The wise man returns

“I'll try. Don't get your hopes up. ”

“Thank you.”

Leben smiles and realizes he doesn't really know what he's talking about.

Balin, who took on a tremendous task in her slumber, hides her complex feelings and watches Leven take her place.

“Wait a minute. I'll be right back with the data. ”

“Wait a minute.”

Balin, who was sitting idly, stopped Leven as he was momentarily away.

Leven opens his eyes and asks.

“Yes?”

“You're not going back in that outfit, are you...? ”

When he finished speaking, Balin pointed to Leben's clothing with his fingers.

Maids and dresses that work in cafes and mansions.

It was not suitable for going where it was supposed to be as a substitute.

“Are you going to go back? Everyone knows that I help people every holiday. ”

“Oh, my God.”

It seemed like that dress had already been approved by the senior officials of the Pope's Church.

Balin shows his hand, thinking it was Leven as well.

“Go away, quickly. ”

“Just a moment, then! I'll be right back. ”

When finished, Leven walks lightly past the table.

Balin, who is left alone again, bounces back and forth through an empty lemonade cup.

As time approached in the afternoon, I slowly began to see people in this cornered place.

Temples dressed in white, civilians excited by a picnic just like their mothers. The wealthy nobles passed by each other.

‘I wanted to save this world. ’

Suddenly, Valine smiled quietly in her old thoughts.

Meanwhile, the passersby look at Balin's face and tilt their heads.

It seems that the boy who has just entered his adolescence is smiling like he has lived in the world.

‘What the hell, she is. ’

Is something wrong? ’

Most of the people I watched shrugged their shoulders and disappeared on my way.

But there was one person who didn't.

Bloop.

When Valine heard the sound coming from behind her back, she raised her ears.

This is...

I thought I was mistaken, but the popularity was coming right to me.

At that moment, Valine thought that Leven had returned, but it was too early for that.

Glug.

The chair across the street is popular.

Balin looks back at the old man for the first time.

The old man looked like he was in his early 30s, but he was impressed with his glasses on his fancy body.

But what we really needed to keep an eye on was the middle-aged uniform.

Clothes with purple and gold patterns on a white background. It was a successor's robe.

Instead, Balin looks at the opponent as he pulls as much tension as he can.

The stared successor opened his mouth first.

“You spoke with Deputy Representative Leven. Are you a guest of his? ”

“Well... a friend, let's just say I know him. ”

In Balin's reply, the chancellor looks surprised.

“Leven, is that your friend? This is unexpected news. ”

Valine gives a bewildering look to the Surprise Chancellor.

It looks like something is troubling us to be together, but I don't want to be kicked out because of my identity.

“I'm late for my introduction. My name is Nemrod. He is lacking in body and is acting as a successor. ”

Nemrod, who doesn't know the pace of others, shakes his hand toward the cafe building.

“Here, have a drink. ”

Unfortunately, what he ordered was the same lemonade that I had with Leven earlier.

Balin lowers his head lightly, thanking you and putting it on the glass.

“So you're the Ball of Balin at the center of the conversation. ”

I had to pour the cup right away because of the words that followed immediately.

I knew it!

Balin smiles and looks at the other person's face.

He had already noticed that he was watching him at the Holy See.

Otherwise, we wouldn't have had to suddenly summon a healthy substitute, Robert, and fill in Leven.

“There's no need to be too cautious. We don't plan on hitting Valine right away. ”

Nemrod's successor takes a sip of lemonade in front of him, reassuring him.

I had no idea what I was thinking.

Valine had complete control over her own body first.

Using Mana to calm the mind so that emotions or reactions do not appear on the outside.

Nemrod, who was watching to see if it worked, asked me to taste again.

“You're not surprised, did you know? ”

“Maybe there's no reason I should teach you that. ”

In Balin's reply, Nemrod's chancellor raises his eyes lightly.

Valine opens her gates first, revealing her distinct admiration.

“Why is that? ”

“Hmm?”

“Why aren't you hitting me right now? ”

Neither of them brought out the reason why the Pope was hostile to Balin.

It was because they both knew the reason.

In Balin's question, Nemrod's successor pondered for a moment before raising his mouth and answering.

“For starters... as the emperor of the North Tra Empire, you must have defeated a weak vampire." But that's just the surface reason. ”

After finishing his speech, Nemrod's chancellor looks around for a moment.

Thanks to the shop on the inside, there are still few people around.

After taking a deep breath, he told Balin the true reason the Pope's not moving.

“Archbishop Reuben is protecting you with all his might. ”

“Yes?”

Balin, who thought it was useful or balanced between other forces, hesitated.

Leven has some assumptions that he thinks he can be trusted.

But it was the first time I ever heard her think about herself enough to confront the Holy See.

“Since when?”

“That's when it was first reported to have been discovered. Originally, I was going to declare you a heretic and then move the members of the Royal Society, which has been postponed because Archbishop Leben has exercised his right to object. ”

The shocking remark surprised Lin.

The Declaration of heresy was the most powerful means available to the Holy See.

Once the Pope declares someone heretic, then prepare a punitive force to defeat that heretic.

With fewer than ten men, with tens of thousands of paladins and priests.

The more people we share, the more power we have in the Bible, the exponentially more destructive we become.

If the Holy Father had decided to prepare for war, even the Cadim Empire would have to do everything in its power.

If such a powerful force was aiming at Balin, even though Balin was a regretter, she would have faced quite a hard trial.

The plan to stop the Demon Prince and the Northtra Empire from attacking will, of course, all go back to bullying.

"I can't believe Leven was stopping it himself. I have to do something later." ’

Balin opens his mouth, thinking that way.

“Thank you for that. I'll be right back. Should I say hello to Leven then? ”

“Say hello... Ballin '. Please stay away from Representative Leven after this. ”

As soon as Valine heard that, she looked interesting.

It may be a simple jealousy or a power struggle, but Valine smells a more secret scent there.

‘There is something. ’

The smell of the secret of the Holy See that was never known in the world of old. When Balin sensed it, she calmly breathed and said.

“If I stay away from Representative Leven, I'm guessing you'll be ready to declare me a heretic in the nick of time. I don't know why you tell me that. You think I'm gonna kill myself? ”

At the end of Balin's words, Nemrod's chancellor raises his mouth and speaks.

“Don't worry about that. You will not be harmed by the Holy See. ”

“Why?”

Nemrod's successor pauses there, raising his voice and speaking again.

“As you've heard before, I've been empowered by the words of Representative Leven from the moment I hosted the Vampire Emperor. Besides, you said you were working with the Andropos ball at the time, and if that's true, you can't move any further. We would absolutely not want to pretend with the Grandmaster. ”

When Balin attacked the emperor, Leven lied about what Andropos had done.

Thanks to its spread, the Pope's position was no longer as careless as before.

If we declare Balin a heretic, we have no choice but to let Andropos invade the Holy See that night.

‘Well, given the possibility of Andropos interfering, we can't just move. ’

Balin thought he was consistent enough with Nemrod's words.

The Holy See is so powerful that no one can cope with it once it's prepped, but on the contrary, when it's ambushed, it's weaker than half of its power.

In order to make the law strong, there had to be a number of churches. If we strike the central axis before they met, we would lose without using the law.

It was the Duke of Abel who struck this weakness in his past life.

Ten years from now, the Duke of Abel will lead the vampires and raid the Holy See when the terror of the North Tra Empire unfolds.

Despite the myth of divinity, Duke Abel has succeeded in defeating the Holy See's power through a brilliant strategy.

Of course, the Leian Cult was on the verge of extinction, but the priests that Leven had gathered remained quite powerful.

“I swear, this is purely for Valine. If you don't fall, the Pope will move himself. I made it very clear. ”

“Why?”

As soon as Nemrod finished speaking, Balin raised his voice.

“Why do you want me to stay away from Representative Leven? I can't leave until I know for sure why. ”

“...... ”

Hearing Balin's answer, Nemrod's chancellor empowers his eyes to look at Balin.

It was a common form of fighting, but Balin had no intention of losing.

Suzus.

Shortly after two sharp forces hit, Nemrod's successor revealed his limits first.

“... Khh! Hiic! Hiic! Cough, cough!!"

Nemrod coughs as if he heard something. His face is pale white.

He was unusual because he had risen to the rank of the commander, but that was not enough to stop Balin.

“Why?”

Balin, who waited for the cough to stop, once again asked.

Nemrod's successor panted a few times and carefully asked.

“Why... do you need one? ”

“You know, I'm a wizard. ”

A cynical answer spread a smile over Nemrod's face.

He chuckles a couple of times and sighs deeply.

“I see... I can't help it if you're a wizard. ”

As soon as Balin tried to refute it, Nemrod's successor, on the other hand, asked the question first.

“Do you, Representative Leven, consider yourself a normal human being? ”

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