< Chapter 83 - The Guardians of the Holy Cross #4 >
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A warm, sunny morning.
Cordelia groaned, curled up in bed and covered herself with the blanket.
And then, Uther, who had been quietly watching the scene, sat down on the bed and patted Cordelia’s back on the blanket and said.
“I really didn’t hear anything. Really, really.”
Unlike before, it was a voice that felt quite genuine.
Cordelia, who was in denial about reality, ended up sticking her face out of the blanket without realizing it.
“really?”
“Oh, really.”
Uther laughed heartily, covering his eyes with both hands, and Cordelia, who realized what he meant, jumped up from her seat and punched Uther on the shoulder.
“I hate you! I hate you!”
You always lie!
Uder, who had been laughing at Cordelia’s grumbling, suddenly turned his body to the opposite side and spoke.
“This one too. It’s secretly cool, isn’t it?”
“Ugh!”
Cordelia, who was furious, hit Uther harder and harder, but it was no use.
Yuder’s defense had already become so strong that even the magician’s physical attacks, such as his cute fist attacks, felt like cotton.
Of course, Cordelia could have used tools – like a blaster – to damage Uther, but it was impossible from the start.
Just as Uther had previously been unable to harm Cordelia’s clone, Cordelia now felt a great deal of resistance to harming Uther.
‘No, you probably didn’t close the fuse before either?’
Because that was different from just hitting someone.
That’s why I don’t use magic in the first place.
‘Anyway, I hate you to death!’
Cordelia, instead of striking with her fists, started to whip her skin with her palms, but this time too, it was too much.
As he had acquired Sword Origin, Yuder had already become difficult to call human in terms of defense.
Like that, one minute, two minutes.
Uder, who had been laughing, looked back at Cordelia, who was panting from exhaustion, and asked.
“But Cordelia.”
“Why, huh. This, huh, bad, huh, Norma.”
How can swearing be this cute?
Uder, who was wearing a bean-pod, asked while secretly pinching Cordelia’s cheek.
“So… how was last night?”
yesternight.
Cordelia, whose face suddenly turned bright red, responded with a cheer.
“I don’t know, I won’t say.”
But it was as good as if the answer had already been given.
Because it was Cordelia who covered her eyes with both hands, just like Uther had done earlier.
‘That was good.’
Relief and satisfaction.
Yuder smiled a mixture of both, closed his eyes for a moment, and thought back to last night.
I’m talking about Cordelia, who was doing this and that.
And Cordelia, who was looking at the side profile of Yuder like that, spoke with cold eyes.
“You seem like a pervert.”
“hey?”
You were the one who caught him last night, right?
“Huh, I don’t know.”
Anyway, I don’t know. Anyway, Yuder was bad.
“Yeah, if that’s what you’re saying, then that’s what it must be.”
“Hey, man, didn’t I tell you not to do that?”
Instead of answering, Uder smiled slyly and stood up.
“Anyway, let’s wash up and get ready. Manuel will be here, either for breakfast or for the branch manager.”
At Uther’s words, Cordelia rose from the bed and said the same thing.
“Is Manuel okay? I saw him fall unconscious yesterday.”
“Rather, since you’ve already tasted the first batch, shouldn’t you be okay? And it’s the Holy Cross Guardians. There must be a lot of hangover cures. Come to think of it, are you okay?”
“No, it hurts now that I say it.”
I didn’t realize it because my face kept blushing, but it was Cordelia who didn’t look too good.
“Then let’s use magic.”
“Oh, wait a minute.”
Actually, a hangover can be solved with just one recovery shot.
Cordelia had grown significantly as a wizard compared to 8-9 months ago when she first awakened her memories.
“Okay. My head is clearer.”
“Hmm, it seems like a scam.”
“I know.”
Cordelia answered as best she could, took a shower in the bathtub prepared on one side of the room, and then changed into the clothes prepared by the Holy Cross Guardians.
It was the Guardians’ uniform in black and white.
“I like the uniform.”
Cordelia, who was moving her body around in front of the magic mirror of light, smiled with satisfaction.
This is because Cordelia had loved uniforms, such as school uniforms and military uniforms, since her previous life.
The unique feeling of a uniform that gives a sense of neatness and unity.
Moreover, the uniforms of the Holy Cross Defenders had a fairly good design.
Should I say that it is a harmony of an overall black coat and white underwear?
‘It looks like they modified the nuns’ clothes.’
The skirt was long and slit to allow for leg movement, so it was far from a demure look, but the overall shape resembled a nun’s habit.
‘Well, okay.’
Cordelia, satisfied with her own appearance, looked back at Uther and felt even more satisfied.
Yuder in uniform.
Even if you look at it with your bare hands, Yuder is still really handsome.
Wasn’t Yuder one of the four beauties in Heroes Chronicle 2?
“Hehehe.”
“Cordelia?”
“No, just. Hehehe.”
Cordelia herself didn’t know it, but it was a smile not much different from the ones Carnelian and Vanessa had shown in the Eternal Forest.
Because of that, Yuder was startled for a moment, but he was satisfied with the fact that Cordelia was smiling anyway, so instead of adding unnecessary words, he got to the main point.
“Anyway, Cordelia, there’s something I need to tell you before Manuel comes.”
“What is it?”
Cordelia, sitting right next to Yuder on the sofa on one side of the room, tilted her head and asked.
“Is this important?”
“Oh, it’s important. There are things we must do at the Monastery of St. Croix. Do you know what they are?”
At Uther’s question, Cordelia blinked once and crossed her arms, becoming a person of thought.
“Um… I will inform you of Malekith’s threat and find out Kamael’s location.”
It was the most basic purpose, and it was a purpose I had talked about repeatedly on the way here.
In other words, it wasn’t a story that Yuder could bring up again now.
Something different.
Other purposes.
“Athalia?”
Young god Atalia.
First of all, according to the setting, the girl Shin should be sleeping somewhere in the monastery of Saint Croot.
At Cordelia’s words, Uther shook his head slightly.
“No, not Italy. Of course, it would be nice to meet you, but even if we can’t, it won’t be a big problem.”
As a young rookie, there was little she could do.
Moreover, waking her up while she was sleeping could have had a negative impact.
‘In the original, it was destroyed while preventing a disaster, but this time it will be different.’
Because neither Uther nor Cordelia would overlook her disappearance.
“Ugh.”
Anyway, Cordelia became distressed again when she heard that Atalia was not the one, but she just groaned and couldn’t come up with an answer.
“Ugh, I surrender. I don’t know.”
“Don’t be like that. Think about it a little more. Is there something you’re missing? Is there something you’re forgetting?”
At Uther’s words – or rather the expression ‘forgot’ – Cordelia instinctively recalled a name.
“balm?”
“Not Melissa. Now that I think about it, you haven’t forgotten about Melissa again, have you? She talks to you periodically, hasn’t she?”
“Huh? Oh, yeah. Uh, of course.”
Judging from the way you’re avoiding eye contact, it looks like you’ve forgotten about the past few days.
‘Well, what’s important right now isn’t Melissa.’
Yuder, who thought nothing of the fact that Melissa would have cried tears of blood if she had heard this, looked at Cordelia again and spoke.
“You really don’t know?”
“Uhhh… I don’t know. Please teach me.”
“Ah, so that’s why I came in first place.”
As Uther clicked his tongue, Cordelia puffed out her cheeks proportionally and spoke with a grin.
“Mr. Woo, just wait.”
I just figured it out.
I will definitely remember it.
Because of his personality, there was no way he would tease me about something he didn’t know at all.
It was certainly something Cordelia herself had experienced or already known.
“Eww, eww······!”
Cheer up, brain cells.
Remember me now!
Cordelia, who had been groaning and clutching her head, suddenly raised her head.
He jumped up from his seat and let out a gasp.
“ah!”
that!
that!
I remembered that!
“Solari! Tomb of Garius, the champion of Solari!”
Cordelia, who had shouted out loud all at once, looked back at Uther with anxious eyes, and when Uther smiled happily, she jumped up and down in her seat and cheered.
“Yay!”
Tomb of Garius, champion of Solari.
Specifically, five clues that can help you find his grave.
‘Has it been about half a year?’
The tomb of Paladin Galleon, encountered at the entrance to the Wild Lands.
In the tomb of one of Garius’ disciples, Judas and Cordelia were able to find a fragment of a stone tablet.
‘If you collect all five, you can find the location of Garius’s tomb.’
And in the tomb of Garius was hidden the most important treasure of the Solari cult.
“Fragments of stone tablets. One in the Wild Lands, the other found in the original, in the Empire.”
“That’s right. And the stone tablet found in Galleon’s tomb contained information on where another stone tablet was located.”
“Is that it?”
“Oh, the Monastery of Saint Croot. Originally, this place wasn’t a large monastery like it is now, but was the site of an old temple of Solari.”
Cordelia, who had been listening to Uther’s explanation with pleasure, suddenly gasped.
Because one more fact came to mind.
“slate.”
To be exact, it is a stone tablet found in Galleon’s tomb.
It wasn’t there now.
It was one of the many items lost during the chaos in the wild lands.
“It’s okay. It’s here and here.”
Uther tapped his chest and head with his fingers in turn.
“Head and chest?”
“Oh, I put it in my memory palace, and I also copied it down on paper when I was making shampoo and conditioner.”
Because the slab itself was just an ordinary stone.
What was important was not the stone tablet itself, but its contents, and those contents were what Yuder had already memorized the night before.
“Utherwiki is awesome.”
“You can praise me a little more.”
“Utherwiki is really awesome.”
Cordelia, who had emphasized it once more as she had wished, began to jump for joy again.
She had always enjoyed obtaining items, but the five tablets of Solari were a bit more special.
‘Because in the original, you couldn’t collect them all!’
An event that does not exist in the original.
An item that could not be obtained in the original.
Moreover, it was the greatest treasure of the Solari cult hidden in the tomb of none other than Garius.
Just imagining what kind of item it might be made me feel good.
“Excuse me, this is Vespa’s grave?”
Vespa, a knight and one of the three disciples of Garius.
Cordelia said with excitement at Uther’s remark.
“Anyway, there’s a stone slab here too. So, we’re one step closer to Garius’s tomb.”
And there must be some good things hidden in Vespa’s tomb too.
Wasn’t the Holy Lance found in Galleon’s Tomb also put to good use?
‘I lost that too, though.’
It was only used once, to destroy a mountain of rocks in a rough avalanche.
‘That was still good.’
Thanks to that, I was able to win.
Cordelia, who had been reminiscing about the rough avalanche that had been tumbling for a moment, looked back at Uther.
“Do you know the exact location? The Monastery of St. Croix is huge.”
“Oh, now that I’ve come here, I think I have a general idea.”
“As expected, it’s our family’s Yuder.”
Cordelia, feeling better, hugged Uther’s arm and asked.
“Where is it?”
“Oh, so.”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
As Cordelia hugged his arm tighter, Uther was momentarily taken aback by the unimaginable softness, but he tried to remain calm, knowing that showing even the slightest hint of trouble would give Cordelia an excuse to attack.
‘No, come to think of it, is it a good thing to be attacked?’
anyway.
Yuder, calming himself down with a cough, quickly continued speaking.
“When Manuel comes later, let’s ask him to go there. Vespa’s tomb itself is in the chapel located in a corner of the cemetery attached to the Abbey of Saint-Croute.”
“Yeah, you want to go there before meeting the branch manager?”
“Oh, I guess I’ll meet the branch manager after lunch at the earliest.”
And it happened just as Yuder had expected.
Manuel, who showed up for the breakfast invitation – Manuel, who looked hungover, to be exact – said with an apologetic face.
“The interview with the branch manager will probably be this afternoon. I’m sorry I can’t tell you the exact time.”
“No, that’s enough.”
This also took time in the first place.
Yuder, who had been placating Manuel with a smiling face, said with his usual sly smile.
“But, Manuel.”
“Yes, Lord Yuder.”
“After breakfast, I would like to take a quick tour of the Abbey of St. Croix. Is that okay?”
“Of course. Shall I show you around?”
“I would appreciate it if you could do that. However… if possible, I would like to spend some time praying at the prayer center.”
“Prayer?”
“Yes, if possible in a quiet place.”
In any case, it was the Holy Cross Guardians that started out as religious groups that worshipped God.
There was nothing strange about praying itself.
So, Yuder naturally led the conversation.
So that Manuel himself could recommend the monastery where Vespa’s tomb was hidden.
‘It’s really surprising every time I see it.’
Where on earth did they learn such fraudulent techniques?
Is that what you learned from that guy named Alexei I talked about last time?
Cordelia felt a mixture of admiration and a little fear at the sight of Uder skillfully roasting Manuel, but it only lasted a moment.
Anyway, Yuder was a swindler in our family.
“Then I will guide you after the meal.”
“Yes, thank you.”
About an hour like that.
After finishing their meal at the restaurant, Uther and Cordelia arrived at the prayer house located in the corner of the cemetery.
“Then I hope you have a good time.”
“Yes, thank you.”
Manuel left the monastery after exchanging slightly awkward greetings, and Uder and Cordelia waited until he had completely left before hurriedly entering the monastery.
“Wow, this place really looks old.”
The stone chapel appeared to be at least several hundred years old.
“Because Vespa himself was a person hundreds of years ago.”
“That’s right.”
As expected from a prayer house, the symbol of Solari was engraved on the front side.
The brightly shining sun.
Cordelia closed her eyes in silence and said a short prayer, while Uther looked around.
A place that is about 100 square meters, wide if it is wide, narrow if it is narrow.
“Are you done praying?”
“Oh, I’m sorry, I told you it would be over soon.”
“good job.”
I doubt Solari is watching this scene right now.
Opinions differed about her, with some saying she had disappeared while others said she had simply returned to heaven.
‘Although the extinction theory is the trend.’
Even if it wasn’t destroyed, it was likely that it was virtually dead, waiting to be resurrected.
‘Anyway.’
What mattered now was Vespa’s tomb.
Uder pieced together the information engraved on the stone tablet and found the hidden door to the monastery.
“bingo.”
A secret door leading underground.
When I opened it, which seemed to have not been opened for hundreds of years since it was closed, a wide, dark basement was revealed. It seemed to be at least ten meters deep.
“It feels a bit creepy.”
“After all, it is a grave.”
Yuder shrugged and answered, then threw light magic under his feet and jumped into the basement.
‘A long room.’
The width is about 7 meters and the length is about 20 meters.
At the end of the room was a large stone coffin, much like Galleon’s tomb.
And here was one more thing in common,
[Who is disturbing the peace of the warrior!]
A voice resonated through the sealed space, and a light appeared next to the sarcophagus, revealing two of the lowest-ranking angels, the ‘Guardians of the Tomb’.
[Who is disturbing the peace of the warrior!]
The tomb guardians, who looked like black panthers, had shining eyes and spread their wings, which looked quite menacing.
But Uder just laughed.
He had become too strong to be intimidated by the tomb guardians.
‘and.’
Actually, there is one more important reason.
Uder smiled with his arms crossed, then nodded and shouted.
“Go! Cordeliamon! This time, it’s you!”
“Falling behind?”
Cordelia, who had just started swearing, stepped forward as expected from a good person. She turned into an angel while facing the tomb guardians head-on.
The wide-open wings of light dispelling the darkness and the angel’s ring shining brightly above the head.
Moreover, he was no longer a 9th-grade angel.
Cordelia was promoted from 8th rank to 7th rank angel thanks to absorbing the divinity of the Holy Sword Claw Solas.
7th grade, not 9th grade.
That’s what it means.
“Hey, kneel down.”
When Cordelia gave her command in a haughty tone, the tomb guardians instinctively fell to the ground.
I had no choice but to do that.
Cordelia was a 7th level, and the tomb guardian was a 9th level.
“Class society bravo.”
Uther clapped his hands and laughed heartily, and Cordelia said with excitement.
“I like democracy.”
As expected, Cordelia.
Today too, it’s a feast of nonsense.
But it’s okay because it’s cute.
Uther, who was just as talkative as Cordelia, approached Cordelia and held out his hand.
“Then, Angel, shall we go?”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
The two people, holding hands, walked towards Vespa’s sarcophagus with elegant steps, like a fantasy couple.
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< Chapter 83 - The Guardians of the Holy Cross #4 > End
