In the brief moment she was at a loss for words, Marian quickly turned to Belly and asked.
“You’re saying there were such bastards in the Northern Continent too? ……Wait a minute. Then was Duke Pryde also a black magician?”
“No, I’m not too sure either, but…….”
Belly stroked his chin as he answered Marian’s question.
“He made a direct contract with a demon that descended to this earth, not the heavens above, right? I’m sure it’s no different from a black magician, even if there are some differences…….”
That was all Belly had found out so far as well.
But he had managed to discover this much in just a day after properly setting foot on the Northern Continent.
‘I knew it was a good decision to come out from behind the barrier.’
If it was here, they might really be able to find a way to save Ioan’s soul.
Even faster than expected.
Delphine’s heart swelled with hope.
She swallowed hard, trying to contain this emotion that she couldn’t dare express in front of her comrades.
To her, Ioan was her beloved and the father of the child in her womb.
But to them, he was just a contractor guarding the demon’s empire, and an enemy who had nearly taken their lives.
So she would quietly, secretly find a way to save his soul.
‘If I ask the person called the high priest, they might know the answer.’
It was while she was silently making that resolution.
Lin turned her head towards her and smiled wryly.
“Why, what is it?”
“They believe aurum is the light of God. But you emitted it directly from your body.”
“…….”
“I thought it made sense for them to react that way.”
Delphine awkwardly smiled as she recalled the restaurant owner who couldn’t stop wailing until she got on the carriage.
“Seriously. In the empire, they said magic was the power of demons and witches.”
Marian, who had been listening to Belly’s explanation with a headache, grumbled.
“That was all a complete lie too.”
“I had no idea either.”
“You also didn’t properly learn and use magic.”
Belly calmly retorted to Lin’s words.
“Because I acquired what had been secretly passed down in the family for three hundred years.”
“Right. Like you said, we were really in a well.”
Lin laughed dryly and turned her gaze out the carriage window.
“We didn’t know there was such a vast world outside the barrier.”
Delphine also nodded her head.
“If I get the chance, I’d like to properly learn more magic.”
At Lin’s calm words, Marian quickly exclaimed.
“For me, it’s swordsmanship! I’m sure swordsmanship is more advanced here, and there will be more skilled people.”
“There’s too much I want to know, I don’t know what to pick.”
“Ah, right. And I want to try all the delicious food too!”
“……That’s a really great dream, Marian. I’ll always support you.”
“You’re mocking me, aren’t you?”
Delphine was smiling slightly as she watched her comrades bickering as usual, when she suddenly realized.
It was the first time they were talking about the future.
And their eyes were sparkling with hope, not despair or determination.
They could finally envision their own futures after leaving that empire.
‘What kind of future will I face…?’
Without realizing it, one of her hands had moved to her lower abdomen.
Delphine had somehow started the habit of rubbing her belly and talking to the baby.
Thanks to finally having some peace of mind after crossing the barrier.
Her belly, now entering the 4th month, had started to show a little too.
‘I’ll show you a wider world, my baby.’
Things that are bright and beautiful, but never built upon someone’s sacrifice.
Yes. For example, she wanted to show the sea.
Having lived trapped behind the barrier, she had never seen it, but they said there was a vast sea where you could see the horizon in the distance.
‘By the sea, with you and mommy and…….’
And daddy?
The moment that thought came to mind, her heart sank.
“Delphine? Are you feeling motion sick?”
Lin, who had sensitively noticed her condition, asked.
“No…….”
Delphine quickly took her hand off her belly and tried to make an excuse.
“We’ve arrived.”
Just then, the moving carriage came to a stop.
They had finally reached the front of the Lübeck temple.
Getting off the carriage with Lin’s support, Delphine let out an exclamation upon seeing the tall, white building before her eyes.
“This is…… the temple?”
“They said it’s a religious facility, but it looks like an imperial palace.”
Tall spires cut vertically through the sky.
The white exterior walls had colorful glass windows attached in between.
As they were admiring its awe-inspiring appearance, the temple door opened.
A group of people wearing white robes approached them in orderly lines.
Were these the priests?
The ones who made a contract with the god above the heavens?
As they watched with a mixture of wariness and curiosity, the gray-haired man at the head of the group stepped forward and greeted Delphine.
“Welcome. I am Hashin, the high priest in charge of this Lübeck temple.”
He was an elderly man who looked kind with the wrinkles folding around his eyes when he smiled.
Peculiarly, the edges of his pupils were noticeably white.
Was it a characteristic of the priests?
While Delphine was inwardly speculating, the man’s eyes turned directly to her.
“I heard there was someone who performed a miracle at a restaurant in the bustling district. ……Perhaps, it’s you?”
‘……How did he know it was me right away?’
Did he receive a report in advance?
High Priest Hashin, who had been intently gazing at Delphine’s emerald eyes as she wondered, slowly extended his wrinkled hand.
“If a descendant of the saint has appeared in Lübeck, it is the greatest honor. ……However, before that, a confirmation.”
In his hand was a small slab of aurum.
It meant he wanted to test if she could really charge aurum.
Delphine nodded her head, then silently reached out her white hand over the slab.
Soon, a bright light spread in all directions, and at the same time, light filled the empty aurum.
“Ah…… It’s true……!”
Reverence filled Hashin’s eyes, which had been cold and calm.
Before Delphine could stop him, he knelt down on the hard paved road and bowed deeply.
“Child of God…….”
Then the priests in white robes standing behind him followed suit, kneeling and bowing their heads in unison.
“Child of God……!”
[This is the timeline separator]Belly was right.
They had undoubtedly obtained a direct ticket to the Holy Kingdom.
First of all, High Priest Hashin did not even ask the reason for their request to go to the Holy Kingdom.
Rather, he nodded his head as if it were obvious and immediately led them inside the temple.
“You have wandered far and returned to your hometown.”
“……Hometown, you say?”
On the way following Hashin through the white corridors.
When Delphine asked at his sudden words, the pious old man smiled kindly and explained.
“The Holy Kingdom is a holy land built around the castle where the first saint stayed.”
He said that after the saint was attacked by bandits and passed away, the Holy Kingdom was originally established to protect her descendants.
Then…….
The first emperor of the Astrax Empire must have stayed here too.
Because the legend said he was a servant of the saint.
He escaped from there, crossed the Antes Mountains, and established the Astrax Empire on the southern peninsula.
Delphine and her comrades exchanged glances in secret.
But it wasn’t time to have such a conversation yet.
“This is the place.”
Hashin passed through a huge door located inside the temple and reached out his hand.
Delphine’s eyes widened in surprise at the sight revealed beyond the door.
In a vast room where light poured through the colorful glass windows, there stood a tall and huge door that seemed to reach the ceiling.
It was a huge and transparent door with an aurum slab larger than any she had ever seen.
“Each major temple in the cities has a teleport zone installed that connects to the Holy Kingdom.”
“A tele……port zone, you say?”
“It was installed for the Holy Kingdom to communicate smoothly with the temples. It’s also for the purpose of dispatching the descendants of the saint on the annual St. Michael’s Day festival.”
Even Lin, who was usually always calm, stuck out her tongue.
“Really, the magical technology here is amazing……. It makes me admire it every time I see it.”
“All the preparations are done, so you can go to the Holy Kingdom by passing through that door.”
“Just, like this……?”
When Delphine awkwardly asked, feeling like everything was being resolved too easily, Hashin brightly smiled at her.
“Yes. The people of the Holy Kingdom and His Holiness the Pope already know about your appearance.”
“His Holiness, about me?”
“The emergence of a new descendant of the saint is something the entire continent can rejoice over.”
Soon, Delphine stood in front of the transparent door with her comrades.
Hashin bowed very deeply towards her once again.
“It has been the greatest honor for this humble servant of God to meet and converse with you like this, Child of God.”
Delphine awkwardly nodded her head, then very carefully placed a hand on his bowed shoulders.
At that small gesture of hers, tears briefly welled up in Hashin’s white eyes.
“Initiating transfer.”
Soon, the priest chanting a spell beside the teleport zone shouted loudly.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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