Chapter 17 (2/2)
Luke’s expression darkened at hearing that the church had sent a force of thirty holy knights He had hoped that the escorting party was sh for him to take out and safely escape with Isabelle
“Then I will be on et your kindness today”
“Kindness? Please, just be careful I wish you luck”
Luke saluted once more and turned around Robel’s sympathetic eyes fell on Luke’s back
‘Poor Isabelle, I had hoped for at least you to be happy… This is the only thing your brother can do for you…’
Robel shook his head once more with a bitter expression and walked away as well
Dagadak dagak
An i to Tranbel kingdoe that was surrounded by dozens of holy knights, dressed in pure white
“Pick up the pace Wein order to arrive at Amien Monastery, where we can rest”
The Captain stroked his beard as he ordered the rest of the party to speed up The rest of the holy knights handled their horses extre in a fore
Priests rode on the carriage, with the ie of an ear of wheat sewn into the breast of their robes The ear of wheat symbolized their Goddess of earth, Flora
Unlike the priests, however, a single woe wore a pure white robe
The women looked on with ehtly
‘I was unable to see Luke, in the end’
Her eyes reddened, and a single teardrop rolled down her face A strict looking old an to open his mouth It was an Archbishop named Aznan, in command of the mission to secure the possible future Saintess
“Suffering from a lost affection passes in the blink of an eye”
“…”
“When our Goddess Flora takes you into her ar will disappear completely without a trace”
When Isabelle turned to look at archbishop Aznan, it was not with kind eyes
“Words are easy to say, Archbishop Aznan”
“The opportunity to be taken into the arms of the Goddess does not come to everyone Yousuch a talent and affinity towards holy power”
Isabelle was unable to contain herself and spat back
“Oh is that so? Unfortunately, I consider it a curse, not a blessing”
Archbishop Aznan’s eyes turned terrible even before she finished her sentence
“I arn you noatch your tongue You are to becoreat Goddess Flora”
“…”
“Don’t forget that your actions represent the honor of Lea Marquisate”
Isabelle shut her lips silently She was not brave enough to rebuke him when he talked of her House’s honor Archbishop Aznan snorted coldly when he saw Isabelle return her gaze to theof the carriage
‘Stupid young fools that don’t know their place…’
Two holy knights also rode inside the carriage in case of unforeseen complications Archbishop Aznan opened his mouth to address one of them
“Has there been anything out of the ordinary?”
The helht shook his head
“There have been no such signs so far”
“Hm… I hope it remains that way until we reach the main temple
Archbishop Aznan froorry His worry was not without reason
Five years ago, there had been an incident he had been responsible for It had been in the na he should not have done as a priest
Five years ago, he had caught wind of ru of a woman talented in holy power about to enter a rival church
“We must absolutely take her in to the church of Flora”
Archbishop Aznan had i with the leaders of the church The conclusion reached by the end of thewas to employ violence to kidnap the woman If the woman received a baptism at the main temple of Flora, she could be made into a Saintess of Flora
“The church in question is not very powerful, there will not be any repercussions”
Archbishop Aznan had taken twenty holy knights provided by the church of Flora and cohts of the opposing church and kidnapped the woman
Unfortunately, a proble The woman absolutely refused to become a priest of the church of Flora
“Even if I die, it will not happen”
They had tried to coax and threaten her, but the wo out, Archbishop Aznan had no choice but to kill her There had been no other way, since the woman had been so adamant
Archbishop Aznan smiled bitterly at his memories
‘I should not have even started it’
It was an incident that had already passed And now, Archbishop Aznan was placed in the opposite side of the situation five years ago
‘We have thirty holy knights, nothing will go wrong’
He glanced at Isabelle before biting his lips He absolutely had to take her safely to the dom
The holy knight in the carriage had been conversing with a fellow knight who rode outside, and turned to the Archbishop
“We will reach the border soon”
“H”
Archbishop Aznan’s expression softened There would not be a proble the border
It helped that Hansel and Tranbel kingdoms were currently allied with each other, but no one would stop a party of thirty holy knights, especially of the church of Flora
It was as he had expected, and the procession crossed the border without the soldiers guarding the border stopping the that the partythem from far away