Raising Paladins - Raising Paladins chapter 76

Chapter 76. Bad omen that spread like wildfire (2)

It’s already been a few days since Greenwood arrived in Mayrium.

After breakfast, Greenwood was watching the training of his servants in the backyard.

An ascetic priest approached Greenwood.

“Your Highness, did you have a comfortable night?”

“It was a very good night. How were you?”

“The hospitality was generous and I spent it comfortably. A man named Carl seems to be knowledgeable about court etiquette.”

Greenwood nodded lightly.

He took a sip of the teacup he was holding.

Sitting across from him was High Priest Clemens.

It was the herbal tea he gave me.

The screaming sound of the sweaty seeds.

Clemens asked.

“How have you been for a few days, Your Highness Cardinal?”

“To be honest, it is hard to believe. Not yet.”

The amazing stories I heard after meeting Carl at the Meirium Castle Gate… … .

The miraculous things that have happened in Meirium in the meantime are difficult for people with ordinary imagination to understand.

However, there was too much evidence scattered all over the place to dismiss it as just a rumor.

It was the existence of the golden apple and Tira that decisively shook Greenwood’s heart.

Greenwood saw a golden apple tree blowing in the wind with a lofty figure, and even received treatment for a long-suffering wound on his left thigh from Tira.

After that, I stayed for a few more days and investigated this and that through my subordinates.

The testimonies of the laboratory people who were bullied in the basement of the courtyard of the city hall, the testimonies of the merchants in the market square, and even the testimonies of the security guards who contributed to the dark days of Meirium and now became the seed of the temple!

None of them were true.

If those miracles were the work of the Sword and the Temple of Dawn, at least one person should have said something else, but that wasn’t the case at all.

Greenwood finally came to a conclusion after gathering all the circumstances and evidence.

“It must be certain that the Sun God’s grace dwells in the Temple of Dawn.”

“Exactly.”

Clemens smiled and filled Greenwood’s glass.

“Look, high priest.”

“Speak, Your Highness Cardinal.”

“You are a very lucky person. It’s because I have so many talented priests under my command.”

“Would that be my fault? Rather, they are thanking the sun god for coming.”

“By the way, I’m talking about a priest named Carl. What city is he from?”

“I don’t know that either. What is certain is that Carl was a homeless man who wandered around various cities begging, and one day the sun god suddenly came to him while he was sleeping and gave him strength and wisdom. That’s all.”

“her… … .”

Clemens recounts the many miracles Carl performed at the temple.

It was something he had heard before, but it was so interesting that Greenwood listened without realizing the passage of time.

It was as if I was lying in bed as a child and listening to my grandfather tell stories of old heroes.

Then a commotion broke out somewhere.

“Miss Maysa! Where are you Miss Meisa?!”

A man dressed in armor hurriedly ran around the temple and shouted.

When he finally reached the backyard of the temple, Meisa, who was watching the training of the servants, answered.

“Stay here, Derek!”

“Ahh! Miss Maysa!”

Two people who use comfortable titles as if they know each other well.

A middle-aged visitor with a rather sharp air of prayer ran up to Meisa and grabbed her hand.

It may have been rude to Meisa, who came from a noble family and is now a battle priest, but somehow, Meisa seemed very happy with the man’s visit.

“derrick! Why did you come all the way here?”

Derek was actually the head of the Tournoble noble family, Meisa’s home.

Because he took good care of Meisa from a young age, she considered him like an uncle and followed him.

Derek also cherished and cared for Meisa like his own niece.

However, his expression was not serious.

“I have an urgent dispatch, it is from my mother’s family home.”

“If it’s your mother’s family, in Derdrang?”

“yes.”

A seal in the shape of the sun rising over the sea.

Meisa hastily opened the letter with the seal on it.

Seeing what was written inside, Meisa’s eyes suddenly changed.

“This happened… … .”

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Just in time, Hanson, who was training nearby, felt that something was going wrong.

he said to Maysa.

“For now, let’s report to the captain.”

“Yes, please.”

Hanson ran to call Carl, who was out with the farming team.

***

After a while.

Several people gathered in the high priest’s office.

In the silence, Maysa pushed the letter she had just received to the center of the table.

“This is a letter from my mother’s parents, Derdrand.”

If Meirium is the city where the sun rises first in the easternmost part of the empire, Derdrang is the representative resort city in the southernmost part.

Meisa’s mother, who was an aristocrat representing the place, was married to Tournoble.

Before Meisa became a priest, once every couple of years, the family would go to Derdrang to rest and come back.

However, an urgent dispatch came from there.

“As you may know, Derdrang is a city adjacent to the coast. Since ancient times, monsters have appeared from time to time in the sea. But recently, the number is growing exponentially. Huge monsters appear from the depths of the sea and devour entire ships and crew… … .”

“Oops… … .”

Eric, who was listening, salivated.

“The problem is not only that. The tribe that appeared from the sea uses a sharp trident as a weapon, and it is said that people who are injured are hardly able to recover because the tip of an unknown poison is applied. That’s why we asked for help from our temple.”

“Looks like the rumors of Tyra have already spread to Derdrang.”

Carl, who had been cracking a walnut while listening to the story, said.

Then Maya nodded, and Tira, who was listening, blushed.

“I guess so. A merchant who visited Meirium not too long ago told me the news. It seems Tyra is already famous all over the empire.”

“Ah… … .”

Tira covered her flushed cheeks with both hands.

Normally, they were members of the temple who would have been delighted with Tira’s popularity and praised her.

But now, because the matter brought up by Meisa was so serious, I couldn’t do that.

“So what about your final requirements?”

“I want you to send Tyra. I will pay any amount, so please come and take care of the wounded.”

Meisa replied to Carl’s words.

Then Carl glanced around at the people in the meeting.

A seat with high-ranking priests Clemens, Eric, Meisa, Tira, and Hanson, as well as Greenwood and merchant brands.

Greenwood was invited by Clemens, saying that he deserved to be with him because he was an investigator who came to investigate the monster commotion, and Brand was called by Carl.

Brand, who was brought to the temple meeting without knowing why, was in a state of bewilderment.

“What do you think, His Highness the Cardinal?”

Carl asked Greenwood.

Then the answer came right away.

“Derdrang is the headquarters of the Noon Temple. Although the tribes are different, all three tribes of the Sun God Church are one family. Danger looms over one of them, wouldn’t it be right to go there?”

Greenwood is far above Carl in terms of age and status.

However, he was very impressed by the way Carl took off his shoes at the castle gate.

From then on, Greenwood never spoke ill of Carl and respected him.

Not because he was a knife who accomplished many miraculous events, but because he thought Bae Bae was a great person with an attitude of putting people below him first.

“What are the opinions of others?”

“I think so too.”

“I will be too.”

“Of course you should go.”

“I really want to go too!”

From Clemens, Eric, Hanson, and Tira shouted.

In particular, I felt the will to wear Tira even though it was a serious situation.

Although she pointed out Tira directly in the letter, the word that the empire’s largest resort city came to her like a dream as she had never left the eastern area where Meirium was located.

“great. Then let’s get ready to leave right away.”

“I want to go with you too, Carlos.”

Greenwood expressed his intention to participate.

Carl nodded happily.

“It would be a great honor for His Highness the Cardinal, who has a lot of combat experience, to join us. thank you.”

“Thank you for accepting me.”

“I… … .”

At that time, Brand, who had been silently listening with a bewildered face, raised his hand.

He is so friendly with the members of the temple that he has no qualms about it.

However, he was very careful because there was a ‘Cardinal’, Sir Greenwood, who appeared in the main hall of the Temple of the Sun.

Even when she raised her hand, she was as shy as a girl, and she was using her other hand to hold her elbow.

It was like a student who wanted to go to the bathroom during class.

“Priest Carl, why am I called here… … .”

Traveling to a distant city to heal people and wipe out monsters.

He wondered why he was here to make a living by selling fruit while planning such a strategy.

Carl answered the question.

“I’m standing at the Temple of Dawn to propose a business at the top of the fruit.”

“business… … ?”

“Meirium produces a lot of good quality grapes. The southern part of the empire also produces quality grapes, but the taste and aroma are different from the grapes here. How about taking grapes from here and blending them with grapes from the South to make wine?”

“That must taste great. Meririum varieties alone can make great wines, but if you mix sweet southern varieties, you’ll have a great luxury wine. But that’s impossible… … .”

The brand tasted bitter.

He also likes wine very much, and is a person who even soaks and drinks it himself.

However, Carl’s argument was a bit unreasonable.

“It takes about a month from Meirium to Derdrang even with a fast horse. There is no way to safely transport the grapes from here. In the process of going, it will be cooked and become a porridge. You can bring and sell the wine made in Meirium, but it is too much to bring the grapes themselves. It’s impossible.”

“It’s not like that.”

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Carl pulled out a golden apple from his pocket.

Then everyone was surprised.

It was a golden apple harvested for the first time from the golden apple tree that Carl had revived a while ago, so it was a very rare and symbolic item.

Greenwood, who was particularly impressed by the golden apple tree, had his eyes wide open.

“You can use this.”

Carl pulled out some fruit that he had also brought earlier.

When a golden apple was placed among the fruits in the wooden box, surprisingly, the surrounding fruits turned green and began to come alive.

The divine power emitted by the golden apple increased the life force of the fruit.

“Oh oh… … That way!”

Brand exclaimed in admiration.

“I had heard of it, but I had no idea that this was actually possible! In this way, selling the quality and sweet fruits of Meirium to a distant city would never be a dream! Even grapes that spoil quickly, especially on hot days, can be transported if there are golden apples!”

“So that’s what I’m saying. Brand, please pack a simple peddler. Transport Meirium’s grapes and sell them to the wine merchants in Derdrang. Give 10% of the gains from it to the temple. This is my business proposition.”

“Welcome! It was a pity that we only sold the good fruits of our village to the surroundings! I will quickly pack a peddler to go to Derdrang!”

“great. Instead, would you please bring along some food and supplies for our temple family to eat, wear, and sleep while we go? Hire a guide who knows the way to Derdrang.”

“Sure! That’s not difficult!”

The brand stormed out of the conference room with a happy face.

Then everyone in the conference room looked at Carl.

While accepting Derdrang’s request, he opened up a new fruit market for the Meirium merchants, and even took advantage of the temple.

Finally, everyone couldn’t stop admiring the trick that saved the cost of going to the temple people to be dispatched.

Especially Greenwood.

‘To have a gift for a mysterious combat skill, it’s a talented person… … !’