The healing priest, Shula, was a woman everyone avoided because of her eccentric personality.
He did not care what he said regardless of whether the other person was higher or lower than him.
Therefore, even though it had excellent healing powers, it was like being exiled and staying at the Imperial Holy Knights’ garrison.
Her harsh words did not escape Celia either.
“Captain, were you crazy?”
Judging from the momentum, it seemed like he was going to grab her by the collar and shake her.
“Take it away now!”
“Shula.”
“I was just saying it was not even a monster! It was a nine-tailed fox! “They said it possesses people and sucks their vitality!”
Shula was so excited that she didn’t even notice Celia’s panic.
Normally, I would have watched with wide eyes, thinking that it was rare to saw Celia’s expression like that.
As expected, Celia was a paladin with a solemn atmosphere, like a moving sacred statue.
A tight waist with slim muscles and strong legs that look like they had never been bent.
An emotionless mouth with a straight, tightly closed mouth.
Even people who had dismissed it as absurd for a woman to hold a sword shut their mouths when they stood in front of Celia.
She was the very example of a holy paladin who seemed to have cold ice water flowing through her veins.
The body that had been trained over a lifetime was as sharp as a rapier, even if it was thin, and the elegant jade-colored eyes never lost their cool.
If you look at it closely, it appears to have gentle eyes, but few people notice.
When she looked at her with an expressionless face, everyone avoided looking at her because it felt like all their dirty thoughts were being exposed.
But Celia was visibly embarrassed.
“Priest Shula. “How could it not work?”
That was all.
Perhaps because he was worried, he couldn’t leave the vicinity of the nine-tailed fox’s cage.
Shula must have decided that this could not go on and walked towards the nine-tailed fox.
Celia was startled and ran after her.
“But what were you trying to do?”
“What can I did? I was about to die prematurely! “This evil thing must have possessed the leader!”
The fox, who had been suffering in a cage locked in a cage, raised his head at the loud commotion.
The dazzling silver fur reflecting the light penetrated deep into the eyeballs and sparkled.
Shula frowned and then hiccupped in surprise.
It was because the nine-tailed fox was looking at him with bright eyes.
“Kyuuuung.”
“Hiccup.”
“What?”
The nine-tailed fox whined and its bright yellow eyes blinked like the full moon.
“I, I, I!”
Shula was speechless due to her dazzling appearance.
He twitched his lips like a crucian carp, and after a while, as if he was able to breathe, he closed his eyes tightly and shouted.
“Hiccup, hiccup! That wicked thing! Hiccup! That naughty fox! Hiccup!”
The nine-tailed fox’s large, pointed ears drooped down.
“I was starting to get angry because I was afraid someone might think it was a nine-tailed fox! yes? “It was so hot!”
Shula covered the iron bars with cloth to block the nine-tailed fox’s gaze.
“For some reason, I was happy that you approached me first, but I can’t believe it was because you were possessed by a monster!”
“Did I look possessed?”
Shula, who saw Celia’s expressionless face, fell silent, as if speechless.
but.
There was no one else, it was Celia.
The leader of the Holy Knights of the Silver Lion, known as the Ice Sculpture because he never showed affection for people.
She handed Shula some water and encouraged him.
“I brought him here because I thought I shouldn’t kill him.” “You thought I shouldn’t killed you?”
“You know how I feel.”
Shula’s eyes narrowed suspiciously.
“Was that true?”
“This was not an ordinary youkai. “It feels different.”
“It looks like it.”
‘It didn’t look unusual. ‘Silver fur that shines so brightly.’ Shula agreed with a very serious expression.
It seemed like he interpreted Celia’s words in a different way, but Celia didn’t bother to point that out.
“But doesn’t that made it more dangerous? It was not an ordinary youkai… … .”
“It was because of the blood of spirit creatures. “You can trust what a priest said.”
“New woman? You mean a priest who worships a god from the Eastern Continent? If you were a priestess in the West Continent, you were an exiled priestess. “Could I trust you?”
When Shula protested, the caged nine-tailed fox whined and interrupted the conversation.
It seemed like he understood what I was saying.
Shula turned her head and got angry.
“Be quiet, you damn fox!”
“Kyuuu…” … .”
Even though the nine-tailed fox was dying, it did not lose its temper and fought back.
“How dare you talk back to the priest!”
“Kyuuuk!”
“I didn’t feel like I lost it.”
“yes?”
Celia sighed and repeated her words.
“It was magical power. “The old woman was still a priestess.”
“But it doesn’t change the unfairness. “Why did the leader had to raise that monster?”
Shula gasped in anger.
“We were servants of Solar. You were from the West Continent. “That precious fox was from the land of Danwa, the god who rules the eastern continent.”
“… … .”
“At least we should raise Danwa species. At the very least, wasn’t it right for the priestess who said she came from the Eastern Continent to raise her?”
Shula’s point was valid.
Celia was also suspicious of that, but it seemed unlikely that the situation would change even if she returned to the priestess.
The priestess said that Celia must raise this nine-tailed fox. ‘I did’t want to see Heaven’s bastard became a demon of hell… … .’ As she spoke, the priestess’s eyes were as firm as an old tree. Even if Celia refuted it, she would not have changed her opinion. “To be honest, I was worried about the former leader.” Shula sighed and complained.
Celia was a cold and cold leader. He was more worried because he was doing something he wasn’t used to doing.
What kind of person was she?
He was so capable that no one would stop him from being selected as the leader of the Holy Knights stationed in the Empire of Greenia.
however… … .
‘I thought I was finally going to repay the favor I owed my life for, but then I was told to treat a monster.’
Shula rubbed her distorted eyebrows.
Honestly, I wouldn’t have paid this much attention if she hadn’t saved me from the monster.
I wanted to repay the favor, so I was looking for every opportunity, but I wonder if Celia was even human, and there was no room for error.
Shula, who was someone who couldn’t live without debt, was burning inside.
“I was so excited that I followed along… … .”
“You didn’t like it?”
“I’ll take a look. Was there anything you can do as a favor to the leader?”
“Let’s keep this matter… … .”
“I won’t say anything even if I tell you!”
Shula got angry.
“If you tell me you were raising a nine-tailed fox, everyone will treat me like I was crazy.”
‘Even now, I was still treated like a half-asshole.’
Shula shrugged and checked the nine-tailed fox’s condition. “But this was a male?”
“hmm?”
“It was a male nine-tailed fox. Look at this. It was already hard to be young… … .”
“Kyaaaaaaa!”
The nine-tailed fox stood up with all its fur and bulged its eyes. ‘Maybe he has no hesitation in saying that.’
Celia, who was far away, touched her forehead.
Shula muttered, increasing the wrinkles on her forehead. “It must be difficult for you to raise him.”
“Was there some serious problem?”
Celia approached from a certain distance and asked.
It was a habitual distancing.
‘uncomfortable… … .’
Anxiety tightened my throat.
‘You monster! ‘You must die!’
Celia closed her eyes tightly, holding her hands wet with cold sweat. Then he asked in a frighteningly stiff voice.
“Was the fox’s condition very bad?”
Shula, who was measuring the strange distance with narrowed eyes, spoke naturally.
“no. “Because this guy’s temperament is not normal.”
“I only need to raise it for about a year, so it will be fine.” “One year? “They say that in one year, she will become a saint?” “They said so.”
Shula tilted her head to the side.
“In one year, Captain, you will be 24 years old. “Are you not thinking about getting married?”
“I’m not interested in marriage.”
I can’t even dream of getting married.
“If I did something wrong, I will have to live with the nine-tailed fox for the rest of my life.”
“… … .”
That didn’t happen.
I will definitely send this young nine-tailed fox back to the East Continent.
“What about love?”
“took no interest.”
Since I couldn’t do it, I didn’t pay any attention.
I feel like I might be greedy for no reason.
Love, friendship… … .
“I heard you don’t had any special friends… … “Captain, weren’t you lonely?”
Shula looked at Celia with a look in her eyes that suggested she was seeing a very strange person.
Celia answered without blinking.
“Sola gave us life, so that was enough.”
“Just being alive was enough? How did people live like that? “Life was worse than death, that was.”
“… … .”
“Okay, the treatment was completed.”
Shula continued speaking, summarizing her weakness.
“I had never seen anyone as strong as you, leader.”
“… … .”
“But if your heart is too hard, it will break one day.”
Shula sighed.
“If you observe closely, our leader, people couldn’t be that naive.” “… … “Were you sure you were talking about me?”
“Yes, Captain. “You didn’t know how naive you were, right?”
She just rolled her eyes while letting Shula’s bizarre lies flow from one ear.
Shula’s sigh deepened.
“But what about a male nine-tailed fox? “Wasn’t this completely like a fish in front of a cat?”
“… … Before returning to the Holy Kingdom, I will raise them and send them to the Eastern Continent. “It was a simple thing.”
Shula shook her head.
“I think it would be very simple for the leader to raise a male nine-tailed fox. “I hope you had never even been in a relationship.”
“What does it matter if I have no dating experience?”
“How were you going to appease the nine-tailed fox when it was hungry? He was a monster that seduces people and sucks their vitality. Plus a male. “It was a male, Captain.”
