Raising Paladins

Episode 51. If you really want to drink punishment (4)

“Hey, sister… … ?”

Meisa was resting in her newly assigned room.

The door opened and a small head sneaked in.

It was Tyra.

“Yes? sister?”

“hehehe, can I call you sister?”

Sweep.

Tira smiles as she hands over a cup of warm lemon tea.

She was 17 and Maysa was 20 this year, so there was nothing wrong with being an older sister.

Meisa smiled at Tira, who had pale cheeks and was cute.

“Okay, call me sister. Instead, where other people are… … .”

“i know! I’ll say Priest Meisa!”

“okay.”

“lol.”

“Sit down.”

Point to the table in front of the bed.

Tira quickly grabbed her portion of lemon tea and sat down.

Steam rose from the glasses in the hands of the two of them.

“I am so happy that my sister is here! Other people treat me well, but in fact, being a woman by myself was a bit like that. But such a wonderful person is coming!”

“He… … .”

“Really! Is this the first time I’ve ever seen a woman so good at fighting? I hadn’t even thought that a woman could be a battle fuse!”

“Is it?”

“yes! So… … How did you become a battle priest?”

“I am… … .”

Meisa smiled lightly as she looked at the teacup.

It’s a fact that I haven’t told anyone yet, but somehow I felt like it was okay to tell this spotless child in front of me.

“I want to be like Paladin Carlos of the Dawn.”

“ah!”

Tira’s eyes lit up.

“I read so many of his stories too! The Dawning Paladin Carlos is so cool and wonderful!”

“that’s right. I want to become a priest like him who saves the empire from crisis. Of course, I haven’t reached his toes yet… … .”

“Sister will definitely be able to do it! I knew because I saw you take down Darryl today!”

“hahahaha, thank you.”

“By the way, Meisa sister.”

Tira started talking to her in a friendly way, as if the word unnie had stuck to her lips before she knew it.

“huh?”

“Did you know that the place where Carlos fought the last battle was actually the Crescent Moon Gorge, not the Tethys Plain?”

“to?”

It was the first time I heard about it.

Legendary Last Battle!

Everyone in the Empire knows the battle that overpowered the Lich King and saved the world from the clutches of darkness.

But it wasn’t Tethys Plain, it was Crescent Moon Gorge?!

Meisa pricked up her ears, wondering what this was all about.

Then Tira babbled as if she had been waiting.

“Actually, Carlos said he did it to lure the main forces of the Lich King’s legion to the Plains of Thetis! That’s why he went with the four legendary knights who followed him and defeated the Lich King while the other legions were paying attention to the Plains of Thetis!”

“Oh, that sounds good… … ?”

It’s the first time I’ve heard of it, but it’s plausible.

To be honest, while reading the story of the Battle of Thetis Plains, Meisa had many troubles.

The Paladin of Dawn, who has mastered the art of warfare, chooses plains battles in a situation where they are outnumbered?

Because it was kind of weird.

A large-scale battle on the plains is only done when the forces are similar, so a head-to-head confrontation is needed where other tricks do not work.

However, at that time, not only did the empire consume all its resources, but it also fell behind the Lich King’s legion in terms of power.

The Lich King was a diabolical warlock who literally resurrected the dead to become his soldiers.

That’s why Tira’s words touched me even more.

Conversely, Tira was puzzled.

‘Eh?’

You believe this so easily?

In fact, that story was only shouted during the days when Carl was treated as a delusion.

It was just the story of the time when he claimed to be the reincarnation of the great Paladin of Dawn.

It was just a joke to get closer to Meisa… … .

It was rather embarrassing for Tira to believe it so easily.

‘Your sister really likes Carlos!’

Having concluded that, Tira smiled again.

“But isn’t it amazing? That Carlos is also in our temple.”

“Isn’t it possible for there to be any number of people with the same name?”

“But I heard you saw Carl’s swordsmanship! That great swordsmanship! Looking at the various miracles that Carl did as soon as he came to the temple… … .”

“miracle? What did he do?”

“Oh, you don’t know, sister! As for what he did… … .”

Tira recited the cases Carl had solved so far.

He tamed Daryl and Peter, who were gangsters when he first came, and made them his servants.

He saved the life of the Fruit Merchant by winning the fight against the scary scavengers.

Not only did he scold Debaldo, who was trying to swallow the temple whole, and solve his financial problems, but he finally subdued even Hanson!

“and… … .”

Meisa, who had been listening, opened her mouth.

“Things like that happened. really great… … .”

“That’s why Priest Clemens and Priest Eric also just nod at everything Carl says, hehehe.”

“But what is he really like then? You said you suddenly appeared one day?”

“Priest Eric told me that this is an absolute secret… … .”

“… … ?”

Tyra opened her eyes wide and raised her head.

Then Maysa put her ear close to Tyra’s lips.

“He is actually a messenger sent by the sun god!”

“no way… … .”

A very absurd story.

Maysa waved her hand.

“You’ve gone too far, Tyra. A messenger of God.”

“It’s real! It is said that this was only passed on to Clemens-sama and Eric-sama! Carl was originally homeless, but the sun god came to him while he was sleeping and told him to go to the temple in the easternmost part of the empire and live there. Where is the most eastern temple? Right here, the Mayrium branch!”

“… … It is specific.”

If you look at the people who claim that God’s providence has been done, most of them are weak and have no logic.

But what I’m hearing now sounds good.

“So I guess you set the goal of cleaning the entire Meirium. Because you’ve completely taken over Hanson’s gang! Thanks to this, new believers are coming to the temple these days. My life has improved completely!”

“hmm… … .”

“But it’s a secret that I said this! You should never tell Carl. Did you know?”

“… … okay.”

I didn’t bother to say that it didn’t seem to be a secret at the moment it was told to you.

Perhaps Tira will continue to bring lemon tea to other people and say, ‘This is actually a secret that only I know… … .’ I guess I’ll keep talking about things like that.

I saw her for the first time today, but Meisa thought she had a cute side.

‘I think it was really good that he came.’

What if it had remained in the Temple of Tournoble?

If so, I would still have suffered from the strict family customs of my family and the nagging of my parents about getting married.

And the flirtation of so many men… … .

All those annoying things don’t exist here.

An environment where you can only focus on weapon training!

Besides, Carl even asked Maysa to make some wooden weapons.

Things you can’t even imagine in Tournoble!

After making weapons, you will be able to educate your servants.

I came to become Carl’s disciple, but before that, it would be good to train the servants who will become the Knights.

Isn’t it said that people realize a deeper truth by giving learning than by learning?

Maybe that’s what Carl intended.

“Sister, would you like another drink?”

“thank you.”

Squeeze.

Tira set the bottle of warm lemon tea down near the bed.

He even got up from his seat.

“I have to go over the afternoon laundry task. Can I come over again?”

“of course. Come anytime.”

“yes. then.”

Tira bowed slightly and left the room.

High-ranking priest Clemens who looks benevolent when he smiles, Eric who is sincere in managing the temple’s life, and Tira who is kind and bright.

Meisa thought that all the people of the Meririum Temple were good people.

So did the seeds.

He was originally a gangster, but he changed his mind and decided to live for the people… … .

And it was especially surprising that it all happened in Carl’s hands.

When Meisa is thinking about Carl.

Carl was on his way to Mayrium City Hall.

***

“There you go.”

City Hall located in the east of Meirium.

It was newly built, so the exterior was worth looking at.

As I watched it, Terrence, who was next to me, said.

“Isn’t it plausible? This used to be the site of a large old stone structure. However, Baron Astell came and built a new City Hall based on that building. As you know, the City Hall before that was Hanson’s stronghold that Priest Carl burned down.”

Terrence, whom Carl met by chance on his way to City Hall.

He was holding a bunch of flowers and sweet fruits he said he was going to bring to Merilda.

“By the way, priest, you said you would stop by the artisan guild, right?”

“It did. Do you know where it is?”

“It’s right there.”

Not far from City Hall.

At the end Terrence pointed at, there was a two-story wooden building.

[Artisan Guild]

The old sign board swayed in the wind.

“By the way, which artisan do you want to meet?”

“I am a leather craftsman. To prepare leather armor for the servants.”

“Then you should go to the leftmost room on the second floor. That’s Dave, the leather craftsman, in his studio.”

“Your name is Dave.”

“yes. You’d better be careful because you have a very tight-lipped personality. If I don’t like it, I just throw things like carpentry tools at it.”

“… … i get it.”

“Then I will go! Merylda is waiting for you!”

“Are you confessing today?”

“hmm… … That’s not it. I just want to give you a present.”

“Good job.”

“yes!”

Terrence is leaving.

Instead of going to the city hall, Carl headed to the artisan guild building first.

Citizen registration is over soon, but the artisans of the artisan guild are so stubborn and selfish that they might close early.

jerk, jerk.

A craftsman’s guild building that only blows dust, let alone guards.

Craftsman guilds in large cities are usually crowded and there are many customers, but this place was quiet because it was a small town.

[Dave’s Leather Workshop]

As Terrence told you, Carl arrived at the workshop on the left on the second floor.

Carl knocked on the door.

thump, thump, thump!

Then an angry voice came from inside.

“I’m drinking, so get out of here!”

profit.

A knife that opened the door even though it was not allowed.

A wood carving knife flew at him.

A situation that can be dangerous if done incorrectly.

But Carl didn’t mind.

Whoops! widely!

The knife caught the carving knife in the air and placed it neatly on a nearby workbench.

“… … ?”

Seeing such a knife, Dave’s face was slightly surprised.

“that… … I’m sorry, I drank some alcohol. Throwing a block of wood means throwing a carving knife. But what, it’s okay because I’m alive, right?”

Surprisingly, Dave was a woman.

Besides, he was a dwarf like Bill, the innkeeper I saw in Tournoble.

Dwarven descendants, both men and women, grew full beards, and Dave did too.

If it wasn’t for her bulging breasts, she wouldn’t even know she was a woman.

“Anyway, I’m not accepting guests today, so I’m going back. I feel dirty!”

f*ck, f*ck!

Dave takes a sip of beer and exhales heavily.

Where her gaze landed, she saw a piece of roughly torn leather.

“It’s a precious leather that was hard-earned, damn it!”

Leather with a smooth surface with a bluish aura.

However, Carl was well aware of the very tough-looking leather.

“It’s the skin of a cave troll.”

“oh?!”

Dave’s dark complexion suddenly brightened.