After Arin finished praying, she opened her eyes and looked far away. Then she turned her head and looked slightly down when she saw people.
“You’ve arrived.”
“I’m sorry we’re late. We’ve caused some trouble to you and our guests.”
“No, I think we’ve caused the trouble.”
Pendragon burst into laughter at the words.
“If you really want to save your colleagues, you will do whatever it takes. Even if you need to break into the royal palace. That’s what colleagues do for each other.”
Ed smiled at Pendragon’s words. Pendragon was such a character. If it’s for his own colleagues, Pendragon would’ve smashed the royal palace.
It was something he would fully understand.
But they still felt sorry because there was an attack at Pendragon’s mansion and his elite soldiers died.
Pendragon lifted Diego with one arm and approached duke Azelt, who was talking to Cecilia.
“My colleagues have punished a demon follower. We caused you property damage, so I’ll compensate you.”
“No, if I knew this was related to the demon, I would have told the soldiers to help. Only one wall collapsed anyway.”
This person is talking about something big. No matter how many soldiers there are, they would have been just a puppet if they were caught by the witchcraft woman.
“Please prepare a carriage. We’ll take the body with us.”
When duke Azelta beckoned, a carriage was quickly prepared. After loading the headless body in the carriage, Pendragon smiled at duke Azelta and spoke.
“We’ll head back now. Call me if you wake up and change your mind about the compensation. I’m not joking.”
Pendragon said so and took a step first, hugging Diego. Diego quickly fell asleep, perhaps because he was relaxed or really tired.
Looking at Diego sleeping in Pendragon’s arms, they looked like a son and father.
It was a pity that there was no child between Pendragon and Cecilia, but if they had a child, he/she would have been Diego’s age. That was why they treated Diego specially.
Pendragon held Diego in his arms and carried him even though nobody asked him to.
Pendragon left the mansion of duke Azelta with Diego in his arms.
Pendragon made a strong impression when he saw the tragedy in front of the mansion. He approached the soldiers who had completed emergency treatment with Diego in his arms.
“Are you okay?”
“I’m okay, sir.”
“I informed the church, so people will come soon. Hang in there.”
“Thank you.”
Pendragon heard the soldiers’ answers and was extremely angry. He was angry because his men have been hurt.
If an unknown person had met the current Pendragon, he/she would not have died peacefully.
On the way back to the mansion, Pendragon’s cloak, which met with soldiers recovering corpses, began to flap in the wind.
“Take care of the bodies. Their funeral will be held in the church.”
It was a luxury that only nobles could hold a funeral in the church, but Pendragon was relentless. If the church doesn’t listen to him, he’ll make it hard for them.
Pendragon went into the living room, and when Sophia, who was taking care of Thane, found Diego and ran over, he returned Diego to her.
“Diego.”
When Diego failed to wake up, Sophia’s eyes were watering. Pendragon calmly replied to the appearance.
“He’s just tired, so there’s nothing to worry about. Ed and Arin rescued him before it was too late, so put aside your worries.”
Sophia got up from her seat and bowed her head to Ed and Arin.
“Thank you. Thank you so much.”
Ed shook his head at the words and replied.
“It would have been difficult to save him if it weren’t for Diego’s powers.”
Sophia replied, hugging Diego and looking down.
“Diego has been smart since he was young.”
Pendragon looked around, found an approaching butler, and said.
“Take Diego and Sophia to a place where they can rest.”
“Yes, sir.”
Pendragon took off his cape and began to recover the bodies himself. Ed and Arin also helped, and Dex, who recovered to some extent, also helped.
A group of people approached while all the bodies of the royal guardians were taken out of the mansion. A person at the forefront of those dressed as the guardian of the royal family got off a horse and bowed to Pendragon.
“Sir. I’m sorry.”
“You shouldn’t be sorry. Their deaths were caused by a demon follower.”
It is possible that she was a demon contractor, but it is not clear, and it is easier for people to understand that she was a demon follower.
“Can we recover the bodies?”
“Go ahead, please. I’m going to hold a funeral for them at the church, so please contact their families. I’ll compensate the families myself, so please take care of their bodies.”
“Okay, thank you.”
When the guardian commander beckoned, the guardians who followed him began to recover the bodies. Some were in vain in the terrible condition, but they somehow recovered all the bodies and left.
Only after the guardians left did Pendragon show interest in the dead woman’s body. Pendragon, who got on the carriage, undressed the woman with indifferent eyes.
And when he saw the circle of bloody rune letters in the woman’s abdomen, he called Cecilia.
“Cecilia. Come and look at this.”
Cecilia also nodded when she saw the bloody rune text remaining in the woman’s abdomen.
“She’s a contractor. I guess her skills were amazing.”
“Yeah. She’s more powerful than a high-level demon. I’m sure she was someone important, seeing that she signed a contract with a great demon.”
Pendragon looked back at Ed and asked.
“Did she tell you what her name was?”
“We didn’t hear it.”
Pendragon tilted his head at Ed’s answer.
“Hmm. Usually, these types of people like to talk about themselves..”
“I shot an arrow when she started introducing herself.”
Pendragon stared at Ed at the words and laughed.
“That’s funny.”
Pendragon said so and rummaged through the woman’s luggage.
“Was there anything else special?”
“She was a witch.”
“A witch…”
Then Thane, who was bandaged on his head, walked out from the inside and said.
“I think she might be the teacher of Isperto, who was working for Caren.”
“Old man. I’m not smart enough to remember such miscellaneous details.”
Thane shook his head at the words and replied.
“Honestly, I don’t know much about Isperto. But not many witches will be able to sign a contract with the demon.”
Thane said so and checked the woman’s luggage.
“Hmm. The Protection of Felmes?”
Felmes is the god of wind. That’s how she got Ed’s arrow to orbit around her cape. This must be an important object.
“Aspian was still alive?”
“Did you know her?”
At the question of Pendragon, Thane nodded.
“She was a witch who was active about 30 years ago. At that time, I thought she died because she was a wanted person after killing a holy knight. But I guess she managed to survive.”
“She survived after killing a holy knight?”
Pendragon also looked a little surprised.
“That’s why she was famous. I thought she was already dead, too.”
Thane stumbled as if he was dizzy. When Ed was next to him and helped, Thane, smiled and said.
“The Protection of Felmes. This is a holy relic, so I would appreciate it if you returned it to the Felmes Church.”
Ed stared at Thane. What is he talking about?
If it’s a relic, Ed wanted to take it.
The problem is that Ed doesn’t need it. It’s a good function to bounce off a blind arrow, but Ed’s senses were good enough. And, Ed was confident of avoiding an arrow that he couldn’t see.
She had a brown cape and holy relics.
Ed thought it would be better to give it to someone who needs it, rather than to return it to the church.
“We can take your time returning it. I mean, it’s been lost for more than thirty years anyway.”
Thane nodded at the words.
“That’s true. Who are you going to give it to?
“Diego.”
It looks a little big, but it was important even if it was folded and worn. Thane also nodded at the words.
“That’s a good idea. If the Felmes Church knows that you’re using it to catch demons, they won’t complain.”
Ed did not care if the church had other thoughts. How would they know that Ed has this anyway?
When Pendragon heard that, he asked.
“Does Aspian have a group?”
“No. I think she moves alone. I just found out for the first time that she had a student.”
“That’s too bad.”
Seeing Pendragon, it seemed as if he wanted to punish whoever Aspian worked with.
“I’ll have to mourn the dead. Let’s go get a drink.”
The butlers and maids moved busily, and the broken furniture was all organized even though bloodstains remained. When all the group gathered in the drawing-room, the butler served alcohol bottles and glasses.
Others were given crystal glasses, but Pendragon and Cecilia were holding slightly distorted tin glasses. In the demon’s Age 1, Pendragon used to carry it wherever he went.
Ed didn’t know he still had that tin glass. Pendragon, who had strong whiskey, lightly lifted the glass and said.
“Revenge is over. Let’s honor the people who sacrificed their lives for us.”
Pendragon said so and emptied the glass at once. As everyone emptied their glasses, Pendragon looked at Ed.
“Will you be leaving soon?”
He was fast to notice.
“Yes.”
Pendragon’s gaze turned to Thane.
“Old man, you’re going with him, right?”
“Honestly, life in the royal road doesn’t suit me. I want to make the most out of my life before I die.”
“That’s definitely like you.”
Pendragon had another drink and said.
“I’m sorry. I wasn’t able to protect my visitors.”
“This all happened because of us.”
Pendragon smiled bitterly at Ed’s answer.
“When are you leaving?”
Ed looked back at Arin and opened his mouth.
“I’m going to stop by the church tomorrow and leave after.”
As long as the traces of Lagrox were found through bloodstone, it was not necessary to stay at Pendragon’s house.
“Yeah. We can’t delay our time to catch the demon. Everyone worked hard, so let’s empty our glasses and rest.”
Everyone emptied their glasses at once, and the long day ended.
A deep mountain out of reach of people.
A small temple was burning. Unlike ordinary fire, a bloody flame was burning the sky, and a man with his back against it stood.
The man in bloody armor sat on a large rabbit. The rabbit was the size of a bull and had horns on its forehead. But now it was smashed by a man with only half of its horns left and broken.
The man raised his head while drawing a magic circle on the rabbit’s back.
“Another one died again.”
The owners of the bloodstones continued to die one by one. The man looked up and looked up at the night sky, slightly turning his eyes and looking far north.
“I’m starting to get annoyed.”
As the owners of the bloodstones died, their plans were gradually going wrong. If Astron continues to disturb like this, the man might slowly get involved.
“I’ll do what you have to do first.”
The man hummed while drawing a magic circle again on the rabbit’s back with the broken horn in his hand.