I Became a Villain who Receives Obsession

43 – Cult (3)

“Altaic.”

‘He’s an old man with a dirty personality.’

“Count… ?”

When I stopped, Elaine raised her head and carefully asked me.

After staring at her for a while, I turned back to face Allegri.

Allegri still has a warm impression.

A woman named Scarlet was guarding her side, and behind us was Hatoon.

Hatun is also Hatun, but the woman named Scarlett next to Allegri is also unusual. Her movements and the momentum emanating from her just seemed stronger than most knights.

‘What kind of bastard’s church is this?’

I thought it would be a religious organization if I said it was a denomination, but what kind of people are gathered?

I don’t think it’s been given that much attention in the game.

“You seem to know what I’m going to ask.”

I don’t like Allegri’s expression as if he knew everything from earlier.

I’m not directly swearing, but should I say that I feel bad about something?

When we were still, Allegri put his hands together and continued.

“I heard that the Altair descendants, the Altair family, have a curse that has been passed down from long ago.”

“is it? It’s the first time I’ve heard of it.”

“hahahaha… . Then, from now on, I hope you will think of it as my own talk and listen to it.”

Allegri sat down on the folding chair Scarlett had brought before she knew it and began to nod her head as if thinking of something.

“The Altane family has a unique curse that has been passed down from generation to generation. Unlike other curses, this was a curse passed on to the children when the person concerned died. The Count probably has it too.”

“curse… ?”

“You seem to know quite a bit.”

“If you are here, you will find out even if you don’t want to know. Furthermore, the person named Altair was a body that had exchanges with our Mercian Church. Moreover, I have to know.”

Ignoring Elaine, who was talking to herself and looking up at me, I continued to listen to Allegri.

It was because the atmosphere seemed like he would tell me what the wind was blowing without me asking.

“You said you knew everything about what I was asking. Why do you think I know?… How many other ancestors are there, starting with the Count and ending with the founder, Altair?”

Allegri’s words seemed to be asking twenty questions.

How do I know how many ancestors I have? It’s not even my body.

No, I didn’t count the number of my ancestors in my previous life.

After a short dry cough, Allegri spoke again.

“The curse was said to be passed on from generation to generation. The Count’s ancestors also grew up bearing that curse. And you realize that they all have something in common.”

“Is that Altair?”

“It is.”

Allegri said:

Like me, the ancestors of Altain also visited the Mercia Church to escape the curse of Ishtar, and each time they spoke about the curse, so inside the Church, it was judged as a curse passed down from generation to generation.

As the generations change, it is said that they expected to some extent that people from the Altane family would visit.

“But if there is one thing we have found out, it is that the age range of visitors is increasing with each passing generation.”

“age?”

“How old is the Count?”

Altein is the same age as Siegfried.

“Twenty.”

“okay.”

Allegri brushed his beard again.

“It’s slow, but obviously the previous head of household was younger than the count. The youngest I’ve ever seen was 16.”

If you’re 16, you’re in middle school, right?

You said you got married and had children when you were in middle school?

“Of course, it was a long time ago that he died. You must have understood that the point at which you become aware of the curse is getting late, right?”

“What does that have to do with the curse?”

“There is only one thing that delays the manifestation of the curse. It means that its power is gradually diminishing.”

“Are you losing strength?”

It’s not some kind of contagious disease, it’s that the power decreases with each generation–

―Anyway, since I’ve recovered to some extent, I’m going to talk to you too.

The moment I met Ishtar passed by.

‘strength… .’

Clearly, she wrote the words of recovery.

In order to recover, getting hurt first is a prerequisite, but he didn’t look like someone who was injured on the outside.

So, was her own strength weakened by the continued bites?

“You seem to have realized something.”

“If that’s true, the curse… .”

“It will weaken through generations and eventually perish.”

“Isn’t it okay if I don’t inherit it in the first place?”

“The curse is not that simple. If there is no target to carry on the curse, it might enter another existence. In the process, the curse that was weakened at best might become stronger again.”

Ishtar said that he had regained some strength.

If I die without having my body taken over by her and without an heir… A situation where you don’t know what will happen. There was some truth in Allegri’s words.

“I don’t know because I’ve never seen the previous family heads, but if you only look at the count’s condition, it’s hard to say that the current curse is so strong.”

It’s difficult, and if you fall asleep soon, your body will be taken away.

“I’m thinking that it will probably disappear completely after two generations.”

two generations

After all, getting married and having children is the premise.

It was impossible for Altairn to have been able to do this in the original work.

I don’t know if that’s why I accepted Ishtar.

Unlike what was left in the records, the appearance of Altane in the game was intact.

That means Ishtar succeeded in taking over his body completely.

“How did you find the answer to your question?”

As I was thinking about Ishtar, Allegri spoke up.

To be honest, it was helpful to tell me what was not in the book.

It hurts to not be able to do anything right now, but at least knowing that Ishtar’s power is weakening is a big achievement.

“I guess so.”

“I’m glad.”

A moment of silence passed.

To be honest, since I’ve seen everything, it doesn’t matter if I go, right?

It’s not like getting paid or anything like that.

“Can I just let you know?”

“It doesn’t matter. In the first place, the count is from the Altean family.”

“Then thank you. Let’s go back now.”

“Before that, I have something to give Miss Elaine.”

As I was about to leave, I heard Allegri’s words.

He took out a black-painted letter from his chest and handed it to Scarlett, who was standing next to him.

“I apologize for sending the rogues earlier to bring Miss Elaine. I didn’t expect them to do that, I just asked to bring her.”

“How do you know what they did?”

“I asked them when they came back. I really have no face with Miss Elaine. All of them are guilty of that crime, so please use this to alleviate their anger a little bit.”

Allegri bowed his head.

Seeing this, Elaine replied in a cold voice.

“I have no intention of coming back. So please look for it, don’t look for it… .”

“If that is your will, I will. But please know this. You are going to be a saint. You may not feel it right now, but I want you to know that there are ‘children’ who are suffering even at this moment.”

Upon hearing Allegri’s words, Elaine’s face turned pale.

Soon Scarlett came over and handed her the black letter.

“It was a good time. Count Altane. and Miss Elaine. Let me guide you, Hatun.”

“This way.”

‘They send me like this?’

It was embarrassing, but I followed Hatun obediently.

Elaine’s expression didn’t look good the whole time, so I talked to her, but she just said it was okay.

I was immediately curious about the contents of the letter she had received, but I could only pray that it was not so bad.

Otherwise, I would have to go through the trouble of seeing his face again.

*

Right after Ryan and Elaine went back,

Patriarch Allegri of the Order of Mercia was heading somewhere.

Scarlett, a woman in a nun’s uniform, follows behind her.

Scarlett questioned Allegri, who was ahead.

“Patriarch. Did you have to let her go?”

The existence that the church did not hope for. saintess.

A presence appeared to fill the position that had been vacant for a long time.

However, instead of making her a saint, Allegri in front of her let her run away to the academy and let her leave the church this time as well.

At Scarlett’s words, Allegri smiled in response.

“The first of the conditions to become a saint is to get rid of the rebellious spirit.”

“revolt… You mean?”

“Even if they were brought here by force, she would refuse to become a saint herself. But what if you could get rid of all that rebellion? No, if I had to make it go away.”

Allegri stepped on the steps leading down and continued.

“When she finally clears up her doubts about being a saint, that’s when the real saintess will appear. Today is a great first step towards that.”

When you come down to the basement, you can hear the smell of coughing and sickness from afar.

Allegri didn’t care and went on.

Scarlett followed him without a word.

As they moved forward, relying only on the torches hung here and there, several rooms made of iron bars appeared.

Allegri and Scarlett stopped in the room at the front of them.

“… .”

In the middle of the room, visible through the barbed wire, lay a girl covered in rags.

The child’s body is full of scars made up of red lines, and shackles are hanging from the little feet.

Allegri said to the girl lying on her back.

“She is back.”

wiggle-

The girl’s fingers moved.

“You seem to be eating well these days. He is growing better than the last time I saw him.”

Allegri’s lips began to form a deep smile.

“In a while, I will be an adult. I’m just waiting for that time. But there is such a thing as morality.”

‘… Crazy bastard.’

Scarlett stuck out her tongue.

Although she is the highest authority in the church she belongs to, when it comes to sex, she also has an ugly side to the point of shaking her head.

Even though the head of a church is only touching adult children, that doesn’t mean he doesn’t touch other children.

Scarlett frowned slightly as she watched Allegri’s back step into the cage with the leather whip hanging on the wall.

“Since the day has passed, let’s collect the lodging fee today.”

Leaving behind Allegri, who started to let out goose-inducing laughter, Scarlett left the basement.

It’s because I couldn’t adapt to it even though it happens every day.

Ignoring the sound of a whip from afar, she closed the door to the basement.