Sins Paradise: Domination System

by Little Merger

Horizon Online. It was a death Virtual Reality MMORPG game where people had classes, hunted monsters, got riches, and fought similar players. I, the strongest player in Horizon Online, managed to kill the last boss and expected to return to my home. But after defeating the last boss, I was given a bonus stage, where I could choose one game of my choice. Without much thought, I chos

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The next morning, I changed my clothes into a comfortable shirt and pants and went to the gem store, where I ordered two engagement rings for Tristan and Eliza. They were supposed to finish them yesterday, which was the only reason I stayed in Capital City for the night.

I wanted to get the rings and surprise both Eliza and Tristan at the same time.

Following my suggestion, Eliza had been training with Tristan and Emilia in the church every morning and evening for the last few days. She was also eager to get stronger.

As for me, I still struggled a little bit to call them by their pet name, but I still did my best because that made them happy.

'I also want to propose to Emilia, Rania, and Cecil if there are times, but… I will do that after I finish this Quest. And for the official engagement with Tris and Eli, we already planned it to be three days after next month's morning prayer. There are still 2 weeks left.'

Cling!

I pushed the door open, the small bell rang, and the employee looked at me before smiling and bowing their heads deeply. It was the one who attended to me and Tris that day.

"Welcome, esteemed customer! The items have been prepared and wrapped according to your request."

Another employee showed up from inside while bringing two small purple boxes above the tray. They were opened, and the rings I ordered were displayed in full glory.

"They are beautiful." I nodded with a smile, satisfied with their work.

"It's an honor to make this. Our artisans were motivated and gave it their all." The employee skillfully answered, raising her head and showing me a business smile. "Please, if there is anything else you need, we will be happy to help."

"This will be all for now. Thank you."

"No, esteemed customer. We must be the ones who thank you."

They bowed deeply at the same time as I left the store. The rings were now in my inventory, and I would surprise them in the evening.

For now, I teleported back to Academy City and checked on my mansion.

"Welcome home, Sir Arthur."

Garcia greeted me with a smile as I showed up in the garden; her breasts jiggled as she bowed. She stood near the entrance before me, and Scylla was on her shoulder, munching on a sardine.

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"I am home, Garcia." I smiled softly, "Where is Vivian and Cecil?"

"They are currently in Lima Port City." The perverted nun answered. "Madam Vivian wanted to see the sea, and Cecil proposed to accompany her. They went early in the morning before sunrise and would probably return after sunset."

"I see." I nodded at her. "Good work. If you need anything, don't hesitate to tell me."

"Yes, Sir Arthur. Thank you very much. There is nothing I need currently. I am already satisfied with everything I have."

"I am glad. Don't push yourself too much."

ραΠdαsΝοvel.cοm After leaving those words, I entered the mansion. Garcia opened the door for me, and I immediately went to the kitchen where Milea was.

As I walked down the corridor, I saw Milea, wearing her normal nun clothes, open the kitchen door and push a cart filled with food out. Our gazes met as she closed the door behind her.

"Fufufu, I knew you had arrived, Sir Arthur." She laughed mischievously and grinned, "Do you want to have breakfast now? Where should I bring this food?"

"Well, what a timing." I smiled back at her. "How about we eat together in the dining room? I can't possibly eat that much food alone."

"If that's what you want, Sir Arthur. There is no way I would refuse." She smiled smugly, "I know that you can't do anything without me, fufu."

'Still as cheeky as ever, eh?' I thought as I looked at her. But she wasn't as disobedient as before, so that was a plus.

We moved to the dining room, and I allowed her to sit next to me. We ate breakfast together while I poked fun at her, to which she replied with a sly remark.

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Even Milea wouldn't be able to handle it if I flipped her switch.

The breakfast continued after that, and we somehow managed to eat all the meals she prepared. Of course, I ate more than her. My stomach bloated slightly as a result.

"As expected, the meals I made are all delicious!" Milea exclaimed with a big smile as she rubbed her tummy. "Don't you think so, Sir Arthur?"

"That was indeed delicious." I nodded at her.

"Fufufu. Does that mean I have conquered your stomach?" She smiled cheekily as she leaned closer, caressing my thighs and licking her lips seductively. "Do you want me to take care and conquer your lower half now?"

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The atmosphere around us turned into a playful and intimate one. This was probably the perfect chance to bring that up.

"That's such a daring proposal, Milea." I grabbed her chin and raised her head. She still had a cheeky smile, daring me to go further as she was already prepared for it.

However…

"Trying to satisfy me after 7 days might be a bit too hard, you know?"

"Who do you think I am, Sir Arthur? My body is really resilient. I can handle you alone." She answered cheekily; her hand went closer to my crotch.

I stopped her by grabbing it. She looked a bit surprised, as I was never someone who refused her advances before.

"As much as I want to, I need to ask something first."

"What is it?" She asked curiously.

"Do you love me?"

Milea blinked at my question. She couldn't seem to understand my sudden question.

"What are you talking about? Are you drunk, Sir Arthur? Oh no, that's a problem!"

"No, I am serious. If you love me and want to serve me, are you willing to get dominated, Milea? I want you to be mine forever."

"Ha… Haha…" The cheeky nun laughed dryly. Her face was still close to mine as I held her chin, and she couldn't escape. "You're not joking?"

"I am serious." I said seriously, "I want you to stay with me forever. I don't want to do it without your permission, so… Allow me to dominate you. I will also dominate Garcia, and I know she will be happy and accept it. I promise I will love you and will respect your decision no matter what."

I released her chin and hand, letting her move freely again. However, she froze in place, blinking her eyes repeatedly as she processed this offer.

"How is it?" I asked softly, waiting for her answer.

At that time, she snapped out of her thoughts and exhaled, "Can I think about it first?" She asked. "This is so sudden. Even I will need time to answer this, as letting you dominate me means I won't be able to deny your commands, right?"

"Yes." I nodded and answered honestly, "But I won't do anything harsh or something you don't want to."

"I know." She smiled. This time, it wasn't a cheeky or a smug one, but a genuine smile that came from her, "Give me one day, Sir Arthur. I will definitely answer your question without running away. And… Can I have a day off today?"

"Of course." I replied with a smile, "You can take your time. Even if you refuse, I promise I won't change, and our relationship will stay just like before."

"Fufufu, isn't that natural!" Milea stood up and puffed up her chest. Her cheerfulness had returned like before. "Well then, see you tomorrow, Sir Arthur!"

With that, she left the dining room. I could see a happy smile forming as her face turned red as she ran past me.

'I can hope for a positive answer then.' I thought as I stood up.

'Next is Garcia and my masochistic sister. Sophia will probably offer herself once she knows I have dominated Rania, which will probably change her requirements. If that truly happens, I don't need to dominate Lea and Natasha.'

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As planned, I called Garcia to my room and asked the same question as Milea after I unsummoned Scylla and turned her into a scroll. She arrived in my room just a few seconds after I called her from the balcony, and her reply was just as I had expected.

"Of course, Sir Arthur. I will be happy if you dominate me." She smiled beautifully, holding her cheek as her pupil turned into a heart shape. Her thighs were put together, and love juice dripped slowly to her ankle before stopping by her high sock.

My offer was enough to make her wet and flip her horny switch. I wasn't really surprised about that, which was why I called her to my room before making this offer.

"Good girl." I praised her and pulled her onto my lap. She moaned softly as my hand caressed her skin and touched her breasts underneath the curtains. "Just relax. It will be over in a second."

"Yes~" Garcia squealed as her body trembled in pleasure, feeling my touch in her body. Her sexy nun clothes did nothing to hide her skin, and I could easily explore it with both hands.

I decided to pleasure her first before dominating her. This was some kind of reward for being an obedient nun whom I loved a lot.

"Hnn~ Your hand feels really good, Sir Arthur. I am really happy right now."

"Me too. You can moan louder, Garcia. Let me hear your voice."

"Aaah~ Yeesss~"

"I will dominate you now. It might make you squirm in pleasure, so feel free to cum."

"Yes! Dominate me, Sir Arthur. Make me yours forever."

Garcia squealed and leaned closer, kissing me. We hugged each other tightly as our tongues intertwined with each other, exchanging our saliva. My hand went over her ass, grabbing them. They were soft, and my fingers dug deeper into her flesh as I opened the menu to dominate Garcia.

I commanded 'yes' in my mind and squeezed her ass harshly.

"Hnn~!" She moaned into my mouth, feeling the pleasure of getting bullied. Her body trembled as she bucked her hips. "Cumming!"

[Ding! Garcia Pallas is dominated!]

[Now she can't refuse your order!]

A notification rang at the same time she orgasmed. A pink heart-shaped tattoo was etched onto her skin in the area above her crotch. It was the brand to show that she was mine and not anyone else's.

Her love juice dripped down her thighs onto my lap, but I didn't care and only looked at my perverted nun.

"I have dominated you, Garcia."

"Yes, Sir Arthur," Garcia replied lovingly with a happy smile. Tears of happiness dripped from her eyes, making her look more beautiful. "I am yours forever."

We kissed once again, passionately and deeper than before. For a moment, we kept sharing a kiss while groping each other's bodies. Because Garcia was sensitive enough, she ended up cumming three more times before she was satisfied.

"Thank you very much, Sir Arthur." She leaned her body against mine, pushing her large breasts on my body. "I am really happy."

"Me too, Garcia."

Another kiss ended our meeting. She made a stop in the bathroom first before resuming her duty, while I went to the church to meet my masochistic sister.

When I stepped out of my mansion, I saw Milea's figure running toward the Royal Academy in the distance.

'What is she doing?'

I was curious but decided not to follow her and stick to my plan.

"Aunt! Help me!"

On the third floor of the Royal Academy, Milea suddenly barged into the headmistress' room without knocking.

Two women, a beautiful elf and a voluptuous teacher with long black hair, looked at the cheeky nun with confusion.

The latter closed the door behind her and continued, "I am in a problem!"

"What happened?" The beautiful blonde elf, Alesia, asked calmly at the younger girl as she put down the document she held on the desk.

"Shall I leave?" The teacher, Emilia, asked Milea and stood up. She had known the nun from that party, and they even pleasured Arthur together. So they could even be called friends.

"No, please stay, teacher! I need your help too!" Milea stopped her in a hurry. The impatience and loss of calmness were rare for her.

Emilia tilted her head slightly in confusion. She couldn't understand what she meant but sat back down as it seemed serious. "Alright."

"Phew…" Sighing in relief, Milea sat on the couch across from Emilia. She turned to Alesia and asked impatiently, "Aunt, can you help me?"

"First of all, my niece. What problem did you face?" Alesia asked calmly. She frowned slightly because Milea couldn't calm down and talk properly.

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Finding the women in the room reliable, Milea recounted the story about the 'problem' she faced in detail. She didn't even hide anything, as both of them probably already knew the 'truth' about the source of the problem she faced right now.

As the story went on, Emilia showed some interest and smiled. Her strict image broke down, and she was just a simple Emilia instead of teacher Emilia.

On the contrary, Alesia frowned. She became more and more displeased as her niece's face flushed red when she arrived at the main problem she faced.

When the story ended, Milea looked hopeful of their help and asked, "So, what should I do, Aunt?!"

"First of all…" Alesia sighed to calm herself down and looked at her niece, "Do you love him?"

"I do!" Milea answered almost immediately with a cheerful voice.

"Do you want to be with him?" The interrogation continued.

"I do!"

"Do you have fun?"

"Actually, yes! More than when I was in the elf village!"

"Does he know about it?"

"Knowing him, there is a big possibility! He's also patient and can keep up with my annoying personality!"

"So you know that you're annoying…" Alesia sighed once again, feeling a headache attacking her. Her niece has always been a source of headaches since she was born more than 50 years ago.

"Hahaha… I know about it because people told me a lot."

Alesia couldn't believe what Milea had said. As someone who had lived for a long time, she had seen many things and even dealt with many students with bad personalities. She often wondered why she couldn't get rid of her lovely niece's troublesome personality.

"My niece, I have a suggestion for you."

"As expected from Aunt!" Milea exclaimed with a smug smile, "The perfect person for all problems."

"I am happy you think highly of me. So I hope you will follow my advice."

"Of course! What's your advice for this problem?"

"It's simple." Alesia's lips curled up into a rare smile, "Just fuck him."

Silence followed right after. Emilia nodded in agreement on the side.

"Yes, just fuck Arthur and say yes. You will be treasured, loved, and be taken to heaven." The perverted teacher commented as drool escaped her closed lips. She imagined of being fucked silly by Arthur and got turned on.

On the other hand, Milea was dumbfounded. Her eyes blinked in disbelief. She couldn't expect her Aunt, Alexia Daxidor, of all people, to recommend her to take that option. The teacher, someone that Arthur dominated, also gave her a stamp of approval.

Embarrassment downed on the cheeky nun.

"No no no. No way! I would get dominated, you know?"

"I got dominated already." Emilia chirped in from the side, "And I am happy with it. I love him, and he loves me back. What else would be greater happiness for a woman besides that?"

"But…" Milea still couldn't accept it and needed another reason.

And at that time, Alesia said, "I will also have him to dominate me in the future. That's if he fulfills his promise."

ραΠdαsΝοvel.cοm For the first time ever, the cheeky nun Milea couldn't say anything. She was speechless. Her mind wandered to the future if she accepted Arthur's offer and got dominated.

Somehow, she saw herself being happy, teasing him just like usual.

'I… Why would I hesitate?'

A question that she couldn't answer herself arrived in her mind. And at that moment, her face was entirely as red as a tomato, and she buried it in the pillow.

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Author's Note:

I will take this chance to promote my new novel, 'The Depraved Hero'.

The reason why there was only 1 chapter update for the last two days was that I worked on it and found a perfect schedule. But now I have managed to do that and can upload 4 chapters a day! (2 Sins 2 Depraved Hero)

If you are interested in action filled novel, be sure to check it out. Of course, there will also some scenes although there is no R18 tags (As I focus on plot more in that novel)

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Arriving at the church, I met with Sana, who stood at the top of the stairs.

"I've been expecting you, Sir Arthur." The cute Archbishop smiled and greeted me, much to my confusion.

But that was cleared with her next words.

"We have received a clue."

That changed everything. My gaze turned sharper as I nodded at her.

"Let's talk inside, Sir Arthur."

"Yes."

We moved inside the church. The church knights we passed by saluted at us and kept civilians away from our path; it was not like they even tried to approach me while knowing I was the Paladin.

Anyway, we went to the underground instead of Sana's office this time. The entrance was unexpectedly behind the large hall used for morning prayer, hidden behind the Goddess' statue.

The stairs extending down looked ominous as if it wasn't part of the church but stairs that led directly to hell. The walls were covered in moss, and the only source of light was lanterns hanging in the low ceiling.

"It has an eerie atmosphere," I commented, following Sana from behind.

"Fufufu, it's designed like this so people who enter don't want to return. We cleansed Sinner's Sins and made them regret what they did. Only then will they not repeat their mistake and lead an honest life."

I nodded in understanding.

In short, they tortured the Sinners and brainwashed them. Even if Sana explained it in a tame sentence, the point was still the same.

I had known that the church wasn't as naïve and as innocent as it looked from the outside. Every organization surely had a dark side, and that wasn't an exception for the government too.

After descending for what felt like more than 300 meters, we finally arrived at a dark clearing with many grunts. Sana's expression twitched slightly. She appeared to be hurtful hearing those pained grunts.

Many people dressed in all black stood in front of each cell. They either gave food or muttered something that caused the prisoner inside to feel pain.

"They are a cleaning squad. Our destination is still a bit deeper, Sir Arthur. Please… don't listen to anything the prisoners say." The Archbishop took my hand.

I could feel her trembling, so I squeezed lightly to reassure her. Something like this was not right. With my naivety in the past, I would probably have declared the church as evil and attacked this place with my comrades.

However… judging from the information I had until now, I understood this method was necessary to balance the world. Besides…

"I won't be affected by something like this. Let's continue walking."

I had seen worse than this.

"My apologies. Indeed, we must go to the shadow squad's area. Lisa and Lara, as well as the assassin serving under you, have been waiting in that place."

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We proceeded further, entering a smaller hallway.

I guessed the shadow squad's existence was even more secretive than cleansing people's Sins. The latter was actually a shared secret among civilians and people from underground that the church had a way to cleanse someone's Sins.

On the contrary, the former was a secretive squad that the church deployed to do something questionable that would certainly produce Sins.

When we proceeded further, I managed to see a familiar face belonging to a blue-haired boy I declared a Sinner because he bothered Eli. His mind was already broken, and he only laughed crazily in the corner of the jail.

I pretended not to see him and just followed Sana.

"We've arrived."

After going down the narrow hallway for a while, we reached a dead-end with only a black door in front of us. She knocked on it with a certain rhythm, and soon, footsteps rang from inside, and the door opened.

It was Lisa, the younger of the twins. Somehow, she wore clothes similar to Sandra's, an assassin grab that showed her curves and clung tightly to her skin. But the design was simpler, and a shawl was wrapped around her neck.

When she saw us, she immediately bowed deeply.

"Welcome. We've been waiting for your arrival, Archbishop Sana, Your Holiness."

From the opened door, I managed to see inside. The interior looked like a bar instead of a real base. There were couches, tables, and even a counter where people could drink.

Sandra sat on the couch beside Lara, munching on bread as she waved her hand slightly at me. She looked like she was at home. I couldn't help but smile after seeing her.

As we were guided inside the room, Lisa closed the door behind us, and I looked around.

At least 9 people, including Sandra and the twin nuns, were in the room, meaning 6 of them were someone I hadn't met yet. Still… Their clothes were the same as Lisa's: a black bodysuit and a shawl around the neck. Two of them were girls, while four of them were men.

Surprisingly, the men's bodysuit wasn't as tight as the girls; they even wore shorts and a vest on top. They kneeled at once when they saw us, including Lisa behind us and Lara.

Sandra unexpectedly followed suit, but the way she kneeled was different as she didn't put her hand on her chest and kept munching bread inside her mouth.

'This girl…' I sighed as I kept my composure.

"Good job, everyone." Sana took a step forward and praised them, "Lara, please explain to Sir Arthur."

Lara stood up and answered, "Yes."

She then walked to the counter, took a box wrapped in a black cloth, and put it on the table. Afterward, she looked at me, as if waiting for me to approach her.

ραndαsnοvεl.cοm And so I did. The members of the shadow squad waited in the corner, standing up and looking at us. Sandra moved behind me and followed me like my shadow, while Sana just stood near the entrance.

Stopping in front of the table, I took off the cover of the box and looked inside. There was an eyeball with a red pupil and purple sclera.

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From the size that was way bigger than a human's, I assumed it was from a monster. But I didn't know what kind of monster had this eyeball, as there were many out there with red pupils.

However, even with my vast knowledge, I had never seen this kind of eyeball. Was this a new kind of monster?

"What is this?" I asked Lara, who kneeled beside the table.

"We don't know." The older twin replied while lowering her head deeper. "But we know that we will get poisoned and paralyzed if we hold it directly."

"Poisoned?"

"Yes."

The one who answered me was unexpectedly Sana. She stood beside me and looked at the eyeball inside the box.

"I managed to cure the member with a Cure, so it's not a curse and certainly not a high-level poison." She continued.

"How curious." My lips curled into a grin. What kind of eye was this to be able to poison someone by just a touch?

I opened the box, much to everyone's surprise, and grabbed the eyeball.

"Sir Arthur! What are you doing?!" Sana shouted and extended her hands toward me. They glowed a soft light. She probably used Cure immediately after getting surprised by what I did.

"You can stop using your skill, Sana. I am immune to any ill status." I answered with a soft voice to reassure her.

"R-Really?" She asked, stopping her use of skill. Sighing, she continued, "It's a relief if that's the case, but… Please warn us next time you do something like this. I was surprised and worried something happened to you."

"My bad." I patted her head softly with my free hand. "I won't do it again."

"Yes." She smiled again, and I lowered my hand.

That one was my fault. I should be more careful not to worry her again in the future.

More importantly…

"This one is really a nasty item," I muttered, looking at the result of my Appraisal on this eyeball. "To think I would find a 'Cursed Item' in this kind of place."

After knowing what kind of item it was, I ordered the shadow squad members to keep this a secret and returned to the surface with Sana after hearing Lara's report. I also put the eyeball in my inventory for safety reasons and further investigation.

The shadow squad investigation about the one who cursed Ertha has not finished yet, but this cursed item was a good clue.

According to them, they found this in a jungle near Steelwill viscounty after investigating the information I provided a few days ago. They would focus their investigation on Viscount Steelwill and his two sons, which appeared suspicious from the information given by Assassin's Den.

To assist them, I ordered Sandra to stay. I didn't forget to give her 300 Golds if she craved bread or food. It would be bad if Sandra killed the horse they used to move from one city to another because she was hungry.

I also left 500 more for Lisa and Lara to use in their investigation.

Afterward, we moved back to her office, and I sat on the couch. The cute Archbishop sat beside me, leaning closer and using Cure on me again.

"You don't need to do that, Sana. I told you that I wasn't affected by the effect at all, right?"

"Yes, but I just want to do it. There is nothing wrong with being too careful, no?" She giggled softly after she said that.

I shrugged my shoulders, giving up on telling her. If allowing her to use her skill would make her stop getting worried, then I would just shut my mouth.

"Thank you."

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ραndαsnοvεl.cοm The healing process was a few seconds. Unlike me, who got the bonus for maxing the skill's Lv, Sana's Cure was a normal one, and it took at least 5 seconds at the fastest to finish.

I was happy with her intention and smiled. After she finished, she smiled widely and nodded, satisfied with her work.

"You worked really hard lately. I was a bit worried that you did not have enough rest, Sir Arthur."

"Well, I can't deny that." I laughed dryly at her sudden remark. "But I got enough rest. In fact, I slept more in the last few days after the party compared to last month."

"Really? You're not lying?" She leaned closer, staring with full suspicion.

"I am not!" I raised my hands to stop her advance.

She really didn't believe what I had said.

"My schedule will turn to normal in a few days. Queen Eve has already made up her mind to take the throne and hold the coronation ceremony in 6 days."

"I have heard about it. That was real?"

"Yes."

The topic interested her. She backed away again and maintained a distance from me.

I began telling her about the Queen's coronation and yesterday's matter. Of course, I didn't explain everything, only the important ones. I also hid the matter with rings because I wasn't sure how to bring it up with Sana yet. She had a big goal, which made me hesitate to propose to her.

'I know she won't be able to reach her goal because Juriel didn't agree for her to be a Cardinal, but I want to support her. There will definitely be a time to bring that up. But I should focus for now.'

After hearing my story, Sana nodded in understanding.

"So the rumor is intentionally spread by the Royal Castle. The church in Capital City had sent a communication to the Holy City regarding this, but we haven't been able to confirm the rumor. Umm… Apparently, Beatrice is really trusted by the Queen."

"Yes, she is. I was also surprised." I answered her with a wry laugh.

That was also beyond my imagination. I initially thought the primordial Succubus could only influence Queen Eve without her knowledge, but who would have thought that the Queen would even spill her secret to her?

"I will contact Cameron and ask him to extend the support to the Queen. Let's say Goddess Teri gave us an oracle about this."

"That will be perfect. Goddess Teri had indeed appeared in my dream to directly tell me to support the Queen."

"Yes." Sana smiled as she gave me a weak nod. However, there seemed to be sadness in her smile.

'Ah… She's really loyal to the church and the Goddess. That's why she is sad that she can't meet the Goddess directly and can only offer her body.' I assumed from what I knew about the Archbishop.

But I couldn't do anything about that.

"Well then, Sana. I need to go right now. Let's talk about this again in the near future."

"Ah! Yes, Sir Arthur. See you again."

Sana stood up and guided me out. I gave her a soft kiss on the lips that made her mood better again and waved my hand before leaving.

Next stop, the training ground. This time was for real.

Eli and Tris hadn't left yet, but the academy and the knight training would start soon. I should hurry not to miss them and tell them about this good news.

'My heart is beating faster. Am I nervous?' I asked myself as I put my hand on my chest. 'I guess I can still be nervous, huh?' A grin crept into my face as I walked faster.

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When I arrived, there were many female church knights training already. The sounds of steel clashing each other rang loudly, and the smell of sweat filled the area.

Compared to the past, I noticed their fighting skills were considerably improved. They were more motivated than before, and their forms had gotten better. Also, the most important thing was that they looked sexier with that sweat dripping down the tight leotard bodysuit.

ραΠdαsΝοvel.cοm 'I might need to hold another spar with them.'

Another thing that changed was they only saluted once when they saw me before resuming their training. They knew I didn't need too much respect and preferred them to focus on what they were doing.

Scanning the area, I found both Eli and Tris sitting under the large tree, escaping the blaring sun. The former was wearing the blue and white shirt and shorts, the training clothes provided by Royal Academy, while the latter wore her white elf tunic that stopped right above her thighs.

They seemed to be talking and giggling around like best friends. A smile appeared on my face as I walked toward them.

"What are you talking about?"

Hearing my voice, both girls turned around and smiled.

"Nothing." Tris said, giggling, "I just listened to Eli's story in the academy. Somehow, it matched with my imagination."

"I don't know what you mean by that, but I am happy to share my story. Besides, I can also hear about your adventure." Eli chirped in.

"Hmm, well…" I sat on a root that jutted out across from them. "Does this mean I am out of the loop? Or do you want to keep a secret from me?"

"Maybe." Both of them answered at the same time.

Why was I not surprised by their answer? Somehow, I had already guessed that, seeing that their personalities were similar to each other. Maybe that was why they could get along pretty well like this in such a short time.

Anyway, we were talking for a while, joking around and sharing giggles. According to Tris, Rania took my knight squad to hunt some monsters and Level them up early this morning, which was why they weren't on the training ground.

Natasha and Lea looked defeated and tired, but my masochistic sister and hot-blooded Sophia dragged them. Their competitive spirit was ignited after I flamed them a few days ago.

"Talking about competitive spirit, aren't you supposed to teach the Princes yesterday?" Tris suddenly brought up the topic and looked at me curiously.

Eli also did similar things. They were waiting for me to share the story from yesterday.

"Well, they're not bad." I smiled and told them about what I did yesterday, starting from meeting the Princes to giving the Grand Marshal some advice.

Tris had no unusual reaction besides saying it was a shame she couldn't meet a real Prince, while Eli looked impressed because the Grand Marshal, someone known as the strongest knight, asked me for advice.

Time passed. The female knights had finished their training and were now resting.

We took the shade, and I began to feel bad for them. Tris and Eli probably felt the same as they kept glancing at the female knights who sat directly under the sun. The latter even brought up that she needed to go to the academy now or she would be late.

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"Wait a minute."

As Tris and Eli were about to stand up, I stopped her and went on my knees. Both girls' eyes widened when I did that. I took out two boxes, blue and green, from my inventory, making them speechless.

The female knights screamed behind me, squealing loudly as they were watching us.

With a flick of my finger, the boxes were opened and revealed two rings with different gem colors.

"Eli, Tris. I know that this might be too fast, but… Will you accept me?"

I didn't need to specify what accept here means or say anything else. They understood what I was talking about, as we had often talked about it. I just wanted to reassure them and declare it with witnesses.

"Arthur… You know that this is not romantic at all, right?" Tris heaved a sigh, but the tears of happiness that streamed down her cheek couldn't be more true. "W-Well, I will at least commend what you did. I am truly happy and am willing to accept you as long as you accept me."

"Un…" Eli nodded, wiping her tears with her hands. "Me too. I love you."

Hearing their answers, I stood up and pulled them into an embrace. The nervousness in my heart subsided, and my lips curled up into a big smile that I didn't often show.

I could feel their warmth and their hugs. A fury of claps rang from behind me.

"Congratulations!"

"Miss Tristan! We're happy for you!"

"Congratulations, Your Holiness!"

We ended the hugs and smiled at each other for a second.

"Do you want to wear the ring right now?" I asked, showing the beautiful rings in my hands.

But Tris shook her head, "No. Let's save it until the official ceremony. I am happy enough being your fiancée right now."

"I agree." Eli nodded firmly. Her tears had stopped, and a beautiful smile bloomed on her face. "I want you to put it on me on the aisle, blessed by the Goddess. I am happy enough just by being with you right now."

"Alright." I respected their choices and put the rings back in my inventory.

The atmosphere between us was pretty good, and I didn't want to ruin it by asking Rania whether she wanted to be dominated or not. Thankfully, my masochistic sister wasn't here, and I could bring it up anytime.

For now, I turned around and thanked the female knights for their blessings. They began to surround Tris and Eli after I allowed them to get close. My girlfriends, now fiancées, got embarrassed because they suddenly became the center of attention.

I watched them from the side while chuckling happily.

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After the female knights were satisfied, they dispersed and left my fiances free from question. Eli then went to the changing room in a great mood.

Even after I proposed to her formally, she still had a school to attend, and there was still her training with Emilia after school.

So, after watching her leave, only Tris and I left, and we went above the wall surrounding the training ground and the church's backyard, sitting side by side.

"So, my love," Tris called out to me strangely. I looked at her as if she was crazy and noticed her face was red. "Don't look at me like that. I was also embarrassed to call you like that."

"Then just call me normally."

"I can't! You called me by nickname. I also wanted to call you by a nickname." She pouted, bloating her cheek. "So I was thinking about calling you my love, but that was too embarrassing! A-Anyway… I will just call you Art, okay?"

"Well, that's fine." I nodded at her, smiling.

"This is rare. I know you are the type that will run away once you are embarrassed." Hearing my words, her face flushed red once again. "So, if you have something to ask me, go ahead."

"Well, you're not wrong," Tris spoke seriously, her pout disappeared. She looked at "Art… Is this world truly the one that you told me about, Sins Paradise?"

"What are you talking about?" My eyebrows raised curiously as I matched her gaze.

"Don't pretend." She said with a cold voice, "I believe you, of all people, have already noticed it. The strangeness in Eli's story, I mean."

"No," I answered seriously. "She never told me about her story. What are you talking about?"

My heart beat faster. What was she talking about?

I knew this was the real world and not Sins Paradise, but this was the first time I heard about the strangeness in Eli's story.

"Are you for real?" This time, Tris looked at me in disbelief. She held her chin and nodded weakly before raising her head, "Listen, and don't tell Eli that I shared this with you. Also… keep calm. This won't affect anything but the past."

"Alright. What is it?" I asked with a bit of curiosity.

What could it be? I knew that the past of this world was messed up, especially with me taking over the original Arthur's body. But… Was there still a secret I didn't know yet?

"Apparently, she remembered playing a lot with you until you were 10 years old." Tris began, and I listened quietly. "She sounded so happy that she could play a lot before the incident with Rania happened. After that, her memories about you begin to blur slightly."

"Blur? Do you mean… She couldn't really remember what happened at that time?"

"Yes. She said she forgot a few things at that time until you returned when you were 17 years old. So I used that time frame to tell her that I met you when you were 13, and we adventured together for 3 years. I wasn't lying, but I never said we adventured in this world."

That was indeed strange. I meant it wasn't strange that I went missing from the orphanage after Eli had an incident with Rania and wasn't allowed to visit me.

'And that's how I mixed my story too. So this is why Eli wasn't suspicious of me even when I bullshit my way through. But… What actually happened?'

I hated mystery and problems.

Tris hadn't finished yet as she continued, "As I said, it only affected the past. The important thing right now is that you love her, and she loves you back. And so do I. So don't think too much about it."

"Yeah." I nodded at her words, looking over the Academy City that was shone by sunlight. "I wouldn't think too much about it."

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She suddenly leaned forward and gave me a light peck on the cheek before jumping down. I watched her with a soft smile as she ran inside the building. The training ground was already empty.

"Don't think about it, huh?" I muttered in a low voice. "But that's impossible. I need to know the answer."

And I knew who I should contact to give me such an answer. I opened my status page and first looked at my Sins. It was now 626 and would reach 870 soon after I finished the last Quest.

My eyes scrolled down to my skills. I pressed the Etc, and more showed up in a long list. The skills without Lv were listed on top, followed by skills with higher Lv. And currently, my skills before I extended it down looked like this.

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Skills:

[Ill Status Immunity, [Mind Control Immunity, [Perfect Body, [Barrier Immunity, [Oracle, [Fertility Control, [Lv Max. Swordsmanship, [Lv Max. Holy Magic, [Lv Max. Appraisal, [etc.]

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My focus was on the skill without any Lv, especially Oracle.

"If there is someone who knows what happened to this world, that someone would be Goddess Lilith."

The knowledge of how to use my new skills had already been implanted into my head when I received it. It was always like that every time someone learned a new skill, the knowledge about what kind of skill and how to use it miraculously appeared in your head.

"Let's try it."

I crossed my legs and closed my eyes. The Oracle skill had 2 basic essences: contacting and receiving, just like the [Earring of Communication].

For the former, a set of small rituals and moves was needed. We would contact a Goddess, the supreme being who created and ruled this world. So, at least we needed to dress up appropriately, at least in her standard.

Fortunately, I got a pass for that. I was her beloved Paladin, and she'd like to see me more often if possible.

ραΠdαsΝοvel.cοm As for the latter, well… The skill could somehow get activated anytime on the Goddess' whim. No one could control it.

Just like now.

I was preparing to contact her, but her soft and sultry voice tickled my ears before I even finished the skill activation.

(I've heard it, my beloved Paladin. Are you truly curious about what happened in that span of 7 years?)

The voice sounded so close and calm, without any hint of emotion.

"Yes," I answered as I opened my eyes. "Is it because of my transfer here?"

(The answer is yes.) The Goddess answered. (But just like I said, all your answers lie on the edge of the world. Finish your Quest, and you will find it. Fufufu, good luck on your journey. Don't be too focused on your old knowledge. That will turn useless soon.)

(I am waiting for you, my beloved.)

With that, I could feel the skill had ended. I checked my MP, and it was decreased by 30, even though the skill was activated without my will.

"Sigh… In the end, it leads to that. Goddess Lilith hides too many things from me. Sometimes, I just want her to just tell it straight to me." I muttered, standing up. "Well, I will trust her for now. I would soon be able to visit the West Border if everything went according to plan."

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The day passed quickly, with me lazing around on top of the wall. No one bothered me, and I took a nap under the sun.

I had no goal for today, and almost everyone in my mansion was out. Only Garcia stayed behind to clean and protect it.

When I woke up, I heard footsteps entering my side's training ground. The footsteps were light, and the voices from their conversation were soft. The female knights had already returned from patrol duty and were about to train again before resting for the night.

'They are truly diligent.' I thought as I rolled around, peeking at them from above.

My knight squad had also joined their training this time. Rania and Sophia took the rein and commanded the training, splitting them into two groups. For some reason, they all wore their full armor dress with short skirts.

From the look of it, it seemed like they were about to have a spar. Tris wasn't anywhere to be seen, so the job she talked about was probably different from theirs.

'Seems interesting.'

Both groups faced each other with Rania and Sophia in front of them. Unexpectedly, Lea and Natasha were whispering to each other on the side and didn't take any group.

"Hey, is this a good idea? Vice-Captain Rania and former Captain Sophia are trying to prove which one is the best commander, you know?" Natasha said to the shy archer from my squad in a low voice.

"I-I don't know. I-Is it because of what happened earlier? They suddenly clashed when Vice-Captain Rania told me to shoot, but S-Sophia jumped and killed the monster by herself?"

"That's probably it." The elegant girl nodded at Lea's guess, agreeing.

ραndαsnοvεl.cοm "Aren't they so childish in that case?" Lea wondered, but Natasha suddenly blocked her mouth as the atmosphere in the middle of the training ground turned heavier.

Both Rania and Sophia heard what the innocent archer said and glared dangerously at each other.

'Lea is right. They are so childish.' I thought in my mind.

'But that's probably because Sophia saw Rania as her rival, and my masochistic sister now has recognized the red-haired lioness. Well, it's probably also because of the fact Sophia got no chance to take the Vice-Captain position in the duel, so she used this as a chance to prove her skill.'

Anyway, they should've known that Rania was indeed superior in commanding an army, as she had experience as a former Knight Commander who led the kingdom's female knights corps at one point.

But knowing Sophia's fiery personality…

'She won't stop until she beats Rania.'

"I think about it again, but I should be the one to be the Vice-Captain. Sir Arthur recruited me first, and I was these girls' former Captain. Isn't that right?"

"Yes!"

The female knights behind Sophia answered simultaneously.

From their expressions, it seemed like they enjoyed this situation more than hating it. And most of her supporters seemed to be grateful to her, probably because of that 'cleaning' thing that happened that day.

"If we go by that logic, then I am the most fit to be his Vice-Captain. I was a former Knight Commander, the second highest position in the kingdom knight. Besides, I am also Arthur's sister and know everything about him. Right, girls?"

"Yes, you're right!"

The female knights who followed Rania agreed. Just like the other group, they also enjoyed this situation.

I didn't know what Rania told them. They were whispering to each other, so I heightened my senses to eavesdrop on them.

"She said we will get spanked by His Holiness if we win!"

"Being punished… Haa… Haa… I still remember when he squeezed my breast. That was… heaven."

"Yes… I can still feel his hand on my butt. I want to feel it again."

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I should've known that they were the girls who squealed and enjoyed the most when I spanked and touched them in our spar.

The other group had that kind of girl, too, but apparently, they were the ones who wanted to be on top and get loved, just like Sophia. And because they seemed to like 'cleaning' my mess, I had a name that fit them.

"Let's name them Masochist Group and Cleaner Group."

Initially, I only planned to wait for Rania and asked whether she wanted to be dominated. But this was more exciting than that, so I would watch for now and reward the winner with a wish.

'That's probably better in this case.'

Both girls talked about the rules of this sudden competition before returning to their positions. It was actually simple. The winner was the one who could command their group the best.

So, how did they decide that? That was the question I had before they started talking.

Surprisingly, they agreed on something unanimous. And that was to make me judge it.

"Arthur! You can stop peeking at us and be the referee! You don't stop this because you don't mind us having a competition, right?"

Rania shouted loudly as she looked in my direction. A satisfied smile was plastered on her face.

'Did she manage to learn Presence Detection?' I asked myself.

Because that was the only way to notice me peeking from the top of the wall more than 30 meters away from the ground.

'Could my training really bore fruit? She learned the skill because I blindfolded her a lot at the party?'

Nevertheless, I was detected already. The female knights squealed when they saw me, while Sophia muttered, 'As expected' in a small voice. Her Beast Instinct or her sense of smell as a half-lionskin probably also detected me.

With no other choice, I stood up and free-dived to the training ground. I landed softly behind Lea and Natasha, who were surprised by my sudden appearance.

"Hahaha, it seems interesting, so I plan to watch from above." I laughed and approached the middle, patting the surprised girls' shoulders as I passed by them.

"Let's make it more interesting. I will give an exclusive offer to whoever wins. And for the winning group, I will grant one wish. Of course, I won't grant something excessive, but if it's just as simple as training the winning group, then I will grant it."

After hearing my words, the female knights became motivated. They raised their voices, yelling loudly that they would win this small competition.

Rania also looked at me with a feverish gaze, probably thinking about something lewd. As for Sophia, she grinned wickedly, licking her lips as if she saw a prey in front of her.

"And I will tell you the winning condition."

This was something that was left for me, so I would just change it. Anything was fine as long as it showed their capability as a commander. And so I planned to make this small competition more fun for both the commanders and the female knights.

"Whoever catches me first will be the winner. The time limit would be 1 hour. And if there is no emerging winner, I will punish you with special training tonight after your patrol shift. Don't worry, I won't use any skill, so…"

I paused slightly to see their reaction. The female knights headed by Rania breathed heavily after hearing punishment, while the one headed by Sophia was no different.

Were they associating the word punishment with something sexual? I meant… That was what always happened, but I planned to do a real punishment if they tie. Otherwise, that would be a reward for them, especially the Masochist Group.

However, I would let them guess it themselves.

"Try to catch me within Academy City. I will reward the commander with a special wish on top of the one wish from the reward. The competition will start 10 seconds after I jump. Do your best."

After saying that, I jumped past the wall and disappeared from their sight.

Now… the mini-game has begun.

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"Special wish…" Rania muttered after she saw Arthur jumping past the wall.

"Hey," Sophia called out from the side, approaching her with a haughty expression. "At first, I just wanted to beat you, but… After hearing Sir Arthur's reward, my desire to win has increased."

"What a coincidence." Rania grinned as she turned to look at the redhead, "I also want to win. This time, I want him to treat me harsher and whip me, which he never did before. So don't think that this will be easy."

"Oh, I never thought it was easy. I respect you and your strength. That's why I want to beat you. But… whip, huh? I was always given a rough treatment, but not that rough. If your wish is to get whipped, then I shall also ask him that."

No one questioned what they were talking about. It was common knowledge that the Paladin liked them both, and they had a sexual relationship with him.

ραndαsΝοvεl ƈοm So, the female knights only whispered to each other about the reward of winning instead of caring that both competitors wanted to be whipped as a reward.

The Masochist Group looked interested, but they knew that they couldn't ask that to the Paladin. It was also too much for them. Getting groped and spanked was enough to satisfy their innocent selves.

Ten seconds quickly passed, and both Rania and Sophia returned to their group.

"Let's win this and get the reward! Don't worry. I can request Arthur to increase the reward to both touching and spanking if we win!"

"Vice-Captain Rania, you're the best!"

"We will win!"

A motivated shout came one after another from the Masochist Group. They began to move, following Rania, taking the side entrance. They strategized while moving, listening quietly as Rania explained their plan in this small competition.

Meanwhile, Sophia didn't move and stood still in front of her group.

"Listen. Sir Arthur is fast and strong. He will probably play around with us, but we will use that as an advantage! We won't do anything dirty because we are knights, but there is nothing dirty about ambushing our prey. Follow my lead, and let's trap Sir Arthur and get him!"

"Yes!"

"Let's win and get blessed by His Holiness!"

"Ahh! I want to smell that liquid again! I want to touch it!"

Unknown to Arthur, this Cleaner Group had developed a strange fetish called smell fetish. Sophia nodded, satisfied with the female knights' enthusiasm.

"Let's move! I will allow you to watch me getting whipped if we win!"

"Long live Dame Sophia!"

"We will follow you!"

"They are really energetic," I muttered as I looked in the direction of the church. "Now, I shouldn't heighten my senses, or that would be unfair to them. I don't think they can catch me, but maybe they can surprise me? Who knows?"

For now, I moved in the direction of the Castitas Academy. My plan was actually simple: to leave as much commotion as possible and act similarly to a foolish, wanted criminal.

If I acted normally, I was confident that they wouldn't be able to find me, less capturing me. I also deactivated my Presence Detection since I jumped over the wall earlier.

As I said earlier, I limited myself to the max. If my enemy, whoever it was, wanted to kill me. Then, it was their best chance to try. Not that I would ever die in one attack, thanks to my VIT and a ridiculous amount of HP.

Anyway, as I got closer to Castitas Academy, which looked like a church school back on Earth, I was surprised that I saw someone walking along with some students wearing Castitas Academy's uniform that looked similar to the Castitas Church's nun uniform covered skin and long skirt.

It was Tris.

"Yo, Tris!"

I landed on the roof and called out to her. She looked surprised as she turned at me, and the girls beside her looked hysterical.

"So you began attending the Academy, too? Why didn't you tell me?" I asked curiously.

"Hah?!" She raised her voice, her expression turned into a rather scary one. "You asked that? Didn't you see what happened just because you are here?" She glanced at the yard.

Many students, dressed like priests and nuns, ran toward my location with a big smile. They were like a horde of fans seeing their favorite idol.

"Ah… right." I laughed dryly as I turned back to Tris. "Well, I can see what happened. I won't bother you anymore … enjoy your school life!"

I jumped to another roof, quickly left the area, and hid between the buildings. Tris was shouting at me, trying to scold me because I just made a big commotion before leaving.

My bad. But I was chased after by Rania, so I couldn't stop. In fact, I could see my masochistic sister's figure running at full speed in the distance toward the Castitas Academy.

'Hahaha, just as planned.'

The game would be for an hour. I took out a pocket watch and set an alarm in 59 minutes. Once this watch rang, the game would end.

But… I only saw Rania and the Masochist Group earlier.

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I looked around as I stopped at a roof near the market. At that moment, a voice rang from below.

"Now!"

Bam!

The roof got destroyed, and five female knights jumped. They surrounded me as I fell toward Sophia, who was on the top floor of the building I was on.

'They set a trap?' I evaluated calmly as I thought about how to escape.

"Surrender, Sir Arthur. We have already surrounded this building." Sophia warned as I landed on the top floor.

The previous five female knights stood on the roof, surrounding the hole that Sophia had made.

Inside the room, the remaining knights, around 25 people, enclosed me in the middle, with Sophia standing right before me.

"I said catch me with everything you can, but… I never thought you would destroy a building for that." I said, smiling calmly as if I wasn't in a bad position.

"Don't worry, Sir Arthur. We will pile up money to fix the building. Our priority now is to catch you." The lioness answered with a feral smile, "So before any building and our savings get depleted, please surrender yourself."

"That's what I want to…" I shrugged my shoulders, much to her confusion. Then I pointed upward, "But I don't think she will let you take me calmly."

Bam!

At that moment, a shadow of a person landed on the building. With a swift movement, the five female knights on the roof were quickly defeated.

"Arthur, surrender yourself!" Rania's voice echoed in the room as she peered from the hole in the roof. Her subordinates soon appeared, surrounding her, and began to drop down the cramped room one by one.

I was totally surrounded this time.

"What are you doing?! I have already surrounded him, and you beat my subordinates!" Sophia shouted loudly, gritting her teeth in anger.

"Oh? But there is no rule that we can't stop each other." Rania narrowed her eyes. She was expressionless, like an experienced veteran. "The winner is the group who managed to catch Arthur. But how we catch it is up to us."

"If that's how you want to play." The lioness brandished her greatsword, activating its flaming effect by injecting her MP. "I will play with your rule!"

"Fine by me." Rania also unsheathed her sword, it was humming as she activated the effect of status strengthening. "Let's see who can catch Arthur first."

Both of them looked ready to clash. They had forgotten about me.

'Well…'

That was their biggest mistake. If they, the highest-leveled people, left their gazes on me, it became so easy to escape.

In fact, I was already outside, watching them from the edge of the roof.

"You can do it, Rania!"

I even cheered at her while snacking on a grilled squid.

At that moment, the tense atmosphere suddenly dissipated. Rania's sword stopped humming, and she slowly looked in my direction.

"Hi." I waved my hand at her stupefied gaze. "You want a grilled squid? It's delicious."

No answer came from her. Instead, she immediately activated various buff skills and rushed toward me.

Swosh!

A sword passed by in front of me. That was close. If I were late for a second, it would definitely hit me.

"Hahaha, you should look at your surroundings." I laughed as I kept dodging her attacks. We moved around the roof, becoming the focus of the confused crowd formed from earlier noise.

Sophia joined in the pursuit just a second later, joining with Rania to attack me. Their fury of attacks somehow was combined nicely, leaving close to no gap to escape.

'They have good cooperation.' I thought as my lips curled upward.

"Sorry, but… I can't let you catch me right now."

After dodging a few times, I thought it was enough and twisted my body and pushed Rania down.

"Ah!"

"Wah!" A surprised voice escaped their lips as their balance broke. Both of them fell to the street, creating a loud thud, as I began to run away again.

"Goodbye! Try your best to catch me!"

And once again, I left them screaming in frustration.

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Ring ring!

My pocket clock rang loudly, alarming me that an hour had passed since the start of the game.

"Oh, it's been an hour," I muttered, stopping the alarm and throwing the pocket watch to my inventory. "So, this means I won this game, right?"

I raised my head, looking at Rania and Sophia, who sprawled on the training ground in front of me. Their armor was fully destroyed, leaving them in their tight bodysuit covered in their sweat.

The other female knights were no different. Rather, their sweat even created a small puddle under them, and their chests heaved up and down, drawing heavy breath. Their short hair stuck to their neck, and sweat fell down through the curve of their bodies.

Honestly, they looked so sexy.

Natasha and Lea were in the dining hall with Tris and not here. They didn't participate in the game, so I asked them to rest first.

"Huff… Huff… You're… unfair. How can you be so nimble, Sir Arthur?" Sophia squeezed words from her throat, still lying on her back. She only glanced at me as her body couldn't move at all due to exhaustion.

"Well, I tried to hold back and gave you a handicap by creating a commotion, but I guess that's still too hard. And to answer your question, I guess I am just strong." I smirked as I sat down between the girls.

All of them had exhausted not only their stamina but also their MP. That was why no one used Heal to recover their stamina.

And I purposely didn't heal them to enjoy this sight. Well, I wouldn't lie; I loved what I saw in front of me.

"Haa… It's… absurd. You dodged… my attack was like nothing in front of you… When in our duel too…"

Rania drew sharp breaths each time she spoke, making her pause a few times. A somewhat satisfied smile crept onto her face. Not only she, but the Masochist Group under her seemed to enjoy being tired and in pain after exhausting all their stamina.

"As I said, Rania. I was strong." I repeated with a smile. "But both of you did good. I was almost caught on that roof, hahaha. If only you were a bit patient at ambushing me, I probably underestimated you and got caught."

"Huff... Does that mean we're doing better than you thought we would be?" The lioness asked with a bitter smile. "What were you expecting from us?"

"Probably almost catching me in some place I stopped by," I answered honestly as I looked straight into her eyes. "That's if you still had the same level of strength when I first visited. But your growth was faster than I thought. Good job, Sophia."

"I usually would be angry when someone said that, but for some reason, I felt happy." She said, trying to raise her body with difficulty. "Thanks, I guess. Your praise is worth more than anything, Sir Arthur."

"No problem." I nodded at her. "But you didn't forget about the punishment, right?"

As I said that, everyone jolted simultaneously. It seemed like they were too focused on the game that they forgot there would be a punishment waiting for them when they lost.

"I remember."

But it seemed like Rania still remembered about it, seeing how her smile widened as she raised her body.

"I am ready for anything. Whip me, spank me, tie me. Do anything you want to me!" My masochistic sister exclaimed in excitement as she tried to pull her bodysuit under everyone's gazes!

"So that's how it is." Sophia nodded her head and followed Rania's example as I sat there dumbfounded.

ραΠdαsΝοvel.cοm Their breasts were bouncing slightly as they freed themselves from their bodysuits. Watching them, I wondered why the female knights were willing to follow such people.

However, I changed my mind when the other female knights raised their bodies and followed these two examples. Their faces flushed red, but there was no sign of stopping as they got undressed.

"… Why were you undressing?" I asked while facepalming.

The quick-witted female knights immediately understood that my punishment wasn't a sexual one. They got embarrassed and quickly pulled up their bodysuit, wearing it properly again.

"Uuuhh…"

"T-That was embarrassing! W-Why would I think His Holiness wanted to see my body?!"

Some murmurs escaped their lips as they hid their faces behind their hands.

Rania tilted her head, confused.

"You don't want us to undress and raise our ass so you can squeeze our breasts and spank us naked with a large vibrator in our pussy?" She sounded surprised as if she was certain that was what I wanted to do for my punishment.

Sophia also nodded at Rania's words, as if she was wondering herself whether that was not the case.

"No…" I sighed in defeat and shook my head. "For now, wear your bodysuit again. I will tell you the punishment after all of you get dressed properly."

"Alright…" Rania answered with a hint of disappointment. I could hear her sighing.

After a while, everyone wore their bodysuits properly again and sat on the ground. Sweat still covered their bodies, but no one cared about that. They got used to being covered in sweat already.

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"How was the game? Is it hard to catch me who didn't even use my skills?"

"… Are you lecturing us?" Rania asked, looking at me in disbelief.

"Yeah." I nodded. "Well, you girls have improved, but there is something that you really lack…"

I paused slightly to see their reactions. Many murmurs escaped their lips, wondering what they lacked that I personally told them about this.

Confusion spread. Even Sophia didn't know what to say and only looked at me.

"You girls lack a sense of greed! Yes, I know. Greed isn't good. It's even bad! But having a finish goal can be a drive to get stronger. If you are strong, you can get anything you want."

"Anything…"

"Goal…"

"For example. Rania is currently the strongest on this ground, and I will praise her for that." I continued.

My masochistic sister smiled proudly and nodded her head. Sophia gritted her teeth, but she acknowledged what I said.

"So, I have a fitting punishment for you girls." I grinned widely, snapping my fingers. "Don't worry. I will make this a game. Whoever wins will get a reward for me."

I walked toward Rania and crouched beside her, whispering.

"If you win, I will dominate you. In the process, I will tie and whip you, giving you every pain that will turn into imaginable pleasure that you can't imagine. And if you lose, I will only dominate you and have you wear a chastity belt for 7 days."

"Ah…" A soft moan escaped her lips as her body trembled in ecstasy, "Yes~ That's what I want."

Nodding, I stood up and left Rania, who entered her world and approached Sophia. I crouched near her and whispered.

"And if you win, I will give a Vice-Captain seat to you. On top of that, I will let you command Rania to do one thing you want to."

"Hahaha! That's quite a reward, Sir Arthur." Sophia laughed in excitement and grinned. "I'm looking forward to this punishment."

Then I looked at the other female knights.

"If any of you win, I will allow you to join my squad, working directly under me. If that's not what you want, then tell me your wish! I will grant it!"

"…!"

"Joining the Paladin Knight Squad?!"

"I want it!"

They became spirited instantly, and I grinned in happiness.

It was working. I just needed to announce what the punishment was.

"Now… The punishment is simple!"

I spread my arms, took out wooden swords of similar sizes and weights from the inventory, and dumped them in the clearing. The numbers were the same as the female knights, so each would get one.

"Swing the sword until you faint. Those who can swing it the longest will be the winner! Don't worry about the patrol shift. I will do it for you girls."

They looked at me with a newly motivated spirit. Even when they were already exhausted, I had a feeling no one would faint until midnight. Only then would there be many girls giving up.

"Now, church knights…" I grinned and walked between them, "Take your swords. May the best one win."

"Yes!"

They replied simultaneously, ran to get the wooden swords, and began swinging them in formation. I nodded in satisfaction and walked toward the dining hall to get something to eat.

I would need Natasha and Lea's help to inform the male church knights not to use the training ground until tomorrow and have Tris patrol with me for the day.

We could also use this chance to have a patrol date, something I have been expecting since I decided on the punishment.

'I wonder who would win. That wooden sword will limit their status to 10, so Level isn't really important. The winner will be someone with a stronger desire. And whoever wins, I will dominate Rania as she has given me her consent and looked happy about it.'

Perfect.

"Yo, Tris."

Entering the dining hall, I greeted my fiancée with a wave. There was no one in the room besides three girls who didn't participate in the game. Empty plates were stacked on top of the table. It seemed like they had finished their meal.

Tris had changed to her elf tunic and turned to me. I was slightly disappointed because I couldn't see her in a tight nun costume, but I could always visit Castitas Academy if I wanted to see it.

"Where are the others?" She asked curiously, looking around the room.

Lea and Natasha also looked at me, wondering where the other female knights were.

"They can't catch me in their game, so I punished them. Right now, they are swinging wooden swords with status restriction effects in the training ground." I answered as I walked toward them and looked at Natasha and Lea.

"Will you do me a favor and tell the male knights that they can't use the training ground and tell them to have a meal and rest right now? I will personally do the patrol for the female knights tonight. Ah, also order some soup and bread for me, will you? Thank you."

"As you command, Sir Arthur," Natasha answered and stood up. Lea followed suit with a nod, and they left while bringing their empty plates and brought them to the canteen lady.

Only Tris and I left, and I sat on the bench right beside her.

"There is an empty one across from me." She said, looking at me with a slightly red face.

"I want to sit here," I replied with a smile, holding her hand under the table.

"Were you always this assertive? You've changed, Arthur."

"But you like it, no?" I grinned playfully. "And you said you would call me Art. Did you already forget about it?"

"Shut up… Give me time…"

Tris looked down shyly, but her hand gripped mine tighter. Silence descended between us. The silence broke when the lady brought me the meal I ordered and giggled, and Tris looked at me again.

"So, what's the deal with catching you and stuff earlier? You even went to the Castitas Academy and made a commotion. Did you know that I was interrogated by the others earlier? That was such a chaos."

"Ah, about that."

I explained the start of this game of catching me, starting from I heard something interesting after waking up for a nap on top of the wall to how I proposed this game because Rania and Sophia were about to fight over the Vice-Captain seat.

She looked rather impressed by the lioness' motive and rivalry against Rania.

"I don't know whether she's that hot-headed or has a high competitive spirit. When she was a church knight captain, she didn't talk a lot and had this charisma, but that's gone after she took off her helmet." Tris said as she looked at me with a suspicious gaze. "Ah, yes. It was when you arrived."

"So that was my fault?" I asked, pointing at myself.

"Yup! Who else?"

"That hurts… I did nothing except praise her appearance and allow her to compete with my sister."

Well, that was the biggest reason. Her biggest insecurity was gone when I praised her look and sharp eyes, making her more confident to take her helmet off. And the fact Rania, her rival, was here made her more competitive and free.

"I was just joking." Tris giggled cutely and poked fun at me.

We joked around as I ate my meal. She was watching me while resting her head on her hand, smiling softly.

After a while, I finished my meal and continued joking around with Tris.

At that, the dining hall was opened, and many church knights entered. They saw me flirting and wondering what they should do.

ραndαsΝοvεl ƈοm "Ah, they are here. Good job at your patrol, guys." I smiled at them and stood up with Tris, and they immediately saluted.

"No, Sir Paladin! We're just doing our job!"

"You can lower your hands. Ah, Lea and Natasha had told you about the training ground, right?"

"Yes, Sir! Dame Lea and Dame Natasha had told us about not using the training ground and rest at your discretion. If I may ask…" The knight, who had short brown hair, looked hesitant to ask.

"I just punished the female knights for playing around." I answered him before he asked, "They are to swing a wooden sword until morning, so enjoy your rest. I will patrol the Academy City with her and make sure nothing happens."

"N-No, how could you be?! Please, let us join the patrol. We don't need to rest!"

"Yes. Please let us patrol instead."

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So, I decided to do this instead.

"This is an order. Eat your meal and rest."

This time, they looked troubled and didn't know what to do. Tris stepped forward with her hands on her hips.

"What's your duty as church knights?" She asked with a booming voice full of authority. "It's to protect people. Don't misunderstand his order. He only wants you guys to be prime to exterminate monsters. Isn't the date for a monthly extermination fall tomorrow?"

As Tris explained, their faces changed with understanding. They looked at me with gazes filled with gratitude as they saluted once again.

"Our deepest apologies, Sir Paladin. We don't realize your kind intention! We will rest until tomorrow as you have ordered."

"It's good that you understand. Well then, rest well."

Saying so, I walked to the exit with Tris. The church knights made way for us and saluted as we passed by.

Leaving the dining hall, I looked at Tris and asked, "Is there really such a schedule to exterminate monsters monthly?"

"There actually is." Tris nodded at me. "Usually, it's done in the second week… Ah, I mean… fourteenth days of the month. But due to the mourning and your private party, which was still embarrassing to remember, the schedule is moved to tomorrow, the twentieth day of the month."

"Is that so?" I asked, not expecting an answer. "Well, let's patrol the Academy City. It will be only the two of us."

"Yup! But wait a minute. Let me change my clothes and wear my armor."

"Alright. I will wait near the church entrance."

"Yeah!"

After she answered, she ran toward the nearby washroom as I went to the entrance and stood before the stairs.

"Thanks for waiting! Let's go!"

A few minutes later, Tris showed up from the entrance between the two naked angel statues in her complete green leather armor, which consisted of a chest plate, shoulder pads, and dress armor on top of her white elf tunic.

Her current appearance once again brought me back to when I last saw her in Horizon Online. It was the appearance that plagued me as a nightmare for a while. Right now, I wasn't sad but felt nostalgic and happy instead.

"Let's go."

We moved down the stairs, side by side, and I answered everyone's greeting with a soft smile. I reactivated my Presence Detection again, setting the ones hostile toward me or Tris and the people in Castitas Church as enemies.

The owner of that cursed item or whoever cursed Ertha was still out there. By patrolling, I hoped I would find at least a clue regarding them and, if possible, get rid of them all at once.

As we walked down the main street, I realized something. I didn't know what the church knights did when patrolling, so I asked Tris.

"What did you usually do when patrolling?"

"Just the usual walking and finding troublesome people. It's usually peaceful, with some occasional people fighting at night because they are drunk. That's why the male knights usually take the midnight shift."

"Because it's safer for them to deal with the drunkard?"

"Exactly." Tris nodded, "And to minimize groping. Those drunkards usually lost their reason and could accidentally go too far and touch the female knights' bodies, resulting in them getting Sins. Well, that's only if the female knights were careless. Nothing like that had happened for the past decades."

"Makes sense." I nodded in understanding.

We continued patrolling without anything happening. Just like she had said, it was peaceful.

I quite enjoyed this patrol because it was like a date. Some people stopped us a few times, but that was because they wanted to give me a drink and stuff to eat. They were good people.

Older people who were playing some board games teased that I was having a cute girlfriend. They probably thought I would blush or deny it, but when I told them that Tris was my fiancée, they congratulated us with a laugh instead.

Honestly, only those old people respected me but still treated me like normal people. I joked around with them and made Tris embarrassed and pulled me away.

As thanks for improving my mood, I treated those elderly to a bottle of wine, which they received with much thanks.

We continued our patrol afterward, with Tris pinching my arm out of embarrassment because I announced our relationship with the people in Academy City with a big smile.

The rumor about it would probably spread tomorrow, along with Queen Eve's coronation date. Everyone would talk about it, and it would be a perfect material to tease my cute fiancées.

An hour into our patrol, my Presence Detection caught on something.

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"Tris, can you feel something in that direction with your Mana Sense?"

I asked Tris as I stopped in my tracks, pointing in the direction where my Presence Detection found something.

"Hmm?" She raised her eyebrows curiously, but nodded her head nonetheless. As soon as I felt a Mana rippling around her, she immediately took a serious look. "What is this ominous Mana? Art… It's just like..."

"What?" I pressed, looking at her. For some reason, her body was trembling as she hugged her body.

"L-Like that time. This Mana is similar to the curse that was inflicted on Gui."

It was clear that her remaining trauma was triggered.

Initially, I wondered why her trauma was only reduced to (Mild Trauma) even when she was cured of her fear of monsters, but I knew this was the reason.

Tris still couldn't stop blaming herself for her best friend Guinevere's death. As proof, she broke down crying when she managed to level her Elemental Magic up to Lv 8 and learned Fairy's Banquet at that time.

This was the chance to cure her trauma. If we somehow resolved this problem… I hoped she wouldn't blame herself again.

"A curse?" I asked.

"Y-Yeah… It's a monster, but how did it enter the city?"

That was what I wondered. It suddenly popped up on my radar without any sign of moving. Thankfully, I had already set it to detect hostile presence when I reactivated it.

Judging from the location on my radar…

"We're coming back to the church."

The target might be Ertha again or even Sana.

Tris agreed with my suggestion, and we began to run back. She activated Haste and Blessing of Sylph so we would arrive faster.

ραΠdαsΝοvel.cοm I kept my eyes on my Presence Detection radar all the time, and as we reached halfway… Something else happened.

"Wait…" I stopped in my tracks and narrowed my eyes.

"What?!" Tris shouted at me, stopping on a roof not too far from me.

"There is something strange," I said, not believing what I saw. "The red dots are multiplying."

"Huh? But my Mana Sense only detects one curse, though."

That was why it was strange. I decided to tweak my Presence Detection again and set the enemies as those who were hostile against me and the girls, besides those who only had competitive spirits.

However… The result was the same.

"Are they assassins?" I muttered curiously.

Anyway, we shouldn't waste time here. I ran toward the first dot that appeared, with Tris following right behind. As I ran, I used Appraisal on the other red dots and found what they were.

"Oh, shit."

Hearing my curse, Tris approached me and asked, "What's wrong?"

"That fucking curse," I said, looking toward the direction of the church that was already close right before me. "They can multiply from infection!"

It was a type of monster, just like I initially thought. But I had never expected this monster to be a parasite type that can multiply quickly.

The curse could spread, but I guessed it would take time for people to catch on to it.

Most probably, it was also the case for Ertha. She caught the curse a few days before her condition worsened. Then, because she interacted with some nuns in the church, the parasite spread, and they contracted the curse.

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'30 seconds.'

The parasite only had that much time to live.

Landing in front of the church's entrance with Tris, we immediately ran inside without caring about people's gaze.

"Can you still tell where the curse originated from?" I asked her as we stopped in front of the large hall.

"Yeah, follow me."

Without wasting time, I followed her. Somehow, she brought me to the back of the hall before stopping.

"It came from the Underground right straight from this path." She said, looking at me. "Is there something in that place?"

"Tsk." I clicked my tongue when I heard her. There was indeed a red dot underground, which I probably missed because I only scanned the surface area.

I used Appraisal on it, and the result appeared in front of me in the form of a floating blue window.

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Purple Eye (Familiar)

Level 70

HP: 1

MP: 100

A Parasite-type monster from Hell that infected people with a deadly curse Extra Weaken through its spore. The spore will become a small eye that will pop and spread curse inside the body of infected people within 7 days.

It can also procreate using its spore by sacrificing its life.

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'This is probably the real first red dot. Does the purple eye that I put in my inventory have something to do with it?'

For now, we needed to move and think later.

"Sorry, Tris. But I cannot tell you what lies under the church."

I knew she wasn't a naïve girl and had seen her share of torture and horror. However… I wanted to keep her safe. Knowing what lay hidden beneath the church, its dark side, probably wouldn't do well in her current mentality.

"Is it the church's secret?"

"Yeah." I nodded. "It needs an Archbishop or a Holy Maiden to know about it. Don't worry. I promise I will solve this curse problem before it spreads further and takes a victim."

From the look of it, people who got cursed wouldn't die or have any sign of getting it for a few days. We had time to cure them all.

"For now, I will check the underground. So, can you inform Sana about this? I believe she's in her office on the second floor."

"Well, I can't do anything if it's about the church's policy." Tris sounded disappointed, but a relieved smile appeared on her face.

It seemed like even if she wanted to stop it, she subconsciously was still afraid of the curse and didn't want to do anything with it.

'I want to cure her trauma.' I thought selfishly.

This was a good chance… No, it was a perfect chance to cure her trauma.

I watched Tris run toward the second floor as I descended to the underground using the stairs shown by Sana a few days ago.

'Sorry, people who got cursed. But bear with it until tomorrow. Your guardian angel will hold the banquet of a fairy tomorrow.'

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Entering the underground chamber, I walked through the cleansing chamber without bothering them. The people doing the cleansing also pretended not to see me and continued what they did silently.

The dot was located deeper. I remembered something about my conversation with Lara regarding the eye with black sclera.

I was certain the eye wasn't this [Purple Eye] monster because I had appraised it. What they found was someone's eye that was left after they got infected by the curse.

However…

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A Parasite-type monster from Hell that infected people with a deadly curse Extra Weaken through its spore. The spore will become a small eye that will pop and spread curse inside the body of infected people within 7 days.

It can also procreate using its spore by sacrificing its life.

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It seemed like that shadow squad member was unlucky when he touched that eye; the spore the monster used to procreate entered his body.

The fact it was a monster from Hell was making me slightly worried.

ραndαsnοvεl.cοm 'Is the encroachment of Hell has progressed that far? There is no sign of it here.'

And because that member was poisoned, I doubted Lara would bring him to investigate Viscount Steelwill and his sons today.

'The possibility that the owner of this monster is Viscount Steelwill's second son, Mair Steelwill, has increased. He probably panicked because the church suspected his family and ordered the monster under his control to spread the curse.'

The (Familiar) tag beside the monster's name indicated that this monster was either tamed or summoned. Someone could order the monster to do something even from a distance.

Arriving at the shadow squad base at the end of the hallway, I pushed it open immediately. Only one person was there. His body was covered in the assassin's grab. Unlike the others, his face and hair were also hidden.

Hearing the door screeched open, he raised his body slowly from the couch. His hard breath was audible. He was clearly having a problem breathing.

"Y-Y-Your Holiness."

"Stop it. Just sit."

As he saw me, he immediately wanted to kneel, but I stopped him immediately by blinking in front of him. I pushed him to sit on the couch with a little force.

"Are you feeling under the weather?" I asked as I used Appraisal on him. As expected, there was (Cursed) status beside his name, Liam Castitas.

And there was also another status written beside it.

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Name: Liam Castitas (Cursed) (Parasitized)

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"Y-Yes. I was embarrassed." He answered with a coarse tone as he pulled down his hood, revealing his face for a second before bowing deeply. "Please forgive me. I was just a burden and couldn't help with the investigation."

His black hair had a patch of whiteness, and a part of his face had turned purple.

"No, don't be sorry," I said to him in a calm voice. "You've done a great job."

"Sorry?" He raised his head in surprise.

"I said you've done a great job. I will cure you, but it will be painful. Prepare yourself."

After I repeated what I said and explained what I would do, he nodded firmly.

"We're trained to handle pain and have Pain Resistance. Please feel free to do whatever you need, Your Holiness. My life is y– Gah!"I think you should take a look at ραΠdαs.cοm

Before he finished his sentence, I punched his stomach and caused him to gasp and vomit air.

"Not yet."

There was no sign of the Purple Eye yet. The parasite was deep inside his body, so I punched him again.

"Agh!"

Once again, he gasped loudly and vomited. This time, not only air but also food he ate before. It was disgusting but worth it.

A small purple eye with 1 cm diameter was among the vomit, moving around, and I immediately used Holy Barrier to trap it inside. A hexagonal barrier with a golden glow appeared around the small purple eye with four limbs. It tried to breach through but was unable to.

"Good work." I praised the shadow squad member, Liam, and used both High Heal and Lift Curse to cure him.

His body was covered in a yellow light that disappeared a second later.

"T-This is…" He muttered in wonder, looking at his body. "I am cured?"

The purple patch on his face and white hair had turned normal. He looked at me with a widened eye before kneeling on the ground, a bit away from his vomit.

"Thank you very much, Your Holiness. This debt… I swear I will repay it in the future!"

"No need to worry. I have gotten what I need for your repayment." I looked at the eye creature contained inside my Holy Barrier and picked it up after using Purification to clean the vomit.

The barrier was solid, and I could move it around as I pleased. I brought it near my face, and the Purple Eye narrowed its eyelids as if to intimidate me.

"This will become a great clue to know who cursed Ertha. Once again, good job."

"Thank you for your praise, Your Holiness." Liam bowed his head further.

At that moment, hurried footsteps rang from outside. It was light, and the blue dot in my Presence Detection had detected that the owner of the footstep was Sana.

The door burst open after that, and the cute Archbishop appeared with a quick breath.

"Sir Arthur… Huff… Is what Tristan told me truly happened in Academy City? I heard that a monster cursed many people at once?!"

Exhausted after running and combined with surprising information, she couldn't really form a good sentence. However, I understood what she meant.

"That information is correct. I have just extracted the monster from his body." I raised the monster contained inside my Holy Barrier to show Sana. "Quite a cute monster, but this one came from Hell and is a parasite."

"Hell?!" Her eyes widened in surprise. She looked at Liam for a second and seemed to recognize him, but she didn't say anything and turned to me again. "But Hell is…"

"A domain that not even the Goddess can touch." I finished her sentence. "Anyway, I hope you can plan something for me. We need to cure those people at once without raising any panic."

"Anything for you, Sir Arthur." She answered calmly after regaining her breath. "But I believe spreading the information about how many people got cursed at once would cause panic among the citizens. This will be hard."

"No, it won't be that hard." I smiled at her. "Let's just hold a charity event. We will heal everyone for free tomorrow to celebrate my engagement with Trist and Eli. Prepare one in the Capital City too."

Sana's eyes widened in realization. "I see. That will solve this problem without causing any panic." She said, "I will prepare at once, Sir Arthur."

"Yes. I am counting on you."

"Please leave it to me." She nodded firmly and blossomed into a smile. "Also, congratulations. Fufufu, I hope I will be next." She giggled cutely.

'This girl...' I smiled back at her. 'And here I want to support her goal. If she said something like that, I would take her for real.'

"Thank you, Sana. Look forward to it."

"Fufufu, I will."

After leaving the underground, I briefed Tris slightly and returned home with her to inform Eli about it before putting the sealed Purple Eye in my mansion's basement. I instructed Garcia to keep away from the basement for the time being until I could investigate the monster further.

I apologized to them for using our engagement to hold something like this, but Tris understood where I came from and was happy that it could help people instead. As for Eli, she pouted because she didn't know anything and felt left out, especially after she heard how Tris called me.

So, to lift her mood, I played with her and Tris that night. Both my fiancées were so cute, but we only snuggled against each other in bed because Tris wasn't in the mood to do it with her mind bothered by the curse.

Thankfully, Eli's mood recovered with that, and she was willing to show up with me for the charity event the next day.

"Hey, Art! S-Should I really wear this dress? I only got this from that guy as a joke!"

"Don't worry, Tris. You look beautiful in that." I praised her honestly.

Currently, we were preparing to attend the charity event and got dressed up. Our engagement wasn't official yet, but many people would find out that we would get married one day.

So I proposed for Eli and Tris to wear a dress. And I had to admit… Tris looked really cute in her light green dress that matched her eye color.

"I agree. You look great in that green backless dress, Tris. The butterfly ribbon on the side looks so cute." Eli agreed with me and praised Tris with a smile, putting her hands together. "We just need to style your hair now. How about a crown braid?"

"T-Thank you, but… Can't I just wear my knight uniform? That's my formal wear."

"What are you saying!" Eli shouted in disagreement as she styled Tris' hair. "We would be there as Arthur's f-fiancées, so we need to dress up to match him so we won't embarrass him."

As a noble daughter, Eli understood more about high-class society than Tris. So she forced her to wear a dress and agreed with my idea.

The preparation took more than an hour for them, and I only took a minute because I just needed to change into my Paladin uniform and get it done.

Still… bringing Eli to this event was the correct decision. She managed to make Tris not worry too much about the curse and talked to her a lot.

ραΠdαsΝοvel.cοm Anyway, this morning's announcement put the Academy City into a festive mood. Sana didn't necessarily announce that the Paladin was engaged but only announced that there was a free healing event for three days.

The healer would also be someone with Lv 3 Holy Magic and higher who could use both Heal and Cure.

Secretly, Sana and Archbishop Cameron in the Capital City would use Appraisal to see whether there were cursed people or not. I would handle it for them if there was any.

We went to the church by carriage. Lisa and Lara had returned to Academy City for this occasion and reported to me the progress of their investigation on our way to the church.

According to her, Viscount Steelwill, also known as Jonathan Steelwill, and his first son Colten were drinking yesterday. The shadow squad couldn't confirm where the second son, Mair Steelwill, was. They lost track after he entered Tiga Port City.

"Lost track?" I asked the twins, confused. "Did he teleport away?"

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"No, there is no sign of teleporting. He just… disappeared." Lara answered in a low voice enough that only I could hear it.

Tris looked serious, and she suggested, "Should I join your investigation team? I have a tracking skill."

"There is no need, Tris." I shot down her suggestion and leaned back against the soft backrest. "We have the clue already and will use that to track the real culprit. As for the shadow squad, I hope you will continue your investigation of the Viscount Steelwill and his family."

"As you command, Your Holiness."

The ride continued as Tris asked me some questions about how I would track the culprit using the monster. I answered her by pulling out a scroll. It was a magic item left by my former comrade that could be used to track a monster summoner or master.

"There was a Boss monster that can summon a lot of monsters. It was tricky because while the Boss was weak, the summons were strong and troublesome. It also hid in a place where detection magic can't reach, so that magic item maniac developed this map magic item."

"I see." Tris nodded in understanding.

Eli looked a bit confused and tilted her head, "What are you talking about?"

"Remember the annoying guy I talked about?" Tris raised her finger and pointed at the ceiling, "The one who loves to experiment with something and wants to develop a potion or a magic item to change gender?"

"Ah! That Merlin guy?" Eli exclaimed.

"Yes. He's actually a pretty amazing guy who can develop useful magic items. The one that Art took out earlier was one of his creations, and the Boss monster is a scary monster stronger than anything you can imagine! Usually, they are Level 80 or above with more than 10000 HP!"

"What?!"

Surprised, Eli shouted, and her eyes widened.

"And Arthur fought something like that?!"

"Yes," I answered with a nod. "In fact, the mission in Lima Port City also involved a Boss monster called Scylla. It has many tentacles and is bigger than the Academy's main building."

"Woah… Will I be able to fight something like that in the future?"

"You will be able to do it. That's why we are training, right?"

"Un, you're right."

Both of them giggled.

We managed to change a topic thanks to Tris. She was able to lie easily and made a pretty convincing story.

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Before long, the carriage stopped, and the twins opened the door for us. We had arrived at the church, and I could hear loud cheers from outside.

Both my girls looked rather nervous, but I exited the carriage first and held their hands.

"Slowly," I said, holding Tris' hand tightly. Eli followed behind, and I also helped her to exit the carriage like a princess.

As soon as we showed up and I held both of their hands, loud cheers erupted once again.

"Congratulations!"

"We are happy for you!"

I noticed many students from the Royal Academy stood in front of the crowd. Even Eli's friend, Karin, and her fiancé Oliver came to congratulate us.

While this wasn't planned and wasn't an official engagement, I was happy they came and congratulated Eli. The church knights stood on the side, creating a path for us to go upstairs, where Sana was already waiting.

Reaching the top, I greeted the cute Archbishop wearing a white coat on top of her leotard and black cape. She looked like a holy maiden.

ραΠdαsΝοvel.cοm Then, with her gesture, we waved our hands to the crowd and announced.

"I pray for Goddess Teri's blessing for today. I hope we will be given happiness until the end of our lifespan! May the Goddess blessing be with us!"

"May the Goddess blessing be with us!"

After that, we left the venue and headed inside.

"Sir Arthur…" Once we entered the church, Sana called out to me, "There are 36 people in total who got cursed among the crowd. And we have received a request to visit 7 houses because some patients cannot move by themselves. We will begin healing in an hour after the crowd forms a line.

"The event then will be continued with a small party at sunset. We will eat together with food cooked together in a big bowl. This is in accordance with the Goddess' words, where we should share from the same bowl to further increase our relationship.

"That will be the chance to lift the curse, as everyone would probably think their conditions got better after eating a warm soup together."

"Alright." I nodded at her. "That's a great idea."

She worked pretty fast.

Even the idea of eating together to gather the cursed people was good. No one would panic or even know that they got cursed. Even the patients in the house would probably think they only got a flu or got sick normally.

"We will visit those houses after the party then," I said, turning to Tris. "Are you ready to use that skill to help people, Tris?"

"Yeah." She nodded with conviction. "I also want to help them for my self-satisfaction. Gui probably wants me to use it to cure their curse too. Besides… isn't the banquet not complete without beautiful fairies?" She smiled beautifully.

Well, knowing her, that was probably right. And I believed she would be okay. I was also here if something happened or she needed help.

I turned to Eli this time and smiled, "It might be a long day, so tell me if you are tired, okay? We will probably do this again in the Capital City tomorrow, so take proper rest and don't force yourself."

"I understand. You don't need to tell me like a child, Arthur." Eli pouted and crossed her arms under her breasts, pushing them up.

"Fufufu, you are getting along pretty well with Sir Arthur." Sana giggled at Eli's childish pout after I teased her. "How about resting together in the waiting room? I will ask the nuns to bring some refreshments."

"That's a good idea." I agreed with a nod, "How about it, Tris, Eli?"

"Well… It's still an hour before the real event started, so why not?"

"Un. W-Well, I can rest a little before the event. I am so nervous even though I only accompany Arthur. The attention we got is really pressuring!" Eli exclaimed while fidgeting.

"So you can still be nervous." I grinned at her. "I have a trick so that you won't be nervous. Do you want to hear it?"

"No, thanks." Eli answered and brought her arms up to create an X sign, "I have a bad feeling about it, so don't say anything about it."

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"As expected!" She shouted with a proud look. Her nervousness seemed to be eased a little, "No matter what you want to say, I won't go up to that magic carpet anymore!"

"Hey, Art…"

As Eli declared her will, Tris nudged my sleeve.

"Hmm?"

"Could it be… Eli is afraid of heights."

"Yes." I nodded as I saw Eli kept saying about not wanting to go to the sky no matter what now that the Annual Tournament had ended.

Sana kept giggling, amused. Meanwhile, Tris looked at Eli, who walked in front of us with the Archbishop in disbelief.

"She's a Mage who focuses on Wind Magic and Earth Magic, right?"

"That's correct."

"Have you explained about her advantage?"

"I do." I said, "Both magics are the best at using terrains and the sky to their advantage. Flying around while raining down Wind Blades while creating Earthquake is the most effective way to fight and defeat their opponents."

"For real?" Tris still couldn't believe it, "I think I need to change the training menu for Eli. Her magic isn't half-bad, but that problem is the most important one."

"Do you need my magic carpet? I can lend it to you."

"That will be good."

Both of us grinned at each other and shook hands.

Well, it wasn't my fault for letting Tris take over Eli's training, right? After all, no matter how much I tried to make her not afraid of heights, she was still afraid of them.

'Good luck, Eli. I don't even know what kind of training Tris has for you. But it will be hell.'

Talking about hell…

'I need to tell them about it.'

In front of us, Eli suddenly stopped and looked over her shoulder, "W-What? Are you planning something bad?"

"It's nothing," I replied with a smile. "Look, we've arrived. Sana, you should join us inside. There is something I want to ask about."

"Is that okay?" Sana asked curiously. "I don't want to bother…"

"It will be okay. It's something related to the future. I believe you need to know about it. Both of you too."

They looked at me with confusion, but I was serious. With the Purple Eye's appearance, it wouldn't be long until something from Hell appeared again.

So… It would be better to tell them about it so they could prepare for the future.

"It might affect our future," I said seriously.

"Very well." Sana nodded, noticing my seriousness.

She opened the door to the waiting room and entered. We followed suit beforehand, and I explained everything about the Encroachment of Hell to them and my plan to leave the Virtue Kingdom in the near future.

This news surprised them and made them worried, especially Eli. However, she calmed down when I told her it was only temporary. I also promised to hold the official engagement ceremony I left and would stay home as much as possible.

And so, their mood was restored and an hour passed with them listening to my story and made me promise to stay safe and kept communicating through Tris with [Love Letter].

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The event started an hour later, just as Sana told us. While Tris and Eli watched the event from the top of the stairs, I went to the training ground to check on the female knights' punishment.

I had almost forgotten about them because of last night's incident. Thankfully, Lea and Natasha showed up on duty to protect the entrance of the church and told me that almost everyone in the training ground had fainted.

Only then did I remember that I punished the female knights by swinging wooden swords until they were tired.

'I need to apologize to them.' I thought as I decided to reward them with an iron sword from Horizon Online. That would be way better than the mass-produced sword they had.

Arriving at the training ground, I hid behind the large tree to observe.

I found only three people still swinging their wooden swords. They looked rather pale, with sweat falling like a waterfall from their bodies through the curves. The other female knights had retired and returned to their dorms to rest.

'Oh?'

To be honest, I expected only Rania and Sophia to last this long. It was 8 A.M. Twelve hours had passed since the first time they swung the wooden sword in their exhausted state.

'Who is the last girl?' I looked at the girl who stood a bit away from the two rivals. She had short indigo hair and modest breasts. Her abs were clearly outlined, making me interested in this hard-working girl.

So I used Appraisal even when I didn't really like peeking at other people's status.

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Name: Sasha Mason (Restricted)

Race: Human

Lv: 39

Sins: 0

Virtues: 150

Status:

HP: 100/100 (MAX 100)

MP: 40/40 (MAX 100) - 10

STR: 42 (MAX 100) - 10

VIT: 44 (MAX 100) - 10

AGI: 42 (MAX 100) - 10

DEX: 38 (MAX 100) - 10

INT: 37 (MAX 100) - 10

LUC: 80 (MAX 100)

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Skills:

[Lv 5 Swordsmanship] [Lv 2 Holy Magic] [Lv 2 Water Magic] [Lv 2 Horse Riding] [Lv 2 Beast Instinct]

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Titles:

[Castitas Church's Knight] [Former Kingdom Knight] [Earl Mason's Second Daughter] [Girl Loved by Sword]

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When I saw her skill, I was both surprised and impressed. The status (Restricted) was from the effect of the wooden sword that limited their status to 10.

Still…

'She's a former Kingdom Knight? And that title and her Swordsmanship skill at her current Level… I want her in my squad.'

ραndαsΝοvεl ƈοm Not to mention, she was a noble. I wondered why a noble daughter was in this place and had such a high Swordsmanship skill.

No… I should question why the Kingdom Knight was willing to let someone as skilled as her go. I believe Grand Marshal Garland wouldn't let such an individual go from the Kingdom Knight even if they were a noble daughter.

'That's not important.' I thought. 'She probably has her own reason.'

More importantly, I should stop them. Any more than this would just break their mentality.

So I showed up from behind the tree.

"You can stop now," I said with a loud enough voice.

However… Those three had no sign of stopping.

'They can't hear me?'

Their concentration was incredible. So that was why those two rivals didn't say anything earlier. They solely focused on swinging the wooden sword at a certain rhythm. If their concentration broke down for just a second, they would definitely fall down and faint.

"It can't be helped."

I stretched my hands forward and activated my skill.

"High Heal."

Unlike a normal heal, this one also recovered a bit of stamina, precisely half of their maximum one. Their bodies were covered in light, and the three girls only stopped moving their swords in confusion.

"This…" Rania muttered and looked around. Her gaze landed on me, and she exclaimed in confusion, "Arthur?"

Sophia and the third girl also stopped swinging their swords and looked at me. The former breathed heavily in exhaustion while the latter saluted at me.

"It seems only three people managed to go this far," I commented as I approached them. "Well, this is a problem. No one actually wins, so how about we compromise about the reward?"

"Compromise…" Rania muttered.

"How?" Sophia asked curiously.

"First of all…" I started, turning at Sasha. "You can relax and introduce yourself. Besides these two monster-like girls, only you managed to go this far. You should be proud."

"Yes, sir!" Sasha replied and fixed her position in a resting pose, with her hands behind her back. "My name is Sasha Mason. It's an honor to serve as a church knight."I think you should take a look at ραΠdαs.cοm

My masochistic sister looked at her curiously and seemed to recognize her as she muttered, "Sasha Mason?"

"Yes!" The indigo-haired girl replied with a proud smile, "I've had the honor to serve under you for a month, former Commander Rania."

So she was Rania's former subordinate? It seemed like the person herself hadn't realized that.

'I remember she's among the girls who joined the Masochist Group.' I thought, 'She was the most quiet one at that time. Maybe she's a normal girl and only followed Rania because she was her former Commander?'

Sasha said she only served under Rania for a month. With how big the Kingdom Knight female corps members were, it was impossible to remember them all.

"I am sorry, but I can't really remember. But I will remember your name from now on. You are quite skilled."

"Thank you for your praise," Sasha replied with a rather stiff answer.

Well, that was enough introduction. I clapped my hands to get their attention again.

"Now, about the reward," I said, looking at the three of them respectively. They had high expectations.

"Starting from Rania. I will give you what I promised before, so find me in my mansion tonight." I smiled at her, and her face bloomed beautifully with a big grin.

Her breath quickened, and she began to rub her thighs together, "R-Really?"

"Yes." I nodded, turning to Sophia.

"As for your reward… Let's see. There is no rule that there shouldn't be two Vice-Captain. Do you want to serve as my second Vice-Captain? However, that only means you will be third in command. If you do pretty well, you can challenge Rania anytime to get the second position."

"Oh? So I get a free pass to challenge my rival anytime?" Sophia asked with a feral smile. "That's good enough for me. Thank you, Sir Arthur."

I nodded, acknowledging her words. Then…

"Lastly, Sasha Mason, is it?"

"Yes, sir!" She replied like an exemplary knight.

Too stiff… Her training as a Kingdom Knight seeped deep inside her.

"I will give you a sword and a chance to join my knight squad if you agree to it. Do you want to serve under me?"

"It's an honor, sir." She replied with a big smile. "I shall serve with all my heart."

I guessed that was an affirmative. Once again, I nodded and gave out an order.

"Alright! Good job, girls. Now you may rest. There will be a party in front of the church when the sun is about to hide in the west. So don't miss it."

"Yes!"

The three of them replied at once and walked to their dorm direction. As for Rania, she seemed to split from the two of them and entered the bathroom.

I pretended not to notice the love juice dripping from her crotch and chose to return to where Tris and Eli were.

As I walked back, a thought flashed in my mind, 'Rania wanted to be whipped, huh… Should I grant it? My sadistic side is tickled just by the thought of her screaming in pleasure under me.'

I joined Tris and Eli after I returned from the training ground. Sana was also with them.

We were also under a small tent without any wall so we could observe the crowd before the foot of the staircase as they received healing from the nuns in a tent prepared for the event.

The sitting position was Tris, Eli, me, and then Sana. At first, the Archbishop asked Tris to sit beside me, but the latter refused and said she didn't want to stand out too much, so she chose to sit beside Eli.

This was just a temporary sitting position located near the angel statue. Eventually, we would also need to join the crowd to show our faces and greet the citizens.

The sky was full of clouds, casting shade on the area around the church. So even when it was summer, it wasn't that hot.

Besides, some nuns also prepared refreshments for the citizens who came to get healed. Some vendors put up stalls around the area, selling various food and beverages.

A donation box was also prepared near the stairs, and it seemed like many people had their hearts tickled to put at least 1 Gold inside to get thanked by a beautiful nun and handsome priest guarding it.

"The event seems to be running successfully," I commented as I drank an iced tea prepared by the nun for me.

"Indeed. It went better than we expected for a sudden event." Sana agreed with a nod as she sipped a similar iced tea.

"They also look happy," Eli commented, smiling softly. "But some of them are infected by the curse of that monster, right? Will they be okay until we cure them?"

"They will be okay," I assured her.

The red dots that appeared on my radar said otherwise, though. However, I didn't need to worry about her. I had already taken this possibility into consideration.

Some curses would pop up today, as many people definitely interacted with the cursed people yesterday and got infected. This was like a plague.

So… I quickly changed the topic.

"More importantly, should we greet them right now and rest inside the church?"

Tris looked at me suspiciously and sighed, "You…"

Eli blushed when she realized my intention and Tris' reaction. She glanced at me and nodded, "I-If that's what you want."

"Fufufu, that's a great idea, Sir Arthur. I also need to look at the preparation in the Capital City, so greeting the citizens right now is a good idea."

After everyone agreed, we greeted the nuns and the citizens downstairs. Naturally, Tris and Eli were both on my side this time, with Sana acting like our guide.

As we walked, Tris whispered, "The Archbishop is jealous. I won't join your rest and will join the church knight to patrol."

I looked at Tris and smiled, "You're a really good woman, you know that?"

"Naturally!" She replied smugly, "And I owed a big debt to her. So cheer her up, alright?"

"Yeah."

Author Note:

Sorry if I only upload 1 chapter every now and then. Now that it almost hit 400, it become a bit harder for me to write as I need to be careful not to create a big plot hole. The story will be moving faster after this.

I will do my best to deliver a longer chapter xD

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In our round of greetings, we met a few familiar faces, such as people from the Royal Academy and Alesia.

For some reason, the headmistress glared at me. Emilia stood beside her and also gave me a death stare.

This… What did I do? I didn't remember doing anything, and Emilia was also busy, so I didn't bother her lately.

I made a note to keep her company soon.

Ertha was actually also helping the charity event, sitting on the biggest tent to instruct the other nuns. She was a Bishop, so she naturally didn't heal the patient herself and only observed what happened, even with her eyes blindfolded.

We also met a few cursed people and passed by them. There were no symptoms showing up yet, so I ignored them for now. They should be okay until the party later.

It only took us a few minutes before we returned to the church, disappearing from people's gazes. If we kept lingering around, a big crowd would be formed, and that would definitely obstruct the lines of people trying to get free healing.

I meant… The idea of getting healed even if they could be revived in a perfect state seemed absurd, but many people apparently didn't want to die even if they got sick. Killing themselves was a grave sin that would get them more than 100 Sins points.

If only I could revive, then I would kill myself many times to get that juicy Sins. However, that would also decrease my level, which wasn't ideal.

"Then, Art. I saw some of my friends from the Castitas Academy, so I will go and greet them."

Tris suddenly parted away and ran out of the church while waving her hand. She winked at me, gesturing for me not to forget what she said earlier.

Eli also seemed to notice it and heard what we were talking about earlier.

"Arthur, I forgot that I have a plan with Karin. Umm, can I go and meet her?"

"Karin?"

"Un." She nodded with a smile. "I am sorry, but I forgot to tell you. Last night, we were talking through a [Earring of Communication, and I… I can't tell you about what we were talking about! It's a girl's secret!"

Her acting looked natural, especially with a blush on her face when she said it was a girl's secret.

I smiled at her and nodded, "Don't worry about it. Have fun with your friend, Eli."

"Thank you. I will see you later." She leaned forward for a kiss.

Our lips touched slightly, and she giggled in happiness. She then turned around and walked out of the church in hurried steps.

I was left alone with Sana, and we looked at each other.

"They left." She said, looking at the entrance for a second before turning back at me, "You aren't going after them, Sir Arthur?"

"I am not the kind of person who would bother them playing with their friends, Sana," I answered with a smile, "I guess I will just rest in the room from earlier. I believe you have a business in Capital City, right?"

"Haa…" She sighed, holding her cheek with her hand. Her face morphed into a troubled expression as her smile disappeared. "Now, Sir Arthur. I am also not the kind of someone who can't read the room. I believe I understand why Miss Eliza and Tristan left us alone."

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I leaned closer to her and whispered in a sultry voice, "If you don't mind, I can at least hear your problem, you know? Should we open a confession booth in a private room? Or should we do it in front of the Goddess' statue?"

The church was empty because almost everyone was outside to attend the event.

Playing it risky would make it more exciting, as being found out by the nuns wouldn't really change anything at all. They would only think Archbishop Sana was lucky to be able to do it with the Paladin many times.

"That's unfair." Sana muttered and leaned her body against mine, tiptoeing to reach my head, "I've been holding back not to bother you anymore, Sir Arthur. But you're being unfair to me. Why did you seduce me like that?"

"Because you look lonely." I chuckled, grabbing her waist and lifting her up. She wrapped her legs around me as we kissed deeply.

Our tongues played with each other, and our bodies heated up.

She was already panting and gasping for air when we parted.

I carried her to the bench and put her down. I was standing while she was sitting down. I didn't care if someone saw us. After all, I was a Paladin.

"Sir Arthur... We can't do this in the church..." She muttered, but her arms were circled around my neck. Her face was flushed red as she looked at me with her moist eyes.

"It's okay." I reassured, taking out a handful of [Darkness Curtain] and spreading it.

With this, people would only see darkness around this area. But for us, the area looked normal. It only made it feel like we were in the open.

"Let's make love here." I smiled and pushed her down on the bench, "No one will see us. Just focus on me and release your desire."

I started by kissing her lips. I leaned over her, pressing her down on the bench. She was gasping for air when I moved to her neck, leaving marks and bruises.

Her soft skin was so erotic that I couldn't help but lick and bite her, eliciting moans and gasps from her mouth.

"Sir Arthur... Please, don't leave marks.." She whispered, her voice hoarse with desire.

"It's okay, Sana." I answered, "Let me shower you with my love."

I didn't give her a chance to answer. My hand went to her chest and ripped her leotard. Her breasts were exposed, bouncing and jiggling, inviting me to lick and suck them.

I could see her nipples hardened. I licked one of them while squeezing the other with my hand. She let out a moan as her hand touched my hair, pushing me deeper into her chest.

"Ahh... Sir Arthur..." She panted, looking at me with her eyes half-closed.

With the naked Goddess' statue as our witness, I continued playing with her body. For some reason, I could hear an imaginary voice saying, [Beloved Paladin, after you're done with Sana, go to Bishop Ertha and take her virginity so we can play again] at the back of my head.

I ignored it and focused on making love to Sana.

'Sorry, Goddess. My girl is my priority.'

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She was already dripping wet, her thighs sticky with love juice. Her body was sensitive to every touch, making her twitch and gasp every time I pressed my hand on her.

"Please, don't tease me anymore. I want your dick in my pussy." She moaned, cumming from me playing with her clit.

I chuckled and positioned my erect dick in front of her pussy, "Then, I will make you cum again and again with my dick, Sana."

"Yes. Please give it to me."

With a grunt, I pushed my dick inside her tight pussy. She was so wet that it slid in easily, eliciting a moan from her mouth.

"Ahh~ Sir Arthur... Your big dick is inside me~" Sana moaned in pleasure, giggling like a cum-drunk slut.

I started moving, thrusting my dick in and out of her pussy. I could feel her juices dripping down my balls as I fucked her.

"Ahhhh~! Your dick feels so good~!" She moaned, cumming from my dick hitting her cervix. She was cumming hard, squirting out and hitting my stomach.

"You're cumming early, Archbishop." I smirked, speeding up the tempo of thrusting my cock in and out of her.

She couldn't hold her orgasm and cummed multiple times. Love juices gushing out of her cunt and splashing all over the ground in this holy hall, sullying the Goddess' domain.

After several orgasms, I finally felt the urge to cum too. With a loud groan, I pulled out my dick and aimed at her tits.

My semen hit her boobs first, covering both of them with cum. Then, my sperm shot directly onto her face. I covered her entire face with cum, filling her cheeks and chin with my seed.

She looked shocked when I sprayed cum on her face but soon broke into a happy grin. She grabbed my waist and pulled me.

With a skilled movement, she grabbed my dick and began to lick it clean, swallowing my load without any hesitation.

When she finished cleaning my dick, she looked up and opened her mouth, filled with a white liquid. She played around with her tongue, moving the semen inside her mouth, before gulped it in one go

"Mm~ Delicious," She said between breaths, licking her lips.

She then stood up, pulling off her leotard. She was completely nude now, and she turned around to hold onto the bench while raising her ass high.

"Sir Arthur... Please fuck me harder." She begged, "Fuck my pussy until I cum in front of the Goddess."

"What a lewd Archbishop." I chuckled evilly, getting excited with her invitation.

I obliged immediately, slamming my dick deep inside her pussy. I held her hips tightly, pounding her with my pelvis, making sure my dick reached every inch of her pussy.

"Hnn! Aaah~ Your dick is hitting my womb, Sir Arthur! Forgive me~ I will cum in front of the Goddess!" Sana screamed loudly, cumming from my fucking.

I kept ramming her pussy even after she came, wanting to cum myself. However, I wanted to continue fucking her tight pussy for a little longer.

A few minutes passed by, and I still hadn't cum yet. The only thing that changed was Sana's moaning, which grew louder and louder the more I pounded her. I raised her and slammed her against the wall, forcing her to arch her back.

I knew she would cum from this position, so I slowed down the pace a bit, giving her enough time to prepare herself. When I thought she was ready, I sped up once again.

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"Take it easy, Sana," I replied, slowing down.

She was breathing heavily, trying to catch her breath. I could tell she was close to cumming, but it wasn't time yet.

"How long are you planning to keep teasing me?" She asked, pouting cutely. "Are you waiting until I'm begging you to shoot your cum inside me?!"

ραΠdαsΝοvel.cοm "Don't worry about it." I teased her, shoving my dick inside her pussy again.

"Hnn! Ugh... You're such a bad boy, Sir Arthur~" She complained, but she was smiling.

I decided to tease her a bit more, so I took my time fucking her slowly. She was so light and flexible that she could take my dick without much effort.

Eventually, I got tired of teasing her and picked up the pace. She gasped when I plunged my cock inside her pussy faster than before.

At that moment, two nuns entered the church, and Sana stopped moaning.

I froze in place, my cock still inside her pussy. There was no way they would notice what we were doing since there was nothing wrong with the darkness curtain, but Sana didn't know that.

Her face was bright red as she thought we were caught.

Grinning, I began to move again.

"Ahn!" A loud moan escaped her lips, causing the two nuns to look around in wonder. "W-Wait, Sir Arthur! T-They are watching us!"

"So what?" I asked nonchalantly, continuing to pound her pussy.

"We shouldn't be seen together like this!" Sana argued, blushing furiously. "Not in this hall."

"Why not?" I asked, "You told me yourself that you were lonely. Let them watch you cum like a bitch in heat."

"But-"

"Just shut up and enjoy it," I ordered, slamming my dick inside her pussy again.

This time, she couldn't stop herself from screaming. Her body shook violently as she climaxed, cumming from my dick hitting her cervix.

I also cummed inside her and shot a rope of semen into her tight pussy.

The two nuns didn't realize anything and walked by. They passed us and left the building.

Sana fell forward, her knees weak and trembling from cumming so hard. I helped her sit on the bench as her legs still spread out. Semen gushed out of her fold, and she looked like she was in heaven.

"Ahhh... They saw us…" She muttered with her tongue stuck out, "But… That felt so good, Sir Arthur."

Hearing her, I immediately thought, 'Shit. I awakened another fetish in my girl…'

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"They saw me…" Sana muttered in defeat, "How could I show my face after what happened earlier? My reputation..."

After we cleaned the hall and ourselves with a large-scale Purification, Sana dragged me to her office, only covered in a long cape. I ripped her leotard, so she needed to get a change that was in this office.

Anyway, she sat on the couch and felt a bit devastated. For the record, I didn't tell her the nuns couldn't see us having sex yet, so she thought that they just pretended not to notice us and walked away, being considerate.

"Sir Arthur… I don't want to say this, but… That was your fault."

For the first time ever, someone blamed me for something we both agreed on. I only seduced her after knowing she was a bit lonely, and she also made a move. I also said we should just do it in the hall because no one was there anyway.

Looking back, yes. That was indeed my fault, wasn't it?

However, the pouting Sana always looked cute. She glared at me with bloated cheeks, looking like an angry little animal. I wanted to tease her.

"But you seduced me too," I replied as I sat close to her, invading her private distance. She didn't try to dodge or move away at all, signing she didn't mind. "How could that be my fault?"

ραΠdαsΝοvel.cοm "No, you seduced me first." She rolled her eyes, "And I told you that we should do it in my office." She continued, scotting a bit away from me to show her dissatisfaction.

"You never said that," I smirked and got closer once again, making her flutter. "You said that I was unfair and suddenly kissed me. Isn't that right, Sana? Ah, that was quite a deep kiss, which excited me. That was your attempt at seducing me, no? I knew that you could still hold back at that time."

"Uhh…" She groaned, not having any excuse to retort. "You're really unfair. Even if the nuns from before are considerate of us, t-the rumor would definitely spread wide. It was embarrassing."

"So being seen with me is embarrassing?" I heaved a sad sigh. "If that's so, I guess I won't ever show up again. How sad… So that was how you feel about me."

"Eh? N-No, that's not what I meant at all!"

Sana was flustered, clinging on my sleeve to resolve the misunderstanding.

She was a sly Archbishop, smart at politics, and was sensitive enough to know my plan with a simple explanation.

But… This was her weakness.

When she was flustered and lost her calmness, she couldn't think straight. This always happened every time we had sex, and I loved this side of her.

No one was perfect. Her flaw made her look attractive.

"Hahahaha." I chuckled in amusement, "Sorry, Sana. I was just joking. The nuns from earlier weren't able to see us because I spread a magic item called [Darkness Curtain]."

"Huh?" She froze, and her eyes widened in confusion.

"So before we made love earlier, I made sure to use a magic item to make it look like no one was around the area. When someone saw us earlier, they could only see darkness and thought that nothing was wrong."

'Well, the Goddess did witness us and even told me to take Ertha's virginity as fast as I could because she wanted to have sex with me in her body.' I added in my mind, not bothering to tell Sana about it.

"So… No one saw us?" She asked in an uncertain tone. "Sir Arthur… You… You just teased me?"

"Yeah." I nodded with a wide grin. "You were so cute, so I can't help myself."

"…"

Slowly, Sana pulled away from me and stood up. Her expression was cold, and she walked to her desk silently.

'Did I go too far?' I thought as dread washed over me.

This time, I might really go too far in my teasing.

'She's mad!'

"Sir Arthur." A cold voice escaped Sana's lips as she opened a drawer of her desk.

Creeaak–

Confirmed. She was truly angry about what I did.

"Yes?" I replied, pretending not to panic or anything.

I thought she liked being seen, but apparently not. That was just a spur of a moment from her arousal. Sana was still normal and didn't turn into a pervert.

"I was mad." She said, taking out a document.

"I thought that my reputation as an Archbishop was ruined. No, even if it wasn't ruined because I slept with you in the holy hall, the act was still disrespectful to Goddess Teri. So…"

She approached me. An evil smile crept onto her face as she handed me the document.

"Please read this."

I took the document as she said and looked at it. Meanwhile, she sat down next to me, looking at me expressionlessly.

Was she angry or something else? I couldn't really read her at all.

Anyway, I proceeded to read the document as she requested. As I read it, I became confused as hell.

'Request to change affiliation?' I thought as I read down the document.

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"Sana…" I called out, turning to her. "Are you really this angry? I'm sorry, okay? My joke has gone too far."

"Sir Arthur." She spoke, leaning closer to me.

I stayed still. Not because I was scared of her expressionless face but because I didn't want to make this matter worse.

However…

"I am not mad."

She suddenly stuck out her tongue and planted a kiss. A soft tongue invaded my mouth, rolling around inside. Our saliva mixed together, and she pushed me onto the couch.

I was slightly surprised, but I began to enjoy the kiss as I pulled her closer. Her arms went over my neck as a slurping and wet sound echoed in the office.

After a while, Sana pulled away. A trail of saliva still connected our tongues; some fell onto her leotard, and she breathed heavily.

"Huff… Huff… T-That was how I showed my answer, Sir Arthur… I am not mad, just a little bit angry. You're really unfair to make me show that document." She said, smiling softly, "So take responsibility, okay? This is my final decision."

"Are you sure about this?" I asked worriedly, looking straight at her eyes, which were close to mine.

The document she gave me earlier was about her request to stop being the Archbishop in Academy City's Castitas Church and get transferred to the Holy City. It seemed like she wanted to pursue her goal seriously this time.

But… Why did she say take responsibility?

"I am serious, Sir Arthur."

"This is so sudden," I said, pushing her slightly so I could raise my body. She was still sitting on my lap and looked at me with a tender gaze, "But what do you mean by taking responsibility?"

"Fufufu, it's just as I said." She giggled playfully and traced her finger across my chest, "I want you to escort me safely to the holy city after you finish your business in the Sin Kingdom."

She climbed down and sat next to me again.

"After hearing what you said to us earlier, I decided also to pursue my dream before it's too late. And seeing your serious face earlier made me want to tease you too. Fufufu, it seems like I managed to catch your guard off, Sir Arthur."

"Seriously…" I sighed as I put the document on the table. "You got me with that one. I thought you really got mad with me and chose to leave."

"Are you afraid that I would do that, Sir Arthur?" She asked me playfully with a low giggle.

"I am," I answered seriously as I grabbed her hand.

Being left by someone important to me was… not a pleasant experience.

I already forgot how many times I had experienced that. One hundred… probably more. My friends died one by one, creating a rather deep trauma in me. I wasn't afraid to admit it because I was also broken before, just like Tristan.

If I saw my loved one die in front of me, even when I knew they could get revived in this world, I didn't know what I would do with my uncontrolled power.

Just the thought of Sana wanting to leave earlier was surprising. Thankfully, it wasn't because she was mad at me but because she wanted to pursue her goal.

Still…

"Please don't joke around with that anymore."

Sana looked at me, surprised by the sudden sight of my weakness. I understood this very well, and that was why I would do everything to ensure the world was at peace.

Slowly, she reached out and hugged me.

"My apologies. It seemed like I went too far with my joke."

"Don't be sorry. Just… don't do it again, even as a joke. You know that I care a lot about you. And I will support your decision no matter what it is."

"Yes." Sana's soft voice rang in my ears. "Thank you. I love you, Sir Arthur."

"And so do I, Sana."

We looked at each other for a second before our lips met together.

Now I knew why she looked lonely earlier and looked so frail.

I came to understand her more.

She was afraid.

Afraid that I wouldn't care about her any more if she was away from me.

We spent a bit more talking to ensure we were on the same page. I didn't bring up the matter about me wanting to get engaged with her or anything about dominating her for now.

It was a little bit disappointing, but I was happy she had a goal. That was what made life wonderful.

At this moment, I realized another thing.

'I've changed a lot too.'

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Time passed. Twilight had arrived, and the banquet would start soon.

I didn't expect that I would spend a lot of time talking with Sana about her goal. She told me everything and only hid a little bit about her past situation.

Just as she said before Tris and Eli parted with us earlier, Sana went to the Capital City to check the preparation with Archbishop Cameron as well as informing Queen Eve about the sudden event.

She planned to share the information about the curse as it was possibly related to the assassination three days ago.

Meanwhile, I met up with Tris and Eli again near the church after cleaning myself again with Purification to eliminate any lingering smell.

I found them just near the main tent where the nuns distribute food.

There were some people around them, including two faces I recognized. They were Karin and Oliver. The others were wearing the uniform from Castitas Academy, so I believed they were Tris' new friends.

When they saw me, the two cute girls with their hair hidden beneath the veils immediately bowed deeply. They were the same girls who saw me when I stopped by Castitas Academy yesterday.

'And Tris… I didn't do anything to them. So stop glaring like that at me.' I looked at Tris and sent a signal.

"Ah, Arthur! Long time no see!"

Seeing me, Karin exclaimed and waved her hand. She was wearing the Royal Academy's uniform. Oliver bowed slightly toward me with a smile.

"Long time no see, Karin." I greeted her with a smile and turned to the bowing nun candidate. "You may raise your head. You're Tris' new friends, no? It's nice to meet you."

Both of them raised their heads and looked at me.

"Y-Yes, my name is Clara."

"My name is Desy. I-It's an honor to meet you, Your Holiness!"

The girl with blue eyes introduced herself first, followed by the girl with brown eyes.

"It's nice to meet you too." I flashed a friendly smile at them, causing them to blush and avert their gazes.

At that moment, Tris put her hands on her hips and said, "Art, they have been helping me for the last few days. Don't scare them."

"I am not scaring them, though?" I responded in confusion, playing along with her.

"Eeeh, they look scared." She pressed, turning to her friends. "You are scared of him, right?"

"N-No."

"H-How dare we get scared of His Holiness? W-We were just nervous in front of him."

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"That's enough, Tris." I chopped her head slightly, making her grunt in pain. "Sorry about that. This girl was just joking around."

"That hurts, Art…" She growled and glared at me.

"Hehehe." Eli giggled on my side, and so was Karin and Oliver.

At least Eli's friends weren't as stiff as the students from the Castitas Academy. Due to their upbringing and extensive respect, the latter still couldn't joke around with me, more like they didn't dare to.

"I don't really like excessive formality when we are in a public space. So just be like Karin and Oliver. Understand?" I said.

"Yeah, there is no need to be so formal to him. If he gets angry because you didn't call him Your Holiness or something like that, just tell me, okay? I will give him an earful!" Tris added with a cheerful tone.

She wasn't usually like this.

However, knowing how tiring it was to have friends who acted differently to you or your lover just because they were too high in status, she decided to cut the reason to be formal from the start.

I also had the same way of thought. That was why I told Karin and Oliver to be casual when we first met and only be polite on formal occasions such as parties or church hearings.

"I-If that's what you want, S-Sir Arthur. But this is how I usually speak, so… It might be hard to change it." Clara said nervously, looking back and forth between me and the ground.

"I won't force you to change the way you speak." I told her, "As long as you're comfortable, that's enough for me."

Tris nodded repeatedly beside me.

ραndαsnοvεl.cοm After both nun candidates dropped their formality, albeit a bit reluctant and still awkward, we decided to explore the area as I hadn't had the chance to look around much. We moved as a group, stopping at stalls to buy skewers and drinks.

The vendors wanted to give them for free because they felt indebted for this free charity event I held, but I insisted on paying.

They were doing business, so accepting these foods for free felt wrong, especially since I had a lot of money. The story would be different if they had given it to me when I visited their home.

After the sun was completely set, the banquet started. The nuns prepared a long table and set various kinds of dishes for people to choose from.

The healing was done already. People had fun due to the festive mood that it didn't even look like a charity event.

But, all the money spent on this event was the church's. I would donate another 5 million Golds later so they would have some savings.

After a loud sound rang, signaling the last event had started, we parted with Eli and Tris' friend and returned to the church entrance. A stage was built there when we were walking around earlier, and the area was lit with a yellow magic lamp.

We sat on a luxurious chair, similar to a throne, with me in the middle.

To be honest, sitting like this made me feel important. Only the area around our chairs was lit by the chairs, and there were some church knights standing guard on our sides.

Truly, they were ruining my fun. I couldn't have fun with my girls, thanks to them.

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"This is embarrassing…!" Tris complained; her head was lowered down so people before the stairs couldn't see her.

"I-I agree." Eli added as her face turned red from all the attention we got.

"Art, are you not embarrassed sitting like this while being watched by many people?"

"No. This is still way better than standing beside Queen Eve and making a speech in a few cities. I was press trained." I chuckled at my own words.

'Press trained my ass. I just wing it.' I thought in my mind.

"Press trained your ass. I bet you just wing it."

But Tris also had the same thing in mind and giggled together.

ραndαsnοvεl.cοm Eli looked confused as she didn't understand the term, but then I explained that press training meant getting used to crowds and talking in public. It wasn't a perfect explanation, but it was enough to make her understand.

"That's… I want to receive that kind of training, too." She said, nodding shyly. "As you can see, I am not used to crowds and get shy easily."

"Don't worry, Eli! Let's learn how to get used to it together." Tris said.

"That's great." I nodded, "But Tris… It's time."

"Ah, yeah." She nodded, looking over the crowd. They began to chant, following Ertha's lead.

The blindfolded Bishop nodded in our direction from the foot of the stairs.

"I guess it's time to cure them all from the curse." She said, smiling softly. Her hand trembled due to nervousness, so I grabbed it to calm her down.

At the same time, I took out a magic item from my inventory, which looked like a brooch, and put it on her palm.

"This…" Tris' eyes widened as she saw the magic item. "What is this?"

"A [Fairy's Brooch] that I made for you. This is a Level 90 item that can increase the range of your skill. If it's with your skill and level, your Fairy's Banquet might be able to cover the whole Academy City, so we don't need to visit those cursed people in their houses."

"This will help." Tris smiled, put the brooch on her dress, and stood up. "Watch me, Art."

"Yeah." I nodded as I saw her walk to the edge of the stairs.

Eli watched curiously and asked, "How will she cure the citizens from this place, Arthur?"

"Just watch." I grinned, looking at my cute tsundere fiancee, "You will see the most beautiful skill when used in an area."

"Really"

"Yes." I nodded, "To reach that level is hard, though. You need four elements of magic to reach Level 5, combining it to Four Elemental Magic and reach Level 8 in that skill. It took years of dedication to reach that level."

That was why it would be the first time this kind of magic was used in front of many people in this world

I watched as Tris raised their hands, a sense of anticipation filling the air. Eli also fell silent and only watched.

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Then, with a graceful smile and movement, Tris invoked her skill, Fairy's Banquet.

Suddenly, the atmosphere shifted. From her hands, radiant tiny figures began to materialize. These were the fairies, each representing one of the four elements.

Water fairies shimmered like liquid diamonds, fire fairies danced with flames that didn't burn, earth fairies brought forth tiny flowers and plants, and wind fairies twirled through the air like dandelion seeds.

The night was suddenly filled with light as the fairy danced in the air and approached the people below.

They circled the cursed individuals, their presence imbued with a soothing magic. As they danced, a soft, melodic hum filled the air. People began to dance along with the fairies, bright smiles on their faces.

I watched as I used Appraisal to check on the people I marked as cursed earlier.

Slowly, the curses that had afflicted the people began to dissipate. Their (Cursed) status was gone. The once-pained expressions of the cursed individuals softened, replaced by looks of wonder and relief.

The crowd around the church was captivated by the sheer beauty of the skill unfolding before them. It was not just a magical display; it was a celebration. The fairies' dance transformed the atmosphere, infusing it with a sense of joy and hope.

This was perfect to celebrate my engagement with both of my fiancees. I stood up, approaching Tris with Eli.

"Good work, Tris." I softly whispered.

"Un." She nodded. Her face was filled with tears of happiness as she watched the fairies flying all over the Academy City. "I cured them."

"You did." I nodded, bringing her to my embrace. My other hand pulled Eli, and we watched it together.

Tris's skill had not only cured the curse but had also lifted the spirits of everyone present.

"Hey, Art." Tris softly whispered into my ear. "Thank you."

"No problem," I answered with a smile and used Appraisal on her.

The (Mild Trauma) was gone. She was completely cured of both her regrets and trauma. She had paid it off.

Eli smiled beautifully in my embrace. They leaned their heads against my shoulders. I could feel their soft, hot breath amid the people's cheers.

We sat on the ground, enjoying our peace as people continued to dance with the fairies. My goal to cure Tris' trauma was completed with this. I didn't need to worry anymore about leaving her for a month or so to finish my business in the Sin Kingdom.

Now, my next stop would be in the Capital City.

Without a doubt, Queen Eve would attend this charity event. I hadn't received any information from Beatrice yet, but she probably couldn't contact me at this time because she needed to stick around the Queen.

Patience was a virtue. I shouldn't be too greedy or too impatient to make my move. It was just a little bit more until I could finish my quest.

'I will inquire about the coronation from the Queen tomorrow and, if possible, get a pass to cross the border from her.'

While that wasn't needed, I just wanted to show that I respected her authority as the next Ruler. I could also ask her to contact the Sin Kingdom's patrol border or Duke Blacktomb to prepare for my arrival to make things easier.

'That's decided.'

The banquet continued until midnight.

Sana returned from the Capital City just before it ended and was surprised at the sight of fairies dancing with people around the church.

I also told her we didn't need to worry about the people at home as the fairies would cure them.

After the banquet was over, Tris wanted to rest as she was tired from using almost all of her MP to maintain the Fairy's Banquet for so long.

She returned to her dorm, not my mansion, saying she needed rest. If she followed me back, she probably wouldn't be able to fully rest because of a strange desire she would feel, or so she said.

Eli also returned without me when I was occupied with the last speech I needed to deliver about how good the Goddess Teri was. Lisa and Lara accompanied her, so I wasn't worried too much about her safety.

When everything came to a close, I was about to return home. However…

"Student Arthur."

ραΠdαsΝοvel.cοm Headmistress Alesia suddenly showed up from behind the angel statue and called out to me.

"Follow me for a while. I've heard about the situation from Archbishop Sana."

What did she want?

I was curious, but her eyes looked more serious than winning the annual tournament, which was an important event for her. So I nodded.

"Please lead the way, headmistress."

What did she hear from Sana? Was it about the curse or about the Hell Encroachment? Maybe she knew something that I didn't know yet.

Many questions went over my head in a flash, but all of them were about whether the headmistress, who had lived for a long time, knew something about the information I needed.

People said not to take candy from a beautiful woman or a strange old man. However, Alesia wasn't a stranger, and the candy she had was probably the one I craved and tried to find.

"Where are we going?"

When I stopped before her and asked a question, she clapped her hands and created a teleportation magic circle before answering.

"The Elf Village."

As soon as she said that, my vision turned black for a moment before changing into a lush forest. The trees were high; some were taller than the skyscrapers on Earth.

All around me was filled with greenery, and in the distance, a large tree with a trunk's diameter larger than the Royal Academy stood tall.

"What the…"

I was surprised and amazed.

First of all, I had heard about the Elf Village before from Alesia when she asked me about Tristan's bow. And she also mentioned the world tree, so I wasn't that surprised seeing that giant tree in the distance.

However…

"Why is it still a day in this place?"

This was incomprehensible.

Unlike Earth, Sins Paradise's world was flat with four edges—a giant waterfall stretched across the horizon on the north border and an endless pitfall on the east border.

The south was probably filled with Lava used to throw inhuman creatures away in perpetual pain, while the west that Juriel guarded was still something I didn't know about, but looking at the other edge, it must be something related to wind.

So… once the day turned into a night, every part of the world would also experience it. There was no time zone at all.

"Because we are not on the main island," Alesia responded while looking at me with a natural expression.

"We are currently on a special island floating between the border of the Virtue and the Sin Kingdom, nearing the edge of the World-End Waterfall. And we created an artificial sun to keep the trees fed."

"An artificial sun, you say? Is it Sunflash from a Lv 5 Holy Magic?"

"I am surprised you know about this." The headmistress' eyes widened slightly, "Yes. It's that magic. And the elder used it every day when the sun had set, or the plant wouldn't get enough nutrients to live."

"That's ridiculous…"

Not only would using an Lv 5 skill for 12 hours be taxing to one's MP, but using it every day would make that person unable to move.

Sunflash was a useless skill for most people. It only imitated sunlight and created a bright light for a few seconds. There was only a 3-second cooldown for this skill, and the flash effect lasted for 5 seconds.

If the top ranker in Horizon Online was asked why this skill wasn't that useful, it was because it only worked to surprise your enemy.

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Still… Using it for 12 hours straight was just crazy. This elder must be someone who was either crazy or really dedicated.

On top of that, having the trees in constant sunlight could lead them to wilt and eventually die, no? I wasn't an expert on this, but that was what I read on the internet once.

Anyway, back to the topic… I didn't ask the most important question yet.

"Why did you take me here, headmistress?"

"To get a clue of this owner of the cursed monster from Hell. I am aware of its existence because Juriel told me, and the elder knew more about it as he had lived almost as long as Juriel. Besides…"

The headmistress looked at me and smiled wryly.

"The elder has a better Clairvoyance than me. Even if he doesn't know anything, he will be able to find your target as long as you have a clue."

Hearing that, I couldn't help but feel bad about it.

'I didn't tell Sana about the fact I can trace the monster back.' I thought.

I essentially could find the culprit as soon as I returned to the mansion. But maybe asking this elder about the progress of Hell's encroachment would be a good thing.

So I nodded at Alesia.

"I am grateful for it."

"No need to mention it." She said, "Let's enter the village first now. It's just up ahead, near the Yggdrasil."

Alesia walked down the dirt path with ease. I followed her closely, walking side by side while appreciating this place's beauty.

The light that passed through the hole between leaves created a strange but mesmerizing shadow dance on the ground.

After we were walking on the dirt path for a while, we came across a more refined path. It was a polished stone path with wooden fences on both sides.

On my radars, only 80 or so neutral dots could be detected. It was a bit strange, considering I had seen many Elves as mercenaries before. Did the others stay on the mainland or what?

Before I could ask, Alesia spoke first.

"Not everyone knows the existence of the Elf Village. Only those related to or have family in this place know the location. We need to keep the balance."

She looked at the giant tree in the distance and sighed, "But that will come to a stop, probably. Temporarily. Because something more important has shown up."

Balance…

Well… It was no surprise if a long-lived Elves knew something like the secret of the world, especially since Alesia was once a Cardinal. That would explain Alesia's dissatisfaction with the war and why she reached out to me.

"We've arrived in the village."

Hearing Alesia's voice, I snapped out of my thoughts and looked around. The trees around this area were slightly different. They had some trunks cut out and small holes, similar to what appeared as a window.

Some plots of land were turned into farms, complete with irrigation and some cattle near them. No elves could be seen outside, and the cows and horses were sleeping in the stable or grass patch.

It was natural. Even if it was bright outside, it was already midnight and time for people to sleep. I noticed the window was covered in black cloth to block the light, making an artificial night within the tree house.

After walking through the village, we arrived in front of the tall fence surrounding the giant tree. A small house made from wood stood between the giant roots of the tree. It looked more like a temple, with a single presence inside.

Before entering the area, Alesia stopped and looked at me.

"Student Arthur… There is something you need to remember." She said seriously with an expressionless face.

"What is it?" I asked.

"The elder is quite… old. But he's someone this village needs. So, I hope you turn a blind eye to his age and not inform the church. Not even Juriel. She doesn't know about him yet."

I see.

People in this world couldn't die as long as the church didn't send them off. A Holy Maiden was needed to send people off after they had reached their lifespan.

Elves, particularly, could live a long life. But their lifespan could still end at some point, and they would subconsciously realize it when the time arrived.

This elder seemed to be older than I thought. But that begged the question. How old was this world, actually? And how old was Juriel?

Anyway, I nodded at Alesia and brushed off the questions in my head. Old was old. I shouldn't think too much about it.

Besides, I already turned a blind eye toward a certain assassin. Adding one more wouldn't hurt this world too much as long as I existed.

"Thank you." She nodded at me and turned around, "Let's meet the elder now."

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We approached the house, and Alesia opened the door without hesitation or knocking.

The inside of this temple-like house was dark, unlike the bright outside area. There was almost no light at all, save for the candlelight sitting in front of a wrinkly old elf sitting on a small podium with his legs crossed.

His long hair reached the floor, and he closed his eyes, constantly concentrating on using the skill.

"Elder."

Alesia called out to him, but he displayed no reaction whatsoever. His concentration was impressive, gained over the years of constantly using Sunflash magic.

If I were to use Appraisal on him, I had no doubt he at least had Lv 6 or even Lv 7 Concentration passive skill.

The headmistress didn't seem to mind about not being heard. She just walked toward him and pointed her finger, creating a small lightning arrow on the tip.

That… Wasn't it dangerous?

"Head–"

"Lightning Bolt"

Before I could stop her, she had fired the lightning arrow toward the elder. I could've stopped it, but she definitely had a plan in mind, or this was just the way she used to get his attention. Besides… That wouldn't be enough to kill this old elf.

Zap!

"Shit!"

The lightning arrow hit the elder, and his body jolted as he cursed loudly. He opened his eyes, and his face morphed in anger.

"You again, Alesia! How many times do I need to tell you not to bother me at this time? Go away! I need to maintain this skill to help the world tree hold those monsters! Balance is important!" He spat out loudly before returning to his previous position and used Sunflash again with closed eyes.

However, Alesia didn't like that and sent another Lightning Bolt at him. This time, the elder deflected it with a barrier as he grinned, opening one eye to mock the headmistress.

"Do you think I won't see that?"

ραndαsΝοvεl ƈοm "I see." Alesia nodded and lowered her finger. "Then, how about this?"

As she said that, five lightning arrows, each ten times bigger than the previous one, showed up around her. They crackled loudly and illuminated the room, allowing me to see around this unexpectedly empty area.

The elder's face paled at the sight of Alesia's pissed face.

"Hold on! If I got hit by that, I would faint and couldn't assist the world tree." He quickly said, raising his hand to stop her.

Surprisingly, he was still able to maintain the Sunflash and used it constantly in this situation. It just showed how skilled he was.

'Although he seems to be a little too soft-hearted toward Alesia.' I thought as I watched them continue their exchanges.

"I can do that in your place for a few hours, elder." She said, controlling the five Lightning Bolts to get closer to the elder. "It's been a hundred years since we last met. To think you wouldn't greet me and just continue sitting there."

"Stop, stop!" The elder heaved a long sigh. "What did you want? And why did you bring a human to this place?" He asked seriously, glancing at me.I think you should take a look at ραΠdαs.cοm

His gaze was hostile, much like he was observing someone he hated for a long time. It wasn't like he had a hatred toward me, but probably more like a human in general because he didn't call me a young man and just human.

And since earlier, when we first teleported to the outside of the village, he had already noticed my presence.

'That's why I felt that gaze. His Clairvoyance was truly above Alesia. Even when I heightened my senses, I could only detect it subtly. And he didn't use magic items as a support like what the headmistress always used to observe the Royal Academy.'

"He's someone who will make you thank him, elder," Alesia replied calmly, canceling the skill she had prepared to murder the elder. Then, she turned toward me and gestured, "You can introduce yourself to this grumpy old elf."

"Who are you calling grumpy?! I am only more than 800 years old! That means I am only 500 years older than you and not old at all!"

"That's a hundred years ago. Now you're nearing a millennium old." She retorted. "Anyway, that's not important. Student Arthur… Just show him that." She pressed.

Did she mean the Paladin crest?

That was certainly the fastest way to prove my identity. Also… According to what I heard about the balance and stopping the monster earlier, I became curious about it.

Did the world tree have any relation with the being beyond the waterfall?

To get that answer, I might need to make the elder less hostile towards me. Because Alesia gestured to me to show my Paladin Crest, this must be the key to gaining the elder's trust or something like that.

So, I didn't spend a lot of time and immediately activated the extra skill, creating a golden Castitas Church symbol above my head. It shone brightly in this dark room, illuminating all corners and the elder's shocked face.

"That's!?" He rose from the podium, jumping.

The elder was so surprised that he forgot to maintain the Sunflash. The outside turned dark almost immediately, and there wasn't a sign that Alesia would use the skill to substitute for the elder.

I was about to ask her about that when suddenly…

"Finally!!"

The elder shouted loudly and threw his hands in the air. He approached me with a fast speed, unbefitting of his age, and grabbed my hands with a wide grin on his face. The Paladin Crest disappeared as I stopped the supply and looked at the elder, confused.

"Oooh, after more than 300 years the Goddess has answered my prayers! I can finally stop and sleep at night with this! The balance has been restored! Praise you!"

This old elf was truly spirited. He even jumped around the room and did a cartwheel, ignoring both me and Alesia.

"Is he truly the elder of Elves?" I asked the headmistress while watching the elder laugh loudly while kicking the small podium he sat on earlier.

"Unfortunately." Alesia sighed, holding her face in pain. "He's the oldest man alive. And…" She looked at the elder.

Right now, he slumped over on the floor and didn't move. His face looked satisfied as he snored loudly.

This old elf… He actually fell asleep.

"It seems like he fell asleep." I finished her sentence.

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Alesia nodded at my words.

"We might need to wait until tomorrow. Sorry, student Arthur. I wasted your time. We will visit the village tomorrow to wake him up. He hasn't been sleeping for over a few hundred years now. So let's give him one day before waking him up for good. I doubt he will tell us anything if we do it today."

Not sleeping for a few hundred years.

I couldn't imagine how he could do that and still maintain that level of concentration. Maybe I was wrong. He might have Max Lv Concentration skill.

"I don't mind."

Anyway, I had a clue, and it only needed me to wait for a day. I was patient and could do that.

"Are we going to go back to Academy City now?"

"No." Alesia shook her head and smiled slightly. "Let's have a rest in my little sister's home."

"Little sister?" I asked, looking at her curiously.

Somehow, she smiled slyly like a fox.

I quickly made a connection with what she said.

The headmistress came from the Elf Village, and so was Milea. The latter ran away from home and called the former aunt.

That meant Alesia's younger sister was Milea's mother.

"We are going to greet her, and I will definitely tell my little sister that her daughter who ran out of home accepted to get dominated by a Paladin. I wonder what her reaction is. I haven't met her for over a hundred years, so I don't know how she would react." The headmistress smirked.

"Are you really going to do that, headmistress? And how did you know about it?" I asked.

Was this the reason behind her gaze when I met her near the church this morning? Surely not.

"My cute niece came to my office while teacher Emilia and I talked about important things. I wondered why she panicked like that, and it turned out to be something truly trivial." She said, still having an amused smile on her face.

Ah, so that was why Milea ran toward the Royal Academy's direction after she left my room with a flustered face. That was cute. I had never imagined a cheeky girl like her to ask the other's opinion regarding this kind of thing.

But still…

'Meeting Milea's parents… This would be my first… No, second time meeting my girl's parents.'

The first was Vivian. But for her, I had already prepared to dominate and get her love.

But still, there was nothing wrong with meeting them. And I could ask them to leave their daughter in my care. Who knew if they wouldn't mind when the one requesting them was a Paladin?

"Well, that's certainly new. I don't mind meeting them, headmistress. I am also a little tired of everything that happened."

"Follow me then." She nodded and walked to the exit. "I just need to remind you to put your barrier up. Also, let me fix this."

As she said that, she snapped her finger, and the darkness covering the forest was dispelled with a bright light, similar to when the elder kept the skill up.

"We don't want to make a commotion until the elder explains it to the others tomorrow." She explained.I think you should take a look at ραΠdαs.cοm

"Makes sense." I nodded and followed her.

But… I was a bit worried about her warning to put my barrier up.

We silently walked through the forest, through the polished stone path.

The houses in the Elf Village within the Elven forest were distanced from each other as every household had a small farm in their yard.

They also looked similar, as they were carved inside the same kind of tree. The only differences were where the branches were.

Only this time that I could truly appreciate their beauty. I was too surprised and caught up earlier.

Streams of crystal-clear water passed through the village, watering the farm, and went toward the world tree. Flowers of every color lined up the pathways. Some could be found in the garden of my mansion.

As that mansion was originally Alesia's, it was no wonder the garden was filled with strange plants. I thought they were rare as I never found them in the market, but it turned out they came from this village.

After walking past some tree houses, we arrived deep in the village. The leaves of the trees were so dense that only a little bit of light from Alesia's Sunflash passed through, making the area darker than the rest. Some magic lamps were put up.

In front of one of the houses, a couple stood. They were a couple of a beautiful woman and a handsome man. The woman was a little bit shorter than Alesia.

Her long hair was braided, and her green eyes were narrowed dangerously. She only wore a green dress that showed a cleavage created from her well-endowed breasts.

Based on her face, which was a perfect copy of Milea if she looked a bit younger and shorter, I assumed she was her mother. Still… Her breasts were even bigger than her daughter's or even Alesia's. Could I expect Milea to have the same growth? But that would take a hundred years…

Anyway, let's forget about that.

Standing beside her was a man… or a boy? He was a head taller than the woman, just as tall as Milea and Tris.

He had an apologetic smile on his face while scratching the back of his head. I had to admit that he also looked handsome, probably just a level below me. He was probably his husband because he stood beside the woman I assumed as Milea's mother.

As we approached them, the woman crossed her arms in displeasure and tapped her feet in rhythm. Her face morphed into a frown and became deeper as we stopped before them.

"What are you doing here, Alesia? I am surprised you still remembered to visit me after you didn't show up for a hundred years."

"Mafula…" Alesia said, nodding her head slightly. "Forgive me. I was quite busy."

"I don't care about your excuse." Mafula spat out with a voice mixed with anger. "I asked what are you doing here."

"You're right." The headmistress replied as she stepped to the side, pointing at me.

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"I want to introduce you to the current Paladin. His name is Arthur Vainglory, and he's Milea's master."

As soon as Alesia finished speaking, I felt two dangerous glares coming from both Elves in front of us. The husband's apologetic smile disappeared and was replaced with a cold expression.

"You're what?" Mafula, Milea's mother, asked me in a cold tone.

'Fucker!' I cursed in my mind as I glanced at Alesia, who covered her mouth and giggled in a low voice. 'I thought you would introduce me in a friendly manner!'

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"Your water," Mafula said coldly as she put a cup on a table and sat down beside her husband.

After Alesia introduced me and the temperature dropped a few degrees thanks to the parents' cold stare, I quickly explained that Milea was only serving me because she was now a nun in the Castitas Church.

The husband, who introduced himself as Cleric, calmed down for a second and smiled at me. But the situation worsened when Alesia mentioned that Milea agreed to be dominated. By yours truly.

Long story short, they snapped, and Cleric invited us in with a cold smile. I didn't realize it, but he was apparently a human. But… How did he retain his youth?

Before I could ask, I needed to calm them down first.

After entering the house, we sat around a table, and we arrived at this situation after that.

"So…" Mafula growled in a dangerous manner as she looked at me.

"Can you explain what Alesia means by my cute daughter asking to be dominated? No, are you even a real Paladin? That fucker from before… Excuse me, the first Paladin looks a lot older than you. I don't believe someone as young as you can be a Paladin."

I glanced at the headmistress to ask for her assistance, but she pretended not to notice and sipped the water calmly.

This woman just threw a problem at me and actually ignored me.

How should I answer Mafula?

From her tone, she probably hated or disliked the previous Paladin, and that carried on to this day. I wasn't surprised that she knew the first Paladin, as Alesia also seemed to know about him.

Whatever happened in the past, that wasn't my problem. Still, I also couldn't ignore it as Mafula seemed unhappy with her daughter serving me.

No parents would be happy when they were suddenly told that their daughter wanted to be dominated by someone they had never met before…

First of all, I should quickly answer her question.

"My apologies. I haven't introduced myself correctly due to shock." I began, putting my hand on my left chest, and bowed slightly.

This gesture surprised both Mafula and Cleric. They probably would've never thought I would bow at them.

Thanks to Alesia, my first impression wasn't the best, so I needed to make a new impression that lasted on them.

"My name is Arthur Vainglory, the Paladin of the Castitas Church. It's nice to meet you. Milea… The Archbishop has chosen your daughter to help me care for my mansion."

"And she also took care of his needs." Alesia suddenly interjected from the side, causing the situation to worsen again.

The temperature dropped a few degrees as the wooden floor seemed to be covered in an icy layer of ice. Was Mafula a mage with Ice Magic? Or was it Cleric? One of these people's magic went out of control and affected the surroundings.

Thankfully, I had my barrier up, so it didn't affect me.

"So that's not a lie." Mafula's chilly voice rang in the room, and the ice spread further to the point it changed the brown wood into a white world from ice. "How dare you force our cute and innocent daughter!"

Cute and innocent?!

What kind of girl was Milea in their eyes? I meant she was cute, but she was far from innocent.I think you should take a look at

In fact, she was the one who seduced me at first.

Also, I could destroy the ice with a single punch, but the headmistress already had it in her hand.

"Calm down, Mafula."

Swoosh!

Alesia cut down her words and melted the ice in the room by using Fire Magic. She controlled Fire Torrent to only affect the surrounding ice and didn't even burn any single piece of furniture.

"I never said Milea wasn't happy. Rather, you were blinded by your own view and never thought of your daughter's feelings. That's why she contacted me and asked me to help her run away from this place."

"That's…"

"Besides, student Arthur never forced her to do anything she hated. It's been more than 50 years since Milea was under my care. She's an adult and can make her own choice. Rather… I was surprised you didn't contact me at all to ask where your daughter is."

Unlike before, the atmosphere was hotter this time.

Both Mafula and Cleric fell into silence. No, the former couldn't say anything, while the latter calmed down after hearing that I had never forced Milea to do anything she didn't like.

It seemed like Cleric was more reasonable than his wife. And this was a family problem. I felt like an intruder who wasn't supposed to be there.

'It feels awkward.' I sighed internally. My gaze met with Cleric, who made an apologetic gesture again.

I nodded at him and smiled softly.

His misunderstanding was solved, I guess.

"What's wrong, Mafula? Cat gets your tongue?" Alesia provoked, putting the cup back on the table. "Just admit it. You were still caught up in the past and refused to leave Elven Forest because of your own selfishness. Milea didn't abandon you, but you abandoned her."

"I am not!"

"Now now…" Cleric finally spoke for the first time, holding onto Mafula's shoulder to calm her down. "Let's return to your room first. We can talk about it tomorrow."

"But…"

"You go rest first, okay?" He continued, interjecting Mafula's words. "If you're not satisfied, let me be the one talking to them. You're not in the condition to talk calmly now."

"I am calm!"

"Mafula…" Cleric's tone lowered and sounded serious. "Let me bring you to your room."

That was enough to silence her.

Cleric nodded at us before bringing her wife inside, dragging her slightly. That man was stronger than I thought. And I found their relationship from this.

Left alone, I let out a sigh and turned to the headmistress.

"Why did you bring me into your family trouble?" I asked and sighed tiredly at what she did.

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Alesia looked at me with a neutral expression, not showing any emotion, "Because you will join the family soon?" She said with a questioning tone.

"Even if Milea refused, I have already offered myself to you if you help me achieve my dream, right? So you're part of the family. My trouble is your trouble."

What kind of logic was that?

"Anyway, thanks to you, the situation didn't become worse." Alesia's lips curled up slightly in an amused smile, "Thank you."

"Whatever you say." I sighed, "I already knew it would be like this. Just explain it to me later, and I hope I get compensated for it."

"Of course." Alesia nodded, "I will get you a lot of [Teleportation Gems]. You need them to go around, no?"

"Good enough," I said with a smile.

Well, that would be sufficient for the trouble. And just like Alesia had said, it wasn't to the point where a fight broke out.

I bet it would be worse if I visited this place alone or just with Milea. Mafula, Milea's mother, wasn't exactly in her best state.

Her emotion was unstable, and she seemed unable to accept that her daughter ran away from the house because she was curious.

Still… I wouldn't involve myself in this trouble more than this. Unless Milea or her parents told me, I wouldn't do anything.

Before long, Cleric returned from inside and closed the door behind him.

"My apologies, Alesia. Mafula was always worried about our daughter and… was a bit angry at you." He laughed dryly and sat back in his seat. Then he turned at me and bowed, "I also lost control earlier when I thought my daughter was forced to do what she didn't want to. My apologies."

I looked at Cleric in surprise. Well, I certainly didn't expect that he would apologize like that, even bowing his head toward me when it was clear that we were the ones who caused the misunderstanding.

"I understand the situation, Mr. Cleric. Please raise your head. It's also the headmistress' fault for… provoking Mrs. Mafula."

Cleric raised his head at my words and smiled, "You're quite kind."

'Perhaps.' I replied in my mind.

After hearing it a few times, that word didn't really make me happy or anything. My kindness in the past was fake, anyway. And people always put a second face in society.

Still, I was glad that Cleric was a reasonable person. I felt like this was the perfect time to tell him.

Getting his permission would feel better in my mouth instead of dominating Milea without her parents' knowledge and having trouble later.

"I am not that kind, Mr. Cleric." I smiled wryly at him. "And there was a bit of truth in the headmistress' words earlier."

"Is it about Milea serving you?" He asked, still having a kind smile. "Hahaha, if that's what she wants, then I don't mind. Also, I understand that Alesia just wanted to make my wife angry about my daughter being dominated. You are a kind young man, from what I see. You surely wouldn't do that."

"It's about that…" I said, scratching my cheek.

"I wasn't lying about that. My cute niece went to me and asked for my opinion." Alesia interjected once again, smiling playfully. "She made her decision to be dominated by student Arthur. If you love your daughter, you should support her decision. This guy is kind and strong. He will be able to protect her."

"I see… If that's her decision, then I won't stop her." Cleric let out a long sigh.I think you should take a look at

Was he truly okay with that? I was a bit surprised.

However…

"But accepting it as her father is something else." He said, his tone lowered once again. "I need to make sure you can protect her, as Alesia had said." He looked at me with a sharp gaze as an iron sword suddenly appeared in his hand.

'Space Magic?' I thought, my eyes widened slightly.

He was the second person I met who was able to use Space Magic besides Alesia. Could everyone use that magic now? That would be scary.

'I wonder what his secret is. Don't tell me he can use Time Magic too. But if he can, that would explain why he looked so young even though he's Milea's father.'

"Arthur Vainglory, is it? Fight me." He asked, standing up.

"I will see whether you're able to protect my daughter or not. Just so you know… I was the first Paladin's older brother. If you lose, I hope you throw away the thought of dominating my daughter. If you win, then I will leave her in your care. I know that I failed as a parent, so this is what I can do for her, at least."

"…"

I looked at him with a calm gaze, hiding my surprise at the information he casually revealed. I was glad he was someone 'special' and not just your everyday father.

If a random father I met in the Elf Village could use Space Magic casually like that, then I needed to put this place as a dangerous area that I needed to be wary of.

Still… This was good. I was also curious and had a few questions for him.

"Very well." I nodded and stood up. "May I ask a few questions regardless of the outcome of this fight later?"

"Yes. I don't mind."

"Thank you." I smiled calmly and turned to Alesia. "[Teleportation Gems] alone won't cut it."

"I will add an extra thing." She answered. "And I will referee this fight. I will stop it if it gets too dangerous."

"Alright."

We moved out of the house and went over the forest, away from the village.

All three of us understood that this fight might turn into a bigger scale, so we went over to a clearing that was apparently used for training.

I stood a bit away from Cleric and took out an iron sword. He was already in a stance, and without even using Appraisal, I knew that he had a high Lv of Swordsmanship, probably even higher than Grand Marshal.

'First Paladin's older brother, huh?' I mused in my mind as I held my sword tighter and put down my barrier. 'This might be fun.'

Alesia stood between us on the edge of the clearing. She looked at both of us alternatively and nodded, shouting loudly.

"Fight!"

Both of us moved at the same time.

With a sudden burst, I lunged forward, my sword slashing through the air. Because it was just the beginning, I went a little easy and didn't use all of my strength.

Still, I was still way stronger than Grand Marshal Garland and was equal to a Level 95 individual with my current controlled strength.

Surprisingly, Cleric reacted swiftly. His movement was precise as he parried my initial strike. The clash of our blades sent sparks flying and a shockwave that shook the surrounding leaves.

"Oh?" I raised an amazed voice. "You're strong."

Cleric didn't say anything. He gritted his teeth as he tried to find a way to deflect my sword. After noticing that he could use my strength, he tilted his sword slightly and used his small body to go under.

"You're not bad too. But too inexperienced!" Cleric shouted as he thrust his sword forward.

His attack was fast. A normal person couldn't avoid this thrust and would have their head pierced.

However, I was far from what people called normal. A shift occurred, and I jumped back to avoid his strike.

A simple jump brought me a few meters away from him, surprising the old human who introduced himself as the first Paladin's older brother.

His eyes widened as he looked around, "What?"

"Over here."

I whispered from behind and sent another slash. He twisted his body and blocked my attack, creating another spark and shockwave through the area. The clanging of the metals rang loudly. The earth shook as we rapidly exchanged strikes with one another.

I had to admit that he was probably the strongest person I had ever fought in this world. Even when I used the same amount of strength to decimate the Assassin's Den, he was able to block my attacks.

Alas, Cleric wasn't an overpowered jerk like me. His body was riddled with wounds from the wind blades and spark created from our clash.

The clearing transformed into a battleground. We moved around and kept trying to get into each other's defense. Trees were swaying from the shockwave of our clashes.

A smile began to creep into Cleric's face. It was that of satisfaction from finding an opponent of his level after reaching the pinnacle. He had forgotten about the bet from this fight and only did it for himself.

"Hahaha!"

"Hahahahaha!"

Both of us were laughing. We didn't use any skills yet and used pure Swordsmanship in this duel. The destruction we caused by our clash was not a joke, however…

"Heavy Slash!" Cleric shouted loudly, bringing his sword down above his head.

The blade was covered in a blue light, activating the skill that increased the attack power by twice. I parried the downward swing.

Clang!

A bigger spark sent flying toward the nearby trees, making it catch on fire. But water quickly splashed on it, extinguishing the fire. Alesia had made sure that nothing hindered our fight.

"You're using a skill now? Fine!" I brought my sword back and thrust it forward. "Pierce!"

A single light. That was what was left of my sword as it went over Cleric's chest.

Still, as a seasoned fighter, I had no doubt he would be able to dodge this.

"Blink."

Just as expected, he still had that skill in his pocket and disappeared. I felt a chill from my right and, following my intuition, quickly raised my sword.

Clang!

Cleric's sword met mine. I was able to block his surprise attack. But it seemed like he had already expected it from the grin on his face.

"Body Enhancement, Sharp Edge, Razor, Sword Edge." He began to chant buff, and his body was covered in light. His blade hummed, shining a blue light as the effect of the buff activated.

Then….

"Whirlwind!"

His blade moved fast and created a fury of wind blades.

From my experience, I knew that this attack was undodgeable, as the attack was random and unpredictable.

Whirlwind was an area attack. Using it in an individual fight like this was cheating.

That was if the opponent set any rule beforehand. We didn't do that as we both were confident to win.

Being undodgeable didn't mean this attack was a sure hit.

I decided this was time to show my true strength.

With a grin on my face, I brought my sword back and swung it upward while activating a skill, "Mountain Cleaver."

A gust of wind clashed against the wind blades, followed by a large amount of dirt from the force of my swing, creating a large brown tsunami.

Leaves and dirt flew from a single swing. The very ground trembled beneath us.

This attack was enough to block both Whirlwind and Cleric's vision. I immediately used Blink to appear behind him.I think you should take a look at

He was still surprised with my way of dealing with his attack and didn't notice me. Only when I swung my sword did he manage to reach, but that was too late.

"Gah!"

My sword met his in a bad position, launching him back like a bullet. He hit the dirt tsunami and passed through it, rolling around the ground a few times before finally stopping.

Blood trickled down his open wound, and his figure was now dirty and covered in dirt. His eyes, however, still looked like a lion who didn't have enough of this fight.

"Come at me, Mr. Cleric!"

"Ah, sure!" He replied as he rushed forward and delivered a sharp strike. "Call me father-in-law!"

Clash!

Our swords met once again, locked in place as we tried to push each other. It seemed like he had recognized me and accepted me.

Our fight now was just to have fun, so we didn't use any more skill and only relied on pure swordsmanship. I tried to match his strength but didn't to the extreme to the point that I would disrespect him.

Exhaustion seemed to catch up to Cleric after a few exchanges. His strikes became a bit desperate; his movements were less fluid as he tried to deflect my relentless onslaught. He parried my attacks with all his might, but I was still keeping my calm pace.

Trees around us began to topple from the sheer force of our battle. The ground gouged out, and the clearing changed shape.

Finally, with the last resounding clash, I broke his sword. The tip was sent flying, landing with a metallic clang some distance away.

Time seemed to stand still for a moment as Cleric realized what had just happened.

"I assume this is my win," I grinned, lowering my sword down.

"Yes."

Cleric heaved a sigh filled with exhaustion and satisfaction—a hint of admiration and surprise hidden beneath his eyes.

"I have to admit, I underestimated you before. But it seems that you've not gone all out yet. I used Body Reinforcement while you just fought purely with your status. What a monster… Of course, that's a compliment." He laughed as he lowered his broken sword.

"I understand that." I nodded and put my sword away in my inventory. "But you are quite strong, Mr. Cleric. I assume you have reached Lv 9 Swordsmanship?"

"That's right. Seeing you able to overpower me even with that, have you reached Max Lv in Swordsmanship? That's impressive." The broken sword in his hand disappeared as the air distorted slightly. "Also, call me father-in-law. I have acknowledged you."

'Sorry, but that's a bit…' I answered in my mind as I smiled wryly.

Should I tell him that I didn't marry or get engaged to Milea and that she was just some kind of my lover now?

I meant it wasn't wrong that he assumed I was getting married to his daughter when Alesia mentioned domination stuff.

And if I remember correctly…

'I don't tell him that I have two fiancees yet.'

His strength could be of use to protect the world from the monster and different factors. I didn't know whether he could use Time Magic or not because he didn't show it earlier, but I guessed he couldn't use it at all and only use Space Magic.

Then his appearance was probably kept by a magic item or something of the short.

Anyway… Yeah, telling him right away would be the best.

"Umm, Mr. Cleric. Actually, I am not getting married or something to Milea."

"I know." He answered with a nod. "Alesia said she became a nun, no? Then it's impossible for her to marry the Paladin. In the past, I saw many nuns chasing after my impotent brother without realizing he had no interest in women. I just said to call me father-in-law because I wanted to be called that."

This man… Did he hate his brother?

Or rather, the first Paladin was impotent? That was why there was no Paladin successor or something along that line.

That was new for me and was surprising information. At the same time, it was also good news because that meant Juriel was still a virgin!

Anyway, I didn't need to do anything else because he knew my position and was understanding.

"Then… Father-in-law…" I called out. It felt a little bit strange, but I would get used to it soon.

"Yeah?" Cleric answered, smiling like a fool.

"I hate to break it to you, but…" I looked around at the destroyed surroundings and asked, "What should we do with this."

"Oh…" He raised his voice, realizing that we caused a destruction that was equivalent to a disaster from our fight. "I have no magic to fix the ground or the tree."

"Neither do I."

We looked at each other before nodding in understanding. We slowly looked at a female elf in the distance wearing a rather erotic dress. She noticed our gazes and sighed in exasperation.

"Fine… I will fix the surroundings for you." Alesia exclaimed as she took out her staff from her bag enhanced with Space Magic to enlarge the space.

Both me and I laughed at the headmistress's comment and fist-bumped. I think I have made my first real friend and father-in-law in this world.

Fight truly connected two people together.

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After fixing the clearing, we returned to Cleric's house, and he welcomed us warmly. We didn't sleep and instead talked about why we were in Elf Village.

I left the explanation to Alesia. She managed to make it short that I was here to seek the elder's help to find something.

"Oh, so you went to see the elder? Is he okay? I saw the light turned off a few seconds earlier." Cleric asked with a worried tone.

"He's sleeping," Alesia answered shortly. "And I am sleepy too. Is there an empty room inside

"There should be one at the end of the corridor. It's the guest room." Cleric answered Alesia and pointed inside.

The headmistress nodded and retreated back. She had explained enough, and we didn't mind if she left first.

Cleric smiled wryly at what she did, "Alesia is always like that." He said, smiling wryly. Then he looked at me with a weird smile on his face as he tapped his hand against the table.

"But, thank you. The balance doesn't need to be maintained that much by the World Tree with the new Paladin born. Thankfully, you stopped by here, or we won't know anything until the future, and the elder won't get his deserved rest. This place is really cut out from the outside."

"I can see that," I said, looking back at him. "The Elf Village is hovering between the edge of the waterfall near the magical border Goddess created, no? I can hear the sound clearly when we visit the elder."

The magical border disturbed communication and almost every magic item. It also killed a person slowly and caused pain if they had no [Moon Stone] with them.

Not to mention, the place where this Elf Village was located probably was a large floating island located right beside the World-End waterfall. Normal people would die from the monster first before they could reach this place.

The only reason why this place was safe was thanks to the barrier covering the island that drew the power directly from the world tree. It wasn't just a normal tree that was just big and old. No… It was some kind of monster, too, but it wasn't hostile and had an instinct to stabilize the world.

Cleric laughed in amusement, "You're right, son-in-law. Only people strong enough or those who have Space Magic skills could pinpoint this location. Only a few people in the world had that, including me, Alesia, and the elder. Even my wife isn't talented with Space Magic."

"I can't use it either." I smiled wryly. "I only focused on my Swordsmanship and Holy Magic and can't use any other kind of magic. But that alone is enough for me to protect myself and my loved ones."

"True. Being specialized in one thing often gives the best result."

"Indeed." I nodded in agreement. "Talking about a specialty, may I ask about something?" My tone turned serious as I kept my friendly smile.

It was the best time to ask this because he mentioned specialization.

There were many questions I wanted to ask Cleric about. Thankfully, Alesia had retreated so it could stay between us if he asked me back about something equivalent to his answer.

Cleric didn't look like someone who would ask back, but I better have told him one or two about me if his answer satisfied me. Of course, I wouldn't tell him anything if he didn't ask about it.

I wasn't that stupid and that kind to share my secret without the other party asking it or giving something equivalent in return.

My new father-in-law let out a sigh. Did I ask for too much?

"Why were you so formal? Just ask me anything. I know you're curious about what happened in the past or the first Paladin's specialization, right? It's normal! Many people have asked me various questions about that. Hahaha."

It seemed like that wasn't the case. He just misunderstood my question.

"It's not about that. I was curious why you were able to look young even though you are a human. Is it due to Time Magic or a magic item? I am sorry if the question is too personal. You can just ig–"

"Ah, it's about that." Cleric nodded and crossed his arms, "I don't mind. It's truly strange, no? I understand that you're more curious about that too. Do you want to know? It will be a long story, hahaha."

"Please, if you don't mind. I have another question about the world, but I will save it for later. Feel free to ask me anything too, father-in-law."

"Sure sure… First, about my appearance, huh? Your guess is right. I have some magic items to make me look young. However, this item's effect is so effective that it actually regresses my appearance. Right now, I look like my 15-year-old self. I took off the magic item to make me regain my age before putting it on again."

"That's one strong magic item," I exclaimed, surprised by the effect.

To think it actually made him look younger and regressed his age… What kind of magic item was it?

I never knew something like that existed. Was it something similar to the Scylla's flute? The exclusive item that only existed in this world.

But… This was dangerous. I might be able to get affected by this magic item too.

"It's strong." Cleric nodded in agreement, "That's why whenever I don't use it, we need to seal it to make sure it doesn't affect the surroundings. Hahaha. That would be a disaster!"I think you should take a look at

"I am curious about that magic item, but I guess I should hold my curiosity." I laughed with him. "And I think it's better if fewer people know that magic item's location, especially when Hell begins to manifest in the world."

At my words, Cleric suddenly stopped, and his jaw dropped. I realized that he didn't know about this yet.

Of course, how could he know? This place was separated from the outside world.

"This is what I wanted to stop. To do that, I need information." I continued as if nothing was wrong, "Do you know what lies beyond the World-End Waterfall?"

The atmosphere became serious as soon as I brought up Hell's encroachment. But Cleric calmed down slightly when he heard that I could and wanted to stop it.

"You almost made me get a heart attack." He smiled wryly, looking as if he was holding a pain from bad memories.

"I thought the encroachment had begun. Something like this also happened 300 years ago. People said the first Paladin accompanied the Goddess, but that's wrong. He used his body to stop the encroachment of Hell."

Just as I expected, mentioning something that was only known by a few people was the correct choice.

History was often twisted, and only a few people knew a real one.

When I heard about Cleric saying he was the first Paladin's brother, I had always thought he would know the truth about it, as it didn't interest me.

But… his knowledge was important.

"As for your question. Yes, I do know that there is 'something' beyond the waterfall. However, I don't know the details. Maybe my brother knows. But as you can see… He's gone 300 years ago."

"I see…"

That was a shame. I thought I would be able to get a clue about it. The Goddess thoroughly hid the world's edges and what lay beyond them from the mortals.

"However… I do remember something." Cleric rubbed his chin as he rolled his eyes, trying to dig into his memories. "When my brother returned from checking all the world's edges. He looked rather… sad and relieved. I can't describe it, but it is as if a heavy burden was lifted from his shoulders."

'A heavy burden lifted from his shoulders, huh?'

This was a good hint. At least I knew there was indeed something hidden in those world edges.

The first Paladin had visited all four edges in the past and found something. Based on what I heard and what I accumulated so far, maybe there was a connection between that and the encroachment of Hell.

Paladin and Hell. Then, Adam's title as the [Child of Hell]. All of them were related in one way or another. Purple Eye's existence also made me sure Hell was opening in some locations already. I could use its master as a source of information.

'It's safe to assume that even if I finish my current Quest, the encroachment of Hell maybe won't stop.'

But that didn't mean I should stay silent.

'My question for the elder of the Elves has been decided then.'

I smiled softly and nodded. This was the best choice I could make with the current information I had.

"Does it help you?" He asked curiously with a kind smile.

"Yes, thank you. Feel free to ask me anything, father-in-law. I will answer it to the best of my ability."

"Good, then. How about we talk about my daughter? What is she like in the outside world?"

"Milea?" I asked, raising my eyebrows. "She's quite good at cooking. Sometimes, she appears to be cheeky…"

I began to tell Cleric about Milea, how she always tried to seduce me and acted cheekily. We shared a good laugh throughout the night.

Both of us noticed that Mafula was eavesdropping and Alesia wasn't actually sleeping, but we continued nonetheless.

When the morning arrived, Alesia appeared from inside and told me it was time to visit the elder. He said he would visit the outside world soon to visit his daughter. I gave him the [Teleportation Gem] he could use to teleport to my mansion after leaving Elven Forest.

After that, Alesia and I bid Cleric farewell and went to the elder.

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To be honest, after meeting Cleric earlier, I only had one question for the elder. And it didn't need him to use his Clairvoyance if he knew the answer to my question.

So when we arrived at his house and found the elder staring at me with glee in his eyes, I didn't know what to do and got disgusted for a second.

"My my, isn't this the lovely Paladin! Welcome to my humble house. Though there is nothing here, hahaha!"

The elder was more energetic than yesterday, probably because he got 6 hours of sleep. His skin was glowing, literally, and he approached me with a wide smile.

"Come in, come in! Just think of this as your home!"

He grabbed my hand and dragged me inside.

"Hahaha, thank you," I replied wryly as I followed him.

Glancing at Alesia, I sent a signal for help. But the headmistress ignored me and pretended to doze off. This woman was really…

I couldn't help but sigh as I sat on the wooden floor as the elder sat on the podium before me.

"Let's ignore that disrespectful Alesia in the back."

Saying so, the elder snapped his finger and created a soundproof barrier around us. Not only that, the area outside the barrier looked distorted, as if we moved into a different space. The last thing I saw was Alesia trying to approach us, but she was too late.

I knew that the elder could use Space Magic from Cleric, but I had never expected this wrinkly old elf with white hair to be this powerful.

If I exert a little bit of strength and use Sonic Sword, I probably could break the space. If that didn't work, then Dimensional Breaker would do the job. As its name suggested, my ultimate skill could cut through and break another dimension.

So I wasn't that wary about being put in a different space like this.

Now, only two of us were here, me and the elder.

"I can't let her hear this, you know? You must be brought here by Alesia because you need to ask something from me, no? Hahaha." The elder laughed with a carefree tone. "Let's hear your question first, oh Paladin."

"Are you sure, elder?" I asked, looking straight at his eyes.

"Of course, isn't that why you're here? And as thanks, I won't lie to you. Hahaha, it's been a few hundred years since I am able to sleep at night. And I will be able to do so again tonight."

"If that's the case, then I am truly thankful." I smiled at him and made myself comfortable. "I only have one question… or maybe two. Though the second one will probably be more like a request that involves something rather big."

"Request, huh? Let's hear your question first, then." The elder raised his leg and rested his hand on it, taking out a pipe and puffing up smoke.

"My question is simple." I started, crossing my legs to get comfortable. "Can you tell me what all world edges are and what I can or shouldn't do when I am there?"

"Good questions." The elder grinned. "Probably the only people who know this are me and Ray. Ah, Ray is the kid you know as the first Paladin, Cleric's little brother. I have expected you to ask this question, so I have Alesia outside."

Hmm, so it was just as I had expected.

Or rather, if there was something I learned from World-End Waterfall and the information from the Goddess, it was that there was a hidden danger and clue for me to understand what lay beyond the world at those edges.

Those hidden dangers also applied to me if they were similar to that 'something' beyond the waterfall that could warn me through the system.

"Let's start with the edge guarded by the Castitas Church, the West border. This border is a land and mountain range full of lava and hot molten rock. As you probably know, the Pope of the Castitas Church, Juriel, and the two Cardinals put up a barrier to keep lava monsters away from the world.

"The monsters there are stronger and fiercer than the others. They are around Level 60 to 90, and there are bigger monsters that reach even Level 97 and 98."

'Boss monster.' I said in my mind as I nodded at his explanation.

World-End Waterfall had Scylla sealed in the flute and Charybdis swimming around in the sea. They were both Boss-level monsters that couldn't be handled by normal people and needed a full party, with each party having the same Level or higher Level than the Boss to have hope to kill them.

Of course, there were some exceptions, such as humanoid Boss, which could be killed as strong as one was as strong or stronger than it without needing a party.

But I doubted the edges would breed such an individualistic Boss monster.

"All hidden dangers have no form." The elder continued after he saw my understanding of the monster. "They always hide beyond the edges, preventing anyone from passing through. Let's skip this and go to the East border.

"It's a bottomless pit. From all edges, this and the World-End Waterfall shared a similarity. However… There is no water here. Only land… A wasteland where nothing can grow, and monsters kill each other, turning the dirt red. This border is guarded by the Luxuria Church's Pope and two Cardinals.I think you should take a look at

"Unlike the West border, the Pope and the Cardinals didn't stop the monster from going out, but prevented people from getting close and getting caught in the monster brawls. Of course, a strong Level 99 monster existed here, and it was the only reason why there was no monster invasion yet."

"A monarch that ruled the monster kingdom." I summarized it in a sentence.

"That's an apt description." The elder nodded with an excited smile.

So, the East border was a monster paradise. Now I understood what Duke Blacktomb said to me that time. A giant hole and the church prevented the adventure from going near it.

Clap!

The old elf clapped his hands together and spoke.

"Now, the South border. It's… different. You won't be able to see what lies behind it, and if you look at the map, there is no city within 50 KM radius from this border, unlike the others."

"Why is that?" I asked in an impatient tone. I wanted to know.

The way he spoke roused curiosity. It was mysterious and filled with experience. He told a story and not just information.

I was once on an adventure, finding new things with my former comrades and celebrating watching the sunset from a new mountain peak. Death was imminent, but we were happy.

Maybe I only wanted to feel that again. I wanted peace, but a part of me also missed the death-clenching experience and the joy of seeing new things.

"It's filled with fog."

So when the elder grinned, it infected me. My grin turned wider and wider, imagining what the south border looked like.

"A thick fog went over a 50 KM radius from the edge. Strange monsters that can't be seen lurking inside. They are weak compared to the other monsters living on the other edges, but they are more dangerous. Without preparation, even a Level 70 or 80 person could be dragged inside.

"It is said that Hell originated from that place, but no. Hell is deeper… None of the edges are Hell. I believe you know about that, seeing you didn't ask about it even when Hell began to affect this world.

"Also, I wanted to tell you about these hidden dangers, but it seems like something forced me to stay silent. Forgive this elder for not being able to tell you further. But believe me… Just visit them, and you will know what lies behind them. Don't be surprised. Just enjoy it."

"Indeed." I nodded at him. "Thank you for the information, elder."

"It's nothing. Hahaha, you have such a good spirit. Even though there is darkness inside you, your brilliance is still shining the brightest light I have ever seen in my life. Ah, I have a [Seer] title. That's how I can see it. And I shall keep it a secret."

Darkness, huh?

I was still myself, and that wouldn't change. That darkness was just a part of me, and I didn't mind having it.

But brilliance… What bullshit. But I wouldn't say anything about it.

And the elder had a higher grade of [Observer] title. I wasn't surprised, considering how long he lived.

"Tell me, oh Paladin. What's this request of yours."

"Hmm, it's quite a strange request. But… Do you mind if you go with me after this and say that you would support Queen Eve to be the ruler of the Virtue Kingdom? The church is backing the Queen due to her virtuous personality, and she–"

Before I finished my sentence, the elder raised his hand and cut me off.

"I am aware of what happened in the world, Paladin. I also know about the Virtue Kingdom's Capital City situation, albeit not a complete story. But I have heard her speeches, and I support her. Your request is easy, but I can't go with you. I will declare my support in my own ways today at the latest."

"That's enough, elder. Thank you very much."

"As I said, it's nothing. I should thank you for being a Paladin and let me rest for at least 80 years, hahahaha! Don't die young, or I will file a complaint to Goddess Teri!"

The elder laughed loudly, and I followed suit.

With this, Queen Eve's coronation would be safer. I just needed to return, cure people in the Capital City, and find the Purple Eye's master with a magic item.

That would settle everything I needed to do, and I only needed to wait until the coronation date.

'It went well.'

After we finished talking, the elder took down the barrier.

Alesia didn't look happy being left out. She glared at the elder with a gaze that could kill a person before turning to me.

"We're leaving. Your charity event in the Capital City will start soon." The headmistress said, approaching me with quick steps.

"Alright. Just a second." I replied to her before she could use teleportation magic and turned to the elder, "I am counting on you for the request, elder."

"Hahaha, I won't break my promise. Have a long life, oh Paladin. I am counting on you."

I nodded without saying anything and used Purification on both the headmistress and me. My clothes were a bit dirty from fighting Cleric yesterday, and I had no time to take a bath. At least I didn't want to smell like sweat when meeting Queen Eve again.

"I am ready, headmistress. Let's go."

Alesia nodded, put her hand on my shoulder, and snapped her fingers. A magic circle appeared under our feet, and we appeared at a church entrance.

It was a familiar sight, with two naked angel statues guarding the large entrance. However, the sight in front of me was that of a Capital City, and the church was actually slightly bigger than that of Academy City.

A man wearing a white priest robe and white hat walked toward us from the distance. He was holding the holy book and had a smile on his face.

When he stopped a bit away from me, he put his hand on his heart and bowed deeply.

"It's an honor to meet you, Your Holiness. I am the Archbishop of this church; Cameron is my name."

Oh? So he was Cameron. I had never met him before, but he looked a bit like the priest I met in Rose Barony.

"Please raise your head, Archbishop Cameron. Thank you for welcoming me."

Cameron raised his head, and his smile widened, "It's my duty, Your Holiness. Please, we have prepared breakfast inside. I believe you haven't had one. Ah, please join us too, Headmistress Alesia."

"No, thank you." Alesia refused and shook her head, "I need to finish my document in the Academy. So I shall excuse myself first."

"What a shame." Cameron sighed in disappointment. "Please have a safe return. May the Goddess bless you."

"Thank you," Alesia answered and teleported away.

I doubted what she had said earlier. Busy with documents? She mentioned that she finished the documents with Emilia two days ago when Milea suddenly burst in.

'She just wants to avoid trouble and run away.' I guessed in my mind as I listened to Cameron and followed him inside. 'Well, that's just like her.'

As usual, the stares from the nuns and the female church knights stationed in the Capital City were focused on me. I was used to it now and just waved my hand at them to satisfy and make them happy.

The male church knights also saluted when I passed through. They were wearing helmets, so I couldn't see their faces. But I was able to feel the respect they exuded to me from their movement.

A smile crept onto my face as we reached the dining room. It was only Archbishop Cameron and me at a long table. I proposed that we just sit across each other on a side instead of sitting at the ends of the tables.

It would be hard to hear his explanation. I didn't want to heighten my senses just to hear him talking from a few meters away when we could sit just a meter away from each other.

At first, he refused and was adamant about sitting away from me because he thought it would be impolite to get too close. So, as usual, I ordered him before he was willing to sit across from me.

The nuns brought our breakfast: simple soft bread, creamy soup, and some fried eggs. It was a light breakfast with nothing oily but still filling the stomach.

As we ate, Archbishop Cameron explained today's schedule and told me that they hadn't found a cursed person among people in the Capital City, so I didn't need to heal them personally and just wanted me to do a bit of show in the evening if possible.I think you should take a look at

Queen Eve would join us before the banquet and give a little speech to start it. That meant my schedule from morning until the evening would be just showing myself occasionally and greeting the citizens.

"I have heard from Queen Eve that she will also officially use this chance to announce her coronation in 3 days. She wanted to push it as fast as possible after hearing from us regarding the curse incident." Archbishop Cameron explained with a serious tone.

He wiped his mouth with a tablecloth and smiled.

"Congratulations, Your Holiness. And thank you very much for helping the church."

"I don't know what you're talking about." I smiled at him and cleaned my mouth silently. "I think you mean we should congratulate Queen Eve for her coronation."

"Oops. Hahaha, that's right. I am truly sorry. When I hit 40 years old, my memories are failing me slightly."

This Archbishop was unlike Sana in behavior, but he was still as sly as her.

'Does all the Archbishops in Castitas Church like this?' I smiled wryly as I saw him leave to do his job.

I was all alone now, sitting at the end of the staircase while watching people gathering around the church. The Royal Castle was located on the right, standing high as usual.

The tower where she usually was could be seen from where I sat.

On the balcony, Queen Eve could be seen drinking tea leisurely with Beatrice. They seemed to talk about something, and the primordial Succubus had noticed me looking at her.

After saying something to the Queen, she turned around and spread her wings, and her body looked distorted for a second. The Queen didn't seem to be able to see Beatrice anymore as she activated her Illusion Magic.

She jumped off the balcony and flew toward me at a fast speed. Due to the short distance between the tower and the church, she arrived in just a few seconds.

"Master!!" The primordial Succubus shouted as she flapped her wings, landing before me and looking at me with a horny gaze. "It's been a few days, Master! I have something to report."

"And what is that?" I asked casually, not looking at her.

"Hmm, yes. I have managed to convert all Nobles to pledge their loyalty to Queen Eve! This kingdom is as good as yours." She reported excitedly, and a big grin crept onto her face.

I also grinned.

"Good job, Beatrice."

"Yes!" She squealed in happiness. "Umm, so… M-May I ask for a reward? I-It's been since the party I worked without rest, Master…"

"Sure." I nodded and stood up. I had shown my face enough. "Follow me."

As I said that, her face lit up with a mix of happiness and arousal.

"Yes~"

She rose from her kneeling position and followed me inside the church.

Finding an empty room was easy, with many nuns and the church knights inside. But that probably wouldn't satisfy this primordial Succubus.

So when we got into the room, I told her I couldn't reward her immediately and took out some clothes instead.

"Strip your clothes and change into this."

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"That's…" Beatrice looked at the item I took out from my inventory with widened eyes. "I should wear that?"

What I showed Beatrice was a nun costume, the one with a similar design to what Garcia wore. It was an erotic one.

"I will have you to accompany me while pretending to be a nun for now. Of course, while wearing this inside you."

I took out two more items: a large vibrator and a cat tail plug with 8 beads. This one was special as the others only had 4 to 5 beads. But I believed in Beatrice. She would be able to take it all inside her.

The primordial Succubus' eyes lit in arousal. Her pupil changed into a heart shape as she looked at the items in my hands and licked her lips seductively.

"Fufufu, so you wanted to humiliate me first before rewarding me for real. You're so naughty and sadistic, Master~ I love that part about you."

Beatrice began to undress her crop top and sexy shorts after replying. Before long, she stood naked and approached me, shaking her hips and making her breasts bounce.

"Are you truly not interested in doing it right now, Master? Look at my crotch. It's already drenched just by imagining taking your big, hard cock inside."

Indeed. Her love juices already dripped from her fold to her thighs. She looked so sexy that I got a little bit excited.

She leaned closer, pushing her body against mine. Her soft breasts were crushed against my chest, and she seductively moved my hand onto her plump ass.

"I can turn into anything you want to, Master. Just order me, and I shall satisfy you and your most disgusting desire that you can't let out to your loved ones. I am your slave… A pleasure slave."

The whisper that tickled my ear almost made me lose my reason. But… I wasn't someone who got easily seduced like this.

"Hya~! T-That was so sudden, Master. Cumming!"

I pushed the tail plug inside her ass in one go and the vibrator inside her pussy. Her body trembled as she squirted a torrent of love juice onto the floor.

Beatrice turned weak and hugged me as her back arched due to the intense pleasure she experienced at once.

After a few seconds, her orgasm calmed down, and she breathed heavily near my ears. The vibrator moved slowly inside her pussy, making her moan in pleasure.

Still, she was a primordial Succubus. Even when experiencing such pleasure, she was still able to move and sat on my lap, looking at me straight with a lustful gaze. My hands were still holding her ass, kneading the soft cheeks.

"Master~ Y-You are a sadist. How could you insert something so big into my pussy while penetrating my ass at the same time?"

"Didn't you love it?" I smirked and chuckled lowly. "You even squirted a lot. Look at the mess you made."

"Well, I can't say anything." The primordial Succubus grinned and climbed off my lap, taking the nun costume beside me. "I just need to wear this and use my Illusion Magic so people, including the Queen, think I am just a regular nun, right? Should I create a pair of purple cat ears too?"

"Yes." I nodded at her and smiled like a sly snake, "I have a little duty for you."

"Hmm."

Beatrice hummed in interest as she began to wear the nun clothes, starting from the white socks and garter belt. She didn't wear any panties because of the vibrator and the tail plug.

"What kind of duty should I do while having this big thing inside my pussy, Master? I know you have no hobby of sharing your girl, and I don't believe you will develop it. So I am curious. Why did you give me a new task while I was tortured with… Hnn~ This pleasure?"

What was this Succubus saying?

"I don't have such a hobby."

I would always make sure that only I could see my girl's pleased face and touch their bodies. Even when punishing Milea, I made sure that no one would be able to see through the illusion Garcia cast beside my girls.

And to answer Beatrice's question…I think you should take a look at

"Don't you get excited with such a challenge? You said you were holding back a lot. So, I thought of giving you something to feed on. Use your skills to make some of the citizens screw around tonight to celebrate the Queen's exclamation."

"You want me to feed on their desire?" Beatrice asked in a surprise after she wore her bra. Her breasts jiggled with her movement as her face morphed in confusion. "Why?"

Beatrice continued wearing the nun costume. Now, she wore the corset and clothes that only covered a slight part of her large breasts.

"To make them believe they are happy hearing Queen Eve becoming a ruler," I answered with a smirk as I watched her without averting my eyes.

Just as I finished speaking, she also finished wearing the nun costume and smiled widely.

"Ah, so that's how it is." She exclaimed. "So you want them to think that their good feeling is because of their trust toward Queen Eve. You wanted to give them a sense of relief, especially to those who don't trust the Queen."

"I am glad you caught on." I nodded at her.

Having a smart slave like Beatrice was the best. She immediately knew why I asked her to make the civilians feel good with her skill.

The reason why I used a vibrator and tail plug to make Beatrice aroused wasn't just because of my sadistic nature that wanted to see her embarrassed expression. But it was also because her skill would get stronger the more she got aroused.

And of course, she didn't need to show her body or even touch them. Using that pink mist was enough.

I didn't believe in certainty. There would definitely be people who didn't like Queen Eve among the civilians.

Back in Horizon Online, there were many quests regarding revolution and coup d'etat. I didn't want to risk it before Queen Eve could prove herself as an outstanding ruler.

'So giving the civilians a fake sense of relief will help, but it is only a temporary measure.'

The rest depended on how the Queen governed the Virtue Kingdom and whether she could satisfy her citizens or not.

"Master!"

Beatrice's voice pulled me from deep thought, and I raised my head.

She pulled her front skirt up, showing her drenched pussy with a vibrator moving inside and a tail plug that moved around. Then she spun slowly, making her love juice drip on the floor, but she didn't care and smiled lustfully.

After a full spin, she released her skirt and hid her crotch again. Her breasts jiggled as she stopped, and then she asked.

"How do I look?"

I stood up, approached her, grabbed her large breast, and squeezed it. She moaned loudly and giggled playfully. Leaning closer, I whispered into her ear.

"You look fucking sexy."

"Fufufu, I can look forward to getting your thick cum after finishing my small duty."

"Yeah, I won't stop even when you're begging me to."

"You think I would beg you to stop, Master? I would be happy even if you broke my body and mind. Rather, please break me."

Truly a sentence that would only be spoken by a lustful primordial Succubus. I kissed her deeply and made her cum once more before leaving the private room together.

Of course, Beatrice had used her Illusion Magic to make her look like a regular nun that Sana sent to assist me. That was the setting I made for her identity.

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The event was running smoothly even without me. But it would be bad if I didn't show myself occasionally, so I decided to walk around with Beatrice this time.

When the citizens saw me, they waved their hands and greeted me excitedly, especially the ladies and the girls. Some of them thanked me for this opportunity, as they heard from Cameron that I was the one who proposed to hold this charity event.

They totally ignored Beatrice, who walked beside me. She didn't appear to say anything and didn't look suspicious besides the cat tail moving underneath her skirt, a big vibrator in her pussy, and tail plug in her ass.

Yes, she looked normal.

Beatrice suddenly spoke after we walked through the crowd and arrived at the area filled with stalls and fewer people.

"Master, I actually have a question."

"What is it?" I raised my head to glance at her.

"It's about the assassin that targeted Eve before. Do you have any clue about the mastermind? If possible, I want to get more of Eve's trust by giving her more information about it. She seems to be worried that the mastermind is still out there."

"I do have a clue." I nodded softly as I turned to one of the stalls. The breakfast earlier wasn't filling at all, and I was still quite hungry.

So I ordered three skewers from the man and just gave him 15 Golds when he gave me the skewers. Of course, the actual price was 2 Golds or 3 Golds each, but I doubted he would get my money if I asked the price.

Walking away from the stall, I gave Beatrice one skewer and continued as she looked confused, "I managed to catch the monster that spread the curse. And here, take the skewer."

"Thank you, Master." She thanked me with a smile and bit into the skewer. Even the way she ate looked sexy and could charm men easily if she didn't put up Illusion Magic. "This is delicious."

"It is," I answered her with a nod. "And about the mastermind, I take my time before tracing him. I am waiting for the shadow squad to report to me about missing people around Steelwill viscounty."

"Is there any reason to?" Beatrice asked as her tongue traced against her lips, taking in the spice that was left on it. Her eyes still had those heart-shaped pupils, a sign that she was still aroused and got pleasured by the vibrator inside her pussy.

Some people glanced at us and flustered, affected by the almost invisible pink mist released from Beatrice's evaporating love juices. The plan was working properly.

Also… We entered the crowd again as we walked back to the church. It was enough for now. I just needed to walk around again before evening with the primordial Succubus to further spread the mist.

"My reason is simple," I said seriously, glancing around for a little before continuing in a low voice. "Remember the Hell encroachment I told you about before?"

"Of course. That's something important that makes Eve further trust me. That's also what made her more worried; she would probably ask you about it later. I told her you probably know more about it because of your position, Master."

"I am okay with that. I can use this to make her depend on me more."

It was actually perfect. By far, only I could solve this Hell's Encroachment Event in this world, and I had more information about it than anyone in the world, probably save for the Elves elder and the Goddess. The former had a Clairvoyance cheat, while the latter was omniscient.

"Anyway, it's related to the encroachment. While I have the general location where it will appear, there will be some smaller entrances that I will miss. This monster that spread the curse came from Hell, and whoever the mastermind is probably found it exiting through the smaller entrance.

"Monsters from Hell are interested in humans. There was an item, a cursed eyeball, that was given to me by the shadow squad before. I assumed that item was previously a human that was cursed. Let's call it the source of the curse."

What was scary about monsters from Hell was that they would drag down the humans instead of killing them, as they knew that humans could revive infinitely before they finally broke down.

Unlike other monsters, once we killed a monster from Hell, they wouldn't respond as each of them was unique.

"There will be missing people soon once the mastermind realizes the monster it controlled, [Purple Eye, didn't achieve any result. He will surely plan to use those missing people as bait for another Hell monster from that Hell entrance.

"I will trace him at that time and seal the entrance for eternity. That way, no monster from Hell will crawl out of it again."

That was the best option I had before the main entrance opened. I also needed to meet the Sin Kingdom's Queen and finish my Quest if I wanted to stop this encroachment of Hell forever.

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- Prevent Monsters from Hell from Destroying Sins Paradise!

Quest Description: Oh no, the Sin Kingdom is about to get attacked! Hell has shown its appearance and tried to enter the world through the borders.

As a Paladin, you must stop the monsters and prevent a tragedy! This tragedy is related to Sins Paradise's 'Hell Encroachment Event.'

Stop the monsters and get your extra reward! If you fail, Hell will manifest in the wasteland between the two Kingdoms faster than scheduled!

Deadline: 2 Months

Reward: 250 Sins 250 VirtuesI think you should take a look at

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Roughly two weeks had passed since I got the quest. From the description, I could guess the key to stop it from fully manifesting to the world was in the Sin Kingdom.

'There is a boss-level monster from Hell. It's so troublesome.'

I would soon depart to the Sin Kingdom. The Queen's Coronation and the following event would surely be held for a week. After that would be the usual morning prayer as the start of the next month was nearing and summer officially arrived.

And my official engagement party would follow suit three days after that.

Everything went just as scheduled.

"Hmm, I understand." Beatrice nodded, "So we just need to wait until he makes a move? How soon do you think it will be?"

"He will surely move tomorrow," I said with a smile.

We arrived at the entrance of the church and were greeted by the other nuns and knights as we walked inside.

Beatrice understood my words without me needing to explain them. She stopped at the entrance and looked back at the crowd.

"I see. So that's the reason why you held this charity event."

"Indeed." I nodded at her and crossed my arms, "Healing the people inflicted by the curse is the easy part. Under the guise of celebrating my engagement with Tris and Eli, I held this charity event to inform and make the mastermind panic."

I shrugged my shoulders.

"Well, I just told him I know what he planned and can easily heal a curse. But on a large scale. Also…"

I raised my head and looked at the naked Goddess statue.

"As a Paladin, I guess I also want people to worship the Goddess more. They will be thankful for the church with this simple event and banquet."

"Fufufu." Beatrice giggled behind me and hugged me from behind, crushing her large breasts against my back. They felt soft and bouncy.

"You're so sly, Master. I was really foolish trying to control you back then. And that Princess was also foolish, but she made a bigger mistake for not giving up. Aah~ If only she's not obsessed with the King, won't she live in peace and happiness serving you?

"Queen and Princess in your embrace… You will be the real ruler of the world. Isn't that your goal, Master?"

"Not really," I replied and turned around, gripping her ass as I pulled her closer.

No one was inside the church at this moment in time as they were busy dealing with the crowd. This primordial Succubus of mine was just too horny, and her love juices dripped down her thighs like a broken faucet.

If I let her go without satisfying her desire, the civilians would just create an orgy instead of a simple excitement.

"My goal is to live peacefully. Ruling over the world isn't peaceful at all, and that's far from my goal." I said, picking her up.

Beatrice squealed playfully as the vibrator fell due to the massive amount of love juice dripping out of her pussy. I was able to catch it with my foot and put it in my inventory.

"Fufufu, do you want to eat me now, Master?" She giggled playfully, playing with her own breast while her other hand circled around my neck.

"What do you think?" I asked her with a flat tone as I walked into the Church interior.

"Fufufu. We can do it here if you want to. I can use my Illusion Magic to hide the surrounding area."

"There is no need to bother with that," I said.

We arrived in the private room Cameron showed, and I entered without knocking. There were two soft couches here, and I threw Beatrice on one of the couches. She moaned playfully, putting up a sexy pose with her legs spread.

"Eat me out, Master~" She begged in a sultry voice. The cat plug tail moved around, following her hip movement as she seduced me. "Your kitty Succubus is ready to have your big, hard cock inside her tight and drenched pussy."

"I will," I answered, locked the door behind me, and approached her. "We will have fun until the Queen arrives."

"Fufufu, thank you for the reward~"

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I removed my pants, showing Beatrice my hard erection. Her eyes widened in excitement, and she drooled in anticipation. I pulled the clothes hiding her breasts, giving me a full view of her beautiful breasts and bare pussy.

Beatrice was wet, dripping all over the couch.

I sat on the couch and motioned to her, asking her to sit on my lap.

Beatrice giggled and crawled towards me. She put her legs around my waist, sitting on my lap. We embraced each other, lips pressed together and tongues doing a wild dance. Our saliva was traded as our fingers explored our bodies.

Her arms surrounded my back, and my hands grabbed her ass.

"Hnn~ Master..." She moaned lustfully when I bit her nipple, pulling it with my teeth and licking it.

After I played with both of her nipples, I lowered my hand to grab her firm round ass once again. I let Beatrice grind her hips, using my thigh to pleasure herself and slapped her ass to control the speed of her hip movement.

"Hyaanh~! Ugnhh..." Her erotic voice reverberated inside the private room, and I slapped her ass multiple times to intensify her movements. "It feels too good, Master!"

Beatrice climaxed, squirting love juice all over my thigh.

"Hmnhhg... Master..." Beatrice panted tiredly, resting her head on my shoulder, and hugged me. "Fuck me~ Please fuck me right now~"

"Master, hurry up~ I need your cock inside my pussy right now~" She licked my neck, hugging me with her sexy legs.

"Alright," I answered and aligned my dick against her entrance.

Her moan as I entered her and the pressure as I squeezed my length through the tight wall of her pussy made me grunt. It felt heavenly.

Beatrice's tongue was stuck out, her body trembling due to the sheer pleasure.

My hands caressed her breasts as I pulled my length out before slamming it again, making her voice ring out again. I pushed myself in as I lowered her weight on my throbbing shaft. I released my restraint, enjoying her body and not caring if anyone could hear her lustful moans.

"Is this what you want?" I asked her and received no answer since her tongue was stuck out, and she had no strength. She looked so sexy with her breasts bouncing up and down in the rhythm of my fucking.

I nibbled and sucked on the skin of her neck, my hand groping her ass while I pounded her.

"Does it feel good?" I asked her, letting my thrusts grow fiercer.

Beatrice grunted, almost unable to withstand the sensation. "Yes...! So deep inside...!"

She managed to let out some words and wrapped her limbs around me.

"Master, kiss me..." She said with her eyes closed and her head resting on my shoulder.

I fulfilled her request and kissed her lips. Our tongues pressed against each other's, exchanging our saliva as I fucked her hard.

The wet slapping sound increased in volume, the tail plug still sending pleasure to her rear, and her ass hole was twitching wildly. She was cumming almost non-stop as her asshole was being stimulated alongside her pussy.

I tried reaching out for the cat plug and pulled it out. She cummed a bucketload the moment the plug was out, making the couch and her whole lower body completely drenched.

"What a slut!" I chuckled in amusement.I think you should take a look at

She squealed a horny moan as her pussy swallowed every inch of my dick inside her, her insides tightened even more, her back arched, and her sexy hips shook madly, her head swaying from side to side as she climaxed wildly.

She orgasmed once again when my length dug its way through the inside of her pussy as I continued ramming against her hips, her legs surrounding my waist shaking madly.

"T-too rough... too deep~!" She whimpered, biting on my shoulder and clinging to my back. "Hnngh...! More! I am going to... lose my sanity...!"

It would be an understatement to call her lewd, erotic, and pervert, especially right now.

Beatrice's skin was drenched in sweat, and I could see her naked body trembling from the after-effects of her numerous climaxes.

I stopped and threw her on the couch once more.

This time, she lay on her stomach, facing downward, her ass raised in the air. I admired the scene of her aroused, soaking pussy lips and then jamming my cock inside her drenched pussy. She trembled and screamed a muffled noise on the couch, her thighs trembling as she struggled to keep her hips in the air.

"Unngh, yes... Yess! Deep! So deep...!!" Beatrice let out a quivering sigh of relief when I finished pushing the whole length inside.

I leaned towards the couch and rested my elbows beside her waist. I started with gentle but fast paced thrusts, hitting against her g-spot, and groped her breasts with both my hands.

Beatrice held the pillow tightly and gasped in pleasure as she endured the continuous thrust of my hardened shaft inside her. I sped my pace and rammed against her pussy, her face smothered against the pillows while moaning loudly.

Before long, I felt her tight pussy massaging my shaft and her whole body shudder as a fountain of love juice spurted between her thighs. Beatrice squirmed for a moment as she experienced another orgasm. She began moaning in an absolutely lascivious way.

Pleasure built quickly, making it impossible to resist the need to shoot inside her womb and fulfill her desire for my seeds. As I thrust once again, this time filling her up to the base, my hand wandered on her belly, pinching her clit and pushing her nub hard.

"Hnn! Aaah~ Give me your cum, Master!! Give me all your cum, please...! I want... to be filled up~ Please cum inside~!!"

I held the edge of the couch with one hand, pinching the clit with the other as I continued plowing her pussy mercilessly with my cock. A grin crept on my face as I saw Beatrice's face full of euphoria, feeling her body tremble as she experienced multiple continuous climaxes.

She was smiling, her face buried in the pillows, crying out my name, her hands still gripping the pillows, holding for her dear life as she received my reward. She was so close again, I was sure of that.

She threw her head back and closed her eyes as she cried in pleasure and pushed her butt in an attempt to meet my thrusts.

It was so hot inside her, and her tight pussy was grinding my shaft, begging to receive the love seeds. I pinched her clit one final time before ramming all my length inside her again.

"Ooooh!!" She started clenching down and moaning in ecstatic pleasure as the sperm jet shot inside her pussy like water being splashed through a garden hose.

I groaned when her pussy tightened more, and her walls clenched hard as if trying to suck me. A rope of love juices squirted in an amazingly thick stream from her. I felt an intense sense of relief when I came and showered her vagina walls.

She couldn't seem to stop the orgasmic moans pouring out her lips as if her senses were taken over by the pleasure.

"Take this."

As a reward for enduring, I returned the cat plug tail in her ass while she was still squirming in sexual delight, enjoying her own climax. The tail plug went back in, and she wiggled her butt around cutely.

I shot the final ropes of my seeds on her butt and finished the cumshot all over her body. I watched her use her own fingers to rub the pool of semen around her and scoop the cum inside her mouth.

Gulping loudly, she showed me the inside of her mouth to prove it, and the pool of seeds in her pussy was enough to make her look like a bitch.

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