I can't even walk into a room.

"With that said, is Faye in the room with Mr. Theon?

"Yes, sir."

Faye nodded.

The room division is between Chrono and Rio, Fay and Scion for two, and Leonhardt and Elaine for one.

Deputy, Shilo and Hylo use large rooms for servants, not rooms.

"Recently, Lord Scion has been immersed in Lord Aqua's room, and it is about bedtime that he returns to his room. Well, that was a bad idea."

"Oh, I advised you."

Chrono didn't think, he said rude things.

"Lord Zion is the one who takes care of his disciples. I don't want to be able to face my disciples as a master."

"Faye, you've grown up."

Chrono squeaked smudgingly.

"After this, what is Faye going to do?

"This is where I was going to even swing in the garden. How is Master Chrono?

"We're going out."

In the evening, Chrono headed to the dining room, experiencing pain in his body.

Faye said even bareback, but I should still say, I couldn't just bareback.

The bare hands were disturbed and the disturbances turned into simulated combat...... By the end of his swordsmanship training, Chrono had been a full creation.

"I think I'm going to sleep well today"

"Faye's fine."

Unlike Chrono, Fay is a vibrant and cheerful feeling.

Chrono would be able to sleep well if he was this tired too.

When Chrono entered the dining room, the four of them had already taken their seats: Rio, Leonhardt, Scion and Aqua.

Bread and soup are arranged on the table.

The food was made by a servant working at Ignis' mansion.

Ignis doesn't seem to be hiring servants in anticipation of his skills, and when it comes to home cooking or country cooking, there's a line of dishes like that.

"Hey, how are you feeling?

"I got a little rest and it's easier"

When Chrono asked, Theon replied with a sinister voice.

Apparently, Theon is still angry.

I slapped Chrono on the shoulder so Faye could care less.

Chrono sat in the empty seat and took the spoon.

It was as quiet as overnight.

From time to time, the sound of the dishes touching each other just sounds.

Chrono moved his hands and mouth mechanically and flattened the dish.

"Would you like a little?

Aqua opened his mouth as Chrono lifted his hips from his chair.

Chrono sat back in the chair and stared at Aqua.

"We have more people coming to cook for us in the future, and we want to keep cooking while Ignis is gone."

Aqua circled her gaze to make sure she reacted.

Theon has his eyes shining, but Rio has a mocking grin.

Leonhardt has his eyes closed.

Faye was getting a replacement.

"What does Lord Chrono think?

Chrono glanced at me. [M]

Of course, the answer is no.

I can't have the mane to fit into enemy traps from myself.

You know that, too, Aqua.

"... I disagree"

"Master Chrono! How could you?

It was Scion who reacted to Chrono's words.

"Because it makes no sense without General Ignis. Get the surrounding lords on your side in the deal and popular support in the dimension and cookout. Not for us. To increase General Ignis' voice and enable him to confront the 'Temple'. That's in the interest of the Empire."

Chrono punctuated the words and stared at Scion. I'm not lying. At least, that's what's happening on the surface, and it's moving to look like it.

"It's important, I'll say it again. There's no point without General Ignis."

"I don't think it's a problem for Aqua to install support."

It's a problem, I'm against it! and Chrono was driven by the urge to yell, but he painstakingly restrained himself.

"Do you mind? There's a lot of money going on in this operation. I'm spending a lot of money trying to get popular support. If the popular support is bisected by General Ignis and Mr. Aqua, that's all the money will be wasted."

When Chrono talked about gold, Theon opened his mouth to argue and leaned down regrettably.

Aqua touches Zion's shoulder worryingly.

"Is money that important?

"It's important."

Chrono responded instantly.

Theon was whining about something, but Chrono ignored and took his seat.

Chrono went back to his room and fell into bed.

Anger over Scion and Aqua is swirling in Chrono's chest.

Chrono remembered Zion's attitude and tongued that it was so easy to be brainwashed.

"Oh, no, Chrono's angry."

"... I'm not in the mood to go out with you lightly."

When Chrono woke up, Rio flaunted his shoulder and lowered his back to his bed.

"I'm not in the mood for a good relationship."

"Really?"

Chrono leaned back against the bed and looked up at the ceiling.

"Did Mr. Theon say anything?

I didn't mean to ask, so I'm here.

Rio gracefully put his legs together and put his elbows on his thighs and poked his cheek cane.

"Is Rio familiar with the doctrine of" God who makes it green and directs the flow "?

"I know I told you before, but faith isn't the serious one. Are you finally going to cut it off?

"People don't listen well."

But Chrono continued.

"Will I have to do that if I stay like this? If it's just an operation, my people's lives are at stake."

"You're going to get stabbed when you get back to your territory."

Chrono saw Rio as Gyoo.

"How could you conclude that?

"I thought Lord Zion was the type to think of. I'm sure I resented being betrayed... gussa,"

It's possible, Chrono was briefly reminded of himself being stabbed by Scion.

Most importantly, Chrono is more likely to think of himself being killed by Rio than he is to be stabbed by Zion.

"I can't believe I'm talking about the operation right now."

Let's think, Chrono couldn't speak to the end.

Because Rio put his index finger up near his lips.

After a while, the door was knocked.

Chrono signaled Rio with his eyes and slowly approached the door.

As Chrono carefully opened the door, Aqua stood in the hallway.

Chrono confirmed Rio had moved to Aqua's blind spot and opened the door.

"I want to talk to you again."

"I'm done talking. I'm not going to do a dimension and cookout without General Ignis."

"Yeah, I know you're moving to make the operation a success. But I also want you to think about Mr. Zion."

Aqua began to talk about Scion as if he really cared.

How anxious was Zion in an exotic land to which he was unfamiliar?

How much did Zion suffer from a situation in which he could do nothing?

Even that the cookout had begun and Zion had finally restored his peace of mind.

Chrono became frustrated with Aqua's words.

The obvious switching of arguments just seemed like he wanted to piss off Chrono.

"There has to be something more important than money."

For a moment, my head turned bright white.

When Chrono noticed, he was grabbing Aqua's chest barn.

A slight noise reached Chrono's ear when Chrono opened his mouth to curse Aqua.

Chrono pushed Aqua back and looked down the hallway, but there was no one there.

Nobody was there, but Chrono knew who was there.

Theon.

As Chrono lurked Rio in the blind spot, Aqua lurked Zion in the blind spot as well.

"... we're done talking"

Aqua smiled thinly.

That was a schemer's laugh.

Chrono worried about whether he should kill Aqua, but he understands that he can't kill him right away.

Ignis trusts Aqua.

If even King Magnus trusts Aqua, Chrono will be the feather of being pursued as a murderer.

That's not all.

The Treaty of Reconciliation may be destroyed.

Krono let go of his hand and glanced behind Aqua as he slowly left.

No, all I could do was stare.

The next day,

Admiral, it's tough! '(Buba ~!)

"... Huh!

Chrono woke up with his deputy's wild voice.

It's a shout that rocks the whole mansion.

As Chrono jumped out of the room, the deputy rushed over.

"Admiral, General Aqua and Lady Zion are not here."

"Rio!"

"You don't have to bother calling me. I'm awake. Wouldn't a corpse wake up if you heard such a loud voice?

Rio woke up carelessly.

"Are you so worried?

"Shiro and Hyiro heard the wheel."

Why didn't you stop? and Chrono nearly screamed, but weighed himself down.

The sound of the wheels can't be the only thing you can imagine the worst of, and now you have something to do.

"Rio wakes everyone up and stands by in the dining room! Minotaurs are... Minotaurs are waiting in the dining room! I'm going to gather information."

"I'll get the information done. According to the servants, General Aqua and Lady Theon left for cooking in the city of Karina. '(Buyabu)

"We need to hurry up and chase him!

Six hours by carriage to the city of Karina...... I feel hopeless just thinking about where Aqua and Scion are going right now.

There is also the question of whether Aqua really goes as far as the city of Karina.

But Chrono can't do anything.

"Anyway, it's a horse! Follow him with a horse! Elaine! Horses, please erect horses!

Chrono screamed.

"It's a barn!

Chrono looked at the horses gathered in the garden and screamed.

Four horses were collected in the garden... all skinny old horses.

Instead of catching up with Aqua and Scion, he could die just because he put people on and walked all he could.

"How can I catch up with you like this?"

"Excuse me. This was the most decent horse I ever had."

Elaine reversed Willow Eyebrow to Chrono's words.

"Son of a bitch, think, think, there's got to be some kind of hand"

"Chrono, I'm sorry I'm in the middle of something."

"What!"

Even as Chrono yells, Rio is flat.

"Do you need to go help?

"Well, it's decided..."

Chrono noticed a flat Leonhardt.

"Chrono wants to help because she's thoughtful. But me and Lord Leonhardt are not so thoughtful. At least you don't feel the need to put everyone's life at risk."

Chrono couldn't argue with Rio.

Last night, even Chrono thought he couldn't put everyone's lives at risk by setting them in an Aqua trap.

That's shaking.

"Are you still going to help?

"... I am"

Chrono remembered what happened yesterday.

Theon didn't lend his ear to Chrono's advice and he blindly believed in Aqua.

"I'm going to help"

"Why not?

"Because I promised. I don't want to be the kind of man who breaks his word."

How selfish, Chrono groaned.

Those who risk the whole thing with their personal creeds and beliefs should not stand above people.

Chrono can't abandon someone he knows, even if he knows it.

"You have no choice. If Chrono says so much, I'll go out with him. What will Lord Leonhardt do?

"I am responsible for employing Lord Chrono's operation."

Rio laughed bitterly that it wasn't the answer.

Apparently, Leonhardt will cooperate as well.

"But how do we catch up?

"It's... in the art of divinity!

"With 'active', any horse can run like a military horse, though. We'll do everything we can to get to the city of Karina."

"Shit, there's got to be something. Something's wrong."

Chrono chewed his nails and figured out a way to catch up with Aqua and Scion.

If we don't get ready by the time General Aqua returns, Zion lighted firewood handily.

Now General Aqua is not next to Zion.

They go to the lord who rules the city of Karina.

Theon remembered what happened last night, pointing his lips.

Chrono doesn't have much attitude.

There is no standing for General Aqua on that one.

Not only that, but Krono tried to wield violence against General Aqua.

If I ever saw myself like that, I'd back off.

But General Aqua was not frustrated.

He sincerely told Chrono that he was going to cook it out on his own and admit it.

Theon offered to cooperate.

I am confident that I will succeed.

This is the fifth time Zion has cooked in the city of Carina.

More people have participated in cookouts lately, as well as more opportunities to exchange words.

Get Chrono to admit it.

If you ask me, Chrono had General Aqua standing by at the inn when the fake night ranger raided the inn where he was staying.

I felt like a twitch would fit if I thought Chrono didn't recognize General Aqua.

"You kept me waiting."

"... no"

Theon looked up and opened his eyes to surprise.

General Aqua had nearly twenty soldiers with him.

The lord is with us.

For some reason, the lord had his hands tied with rope.

The rope is so loose that it's going to fall out now.

"Um, General Aqua? Who are those people?

"... First, I have to apologize. I'm sorry. I'm a spy for the Temple."

General Aqua said in such a dark, sinking voice that he thought he was sorry from the bottom of his heart.

"Lying, right? General Aqua will talk to you."

"I'm sorry, but I'm a real spy. I approached you because it seemed easy to fool you."

General Aqua skewed his face spicidly.

"Something, there's a reason, isn't there?

"There's a reason. But that's all. I'm not allowed to do what I did, and I'm not allowed to do what I'm about to do."

Theon stared at General Aqua in a dismal manner.

General Aqua had changed nothing.

That was sad.

"At least, I'll ask you not to look terrible, but don't expect me to"

When General Aqua looked at them, the soldiers moved.

Theon lagged for one breath, turning his back on General Aqua and rushing out.

Theon moved his leg against the swelling.

I couldn't even afford to think about how they wouldn't catch me right away.

I just kept moving my legs scared.

I'm desperately moving my legs.

It should be.

But I didn't feel like I was running.

No, don't look back, Theon told himself.

But my anxiety could not be contained.

Theon lost anxiety and looked back over his shoulder.

The soldiers were then divided into two hands.

General Aqua had a worrying look on his face and had his arms together.

Theon was desperate, but he only ran far enough to confirm General Aqua's expression.

The moment I understood that, the force fell out of Zion's leg.

Where should I escape? Also, Sion gasped heavily when he was flushed by the easier ones and now he didn't even have a place to go home.

The back of the eyeball was paralyzed and my vision seeped.

"... Huh!

Theon burst a scream in the back of his throat.

Several hands stretched from side to side dragged Zion into the alley.

Theon remembered General Aqua's words and slammed his hands and feet.

The alley was dim and smelled like sweat.

"Cleric, quiet down."

……

It was like I heard it somewhere.

When Theon stopped rumbling, the Lord of the Voice exhaled as if relieved.

"What about you?

"I was blessed with rice the other day."

Hehe, the man scratched his head.

"Why me?

"Thank you for the meal. If you abandon a priest in need of it, you will devour the divine punishment. Lead us to a safe place."

We... a few strays lurked in the alley, as the man said.

"Come on, over here"

That's what I said, the man started running.

Theon wondered if the men were fooling themselves, but decided to obey.

Maybe he was abandoning himself in the middle of nowhere.

From the results, Zion's choice was not wrong.

The Zions encountered the soldiers many times, but the men sometimes lied and sometimes turned themselves away from the Zions.

When Zion approached the outer edge of the city, the man was left alone.

"It's okay, is it?

"Everybody knows this city. It's okay."

The man laughed happily.

Theon tilted his neck without knowing why the man laughed happily.

Scion slipped through the alley and fell flashly.

It took a few moments to understand that I had been thrust away.

And those few moments were everything.

A man leans back heavily.

That was more of a reflex than a will of my own.

Pierced with a blade from behind, that reflection.

A man falls.

The soldier reached out to Zion as he brutally pulled his sword out of the man.

Theon stretched himself out.

That's when my hand reached out from behind the soldier.

The hand severed the soldier's neck deeply with a dagger.

Blood erupts from the soldier's neck.

Soldiers fall.

It was Chrono standing there.

"Master Chrono?

"I'll run, Mr. Zion"

Chrono grabbed Zion's wrist unconstitutionally.

"Please wait!

"He's too late."

Theon stared at the man.

The man doesn't move.

He had a satisfying grin and was dead.

"Mr. Scion!

When Chrono screamed, he stepped out in front of Zion.

Black light colours Chrono's body.

It's called "engraving." It's a barbarian secret.

Scion's vision only flashes for a moment.

I was struck by the feeling that the air that surrounded me had changed.

At the next moment, something flew in at high speed plundered Zion's ear.

When Scion looked back reflexively, the walls were frozen.

"You seemed like a good friend, but you're unforgiving."

"... you're here"

When Zion looked back, General Aqua stood with a worrying look on his face.

There is a lord beside him with his hands tied.

"People there...... why, are you tied up?

"I told you to tie me up from me. Didn't you want Ignis to think you were hostile to the Temple?

General Aqua raised his hand.

The air stains white and a small grain of ice is born a few centimeters from General Aqua's hand.

The small grain of ice instantly grew as long as a spear.

Quicker than General Aqua unleashed an ice spear, Chrono moved.

Even though I said it moved, Chrono moved slightly.

General Aqua was not alarmed or anything.

I tried to figure out who the transparent debris Chrono played with his fingers.

And the flash and roar burst.

Flashes and roars stop Theon from thinking.

That should have been the same for General Aqua and the others.

Chrono poked at the gap for a moment and held Zion up.

Chrono's cloak flutters and swells, and the ice spear pierces its center.

"I'm running away!

That said, Chrono kicked the earth.

I thought it was no big deal for getting Ignis into it, but you're so tough, and Aqua goes after Chrono.

The distance between Aqua and Chrono is not ten meters away.

Aqua should be an easy distance to pack.

In fact, Aqua had hunted down Chrono many times.

For once my fingers even touched Chrono's clothes.

But Krono escaped Aqua each time.

Chrono used magic items to dazzle Aqua's eyes and throw stones at Aqua, who was on guard.

I thought it was one of the escape hands. It turns around and launches an attack.

Aqua glanced at the blunt pain crawling from her abdomen.

Chrono's footprint remains firmly in Aqua's uniform.

Chrono kicked me.

Most importantly, Chrono is more than Aqua... although he is so wounded that his blood drips off.

"God!

Aqua produces an ice spear in his left and right hand and releases it towards Chrono.

Ice spears thrust into Chrono's back to be sucked in, slightly off the track Aqua had in mind.

Ice spears pierce the ground and freeze the area.

Maybe this is the power of 'engraving'.

Aqua narrowed her eyes as something seemed to be off my offense, but she didn't seem to be defensive.

"... try it"

Aqua produced an ice arrow, not an ice spear.

Ice arrows are less powerful than ice spears, but can produce faster and more.

"Go!

Aqua unleashed an arrow of ice.

The goal is not Chrono, it's over Chrono's head.

As Aqua clenched her fist, the ice arrow poured down on Chrono like rain.

I'm inhibited by something I can't see an arrow of ice.

Aqua continued to unleash a second and third blow there.

The second and third blows pierced something protecting Chrono, plundered Chrono's arm, plundered his leg, and several pieces pierced Chrono's back.

Aqua felt satisfied that his predictions had been met.

Something to protect Chrono seems weaker in number than power.

It is also possible that Chrono has not used the 'engraving technique', but Chrono is vulnerable to numbers anyway.

"You can still move."

Aqua shot an ice arrow into Chrono trying to escape.

Chrono fell to the ground and now it's time to stop moving.

He said, "We could have gotten away with this."

Aqua looked around and sighed.

It was outside the city there.

If Aqua was too late to notice the 'engraving' trait, Krono might have been able to escape with Zion.

"General Aqua!

"Don't be alarmed."

Aqua finally warned the nine soldiers he caught up with.

Well, it can be aqua to get ahead.

Aqua stopped her leg feeling like Chrono had moved.

Chrono was moving.

It was because Theon crawled out from under Chrono.

Theon was bloodstained, but not scratched.

All the blood would belong to Chrono.

Aqua was relieved that he didn't hurt Zion, and at the same time felt jealous that Zion was being protected.

Aqua walks over to Chrono and Scion.

At that time I felt uncomfortable.

Aqua didn't know Chrono could use 'engraving'.

Did Ignis say that when he lost his right arm, he was hit by a man who uses' engraving '?

Did Ignis give you a hand to a man who could just use 'engraving'? That can't be right.

Then how? and Aqua was slowing his pace without even knowing it himself.

That's when Chrono moved.

Aqua felt himself in danger and flew sideways aggressively.

A pitch-black sphere passed directly beside the aqua, touching the soldier behind it.

At the next moment, a large hole was emptied in the soldier's chest.

The soldier's flesh disappeared with the black sphere.

"Avoid it!

Aqua screamed, but this is outside the city.

There is no shield.

Aqua captured a pitch-black sphere in the corner of his vision and placed his hand on the ground.

"God!

Water erupts from the ground and becomes a wall that protects Aqua.

But the pitch-black sphere approached Aqua as if there were no walls of water or anything.

"... God!

Aqua prayed to God.

Not to use the divine art of defending oneself.

To use the Kamikaze technique of attacking Chrono.

Aqua pulls a pitch-black sphere until critical, twisting her body, and falls to the ground.

A pitch-black sphere touches the uniform and vanishes.

The hole is empty in the uniform, but Aqua is intact.

Aqua unleashes an ice spear.

The new pitch-black sphere vanished far in front of Aqua.

Aqua woke up her body and stroked her chest down.

Ice spears were piercing the chrono.

"Master Chrono!

Theon crawled over to Chrono.

Chrono was pierced by General Aqua's unleashed spear of ice.

Ice spears pierce the flank of Chrono, stopping it from sewing to the ground.

Theon clenched to pull through the ice spear and let go of his hand to too much pain.

When Zion looked at his hand, the water bulge was flat on his hand.

To something like this...... Huh! Scion realized that the ice spear was a terrible weapon and squeezed the ice spear again.

White smoke rose and burning pain struck Zion.

"It's okay now."

"I don't like it! Because of me, because of me!

Theon exclaimed.

But even if Zion was desperate and powerful, the ice spear did not move.

Theon sat down on the spot, clenching his ice spear.

"Quickly, run. I'll stop this place."

"I don't like it!

Theon shook his head, crying.

"Ten... kah, gura"

Chrono shrugged about something, and a pitch-black sphere appeared.

The pitch-black sphere split the ice spear.

Ice spears fell and Zion took his hands off the ice spears.

"... Gu, no, no, no!

Theon breathed in the tragic sight.

Chrono pulled off the ice spear with force.

Something sounded like a thousand cuts of butch, and blood and flesh overflowed the flank of Chrono from a pompous hole.

"Master Chrono!

Chrono was about to wake up his body to support his sword.

General Aqua and eight soldiers approach.

"There was something I had to tell you."

Chrono kneels to support his sword.

Chrono can't even get up.

Humans are not free.

Theon stared at Chrono.

A nobleman like Master Chrono?

"Whenever you want, your options are limited. The future hasn't spread infinitely."

Chrono clenched his neckline and closed his eyes.

"Still, I'm sure it's worth it"

There's nothing like that.

It has been lost with the divine art.

"Something unpleasant, something painful, there will be."

I just didn't like it.

It was all painful.

"You can't deny it. I'm not saying we should have never met, they killed us."

Theon finally realizes.

Chrono knew the people who had a terribly disabling life,

He wants to affirm the lives of those people.

He wants to believe that their lives make sense.

"... I, I am"

The pleasure was, it was fun.

There were a lot of them.

And yet, how could I, myself, deny it?

"... father"

Would my father have uttered a grudge?

No, it's not.

My father's death face was calm.

My father was an affair.

I devoted my life to vegetable variety improvement and passed away without reward.

But even if it was an unrequited life,

My father was content.

I was satisfied.

"Ten... La, Tensu, Kagu... Heavenly Pivot Kagura"

A pitch-black sphere floats around Chrono.

That number is over twenty, and it is even more numerous.

The hell, how much load was hanging, Chrono was bleeding out of his eyes and nose.

"... Heavenly Pivot Kagura!

The number of pitch-black spheres exceeded forty, killing General Aqua.

General Aqua intercepts a pitch-black sphere with an ice arrow.

No, you're not.

General Aqua's purpose is Chrono.

If Chrono dies, the pitch-black sphere disappears.

General Aqua flaunts the pitch-black sphere with a brilliant body twist, but the pitch-black sphere changed course and struck General Aqua again and again.

General Aqua is fatally wounded by a single mistake.

General Aqua must continue to attack Chrono without ever making a mistake.

Ice arrows fly in.

While General Aqua avoided the pitch-black sphere, much of it came off the chrono greatly because of the attack.

But one arrow tore Chrono's skin, and one arrow pierced Chrono's shoulder.

After a breathtaking offense, it was General Aqua who won.

Chrono was pierced through his chest by an arrow of ice and fell from his back to the ground.

"Master Chrono!

"... Mr. Theon, I hadn't run away yet"

Theon squeezed Chrono's hand.

"Stupid, you're a person"

"I, I'm an idiot."

Chlono had a gentle grin, so did Scion.

"You're finally done."

"General Aqua, Master Krono."

General Aqua shook his head faster than Zion asked for help.

"I want him to die not as a prisoner, but as a brave man. And if he dies, there's an excuse for missing you."

"Oh, yeah, someone! Somebody!"

Theon desperately asked for help.

I didn't care about myself.

I just wanted to help Chrono.

I wanted Chrono alive.

Chrono's hand lightened for a moment, really only for a moment.

Death.

Death is about to take Chrono away.

"No! Dear '…'!

Theon held his mouth.

Something touches Zion's consciousness.

It was a nostalgic feeling.

I sympathized with "The Goddess who makes loess and conducts abundance."

Scion was strong and deeply connected to '…'.

But that wasn't as serene a sympathy as I used to feel.

It was despair.

Scion was never stronger, deeply sympathetic with '…', and he knew who '…' was.

That is God in the sense of being beyond human intelligence.

But that's all.

Emotionless, inorganic It wasn't God that Zion had in mind.

God doesn't love humans.

Naturally.

The system cannot love humans.

The fact was deeply engraved in Theon's heart.

Oh, and Scion gasps.

I was about to be crushed by despair.

Still, Theon bit his lips and endured despair.

"God, have a healing miracle!

The yellow light enveloped Scion and Chrono.

The arrow of ice that was piercing Chrono's body disappears to dissolve in the air, and Chrono's wounds heal rapidly.

"I won't let you!

"Dear '......'!

When Zion screamed, General Aqua jumped back a lot.

"Get him!

"Stop!

One of the soldiers approached without even hearing General Aqua stop.

Soldiers fall.

The soldier woke up, stared at his feet, and screamed.

My legs were broken from the middle.

Have the soldiers noticed that their feet have rotted?

The soldier blackened, swelled up, melted and disappeared in front of Theon's eyes.

All that was left was a soldier's bone.

General Aqua narrows his eyes.

Theon was recognized as an object of elimination for killing soldiers.

"God!

General Aqua unleashes an ice spear.

Theon held Chrono tight.

But the ice spear never even touched Zion.

It evaporated.

It was not the power of Zion's … "Goddess who makes loess and conducts abundance".

The person who evaporated the ice spear stood between Theon and General Aqua.

General Ignis was surrounded by red light.

Apparently the red light is blocking the power that turned the soldier into a white bone, and General Ignis stands flat.

"Ignis, didn't you go to Wangdu?

"Oh, you would have gone to King's Capital without your collaborators"

General Ignis said emphasizing the part of the collaborators.

The figure of a tied lord passed the back of Zion's brain.

"Aqua, are you going to fight me?

"No way, I don't have that kind of energy."

General Aqua sat down on the spot.

Chrono woke up,

"I knew it, I went to hell!

"If you look at the face of the eagle, hell or rudeness!

The clergyman put me in the penetration.

"If it's not hell, what is this place?

It's Ignis' mansion.

"Well, sure"

The ceiling I found out about, Krono woke up.

Only then did the severe pain run and the sound of a butch was heard from the inside of my body.

"How could a cleric?

"Um, when I brought the Subman back... Ignis's guy asked me to bring you guys to the mansion. Still, I'm surprised. Anyway, your people are going down. What the hell did you do?

"Multi-stage rocket?

Chrono tilted his neck.

Chrono let the horses use divine authority in the order of Rio, Leonhardt and Fay to get to the city of Carina.

I thought I'd do my best along the way, but with one person at a time, I might be able to reach the city of Karina.

Well, the results don't have to hit far.

All three of them are exhausted, four horses are dead, and Chrono is supposed to be terrible, but he managed to make it.

"Where's General Ignis?

"Ignis is the king's capital, and Aqua ties him up and rolls him into the basement of the mansion. Theon will be there."

The cleric pointed down.

When Chrono looked down, there was Scion.

Theon leans against the bed and sleeps.

"With that said, what about the wounds?

"I don't know what to do."

Mr. Theon, I presume? and Chrono touched Scion's forehead.

Thereafter, Zion's eyelashes swayed slightly.

Theon opened his eyes thinly, waking Gabba and his body.

"Master Chrono!

Theon stared at Chrono.

A large grain of tears falls from Zion's eyes.

"Good. He lived."

"Hmm, let's leave this place to the young"

The clergyman walked out of the room.

I made a dirty gesture just before I left the room, so it was a mess of sorts.

"Mr. Theon, have you made up with God?

"Uh, well, maybe, I think I could"

Theon laughed like he was in trouble.

"Oh well."

Chrono hammered, but Zion's troubles don't seem to run out.

Yeah, well, Chrono has something to ask Theon, too.

"Mr. Theon?

"What is it?

"Mr. Theon healed my wound," the cleric told me.

Yes, and Theon nodded with a serious face.

"Naturally, I think it came out with intestinal contents pierced through my flank."

Ha, and Theon doesn't seem to understand.

"What happened to its contents? No, I think it's weirder to seek reason, what do you think?

Even when they said that, Theon leaned down with a crying face.

It's Chrono who wants to cry.

"I hope there's no after-effects."

Chrono looked up at the ceiling.

"That's it."

"Um, you can rest now."

When Layla finished her report, Empress Tilia nodded to Eagle Deep.

Leila and Empress Tilia are in the office of the Marquis residence...... Chrono.

Empress Tilia was far more competent than Leila had imagined.

It is also bright for the common people's lives, crops and other markets.

The footwork is light and the inspection is carried out vigorously.

As far as Leila knows, her reputation seems to be good.

"What's up?

"No, it's nothing"

Leila tried her best to answer calmly.

"You don't look like nothing. I'm not angry, tell me."

"Empress Tilia is more capable than I thought."

"You're rude, half-elf!

Empress Tilia reversed her willow brow and banged her desk.

It is an interaction that has been repeated several times before.

If Leila keeps her mouth shut, Empress Tilia will be angry with it.

But Leila thinks.

Empress Tilia should be able to regain her throne if she cares about it.

If you are completely incompetent, you still have the ability to perform the Lord's proxy without suffering.

No wonder you want what you've been deprived of back.

"Isn't Empress Tilia untrained on the throne?

"There isn't."

Empress Tilia ran out of words.

"Why?

"Because I don't want to antagonize Chrono."

As Layla shut up, Empress Tilia put her arms together and sighed.

"It sounds terrible, but Chrono is a plague-like man. Just in case, it's just a metaphor, okay? of what Chrono means to be of that nature."

Empress Tilia poked her cheek wand.

It was a sad look that was not unlike the Empress Tilia.

"Leila, Chrono will destroy the Empire exactly as you wish?

A few days later, a print was scattered in the city of Karina.

The prints were a criticism of The Temple.

Prints may not have worked if they were normal.

But in the city of Karina, a floater who tried to help a cleric had just been killed.

Why was the stray murdered?

Why was the priest being pursued?

The inhabitants found the answer in the words of the cleric who was being pursued.

"Goddess who makes loess and conducts abundance" desires to share the grace of the earth.

The inhabitants know that "Temple" is a sacrificial being.

If you make a donation, the cleric will give you grace with the power of God...... divine authority, but he will not act for people.

Because priests serve God, not men.

The inhabitants spent their daily lives feeling something unexplained.

Without even knowing that the whispers are mixed up in everyday life.

Isn't 'Temple' not communicating God's Word correctly?

The whisper was engraved in people's hearts.

In the mundane moments of everyday life, the residents remembered the willingness of the 'Temple' to act as a vigilante… whenever they heard rumors about the Night Ranger, they whispered.

Originally, residents were dissatisfied with the 'Temple'.

The whispers only held the residents back.

Doubts about the temple slowly spread.

To the floaters, to the poor, to the civilians, to the nobles who got new trading routes, and, from city to city.

If I could have overlooked the flow, I might have felt this way.

It's like a plague, he said.