52 – – 400, Paladin contracted with the devil – 6

“Don’t stop.”

“Stop.”

“Do you really want to see your daughter die?”

“I am the Pope.”

“You are my father.”

“You can’t ruin a public affair with a private relationship.”

“… .”

“Sir Beatrice.”

My father’s voice, as always, was hard. It seems like he won’t be swayed by emotions.

“Father, I want to live.”

“… .”

“You say it frees you from the devil’s clutches? What’s the use of it when you die?”

“Sir Beatrice.”

“The Lord ignored us. The devil saved us. I would rather believe in the devil.”

“You even harbored false disrespect.”

Various emotions are tangled, mixed, and swirling around. The mind is infinitely complex.

My father is the object of my admiration. The kind of person who should love, love again, and love a hundred times a thousand times.

who ought to do so.

Sreureung-.

However, Father does not respond to my love forever.

The murderous intent stemming from resentment and the desire to survive rises. I want to defeat that hateful father who stands alone guarding the gate I must cross.

A bloody air current lingers in your grasp. I drew my sword with intent to kill. As if he would mercilessly cut down anything that stood in his way, his great sword shone darkly.

“I have to survive. Are you going to stop it all the way?”

“The devil is not a devil for nothing. Do not go astray.”

“Is it for survival? Without this power, I will never surpass my father.”

“I am the pope. The leader of the Order and the support of the disciples. I cannot stand by and see you using demonic powers.”

“… I made a contract with the devil to save you, but to kill you with this power… .”

“You think you’ve already killed me?”

coo goo goo-.

The air flow becomes cold and heavy. Divine power like frost forms snowflakes and falls to the ground. The whole body becomes heavy as if wet with water.

“It’s arrogant.”

“Lucifer is the devil of arrogance.”

“Have you forgotten who the person in front of you is right now?”

“I am the one who killed Agesiliad.”

“Do your best.”

“… .”

There is power in the father’s voice. Dragging my blackened greatsword on the ground, I took a step toward him who was stubborn until the end.

“Even if you kneel down to me like this, you won’t have any regrets!”

My father also draws his sword. As massive as my greatsword, and similar in strength and skill, there is a distinct difference between the two swords.

color.

black and white.

darkness and light.

Devil and Lord.

It is common knowledge that the devil cannot overcome the Lord. In the first place, Lucifer itself was an angel, but wasn’t he the one who had a rebellion and was punished by the Lord and fell to hell?

However, the Lord does not help humans. It is the only truth I have realized while living as a priest.

On the other hand, demons help humans. That’s why I have no choice but to win this duel.

Ssssss-.

Woo woo woo woo-.

The ominous devil’s power is condensed in my sword, and the brilliant divine power gathers in my father’s holy sword.

let’s focus

The author is my father or my enemy. I can only live if I kill the author.

Recalling the time I split the Ageceliad in half, I threw out the new one. My body moving like lightning.

A single dark flash flashed. In an instant, the whole world is covered with thick darkness, and my sword strikes the one shining alone in the darkness.

Beings that radiate light also wield swords. A swordsmanship that is more desperate than any swordsman I have ever seen.

Against him, I

“Yes, I will do my best.”

I deliver the best blow I can express.

Kill him and run away, with the determination to live this life contracted with the devil.

There will probably be a violent clash. I don’t have the confidence to overwhelm it at once.

I have risen to absolute power with the power of Lucifer that I just acquired, but my father was originally on the absolute level.

I’m aware of that fact, but I’m not backing down. I use all the power I can, and deliver the best blow.

With that thought in mind, I stabbed the sword while concentrating on one point, my father’s heart.

Woowoowook-.

There was no conflict.

The clash between iron and iron, the clash between black and white, did not exist.

Instead, only the sound of someone’s knee collapsing helplessly.

dump-.

It rang out quietly.

“Cheuk… .”

Father’s moans are heard. A heavy feeling pours over my shoulders. My father’s body convulsed, and the tip of my sword trembled along with it.

It’s not strange. because i made it I’ve just pierced my father’s heart, and he’s leaning his head on my shoulder, coughing up blood. This is my clear victory.

However, there is one thing I don’t quite understand.

“why… ?”

“Cool… cool… .”

“why… I got my sword… ?”

last minute.

Certainly, the moment when two great swords collided and the roar of the mountains and rivers shook should have erupted.

Father lowered his sword. And then, he gave himself to the blade I threw out.

It is incomprehensible.

“why… ?”

My father vomits red blood and opens his mouth.

“Ah, how can you say that you kill your daughter when you become a father… .”

“… !”

“Before I was the Pope… A child’s father… .”

“… ! Bullsh*t, don’t bullsh*t! When did you think of me as your daughter… !”

“Because I am the Pope, I cannot let you go, but… Because I am my father, I cannot bear to kill you… The way… only this way… .”

“Uh, what… !”

“Okay, don’t get me wrong… .”

A weak breath approaches my ear as if it will go out at any moment.

“I didn’t stop you… Mo, I couldn’t stop it… ! It will be known to the world… !”

“… !”

“If I just let you go… I become an apostate who has broken the decrees… Then your mother, who will be left alone in the world, will also become an apostate… .”

Mother is mentioned in father’s mouth.

“You run away like this… I will be recorded as the pope who died trying to stop you… Then your mother can be protected by the Church… .”

“… why.”

It seems that the front of my eyes is spinning.

The world is somehow strange.

“Why didn’t you kill me!”

For the first time in my life, I write plain words to my father. It’s a rude act, but the words do not pass through the brain and jump out of their own way.

“Yeah… Because I love you… .”

“Everyone, you don’t love me!”

“… .”

“You never smiled at me! Praise and recognition! I only trained all year round because I wanted to be acknowledged by you! You never once said to me that I was good!”

my father doesn’t love me

On the day of the war against Tuguk, he stood by my side when I stood in the vanguard.

It was just a very reasonable choice to make as the highest power.

“that… .”

“what… Say something! That’s right! You didn’t love me!”

“Because you chose the arduous path of a knight… .”

“… what… ?”

“you… I had to grow strong… .”

“… .”

At the harsh voice I heard, my heart sank.

“Don’t you know… The gaze of a woman becoming a paladin… That it’s never pretty… . If I don’t smile, you will become stronger… If I don’t praise you, you will cultivate even more… . After spending more than ten years like that, you eventually became the best paladin… The eyes of the bishops who are still looking at you are not happy… .”

That was the reason.

no.

It shouldn’t be like that.

If that’s really the case, then I killed you.

What is this bastard who put a knife through his father’s chest?

No, it’s more fundamental than that… … .

“I am… !”

“Beatrice… ?”

“I dreamed of becoming a knight because I wanted to be loved by you… !”

“… .”

“I want to receive your praise! Because I only wished for that! I wanted to become a paladin!”

“… sorry.”

Situations misaligned run on the wrong track, ultimately meeting ruin.

facing eternal death.

My father is still leaning his head on my shoulder. Can’t get the knife out of here. Because the blood drained from the wound that the sword was blocking would hasten the death of my father. Of course, you can’t go any deeper.

All I can do right now is to support my father, who has a greatsword stuck in his chest, and hold his back.

“I… I was immature.”

The strong, massive back muscles tremble like sobs. In the father’s decrepit voice, there is an unconcealed sob.

“If only I had had a little conversation with you… I would have done anything to grant your true wishes… … .”

“That, stop… ! Hey, stop talking… !”

“Because I am inexperienced… I couldn’t… .”

I loved my father

My father loved me too.

But why did this happen?

“Papalism… I’ve been doing it for over forty years… It’s my first time raising a child… .”

“stop! Got it! Because I know what you’re talking about! If more blood leaks out like this… !”

Crying-!

“Ah, uh, uh, uh… ?”

“Cool… Since you’re a child, it’s natural that you’re immature, but… I am a parent… I’ve already experienced the years of being a child… I should have approached you first… Only knowing that being foolishly blunt is helpful… .”

Red blood flowed continuously. If it’s not mine, why is it clinging so tenaciously to my body?

The body is hot. Because it is covered in hot blood. blood? Is this bloody right?

… right. It is clear blood. It is a condensation of emotions that flow from people’s eyes and are about to explode. It’s flowing in my eyes too.

help, that’s it It’s okay. It’s done. Thanks to your education, I eventually became the first female paladin of the Order! He even got the name of the strongest paladin!

you are not wrong It’s just that things went a little out of order. The wicked are nowhere.

therefore… do not die. don’t die I beg you like this please don’t die

“Huuu… .”

Hot blood flowed from his eyes incessantly. Even though I’m crying awkwardly, my father doesn’t scold me anymore. Instead, he only caresses the back of my head with an infinitely gentle gaze.

“She is such a delicate daughter… I was too harsh… .”

“Huh… I-I didn’t even know you were… .”

“I didn’t know… Don’t beat yourself up… It’s my fault, as a parent, that I didn’t know what you meant… How can I hold you, a child, accountable? .”

Father’s voice gradually fades away. In front of my father preparing to cross the river of no return, I get frustrated, scream, and cry.

How the hell did my father and I come to be like this? Boiling tears are just pouring down endlessly. It’s sad, sad, sad, so it makes you resent it as if you’re going to kill yourself.

“face… Let’s see… .”

“Huh… ugh… .”

My father’s thick hand rises weakly and covers my chin and cheeks. My father’s chin, which had been dyed red, twitched like a thread.

no, don’t look I mean it’s a complete mess right now. that they are full of tears

It’s so far away from the strong, steadfast, impregnable image you’ve always emphasized.

Contrary to my earnest wishes, my father forcibly faced me with his hands covering my face. Knowing that this was my father’s final act, I dared not stop it. Looking at my face with moist eyes, my father barely spoke.

“My daughter… .”

“Ugh, ah, ah, father… .”

“How pretty you grew up… .”

Took-.

After that, my father’s hand, stained with the tears I shed and the blood I had vomited, fell to the ground.

Breathing out the last breath of his life, my father calmly shuddered.

A hymn in honor of someone in heaven to whom you gave your life.

“The Lord is coming… .”

“My glorious Lord is coming… .”

“The horn of blessing resounds to welcome the Lord… .”

“The day when the grace of the Lord falls on the earth one by one… .”

“On that day, my Lord is walking the path of love… .”

The world’s weakest chant, but the world’s most sonorous.

“The Lord is coming… To save all things… .”

Such a chant spreads quietly.

“… .”

but now it’s over

“… .”

The body does not move. If you don’t want to make your father’s death in vain, you have to run away and survive, but you can’t find the will to live.

It’s a strange thing. Until he clashed with his father, he was full of determination to kill and survive, but now that his father has passed away, he has no will to live.

It’s because of the shame that I killed my father with my own hands.

“Ah, ah… .”

After laying my father on the ground, I pulled out my hand. My two palms, soaked in my father’s blood, are in my field of vision. I feel like going crazy

I shouldn’t die. My father gave his life to save me.

I really don’t know why I have to live.

So, when you are drowning in deep disappointment about life and floundering helplessly.

“ha… Captain, you must leave. Why are you here?”

A familiar voice came.

When I move my vision, which has become blurred with tears, I see a familiar face.

Lucio. My underling and my grateful friend who got me out of prison.

By the way, why?

Is my friend wearing that horrible smile on her face?

The corners of the mouth went up as if they were about to tear and caught in the ears. It reminded me of the devil’s expression I saw in an old book a long time ago… .

“uh? Did you kill the Pope? wow! good job! As expected, our captain is amazing!”

“… ! you, what do you say… !”

“why? Why are you like that? Is it strange that I am happy?”

Lucio’s face changes. Body shape, voice, height, etc. all change. Black wings sprout from his back, and the horns of an evil goat grow through Lucio’s forehead. In his hand was a cross held backwards.

“So, does the devil grieve when the pope is dead? Ahahahaha, would that be fun? Lady?”

“… ! you… !”

Fallen angel, the great devil Lucifer.

It was a shock that took my breath away. That cheerful and kind Lucio was actually Lucifer? Lucio, who was a bit dissolute but still a faithful paladin?

“Lucio… ! Yes, what about you… .”

“You don’t seem to understand this situation? Well, not even that. The supporters I believed in all my life were actually demons. If you write a script like this for a play these days, you will be criticized. But reality is always more fantastic than theater. Have you ever heard of <Yu-hee>?”

“Yu-hee… ?”

“I was once an angel, right? So I was enjoying myself as a paladin. By the way, I met a lonely girl there. A very lonely, obsessive girl. Don’t you have a good feeling? Who is the girl?”

“Lou, Lucifer… ! Hopefully everything from the beginning… !”

“Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t intentional or intentional. I just slightly twisted the situation and laid the plate a little bit.”

Lucio. No, Lucifer’s words pierce my heart. The more the terrible truth that flows out of Lucifer’s bizarre mouth reveals the bare face, the more my spirit collapses.

“I am satisfied. It was so much fun. The story of the two women who were struck by tragedy was very interesting to see.”

“… ! Lucifer! You vicious demon bastard!”

“Hmm?”

“If only it wasn’t for you! If it wasn’t for you, my father… !!”

Anger leaks from your lips. Anger rules the confused mind.

To me like that, Lucifer whispers loudly.

“why? What did I do?”

“Lucifer! This torn baby! ”

“Oh, why don’t you calm down? He’s staring at me like he’s going to kill me.”

Kwaak-!

I grabbed Lucifer by the collar. Lucifer just stared at me with a mean smile.

“I will kill you! Father’s enemy… ! I will tear you into thousands of pieces!!”

“… me?”

“okay! This worm-like bastard… !”

Wanting to fill that smile with pain that made him want to die, he wrapped his hands around Lucifer’s neck and tried to strangle him.

Lucifer started to clean his mouth gracefully.

“hmm… But why do you hate me?”

“Yeah… ! Because of you, my father… !”

“Whoa, don’t get me wrong. The Pope was destined to die from the beginning. With Tuguk’s invasion. Not just the pope. All the disciples of the Holy Kingdom were destined to be trampled on by the warhorses of the Tuguk.”

Lucifer spoke well.

terribly.

“lets think! If Lady hadn’t contracted me, they would all be dead! But Lady finally met me and made a devil’s pact, so Lady saved everyone! Only, the Pope is dead!”

“That’s not true… .”

“Isn’t it much more profitable just by simple calculation? Only one pope is dead! Originally everyone, including the pope, would have died, but thanks to this Lucifer, the lady was able to make it that way!”

“Um… .”

“ah! But there is a difference! A difference that will be very important to you!”

“What is that… ?”

Disgustingly, Lucifer was good at talking.

with arms wide open.

Suddenly, I remembered the words my father left before he died.

‘A devil is not a devil for nothing.’

“You killed the Pope yourself!”

“… !”

“what? That the Holy Kingdom would have been destroyed? would all be dead? What does it matter! That would have been beaten by the Tuguk bastards!”

“Ahh… !”

“You killed it with your own hands! your father! isn’t it funny In exchange for preventing a terrible future in which Tuguk kills everyone, only the Pope is dead! Just the fact that you killed him with your own hands! Just the guilt! You are going crazy!”

“aaa… !!”

“Natural death is not allowed for those who have contracted with the devil! don’t worry! Because the devil never breaks a contract! You have to live with that guilt for the rest of your life! Do you think the devil is a devil for nothing? You are destined to be a million years, billions of years, bound by guilt!”

I don’t remember after that.

“aaa!!!”

After screaming out loud from the depths of your body and mind, your memories are sometimes cut off, and you wander in search of a place with no destination.

With only one thought of not wanting to turn his father’s death into a dog’s death, he crept into the forest of Eoyeongbuyeong, built a small house, and began to live a leisurely life.

That’s it, my story.

This is the story of a paladin named Beatrice Constantino who cannot die.

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