The Escort Knight Who Is Being Obsessed Over by the Villainess Wants To Run Away

33. Parallel lines of empathy and understanding

Judah quietly observed the face of the old man, Angra.

I think I saw it somewhere.

Even this shabby outfit.

It’s also about being a pilgrim.

‘A long time ago…. They say he’s the one who took me out of Giudecca, but other than that….’

A tickling feeling that seems to be forgotten.

I finally remembered.

I’m not sure.

‘… Ah. Maybe that’s it? That pilgrim then?’

I remember seeing pilgrims.

In a village near the frontline where I went to help Yuridike.

But I couldn’t see the pilgrim’s face.

The voice sounds similar, but it was 5 years ago so I’m not sure.

‘Um…. Maybe not.’

The spirit they give off and the feeling when they face each other are different.

Five years ago, Judas felt strangely intimidated by the pilgrim.

Just hearing the voice made me feel intimidated.

She wasn’t just because she was young.

But with this pilgrim, there is no such momentum at all.

He is just an ordinary, honest, and pure religious person.

‘Am I confused…. Of course, it’s not strange that I’m familiar with this person.’

Because he has a contact with the character Judas, it must be an influence left in his memory.

When I saw Angra, I couldn’t figure out why it reminded me of the dark mage’s underground dwelling and restraint device.

Yuda tilted his head for a moment and then rummaged in his arms.

“I do not carry any suspicious items.”

Judas couldn’t retrieve her memories until the end.

She herself knows nothing of this person.

She also knows that she herself does not know this person.

It’s contradictory, but neither was wrong.

Because he is a person in Judas’ memory, and at the same time, he is a person who has entered the person of Judas.

I wondered what was different.

Angra didn’t seem to recognize herself at all.

Could it be because she has grown up?

Elijah also paid attention to the same points as Judas.

‘… Why can’t I recognize it?’

Even though he grew up, Angra took Judas himself.

Besides, Judas is still Judas.

I still have that image from when I was young.

Although the overall line has become thicker and the skeleton has grown, the features are clear and sharp, so I am dissatisfied with having an objective masculine and wild beauty to the extent that it unnecessarily attracts a lot of attention from other women, but it is complicated that I do not hate it. It’s a feeling, but anyway, a little bit of my childhood image remains.

It’s not that I can’t recognize it.

She acts like a complete stranger.

Elijah decided to check for himself.

“Bishop Angra. You don’t know this person?”

“I need to know… Is it minutes?”

“A man named Judas. Don’t you know?”

“Judas… ? I can’t….”

I am not pretending not to know.

A reaction like this can never come out with acting.

I have observed and explored many people over the years.

It’s next to impossible to fool her own eyes.

Yuda also felt a sense of incongruity in Angra’s reaction.

How can you not know this far?

“Do you know who I am?”

“Unfortunately, the only thing is that it is a young lady of a noble family….”

“Then what about Balak and John?”

Angra answered obediently, curious about the intention behind her question.

It was because Elijah’s spirit was unusual.

It’s a calm yet cool atmosphere.

“He is the king of the Duchy of Bebel and the emperor of the Helios Empire.”

“Have those two, or someone representing their faction ever come to you?”

“Yes… ? What do you mean….”

“Did you receive instructions to kill a person named Elijah?”

“Oh, miss?”

It was Judas who was startled.

Elijah did not look back at him.

She obsessively observed Angra’s expression.

A face stained with shock, bewilderment, and doubt one after another.

Instantly, he raised his eyebrows and said.

“Sorry, I have no idea what the lady is trying to say….”

Elijah was sure.

‘I touched my memory.’

There is magic that can manipulate or remove memories.

Of course, it is one of the prohibitions.

It was probably reproduced with black magic.

There must be magic related to the data stolen this time.

‘Angra, the main pillar of the Moonshin Church. He needed to get rid of his memories.’

In other words, it means that Angra is an important person enough to touch his memory.

‘That means that someone has taken over the role….’

The fact that Angra’s role was taken over by Pope Nadab was information that Elijah had not yet reached.

‘Hmm…. What should I do with this?’

I tried to reach a clue, but then it went away again.

‘There is magic that can spy on or restore other people’s memories. I can’t approach it because it’s forbidden, but… , Should I say this is fortunate? Among the data I brought this time, there was such a dark magic….’

But Elijah didn’t want to deal with black magic.

Black magic itself was an object of reluctance.

‘Isn’t there a way to reconstitute black magic into magic? Too much work to figure out on my own. First… Should I visit the owner of the mage tower?’

Her Judas asked her troubled woman.

“My lady. Assassination, what are you talking about?”

“That…. I’ll explain later.”

Elijah sorted things out.

“First of all, you have to come with us.”

“What is that… !”

Angra had no time to protest.

Elijah used teleport.

*

The place where the three arrived was the dungeon of Elijah’s mansion.

The guard guarding the inside of the prison was startled.

“Oh, lady?!”

“Lock him up. Tie him up so he can’t escape.”

“What are you doing! Heaven is watching you… !”

Elijah ignored the cry.

“Which mage did you catch?”

“I just came to my senses. But I’m just trembling about what’s going on. No matter what question I ask, I am unable to answer.”

The reason for the trembling was simple.

She went from being a powerful sorceress to a commoner overnight, and that’s bound to happen.

Elijah nodded her head nonchalantly.

“Report when you come back to your senses and get to the point where you can speak. Don’t be harsher than necessary.”

Elijah gave quick instructions.

Then, looking back at Judas, she says.

“Let’s talk.”

*

Elijah and Judas came out into the garden.

A garden full of anemones.

This year, the flower buds were also full.

Red light gradually filled the landscape of the garden.

When it gets warmer, it opens wide and rolls over like a red wave.

Just thinking about Elijah’s beauty made her heart feel lighter.

Water trickled out from the fountain in the middle of the garden.

It’s not yet completely winter, so it’s sometimes a chilly early spring.

Elijah stood in front of the fountain.

She is tying a red scarf and then turns around her back.

She faced Judas.

“Judas.”

“Yes, lady.”

Elijah had something she wanted to confirm again.

“Are you on my side?”

The escort knight and master.

Master-servant relationship.

They have been together since childhood, but eventually the two were bound by a contract.

Judah is dedicated to protecting Elijah.

That’s a job and a job.

So, of course, Judas is on Elijah’s side.

However, in that question, Judas read a different resonance.

It’s even a similar topic to the conversation we had earlier.

Elijah said that she should be on his side, hugging him as she pleases.

If you dare to double-check what you know, it is necessary to do so.

But.

Of course, the opponent is Elijah.

The kind who can read people’s emotions well, but can’t feel them themselves.

It’s not just because of that temperament.

As a child, Elijah was almost beaten by a man named Sardis.

It may be that the shock of that day becomes a trauma and you cannot feel emotions, or you unconsciously reject the idea of s*xual love.

Judah understood and accepted Elijah’s circumstances.

Therefore, she dismisses the resonance she felt as being due to her mood.

She’s a normal person who empathizes and feels emotions, so she’s just misunderstood.

So, the obvious answer.

“As I said earlier, I am on your side.”

“… Okay.”

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Elijah nodded her head calmly.

For some reason, she hides her sense of security.

“Someone is trying to assassinate me. It probably happened at least 5 years ago. The foundation must have started long before that.”

Judah listened quietly.

“She tracked down the warlock this time, and it’s a conclusion she got after verifying the data. Do you know what I am called in the world?”

“It is said to be the Second Coming of the Age of Myth.”

“Right. A wizard who might end the long war with the demons. That means it could upset the human balance of power. So there are people who want to get rid of me. If you kill them carelessly, the aftermath will be great, so through a very complicated and detailed operation.”

Elijah looked up at Judas.

She smiles.

As usual.

A doll-like smile.

Unnatural beauty.

It shines among the red buds that have not yet bloomed.

“Emperor John and Archduke Bebel. Those two are trying to kill me through the Moonsin Church.”

“… ….”

“The data is so vast that it is difficult to explain it individually, but the facts I have obtained and guessed are so. And, of course, I have no intention of dying.”

“I know.”

“So, I am going to collect the data related to him and raise a witness to inform the whole world. I will oppose and destroy both the Empire and the Principality of Bebel. Public sentiment will collapse and chaos will arise.”

Elijah is one step closer.

Stride.

Stepping foot. Fine shoe tip.

Look at the tip of Judas’ shoe.

A distance that seems almost out of reach.

“Still, are you on my side?”

Second check.

War may break out, and Judah may be injured in the process.

Something terrible might happen.

Even though she knows it all, she asks if she’s on her side.

Judas felt a new emotion to Elijah, who told her about her situation in detail.

He suddenly remembered the girl he knew, before her possession.

An arsonist and a homicidal maniac.

She is a figure that cannot be found in her now.

The basic expression is different.

And she has been with her for 5 years, and I have a vague understanding of why Elijah has grown into such a person.

‘I don’t know what happened to the scars on my face….’

Besides, Elijah told her about her own circumstances.

How many enemies are around you.

Who are they and what will they do?

That means that you believe in yourself to a certain extent.

There’s nothing more than that.

Judah remembered a tragedy he had once seen.

Two tragedies.

Elijah strangled her own throat.

Elijah threw a fireball at herself.

Then, she was seriously injured and collapsed herself.

That’s Elijah’s Comedy.

Judas replied, believing that he could get away with it.

“Of course.”

Elijah smiled.

Every time I heard her answer, the burden on her heart was lightened a little bit.

Because of that, she kept checking.

I know the answer, but it was a little different to confirm it by listening to her.

One in a million. The possibility that Judas is her own enemy.

There are plenty of reasons to deny that, but she still wanted to hear his voice.

I wanted to be confirmed.

She was grumbling like a child craving her parental attention, but now Elijah decided to pretend she didn’t know.

“I have a lot of things to do, but I want to go to the magic tower first. I have to search Angra and the warlock’s memories, but magic that interferes with the mind is prohibited. But there was something similar to the black magic I brought this time. I’m thinking of reconstructing it with existing magic.”

Judah was startled.

Is that possible? Second, the idea was extraordinary from the start.

Black magic is an imitation of magic.

They achieve anything by sacrificing their lives.

Elijah has no access to sobriety.

She can’t even use black magic.

So, she uses black magic against her.

A magic that imitates black magic that mimics magic.

It was an extraordinary realm that Judas’ imagination could not reach.

Elijah hid another purpose.

She wanted to find Judas’ memories.

We shouldn’t carelessly bring out promises that cannot be guaranteed.

Besides, Judas may not want it.

Because spying on other people’s memories is not a very desirable thing.

It would be unpleasant if someone peeked into his memories….

‘… ….’

Elijah cut off her thoughts.

Accident takes a step back.

Did you just put yourself in the same position as Judas?

Identification of oneself with others.

The first threshold leading to empathy.

For Elijah, who was not good at that, the phenomenon was unfamiliar to him.

‘Well… I don’t know.’

Elijah put away unnecessary thoughts.

“Let’s go straight to the magic tower.”

Elijah took Judas’ hand.

Judas did not shake her hand.

I believe that the tragedy has been avoided. She

She swears she can get away with it.

Nevertheless, sometimes, she thinks that one day she might kill herself.

Even as she thought about it, she couldn’t help but hold her small, warm hand.

*

Research on black magic reconstruction.

I came to the owner of the mage tower to seek help.

I proposed it to the owner of the tower, and she asked for one thing as a condition for accepting it.

After hearing her request, Elijah wondered if he could burn down the entire mage tower.

“Don’t misunderstand and listen. Speaking of the escort knight the young lady brought, can I touch it just once?”

“… ….”