I Became the Snow Woman I Made

54 – Holy Night (3)

The night of the Duke of Griffeon.

Princess Bullize received a report from her informant.

“His Highness, the Crown Prince, has left the Empire.”

If anyone heard it, it would have been shocking.

However, she nodded calmly as if she had expected it.

“I think you’ve probably arrived at the Astar Kingdom by now.”

“Okay. Go back.”

“Yes.”

As the informant left, Bully Jie stayed still for a moment before burying her back in her chair.

She sighed involuntarily.

“···This is what happens in the end.”

It was a bit bittersweet, but not particularly shocking.

Could it be because there was a sign?

─I’m thinking of going to Kyoguk.

Artan was able to carry out his honest words without embellishment.

Since he is not a stupid man, he must have made a decision after deep agony.

She thought it was strange.

She was suddenly and unusually devoted to training, as well as giving flowers out of nowhere.

He wasn’t the Artan he knew, and people don’t change easily.

“What was that difficult opportunity for him…”

There was only one guess.

Then a low voice pierced her ears.

“Bullyje.”

She looked away.

A figure was standing near the window, buried in darkness.

Harold Grypheon, the older brother who talked with him until the end of the war.

Anguished, he asked again.

“Are all those words true?”

“Yes. For now.”

The sword master’s face was very hard.

Bullyze informed him of all the circumstances.

The real relationship between himself and Artan, and even the fact that he has another woman in mind.

Because I didn’t have to hide it anymore.

“······· hahahaha.”

Harold let out a broken laugh.

His eyes shimmered coldly.

He had always thought that the marriage would be smooth, so he couldn’t help but feel uncomfortable.

Looking at him, Bullyze murmured quietly.

“There is a famous rumor recently. Rumor has it that a disaster haunted the kingdom, and was repelled by a woman.”

“······It doesn’t make any sense at all, so few people believe it.”

“But at the right time, Sir Agnatsu went to the Kingdom of Heaven. He is a real explorer. If he suddenly abandoned his research and headed to a foreign country, there must be a reason. Besides, now Artan.”

All streams were clearly leading to a single point. The prime suspect was a rumored saint.

Drawing a woman who doesn’t even know her face, Bully Ze smiled.

“I don’t know if that bizarre achievement is true… But he’s very popular.”

“Are you going to leave it as it is?”

She raised her gaze at Harold’s words.

He looked down at her with her clear eyes, and Bully Ze shook her head.

“No.”

She acknowledged Artan’s open-minded attitude.

Because it means that she has made some kind of resolution so that she is no longer indecisive.

However, each of them had their own circumstances.

“I left it thinking I would organize it well by myself, but now I have to move.”

“Yes. It should be.”

“But I can’t go.”

Harold’s expression of agreement was filled with wonder.

Bully Ze said quietly, brushing his bangs.

“Artan’s absence will be fine for a while. She’ll probably use her hand.”

“Are you saying it’s not you?”

“Yes. If I disappear too, doubts cannot be avoided. He and I are getting a lot of attention.”

That made sense.

So what are you going to do? Before Harold could ask, she suddenly raised her head.

“So brother, you go.”

“Me?”

“Yes. Follow Artan to the kingdom. Go and find out. Who is that woman?”

Bullyze’s eyebrows curled sharply.

“And persuade. Whether it’s Artan, or she’s that woman.”

It’s still too early to give up.

If the crown prince is self-righteous, the cause will be with us. I don’t know what kind of decision he made, but it wasn’t a choice that I could understand.

Guide him and proceed with the marriage as planned.

There couldn’t have been a better way.

To himself, his family, and the empire.

Harold, who was silent for a while, asked back.

“… The method doesn’t matter.”

“People don’t watch the process.”

A tacit agreement.

The moonlight fell on the complexion of the sword master with his eyes closed.

As the cold air current swirled around the room, he slightly nodded his head.

“Okay.”

Turning his back, he suddenly pushed back the curtain.

Right after that, a gust of wind swept through the hall with the sound of a window opening.

There was no figure of the sword master in the room where the darkness had arrived again.

I looked up at the sky.

A brilliant full moon. The dreary moonlight bathed every corner of Chelmsford.

“…The period when the yin energy is most full.”

Like Clavia, I have been waiting for this moment. The streets of the city were less crowded than ever before, and there were few people.

Since tomorrow is the opening of the sanctuary, the highlight of the Mass, it must be to replenish your physical strength.

“Hey… Quilière.”

“Yes.”

Nell spoke to her from the side.

Her voice was trembling slightly.

“Are you really going in here?”

She pointed to a place, and I glanced in that direction.

A dome-shaped structure made of special metal.

Chelmsford’s landmark, the sanctuary.

Currently, we are in the garden where you can see it.

I responded kindly.

“Yes. That’s why I came here.”

“But this is a sanctuary?! It’s a place where saints are buried! ······No, they’re not very important.”

“Then what does it matter?”

“The barriers are set up here! The guards are all over the place!”

Rarely did Nell express his strong concern.

It deserved it.

If it’s something related to faith, the religion is a faucet.

By the time the sanctuary was reached, the psychology reached its peak, and I did not know that I might cause a big disaster if I invaded it for nothing.

But.

“I know.”

There was no way.

If breaking through the front was a left-handed attacker, I didn’t have to go forward.

In the first place, how did Clavia break through this strict boundary and engage in manipulative work?

No matter how big the temple is, access to the sanctuary is strictly controlled.

“No need to worry.”

“Still—”

“Because there is a secret passage.”

“… What?!”

I looked around the meadow in the garden.

The place you are standing now is the ‘starting point’, so you can start from here.

“It’s a regular trick used by villains.”

Narrowing my eyes, I moved on, remembering the setting I saw in the game.

From this singularity, ten steps forward, four steps to the left, and…

Then I found it.

I dug shallowly where I wanted to be here, and there was a square stone lying there.

“I found it.”

This isn’t just a stone, it’s a magic slab.

It is a monster with special magic installed, and when you inject magic into it.

Paaat─

The built-in command system activated, and blue light wrapped around my ankles.

This transfer magic can move up to three people together.

Time is running out, so I reached out my hand to Nell without delay. There was no time to procrastinate.

“Catch it.”

“Uh… Uh uh!?”

But she opened her eyes and panicked.

It was embarrassing to me as well.

At this rate, I’m going alone.

“Go ahead and grab it.”

“Oh, no. No! Wait. It’s too sudden! I’m still mentally prepared…!”

“What?”

“Wait. Wait a minute.”

Nell, who was talking gibberish, suddenly took a deep breath.

Whoa- Whoa-

My eyebrows twitched at that carefree look.

The cooldown of the magic stone tablet is long.

If I move alone like this, she won’t be able to enter the sanctuary.

“I can do it. I can do it…!”

Nell, whether aware of my frustration or not, was cheering himself up by himself.

Even in the meantime, the light gradually increased and came up to the bottom of my chin before I knew it.

What are you doing with something you just need to hold hands with?

I couldn’t help it, so I just stretched out my hand.

He grabbed her white hand.

“Hiyaaa!”

At the same time, a shrieking scream erupted from close by.

The teleport was activated, and our bodies were transferred as if we were dragging our consciousness.

·······.

The heart of the sanctuary.

Arriving at once, ignoring all difficulties, a dazzling atmosphere enveloped us.

We were the only ones alive in this place, the center of multiple barriers.

Thinking that countless saints are buried here makes me feel pious.

“No really… Ha ha. I thought I was going to die.”

Of course, Nell wasn’t interested in them at all.

It was true that he built a wall with his faith.

Anyway, it wasn’t the time to leisurely look around.

“Follow me.”

I have to start with godliness and what to do.

As she trudged ahead, Nell, who was still making a sound of pain, chased after her.

Inside, there was a ‘sacred site’ covered with white silver tiles.

There were sacred coffins on it.

“Looking at them like this, it’s clear that, how to say, they were great kids in their lifetime.”

Muttered Nell with her curious look on her face.

I agree.

“Sure.”

“But what do you do then? They’re all buried now.”

“·······.”

“Besides, I couldn’t even use side and became a dead man.”

It was a character I really had no admiration for.

To be honest, I wasn’t much different, so I looked around with subtle eyes.

There were no traces of the dead of the saints enshrined.

Everyone has good acting skills.

Perhaps the tombs of believers are also like this.

“Prepare.”

Anyway, time was running out, so I had to act quickly.

I spoke to Nell and opened one of the coffins.

“What-“

─Kieek!

Immediately, a twisted dead man jumped out.

Startled, she momentarily pressed her guy down.

“Hold tight. Don’t move.”

“Oh, I see!”

A demonic energy hung over the whole body of the screaming dead. The power of a higher race that ordinary dead cannot handle.

Nel, who raised his blood power, responded immediately.

“Ugh… This is it!”

Jinjo’s power was unbelievable.

To the extent that the dead who have been sleeping for a while are not strong enough to fight.

However, since this guy’s prototype is an adult, and there are not just one or two of them, he had to conserve his strength as much as possible.

“Good job.”

I took out the Talisman of Dawn and breathed her magic into it.

Hwaaak─

A fetish with very high power, but unable to inflict any damage without contact.

It was a very effective weapon if the opponent was a suppressed target.

Kkeek-!

Moreover, my pure mana was immediately replaced with holy power by the casting ability, which was the weakness of the dead.

The guy passed away screaming in agony.

“Haa… Whoa. This is it?”

“The remains of a saint. The dead are dead.”

If you get away from the influence of authority, it naturally returns to its original form.

I glanced at the nameplate written on the coffin.

Adult Ior.

I don’t know who it was, but it didn’t seem to have outstanding fighting skills.

It was simpler than I thought.

But this is just the beginning.

“I have to deal with all of this today…”

“Yes. Let’s hurry.”

How many people there are in one era is an adult, but it was not easy to collect all of them.

We repeated the relief work without thinking like a machine.

Then, a nameplate caught my eye.

Filena Trandiad.

“… Nell.”

“I’m ready! Let’s go.”

Kii Ik—!

When the coffin was opened, the long-haired dead suddenly rose.

Since it was a phenomenon that has been repeated several times, the response was quick. She was subdued, and her own fondness touched her forehead.

A beam of light that radiates right after.

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“Rest forever.”

My lips whispered a little rest.

The dead collapsed, but there was no time to rest.

The night is short, and there are many people waiting.

The next day.

A midday boulevard where the gracious sunlight colors the sacred ground.

The flower of this mass, the opening of the sanctuary has begun. The door of the sanctuary, which always maintains strict vigilance, was opened, and people flocked to the tomb.

Believers took to the streets bringing their families who had died honorably or unjustly.

They would go forth with the coffins of martyred saints and be blessed.

“·······.”

People with happy expressions were whispering, and the priests and priests who were soaked in a sense of duty were busy moving.

The face of Lucia, the Sheep Chief Priest who was separated from the torch, was dark.

She watched Mass nervously.

“…Saint.”

I thought of a person quietly.

Saint Quilière.

What she said, somewhat shocking, was true.

I secretly infiltrated the tomb just in case and looked at it.

My stomach was so clear that I didn’t even notice it until right before I opened the coffin.

“For such a terrible thing to happen in the middle of the Catholic Church.”

The most heinous scheme.

Thinking back, it was so heinous.

I urgently persuaded the trustworthy priests to deal with it as much as possible, but there was not enough time to get rid of everything.

At that time, a host wearing a priest’s cap looked around the crowd and shouted.

“Today, on the holy day, all sanctuaries and tombs that were strictly restricted from entering have been opened!”

Wow!

The believers gave an active response.

The host, who was stimulated by this, gave more strength to his stomach.

“The sacred coffins will circulate through various points in Chelmbard as per procedure, and finally, the purification work will be carried out in front of all observers. The sanctuary and graveyard will also be neatly cleaned afterward…”

Perhaps because of the good weather, his tongue rolled softly. Time passed quickly and the last paragraph was spat out.

“Noble priests and priests will accompany you throughout this process. Also, the Knights of Light have appeared for safety, so you can enjoy the Mass without any worries.”

As safety was repeatedly affirmed, the atmosphere in the hall was loosely relaxed.

Lucia lightly bit his lower lip.

They have been wary of only external enemies.

No one even considers the possibility of an enemy from within, say a corpse in a coffin.

“Really… Is it really okay?”

Her saintess told her not to inform her of this matter before her behalf, and Lucia, who believed in her, obediently followed her.

But what do you think?

At this rate, wouldn’t it be the will of the villains who plotted?

Not only that, but the real problem was the sanctuary, not the mausoleum. The dead of strong adults.

“If even half of the potential of saints in history is revealed…”

Nothing could have been more terrifying than that.

My heart raced with tension. The sound of his heart rang strongly in his ears, and soon the tour of the base continued.

Cries like deterioration. It was the moment when the overwhelming support of the believers covered it.

A loud cry came from the top of an iron bell tower.

“I am Saint Wibartha!”

Where everyone’s eyes were directed, there was a woman with blue hair.

Wibarta shouted, wearing a black robe with waves.

“The day of salvation has come! You fools!”

“…What, what. What are you talking about?”

“Are you crazy?”

Most of them tilted their heads, but some quick-witted people had already prepared a response.

Lucia was one of them.

“Has God ever shown mercy to you when you bark until your throat is torn? But He is different. You will witness true salvation today!”

The maddening noise spread in all directions riding on the magic power. Too much excitement ate Wivarta’s image.

Now the miracle is about to happen.

“Look carefully! He who rules even death! The dead themselves will punish you!”

Raindrops rose around her as she shouted frantically.

They formed a huge magic while being united into a single sphere, and the apostle took control of it.

It hit the bell as it was.

Jjaaeaeeng—!

Everyone covered their ears as the deafening noise shook the whole world.

That was the signal.

At the same time, people in black robes jumped from all sides.

aaah—!

Kieh-!

The dead who occurred simultaneously attacked the surroundings at random.

Who could have predicted this situation, the stunned believers fell into a panic.

“Monster…! It’s a monster!”

“Kyaaagh!”

“Kuhuhh…”

Seeing them wandering around, Wivarta burst into madness.

“hahahaha… Kyahahahahaha!”

Weren’t you relieved that you were lucky enough to defeat the calamity once?

That complacency and stupidity will lead you to hell.

It was at this moment that she widened her eyes so that she would not forget the sight for a moment.

“…?”

Suddenly, a question filled his eyes.

Wivarta blinked his eyes and looked down at the crowd.

The screams and high voices were too weak.

The wailing of the dead was also lacking for a while.

“If the plan goes according to plan, the road to hell should unfold at once…?”

Why do I feel so powerless?

She was shocked as she hurriedly searched for her cause.

“Coffins…!

Most of the coffins were in good condition.

At least the coffins in the tomb were opened quite a bit, but the coffins in the sanctuary, which was the core of the event, showed no signs of moving.

As a result, there was no way for the work to proceed properly.

Something is wrong.

“······Why only this, perhaps something is wrong.”

The believers who were surprised by the sudden situation were already aware of the situation and were responding.

In the first place, the force of the security personnel mobilized for the mass was not at an ordinary level.

Because I knew that, I prepared a ‘Great War’ for the tactic.

Just when she was confused, her voice came from close by.

“I heard you.”

“······!”

A beautiful voice that makes you goosebumps.

Wibarta suddenly looked back, and for a moment something like fog passed by.

After that, she was able to grasp the true nature of the enemy.

“Your name is pretty, Wivarta. I don’t have anything more to say.”

A peerless beauty with flowing bluish-white hair.

She was nailed by her beauty and didn’t even ask how she got here.

She looked down at the Apostle of the Waves, Quilière, and said calmly.

“I should have done it now.”

Crystal-blue eyes burned.