The Saint Was the Devil’s Henchman

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The Imperial Palace of the New Niilum Empire.

It was very spacious and gorgeous.

This is because even in the era of anti-ma warfare, the demon king constantly ordered the extension work.

For this reason, even after a hundred years have passed, it is still regarded as the largest and most luxurious palace on the continent.

However, now that the fortress of the new empire is not as it used to be, they were not able to fully utilize the spacious space.

bum bum.

Ethan was walking down the remote corridor of the Imperial Palace.

There were various paintings hanging on the wall.

Soon Ethan’s steps stopped.

“Yongke was still there.”

Ethan looked at a painting.

It was a painting he had installed himself in his previous life.

In the painting, the bodies of people were lying on the floor.

And the Seven Heroes hugged their corpses or drew their swords with indignation.

On the other side were the imperial soldiers with evil faces.

It was a picture containing the contents of the Anti-Magic War.

Originally, it was a painting that could never be hung in this hallway.

Because it was a painting accusing the imperial army of ruthless slaughter.

However, the Demon King meekly permitted the installation of this painting.

This is because it was the ‘loot’ that Ethan had obtained by winning the battle at the time.

However, the other nobles, who were displeased with the content of the painting, did not even come close to the painting.

‘Honestly, I did not expect this painting to remain.’

Fortunately, it seems to have been left as it was because of the content and value of the painting.

“Hmm.”

Ethan stood in front of the painting for a while, stroking his chin.

And he did things that would be shocking to others.

He directly touched the painting with high historical value!

Ethan put his hand on the painting and made a spell.

Then something amazing happened.

Ethan’s hand slipped into the painting.

Ethan waved his hands like he was digging through a box.

widely!

Finally got what I wanted.

Ethan took it out and examined it.

“You’re still fine.”

it was an egg

But it was no ordinary chicken egg.

The egg was large enough to fill Ethan’s large palm.

And the surface of the eggshell was as smooth and soft as a pearl.

At first glance, it was something unusual.

Ethan looked at the egg and smiled.

The true identity of the fake poison was the blood of a fake demon made using a Belashtan sword, and a poorly manufactured poison.

‘It must have been a real nameless poison to kill the princess properly.’

However, it would have been insufficient in quantity to be used to attack the nobles of the new empire.

So it seems that fake poison was used on a trial basis.

‘If it’s such a clumsy poison, I can handle it with this.’

Ethan looked at the egg in his hand.

Wyvern egg.

This was a magic material that was always in the spotlight for wizards regardless of age.

It is very difficult to obtain, but if there is, it can be very useful.

Besides, this egg was very special among them.

It was an egg of a red wyvern living in an active volcano.

It was not difficult to obtain, but it was so rare that it was impossible to say that it is now on the continent.

‘That’s why I hid it like this, but I got a chance to use it.’

In his previous life, he could not even use this egg and died.

But who knew that he would come back to life and find eggs like this?

Ethan grinned.

Yes.

This painting was a secret vault that Ethan hid in the Imperial Palace in his previous life.

Ethan rolled the red wyvern egg out of his hand.

As a wizard, it felt good to have a rare material in my hand after a long time.

After taking the Wyvern egg, Ethan put his hand into the painting again.

‘Now, where’s my gold coin pocket?’

In a previous life, Ethan had stored numerous goods in this vault.

‘The miserable life is now over.’

Even though he was a saint candidate, he was a priest and had to be frugal.

Ethan was fed up with it.

“… … ?”

But it was strange.

No matter how hard Ethan put his hand in the picture and shook his hand, he couldn’t get the gold coin pocket in his hand.

His hand was just churning through the empty space.

“what?”

Ethan panicked and pulled his hand out of the painting.

His gaze turned to one corner of the picture.

“… … ?!”

Ethan opened his eyes.

Because one corner of the picture was damaged.

‘Shake. no way?’

Worst assumptions flashed through my mind.

Ethan put his hand into the painting again.

He guessed with his senses what he had in his hand.

The magic ingredients were just fine.

However, like a prank of fate, only the expensive jewels and gold coins that Ethan had kept had disappeared.

“God damn it!”

Ethan pulled out his hand and muttered a curse.

It was clear.

As the painting was damaged, so much space was lost, and so were the treasures!

Ethan looked down at his empty hands in despair.

“ha ha ha… … .”

It was strange.

It’s not funny, but it made me laugh.

That was then.

bum bum.

I heard someone walking over here from afar.

Ethan ignored the sound.

Now was not the time to worry about that.

‘Does this make sense?! How did I stole them!’

Ethan’s emotions soon turned from denial of reality to anger.

He looked at the corner of the damaged painting.

There were traces of fire.

Ethan’s anger spurted in the wrong direction.

‘That must have been what the soldiers of the United Kingdom did!’

It was an imperial item, so it seemed that he was going to burn it at random, but after knowing the contents of the painting, he left it behind.

The anger grew at the Pars Church and the United Kingdom that had their hands on their things.

“I can’t rekindle those who are already dead!”

To the subject that the soldiers who did this did not even know the identity of, Ethan muttered as much as he could.

That was then.

The owner of the footsteps appeared.

It was Knicks.

“Ethan?”

When he saw Ethan, he fell in love and greeted him in the morning.

That voice was so bright.

“good morning.”

Rather, to the point of bursting into tantrums.

* * *

These days, every day of the Knicks is rewarding.

Because he was saving many people with the Holy Magic of the Pars Church.

Although his body was exhausted, he was happy.

– Oh my God, Pars! How should I repay this favor?

– Priest, thank you! Thanks to Pars too!

All the nobles of Velium who received his treatment praised Pars.

Bellium.

This is a city that used to be the starting point of evil in the past.

It was the greatest joy for Nyx to raise Pars’ name there.

Above all, the capital of the new empire was overflowing with things to study.

Early in the morning, a room in the detached palace.

When he began to heal the nobles, the regent made Nyx and Jacob stay at the imperial palace.

Sitting by the window, Nyx was reading a book in the morning sun.

After a while, he nodded and closed the book.

“It was said that among the paintings in the hallway, the impure ones were burned and those of historical value were recovered… … . That must have been the reason why there were tan marks on the painting.”

Nick left the book on the table and went outside.

Today was a good start to the day.

I had time until breakfast, so I decided to go check out the contents of the book.

Jack Jack! tweet!

The sound of birds chirping was heard in the Imperial Palace garden.

‘It looks like it’s going to be a good day.’

Knicks vigorously walked down the hallway.

A human shadow was seen in the distance.

It was Ethan.

‘Why is Ethan here?’

Nick tilted his head.

Ethan stopped in front of a painting.

With his head bowed, Ethan’s expression could not be seen clearly.

But I could hear what he had to say.

“Already dead… again… I can’t!”

For a moment, this thought flashed through Nix’s mind.

‘Ah, are you studying the work of the Anti-Magic War like me?’

It was only natural that Ethan was a saint candidate like himself.

The Knicks rushed to Ethan with pleasure.

“good morning.”

I wanted to share various stories with Ethan, who is on the same path as him.

But it was strange.

Ethan’s face, seen up close, was filled with indescribable anger.

“Ethan? Did anything happen? I have a bad complexion.”

“don’t mind. never mind.”

Ethan clenched his teeth and turned his head.

It was an unusual atmosphere, so Nix thought to himself.

‘It’s the first time I’ve ever lost my composure like that… … . Something must have happened.’

Nyx looked at the picture in front of Ethan.

‘This picture… The Seven Heroes and Dying People, a rare masterpiece left by Michael Angelo!’

Michael Angelo.

He was a painter who was active at the time of the outbreak of the Anti-Magic War.

Michael Angelo was a painter who visited the battlefields and painted mainly documentary paintings.

However, he also published works containing a message criticizing the war caused by the Niilum Empire.

Nix noticed the dying people in the painting.

“… … !”

And he could guess why Ethan was angry.

– Already dead… again… I can’t!

It was only then that I could understand Ethan’s words that he had heard from afar.

‘Those who are already dead cannot come back. Did you mean that?’

It suddenly occurred to me that there might have been victims of the Anti-Magic War in Ethan’s family.

Nix was determined alone.

‘But as a devout priest, I can’t let him get swept up in anger.’

Knicks tapped Ethan on the shoulder.

“Ethan, I understand your feelings. But we must not surrender ourselves to anger.”

“What?”

Ethan furrowed his eyebrows at Nyx’s sudden consolation.

‘I understand, you bastard! Do you know how it felt to lose the money that was deposited a hundred years ago?’

But in Nyx’s eyes, it just seemed like it was fading away from anger.

“What nonsense?”

Ethan slapped Nyx’s hand and walked down the hallway.

“Oh, wait!”

The Knicks followed behind Ethan.

* * *

Moments later, Ethan and Nyx were walking down the hallway of the villa.

“Ethan, are you calm?”

“It’s too wide. Are you going to do your job now?”

Ethan waved his hand as if chasing a fly.

Nick replied with a broad smile.

“yes. Even so, I had to go back to the treatment of the nobles who had not been treated. Thank you for taking care of me.”

“… … .”

Ethan was speechless and looked at Nyx.

‘It’s not just a level of ignorance. Are you human?’

Whether Ethan was startled or not, the Knicks did whatever he liked.

That was then.

bruise!

Where did you hear the dog barking?

Nick looked around.

“uh? What is this sound?”

At the end of the hallway over there, a bunch of white fur appeared.

bruise!

It was Fenrir.

Fenrir spotted Ethan from afar and ran to them.

Ethan furrowed his eyebrows.

‘I’m afraid I’m going to get on my shoulder again.’

But the Knicks were different.

“Fenrir-sama!”

He politely called Fenrir’s name and treated him like a divine beast.

It was because he thought that he was able to communicate because he was a magical divine beast.

Nyx leaned over and stroked the white mutt.

“Fenrir, were you at peace last night?”

bruise!

“Did you have breakfast right?”

Woof woof!

Fenrir waved his tail.

Fenrir followed the Knicks without feeling repulsed.

But it was then.

Fenrir, enjoying Nyx’s touch, suddenly tilted his head.

“Fenrir-sama, why are you like this?”

At Nyx’s question, Fenrir sniffed his nose and circled around Nyx.

Seeing this, Ethan snorted inwardly.

‘You’re an immortal bastard.’

Woof woof!

Fenrir barked at Nyx.

However, it did not appear to be hostile to the Knicks.

It seemed to be trying to tell something.

Nick was perplexed.

“Pe, Fenrir-sama, can you possibly speak human language?”

Woof woof!

“Well, there’s no need for a divine beast to learn human language.”

Seeing it like that, he seemed to be pathetic.

Ethan left them behind and went his own way.

But I had to stop after a few steps.

Suddenly, my legs felt heavy.

“… … ?”

Ethan looked down.

Fenrir was dangling from Ethan’s pants.