Volume 8 Chapter 11 (2/2)
I'm sorry I can't believe I had suspected that You only chose
Truly, You have always loved us deeply
The holy orb transforht down
“Ahhhhhhhh!”
Large aed into my body, painful beyond words Diritted my teeth to hold back anyrash and unexpected I then yelled to the three liches, “Don't coic runes for Resurrection!”
The searing, hot pain lasted for a long time, but the pain elcoht bearadually becath left to take care of otherout the Eternal Tranquility, I poured in holy eleic seal the Pope had put in before, stopping dark ele back into my body
When the beam had shrunk to the size of a fist, I called out, “Roland, help ic circle ready—”
As the last shred of light faded, ht in front ofonthe Eternal Tranquility above ment?” I stared at him blankly “You didn't die?”
He actually had the nerve to grin, casually replying, “Do I look dead to you?”
But just now…
Another pair of hands draped onto my shoulder Earth taunted, “How could that level of injury ever kill off the Twelve Holy Knights! Aren't you being way too gullible?”
“That's right!” Metal put his hand on , “I orried if the injuries were too shallow, and if I should add another stab toI didn't!”
“Wouldn't you be happier if you did?” Moon jutted out his chin Even though his expression was one of suspicion, with the angle his head was tilted at, it would look like he was looking down on you regardless of his expression
Stone took hold ofhis head as he spoke, “You've always underestimated us too much”
Say what you like, but why the heck are you holding h!” Leaf touched my face with one hand, while the other rubbed his own neck He smiled wryly “Last time, I died for real from a slash to the neck This time, I had to slash my own neck to fake death In future battles, I definitely will need a metal neck brace”
What does your neck brace have to do withhold of hed, “I haven't slept this coed htto punish ment's ribs earlier?
Ice quietly held my other hand, his demeanor just like that of a neife!
Cloud appeared last He looked around, and upon finding no ned hi onto my hair
Roland was the only one who didn't approach In the past, he would always more or less wear a lonely expression when he could not join in on soh he couldn't take part, he gazed at us with his eyes, as if he was standing by our side
What are you guys doing? But what I uys are truly not dead?”
It doesn't , I wouldn'tas they're alive!
Leaf replied exasperatedly, “Can't you feel that my hand on your face is warm?”
“It's actually pretty icy…”
“Eh, I lost a bit too much blood” Leaf actually took out a rose bead to crush, and his hand i that the people before my eyes weren't illusions, I finally had the aze There stood a huge pillar I wasn't sure if it was froinally crooked, but it looked like it was about to fall over any second
“You guys are finally done! Now it's my turn to work”
A person juh he earing light e robes instead of the usual fancy ones, if that wasn't the Pope, then I'ed out a box as he spoke, pulling froic tools Then he flopped down and proceeded to draw on the ground, looking like a eezer could actually hide fro abilities Just who are you? The Pope is actually the ulti me for?” If it's to beata toll on my heart I wasn't sure if I should be touched that everyone was still alive, or be wary of a beating
“There is only one solution” Judg the entire Church of the God of Light as the base, and the entire Leaf Bud City as support, we can turn the city into one huge seal, keeping you in the 'Sun Knight' state However, that needs to wait until you're back at the Church of the God of Light to proceed So for noe'rea temporary seal with the Divine Sun Sword as the base, and the Twelve Holy Knights as support”
I was speechless for a ht!' The De the dark element, or the world will be destroyed!”
“That's why, every six months you must take the temporary seal—which is the Divine Sun Sword and the Twelve Holy Knights—to a barren place with no people, and spar with Roland We will aid hiht related skills Both of you will use dark elee a tiuys have any common sense, you'd know that the best plan is to leaveme back, Leaf Bud City will always live under the fear of the Deht then becohost city?”
Metal said sharply, “Did you think we ca Stone was angry “Faking death was anything but easy One wrong , “Even your vice-captain had no such thing as common sense If he had any, he'd have replaced you as the Sun Knight, and not gone and beco a holy knight on the spot if that's what it took to prove his loyalty to you!”
I know He had even almost killed Vidar
“Anyhow, none of us have any common sense, you idiot!”
“Your teacher has no coreed to let Leaf Bud City beco with us without any common sense!”
“Eh, that… I do have common sense!” The Pope raised his head and said aardly, “I' you all because I heard about the dreaht does want to bring Sun back!”
Everyone ignored hi you back, Leaf Bud City will live under the threat of a subdued De you back, the entire world will live under the threat of a co understood this, which is why he agreed to our plan”
Store risk for our country' excuse to rip off a huge sudo the Deotten Sound will be financially set for the next ten years!”
“…Yet not a single penny is shared with the Church of the God of Light,” the Pope muttered
Earth cursed, “You bastard, don't you know that if a leader sets a bad example, his subordinates will follow suit? The person who lacks the most common sense is you!”
“How do I lack coned !
Roland was to first to reply from his spot a ways away “Grisia, if you had any coht?”
Leaf scolded, “Did you use any co ht now!”
Iat hi at ht, I still have to obey the leader of the Holy Teht had only said that the Twelve Holy Knights will never abandon each other He never mentioned what common sense is”
Then, out of the blue he switched the topic, bringing up so utterly unrelated However, his words weren't unfao
“Sometimes, I really don't understand the purpose of the Twelve Holy Knights' pretense It's understandable that the Judghtspecific appearances like black hair and black eyes?”
Before I could figure out why he was repeating words from the past, everyone else answered in unison
The Twelve Holy Knights reenerations
And the law and justice they represent will forever rees with tiht will never change
The eleven brothers standing by his side will never change either,
A little pretense in exchange for eleven brothers, what a good deal!
“…Judg The dreaer for the others I only drea, but they had also dreamed of the scene where I asked you that question”
At that, he suddenly smiled “Grisia, you once told ht wants you to beco, what else could you do? Now, the God of Light wants you to obediently return to the Holy Temple What else can you do?”
“… But I'm so afraid”
I finally said it It was because I was afraid, so no o back, I had to holdmyself that I could not return to the Church of the God of Light
“What are you afraid of?” Judgment asked with a frown
I looked at everyone I knew there were tears falling from my eyes, but I didn't have the time to mind them
“If a day were to co—and I uys still not give up on me no matter what? Just like today, without any common sense?”
I'm afraid that I'll become more and more twisted under the influence of the dark ele disappointuys say, “We can't take it any up on you”
Stor, “Don't be afraid If you deserve even a bit of a beating, we'll immediately beat you up without any mercy!”
…Heh!
Earth swore, “What the heck are you crying for?! Guys look really ugly when they cry! Especially when you're laughing and crying at the same time, that's super hideous!”
“Shut up, the tears won't stop! Sob…”
“Uhic circle Can we start the sealing ritual now?”
Everyone chorused, “Obviously, hurry up already! Do you think it's co a , “Take off your shi+rts”
…What?
Everyone stripped off their tops without ic circles, and they looked like they were probably tattoos
I tried to hold back the prickling feeling into be called a crybaby by Earth I turned my attention to the Pope in a hurry and asked, “What should I do?”
“All you have to do is release the holy element that you have just taken in”
“… It's that siht it'd be beyond difficult This was a , after all!
“The hardest part has already passed It's now up to fate whether it succeeds or fails” The Pope replied with a shrug
“Thisritual However, only the theory exists, for nobody has ever used it That's because its success rate is very low Not only does it require a large ale at all through the sealing process either But what kind of person wouldn't struggle when they're being bound by powerful !”
He looked atto be sealed? Because if this ritual were to fail, you'd revert back to Deht all be killed”
I looked at everyone, feeling glad forability It allowed me to look at everyone all at once even when there were tootwo eyes and being unsure of who to look at
These kinds of fetters, truly…
“I could not be ”