Paladin of the Dead God - Chapter 129



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Episode 129 Duke Brandt’s Troubles (2)

“This is… … “It’s a historic castle.”

Isaac muttered deeply as he stepped into the red castle.

Ruzberg means red mountain. Usually, the fortresses of these great nobles were often renamed after their family names, but Ruzberg was a place with such a long history that it was difficult to do so.

“You can just say it’s the castle where Elil lived. “It’s a story everyone knows.”

Although Isaac deliberately avoided mentioning that it was the territory ruled by ‘that’ Elil, Dietrich said it without any hesitation.

At a time when the Code of Light was building a great empire and spreading its influence, Ruzberg was the central city given to Elil, who had achieved so many achievements that he was allowed to become an angel while still alive.

This castle, which he later passed on to his daughter, Dancer, passed through countless hands and is now in the hands of the Duke of Brandt. In a way, it was a place with a deeper history than Ultenheim, the imperial capital.

However, Isaac had no time to soak in the lingering memories of such a famous historical place.

Dietrich took Isaac with him and headed straight to the depths of Ruzberg. As he went on, Dietrich seemed to have lost his composure, and his steps became faster and faster. By the end he was halfway through running. When the smile that was always visible on the boat disappeared completely, Isaac wondered if the situation was that serious.

After passing through the heavily guarded gate several times, we arrived in front of a tower with a small garden. In front of the narrow and small tower, a rather strange and somewhat awkward scene was waiting for him.

“Are you here?”

Women gathered together and guarded the front of the tower.

She looked somewhat elegant for a maid, but her attire was not uniform. Since Dietrich didn’t show any formality when he came, it seemed like they were probably relatives or acquaintances.

What was strange was that they all held swords, spears, or bows. When I saw him holding it, it didn’t look particularly skillful.

Dietrich didn’t care and went straight to the women.

“What about Isolde?”

“You seemed a little discouraged when you heard about your condition, but you are in good health. “You are eating well.”

Dietrich looked up at the tower with an embarrassed face. A silhouette wandered by the window at the top of the tower.

It was clearly Isolde.

“i get it. “Please step aside for a moment.”

The women did as they were told and left the place, dragging heavy weapons. Dietrich looked around and spoke to Isaac.

“From here on out, I think I’ll have to go alone, Sir Isacrea.”

“Things are starting to feel more and more strange.”

“You once asked me what kind of ‘blessing’ Isolde had. “I think I can finally tell you.”

The content did not even hint at how thoroughly security was maintained.

Dietrich opened his mouth with difficulty.

“I guess it’s probably some kind of ‘enchantment’ effect.”

“… … Fascination?”

“I don’t know the exact doctrine. I heard that the Red Grail Club has a holy relic called a ‘love elixir’ or a similar type of miracle. Perhaps a similar miracle happened to Isolde. Not to fall in love, but to fall in love with it. “They say it gets stronger as time goes by.”

Isaac was astonished.

He too had played the Red Grail Club before, so he knew very well what a miracle it was.

Because it was so fringe and not helpful in battle, it was classified as a trash skill, but it was also a miracle mentioned in countless legends and lore.

Charming or mentally manipulating someone was the Red Grail’s specialty.

“Since when has it been on hold?”

“It’s been about three months. “I have been looking for a way to purify it, but it is difficult to reveal it openly because it is a problem, and it is rather difficult because it is a blessing rather than a curse.”

Some types of blessings are difficult to distinguish from curses.

Beauty is one of them.

“Originally, we decided that only men needed to be careful, so we only had maids serve us. But, well, the blessings became more and more serious, and eventually it got to the point where even the maids had to be banned from visiting.”

“… … Are you in trouble?”

“Isolde, I’m glad that kid has the skills to defeat any knight.”

Isaac found out why the front of the tower was guarded by women who looked like they had never held a sword in their lives. It may have been to prevent men from entering, even out of curiosity, and to ensure that even if someone did enter, Isolde could subdue them herself.

‘I think I know why the Inquisition hurriedly kicked Isolde out to Brandt’s territory.’

I thought it was a check on Duke Brandt, but it turned out that the Heresy Inquisition was also struggling to survive.

If there was a problem with Isolde’s safety, more than one person would be killed. They must have hastily sent him home before the curse, or rather the blessing, got stronger.

In the end, Dietrich tried to find a way, but couldn’t find it, so he set out to find Isaac.

The question was, why myself?

“Wait a minute, then shouldn’t I come visit too?”

“Well, first of all, there are a few things I found out during my research.”

Dietrich said, looking up the tower cautiously.

“First of all, it is assumed that this blessing or something was given by an angel. “It is said that it is difficult for a priest to exert this level of power simply by casting it.”

“… … “You must be suspicious of the Prophet of Red Flesh.”

“I suspect so because that is the only place my daughter has recently visited that has anything to do with angels. Therefore, she decided that the Grail Knight who banished that very angel was the right person to be.”

The Holy Grail Knight who defeated the prodigal woman’s charms and defeated the evil curse.

This too is a story like something out of a fairy tale. Maybe Dietrich is expecting something like that from Isaac.

But for Isaac, it was just an embarrassment.

“Are there any other reasons?”

“Hmm, in the case of these blessings, there is one method passed down as a way to unlock them.”

“How to unlock it?”

“It satisfies the conditions for blessing.”

Dietrich muttered while holding his forehead. Isaac tilted his head, not understanding what was being said. Then Dietrich muttered as if he could not stop talking.

“The traditional phrase in the lore related to love potions is that when you become connected to the person you love, the blessings are naturally released.”

Only then did Isaac realize why Dietrich had treated him so politely and in a son-in-law manner on the way here.

***

When Isaac opened the door and entered, a dark staircase immediately caught his eye. Dietrich was away early. I heard that men find it difficult to even bear the smell coming from them.

[Nameless Chaos is watching you.]

‘It smells a little sweet, but I’m not sure yet.’

Isaac carefully climbed the stairs. But soon he almost fainted when he saw a black silhouette standing at the top of the stairs.

Standing quietly in the dark was a gray-haired middle-aged lady.

She held a sword and shield in her hands. Like the women outside, she was acting as Isolde’s guard.

However, unlike the women earlier, the posture of holding the sword was correct.

“Are you the Holy Grail Knight?”

A noble lady’s voice was heard without any difference in pitch. Isaac nodded his head cautiously.

Isaac suddenly realized that the position she was standing in was quite strategic. When Isaac swings his sword, he hits a wall or has limited visibility, but the place where the lady was standing was not only a place where she could step freely, but was also a comfortable place to swing the sword.

‘Not only have I trained with a sword… … This is a person with practical experience. ‘Is he an escort driver?’

The lady just looked down at Isaac for a long time. She wondered if something was wrong, but as she waited quietly, she quickly nodded her head.

“Your eyes don’t get bloodshot, you don’t say foul language, and you don’t go crazy and run away. Sorry for the late confirmation. Please follow me.”

“Oh, yes.”

As the lady moved, a clanking sound rang out. The lady had a chain wrapped around her ankle. It seemed like she herself had put restrictions on herself to prevent any ‘misfortune’ from happening. Her keys probably aren’t in her hands either.

By the time the lady stopped after climbing the stairs, the chain had become taut.

She raised her sword and pointed at the door.

“She’s in there. Please be kind to me.”

‘Him?’

Isaac didn’t know it in the dark, but he realized that the lady’s face looked quite similar to Isolde’s.

“Are you a duchess?”

The noble lady looked at Isaac with a haggard face. Then she let out a sigh as if she realized her mistake.

“Ah, I didn’t even introduce myself. I couldn’t sleep well for a while. My name is Priya Brandt. “She’s the baby’s mother.”

It was a simple introduction, but she was a duchess.

Isaac felt strange as he watched the Duchess stand guard all night in a narrow tower with chains wrapped around her feet.

In the end, even if it is Lee In-ja’s family that controls the empire, should we say that they are one person’s mother and father?

At that time, Priya bowed her head and said.

“Since you are a renowned Grail Knight, I believe nothing rude will happen to you.”

“… … “You don’t have to worry.”

“yes. thank you However, if it is truly unavoidable, I would ask that she not be severely insulted.”

Isaac thought that the couple’s concerns were excessive because they raised their daughter with great care. Of course, I couldn’t let Isolde live like this, suffering from this crazy blessing, so I had to cancel it, but Isaac didn’t want to do anything embarrassing in the process.

‘They say that in order for the condition to be fulfilled in the first place, you have to be in a relationship with someone you love? Isolde has never shown me that much favor.’

“Don’t worry.”

But all Isaac could say was to reassure his worried parents.

Isaac already knew how to unlock this blessing.

It wasn’t a difficult method.

***

As I opened the door and entered, the sweet scent became stronger.

Isaac felt a little dizzy, but that was it. It was a small room, but Isolde was not visible.

“Heretic Questioner?”

When Isaac called, a shout could be heard from somewhere. Isol De cautiously poked her head out from behind the curtain hidden on her pillar. She seemed much more depressed than before.

“… … “Holy Grail Knight?”

Joy, surprise, worry, hope, nervousness, anxiety… … A look filled with complex emotions passed across my face. And at the same time Isaac felt her head throbbing.

Only then did he understand what impulses the men felt when they saw Isolde.

‘Is this a love potion or something? That’s the effect.’

It felt like all of Isolde’s charms were maximized and rushed into me.

This was not the kind of sensation that could be denied. I had thought she was pretty before, but her charm was incomparable to his.

If the charm of the Nephilim was that of a leader who caught the attention of the crowd, the blessing created by the Red Grail was a violent charm that made one imagine even the unseen.

Contrary to the confidence he had before coming in, Isaac realized that there was no way he could overcome this blessing.

When Isaac didn’t respond, anxiety flashed across Isolde’s face.

Isaac took a deep breath.

[Nameless Chaos is watching you.]

At that moment, Isaac rushed forward and stabbed Isolde in the solar plexus with the knife he had prepared. Isolde opened her eyes wide in disbelief, then rolled her eyes and sat down.

As Isolde fell, Isaac felt that his head was feeling relatively better than before. But he still felt dizzy.

Isaac hurriedly opened the window and shot out his will.

‘Hezabel.’

Then, a red mist seeped in between the iron bars of the window, as if waiting. Soon the red mist took the form of Hesabel and appeared.

“I was waiting. Sir Isaac!”