Abandoned Priest at the Hero’s Party

Viscount Layton

he’s a very handsome man I thought so when I saw the gentleman smiling brightly.

On a night when the sun had already set, he took off his thick coat and found us enjoying the cool night breeze. With a single smile, he approached us, and when he saw Roca, he was startled.

“The sun…”

Fear stood on his face for a moment, then disappeared.

It’s because I hid Roca behind me, a terrifying biological weapon when it comes to vampires. Only then did the nobleman burst into laughter.

“Ah, this, I’m sorry. Stop being embarrassed for a while…”

Just as humans have nobles and commoners, it is said that vampires have their own class. Jinjo is at the top. Next up was the aristocratic lord. And the rest are sub-vampires called vampires.

That brother before us did not appear to be of any lower rank in any way.

“My name is Layton Valencia, a lord who serves Duke Schmira. It must be a job unfamiliar to humans, so you can call me Viscount Layton.”

Indeed, by the standards of vampires and human beings, Layton seems to be an aristocrat.

The problem is that the sun is fair to all of us regardless of such noble creatures.

By the way, vampires have the opposite first name and last name, so is the first name Balenciaga and the last name Layton?

When I asked such a question, Mr. Layton answered with a smile.

“It is the privilege of Jinjo to have opposite first and last names. Vampires under Lord are no different from you in naming. My name is Layton and my last name is Balenciap.”

When I said that it was a strange method, it was only the head of the clan.

When he was feeling the mystery of the culture of a different race, he backed away slightly when he saw Rocca.

“And the wolf girl over there, I would appreciate it if you could stay away a bit. ah! Please do not misunderstand. Some people don’t like the taste of Beast’s blood, but I don’t discriminate against Beasts. It’s just that the magical power of the sun she possesses is really dangerous for us.”

Even if you were a noble, you wouldn’t be able to withstand the sun well, and even if you were a queen, it’s no different. Layton said so.

“So sometimes I envy you humans. Because I’ve never seen the sun. The sun is an unknown object to us, who have to run away to the shade just by looking at the sun. I still don’t know how it came to be.”

looked at the picture. I also heard it orally.

But I’ve never seen the real sun with my own eyes.

For us, the sun is a source of light and heat and an object of reverence, but for vampires it is an object of fear and unknown. Mr. Layton looked at Rocca with strange eyes for a moment, then shifted his gaze.

“Are you going to be Princess Ardein? See you, the princess. Forgive my disloyalty, which I doubted for a moment.”

Is it because he’s a vampire but at the same time he’s the Viscount of the Empire?

Layton, seeing the princess, knelt down and bowed her head. Ardein’s older sister stood out and asked a question.

“Is there any reason you were sure that I was Ardain?”

“I am very sensitive to the smell of blood among my people. How can you not recognize the blood of golden blood? Dragon blood is not easily turbid even when mixed with human blood, and has been passed down uniquely for a long time. Please forgive us for thinking that he might be an impersonator, even for a moment.”

“Does not matter. The Empire is not sensible enough to call it disloyal with such things.”

“You’re a little different from what I heard…”

Layton’s eyes, which stood up as if in surprise, turned to me next.

I thought it would pass soon, but surprisingly it stays for a long time. I could feel the strength in Rocca’s hand holding the hem of my robe.

“You don’t have to look at it with those eyes. Indigo is not my taste.”

Did Rocca even stare? Mr. Layton stretched out his palm and waved it.

“Even if you don’t know anyone else, it’s really scary when a young lady looks at you like that. I’m sure I’ll be a lot stronger than you, but if I accidentally expose myself to the sun’s magic… I’ll die instantly.”

“Hmm, I know the world is wide, there are many races, and each has different characteristics, but…”

I even saw with my own eyes that Mr. Hans’s hands had turned to ashes earlier, so I can fully understand that they are extremely weak to the sun. However, I didn’t quite understand it anyway.

No matter how many things in the world are compatible with each other, the relationship between the vampire and the sun didn’t feel natural no matter how you think about it.

“I had no idea vampires could be so weak against the sun. I knew that even exposure to sunlight would weaken my strength.”

“I will. Knowing that the sun is rodent poison puts the safety of the race at risk. Spreading fake information that contained some truth was also a way to save us.”

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Mr. Layton looked at me and politely bowed his head.

“You are the priest who said that he cured our soldiers. Now, I’ve had too many guests. First of all, everyone get in the wagon. Although shabby, it is still the most comfortable carriage in the territory. It is also a carriage pulled by a Han-hyeol horse, a specialty of Yeongji.”

There were still seats left in the large, wide carriage even when all five of us rode it. Everyone was able to sit comfortably, but Roca and the princess sat close to each other on either side of me. Before she could even say that she had to sit like this, the princess whispered in a low voice.

“Kyle. Now that there are vampires, I’ll call him Kyle for now. Kyle, will you please call me Princess Je-Jae for now?”

“Degradation of the Empress. I don’t think there’s any reason to stick around like this…?”

“No, you have to stick with it. Being a priest who can cure vampires is not as simple as you might think. It is no wonder that Kyle’s story has already reached Duke Shmira’s ears.”

“You don’t know how blatantly that man looked at you earlier.”

Roca also joined. He grabbed one of my arms and elated like a watchdog.

Look, I think you’re making me cramped.

“I’m sorry for being so vigilant, haha.”

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Mr. Layton entered the carriage, took off his hat and set it aside. Then they sat across from us and cried out to leave. The coach said yes, and soon the wagon began to move.

Not long after the carriage had left, Mr. Layton grinned.

Not a beautiful princess, not a pretty Loka, just looking at me.

“Priest, or the girl over there. If you are bored, would you like to solve a riddle?”

No one said that he was bored, but he did something to stop talking.

It was because Mr. Layton started the story with a lot of enthusiasm and luck.

“What is the most powerful thing in the world?”

“Not too bad.”

The princess snorted and answered immediately.

“I don’t know why you’re asking that.”

“Haha, but that’s not the case. Grimudo may be stronger than all of us combined, but can he claim to be stronger than the sun in the sky? Can you put out that sun that brightens the day with the power of Grimudo?”

“Then, is the answer time?”

stronger than the sun. It’s probably a stronger star, or maybe it’s time. Because even stars have a lifespan, just like us.

It’s just that they have much more time than we do.

“hour. Certainly time is one of the most powerful things in the world. But that time, after all, is one of the laws of the universe.”

“Rule…?”

“Yes, miss. the laws of the universe. An absolute law that no one in the universe can escape from, incomparable to the laws we make.”

Unable to speak for a moment, he muttered slowly.

“In the face of such an overwhelming power that gives rise to goosebumps, everything in the world means nothing. When our ancestors took control of the continent, considered themselves rulers, and now thought they had conquered everything in the world…”

“The laws of the universe have changed. It was really the first time. A vampire, no matter how strong, could not escape. Any one of us is, after all, a resident of this universe.”

I replied, as if the woman sitting next to me was telling me a story that everyone knew.

“You know that vampires are cursed by the Old Gods.”

Even if the princess knows, this is the first time I have ever heard of it. Curse of the Old Gods Wasn’t the Old God something that only appeared in stories?

“The fact that the Old God, the law of the universe itself, was furious and put a new clause in himself, and in return the self was annihilated.”

it seems it wasn’t

“Thanks to you, we have gone from being the losers of the continent to being the bats of the continent. In fact, even if it is, I don’t know. No matter how great the glory long before I was born, what does that have to do with me? I don’t think vampires should take over the continent again.”

It was only then that I understood why Mr. Layton had been staring at me all the time.

Fortunately, it didn’t seem like there was a rational interest in me.

“Isn’t that too much though? That the sins of our distant ancestors, whom we did not even see the remains of, are descending on us, who have nothing to do with it.”

“Why are you telling me that, because you want me to solve the problem?”

“Sir. I’m just going to ask you directly. I can’t force you, but I want you to tell me the truth.”

His laughter stopped completely for the first time.

As if to have a serious conversation, he took a deep breath before speaking.

“Only the same laws can circumvent the laws of the universe. Is the person the priest worships the Old Gods?”

I couldn’t answer that question. Because, he didn’t even know that the Old Gods actually existed. Wasn’t that just a thing in the story?

Is my Lord ancient? Did a separate classification of the Old Gods exist in the first place?

I did not know about it, nor did I know about the Lord, so I could not give an answer. I was silent for a moment, looking at Mr. Layton and asking.

“Exactly what kind of people do you mean by ancient gods?”

“yes?”

Although it is a shame that I, who was a member of the Hero Party, did not know this knowledge,

It would be better to ask than to give an answer on my own without knowing anything.