The Blind Saint Who Can See - Chapter 93
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#93. Crack (3)
Flash!
Liliana’s bruises healed cleanly with white light. Liliana checked the healed wounds and crouched down to examine the inside of the drain.
“Liliana?”
“… … .”
It’s a place I really don’t want to go.
Inside, the smell was not just that of rotting corpses, but also the stench of sewage and all sorts of other filthy things. And on top of that, there was an unpleasant dampness.
But there was no other choice.
She pushed the stone blocking the drain, struggling to get rid of it. The smell grew even more unpleasant, and she felt nauseous.
“I think I need to go inside the drain… ….”
Liliana trembled and said, her face distorted. Her fluffy blonde hair stood on end.
At that moment, Dohyewon, who was on Liliana’s shoulder, jumped down!
Knock knock knock.
Again, swish, swish!
Do Hye-won, who had been walking confidently, jumped into the drain without a moment’s hesitation. Liliana clutched her forehead with a dumbfounded expression.
And he said with a groan.
“I think it would be better if I go in first and hold you inside.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
Finally, Liliana dipped her feet into the unknown sewage for the first time in her life. She was the first to go down, breathing through her mouth as she reached out to Justinas, but – she grabbed him in a fit of rage.
‘I’m so dizzy… … .’
She barely managed to suppress the urge to vomit as she slowly escorted Justinas. The cold, damp air was so toxic that each breath left her dizzy.
Then a light flashed.
Liliana turned her gaze to Justinas, feeling the nausea disappearing. She smiled faintly as she took Liliana’s hand.
“…Thank you, but it’s not enough to require treatment. Save your energy.”
“Oh. You don’t have to worry about me.”
Justinas waved his hand.
“I’m used to it because I always lived in places like this when I was young. Well, it’s better than this because it’s ventilated… … .”
Liliana shut her mouth.
She knew where Justinas came from, but she had never even seen the slums in the country. Naturally, she had no idea how bad the conditions were in ‘Kieto’, which was called the continent’s garbage dump.
“Really?”
The question came from below.
Do Hye-won, who seemed quite accustomed to the stench, stared at Justinas as she returned to her half-human, half-beast form.
“I thought you grew up in a temple.”
“It’s been like that since I was twelve.”
Justinas smiled at Dohyewon and pointed ahead.
“There’s a lot of magic flow here. I think it’d be better to go backwards.”
“I get it.”
Liliana also read the magic with her reddened eyes. The area ahead was filled with ominous, deep blue magic, so much so that she instinctively wanted to avoid it.
So the three of them walked along the damp drain. There was a squeaking sound with every step they took.
“hmm?”
The increasingly narrow path was soon blocked by an iron gate. Liliana muttered, her brow furrowing.
“You’re putting a door in the drain? That’s an incomprehensible structure.”
“It’s strange.”
Do Hye-won said quietly.
“As far as I know, the inside of a hydrangea drain isn’t like this.”
Of course. Was there a ledge to block the drain to let the water flow? And it was an iron door like that, not even a window.
Justinas, who had been watching quietly from behind, said.
“It’s probably because this is a crack. Dimensional rifts change according to the tastes of the demons who created them.”
“hmm…….”
While Liliana stroked her chin, Dohyewon reached out her soft hand and brushed the dust off the iron door. Then, a blurry phrase appeared.
There are candles, but no matches.
There are numbers, but no letters.
There is a needle, but no thread.
There is poetry, but no novels.
What is this?
***
Cedric and Izumi rode their horses without stopping for a moment. In the middle of the ride, the horses were panting because they had been riding for so long that they had to change mounts.
Thanks to this, the two arrived in the capital in less than a day. The fact that they were returning after completing their mission also played a part.
“I was planning on sending a messenger anyway, but you returned so quickly.”
The two people who returned were greeted by Do-seong-ji. She, who had unusually left the audience room, linked arms.
“My brother disappeared.”
“Youth and Liliana would have been there too.”
Izumi stated coldly.
Do Seong-ji’s eyebrows rose.
“From the way you say it, it seems like you knew the situation. How… … .”
She was about to ask a question, but soon shook her head and broke out in a cold sweat.
“Then, Your Majesty, you won’t mind if I trample on ‘this’, which is nothing more than a weed?”
That’s the kind of woman she is.
A woman who instantly overwhelmed Do Seong-ji, who had never been afraid of anyone except her father and older brother Do Seon-woo.
Even she was a true ‘Emperor’ who possessed a limited amount of divine miracles that humans could not dare to reach.
It wouldn’t be at all strange if they kept hidden the means to warn their colleagues in case of an emergency.
“Your Majesty, do you know something? This is the first time that Yus has suddenly lost contact like this.”
“Do you know anything?”
Doseiji frowned at Izumi’s confident questioning.
The only person she felt uncomfortable with was the priestess. She had little interest in the brash nobleman and the man of unknown origin in front of her.
A chilling crimson glow flashed.
“You really didn’t hear any information from the priestess?”
In fact, she was very upset.
It had not even been a month since I had found my younger brother, whom I had cherished for 300 years, but he had disappeared again for an unknown reason.
“I, it’s true! The two nobles and the fox suddenly disappeared into thin air!”
“Please save me, save me, save me. I am telling you only the truth.”
“Your Majesty, it is true. I also really do not know where the fox went… … .”
Even if you torture the soldiers who were with you, the only information they can give you is useless information like, ‘They disappeared in an instant as if they were melting into thin air.’
No further testimony was obtained until all nearby soldiers and their families had been killed.
It means it’s on the verge of exploding.
The only reason Dosungji didn’t go wild was because of the priestess’ halo and the refreshing image she had whenever she met Izumi’s eyes.
The calm lake is blue, as if it were reflecting the clear sky without a single cloud. The surrounding area is fresh with grass covered in refreshing dew, and a large zelkova tree stands on one side of the lake.
Izumi Polly sat right under the apricot tree and smiled as she looked at the apricot blossoms in her hand as if they were very precious.
A gentle breeze gently rustles his bangs along with apricot petals.
If you watch that scene quietly, Izumi Polly will soon find the other person and smile brightly.
“… … .”
The crimson eyes that had been sparkling with madness gradually regained their senses. Do Seong-ji slowly brushed his hair back.
“Do you really not know anything?”
It was then that the man who had been giving off an ominous aura from behind stepped forward.
The beautiful eyes of the city of Dosungji narrowed.
‘What a disturbing image.’
Even though they were colleagues who hung out together, that man was the complete opposite of Izumi Polly.
It was certainly a vast image.
The fields were desolate, as if a huge fire had swept through them. The remnants of fire left here and there hinted at what had happened before.
In that empty, gray world, the only ray of light shone.
The light was shot straight through the dark clouds that were so dark that even the sun could not be seen. The man was staring blankly at the direct sunlight.
Even if my eyes are blinded by the light and my whole body is burned red.
Just blankly.
Without fail.
Blindly.