Became the Academy’s Munchkin Power Priest

33 – Devil and Child

Saint Thesia was Gran’s childhood friend before I was possessed here. The memory of her left in me is that she ruthlessly left.

After being possessed in the past, she was confused and asked a lot of things, but she just spit out her own words and left.

It didn’t matter whether she left or not, because Tessia was almost unknown to him. To me she was just a passer-by, she thought.

Just…. There was someone who constantly reminded her of her saintly name, and that was the Pope.

After her saintess left, by the time her memory of her Thesia faded away, the pope comforted her by saying that there were many women in the world, so there was no day that her saintess would be forgotten.

Looking at the reaction of the pope and the people around him, it was possible to realize that Gran and the saint were simply not close.

Well, that doesn’t mean that she didn’t have a deep love or an alter ego at that young age, but I’ve heard many times that her relationship with the Holy Lady when she was young was almost like her twin brother and sister.

Originally, Gran and the saintess had a very special relationship.

Also, seeing the people around her advising her to forget her saintess, it seemed that she was a really important person to the original Gran.

But in the end, she left Gran.

I still remember her words vividly.

That was the first scene in this world.

She said she likes warriors….

Why are you looking at me with such sorrowful eyes? It’s like looking at a long-lost lover.

“Gran…. Do you hate me?”

“I hate you. Do I have any reason to hate the saintess? I don’t hate anyone.”

Teshia stared at me, unable to follow her words. She bit her lips together and gave her a small nod.

Silence was maintained. I stood still, not knowing what to say. If someone else had seen this, it was an atmosphere that would have thought it was a couple breaking up.

Tesia put on a face that looked like she was going to cry any second and pursed her lips to see if there was anything she wanted to say.

“Gran…. If I….”

It was the moment she barely opened her mouth.

“Gran-nim.”

It was Chloe’s voice.

“That side is finished. Here is…. Ah oh? Seriously, saintess?”

Chloe bowed her waist toward her saintess. She carefully lifted her head and studied her saintly face, then bent her back and only turned her head to look up at me.

“Should I go out?”

It was fortunate that Chloe came.

It used to be awkward, but the atmosphere became heavy and it became so awkward that I couldn’t continue talking.

“Heh heh, this is my colleague.”

I changed the topic to her and introduced her saintess to her cloa.

As the saintess looked back and forth between me and Chloe, her bewilderment was evident. Tescia looked at Chloe and smiled awkwardly.

“You don’t have to feel too uncomfortable with me….”

The saintess kept glancing at me as she spoke.

“Ah, yes….”

“Where is Echina-sama?”

“I have something to look at…. Uh, come.”

Echina looked at the faces of me and Chloe standing at the entrance with a look on her face as if something was wrong.

She stood blankly at the sight of the saint inside her. Echinace didn’t seem to know that Tessia was a saint.

“Echina, you are a saint.”

“Seo, saintess?”

Echina I gave her greetings and briefly introduced herself to her saintess.

After Echina’s self-introduction, silence came again.

I felt like something had gotten a little more awkward.

“Gran, you made good friends with pretty colleagues….”

We decided to change places for now. Some of the injured soldiers were apparently sleeping, and they came out to avoid disturbing their rest.

We moved to the barracks used by the saintess.

“I’m asking you to give me a mission… ? Okay. Thanks for coming to help.”

She said as she handed over her car.

The mission she asked me to take on was simple.

Recently, scouts said they found a village adjacent to the Demon Realm. It was a village that wasn’t even on the map and was said to be in the middle of the forest.

There was a child who was used by demons, and the saint called her priest and paladin and sent them to the village.

They left 3 days ago and haven’t returned yet, and I was told to go and help them.

Simply put, he said that he could come after defeating the devil.

“Okay. Chloe-sama, Echina-sama, let’s start right away.”

As I got up from her seat, the saintess hurriedly grabbed her wrist.

“Gran, can I talk to you for a minute?”

I tried to leave without saying anything to avoid a conversation with Thesia, but I was caught nicely.

I beckoned Chloe and Echina to go out and wait.

Cloa stared at my wrist held by the saintess before going outside.

“Gran…. Will you accept my apology?”

Thesia’s hand holding my wrist trembled slightly. Her palms were warm and she was damp as if she were nervous.

“Heh heh, if it’s a private story, I’ll come back and do it. Isn’t it a mission that depends on the child’s life and death?”

She sighed and released my wrist.

“Sorry….”

“Heh heh, there is no need to apologize. Then let’s go.”

Tessia couldn’t even meet my eyes. Her pupils couldn’t get her way.

I came out of Tesia’s barracks as if I was running away.

I felt awkward when I was with the saintess. She seemed sorry for me, and I didn’t think much of it.

Chloe and Echina were already on their horses. I got on top of an ancient wolf that caught the attention of the soldiers at a glance.

We moved in the direction Tesia told us.

It was a matter of the girl’s life, and she hurriedly moved because the soldiers she sent three days ago had lost contact.

Ancient wolves ran at the speed of horses.

The Siod Forest that Tessia told you about came out.

From the forest, we had to be careful. The Siod Forest extended to the Pandemonium realm. The demonic soldiers might be in the forest, so we moved with caution.

I moved according to the guidance given by the saintess.

I arrived at my destination, but the village was nowhere to be seen.

After looking around more, I saw the village in the thick of trees.

I got off the wolf in front of the village and walked.

It was a village with at least 50 and as many as 100 people. It wasn’t a very large village, but it was strange that there was such a village in the middle of the forest.

At that time, a girl and a boy approached us playing with each other.

The two children saw the wolf and stopped in awe. In contrast to the boy who stopped, the girl approached cautiously, perhaps curious.

“It’s cute….”

Eki like babies I reached out to stroke her child’s head.

“You’d better not touch it.”

“… Huh? Okay.”

Eki I retrieved her outstretched hand again.

“Heh heh, I’m sorry, but I hope you don’t touch the wolf.”

I stretched out my cane to keep the girl away.

“Looks like this kid is him….”

Chloe looked at the girl and said.

“Can’t you just stroke it once?”

The girl looked at me and said eagerly.

She was a seemingly ordinary and cute child, except for the scars left on her skin.

My clothes were covered in mud, probably because I had fun playing in the dirt with my friends.

“No. If I get a chance later, then it will be fine.”

The girl puffed out her cheeks and pouted. She was an innocent child.

Until you see the child’s wounds.

The nape of the girl’s neck was clearly marked by the scratches of her fingernails. She couldn’t tell if it was a scratch or a scratch, but her girl wasn’t feeling well. She turned yellow. She had an inflammatory reaction and she had burns, cuts as well.

Echina watched her girl with her mouth shut, and Chloe looked away from her.

“Let’s move into the village first.”

It looked like an ordinary rural village. The village elders looked at us warily.

Soon after, a middle-aged man led a group of younger men and approached us. A middle-aged man seemed to be the head of the village.

He was startled when he saw the wolf following me. He cleared his throat and came to me.

“Oops…. The priests have come again. Those who came last time passed away this morning. Didn’t you see it on the way?”

“The roads seem to have crossed paths. But…. I guess I couldn’t defeat the devil.”

I said looking at the girl who was watching us from a distance.

“Demon…. I understand how the priests came to help us in this remote place…. It hurts my heart to see that child suffer.”

As he said, the purification of the devil who tried to forcibly rule the body was a very difficult task for the owner of the body. Besides, he was a small child.

Even so, the demon had to be purified. You never know when the girl’s body will be handed over to the devil.

“Heh heh…. I understand your feelings, but if you leave it as it is, it might become a threat to the village. I, the child will be fine.”

I couldn’t see the adults who looked far away. Watching us, they went inside the house.

As an outsider, I couldn’t help it, but I couldn’t leave that girl alone.

“Okay. Then we will give you a room.”

As the middle-aged man moved his head, a young man standing next to him guided him.

I left the horses with an old man and sent the wolves into the woods.

We moved along with the young man.

It was a house in the middle of the village. There was no one in the building, as if no one was using it.

Cleanup was well organized, but it was as if you were at an accommodation.

The young man gave directions and left without a word.

“Whoa…. I’m short of breath and choking. There seems to be no affection here.”

“Me too. Are you okay?”

“Hmm…. It’s okay. Normally, outsiders don’t come here, so they must be wary. For now, you two are resting.”

As the two said, the atmosphere in the village was bleak.

And there was a part that felt strange.

The priest and paladin returned this morning.

I put my doubts aside and decided to look around the town first. I also want to meet a girl.