CH 12

Chapter 12. Sina Solbein(3)

Translator: BaeBae Editor: Chazathan777

Juan smirked as he waved his hands.

“Basically I’m saying no.”

“Give it another thought.” I’m not offering with any ill intent. Right now, yes you are talented, but you also have glaring weaknesses. Join our order to fix those issues. With a little training, you will improve dramatically. No.. maybe you’ll even….”

Sina spoke in a serious tone.

“If everything goes right, you could become a Paladin and have grace bestowed upon you. That is, if you aren’t black haired by that time.”

“Grace?”

“Yes. Although grace is permitted only to those related to the church, our Majesty the Emperor is generous. I was stripped of my paladin status, yet there’s still grace left in me. If it’s you, I believe in the near future, we’ll be welcoming the new strongest person in the empire. Despite the fact that you’re black haired, there are exceptions. Just like Vares Valte nim is of half human descent.”

“What is grace?”

For more,

“I’ve heard about it before. But isn’t this something royal guards strictly pass down to their heirs?”

“You don’t know about the emperor’s grace, yet you know about this small detail…. Well okay. At least you have an idea of it’s worth. What the ring symbolises is more important than the magic inside it.”

Sina’s mother had given it to her with hope that she would also become a royal guard.

But Sina had been sent to the empire’s outskirts after failing her duty to show faith during her time at the empire’s center.

It was highly unlikely Sina would ever become a royal guard.

“Usually, people would keep it with them until they come across a youth with potential to become their heir. Once you become a royal guard, the strength the ring provides becomes evermore essential. Of course not all people become a royal guard when given a ring, as there are plenty of cases where rings have gone missing. Once there were 300, yet I’ve heard less than 100 exist now.”

“Saying that, are you sure you can give this to me?”

“You are…..”

Sina looked at Juan who was behaving tactlessly.

“Live. What I’m asking you to do is to live on and come to the empire’s center.”

“Oh, so that’s what you meant.”

Juan clapped his hands as he smiled.

“Even if you didn’t give this to me, I was intending to go.”

Sina’s expression brightened as she heard Juan’s words.

Juan didn’t really say that to make Sina happy. It was far from the truth.

At the empire’s center, a guy was selling Juan’s name and forcing blood rituals in a far away settlement like Taltere?

On top of that, paladins? Church? Grace? It was getting out of hand.

Someone who killed gods in the past was being worshipped as a god. It was preposterous.

Juan’s chest started beating with a gloomy feeling. He needed to see with his own eyes, what sort of ridiculous work was being conducted in the empire’s center.

First kill Taltere, then after that, focus on the center of the empire.

When he goes, he’ll clearly show them how a god is killed.

They will pay the price for making the empire that he left behind a mess.

He will dye the empire’s center with their blood. Just like the arena inside the colosseum.

Sina faltered upon looking at Juan’s creepy smile. She felt as if she made a mistake.

As if she had awoken something that must not have been disturbed.

“Oh, didn’t you say this owner guy has a talent in show business?”

Juan asked while looking up at Sina.

“What? I guess he does, but….”

“Good. Then I’ll need to compromise with him somewhat.”

Before he returned, he first needed to take care of the God of Madness.

*****

Juan returned with soldiers guiding him back.

However, Sina stayed back and simply stared at the empty spot that Juan had left.

Her meeting with this boy had left a strange feeling.

“Sina nim.”

Ausrey who was hiding behind a wall came out.

“It’s going to be alright.”

“Are you sure? There’s a lot of suspicious things about him. It might cause problems down the line.”

“Just leave him be. He ain’t a bad person. I’ll take care of him.”

Like Ausrey said, there were many things that were suspicious about Juan.

Yet from him, Sina felt something even more than a familiarity with him.

This feeling was afflicting her fundamentals.

‘Just like when I saw the emperor’s flesh and blood.’

Sina quickly shook her thoughts away. Her foolish thoughts were an act of heresy.

To change her thoughts, she fired a question at Ausrey.

“Did you find any evidence about Taltere, God of Madness?”

“Ah, yes. Thanks to Sina nim distracting everyone’s attention away, we found some clues. Although it’s not certain, a blueprint that matches the one you showed before was found. From the blueprint design, the real intentions behind the colosseum was for it to be a giant device.

“Device?”

“Yes. Although we still need to check…..according to the blueprint design, deep in the colosseum’s dungeon, there is a large triangular pyramid shaped room. While it was made for a purpose similar to an underground water tank, we haven’t found out the real intentions behind it and its function. But if Daaron is using that space and knows what its function is, then it’s likely the clue we have been looking for.”

“Alright. There’s going to be a festival tomorrow so something is bound to happen. Till then, keep looking.”