2nd Rank Has Returned

218 – Immortality Death Trial-1

A warm light covers the body as the senses come alive.

The feeling of just falling asleep under the overflowing sunlight.

“■■, Wake up.”

■■? Why does that name appear here? My name is Leo…

“Why? Wise man? Today is a day to rest.”

Before he could think, ■■ answered. It moves automatically as if the mind and body were separated.

For some reason, I could see that the old man in front of me was a wise man, and I also thought that Angela’s attitude was the same as usual.

“I know! I won’t be able to rest because of that fanatic!!”

“Don’t get me wrong. I just want to observe the boy form he transformed last time. Wouldn’t it be nice to use it for power if I did a little more research? Just like when I ambush the succubus queens in that form the other day.”

“I’m the top in the magic industry, what more research do I need?! Learn properly when I tell you! Let’s get some rest now!”

“Then show it as a means of relaxation!”

“What nonsense! Am I crazy?!”

The two of them were still bickering, but they got along well. However, if it’s a flaw that they don’t understand each other’s feelings at all, it’s a flaw.

The two of you are really good people, but it was just unfortunate that they had opposite personalities. In a way, they are people who are better suited to kill than me.

“Both of you, calm down. Today is a day off.”

“Yes! ■■ Exactly! Even if you are a pervert, you, a saint, will not be seen as rice by the words of the hero, right?!”

“Who is a pervert!? ■■ Do you think I’m a pervert, too?”

Answer It was such a difficult argument that it only made me laugh. It’s fun, but if we keep going, both sides will get angry, so we have to come up with a compromise.

“Then, wise man, show me just once. It’s not like Angela-sama often asks for personal favors.”

“■■, When I was teaching, older sister said. If the favor continues, I will become a Hogu…”

“I’ll take you out of the morning service. I will tell the Holy Emperor.”

“What is a small once? It is possible with a full course today.”

The wise man often grumbled, so I hadn’t spoken to the emperor. If you tie it up with this, you’ll be able to convince both of them.

“But, hero, the wise man lacks humanity…”

“The study of divinity is over anyway, so even the wise man won’t listen to the sermon properly. Have you been sleeping with your eyes open often lately? You could also study how to leave your body alone with out-of-body.”

Perhaps it was a coincidence, the sage seemed to be in a bad mood.

It must be a coincidence.

“So what are you going to do?”

“I got it. (I got it.)”

Sir Ruben.

The name Ruben echoes in my head.

Why? This name is not unfamiliar.

It’s definitely not my name, but it seems like you’re calling me even though you know it’s someone else’s.

[Ruben?]

Ruben Reinhardt is standing in front of you.

White hair falling from the sky, blue eyes that reflect the image like a mirror depending on the eyes.

If Arya Spiel was born as a man, he was so handsome that one would even think that he would look like that.

[Thank you.]

It was pure thanks. A clean smile that makes it impossible to think that he has even captured the demon king.

However, I knew it through experience. That innocence does not come from ignorance.

I don’t think that makes sense. The more you know, the farther you get from innocence.

Because that is the foundation of human beings and knowledge.

[And sorry.]

Ruben hugged the confused Leo. Even though it would be an unpleasant situation unless it was Arya, for some reason Leo didn’t even feel repulsive.

[I have no choice but to give you a lonely fight.]

However, this one word could not be easily passed.

“…Is sympathy a characteristic of warriors? Why do you make people who stay still feel like beggars?”

I didn’t just fight for something like this.

[…As expected.]

Despite Leo’s anger, the hero did not get angry once. I humbly seem to understand and accept it.

[Then remember. Not just how you fight, but why you started fighting.]

Soon, Ruben becomes a light. Warm as if giving warmth to the barren and black earth.

[Remember the beginning.]

Disappear.

“…Ruben…”

Soon, Leonardo wakes up.

Ariaspil also woke up.

However, even though they happened at the same time, the treatment was definitely different.

“…You better explain.”

Magic Executioners, including Eileen, as well as Holy Knights and Royal Knights with friction, are setting an edge against Leo.

Some soldiers actually tried to point their knives at Leo’s throat. If Reinhardt and Leo’s acquaintances hadn’t put their swords together to stop them, they would have been slashed right up to their necks.

“I need to explain one of these situations… So I don’t hurt you. So please. Leonardo.”

Leonardo only felt that Aileen was foreign.

Eileen, who would have done this kind of thing, showed her crying face as if she was taking poison while crying.

Soon after that, Ariaspil also made that expression.

I haven’t seen it yet, but I can tell.

Leonardo himself will make it now.

* * *

The situation was in extreme confusion even before Leonardo and Ariaspil woke up. In the war against the demons as well as the subjugation of the demon king, the two were already indispensable leaders.

Moreover, Leonardo’s actions were simply inexplicable.

Sudden appearance as well as identification of the weakness of berserkers, appearance and disappearance of ghost sages.

This alone has confused some people.

However, the problem was that there was more than this.

The most incomprehensible things still remained there.

“It must have been dark magic!”

“But why would a Leonardo knight do that!”

The first was Leonardo’s use of black magic.

It was a spell in an unprecedented form, but the Paladins were able to notice it the fastest.

Only the paladins with the divine were the ones who reacted the fastest to the magic of black magic.

The magic executioners also knew about Leonardo, although they were covering it up. In the first place, the method for determining black magic was thoroughly educated in the way Leonardo taught.

The imperial family did not lower their guard against Leonardo, even though they would maintain neutrality.

Reinhardt had no choice but to defend Leonardo as best he could. I didn’t know why he used the black magic, and I didn’t know what Leonardo was like, but I had to trust him now.

“You defeated that monster with that black magic! There must be a reason…!”

“The hero passed out after being surprised by that heresy!! Do you have no feelings for your relatives?”

At those words, Reinhardt, who was seriously injured and guarding Leonardo, was shaken.

Ariaspil, who is a trustworthy family member, was attacked by Leo. Even if he didn’t die, it was a perfect surprise that drove him to the brink of death.

I’d rather check if Leonardo himself had been awake, but Leo is also in the same dying state right now.

We cannot overlook the possibility that Leo’s body was manipulated by the Demon King even if it was not his will.

{‘…The sage is gone… It’s not yet for me to step out…’}

Angela looked at Leo as he saw the missing sage. She said that if she stepped forward, the situation itself could be mitigated, but there was no logical solution.

In the end, it’s just a delay.

{‘…Sage, how would you…’}

“I’ll be passing for a while.”

From noble mtl dot com.

While the saintess hesitated, her successor, the saint, approached Leonardo and Aria Spiel without hesitation.

I couldn’t concentrate properly on the treatment because of the argument I was having.

If I go as it is, the improvement of my condition will only be delayed.

“No! Saint! I don’t know if it’s the hero, but that Leo…”

“Be careful with your words. Keep your temper, Knight Leonardo. In any case, he is the one who sacrificed himself to annihilate the enemy.”

Unlike other times, Lumine looked at the paladin with cold eyes. In the end, she had no choice but to treat herself in order to know the inside story of this situation.

“But this man is a heretic…!”

“My revelation was ‘Heal it. Is Sir James, a paladin, telling me to defy God’s revelation?”

Not only the paladin, but the others also stopped arguing. Maybe Lumine is the one who makes the most sober judgment right now.

It was the right way to save the two without hesitating and prolonging their lives.

“I can’t leave the patient in front of me.”

And Lumine’s actions lead to another result. I don’t know if it was intentional, but everyone could see the divine healing being applied to Leonardo.

Devils, demons, and even warlocks use divine power as a poison to heal. Leo, who is now being treated with the strongest divine power of a saint, far from suffering, his body was blushing.

It was Ariaspil who opened his eyes first.

“…Le…Leo!”

The way she looked for Leo as soon as she woke up seemed to prove that she was the same as usual.

“…Aria! Are you okay?!”

Gaju Gladio hugged Aria Spiel, forgetting even her chest. She couldn’t help but thank God that her daughter, who wouldn’t hurt to put it in her eyes, had reopened.

“Yes…! I’m fine…! More than that, Leo…!”

Ariaspil was more concerned about Leonardo than about his father. She could have seemed immoral, but considering what happened inside her Holy Sword, it was a problem that had to be confirmed.

“Hero! Leonardo, this heretic is trying to kill the hero…!”

“If you don’t know, shut up! I didn’t kill him, but he tried to temporarily put me in a state of suspended animation because of the holy sword!”

A word from the hero’s testimony put an end to this quarrel at once.

The temple, which showed extreme behavior especially in terms of heresy and black magic, remained silent in the warrior’s castle.

No matter how much Arya Spiel loved and trusted Leonardo, he was not an idiot to protect the enemy who tried to kill him.

Although he may have used black magic, it has been proven that Leonardo himself is not the enemy.

“…Ruben…”

Leonardo woke up. His complexion itself was not very good, but thanks to Lumine, he was able to overcome the hurdle.

“…hahahahaha…”

Lumine understood what it was like to be exhausted and unable to breathe.

If Leo hadn’t trained him to restore his lost body, the number of people who died from exhaustion would have doubled before that.

“…You better explain.”

Eileen and other magic executioners, as well as the Holy Knights and the Royal Knights, were wary of Leo.

Even if there were circumstances, it was true that he used black magic, and he had the responsibility to remain vigilant until the truth of it was determined.

“I need to explain one of these situations… So I don’t hurt you. So please. Leonardo.”

Eileen felt her own breasts swell. The thought that her understanding of her own area may have been corrupted runs through her head.

Isn’t Jeoktapju already an example of that?

“…Will you believe me if I answer you?”

“Does she know where she is? Using black magic is against all laws.”

Kingdom Knight Commander said that and pointed his sword in Leo’s direction. I had no personal feelings, but in the current situation, I had an obligation to check.

“Seriously. Commander of the Knights, Wizard Leonardo is the benefactor who saved me…”

“Prince, this is a problem that will upset the entire temple! The hero’s exclusive knight uses black magic!”

Even though Leonardo didn’t even give an answer, he was busy talking among themselves.

Though Reinhardt and the executioner were unable to take the usual pressureful censure, probably because of Leonardo’s kindness.

“… Ha…”

Leonardo sighed in exasperation.

It is only natural that there will be no answer.

“Then put it in. Arrest him.”

So I decided to match the rhythm.

“…What…?”

Everyone panicked.

I feel like giving a standing ovation for a comedy to think that groups that used to argue with each other are unified in this way.

“Anyway, Article 1 of the law on dealing with demons and warlocks is the death penalty. Even if the process is slightly different, they all end in death.”

“…Wait… That means…”

“I used black magic. I used the highest level of black magic so that you guys didn’t even know.”

At those words, the expressions of those who had connections with Leonardo, including everyone in Reinhardt, hardened.

I don’t even understand what Leo himself said, but I understand.

“What is that…! Leonard…”

“The factor that can be used as a reference is because I am the vessel of the demon king. It’s not the demon lord himself, but if the demon lord takes over my body, it’ll probably look like playing house right now, right?”

Even Ariasviel panics and falls into despair.

Surely, in the Holy Sword, Leonardo said he would meet again. He promised to meet the warrior in black armor again.

But the attitude right now is like that.

“…No…! Why…! Why all of a sudden…! If I die now…!”

“That is what I want to ask.”

Even the berserker sees an unseen gaze.

Leo’s eyes seemed to petrify just by touching them, and his body contained anger and murder that made him nervous.

“Then why did you guys ostracize me and do stupid things like this?”

Because it was an angry enough issue.

“The training I prepared was not over, the information on the enemy was like a beggar, and the way I responded was old-fashioned. They feed evenly the taffy to make people get cancer.”

Leonardo had that right.

“What you helped me with was that if that insectivore had eaten everyone in this place, I didn’t have an answer, so I saved it. These unanswered things.”

I had the right to be angry from the beginning of the second playthrough.

After the awkward silence passed, Leonardo sighed again and glared at the side of the temple.

“You guys, don’t be shy and grab it quickly. It seems that you are anxious to quickly label them as heretics and sentence them to death at your trial anyway.”

“You bastard…!”

Leonardo just doesn’t like their eyes.

“By the way, it will take a lot of creativity to kill me. There is a crazy law on the side of the temple that if you fail to execute the death penalty 10 times, you will stop the execution at will, thinking it is God’s will.”

I didn’t mean to insult you.

I wanted to see their expressions and see if they were still there.

Wouldn’t it be fun to gamble only to see if the laws that disappeared due to the existence of death row inmate Eoduksini still exist?