Paladin of the Dead God - Chapter 143



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Episode 143 Blades in the stomach (1)

The emperor rewarded Isaac with various gold and jewels. He was the mastermind behind foiling plots and kidnappings involving Isolde. He had already received an undeserved reward from Dietrich, but Isaac did not dare refuse.

No, rather, I didn’t have the spirit to refuse.

‘Isolde Brandt.’

Instead of going straight back to Ruzberg Castle, Isaac just walked down the street.

My stomach was churning. This was especially true given that the current situation was ultimately created by his own hands.

Isaac must restore the Holy Land. For that to happen, the Dawn Army must rise up and bring in the emperor. If he participates in the Dawn Army, he will have to take on important responsibilities in the military, and to take on such important responsibilities, he needs a background.

And to get the biggest and flashiest background, you have to marry Isolde.

What kind of logic is this?

I couldn’t find a hole to get out of.

Why did the Red Flesh Prophet suffer so much before being digested by Isolde? She, too, is probably shedding tears of blood inside Isolde’s stomach.

If not, Isaac wanted to punch holes in his eyes himself.

‘I’m sure you’re angry because you were forced to stay with a woman you don’t like. ‘But I’ll try not to bother her.’

This was what Isolde said before leaving.

Isaac was also angry at Isolde’s attitude.

Isolde is not a good enough person to say something like that, nor is she the type of person to be sold and married. No, on the contrary, she is a person who has more than enough.

She is the woman everyone wants, and she is the person who will be in the absolute top position no matter who she marries.

Nevertheless, paradoxically, the reason she looked like that was because of Isaac. Because her Isaac was pushing her away.

It was making Isaac angry.

‘Your reluctance is abnormal. ‘You know, right?’

What the mirror maid said is true.

He knows that Isolde is not only full of him but also too much for him.

But Isaac could not accept her love.

Who would marry someone who, when you cut open their stomach, a monster comes out from inside?

If you kill a baby, do you know what will come out of it? Can you be honest with your spouse for the rest of your life? Can you say that he is a person who uses, kills, and eats anything he can to achieve his goals?

Even if everything goes well and you fall in love with someone and plan to be together for 100 years, one day you suddenly hear, ‘Congratulations! You are victorious!’ What if a message like this appears and you return to your original room?

What if all of this is just an illusion?

All of that was scary to Isaac.

He didn’t want to make anyone he loved in this world.

I didn’t want to think about really stepping into this world.

Isaac wanted to scream.

[Nameless Chaos is watching you.]

At some point, Isaac realized that he had stopped still.

And that someone was holding his hand tightly.

When I turned around, I saw Isolde clutching her hand so tightly that it hurt.

Before I knew it, winter rain was falling.

Her face was white from how long she had been running in the rain. In one hand she held an umbrella that had not yet been opened.

“I forgot to tell you this. “Isaac.”

Isolde barely caught her breath and let out one word at a time.

“I really like it. “It usually starts like this, right?”

***

“Heretic Questioner, when… … .”

“We started off on the wrong foot. Yes?”

Isaac thought he should put an umbrella over Isolde, but she didn’t give him the chance.

“Whether it’s the Red Grail, the duke’s house, or the emperor, I tell them to throw it all away. “It shouldn’t have started this way.”

“… … .”

Isaac struggled to find the words to reply. But the moment he met Isolde’s unwavering eyes, he could not find anything to say.

It was a look of intense confidence.

When I was trapped in a tower and hoped for salvation.

It was a face that could not be seen when he was pushed as a trading partner in front of the emperor.

This face was the real Isolde’s face.

“Then we can start again from here!”

A person with a bright light who willingly rescues people who were wandering in the black winter rain.

“I really like it! “If it’s okay, could you hang out with me?”

Isolde’s voice echoed through the streets.

Under the pouring gaze, Isaac felt difficulty breathing. Fortunately, no one seemed to recognize Isolde or Isaac. I thought it was fortunate that it was a rainy winter street.

Isaac could tell that this was her sincerity.

I’m not saying this just because I was pushed around and to make an arranged marriage a success.

You can tell that without activating the Eye of Chaos. No, actually, I knew it from the beginning.

“I am not as good a person as you think. “Isolde.”

Isaac was able to find something to say after a long silence.

“You’re not seeing the real me, you’re seeing the ideal version of what you want to be.”

Isaac is not acting as his true self, but as a false Grail Knight.

A bloodthirsty monster stirs within him. And the madmen who dreamed of the apocalypse are preparing to invade his consciousness. In fact, Isaac had thought of harming her in order to keep her alive. Isolde does not know that fact.

However, Isolde spoke without wavering.

“Are you being honest?”

“yes.”

“I fell in love with Isaac for his face, not his inner self. So there will be nothing to lose your mind.”

Isolde answered straight away without hesitation.

Isaac opened his mouth for a moment, waved his hands in the air, and darted his eyes around, but still couldn’t find anything to say.

I expected to hear something like this at least once in my life, but I never thought it would be here now.

Isaac tried to think of something else to say to appease Isolde, but gave up. No matter how much he thought about it, it seemed irresponsible to ask him to find someone else who could surpass the Nephilim’s looks.

And in a different context, I liked her answer.

I don’t know if she meant it seriously, but if Isolde said it, she will leave Isaac when his good looks fade. Just because she’s in your film doesn’t mean she won’t age. She or she might get sick of it and leave before then.

It won’t matter to Isolde how monstrous she is or how scary a secret she holds. In that case, it doesn’t matter if she plays as many false Holy Grail knights as she wants.

Because she likes to fake herself.

If you use the Eye of Confusion now, you will be able to see into her entire head. You will be able to find out if what you just said was sincere, or if you were just saying it to make Isaac feel at ease.

But Isaac didn’t do that. No, he didn’t want to.

“great. then… … .”

Isaac opened the umbrella Isolde brought. The sound of rain hitting the umbrella was loud.

Since it was a rainy winter night, I thought there would be no one around, but surprisingly, there were a few people around.

At a bar that was open late, a few old people were sharing a drink, and a patrolling security guard passed by, flashing military boots. Two well-dressed men and women were talking about something interesting under a roof and then entered an alley.

Isaac touched his rain-soaked lips for the first time under the umbrella.

Isolde stood still, holding the hand holding the umbrella with Isaac. Even when she parted her lips she didn’t say anything like what should I do now. She was just there.

I felt dizzy. She felt like she should say something, but somehow nothing came to mind.

It was a cold, lonely, damp, dark night.

It’s like that most nights.

But that night, there was something so beautiful that it made my heart tremble.

So, thanks to him, Isaac felt like he could love the night for a while.

***

First of all, the announcement of Isolde-Isaac’s engagement was postponed.

There was a lot to prepare for, and there was an opinion that it was not appropriate to suddenly reveal Isaac. The banquet had no choice but to end in disarray, but the nobles who expected a surprise announcement were not disappointed.

This was because the rumor that Isaac was in Ruzberg had already spread. Accordingly, rumors linking Isolde’s return and the two spread together.

There is a rumor that the Brandt family’s son-in-law is the Holy Grail Knight Isaac Isacrea.

Although it was not yet clear whether it was true or not, it was already spreading as if it were a fait accompli, especially among the imperialist nobles.

And they hastened to make political calculations, anticipating what kind of repercussions this would cause in the future.

“Why not make it public when the right time comes?”

“Of course it is. The question is when the ‘right time’ is.”

Isaac grunted and responded to the guard knight’s words.

The emperor stayed in that small mansion throughout his stay in Rougeberg. He couldn’t go out because of his shiny deer antlers, but instead he constantly discussed and plotted something with Dietrich. And he called Isaac every day and talked to him.

Naturally, Isaac also had many opportunities to talk with the royal knights in the garden.

“I don’t want to rush the announcement. I hope the timing is right. “The Church of the Code of Light must have already been nervous after hearing the news of my return, so I think it would be appropriate to make an announcement when an appropriate situation arises to strengthen the Church’s side.”

Ultimately, it is an endless series of politics, politics, politics.

Everything has to be political. Especially if you are a ‘weak’ person like Isaac.

The guard knight, René Romerk, touched his cheek with an embarrassed expression. Compared to her swordsmanship skills, she was a quiet person. From the time she was born until now, it was clear that she had only focused on training her swordsmanship.

She looked like she had a headache and then said.

“The reason I think a lot is because I feel comfortable in my body. Holy Grail Knight. Shall we train our swordsmanship?”

“… … “Didn’t I tell you how bad my swordsmanship skills are?”

I thought that the Imperial Guard Knights who protect the imperial family were people who risked their lives to protect the imperial family, but it turned out that they were crazy about self-discipline. Of course, looking at their skills alone, they were capable of beating even the knight commanders, but it was unknown whether their security skills were outstanding.

‘Is it because the emperor himself is strong? He might not mind as long as he protects himself and operates the Imperial Guard in a way that eliminates the cause of the threat.’

In addition, Emperor Waldzemer has the ability to summon a named divine beast called Haltava. Since he is a god comparable to an angel, there may actually be no need to worry about security.

And it is true that the imperial guard knights are strong. Isaac knew without having to fight. He said it would be difficult to defeat these monsters unless he used a miracle.

“What, what’s going on?”

At that time, another guard knight who heard Isaac’s grumbling approached.

“Chief Engineer Bachel.”

“Ah, is the Holy Grail Knight here?”

Another imperial guard knight, Vaslav Norton, was dispatched here with Rene. But everyone called him Bachel for short. He looked like he was in his 40s, had narrow eyes, and looked somewhat baggy, but he actually had the status of a senior knight, which could be said to be the leader of the knights’ order.

Considering that the Imperial Guard Knights only received commands and orders from the Emperor and had no other rank differences, they could actually be said to be the strongest of the Imperial Guard Knights.

“Baschul, that’s… … .”

Rene relayed Isaac’s concerns to Bachel.

After hearing the story, Bachel answered right away without much hesitation.

“Renee is right. The reason I have so many thoughts is because the Holy Grail Knight is feeling well right now. “Let’s spar or something.”

‘What should we do with these people who are crazy about swordsmanship?’

In fact, Isaac thought that he was already dead and had fallen into Elil’s Colosseum. However, Bachel did not stop at just joking and threw Isaac a practice sword that was naturally lying in the garden.

Isaac suddenly took the sword.

“Now, please come forward. Holy Grail Knight. “After I worked hard, everything became simple and my worries disappeared.”

Isaac did not ask how he could defeat the chief knight of the imperial guard. This is because it was obvious that they would say, ‘Winning or losing is not important in sparring, it is about reflecting on yourself and improving yourself.’

‘To me, swordsmanship is a tool for achieving victory, not a means of self-discipline.’

However, looking at the expressions on Bachul and Rene’s faces, they seemed to have no interest in resolving their concerns and that they were dying to see the Holy Grail Knight’s skills. Isaac sighed heavily, but decided to match the rhythm for now.

‘I might be going to Elil Kingdom soon, so it might be a good idea to brush up on my swordsmanship skills.’

If Elil’s prosecutors were better than these people, they would be no worse off.