Only My Magic Levels Up - Chapter 45



Only Noblemtl

Ghost of the Sea (1)

Galen sat down across from Lilia, who was waving her hand from the corner seat and tapping the table with her other hand.

“Let’s order rice first!”

“Oh, yes.”

I had been riding a horse for a while, intending to go into town and have dinner, so it was still before dinner. I was hungry, as it was later than my usual dinner time.

After calling the owner and placing the order, Lilia stood up from her seat before Galen could even open his mouth.

“Please wait a moment! I’ll finish arranging the room!”

By the way, Lilia was still carrying her bag. Unlike Galen, who had unpacked and come down to his room.

Lilia followed her master, chatted for a while, went upstairs, and then came back down. It seemed like she had just left her bag behind.

“Usually when you enter a hotel, don’t you reserve a room first?”

“I just followed you in! I haven’t had time to reserve a room yet.”

“You followed me? From Abaca?”

“No, from the gate!”

“The gates? The gates of Elta?”

“yes!”

“Does your church have any secret transportation that I don’t know about?”

I clearly said hello to Lilia and then left Abaca, but how did Lilia arrive first?

Lilia chattered to Galen, who tilted his head.

“After Brother Galen left, I also packed my bags and left, and as I was walking, I saw you ahead of me!”

“I had no idea.”

“That was a long time ago, wasn’t it?”

Lilia’s eyesight, which uses the miracle of rigidity, is overwhelmingly better than Galen’s.

Even though Galen can barely tell if someone is human or not from a distance, Lilia can even recognize their face.

“You received a letter of introduction from Bishop Myra, right? From Belpass.”

“Isn’t that so?”

“I’ve confirmed that you’re moving east, so you’ll definitely stop by Elta. That’s why I made a slight detour and came first to wait for you!”

Anyway, the route from Abaca to the east had to go through Elta. It might not be possible to pass through if you went through the mountains, but there was absolutely no reason for Galen to move that way when there was a good road.

And since it wasn’t a narrow cliff path leading to Elta, it was quite possible to get ahead of Galen without him knowing by slightly deviating from the path that was usually used.

“If that’s the case, why didn’t you just come behind me and tell me?”

“It feels a bit weird to say goodbye and then meet again right away, right?”

“This is also exactly the same······.”

“Well, that’s true… but to be honest, I get so bored waiting alone….”

“Oh, like that.”

For Lilia, who had an energetic personality and had never been alone, it might have been an asceticism in its own way.

Anyway, I understood ‘how’ Lillia appeared here.

Actually, this wasn’t that important. It wasn’t that far away, it was only a day’s drive away, so I guess they figured it out.

The key question was ‘why’ he came. Galen asked seriously.

“Did he, by any chance… run away from home?”

“No way?!”

Lilia jumped.

“It’s a pilgrimage, a pilgrimage! I was given permission to come!”

“Pilgrimage?”

A monk is at a stage where he has not even been named a priest, and a deacon is still at the stage of learning about church affairs as someone’s assistant.

It was from the time of the priest that he was reborn as a completely independent clergyman. It was also from this time that he was permitted to engage in free activities.

“I think priests who wander alone were called pilgrims.”

“That’s right! Pilgrimage isn’t mandatory, but you can go whenever you want!”

The intention was good. It was a trip to travel around the world, broaden my horizons, and see and experience the lives of various people firsthand and help them.

However, the pilgrimage was not easy because of all kinds of criminals who had no respect for the clergy, evil spirits who tore people apart and killed them fairly, etc.

So I heard somewhere that the church also did not want to send him away if possible. It would be a great blow if a priest they had raised with care died suddenly during a pilgrimage.

Of course, Lilia is skilled enough to be left alone, but regardless of her skills, aren’t you a little worried about sending her off alone? I know it’s rude of me to say this.

“Will the church send it to you readily?”

“Didn’t Bishop Myra suggest it first?”

“yes?”

“I don’t know much about the world. A priest might be okay with that, but a bishop shouldn’t be like that!”

“Well… the bishop is in charge of the diocese. It is a position that requires experience and seniority.”

Galen nodded.

It is questionable whether Lilia could take over church administration right away, and even if she could, she is too young.

Whether or not he has actual ability, will his subordinates really think an eighteen-year-old is trustworthy? It won’t be easy.

“So, first, he told me to go to Belpass and show the miracle of light to a man named Bishop Roald. He said I had to prove it myself to be considered for the bishop’s examination.”

“Oh, so Princess Lilia is also going to Belpass?”

“Yes! From then on, he told me to do the pilgrimage on my own. So I asked if I could go with Brother Galen, and he said to do whatever I wanted!”

“Oh, I see.”

“Oh, Sister Jenny asked me to tell you that she was sorry. Did something happen?”

“No. Not at all.”

Galen’s lips trembled slightly as he tried to smile as if nothing had happened.

Now I could finally understand what Jenny meant when she told me to keep working hard. She must have already known that Lilia would follow Galen.

“Are you feeling burdened by me?”

Lilia asked with slightly anxious eyes. Galen scratched his cheek.

“No. I like it when we go together.”

How could anyone not like a priest who is powerful now and will become even more powerful in the future?

She is a beauty that is so beautiful that even just looking at her will purify your eyes.

“But I’m saying this because Princess Lilia might be uncomfortable.”

“Have you ever experienced any inconvenience while living with your brother?”

“Except for the daily life part. Up until now, Lady Lilia has been your employer, right? I was in an employed position.”

“Isn’t that so?”

“Not anymore. I will make the decision and Lillia will follow. To put it bluntly, there will be no need to chase after evil spirits like in the pioneer zone. Is that okay with you?”

“are you okay!”

Lilia answered bravely.

“We decided to take one step back to advance this much!”

“yes?”

“Do you remember what Sister Jenny said before? There are so many evil spirits that even if a few priests and wizards try hard, it won’t be noticeable.”

“Oh, I remember.”

“But there must be a difference between what a priest and a silversmith do and what an archbishop and a jewel do, right?”

“Of course there will be.”

“That’s it!”

“yes?”

“I’ll think about it after I become archbishop!”

It was as if it was a given that she would become an archbishop, but I was scared because it seemed like Lilia would really become one right away.

“Brother Galen is very interested in magical training, so I think I can gain a lot by being around him. That’s why I want to go with him!”

“In that case… I understand. Please come with me.”

“Wow!”

When Galen finally nodded, Lilia was as happy as a child.

‘Well, I guess it’s okay.’

It’s not that I like being alone and go around alone. Whether in daily life or in battle, it’s better to have companions.

It’s just that it’s better to have no colleagues at all than to have no colleagues at all, so you need to be careful with your relationships.

Lilia is the type of person who is worried about being betrayed herself rather than betraying others, so she passes in terms of personality. In terms of skill, she is even more so.

‘I’m a little tired, but······.’

It wasn’t a tired feeling that I didn’t like.

Galen smiled faintly.

*

I felt it to some extent in the pioneer zone, but there was a huge difference between having a priest in the group and not.

To be exact, it meant a priest who could ‘use miracles without burden’, but Lilia exceeds the standard.

First of all, the daily travel distance has increased significantly.

An ordinary person can’t go very far on horseback. Of course, they can go much further than walking, but compared to a trained rider, the distance they can travel can be as much as twice as far.

This was because horseback riding was an extremely difficult and arduous task. Trained riders could ride for a long time with much less effort than ordinary people.

But it didn’t matter if there was a priest. The aching thighs, buttocks, and waist could be healed with miracles, and the exhausted stamina could be resolved with miracles of vitality.

It was the same while I was moving during the day, and it was the same while I was sleeping at night.

Since cities are not spaced out evenly, you can’t always sleep in a city. Camping was a last resort, and it was common to spend a night in a small town.

When Galen traveled alone, people were wary of him as a foreigner, and he had to pay a lot of money to rent even a room. In some villages, he even slept in a barn.

But Lilia was impatient because people couldn’t stick to her.

In small towns where there is no church at all, or if there is, only a deacon, a priest is a fantasy.

People who felt sick all came out and fell to the ground, begging, “Oh, priest!”

Lilia kindly and generously granted miracles of healing, and the townspeople, crying out for the mercy of the gods, willingly offered their homes. Galen was able to get a room with them without doing anything.

in result.

“Well, traveling isn’t as difficult as I thought. I heard it was incredibly tiring.”

“I didn’t know there was such a comfortable way to travel······.”

Galen had no choice but to agree with Lilia’s innocent words.

The distant structure, visible even to Galen’s eyesight, is the wall of Belpas.

The original estimate was that the journey would take at least a month, but the pace of travel was much faster than expected, so it only took twenty days.

‘You came so quickly that I didn’t even have time to practice the Vanity Flame······.’

Galen whetted his appetite.

[ Vanity Heat Lv.18 ]

[ 21% progress to next level ]

The only downside to accompanying Lilia was that she couldn’t practice her Vanity Flame training openly.

But the bigger problem was the nature of the heat wave.

Water manipulation and spirit creation were easy to do in spare time, such as playing with water in your hands while on the move or playing with water indoors.

It was impossible to burn the surrounding area while riding a horse, and it was impossible to train to blow up the interior. Even if you tried to block it by building a wall with water, you couldn’t completely kill the heat or sound.

Since I wouldn’t be using it in actual combat anyway, I didn’t need to keep any reserve magical power and could just pour it all into practice, so I was able to at least get to this level.

‘You should practice in a wide open space where no one can see you.’

As Galen grumbled inwardly, the gates of Belpass drew closer.

Another good thing about traveling with a priest is that you don’t have to wait in line to enter the temple.

“You may come in, Father.”

“thank you!”

The white robe itself was proof of status. Galen was also given a pass just because he was part of the clergy.

The inside of the walls had a similar feel to Nigerte, although it was a little less crowded.

“It smells really salty!”

“Because it’s the beach. The sea breeze is salty.”

“The sea! Let’s go see the sea, brother!”

Lilia’s eyes sparkled. She had never left Abaca in her entire life, and she said she had never seen the sea.

“Yes, that’s right. It would be nice to have a place like a sandy beach.”

Since they didn’t have to take pictures of the church right after arriving, they headed to the dock.

I had no idea how to get to the city I was visiting for the first time, but if I kept going towards the blue color in the distance, I would eventually find my way there.

Two people were leisurely crossing the street.

“Get out of the way, get out of the way!”

“Urgent! Get out of the way!”

There was a loud commotion up ahead.

While Galen was wondering what was going on, he stepped aside.

“Ugh.”

It seemed that Lilia, with her keen senses, was the first to notice the situation.

“Brother Galen, please hold the reins.”

“Yes? Oh, yes.”

Lilia jumped down from her horse. Galen followed her and grabbed Lilia’s reins.

A moment later, people could be seen running hurriedly between the pedestrians who were hurriedly splitting left and right.

On a dozen or so stretchers they were carrying were lying bloody people.

“Brothers! Are you patients?”

“Yes, yes!”

Even in the midst of the chaos, the man at the front recognized the white robes and hurriedly answered.

“If it’s urgent, I’ll treat you first! Everyone else, go to the church and call someone!”

“Father, please!”

Before the man could stop the group, Lilia was already running towards the patients.

“What is going on······.”

Muttering, Galen looked around at the faces of the pedestrians.

There was hardly any sign of surprise. Rather, there was a slightly resigned expression.

It was said that this was not the first time something like this had happened.

I didn’t feel good.

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