The Sword Genius of the Magic Empire - Chapter 103



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Enoch tilted his head for a moment.

“The story is abrupt. A problem?”

Not only did the outrageous topic of the saint’s escort come up out of nowhere, but what was the problem?

“That was a big leap. Let me explain.”

Grantal straightened his posture and continued speaking.

“First of all, the roles of the missions performed by the Elseid family are very diverse. However, some of them are classified as special missions that require ‘qualifications.’”

“It’s a special mission.”

“Yes. The purpose is not simply general combat-related missions. It’s things like protecting important figures or transporting dangerous individuals.”

The context was quickly apparent.

After all, protecting someone is a different mission than just fighting an all-out battle.

“I get the general flow of the story.”

Enoch stared at Granthal with calm eyes.

“Then the problem is my qualifications?”

“You got the point.”

Granthal nodded, looking at Enoch.

“There are many types of duties that are usually given to stock brokers after they have met the qualification requirements.”

It was a new story.

Didn’t you pass Nemesis’ first test before going on the last joint mission to prove your qualifications?

Granthal continued.

“The original security mission required professional training. But in that area, Lord Enoch has no experience yet.”

But, he said, turning his gaze to the documents.

“Also, since the Saintess personally selected Enoch for the mission, I cannot refuse it.”

“I know.”

The influence that the designated mission has on the main clan is enormous. It has appeared several times in the original work.

In particular, the person requesting this assignment is none other than….

“Because she is a saint.”

Enoch’s eyes narrowed as he spoke.

A being that is a symbol of the imperial sect.

Among the healers belonging to the sect that worships the goddess, she is the most skilled and devout, and is a holy girl who receives overwhelming support from the public for her nobility and compassion.

What if you refuse the mission of such a saint?

Perhaps, depending on the response of the church or the saint, you may have to be prepared for your family’s prestige to decline.

That is, will the current family take the risk that Enoch, who has not received proper training in escort, may fail the mission?

Or, he must choose between rejecting the saint’s request using Enoch’s qualifications as an excuse.

So in this situation there was only one choice.

“I will do it.”

“yes?”

Granthal raised his head. Seeing his expression of surprise at the almost immediate answer, Enoch nodded in agreement.

It was never for the family.

I was just convinced by what I had heard so far.

There is something we have to do in this mission.

It was a decision and a choice for that.

“Is that okay? As is customary for the family, we will consult your opinion on such matters.”

“Even if you refuse the mission proposed by the saint, it will be impossible if there is no justification.”

Enoch added calmly.

“I’ll go there and listen to the story first.”

“Ugh.”

Granthal nodded for a moment.

“Usually, it’s something that should be decided after careful consideration. Your Majesty’s judgment and ability to act are truly amazing.”

Granthal looked a little surprised.

Enoch turned his head absentmindedly and looked out the window.

“I will take that as a compliment.”

“To be honest.”

When I turned my head, Grantal was looking this way.

He spoke with his usual serious look in his eyes.

“I didn’t know you were this kind of person, Master.”

Well, it would be natural, since I’ve been locked up in a corner of the room until now. Enoch answered him slowly.

“Actually, I think so too.”

I didn’t know it would be a strange answer, but it is a literal impression without any exaggeration or lies.

After all, I also don’t know exactly what kind of person I am.

But just one thing.

There was one thing that was most certain in the current situation.

‘I absolutely had to accept the mission.’

So, acting like this would be the closest thing to the right choice. The reason was so obvious.

Because the saint had something to do.

That’s also very, very important.

***

The chilly early spring weather was soon thawing.

As I got off at the appointed location in the family vehicle, a huge building appeared before my eyes.

─Holy dwelling.

The highest institution of the religious order and the place where the saint resides.

A building with elegant curves and protrusions in white. This is definitely what is called neo-Gothic style. It was a fairly large building, although not as large as the Elseid Citadel.

“Thank you for your hard work in coming such a long way.”

As I was watching that for a moment, a nun wearing a habit approached me and slowly bowed her head.

“Follow me. I will guide you.”

She added, glancing this way.

“The saint is waiting.”

I was guided inside the sanctuary.

A place where entry is prohibited unless invited.

I turned my head to look around and saw tall pillars lined up in all directions, and huge statues of saints with white and thin gold frames stood tall.

And all around, there were nuns and monks walking through the hallways.

Enoch glanced at them from the corner of his eye as he walked.

‘All of them are healers.’

They must be exceptionally skilled, on par with the magicians belonging to the Juga clan representing each branch of magic in the empire.

Even some of the characters were familiar ones that we had seen several times in the original work.

This is proof that the most capable healers in the empire are gathered around the cult.

This is precisely why it is a group with such great influence and ramifications that even the world’s Elseid cannot treat the religious order lightly.

– Hey, that person is… … .

– That’s right. Recently, a famous person in my immediate family…

Suddenly, I heard a quiet muttering in my ear.

When I stopped thinking and looked around, I could already feel the gazes of nuns and priests everywhere.

Even though Enoch was in a position where he had a lot of attention, he still felt uncomfortable being the center of attention.

Enoch realized this and walked further inside.

“Then, please wait in this reception room for a moment.”

Then the nun guided Enoch to a door. He turned his head to see it and almost burst into a bitter laugh.

“Here?”

It was a room with an inner wall made of transparent glass. The interior certainly looked luxurious, but it seemed like it would be a perfect place to focus attention.

“The saint will soon finish her prayer schedule. Please wait here and we will meet together.”

But the nun just smiled and walked away. Enoch frowned for a moment, thinking, “Why did I have to wait in a place like this?”

Before I knew it, I was being stared at by people with interest that I couldn’t even hide.

‘The more I stay here, the more attention I’ll get.’

Of course, the people on the religious side are not magicians belonging to the family. However, it is still not good to be exposed to the public eye. It is quite uncomfortable.

Then a surprised voice rang out from Enoch’s side.

“Oh? Oh, are you Enoch Elseid?”

It was a familiar, young voice.

Looking back, he saw a surprised-looking girl dressed in a white nun’s habit. Enoch looked at her for a moment and then asked.

“His name is… … .”

“It’s Lily! See you here again?”

That’s right. Thinking about it, that’s what it was.

Lily. She was the nun who had cast a healing spell on Enoch when he had collapsed in the Suin village last time. It was a brief meeting, but I remembered her to some extent.

Enoch glanced around and nodded.

“Yes. Now that you mention it, it’s a good thing.”

“Ah, ah? Lord Enoch?”

Enoch slowly approached Lily and whispered in her ear so that the onlookers wouldn’t hear.

“This reception room is a little uncomfortable. I’m trying to find the place where the saint is. Do you know where to go?”

“Yes, four? Enoch?”

Lily was surprised to see that the corners of her ears turned red, as if they were closer than she had thought.

“That’s too close…!”

Then, some of the young nuns who were watching nearby started making a commotion, making a small noise.

– Oh, do you two know each other?

– By any chance! It’s a forbidden secret affair… … !

Enoch almost let out a sneer at the imaginative excitement that seemed to be blooming flowers around them.

Do the healers belonging to the sect have heads covered in flowers? I don’t think it was like that in the original.

But apart from that.

That kind of atmosphere seemed useful in its own way.

Although he had never tried this before, Enoch lightly grabbed Lily’s wrist.

“If it’s okay, could you please guide me? I’ll just wait quietly there.”

As expected, the reaction from those around me was explosive.

Among the nuns nearby, some took out their terminals with sparkling eyes, while others clasped their hands together and assumed a praying posture.

“Ugh-.”

As expected, Lily, who had turned red like a beet, seemed unable to bear the gazes of those around her, looked back and forth between them and this person. She made a hand gesture that pushed her chest and shouted softly.

“Oh, I see! So please step away from me!”

Enoch nodded as he looked at her.

As expected, it was quite effective.

As I followed her down the hallway, the people watching me here and there soon became thinner and soon disappeared.

It certainly seemed like he was going deep into the sanctuary.

Only then did Lily glance over and say:

“You’re being too mean. The other nuns have been really interested in this kind of thing lately.”

“interest?”

“Dating, men. The nuns’ dormitory is originally in Geumnam-gu. Ugh, I think everyone will tease me for a long time about what happened today… …!”

She grumbled a bit and asked,

“Oh, come to think of it, are you okay with the injury from last time?”

Lily asked, a little worried, perhaps remembering the wounds she had treated at that time.

Enoch nodded.

“Thank you.”

“I don’t know why at the time, but Enoch definitely didn’t receive the healing. I thought there might be something wrong.”

Lily shook her head and said.

“If you need more healing, I would like to treat you again in my capacity as a physician.”

At her words, Enoch turned his head slightly.

Perhaps because it was just after the mad magic resistance work, it might not work anymore.

“The Saint is inside here?”

“Yes. Usually, he is very busy with his schedule of prayers, press conferences, etc. He spends most of his time here while living in the Holy Land.”

Enoch silently agreed with Lily’s words.

Well, it would be expected for a saint to do that.

If she was a saint, she was no different from the ‘idol’ of the church.

Of course, they don’t really dance or sing like idols, but their recognition itself is incomparable to that.

If she were to perform a religious ceremony in public or attend an event attended by important figures of the empire, it would usually be a huge topic of conversation.

“You’re busy. It seems like the saintess’s popularity is quite high in the empire.”

“After the death of the previous saintess. She ascended to the position of saintess with overwhelming support. She is currently on a temporary mission to Artisan Territory with her twin saintess!”

“… twin saints.”

Enoch quietly hummed the familiar tune.

Of those now called the Twin Saints in the Empire, only one has asked for help.

And this was a person I knew very well.

Of course, the reason she was so well-known to the public as a saint was because of her alluring appearance, but the most important thing was her unique magic.

A wizard who manifests unique magic in the form of healing magic, which is especially rare in the empire.

Information about her flashed through my mind.

“A unique magic that has abilities close to miracles.”

“Even among the 10th-grade or higher healers known throughout the empire, there was no magic officially used for healing purposes that surpassed the saint’s unique magic.”

A truly overwhelming talent for healing magic. That was one of the conditions for becoming a saint in the first place.

In an empire, it would be natural for someone of that level of power to rise to the most symbolic position in the religious order.

Enoch, who was thinking like that, realized that Lily had stopped walking and glanced ahead.

A large stone door was in front of us.

“The saint is in the prayer room in front. The schedule will be over soon, so please wait─.”

But the moment Lily spoke, Enoch had already opened the door without hesitation.

“Ahh!”

When Lily screamed, realizing that it was too late to lead the way, Enoch stopped walking inside.

The interior of the prayer room was high and deep.

But there were no statues or people. It was just an empty room with cold gray walls and long chairs lined up on either side.

However, there was a large glass window on one wall.

Golden sunlight poured down on the empty stone structure, where someone was standing still.

A girl with long, wavy blonde hair, wearing a thin, light black robe resembling a nun’s habit, and a veil made of pure white cloth pulled back behind her head.

She stood with her back to me, clasping her hands together in front of her chest.

She was a saint.

And then.

“It is not yet time for prayer time to end.”

She slowly opened her lips, her golden eyelashes fluttering. Her emerald eyes, slowly opening, stared at me, shining green.

“Sure. Enoch Elseid, is that right?”

It was a gentle voice, as I already knew.

“Yes.”

Enoch nodded slowly.

─ “Saint”, Amelia.

The current generation’s representative goddess belonging to the religious order.

A healer who reigned as a tier 1 healer in the original work.

And from this side’s perspective, one of the candidates for the next successor family must be welcomed.

It was my first meeting with her.