Abandoned Priest at the Hero’s Party

I’ll Buy Your Soul

“…are I the only one being controlled?”

said Mr. Layton.

“Here is a puppy. Puppies grew up watching their mother dog on a leash from a young age. I thought it was natural to see a mother dog that always wags its tail when it sees its owner, stretches out its tongue and licks its hands. Priest, we vampires are such a race.”

The power of vampires, called the power of domination, is actually a chain of existence, and they hold each other.

“If you were born as a high-ranking vampire, you can rule the lower classes forever. And I think that’s normal. The ruling party takes it for granted that the other party is dominated, and the governed side has no complaints either. I, too, took it for granted and lived my life.”

Until you realize that it’s not normal in the Empire.

Of course, an empire is also a class society. Those born as aristocrats live and rule the commoners.

But there is also a clear line to it. Even a commoner can become a nobleman if he has the ability or makes great achievements, and even if he is a nobleman, if he squanders his wealth, he will fall.

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Migration between classes is not very common, but on the contrary, it is not so rare.

But vampires don’t have that.

“Well, actually, I’m not in a position to be dissatisfied. Because I was still born as a lord… Except for one queen, I was in a position to rule, but not in a position to be ruled.”

“Are the vampires so powerful?”

“If you die, you have to die. It’s about controlling the blood rather than controlling the mind, but there’s no way to reverse it.”

In their society, the top and bottom are virtually one body, so it is common sense that if you give an order from the top, the bottom should follow. As if it is natural for the hands and feet to move when the head tells it to.

Because vampires are a different race from us, it is difficult to assert that this is wrong.

The Lord has entrusted me with the will of making decisions, but this is not a matter for me as an outsider to decide whether I am right or wrong.

So I held out the servant of the commandment, which was in my hand, to Mr. Layton, just cautiously. A miracle is still a miracle when it leaves my hand. Even if you don’t add more power, it will show its power at least once.

“What does this mean?”

“Now I understand the will of the Lord. If this bell rings once, the Viscount will be freed from the power of dominion, but the power to rule over others will also be lost.”

The angel’s unfamiliar words are now understood.

The Lord wants man to be free, but that doesn’t mean he’s free to bind others.

-The Lord’s will for your second prayer, this is it. You who long for freedom If you are willing to respect the freedom of others as much as yours, I will gladly grant you freedom.

It is impossible to cast off only the restrictions of being ruled while maintaining the power that dominates.

At least you shouldn’t ask the Lord for such an answer. This is the will of the Lord.

But that doesn’t mean compulsion. He just gave his own answer to those who were looking for an answer.

If you don’t like this answer, don’t accept it.

“Whether you use this bell or not, I will leave it to your choice.”

I have no reason to make decisions about that person’s life, nor do I have the authority to do so.

After all, a person’s life is one he has to walk on his own. The Lord may reach out and rescue those who groan in the face of hardships that they cannot do on their own, but He does not take the place of decisions that depend on life.

Only you, Viscount Layton, have the right to do that. Whatever he does with this miracle, it is now his heart.

You can hang this bell on a doorknob just as an ornament or throw it in the trash. From the moment I surrendered this miracle to Mr. Layton, it was out of my hands.

Hesitating, hesitating, and not being able to hide his agitated expression, he caught the bell.

He put it in his pocket and said nothing more. His face was full of complicated expressions.

So I didn’t say anything. It was as if nothing had happened between us.

Just by adding one more option, my calling is over. No, strictly speaking, it’s not over yet.

Because the Lord did not hear my first prayer and rejected it, saying that I had the capacity to solve this problem.

“Sir.”

“Yes… ah, yes?!”

As if my head was complicated, I woke up again that person who had been silent and immersed in other thoughts.

“Can I breathe the Divinity of the Lord into you for a moment, and take a look? We’ll have to figure out how the Curse of the Sun works before we can come up with a solution.”

“Oh, of course… of course. We are happy to help.”

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Mr. Layton gently touched his forehead.

He placed a hand on his forehead, closed his eyes and breathed in the divine. At about the same time, a vulgar, savage, and terrifying malice rang out from across the world. It was too strong to be human. Initially, the standards were different.

A level of hatred that a person can never express no matter how hard he tries.

It was evident from the sun, perhaps on the other side of the world. Originally, the sun, which should have been illuminating the world without emotions, was cursing them with will.

Even on a night without a handful of sunlight, the hatred is evident. Have they endured this hatred until now?

‘It was said that the ancient gods are part of the universe.’

A curse that a part of the universe cast even when it gave up its ego.

It meant that the universe, though a part of it, no longer welcomed these vampires and was ready to drive them out at any time. I slowly removed my hand from my forehead and asked.

“Are you sure the number of vampires is decreasing?”

“…you’re right. I don’t know if I can tell you this, but if we hide the truth from someone like you, it will only be difficult for us. I don’t know how you found out, but yes.”

“After all, it was not a problem that could be avoided by avoiding sunlight. This curse is not actually a curse, but rather a change in the laws of the universe to harm you. Even if you run away from the sun, the vehicle of the curse, you will catch up with it one day.”

The sun is shining down all over the world, what on earth could be an exception?

The wrath of the Old Gods carried in the light is shining down somewhere in the world even at this moment, and it is gradually accumulating in the land and sea. Its anger has no effect on other creatures, but adversely affects vampires.

“……”

“Sir?”

Whoa. He let out a deep sigh. It was only after seeing the shadows on his face that he realized that there was something difficult to tell him. After waiting for a while without haste for an answer, he slowly opened his mouth.

“What the priest said is correct. Our clan is being culled slowly… very slowly.”

“The number of children being born is gradually decreasing, and the rate of birth defects is increasing. It is said that vampires in ancient times had the ability to transform into various forms, including statues and blood mist, but now only the Queen and her daughter have that ability.”

“The lineage of the other Jinjos has been lost or deteriorated and has fallen to the Lord. The Queen doesn’t want to know, but we are on the verge of extinction. You just live as long as you live.”

Even if I hide in a tunnel deep below the ground,

It may not be possible, but even if you run ten thousand li below the sea floor, it will not change that you will eventually face such an end at some point.

The universe is trying to drive them away, can I turn things around with my own power?

“You are completely at a loss.”

“That’s why I don’t know if I cling to the priest more. No one else will be able to solve this problem.”

At the words of the princess, Layton nodded her head. Indeed it is

The fastest way to solve the curse of the sun is to remove the old god itself, the source of the curse. If that is difficult, there is also a way to get rid of the sun, the vehicle of the curse.

Of course, it is only easy to say, and there is no possibility of implementation. Even if it is realized somehow, it means nothing. The laws of the universe aren’t something you can kill in the first place, but even if you succeed in eliminating one, no one knows what will happen next.

To predict, well, the universe will survive. If one law were changed, the contents would change, but the universe would not be destroyed. But can we survive in it?

That would be a question that no sage, not me, could answer.

Even the sun, if I have to say it, my mouth hurts. Even Grimud wouldn’t be able to do that.

And even if it succeeds, what’s next? When the sun disappears, what will be next is, as one would expect, extinction. All races on earth, including mankind, will almost certainly perish and the world will freeze.

This curse is called a curse for convenience, but it is actually a partial modification of the laws of the universe.

Therefore, it is not easy to ask for the curse to be lifted. It is impossible to even convey a message to the Old Gods, and there is a very high possibility that they will reject them anyway.

In the first place, we will have to determine whether or not a new ego has arisen to discuss the inability or not.

“Can you…?”

Seeing Mr. Layton’s desperate expression, I shook my head.

“I do not know.”

it is impossible to do But if it’s enough to make a living hole,

I wonder how it would be possible if it was enough to cover about one parasol from the curse of the sun.

To do that, you need to craft a new ability. I’ll have to think a bit more about what kind of power to create.

“But I don’t think it’s impossible at all.”

Because the ego of the Old God who cast the sun’s curse has already passed away.

If so, that’s a dead law. A dead law is an object of inquiry, not an object of obedience.

Times have changed, and those who were angry with the Old Gods must have long since died.

Only their innocent descendants remained on this earth and became victims of the curse that lost their purpose for generation after generation.

If the dead law bothers the living, it should be resolved.

But how? What powers should I craft?

Will I be able to assemble such a power and create it with my shallow dexterity?

“I have one son.”

Pretending to be nothing, slurred words.

But everyone flinched. So did I.

“I was born with only one leg. When I grew up, my right foot only grew up to my thigh. His eyes were not as red as mine, but white and empty. Priest, my child knows no light.”

“Do you think my child is special? Not at all. I’m starting to feel that our species’ lifespan is coming to an end. It was just that I, before my son was born with a deformity, was trying to ignore the change. So is my pedigree as a lord. The common people said that if they had two children, one of them would be deformed.”

As if speaking the words I have already kept in my heart over and over again, as fluently as flowing water,

He just confessed to me. confessed his sins.

“When we heard such a story, we ordered that the child be taken to the mountain.”

“what?!”

“This is what the laws of the universe have done. It cannot be fixed with drugs or surgery. We sympathized with them at first, but gradually we began to hate them. Later, we would call them hybrids.”

I was silent, the princess was angry, and Roca opened her eyes wide and couldn’t hide her astonishment.

A sin is a sin even if it is regretted later, and it can never be washed away or erased. If you really did something like that, there is no way to undo it. I shut my mouth and only heard his voice.

“It is the will of Duke Shmira. However, it is my fault to participate in it. To the end, I was the only one who agreed with the pretext of removing defective products in order to maintain a pure blooded vampire. I would have said something if I tried to resist and was obeyed, but I am not. Who are you going to blame?”

“Duke Shmira, aren’t you crazy? No matter how much Taejo promised the Vlad family a gold medal, he believed in it and committed such a terrible thing? Against babies who have no strength to resist?”

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Mr. Layton shook his head without saying a word. After a while he opened his mouth again.

“Once my child was born with a deformity, then I knew something.”

“It must have been! Because your son…”

Now is not the time to be angry, so I calmed the princess and calmed her down. Then he winked at me to keep talking.

He opened his mouth again, looking more tired than before.

“It’s not funny. It’s like telling someone else’s children to be killed, and my own children can’t do that, so I’m raising them in secret. The queen doesn’t even know that I have children.”

“It is great enough just to say this without making excuses for the sins committed by the saints and not turning away from them. That greatness does not forgive the sins of the saints, but there must be a difference between those who realize and reflect on their mistakes and those who do not.”

The shackles of sin cannot be broken, and we have no choice but to drag and walk.

But you can get the strength to walk. That strength comes from helping others.

Everything on earth cannot escape sin, it is just that some sins are heavier than others.

Unless it is an angel in heaven, anyone accumulates sins in their lives.

“Sir. I am a sinner worthy of death. But my son… and my people who have to accept the karma of destruction just because they were born as vampires, please save them.”

He begged and begged earnestly.

“Are we supposed to sit like this and run away without struggling for the sun? Is there any way out of this terrible curse?”

“No, not like that. But I need time. Time!”

I answered. Just wait a few days.

Not a year, not a month, just a few days and days is enough.

I can’t do things that I can’t do, no matter how much time I invest,

The Lord said this is something I can do, so it won’t take much time.

“I will make and bring you power to save you. And with that power, I will buy the souls of the saints.”

He lowered his head and placed his hand on his head, just comforting him.

“The price is only to help others within the power of the saint until the end of his life. I’m not asking you to repay the favor. Even for your own sake, do it.”

He looked up at me as if surprised. I didn’t avoid those bloody eyes.

Instead, he grabbed the air with his left hand and pulled out something. Power, the Baptist’s water bottle.

Just a crude imitation of the Lord’s miraculous reviving spring in my own way.

Compared to the spring water that allows even one village to benefit from holy water, it is only a trivial ability that is depleted when only one person thirsts.

However, there are people who can be saved even with this insignificant ability.

“I will be paid separately for helping the son of a saint.”

What is in the jug is water, the power, the mercy of the Lord,

There must be enough energy to liberate a person from a crippled body.

“Repent, not before the Lord, not before me, but only to those who have been harmed by the saints. Offer a sincere apology, whether forgiving or not. That’s all I want from this bottle of water.”

Taking the baptist’s water bottle with trembling hands, I said nothing more.

He didn’t even talk to me. He was just silent, unable to open his mouth and bowed his head. Even if he accidentally raises his head and glances at me, if he thinks he will even meet me, he immediately lowers his head. Still, I saw his eyes trembling.

“Saint. Please come back to me in a day.”

When the carriage reached its destination, I opened my mouth again.

“Then let’s talk about it then.”