I Became The Academy Necromancer

90. lost sun

As I walk forward pushing the nuns away, they hurriedly run past me and block the entrance.

With their arms crossed, they were determined not to let me in, which seemed closer to hatred than conviction.

“Get out of the way.”

Even though I warned them heavily not to make them use their strength, they do not back down.

“I can’t.”

Is it because she is a nun who serves God?

I could clearly feel the firm determination that I would never break, but unfortunately.

Those that do not bend usually break after holding on.

“Finden child.”

As if waiting for my call, Findenai approaches right away holding an axe.

“I think our nuns are still fortunate.”

No matter how you look at it, her life as she grinned and swung her ax in the air was sincere.

“If you fall behind, God will take you, right? It feels good to be able to kill without hesitation.”

It was indeed a Finden-I style of thinking, but anyway, it leads the situation in a comfortable direction now.

“Anyway, one of you said the devil was in disguise. If you look closely, you will find out who the devil is.”

As Finden-Ai sincerely slaughtered them and headed forward, the nuns closed their eyes and began to pray while trembling.

The will itself was acknowledged.

The faith to resist despite being afraid must come from faith.

I didn’t have any intention of killing him, but I tried to watch Finden-Ai’s actions for a while because they had an effect.

“for a moment!”

The abbess, who was blocking the nuns from the center, clenched her fists and stepped forward with an expression of resentment.

“All right. Let me guide you. So don’t hurt the kids.”

“Wow, Director!”

“But that… … !”

“Everyone, be quiet. Losing you here is what no gods would want.”

“… … .”

In response to the unexpected reaction, Finden-Ei turns her head and looks at me. I shrug my shoulders and regret it, but I reap my life.

I didn’t bother answering the abbess and entered the convent through the path she opened.

The inside was quite tidy.

It feels like a small brick house where you can tell at a glance that it is always being cleaned.

From the entrance, along with prayers to the gods, a resolute declaration that this place was a sanctuary was written.

“The sanctuary is haunted by demons.”

I said that it was an ironic situation, but it felt like an insult.

“Don’t go anywhere else, just follow me.”

The abbess ascending the stairs. The nuns tried to catch up from behind, but this time, on the contrary, Finden Ai blocks the door and keeps the nuns in check.

“Are you saying there’s a devil among them? Everyone stay still. If we move from now on, we start by taking pictures from the head.”

When the ax was pointed at with a hideous declaration, the nuns could not even react separately, swallowing saliva.

“Everyone is fine. Just stay still and you won’t die.”

At least, Illuania smiled and offered some kind of comfort, but it didn’t seem to have much effect.

“How ignorant!”

Seeing this, the abbess gnashed her teeth and shouted, but I only gave her a chin gesture and instructed her to go forward.

[Can you feel it? That there is no demonic energy inside.]

I nodded slightly at the words of the dark mage who followed. In fact, the presence of the devil, which echoed terrifyingly from the outside, was not felt at all inside the convent.

[You seem to be a really high-ranking demon to be able to joke around like this.]

The dark mage placed a hand on my shoulder as if nervous. I couldn’t feel anything, but I could feel her trembling being transmitted to me as well.

The top of Elia Convent.

Where the stairs no longer led, there were two doors.

One is the door to the attic seen from the outside.

Another was a small door that raised the sunroof that went up to the roof attached to the ceiling.

Both had the same characteristics.

that it is locked with a padlock.

In particular, the attic side was locked with a very huge padlock, and it looked quite sturdy.

A lock that looks like something you would put on a precious treasure chest. However, the abbess’s expression when she saw that was extremely dark.

The abbess put her hand on the candle placed next to the attic.

A ball of fire the size of a fingernail rose from the tip of her thin, wrinkled fingers, and the candlelight lit up the dark stairs.

“Open soon.”

“… … Before that, I have something to promise you.”

I wanted something else, but this time I couldn’t ignore it because even the abbess was desperate.

“Please, don’t mention the person you saw inside. This… … It is not simply for my own greed, but for the sake of the entire Griffin Kingdom.”

“Grandiose.”

However, it was a request full of earnestness. Tears welled up in her eyes, and the headmistress knelt down and held my trouser leg.

“please! Please. It is a secret until the moment you die. If you are chosen by His Majesty and believe in Saint Lucia! You will immediately understand what I mean!”

“Huh, got it.”

“also! I hope you don’t get too carried away with the conversation with him. This… … Here is some advice for you.”

[I’m curious.]

It was the dark mage who was going to go through the door to check the inside first because he wanted something like this.

[Kyaaah!]

She made a pretty girlish noise and was pushed away. It wasn’t just the level of being pushed, but the damage was done, and light smoke was rising from the body.

‘This.’

I swallowed my saliva without realizing it as I looked at the dark mage who was taking care of himself in embarrassment.

It meant that the person inside was not an average bet.

The abbess got up slowly and took out a key from her bosom.

The old key creaked into the lock and soon, with a click, the lock flowed out.

“I am… … I’ll wait outside.”

The abbess began to pray with her eyes closed and her hands together.

I slowly grabbed the doorknob and stepped inside.

The inside smelled so fresh that it was difficult to see it as an attic.

Since it was dark outside, the room where the lamp was turned on was much brighter than the stairs, and the dark and gloomy atmosphere I had thought was nowhere to be found.

A small bed.

And a woman in a nun’s uniform sitting on the bed.

Her blond hair, which was dull in color, fell down her shoulders and down to her chest without hesitation.

She must have been a woman of outstanding appearance.

But there was no way to verify that.

A white bandage covering both eyes.

Left arm and legs appearing to have been amputated.

With her left hand, she was holding the rosary of the goddess Hertia as if it were precious.

She turns her gaze to me at the sound of the door opening and smiles.

“You have a guest.”

A voice that warms the heart.

Being able to comfort someone with just your voice was a rare experience.

It was truly divine.

It was truly beautiful.

That’s why it was dangerous.

The fragile girl who seems like she could break even if I touch her even a little bit, greets me.

“Hello, my name is Stella.”

A woman with no last name, only the name Stella remained.

I’ve never seen it myself, but I’ve certainly heard the name.

There was no need to forcefully dig into the memory. Because she was so famous on this continent.

Continents cannot have two suns.

When one sun rises, unfortunately, the other must set.

She is the sun of the continent that has gone down.

A woman who was loved by the gods as one body.

saintess.

To be precise.

You could call her a senior to Saint Lucia, the current Saint.

She was a retired former saint.

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My body had to harden.

I immediately understood why the abbess was begging so tremblingly.

If the words of the saintess who comforted the continent were such a terrible figure, they should never be known.

Their faith will turn to disbelief when stories start to circulate that God abandoned the woman he loved most.

“Are you a male customer who has been visiting for a long time?”

“yes.”

As I was about to close the door with a calm reply, Stella asked with a light smile.

“Excuse me, can we talk alone?”

“… … .”

Her head turned and headed towards the dark mage. Even though he couldn’t see his eyes, he had accurately found the dark mage.

[I will be out.]

“yes.”

The panicking Black Mage was kicked out by a kind banquet order, and only then did I close the door.

thud.

“You are a kind ghost.”

There was no lie in her smile. It felt great even to me to be able to have such a bright smile in such a state.

But that’s why I didn’t feel like asking about it.

“In this convent, the summoning of demons was accomplished by sacrificing three nuns.”

“… … .”

“Have you heard anything about this?”

“Whoops.”

Stella laughed, covering her mouth with her left hand.

“You are kind. Normally, they would ask why I became like this.”

“I don’t have the hobby of digging through the pains and wounds of others. So do you know anything?”

“Ah, sure.”

Stella replies with a mischievous smile.

“I know that the devil is hiding in this convent, and I know why he came.”

The brow furrows slightly.

She gave answers to my questions so easily.

“Because I am.”

“Is there you?”

When asked again, Stella pulls on the collar of her nun’s robe and shows her left hand. Even the elbow was missing, and the amputated wound was wrapped in bandages.

“This too.”

This time, she pulls up the skirt part to show her legs. I thought it would be cut as well, but it wasn’t.

Like the roots of an old rotten tree, the legs withered and turned black.

No, it was something miserable to call a bridge. It was a scene reminiscent of a towel that had been soaked and wrung out.

“This too.”

Lastly, Stella pointed at her own eyes that were wrapped in bandages.

“So are these two eyes.”

Then Stella puts her hand on her head and smiles mischievously.

“There is one more, but that is a secret.”

“secret?”

“Well, you don’t have to worry too much. Rather than that, do you know what these mean?”

She says it’s no big deal, but the words that followed were quite shocking.

“These are all scars made by the devil on me, who lost my divine power.”

“… … .”

“You know? Only one person on this continent can have divine power. If the gods take their sacred power from me, the next person will ascend to the position of a saint.”

But after that, we are not responsible.

While active as a saintess, the reason she was able to wipe out countless demons and annihilate them was because of her divine power.

But when it disappears

The demons who had held grudges so far rushed forward and made the saintess like this.

“Maybe the devil came to get his right hand this time.”

Her right hand is now the last one left. I couldn’t help but let out a bitter breath.

But I was convinced.

The reason why the devil responded to the summons even though there was no sacrifice was to get revenge on her.

Still hiding and staying here is understandable if you think about it like that.

“How are you?”

“… … What do you mean?”

She shrugs as if she knows everything.

“Can you protect me from the devil?”

For the first time, there was a hint of desperation in her calm, calm voice.

She couldn’t see her eyes, but I replied with a stiff expression.

“I have no intention of protecting you.”

“Whoops.”

“But I intend to make sure that the devil is no longer active.”

“You’re trustworthy.”

Stella’s shoulders are relaxed as they calm down. Although she was relieved, she replied with a little regret.

“I can’t seem to find it right now, can I?”

“Yeah, the devil is pretty sneaky.”

“Um, then I’ll see you tomorrow.”

I sensed a strange uneasiness in her tone, something pitiful. It seems that this is not the end of the misfortune that befell her yet.

“Sorry, but it’s over now.”

Stella says she won’t even listen to my name and asks me to leave as well.

I asked, holding the doorknob with my mouth closed, then releasing it again.

“Does His Majesty know about this?”

“Your Majesty Ofert? Of course you don’t know. I asked the church to tell me that I am living well by farming.”

I replied, frowning at her answer.

“His Majesty Opert has passed away. Now his son, Orpheus, rules over the griffins.”

Then Stella smiled, covering her mouth with her right hand.

“I didn’t know.”

I grabbed the doorknob again and went out bitterly.

Even though she was standing there, out of sight, she had her head toward me.

thud.

With the door closed, the abbess still praying and the dark mage looking at me with a worried expression.

I said with a sigh.

“Don’t talk about her. However, I will see you again tomorrow.”

The information available to her seemed limitless. He seemed to know the identity of the devil.

However, the abbess replied bitterly.

“maybe… … It won’t be very different from today.”

At the time, I didn’t know what that meant.

* * *

next day.

When he headed for the rooftop looking for Stella again.

“You have a guest.”

She greeted me with the same lines as yesterday.

“Hello, my name is Stella.”

Not a single mistake, with exactly the same reaction as yesterday.

“Are you a male customer who has been visiting for a long time?”

Only then did I understand what the abbess said.

Why did you say it was no different from yesterday?

Why did you tell me not to get carried away with the conversation with Stella?

Why did Stella say to me that it’s a pity but it’s over instead of saying see you tomorrow?

And what is the last devil’s curse that Stella said was a secret.

“now.”

It was the first time.

For the first time ever, my voice trembled violently.

“Who is His Majesty the King who rules the Griffin Kingdom?”

I needed to check.

I needed to be certain that what I was thinking was correct.

And Stella answered with a laugh that it was out of the blue.

“You are His Majesty King Opert.”

Former Saint Stella.

As if her time was trapped in a broken clock, she was walking in the same place over and over again.