The Saint Was the Devil’s Henchman

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The regent, Harold, entered the drawing room.

“Uncle, please take a seat.”

Cynthia suggested a seat.

But Harold just stood and looked around.

He found Ethan and made a suspicious face.

“Your Majesty came here because you have something to discuss. What are all these people?”

“Actually, it wasn’t me who had a business for my uncle. I have called my uncle to this place at the request of Priest Ethan.”

“under.”

As if in shock, Harold smirked.

He left the staff with the maid and sat across from Cynthia.

“Well, let’s hear the story. However, I hope that the business is not insignificant.”

After speaking, Harold looked at Ethan.

Ethan took out the prepared red Wyvern egg from his bosom.

The attention of the left was focused on Ethan.

“This is the nameless poison to which the Regent has been poisoned.”

Harold muttered as if not surprised.

“If it’s a cure for that poison, the priest next to you has already given it to you?”

“It was just palliative care. It’s not a proper detox.”

“what?!”

Harold’s eyebrows twitched.

“When you treated your majesty not long ago, you must have said this. He could be healed, but it was impossible to heal other nobles, including myself. But are you going to change your mind now? Hopefully it wasn’t a lie back then.”

“Please. Why do I lie like that?”

Ethan laughed out loud.

Harold frowned in disbelief.

“Then you mean you found another treatment in that short time?”

“yes. Yes, but.”

“I really need to say something that makes sense!”

Harold jumped up from his seat.

Even though he was a saint candidate called the miracle boy, it was absurd.

This is because he regarded the miracles Ethan had done as an exaggerated propaganda of the Pars Church.

“yes. I thought you would react like that, so I called you here. Take a seat. The story is not over yet.”

Ethan looked up at Harold and said.

Obviously, Harold was higher than his eyes, and Ethan was speaking respectfully to him.

However, there was an unknown sense of intimidation from Ethan.

Harold swallowed dry saliva without realizing it.

Seeing Harold still standing as if to leave, Cynthia was perplexed.

But Ethan didn’t care.

‘You won’t be able to leave this place easily. You might be wondering what this egg is.’

Ethan handed the Wyvern egg to Ben.

“Why are you giving this to me?”

“Put mana into that egg. I have only divine power.”

In fact, he didn’t have only divine power, but Ethan naturally lied.

“All right.”

Ben injected mana into the Wyvern’s egg.

Then the red wyvern eggs were dyed red.

Ben tilted his head strangely.

“Hey, it’s getting hotter.”

It was like putting a fireball on the palm of your hand.

Ethan was handed an egg infused with mana.

As Ben said, the egg was very hot.

However, Ethan’s expression did not change.

Ben was embarrassed by the sight.

‘I’m a knight, but I don’t think I’ve ever been rude.’

Either way, Ethan offered the wyvern egg to Harold.

“This is a red wyvern egg. An object known to destroy evil spirits. Because it is so hard to find, some consider it a myth, but it is not.”

To be precise, it wasn’t just about destroying the evil energy.

Red Wyvern’s eggs had a habit of greedily eating the energy they could take to get the nutrients they needed to hatch.

Unlike ordinary animals, the ecology of the Red Wyvern was unusual.

It did not hatch naturally from eggs over time.

They have to constantly eat nutrients to hatch.

What if you don’t get nutrients?

It will not hatch even after several hundred years.

Therefore, the Red Wyvern was a rare and special existence regardless of the past.

But there was no need to explain it.

‘This is the knowledge that only experienced wizards should have.’

Ethan now is just a saint or a boy with a lot of interest in anti-magical warfare.

‘If there is a real nameless poison in the body of the Regent, this egg cannot be eaten, but if it is a fake poison created by the Demon Sword, the story is different.’

The blood of the demon king created by the demon sword Belashtan was nothing but an imitation.

So it was ugly.

However, detoxifying the toxins created during the manufacturing process was still difficult.

So Ethan decided to extract the root and detoxify the fake nameless poison.

Harold watched the red glowing egg silently.

“That it destroys the evil spirit… You mean to get rid of the poison in my body?”

“It’s easy to understand that way.”

Ethan read hesitation in Harold’s eyes.

Then Ethan opened his mouth.

“By the way, this is the banquet that will be held this time.”

“… … ?”

“At first I had no intention of going to the banquet, but I changed my mind. I have a favor to ask of him, how about doing business with me?”

“… … .”

At those words, Harold’s brow furrowed deeply.

* * *

Early moning.

Several nobles were gathered in the Penope Hall.

This place was famous not only in Velium, but also in the new empire, as a social gathering place for the nobility.

The nobles were drinking tea or reading the pamphlets issued by the imperial institutions.

It was a leisurely morning.

At that time, a secret story circulated on the other side.

“Are you going to attend the banquet soon?”

“You mean the regent’s banquet? Of course.”

“I wonder what’s going to happen there.”

Although it was taking the form of a banquet on the surface, there was no way it was simply a place for socializing or promoting.

It was something anyone who was worn out and worn out in the political world would know.

“It must be related to the situation in the capital city.”

“but. How long ago was the princess attacked?”

“Those who possess magical powers, whether dark followers or whatever, should be uprooted as soon as possible.”

It was a time when the nobles were making various assumptions.

“That’s right.”

Someone’s voice came from behind.

I could also hear people screaming.

There was only one case of this at a gathering of nobles who prioritized dignified behavior.

“no way?”

They hurriedly turned back.

There stood the regent.

The regent said this with a hardened face as usual.

“Those with magical powers must be uprooted from this fledgling empire as soon as possible. As you think, the banquet will discuss their treatment.”

The regent left the place with only those words.

The regent’s visit left a great ripple effect.

Even the nobles who quietly drank tea had joined the conversation.

“I guess I was right!”

“It’s only natural that the regent himself lost his wife in an attack and became addicted.”

“Why haven’t you been treated yet? I thought that the priest who was rumored to be there these days would heal him.”

“I heard that another priest is running all over the place for treatment. But they say that it only relieves the symptoms of poisoning and does not detoxify itself.”

“Then, so far, only the Crown Princess has been deciphered?”

“You can see that.”

“Is the medicine needed for detoxification very valuable?”

“I don’t know about that. Anyway, holding a banquet now seems timely. It happened because we overlooked those with magical powers.”

Until now, the existence of ‘remnants of the empire’ was known only to a small number of nobles.

Just because it was a country ruled by the Demon King, he was already covered in a lot of filth.

So, if it was widely known that people with acquired magical powers were born, there was nothing good about it.

Because of this, the nobles have been complacent with those with magical powers.

But this time, I just couldn’t get over it.

How dare you attack a nobleman?

It no longer mattered whether the raider was a dark follower or a remnant of the Empire.

“This is the time to properly dispose of the dregs of the Empire.”

All the nobles present nodded their heads.

* * *

The day before the banquet.

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Vivian sneaked out of the house and found a tavern.

Paul, the owner of the tavern, greeted her with surprise.

“How do you feel, Mrs. I thought you wouldn’t be here for a while.”

“I only had time today. It looks like you heard the news of the banquet.”

“yes.”

“Then did you hear this rumor? That the banquet decides the treatment of us. That rumor… It’s true?”

The ‘we’ here, of course, meant the remnants of the empire.

Paul hesitated, then nodded.

“yes. I heard that the regent spoke directly.”

“what?”

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Vivian’s eyes widened.

“Besides, they said that even the saint candidates of the Pars Church would attend the banquet.”

“If you are a saint candidate, how long ago was that person who came to the treatment center?”

“yes.”

“Nonsense!”

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Vivian jumped up from her seat.

The purpose of the banquet was already publicly known.

Attending the banquet knowing that?

It was nothing more than implicitly announcing that he and the regent shared his will.

“When do you release people and even give them treatment, and why all of a sudden?”

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Vivian was shocked by the feeling of betrayal towards Ethan.

Even as a priest of the Pars Church, he knew that something was different.

But this is how he got hit in the back.

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Vivian bit her lip in anger.

‘It wasn’t that I trusted the priests of the Pars Church.’

Then Paul calmed her down.

“Don’t be too quick. Maybe you are going to come up with a different opinion.”

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Vivian shook her head.

“It is not easy to present an objection in a place where people gather. Even if he is a saint candidate, it will be said that he is an interference in internal affairs. Rather than attending the banquet, I’d rather meet my father and persuade him. It means that you are already in agreement with your father.”

“Then, lady, just listen to what’s going on at the banquet.”

In that case, he would have to live in hiding at the bottom of the Velium for a while.

“… … .”

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Vivian didn’t answer.

But the words would have been understood.

Unknowingly, Ethan was branded a traitor by Vivian.

If Ethan had known, question marks would have been floating around him.

* * *

“what?”

Ethan asked, puzzled.

Then, Nix didn’t know what the problem was, and replied like a parrot again.

“I think these clothes I usually wear will suffice.”

Ethan rubbed his forehead.

After making the decision to go to the banquet, Ethan asked Nyx.

Do you have a pars church robe that you can wear when attending a banquet?

Then the answer that came back was that.

‘It’s very strange to see the church go back.’

Previously, the robes worn during events in New York City were all borrowed from the Central Church.

So the only clothes Ethan had were several uniforms of the same priest.

Actually, this was normal.

After all, Ethan was from an orphan.

On the other hand, Nyx was the adopted son of the High Priest.

Still, it made no sense to say that there was no formal attire to wear to an outside event.

‘Priests shouldn’t be extravagant, but how many people keep them properly.’

Ethan clicked his tongue low.

“Are you going to just walk to the banquet?”

“yes? Isn’t it natural? We have no horses and no carriages.”

Ethan’s neck stiffened.

‘Then what kind of ridicule you want to buy.’

It was because he knew the characteristics of the noble family.

What if I walked to a banquet in casual clothes like the Knicks?

Whether the opponent was a saint cadet or whatever, they were the writers who would pound each other from the beginning.

The basic face had to be taken care of.

“Ha, what do other priests usually do in this case?”

“In the case of a priest with a relatively high rank, he said that he would pay for it with his own money or request a separate fee from the nobles who invited him to the banquet.”

“Not even worth considering.”

Demanding a carriage and clothes from Harold, who has been at odds so far?

It was absurd.