Chapter 126 - The Bright Next Day (Part 1)

Bellini blinked back to the present at the camp, thanks to the extra stop in the village, when they passed by the road there was a severe storm that knocked down... Well, he doesn't know what happened, but he received signals from people from the small town warning about the bad road.

They had carts with items from the capital to Matteo Abbey, so they had to take another path... But the path was close to a quiet green hill, only rocks rolled and nearly hit them to death.

What could be considered unlucky, they had to take another road and cross the bridge to the other side and take a calm path through a village that was harvesting wheat, the beautiful bright yellow landscape against the dark water river was too beautiful for the eyes, but when the bridge collapsed when Captain Rossi and some horsemen were on their way… Well, it wasn't pretty to look at.

Fortunately, those who went ahead didn't carry anything heavy with them and the horses managed to get out of the river and into a shallow part, so they could be rescued by other riders.

So they had to choose a road even farther away from their destination, but one that seemed safer or no water at least.

They changed routes for an entire day until they reached the route of the Divine Mountains, Bellini couldn't help but think that Bishop Savoia was some kind of walking curse.

Holy Knights: (...)

Bellini: O_O

Marquise Savoia: Tsk, I almost killed him! *annoyed*

Bellini: Ma'am, don't involve me in your plans! I'm innocent! *angry*

Marquesa Savoia: I don't know what you're talking about. I'm just a poor woman, boo, boo... *blinking innocently*

Bellini: (...)

"As soon as we leave the area of ​​the Divine Mountains we will send a message to the abbey warning us of our delay"

Captain Rossi said stretching, he starts to remove the heavy armor from his body, he wanted a good night's sleep.

That part was considered dangerous to humans, at least the legends say, but the captain well knew that this was one of the safest places. They just want to keep the inhabitants away from the borders, in the summertime because of the violent rains is when rocks roll down from the mountains, but now it's autumn and everything would be calmer.

The big animals don't roam there, just small animals like foxes, rabbits, and ferrets, with a wild chicken or two.

Now if they went further north there would be dangerous wild animals, wolves, mountain lions, and flying animals similar to the harpies in the legends.

"Okay," Bellini could only agree without much choice.

The day dawned sunny although it was still chilly as was typical of autumn days, the cool breeze ruffling the dark velvet curtains in Bishop Darcy's room. The storm that lasted through the night and part of the dawn seemed like a lie.

Emery was at the table eating breakfast, his skin was a little better after sleeping well, this time he didn't have a "nightmare" and woke up warm hugging Giovanni.

Giovanni was still sleeping, though, which was weird since Giovanni was a novice and always had to get up early, but these days he's been waking up late. Which made Emery feel a little sorry for the boy, he thought the other was a lot more tired than he'd imagined.

The truth is that Giovanni woke up early, but Yani made him enter his space to study more and train, so Giovanni continues "sleeping".

"Azarphy? Arabeth?" Emery called after he finished drinking a glass of water to clear the sweet taste from his mouth of the many desserts he ate. He felt weird not having Azarphy around him, especially when he was eating.

"We're here," Azarphy replied quickly. They had been in the bedroom for some time, after solving all the "small problems" outside. Azarphy's eyes were drawn almost immediately to Emery.

Lips shiny with cherries, they must have been sweet from all the desserts, Azarphy thought it would be interesting if he kissed the human now. Unfortunately, the timing was not right.

"Where did you go last night?" Emery asked curiously, what was so important that Arabeth and Azarphy had been out most of the night.

Arabeth was too lazy to explain, besides, he was tired. Arabeth was in the presence of Azarphy for a long time which exerted a lot of pressure on her body, after all, the sacred energy of the fallen angel was harmful to a demon. So he went to lie down on the bed, he just wanted to "sleep" a little to recover.

"We went to see the portal of hell" Azarphy started to explain a little about what happened yesterday.

"Someone is controlling a fallen angel who should be in hell to summon a demon from the abyss that can destroy everything…" Emery spoke very softly as if speaking louder could cause the destruction of Matteo Abbey.

The truth is, Emery's mind went blank for a moment, he didn't know what to think. The plot doesn't talk about any of this, Matteo Abbey was only destroyed 12 years after the protagonist was expelled and nearly killed by the people of the abbey.

The wreckage had been Arabeth, but now that Arabeth was with Emery and not Giovanni, had the plot managed to destroy Abbey Matteo earlier?

"What are you going to do, Azarphy?" Emery asked. Did he know that the fallen angel was very calm, was this the tranquility of the strong?

"Oh, I thought you would panic. You look very calm"

"If I have time to despair then I better think about getting out of the abbey as soon as possible"

"No need to run, I'm just waiting to see who is in charge of all this. I'll take care of everything so you can take your little human life in peace"

Emery was speechless for a moment but what could he do, the most powerful creature in this world was telling a poor mortal that he would take care of everything, what else could Emery do?

"Okay, I will trust you. But if you can't, you must tell me so I can run away."

"There's no way I can fail," Azarphy said indifferently. What little tricks they are in the face of his power. Even if the monster from the abyss appeared, he was pretty sure he could easily win. The problem is that a monster from the abyss was gigantic and could wreak heavy havoc on the environment, which would put Emery and others' lives at risk.

"Give me your hand," Emery asked suddenly, which was odd since the human didn't like to be touched easily.

Azarphy thought it strange, but he gave his hand, of course, Emery couldn't see but feel the angel's hand between his human hands. Azarphy's hand was big and warm, even a little soft.

Emery lowered his head and his forehead touched Azarphy's hand for a while and it looked like Emery was muttering something as if praying for him which was pretty ironic given who he was. The human's warm skin and fragile bones made Azarphy afraid to move so as not to hurt the human fool in front of him.

"Fight!" Emery said suddenly, leaving Azarphy stunned by this sudden human animation.

"What was this?" Azarphy questioned after Emery let go of his hand.

"This is for luck. Since I can't fight, I'm giving moral support. So, Fight! Do your best and everything will be fine." Emery said very seriously, he made it sound like he had given Azarphy a great priceless treasure that would put an end to all evil.

Azarphy: (...)

The fallen angel ended up laughing at the human's foolishness, Azarphy had a nice and husky voice, so his laugh was also nice and warm, making Emery's ears redden, he felt awkward and a little happy.

Azarphy took a while to stop laughing, he didn't remember laughing like that for a long time. However, it was really funny to see the human rooting for him so seriously.

"If I solve everything without fail, do I get anything?" Azarphy asked disturbing Emery again.

"What you want?" Emery asked directly. In his mind, he thought it fair that Azarphy should win something, as he himself didn't want to face this big problem the plot threw at him.

"I still don't know, but I want a winning prize," Azarphy joked, seeing the human-looking from side to side.

"Same terms as usual. Nothing that puts my physical or mental well-being at risk," Emery said after a moment's hesitation. It felt like one of the many romances where the knight asks the maiden for marriage or a kiss, but as it's a BL Romance, this wasn't that unusual even heavier things could be asked for, so he was careful to point out that I wouldn't do anything to harm you.

"Oh, so can I charge you a little now?" Azarphy said very wisely. Emery felt a hand on his waist, he was still in his nightwear that was thinner than usual.

If his face hadn't had the kind of paralysis that made him serious all the time, he would have put on a comical panicked expression, but the only thing that changed in his expression was one of his red eyebrows rising.

"Cough... Cough... we have to check that Naill is alright, right?" Emery said coughing suddenly, his ears red, even though he was very serious, and with an air of fairness around him, he pulled away from the hand on his waist and smoothed his pajamas over his body as if they were formal wear and were wrinkled.

His heart wasn't ready, okay?

He heard Azarphy's laughter and felt his heart race, feeling nervous, almost wearing his clothes inside out as he went to put the clergy tunic over his pajamas... He wasn't going to take off his clothes now.

His chrysanthemum would be in serious danger if he dared to do that.

"Tsk... I feel that the human is getting more and more foolish" Arabeth commented lazily stretched out on the bed.

Bao: Wolf! Wolf! *looking excitedly at a human putting on clothes twice*

Emery: You're the only one who understands me! *hugs the dog that didn't know anything*

Arabeth: Of course, small demons are all dumb! *jealous*

Emery: *kissing the dog and ignoring Arabeth*

Arabeth: *looking angrily at the dog*

Azarphy: The IQ keeps dropping *sighs in resignation*

Bao: Wolf? *still not understanding how he got the higher demon's hatred*

Giovanni: ZZZZ *asleep*