The Blind Saint Who Can See - Chapter 36
Only Noblemtl
#36. The End of Spring (1)
“What on earth have you done?!”
Izumi woke up from her dream and was horrified to see my body turned into a rag.
“Your Majesty, please rest quickly!”
“Don’t worry too much. It’s just that your legs won’t move.”
“I’m more worried?!”
Izumi, who had been sulking, quickly came to her senses and checked my condition. Cedric glared at him with distrustful eyes.
“Do you know what I mean? You are a noble who grew up in peace.”
“The wound on my right calf is not serious. Fortunately, the bleeding has almost stopped, but this is… … .”
“… … I see.”
Cedric shut his mouth.
“I need surgery right away. Oh, no. Your Majesty, can you heal yourself?”
“I’m sorry, but I can’t heal myself with my own powers.”
“Is that so?”
Izumi bit her lips. Cedric’s expression became serious.
“Is it very serious?”
Cedric’s medical knowledge is all amateur. On the other hand, Izumi, who was a doctor in her past life, would be able to tell me everything about my current condition.
I quickly covered his mouth.
“Hero!”
“yes?”
“Treating that guy takes priority over treating me. You know why, right?”
“If it’s that guy,”
Izumi’s gaze turns.
What I was pointing to was a huge cherry blossom tree in the middle of the royal road.
“Tree…? What is that?”
“It is the body of the heavens.”
Izumi stared blankly.
“Changcheon, Hocheon, Mincheon, Sangcheon. These are the names of the Four Heavenly Kings, who are located just below the Demon King among the high-ranking demons. Isn’t it natural that her true nature, which represents the spring sky, is a cherry blossom tree?”
“But why cherry blossoms… … They look weak.”
“Actually, physically, he is the weakest of the four.”
“What does that mean?”
“It means a tribe of demons specializing in mental magic. Everyone in the royal capital right now is probably wandering in an eternal nightmare.”
I added in a dreary voice.
“If you spend a long time wandering in a nightmare, the life in reality will be sucked out of you and you will die. So hurry.”
Izumi shivered.
He must be recalling the nightmare he had a while ago. He frowned as if he remembered his sister, but then suddenly opened his eyes wide as if he realized something.
“Your Majesty, then could it be that you woke me up earlier…?”
“I briefly came into contact with the warrior’s dream.”
I didn’t know that as soon as I entered the dream, I would get hit by a car and end up in the emergency room.
Fortunately, right after he woke up, he transformed into the ‘Justinas’ he knew well and induced death. I hesitated for a moment and added with an apologetic expression (of course, I was acting from the hesitation part).
“I apologize if you felt offended-”
“No! On the contrary, I am grateful.”
He shook his head.
“Then, we should first approach the Changcheon area. The Saintess and Cedric, please wait here.”
As Cedric nodded, Izumi ran towards the center of the royal capital with a solemn expression on her face.
I patted Cedric’s back, who was left alone with me.
“Saint?”
“Let’s chase after the warrior.”
“It’s dangerous.”
“It would be more dangerous if the warrior were to be captured alone.”
Cedric thought for a moment, then seemed to decide that what I said made sense.
“All right.”
Cedric pursued him at a slightly slower pace than Izumi. He frowned as he looked at the scattered tree roots and the desolate streets.
“The sky has gotten dark.”
“Because the branches were hanging down.”
Above the sky covered with dark clouds, cherry blossom branches were lush. The scenery of petals falling was beautiful, not befitting the serious situation.
“If you cut down a tree, will you die?”
“The main body of the Demon Tribe cannot be killed by normal means. The holy oil that you possess must be the solution.”
“… The warrior doesn’t seem smart enough to figure out a solution.”
“Haha… … You are the one chosen by Ether-nim. I believe it.”
Yes, believe me.
Isn’t he a doctor who graduated from the most prestigious university in Japan?
Although he may be reckless, he is not the stupid type like the typical protagonist of a boy’s manga. If he makes a mistake, it is not a problem of intelligence but of common sense.
Doing dogeza in front of the emperor of another country, clapping twice and throwing coins in front of the statue of the goddess of ether, putting sugar on your scrambled eggs… … things like that.
Actually, I don’t know about other things, but sugar in scrambled eggs is something I can’t tolerate. Scrambled eggs should be seasoned with salt and eaten with kimchi stew!
‘Oops.’
I got excited over nothing. This is a serious situation, so let’s focus on the mission.
‘Anyway, Izumi is bound to fail on her first try.’
Haru is the only one among the four thousand who is weak to mental attacks.
You can fight other demons with swords, but how can you fight a tree that big?
The answer lies in ‘infiltration’.
“It’s a huge size.”
Fortunately, the arrival itself was quick thanks to Cedric’s footsteps. Izumi seemed to be trying to do something, so she swung her sword a few times from a distance and then started climbing the tree.
It’s not a useless attempt, because if you hit it with brute force, you can penetrate the tree from the top.
“What should I do?”
“…Please wait a moment.”
Originally, Liliana joined here as Izumi’s sidekick.
Thanks to this, trust is built between the two, and a loving atmosphere is created. It kills two birds with one stone.
But unfortunately, I will be moving without Liliana in this event. That was the reason why I left her alone without waking her up.
‘Liliana won’t be able to wake up without Izumi’s help. She’ll probably wake up after Haru dies.’
Liliana’s assigned role is no longer that of the party’s brain.
It would be a problem if there were two suns, wouldn’t it? The party would be split. Hehe.
I laughed wickedly inside and waited for a while under the tree.
A little later.
Phew.
A giant cherry blossom tree moved as if it were alive and spat something out as if it was vomiting.
“Eww!”
Izumi, who shot out like a cannonball as expected, was actually closer to spit from a tree than a cannonball.
“Gasp, gasp. I thought I was going to die.”
He fell near us and rolled around fifteen times before getting up.
I’m really envious of her durability, as she fell from a tree that looked to be over 1km away without a single scratch. However, as she’s a saint, she’s not in a very good condition to use right now.
“What kind of crazy antics are these?”
“There was a big hole at the top of the tree.”
Izumi said, wiping her face covered in sticky mucus.
“I went in there and that kid started vomiting… … .”
“It’s so dirty.”
Cedric was disgusted.
“Sir, come this way for a moment.”
“yes.”
As I walked on healing and purification, Izumi became clean in an instant. He checked his body and smiled brightly.
“Wow! Thank you!”
“Can you tell me a little more about the situation above?”
Of course, I know everything about the situation above, including the strategy for the day.
But I can’t reveal everything here. Being a prophet only lasts for a day or two, and if I make a fuss and the original story I knew later turns out to be wrong and my prediction turns out to be wrong, the concept will fall apart.
Absolutely must-have concept!
“It was literal. That cherry blossom tree, it felt like there was a digestive system inside.”
He scratched his head.
“Should I try to keep going towards the entrance? I let my guard down this time and got spat out, but I might be able to hold out if I stick my knife inside.”
“hmm…….”
I pretended to be worried.
The reason for this is, of course, because I intend to follow the original strategy.
As Izumi said, the only way to get into that guy’s stomach is to use a strong breakthrough. The problem is that I can’t get inside that way, and I can’t see into the inside of the demon’s body.
If this is the case, there is only one way.
‘I can tell you the strategy in advance.’
It’s the same principle as what we did with Cedric last time. Honestly, I’m worried that the potion will be too strong, but if not, I’ll have to wake up Liliana and go back and forth in there several times to waste time.
If you do that, more people will die from nightmares. That means your points will decrease accordingly.
“Surely what the warrior said is right-”
The moment you are about to say it.
A lightbulb went off in my head.
“Saint? Did something come to mind?”
Izumi’s green eyes looked at me with anticipation. I think I can live up to those expectations.
… about a 3/4 chance. Maybe?
“If there’s an entrance, isn’t there an exit?”
“yes?”
“If it’s an exit, there’s no need to keep climbing all the way to the top.”
“… ? … !”
Izumi, who had been puzzled, soon opened her mouth as if she understood what I meant.
“Your Majesty, no way? … No. I’ll look into it since I have no choice but to lose.”
After finishing his speech, he disappeared in an instant. It seemed that he was going to take a look around the cherry blossom tree that was about 200 meters in diameter.
About 5 minutes later.
Izumi, who had returned to us, shouted with the aforementioned face.
“Yes, Saint!”
It seemed like I had found the Demon’s place.