The Regressor and the Blind Saint

“Priest, may I borrow your escort for a moment?”

At Albrecht’s continued words, René’s reason flew to a far-off place.

borrow Renee didn’t believe it.

Isn’t that right? There was no guarantee that you would return what you borrowed.

It can be given in 10 years, it can be given in 100 years, or it can be given in 1000 years.

There was only one way.

‘… pluck.’

If you have a relationship in front of you, just cut it off.

Just like that, Renee, who lost her reason, pulled out the sword from her staff.

“I refuse.”

Vera’s words echoed through the space.

tremble-.

Renee’s movements stopped. Albrecht’s eyes widened. Aisha made a puzzled expression.

Amid different reactions, Vera added in a calm tone.

“I am the priest’s escort. I am not going anywhere without the priest.”

Suddenly, Renee’s face turned red. An indescribably stupid sound came out of his slightly opened mouth.

“That, pole, pole, pole… .”

Renee felt the reason that had flew away quickly returned to her seat.

… No, I felt it come back and start running in the other direction.

That Vera’s words.

‘Go, go, go, go, go… .’

For some reason, it was heard as a confession.

It wasn’t always in a different context from what he said, but the reason why such a strong reaction came up was because of the situation he was in and Vera’s coldly throwing away someone he thought was related to the situation he was in.

Now, if you express the heat rising over Renee’s face with sound, it’s ‘Pop!’ You could say it made a sound. His face was so red.

The anger that had risen before. sense of betrayal. Nothing else existed in Renee now.

Just a beating like an explosion. It was the only thing that filled Ren’s whole body.

Albrecht, who stood opposite Vera, blinked for a moment, pondering what he had just heard.

was rejected

It was in the midst of a shock.

It was a shock that I felt because it was Albrecht, who had never been rejected by anyone in his life, and had been loved by all.

It’s called ‘fresh shock’.

Albrecht, who later realized that his words had been rejected, continued to speak with a face of embarrassment, which was rare for him.

“Well, then… , Priest-sama will also go with you! How is it?”

It was said with a smile, but he couldn’t hide the trembling of his voice, so he stuttered.

Vera, who heard it, asked Renee for his opinion.

“Priest, what are you going to do?”

“That, pole, uh… .”

Renee was in a state of being unable to give a proper answer due to the shock of the words she had just heard.

A really difficult situation.

It was neither Vera nor Albrecht that ended the situation, but Aisha, who had been quietly listening until now.

Aisha made a sullen expression at the thought that she didn’t like the three people who continued to talk without leaving only herself, and then pulled Renee’s collar back and forth and said.

“Rene. Renee.”

“Yes… ?”

“Now let’s go eat. Master is waiting for you.”

Although the 2nd Prince looked so beautiful, I felt surprised by it. In the end, it was a good thing for Aisha.

Aisha’s meal with Doban waiting at Marie’s mansion was more important than the 2nd Prince who couldn’t even eat.

Renee woke up belatedly at Aisha’s words, raised an awkward smile and nodded.

“Yeah, yes! Dovan will be waiting for you!”

Jump-!

Renee stood up. He made a ‘tick tick’ sound and walked in the direction he came from. Vera followed quietly.

Now, there is only one Albrecht left.

Albrecht stood there for a long time, as if he had been through an unbelievable, absurd situation.

*

Vera’s rejection of Albrecht’s offer wasn’t the only reason he rejected him.

… Of course, there was a slight desire to wrinkle the dignified face who thought that he would accept his proposal, but it was a rejection because he knew that René’s safety was more important than that.

The gutter trend right now is questionable. A new cartel that he did not know was set up there and was making moves for no reason.

In such a situation, it would be unthinkable for Vera to leave Renee alone on 11th Street.

After the situation was over, Albrecht eventually did not follow. Vera and Renee went back to Marie’s mansion and had dinner, and it was at this moment that they met.

Vera entered Renee’s quarters and was kneeling on the floor.

“Vera.”

“… Yes.”

Vera, kneeling down, responded to Renee’s words as she sat in her chair.

There was no further explanation for this scene. It was just that Vera was getting mad at Renee.

How can it be called a foreordained ending? Whatever it was, Renee found out that Vera had gone out alone in the middle of the night.

After fighting Gartea at Doban’s Forge, the accident occurred while Renee had been crying so much that he said he would never move alone again.

Vera humbly agreed to pay the price.

Renee felt a sigh of relief at Vera’s voice.

It was something I couldn’t remember at the time. Vera did another dangerous job alone.

Renee, who realized this only later, was sitting Vera here in front of him with a rising upset, but he remembered the feeling of sorry for shooting him.

why not Vera knows now well enough that he is the reason why he moves so alone.

Renee clenched her fists.

“Can you tell me?”

This time, he asked why he moved alone, and why he left without saying a word.

At that, Vera lowered his head even deeper and opened his mouth.

Vera was a man who couldn’t lie to Renee’s questions.

“… Do you know about 13th Street in the Empire?”

“It’s a gutter. famous.”

“Yes, while I was going out to volunteer with Saint the previous day, the residents of 13th Street that I was supposed to see there were not seen, so I was puzzled and went to see it. Since the saint will be going to 11th Street for a while, I thought that I had to get rid of the dangers in advance… .”

“Did you meet the prince there?”

“… Yes.”

Renee narrowed his brow at Vera’s answer.

“Why did you hide from me?”

If that’s the case, then of course you should tell yourself and go. Isn’t it too much to say nothing while moving to protect yourself? If it’s really for yourself, shouldn’t you tell me why you’re going out so much?

Vera’s fists were clenched at the words that were said to contain those feelings.

the reason you hid it.

What excuse do you have? It was because of his reluctance to reveal his origin.

Why is it strange to not see rats on 11th Street? And Vera didn’t say it because he was ashamed of it, because in order to explain how he knew it so well, he had to reveal his origin.

However, that is meaningless now.

Vera realized that he had no choice but to reveal everything beyond this, and made a depressed expression on his face.

I should speak, but the words seldom come out. It was because he was afraid of the reaction Renee would make the moment he said this.

I wanted to say it when I was confident enough to not be bound by such things more, in case I would disillusion myself, but time did not wait for it.

“Vera.”

Rene’s words to remind him again.

Vera bit his teeth for a moment, then took a deep breath and licked his lips.

It was the words that somehow managed to overcome the snags from the throat and spit it out.

“… Because I’m from that gutter. To explain why… I thought I should say it together, so I was not ashamed to say it.”

“… yes?”

“sorry.”

Vera did not raise his head.

He barely finished speaking, but there was definitely a suppression in the words he vomited. It was the right feeling to describe it as shame.

“then… .”

The words that flowed from Renee did not end like that and were scattered in the air.

Renee felt her stomach tighten at Vera’s words. It felt like a rock of a size he couldn’t handle was falling at such a high speed and crushing the top of his heart.

Suddenly, something came to mind.

These were the words Vera had said in the remeo when we first met, years later.

– After living with evil for the rest of my life, I only realized later that it was wrong. So I wanted to change it.

There were words like that when they said they wanted to follow the light.

Renee is starting to vaguely understand what Vera’s words meant at this moment.

was a resident of the gutter.

With that word, I was able to understand what ‘evil’ Vera was talking about.

No words came out.

Although he knew what keeping his mouth shut would mean to Vera, he could not speak.

Because it was Vera, who he thought was naive, so he didn’t put too much weight on the evil he had done. Now, it was coming as a bigger shock.

sweet-.

Renee’s lips changed shape, but no sound came out.

The fingertips, which started to twitch for nothing, were wildly out of their control and did not intend to stop.

Did you hate Vera?

If you ask me that, of course not. How could you hate something like that? His heart was not so light.

But, what to say to Vera, who reveals emotions he has never seen before in a form he has never seen before. It did not come to mind, so it was to create silence.

Renee clenched her fists. He pursed his lips and held his heart.

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Okay. I don’t care.

I had to say something like that.

So, the moment Renee was about to vomit.

smart-.

– Saint, you have a guest.

Norn’s voice pierced the space.

*

the central hall of the mansion.

Albrecht stood there, reflecting on the day’s work.

‘I made such a stupid mistake.’

Since he couldn’t deal with his embarrassment and looked so ugly, wouldn’t this be enough to reflect on?

“Whew… .”

Albrecht sighed. The blonde hair that fluttered in line with the slightly falling head and the deep gold eyes were becoming a painting by itself.

Right next to Albrecht. Count Weishur, who looked at him, felt a slightly worried feeling rising.

‘You must not make a mistake.’

Naturally, he was worried about Albrecht.

everyone’s love. God-given masterpiece. The two princes, referred to by many other horses, had one fatal flaw.

That’s the bottomless narcissism that makes the viewer grab the back of their neck.

… It was a secret known only to those close to the prince.

Fortunately, there was no one who hated him in this empire, so it was a problem that had not been raised until now, but it is becoming a bigger problem today.

Count Weishur recalled the attitude of Vera he had met in the gutter the day before.

Clearly, there was a sign of dissatisfaction with Albrecht.

Count Weishur closed his eyes and spoke the words of prayer.

‘Please, please, let it pass without incident.’

May that narcissistic prince read the mood.

While those prayers were in full swing.

“Come.”

Albrecht opened his mouth.

When Count Weishur opened his eyes, he saw Albrecht with a smile shining like the sun, and a saint and an apostle walking hand in hand from afar.

Suddenly, Count Weishur’s fingertips twitched.

‘Why is that… .’

you look gloomy

Doesn’t it look like someone who’s been fighting?

It’s not serious. Count Weishur, realizing this, remembered the tension.

Immediately after, the distance that gradually got closer narrowed to 5 steps, and Albrecht opened his mouth next.

“I’m sorry about the day’s work! I guess I didn’t care enough. Here’s my apology.”

A bright smile with white teeth revealed by putting one hand forward.

It is certain that if you apologize so sincerely, the other person will accept it with a smile.

“Yeah, what… .”

It was such a stupid answer.

Suddenly, Albrecht’s expression hardened. It wasn’t just the face. The whole body stiffened. Albrecht stopped breathing just like his smiling expression, and stopped all his movements.

Meanwhile, the gloomy mood between Renee and Vera didn’t seem to be getting any better.

Count Weishur felt his eyes shut tight.