Chapter 18 (2/2)

Of course, the church of Flora would be on guard, and send a large party of holy knights to escort the girl, but the Bishop did not worry He had on his side someone who had surpassed human limits, an aura master

Bishop Rain had approached Earl Wellington immediately

“Is that true?”

Earl Wellington had jumped up from his seat the second that he heard that Archbishop Aznan was in co party

“All right I will take care of it”

“You must prepare an alibi carefully That you left your territory cannot be found out by anyone”

“Do not worry Knowing how to create alibis are a necessity for a high noble”

“We will do the deed in a foreign country, so without solid evidence, the church of Flora will not be so quick to bring up the issue”

“I as”

This was the reason that Bishop Rain and Earl Wellington was sitting in a carriage now, in a country far away froe

“The bastards have approached us We should make preparations”

Earl Wellington opened his eyes once again at the words

“Have you prepared the hershi+on?”

“Of course It’s brand neithout any engravings on it yet”

“Good Take it out”

Bishop Rain pulled out a large wooden chest froe He opened the wooden chest to reveal a shi+ning silver armor

“I am convinced of the influence of your church For you to be able to actually procure the rare hershi+on”

“It was procured with difficulty, with the donations of our hard working church goers”

Earl Wellington gingerly took out the armor from the wooden chest and put it on

“It must function the same way as the one I use?”

“Yes, we had it ordered so in secret froe tower”

“Good”

Earl Wellington pushed a burst of aura into the armor To manifest aura outside of their bodies was an ability only used by aurahappened next

Charararak

The aran to expand rapidly, and spread out to cover the entirety of Earl Wellington’s body Hershi+on was a naic armor that automatically wrapped around its user when aura was pushed into it

A little while later, Earl Wellington stood covered from head to toe in silver armor

The arhts, but it was not a proble it up, hershi+on was alular steel armor

Earl Wellington unsheathed the sword from his waist

“Hood”

A satisfied ston’s face The sell balanced, and eighed just like the sword he was used to using

“You’ve prepared well Good I will go now”

“Please, take into consideration the will of the church”

“I have already told you, that it depends on the girl’s answer”

Earl Wellington walked on after answering

Dududududu

Two horses fiercely galloped along, raising a thick cloud of dust behind the rode nonstop in a pursuit of the escorting party of the church of Flora Their bodies were covered in dust

After they had departed from Lea marquisate, they had not stopped other than to rest the horses They had literally wrung out the last of their stamina to chase after Isabelle

Luke’s face brightened when he saw the buildingthe border

“Finally We can find out whether or not the church of Flora has crossed the border if we ask the soldiers guarding the border”

Luke slowly reined his horse into a slower pace The horse was foa out Kurotan also slowed down behind him

“Whoa, whoa, slon”

The two horses’ sides heaved as they slowed to a stop Kurotan remarked in admiration

“Truly, their sta than a wolf’s”

Luke did not retort, as he had no energy left fro from a water pouch, he poured some out into his hand for his horse as well

Chapchapchap

The horses lapped the water up, and their breaths slowly began to grow calm Luke threw Kurotan a piece of jerky he had pulled out fro

“We cannot rest long Let’s start off once again when the horses are recovered”

“All right What is the plan for e finally do catch up to the escorting party?”

“Try to negotiate first To allow me to meet Isabelle”

“Do you think they will let you see her?”

Luke smiled bitterly as he shook his head

“As a potential Saintess, the probability of the me see her is low”

“Then why?”

“First, to let Isabelle know that I am here It will help her to not lose hope…”

Kurotan chewed his jerky as he cocked his head in curiosity

“This is too complicated for ht I have recoveredmy axe for you…”

Luke stared at Kurotan

“Kurotan There are thirty holy knights It’s not a force that the two of us can handle”

“I do not know such things I will fight when you tell me to”

“Ah, as simple as an orc”

The horses recovered soon enough, and the two set off The soldiers patrolling the border far away seemed to spot them, as they raised their spears in preparation for their arrival