When the thunderstorm went out, the shadow of Carno Barriole turned into something snugly soft on the candle fire behind it.

"You came to visit me. That means Mr. Bionato has been chosen as the next Chief Cleric."

……

Ishur nodded silently and small.

Two full days after the bidding (Iwafu) ended in the Holy City. It shouldn't be strange to hear from Krembel anymore, but the weather is getting worse around here in the afternoon. I'm sure the early horses are stopping along the way.

"Mr. Ishur. You met Ulturo, didn't you?

Dark shadowed Carno's face, only his eyes can be seen glowing slightly.

"Yes."

Ishur deliberately took a breath and went on to say:

"Just the two of us, we talked"

"... right"

Carno said low, in a small voice.

The line of the neck muscle hardens from Carno's shoulder.

"Is that what you used the seat of the Sun God for me and Mira, I mean?

Carno tried to let me know that besides among the Lord God in the basement of the Cathedral, there was a Sun God seat here in Krembell.

Whether I was chosen by the Lord God Jerez or worthy of it, I activated the seat of the Sun God to set the line and try to figure that out for him.

Did Carno have any other thoughts?

After he said to me, "Go to the Sacred Capital and do what you believe is right," he shrugged off his gaze, "My brother-in-law to the Kings has done this". I don't need to worry about that word anymore, is that all you have to do is take it as it is? If you are indeed a high priest who guards the temple of the Holy Land, it is not surprising that the tune from the Kings is stretched if Carno is between Ulturo and Ulturo. If it were Carno, there would also be priests and nobles of the Kings, who, if asked, would not be able to say no, and who would be in deep fringe.

"... um..."

Carno's response was unclear.

"As it turns out, it's been a difficult experience for me..."

Ishur tightened his expression and sharpened his gaze.

From here on out, Carno's expression is blurred by the backlight, which I don't know for sure. But from him, I know exactly how I am.

"It wasn't a good idea to use the seat of the Sun God on that occasion."

If a Kingslayer had seen that, if there had been a Kingslayer on this mountain, it would have been known that that place was not just a relic.

"From the sight of you, it would have seemed to me that I did you harm."

Carno has pulled his jaw slightly and stared at Ishl. His shadow seemed to move that way.

"But not anyone realizes that that old ruin has anything to do with my stretched ties. Those who are familiar with magic and artifacts are less aware of it because their knowledge and common sense disturb them."

"I see."

There may be that. There was no magic formation engraved on that stone board that could tell that, and no one would think that such an old thing was still functioning as a magic formation or a magic tool.

In the first place, there is no one who can tell that it is almost the same as the seat of the Sun God between the Lord God of the Cathedral. How many people know, such as during the Lord God of the Cathedral, which the Church has kept secret for many years?

"Master Ulturo, … I knew from the beginning that I had been turned away from this land by the mercy of Dr. Ulturo. That's why I dared to take sides with the Kings."

"I guess so..."

Carno was still aware of the General Cleric's intentions.

Ulturo, his mentor, conveyed his feelings to Carno as much as he wanted. So he went silently to Krembel, and he also dared imitate the Kings to shake their tails. As Ulturo intended, he disguised himself to protect the righteous.

But......

So what this man has been through without any depression is another story.

"Master Carno. You already know what I'm going to do with my crown ritual."

……

Carno nodded silently.

At that moment, the flash ran without a sound in the window behind him. But I can't hear the thunder forever.

Thunderclouds are leaving in the distance. It will also stop raining in a while.

"Then will you come with me to the Sacred Capital?

You should have borrowed the Sun God's necklace from him and I would have confronted Bionato.

That's more certain. Carno is naturally safe.

But it's not.

"... hehe. How much did you hear from Ulturo?

Carno gave a small laugh.

"It's not just you, Ulturo. Liberio Adani has spoken to you."

Because Liberio told me about Ulturo's past and Carno's relationship, I think I've made it this far now.

Ishur put his hand on the neck muscle and held the neckline.

It's time to get the trump card out.

"Let's fight together, with Bionato. You want it."

Ishur said so and poked the red jade stone necklace at Carno.

"It's..."

Sometimes Carno distorts his face and gives him a painful look.

"From the Chief Cleric to you, it's yours."

In the dim indoors the rainbow stones are almost losing light. Still, Carno knows. This necklace.

Ulturo's heart.

"Your suffering is --"

"Yes, you're right."

Carno blocked Ishur's words and stared at the ornament in front of him for a little while, lifting his chin tip and meditating his eyes.

"I fought with you too...... no, I wanted to help my teacher with Liberio. I know exactly what it's like to think of me as a teacher. But who the hell will protect the Chief Cleric without our help?"

Carno depression. That's what happened.

When you set me and Mira in a trap at the seat of the Sun God, no, when you made me aware of the seat of the Sun God, what Carno's hindsight was talking about leaving to the Temple after that...

Yet it must be obsessed in this land away from the Holy Capital. We must distance ourselves from the strife in the Holy City and defend ourselves. How could that be, because his mentor, Ulturo, wished.

Ulturo had wronged Carno in Ulturo and suffered to keep him away. For him, Carno was a trump card figure for the righteous, as well as the most disciple, the godson, who had seen him since his childhood.

… will this necklace connect the two thoughts together, since none of the crossings will ever be one?

"Let's go together, to Estofol"

It is dangerous to take Carno and confront Bionato with the rite of the Holy Crown. That's clear.

But I dare to choose you.

Make Carno's wish and reunite this man with Ulturo.

This necklace is not enough. Engage the two in battle. Isn't that the only way to unite what they aim for?

... a bunch of two events around me.

The dreams and death of the Emilia sisters. Pilsas, and Ruffizuo, twins love and raw, the struggle of the righteous and kings to reconcile the Salomon brothers, the seat of the two sun gods… all those things that float and spin around.

Two red jade stones gleam strongly into the vortex.

That won't just happen if you leave it alone, and if the two red jade stones go together, it'll all work out.

Luffraid joined Salomon. The two of you will settle soon. Why did you have that conclusion?

That's because they fought together at the Royal Castle, and not just Salomon, because I fought with my own will.

I wanted to save Luffraid's life then. I thought I was sorry that things like my brother Lucell, like the Emilia sisters, would be repeated.

I can't do anything. I can't solve everything. But I'll do what I can on my own. Tie two things together, or separate them, crush them one by one, and solve them.

Countless fates to converge in two red jade stones. That can't just be done waiting for nothing.

If you fit the two into one. It just can't be over.

I will define the fate of others, my own spinning around me. That way you won't be one day and you'll get to what you're after.

... to the place of the gods.

"-- you're looking out for me too?"

Carno has also put his hands on his neck and put out necklaces.

Slightly glossy blunt (frightened) string, little blue stone shining ahead. The area is covered with dull tang grass silverwork. The blue stone is a sapphire.

"Let's swap. The teacher's thoughts were conveyed. And what you think.... I am the temple head of the main temple of Krembel. We can't leave this land for long."

The candle fire flashed into darkness, and Carno's smile floated.

"My mission was not just to wait. And thou hast visited the land, and I have found thee. I could entrust it to you."

Carno slowly, let Ishl snort.

Ishur then gave Carno the rainbow stone necklace entrusted to him by Ulturo, instead receiving another solar god necklace.

When Ishur thanked Carno, he put the neckline in front of him.

"I'll pay you back for this necklace. So, the spell..."

In the liturgy of the Holy Crown, naturally some spells must be remembered to take control between the Lord God from Bionato.

The kingdom stretched on the seat of the Sun God, ideal if there is a spell to stop it, but I have never heard or seen such a spell of cessation before. It can be assumed that there is usually no pattern that can be stopped at the will of the owner of the necklace, that is, no specific spell exists to break the line.

There are also ways to forcibly break the line apart from it. That's simply a spell to start another magic anew. At that point, the ruler among the Lord God alternates with the one who cast that spell.

For this reason, in the confrontation with Bionato, we may find ourselves in a situation where we conjure a series of spells against each other over the rule of the throne of the Sun God, but this one has a magic apparatus of wind that doesn't need chanting. After that, if he shoots in through a gap where he casts a spell, that's it.

"Well, wait. We still have time. Sit in your chair."

When Ishur tried to get Carno to teach him a spell, he blocked it and told him to sit down, handing him a small table on the opposite wall of the bed and a two-legged chair lined up.

"Ha ha..."

However, I would like to return to the Holy Capital as soon as possible......

When Ishur had no choice but to sit in a chair, Carno also said, pinching the table and sitting across the street.

"Let's wait for sunrise. The seat of the Sun God needs sunlight."

Ishur sharpened his gaze and looked at Carno.

"... I see"

"Between the Lord God is in the basement of the main cathedral tower. Usually the sun does not shine, but during rituals we are able to incorporate the light of the sun from above"

"Yes."

That was previously explained to Liberio in the Cathedral.

Between the Lord God, you can't just have the Sun God necklace to activate it.

"The sunlight doesn't have to shine directly, it doesn't have to be weak, but we need the light from the sun," he said.

……

Ishur consented silently.

The area is well done......

Then, on that day, I would like to distribute one to the cathedral stronghold and close the iron lid of the inner tower to block the outer light... That wouldn't be realistic either. If you destroy the inner tower and get drilled, it will be pretty weak, but the light outside will come in between the Lord God, whether indirectly or not.

There is also a way that Mira's magic will cover the upper part between the Lord God with iron, but this too, if Bionato summons Malefioa, will be easily broken.

"What's wrong? Ishr, you."

Carno feels like, "You're thinking a lot," he smiles and stares at me.

"No......"

Ishur looked a little badly punished after spreading the shavings.

"The problem is, Your Majesty, … is it your former Majesty already? It's forbidden for you, Bionato."

"Yes."

Right. Carno may also have extensive knowledge of Malefioa.

"Mr. Carno knows Malefioa very well..."

"No, I don't know all that much about that legendary monster"

"Really?"

A slight colour of discouragement floats in Ishl's face.

"As you already know, if that thing is summoned among the Lord God, it will be a big deal"

"Yes."

Ishur looks sharply at Carno again.

"We're collecting them. That's what they say."

Carno took his gaze off Ishl and said abominably.

"Huh?"

"He's a collector if he's human."

"Hey, what..."

"Magic fixtures, relics of God, or power itself,"

That's......

Carno is turning a sharp gaze.

"I mean, we're gathering strength.... probably to fight the gods. To avenge it."

Carno said, lowering his voice.

"If you eat strength and become mine, you become a bloody eye at destroying it. During the last few hundred years, many great wizards, and those who could be called both brave and heroic, challenged him and lost their lives. Each time, it's supposed to have acquired their precious magic and weapons."

"... Really? They all went to the underground temple of Brektas and lost their lives."

The "Orthodox History of the Ancient Urk Kingdom/With (Memorandum of Understanding)" borrowed from Desio stated the place as the residence of Malefioa. The story is that deep in the Brektas mountain mass, in its basement, is a secret temple dedicated to the desolate god Baltar, where Malefioa lives in hiding. It's an ancient Urk record, and I don't know if it still is.

"Right. It's not a very out-of-the-box story, and probably only enough to count, but in the past you must have sent some powerful magicians to my Holy King's kingdom and your homeland. If you finish Malefiore, you might be able to get his collected magic gear. That's not the only reason I'm crusading because I'm a demon against the gods."

I see. So those who remember him in his arms find him and try to kill him.

Though it sounds interesting.

But when he was summoned during the rescue of Luffraid, he didn't turn to me and tried to destroy the wind junction... I wonder what that means. Before he realized I existed, he ate the “mass of power” that was in front of him. The wind junction is also a huge consolidation of magic, so to speak.

Perhaps that creature isn't just collecting “power”. What you can't do to your own will crush, which means it may be a token of magic, wanting the power of God, while hating its existence.

"If Malefiore is summoned among the Lord God, he will first and foremost destroy the seat of the Sun God," he said.

"That's right. But at that time, if the Sun God's seat is not activated, you may be more dangerous. If he finds out you have the magic of the wind with one of the red jade stones, he'll take precedence over the Sun God's throne."

Carno has a tough look on his face and he tries to get himself on board and tells me.

"I guess so."

Isn't that funny? Instead, it would be more helpful for you to come at me before the seat of the Sun God.

Ishur made Carno laugh lightly.

Ishur glanced at the window behind Carno's sitting, diagonally behind him. It's already stopped raining outside, only a little but it's getting brighter.

"Don't worry, Ishr."

When he heard about Malena's recent situation, Carno said to Ishur in a hurry.

"My point of view, that old lady is still going to live long. They're so sturdy."

……

Ishur smiled and nodded.

Sure it is. Oh, there's an old woman who keeps working until the day she dies without a single sickness, whether her hips are bent or her ears are far away. Such an old man is everywhere.

There were many such old people in the village of Bersch once.

Since then, Carno has somehow avoided talking about the seat and necklace of the Sun God, and Ishur has spoken about the recent situation in the Holy Capital, asking Carno if the apprentice cleric boys and marenas in this temple are well.

This is how Carno likes to talk to one person, especially those he has visited from elsewhere. It is the temple chief of the sanctuary on the mountain here in Krembel, but it will be late. Though there is a city right down there, the temple chief of the high priest is comfortable and can't go out often.

Ishur was also occasionally called to Carno here when he lived in Marena's house, and he was told stories about one incident with Brigal and when he fought the Red Emperor Dragon.

"It's about time."

Carno also said he would follow Ishur and look out the window.

"Let's go to the ruins of that large stone slab, another seat of the Sun God. So I teach spells."

Pass through a dim temple at dawn, with no one to wake up yet, and go outside.

Upon exiting the southern front of the main temple, Ishur was slightly surprised by the unexpected coolness of the air on the mountain. The Krembel mornings in the highlands were already much lower, and it even felt like the winter visit was already that close.

"The Sun God necklace you're wearing now was formerly known only as the Crembel necklace."

Carno began his conversation, gazing at the mountains where he appeared far and loud.

"It was originally thought to be just an old treasure, or just a jewelry, that the Temple Chief of Cranbell was supposed to inherit."

The two side by side, slowly walking to the seat of the Sun God.

"My predecessor, Lord Orario, revealed it."

Orario would be the one who was the previous secretary general Ulturo had said, the temple chief in front of Carno.

The one named Orario has now left the church and is heard to have returned to his hometown.

"... from this decaying seat of the Sun God, the power to produce new magic implements is lost. There are other things that don't work as well as the Sun God's throne in the Holy City"

When Carno came to the ruins, he stopped his legs and turned his body toward Ishur.

"There are five magics and their spells concerning the seat of the Sun God that I have been taught by Lord Orario, of which I will now teach you three magics and spells that peer at things related to the ritual of the Sun God"

"Yes."

The Rite of the Sun God is a ritual that produces magic implements. That's not what it takes to confront Bionato.

"The first is a spell that links the ornament of the Sun God with his heart, the heart's heart. By the way, when you release it, you just need to remove the necklace and let it go because it's your own. This is like a lot of magic equipment."

……

Ishur nodded silently and glanced behind Carno.

Beyond the mansions and trees lined to the east, the blue shadows of the distant mountains can be seen. It's only before dawn. But we're almost there.

"The second eye is a spell that activates the seat of the Sun God. Now magic passes through the magic formations, and the seat of the Sun God is filled with the protection of Jerez. This is like a combination of the defensive junction of the light system and the demonic seal of the dark system, where the seat of the Sun God, the defensive junction against the outside of the magic formation, will be stretched and all other magic will be sealed inside as well"

Carno took a breath there, slightly tightening that gaze at Ishur.

"The third is to strike down enemies, people and demons that have broken into the seat of the Sun God, which is also quite aggressive, but can be seen as a form of defensive junction. I used it for you and Miss Mira before. Those on the board can also specify the objects to be trapped in that junction. You can put the name of that person into a spell. According to the legend, the sun's rays are trapped in a dimmed darkness, and the hammer is cast down from Jerez on the spot"

So Carno said with a smile on his face.

"How'd it go? Ishr, you."

"Hehe."

Ishur, in contrast, had a pulling grin.

Almost as I told you, yes. It is.

... Speaking of which, if that magic could be used among the Lord God, wouldn't it be easy to bury both Bionato and Malefioa? If you fly them into that different space, you'll get a piece of it. It's very easy.

Ishur pulled a grin in there, slightly closing his eyes.

No, you can't. If Bionato had the other red jade stone then it would be a big deal. We will have to give up both collecting red jade stones and obtaining magic equipment for the earth. Besides, Bionato, trapping Malefiore in that space isn't going to completely destroy the body because it's somewhere else.

"What's going on? Ishr, you."

"No, anything.... so there is no spell, or something, that stops the activation of the seat of the Sun God?

"Mm-hmm. That's not it. It's just like any other magic, it stops there if you want the activated person to stop, and if you want that person to keep activated, you can keep the state as long as the strength of that person continues."

"I see."

Carno's answer is almost exactly what we thought.

I mean, at that time, when I confirm the activation of the Sun God's seat, you can either interrupt it thinking "stop" or "want to stop” or re-cast the activation spell and “overwrite” the magic, so to speak.

"It's about time."

Carno turns back and looks at the east sky.

Its sumptuous tips rapidly become brighter, stretching mountains.

Slight brightness fills the stone slab as well. The shadows of the cylinders that line the perimeter slip thinly over the stone slab.

"Then let's teach the spell. Try it, actually. Come here."

Carno went up to the stone slab and told Ishur.

"It would be good to stand in the center of the stone board"

Carno stood on the eastern side of Ishur, who took the form of a desire for sunrise over Carno's shoulder.

"Then from a single spell. Link the sun god's necklace to you. Repeat after me."

Carno lurked his voice and uttered the spell.

"Jerez wills us, and our souls are with thee."

Wasn't this a passage in the sacrament of the diocese?

When Ishur followed with that passage in his mouth, he could see the pain running slightly behind his chest.

This pain is the same as grief and suffering, especially for me, when I have feelings of remorse.

Will Jerez touch one's heart...

"Did you see it connected to the Sun God's necklace?

The sun is trying to get its head out behind Carno.

"Yes. Somehow."

Carno nodded slowly and satisfactorily as Ishur answered.

"Then it's the next spell. Activate the seat of the Sun God"

At that time, a small dot of light lit Carno's shoulder tip, tightening his expression, on a horizon that stretched with indifference.

That point spreads horizontally to the side.

Light runs and edges in the mountains.

and the sunlight ran horizontally so as to pierce Isul at the same time.

"Jerez, the abundant sun god, the great God of creation. Fill your throne with great protection."

The figure of Carno, standing in good posture and majesty, rises again in the morning sun as a shadow in the backlight.

It is heavier and more powerful at night than when it was shadowed by thunder.

"Jerez, Lord God of Great Creation..."

Ishur repeats Carno's words.

"... you have given us infinite grace."

Ishur, whose eyes were narrowing in the morning sun, opens his eyes.

Suddenly, the sunlight seemed to rise vertically.

A new light covering the old stone slab.

With the ground, in a new space somewhere different than before, the figure of Carno is revealed with a strong reflection of light.

He had someone, like some prophet, narrowing his eyes, smiling and looking at Ishl.

The return journey proceeded slightly north of the street muscle, into an unpopular mountain. He went to the sky in such a way as to cover the summit of the mountains, and when he went out into the plains, he went from the clouds to the sky above the Holy City, and descended vertically on the spot as he reached just above the Duke's residence.

I turn my eyes slightly toward the main tower of the cathedral as I lower my altitude.

Between the Lord God in that basement awaits me.

By the time the sun of the day began to lean, Ishur stepped down quietly in the trees on the outskirts of the courtyard.

"... nothing?

Ishur said as he walked toward the mansion with an uneaten face, like a single word.

"Mm-hmm. I'm fine. No particular abnormality has occurred. Sword Palace."

I can hear Crowe showing slight signs of it next to Ishur.

……

Ishur nodded silently, entering the mansion from the courtyard. Upstairs from the central hall I met Mira, who looked panicked.

"Master Ishr!

Mira is alone, and neither Sharka nor Lucia are with her.

"Oh my god!

Mira came running over with the kind of momentum that hit Ishl, offering her a small roll of paper that she had in one hand.

Kraw said there was no anomaly, but apparently it wasn't.

"What's this?

When Ishur received the letter from Mira, he put it in front of Mira and said:

"This is a letter from Leni. Leni said she had some errands and was headed back to her hometown."

"Huh?"

What do you mean? Why......

"This morning, the apprentice priest of the Temple of the Wind brought it from Leni."

……

Ishur began to spread and read the letter without waiting for Mira's story to end.

The letter was addressed to both Ishur and Mira, and the letter stated that she was going to rush back to her hometown of Paredes, that she had not yet finished teaching wind magic, but would you please forgive me, etc.

"The House of Pujer is the name of the lord who reigns over the Paredes."

Mira said pointing to Leni's signature written at the end of the letter.

Indeed, her signature says Leni Pujer.

Leni didn't name his family. So I was wondering exactly if the Archdeacon of the Wind, Ventura Alejandro's family name, Alejandro, was that. If Leni is of the House of Pujeres, then the children of Ventura were married to the people of the House of Pujeres, and were born as their daughters, and Leni was a grandson from Ventura Alejandro.

According to Mira's description, the area around Paredes is in Kahar, a mining zone in the north, and in the mountainous area in the middle of Krembel, where there are no particularly powerful mines or any large cities, sandwiched between Kahar and Krembel, a land with many warcraft occurrences but with poor gatherings of hunters and mercenaries, who struggle daily to maintain the security of the villages.

Her letter also said that a large number of local dragons had surrendered in the village in the vicinity of Paredes, and that the site was in great disturbance, that we must return and exorcise as soon as possible. A herd of ground dragons happened to come down to the inside, I guess.

"Hmmm......"

Ishur accidentally raised a small roar with his letters in one hand and his hands in front of his chest.

It's kind of uncomfortable.

Leni knew something she didn't even know about a sizable wind wizard.

She wondered whether the great spirits of the wind were turning into people, possibly impossible, but also if...

But when I read the letter, I could tell that her identity was solid. Leni finds out that he belongs to the House of Pujer, lord of Paredes. She's probably one of the most powerful wizards in a land where hunters and mercenaries don't come together very often and lords struggle. They must be counting on you locally.

Leni Pujer was clearly a real person in this man's world.

Still...... Her knowledge of magic, of course, feels strange to glimpse behind that nostalgic personality......, that's unnatural no matter how you look at it.

"Let's go to the Temple of the Wind. Will Mira come, too?

"Yes, Ishr."

Mira's face looked anxious with joy.

Grab Mira and head straight from the sky to the temple of the wind.

Turning to the back of the temple and letting in the visit, the cleric apprentice boy, who had delivered a letter to Mira in the morning, showed his face.

According to him, all the priests who stood up, including the temple chief, the great priest of the wind, who worships Ishur, were out on errands or were visiting.

Harvest Festival already, Cathedral clerics and some followers call it Cathedral Thanksgiving —— is approaching a few days later and many in the Holy Capital are extremely busy. It was also impossible for the priests of the temple not to grab it.

"Leni said that when you see him at dawn, he quits his trustee, Ventura Alejandro, and returns to his hometown. When I was entrusted with a set of letters and paperwork addressed to the temple chief, and a letter addressed to both of you, he left the temple on his feet."

He added that the cleric apprentice boy also told him that Leni had also finished disposing of all of Ventura Alejandro's estates as he quit his trustee.

When Mira heard from the boy, she asked Ishl.

"Mr. Leni hasn't gotten that far yet. Shall I arrange for the house to be searched for?"

"No..."

Ishur did the trick of doing and thinking into his jaw.

There is no sure guarantee that you can find Leni even if you distribute people to the northern street muscles.

Plus you'll want to go back to your own town with her a little bit sooner.

Wind sword.

Didn't you tell me after all? Too bad......

"... let's not. Excuse me, the mansion behind you, can I see it?

Ishur put a cliché to the apprentice cleric's boy, and went to see the mansion where Leni had temporarily lived, behind him.

Every room in the mansion remained a killer landscape, as well as something like the warmth that people lived in until just now. Ishur barely stepped into the back room of the mansion, also looking around at her living room and bedroom. There were still signs of one living there as well.

The (...) less (...) woman (...) between (...) a person named Leni was definitely there.

Ishur went outside the mansion with Mira and stepped inside the familiar rustic garden.

Summer flowers disappeared in the garden of the wild mansion, instead blooming in autumn flowers such as golden wood rhinoceros (Kinku) and cosmos.

"... let's stop chasing Leni"

Ishur told Mira, looking over the garden, to repeat the same words and whine.

When the scent of golden wood rhino came to pass, Ishur figured out something on the pretense.

Now who knows how Leni, hurrying toward his hometown, will fulfill the power of the wind god itself rather than magic...

A slight suspicion drifting in the scent of flowers.

Ishur, for some reason, thought so.