Raising Paladins

Chapter 59

Episode 59. Each person’s role (2)

“Cool, cool… … .”

A man lying on an antique rosewood bed coughed violently.

The bandages around his left arm were soaked in blood.

Seeing this, Meisa moistened her eyes.

“father… … .”

“I’m sorry for showing an ugly side of you as a father. To be beaten by something like noll… … .”

“You are fine… … ?”

“Of course. But what about them?”

Baron Heldern did not lose his dignity even in the midst of being wounded, as befits the greatest aristocrat of Tournoble.

Where his gaze landed, Carl and Tira were standing.

“The priests of the Temple of Dawn in Meirium. They are my colleagues.”

“I see.”

Baron Heldern’s disapproving expression.

In fact, he was extremely opposed to his only daughter Meisa going to the shabby Meirium Temple of Dawn.

However, the daughter was very stubborn, and she only let her go because she made the condition that she would come back if there was nothing to learn there.

However, when I saw the people who came with me today, I decided that my thoughts were right.

‘What kind of fight are you fighting with such an appearance… … .’

A young girl and a somewhat skinny male priest.

It seems that there are some muscles attached to the body, but I can’t use that much anywhere.

Swordsmanship skills and things related to sacred public order are also worth seeing.

I was worried that my daughter was living with such a bastard, and the pain came again.

“Keugh… … .”

Then Carl said.

“Tira, it’s your turn.”

“yes.”

Maybe it’s because I’ve done divine power healing before.

The experience of rescuing old Muir from the crossroads of life and death seemed to be of great help to Tira.

She trembled, but with courage, approached Baron Heldern.

“Nice to meet you, Baron. My name is Tira, an apprentice priest at the Temple of Dawn in Meirium. I want to heal the baron’s wounds.”

“Probationary priest… … ?”

“… … yes.”

Although Heldern is more prestigious and dignified than other nobles, he was also a typical male nobleman.

The first thing we look at when judging a person is his position.

That’s why the word ‘probationary priest’ made Baron Heldern uncomfortable.

“What kind of healing do apprentice priests do? Also a woman… … .”

“you!”

At that time, Heldern’s wife, who had been silent until now, stepped out.

“Are you going to say that even under these circumstances! To those who risked their lives from far away to visit us!”

“No, I’m not like that, it’s because the healing priests of the Tournoble Noon Temple couldn’t heal the wounds. Please calm down.”

“Does it look real now! I almost became a widow… … . Did you mean to leave like that without seeing Meisa start a family!”

“Boo, madam… … .”

“Don’t say anything else, get help first. Now is the time to do that.”

“… … I understand.”

Baron Heldern reluctantly nodded at Tyra.

“… … Please.”

“Yes, Baron.”

It must have made her feel bad, but Tira was still that bright expression of courtesy.

Tyra smiled brightly and wrapped her palm around Heldern’s injured arm.

‘I’m remembering the feeling of that time!’

When the boil on old man Muir’s back was cured!

At that time, I remembered the pure white light that Carl had guided me to.

OK.

Swoop-

A bright light soon began to emanate from Tyra’s hand.

The dawning sun announcing the start of the day!

The light of the morning sun warming the ground that had cooled down overnight spread from Tira’s hands.

“What, what is that?!”

“Rain, light?!”

Even then, the priests of the Tournoble Noon Temple were arranging bandages and tools around them.

They were startled as their complexion turned pale.

It was Meisa who took the place of Tira, who was focused on treatment.

“Tira is a healing priest blessed by the sun god. We can use divine power to treat them.”

“… … !”

The two priests of Tournoble opened their mouths.

“No, that is nonsense! It disappeared 200 years ago!”

“Isn’t it that no one can use divine power anymore? Except for the saintess in the main hall of the Sun Temple in the capital!”

Shuuu-

Surprisingly, by then, Baron Heldern’s injured arm was almost completely healed.

The priests of Tournoble seemed to have a lot of things they wanted to ask.

However, the miracle that unfolded in front of my eyes only opened my mouth.

“Whew… … .”

dump.

Tira stomped her butt on the floor and sat down.

“It’s all done. Now if you take a break… … .”

A trauma far greater than Muir’s back spear.

Tira, who consumed much more divine power than before, said with a weak face.

‘It’s an amount that can treat a couple of simple wounds and one big deep wound.’

Carl guessed the size of her sacred power bowl.

It would have to be increased through training in the future, but it was Carl’s instinct and habit that he had lived on the frontline for a long time to immediately check the strength of his allies.

“Unbelievable! The wound on your arm has healed like it was washed! What a miracle!”

Baroness Heldern burst into tears as she hugged her husband.

Then, it was Baron Heldern who was taken aback.

“Boo, madam… … My daughter is watching. I want you to keep your body tight.”

“You too! I really knew what you were going to be like!”

Baron Heldern hugged his weeping wife tightly.

While Meisa couldn’t hold back her tears as well, the Baron said to Tira, who sat down next to the bed.

“Did you say Priest Tyra?”

His tone of voice changed to an honorific.

Tira raised her head.

“Yes, Baron.”

“I sincerely apologize for ignoring the priest. He was a person who had such a miracle… … . It seems that I was too rude to the priest who worships the sun god. sorry.”

“oh! You don’t have to go this far!”

The baron and his wife woke up in bed.

The two bowed their heads toward Tira in a very respectful manner.

“I don’t know what to use as an example. Just say it. I’ll give you any crones you want.”

“oh! no! I didn’t come here to do that!”

“Still, I can’t send my benefactor like this. Come on tell me… … .”

“You’ll talk about that later, Baron Heldern.”

“… … ?”

It was Carl who came in between Tira and the Baron, who were waving their hands.

“Who are you?”

Heldern, who had never spoken to Carl yet.

However, since he had seen Tira’s great miracle with his own two eyes, he could not ignore the sword that came with him.

“This is Carlos, the battle priest of the Temple of Dawn in Meirium. Right now, I don’t think it’s an important moment other than paying off the debt.”

“ah… … !”

Carl was right.

Even at this moment, a battle would be taking place on the city walls.

Of course, since goblins are the main and subordinate group, all it takes is to throw stones or metal objects over the high walls.

Still, if the gates were to be breached, Tournoble would be doomed.

“You are right. It’s an imminent crisis situation. I will not forget the grace of the Temple of Dawn in Meirium who risked their lives in this situation.”

“Although the sects are different, the Temple of Dawn and the Temple of Noon are brothers and sisters from the same root. It is natural to help each other. How many wounded soldiers are there?”

At that time, Meisa was helping the sunken Tira and offering her a drink.

The baron pointed to the wide wooden table next to the two priests.

“Bring it.”

“Yes, Baron!”

The baron’s men, who were baffled by Tira’s miracle, brought a table.

Spread out above it was a map of the neighborhood centered on Tournoble.

“Out of 55 soldiers, more than 40 were wounded. All of them were well-trained soldiers, but they panicked at the sudden appearance of monsters.”

“That is quite possible. A monster army of that size has a fairly low frequency of appearance.”

“exactly. Where did these guys appear in Tournoble, which had been quiet for the past 200 years… … Anyway, there are only about a dozen soldiers, including Jamie over there, who can fight.”

“What about the power on the Noon Temple side?”

“I will tell you that!”

Okay!

Through the open door in front of the bedroom, I saw a man wearing plate mail.

It was Greg, a veteran combat priest whom Carl had met during the last priestly exam.

“I see you again.”

“Nice to meet you. I honestly did not expect that the Temple of Dawning in Meirium would come to help so soon… … thank you so much.”

“First, look at the war situation.”

“yes.”

Greg casually joined the table with the map.

Baron Heldern and Greg were usually close friends, so they didn’t exchange much greetings.

“In addition to the dozen or so troops the baron just mentioned, there are a total of 15 combatable resources, including three combat priests on our side.”

“That’s enough.”

“… … ?”

It was difficult to fight even with more than 50 men, so all they had to do was escape into the castle.

But is only fifteen people enough?

The Baron and Greg were very surprised.

“Lead that force into an all-out war. In the meantime, I will cut the head of the chief.”

“that… … ?!”

“That’s the only way. Goblins tend to be easily dominated by the fear of monsters stronger than themselves. So if you find the boss Gnoll and kill him, the goblins, whether hundreds or thousands, will all be scattered. After that, if you chase after him and hit him with one blow, the fight will be over easily. here.”

Carl pointed to a section of the map.

It was near the eastern gate of Tournoble, where the party entered on horseback.

“Start the fight here. All of us at the Temple of Dawn will sneak through the southern gates and kill the boss while you wait.”

There was only one map spread out in the room.

However, Carl was proficient as if he had fought this kind of battle many times.

Baron Heldern nodded at Carl’s logical tactical command.

“The priest is right. I don’t think there is any other way than this. Isn’t that right, Greg?”

“Yes, Baron. I too have seen the workmanship of the sword here. Of course, it wasn’t a battle against monsters, but Carl is a person with extensive knowledge of swordsmanship as well as the theology, philosophy, and history of the empire. Trust me, there’s nothing wrong with that.”

The two men nodded with hard eyes.

“I will follow the priest’s words!”

“great. It’s early morning soon. We begin operations at the quietest hour of the day just before sunrise. Make as much noise as possible with your soldiers and open the eastern gate and exit. But you can’t ride a horse. If the goblins can’t keep up with the horse and give up the chase, they might come towards us.”

“I see! Bring me my armor!”

Cut it, cut it.

Soon after, the baron, clad in armor and sword, walked out the door with Greg.

Maya quietly hugged the baroness, who was looking at him anxiously.

“Don’t worry, mother. Father will be fine.”

“I’m afraid, maybe you’ll get hurt again… … .”

“are you okay. I’m going too, and Father Carl is participating in the operation together.”

Maysa stared at the knife that was laying Tira on the bed.

Tira was in a state of sleep as her strength was drained from the first time she had experienced the exhaustion of divine power.

“Take care of Tira over there, Mother.”

“Nothing. don’t worry about that I’m taking care of that young priest in the name of my family.”

“yes.”