What the Hero Wanted Was Me - Chapter 64



Chapter 63

Chapter 63.

In the center of everyone’s gaze, Laysha was waving her hand.

People waving her hands as if they were happy with her, in line with her, her hands. We were breathless at such a strange sight.

“Le…Lenny, let’s get out quickly..!!”

Panicked by the unusual situation, Arya grabbed my arm and turned her body backwards.

To escape from her auditorium, however, the scene that appeared before her was despair.

“What.. What..! Hurry up, don’t get out of the way..!?”

When did people gather?

I don’t know if it was intentional, but Ray Sha’s followers were blocking her exit.

The exit is blocked, and people keep coming in.

Little by little we started to be swept away by the waves in the crowd.

ㅡ Holy Lady..! Please save us too..!!

Shiana, an elf with sensitive ears, covered her ears and frowned in pain.

Should I just kill them all?

Angry rose at the cheers of the citizens, but Ciana was able to calm her heart by seeing Lenny’s face.

‘For the sake of the master, be patient, be patient…’

However, Ray Sha, who did not know Shiana’s heart, made her atmosphere even more enthusiastic.

“Louder! We have to shout louder so that the goddess can hear us!”

Waaa..!!

People weren’t actually screaming with excitement. Just when the person next to me screams, I scream too.

That kind of crowd psychology was used.

‘It’s really a pseudo..?’

Pseudo-characteristics that value community and sympathize with others’ emotions.

Now, this worship had all the characteristics of a cult.

Now I can say it properly, Laysha has been completely corrupted by the existence of capital.

The fallen Laysha began to focus her people’s attention on her.

“Fathers, please look here! This is not an opportunity that comes every day!”

A box that priests struggle to carry. Leysha pointed her finger towards it.

Then she widened her eyes. I screamed like this was a great thing.

“Everyone, do you know what holy water is?”

Is there anyone who doesn’t know? Holy water. Literally, it means holy water blessed by priests. The temple gives free holy water to those who pray for the goddess.

Laysha began to explain such commonplace things with her golden eyes.

“As you can see, this holy water is a common holy water. But this holy water I’m holding is not the holy water you all know..!”

Holy water with special effects.

Laysha carefully touched the bottle of holy water.

How can you be so careful because it’s such a great item? People started focusing on holy water.

“As you all know, the existing holy water could slow down the disease, but it could not cure it. However, this holy water can also cure the disease.”

Shindo couldn’t hide his surprised expression at Laysha’s unconventional words. The reason people came to the temple was to relieve the suffering of the sick or to make healthy people healthier.

In the first place, people without problems didn’t come here, so they moved to get at least one more holy water. For such people, the news right now couldn’t help but be shocked.

People were screaming with horror at how much it was and how they could get it.

“How much!! How much is it..!!”

“Give it to me..!! Home, my daughter is sick..!!”

The circumstances of each family come out, and holy water is absolutely necessary. They desperately shouted to Laysha on the podium.

Unlike the benevolent Laysha of the past, the current Laysha spoke clearly with her cold gaze.

“Quiet”

The auditorium where not a single word of Laysha’s words leaked out. Eren was opening her mouth as if she couldn’t keep up with the situation.

“Even..What the hell, that’s..”

Laysha’s dominance that filled the auditorium, Eren’s first time seeing Laysha stuck together.

You’re not the Laysha I knew.

The atmosphere of Laysha, who had reached Eren’s gaze, was completely different.

The greedy eyes of the same color as gold, and the warm gazes of serving the poor have all but disappeared.

In Laysha’s eyes, all people looked like money.

‘I don’t want to live in poverty anymore’

What a terrible time I lived in the slums. I’ll never go back to that time.

Daily days when I couldn’t buy a single loaf of bread because I had no money, days when I begged for a day because I had no energy. My younger brother who died because he couldn’t eat.

Money has become a kind of obsession due to childhood experiences. Laysha was living for it.

She did not go back to the past, Laysha shouted at people with all her might again.

“Unfortunately, the Goddess couldn’t prepare all the holy water for the followers!”

The followers sigh at her words. Some people cannot accept holy water. It was said that only the chosen people would take the new holy water.

Then, how to select the people to take the holy water, that’s Laysha’s way. It was their capital.

“There are 100 holy water prepared, and the Goddess told me to repay the method with sincerity for myself.”

At Laysha’s words, “Show sincerity,” People shouted numbers regardless of you or me.

“5..500 Coins..!”

“I.. I have 700 coins..!”

There are many ways to show sincerity to the goddess. Some people show it through prayer, and others show it through donations.

Then, which of the two shows more sincerity?

You can’t see people’s hearts, and money catches people’s eyes at a glance.

Among those who had to prepare a greater sanctity, those who could bring holy water were those with money.

The numbers are getting higher. Lenny, who was listening to it, was speechless.

Because she knew Laysha’s past accurately, it was absurd to see her living for money like that, but she understood it with her head.

“…Let’s go”

There was no one at the exit while people gathered towards the podium where Laysha was to get the holy water.

I made up my mind to leave the auditorium with the warrior party. Because I couldn’t see the faces of desperate people anymore.

‘Teacher…’

A teacher who always moved to prevent destruction with a sense of justice.

Just seeing Laysha’s behavior of digging into people’s weak hearts must have been very painful. Eren’s warm hand, who understood him properly, embraced Lennie’s hand.

“..Let’s do our best together, sir”

Knowing that he would not give up on Laysha, he cheered for her to cheer up.

What kind of expression did the teacher have? Eren was behind her, so I couldn’t see Lenny’s expression.

•••

A wizard with light purple hair.

Sera stood in front of the shining temple, feeling a strange sensation.

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‘It’s the scent of a white rose’

The sweet scent of white roses brushes the tip of the nose.

What the hell, why is this flying here?

Sera calmly thought with her head. No definite answer came to mind.

What I feel instead is the conviction that this place is the correct answer.

‘Something feels good…?’

Sera’s reaction to the smell of a white rose after a long time was not her head, but her body.

The butler’s nostalgic skin, when he left, she smelled the white roses alone, how much she missed him.

Remembering those nights, Sera’s body reacted first.

‘If there is a butler here… What should I do then…?’

Sarah’s mind was already inclined to the thought that the butler was alive. Sera wondered what he would do if he were alive.

‘First of all, I have to apologize…’

The words I couldn’t say out of guilt. Because of the magic I made, the butler got hurt. Sarah was determined to apologize to Lenny unconditionally.

‘And… Again…’

Love, receive love, feel each other’s body temperature…

Sarah’s head was filled with Lenny’s colors.

How do I do it? Wouldn’t it look shabby after seeing me for the first time in a while?

The impatient Sera was engulfed in thoughts of how to see him again.

‘Ah, there’s something important…?’

The thieves spread false rumors about the butler’s death. They had to be removed from the world first.

So, Sera, who came to meet Laysha, began to enter the sparkling temple.

It was the moment when the warrior party gathered in one place after a year.

•••

“Haa..”

Lenny let out a deep sigh and leaned against the wall outside the auditorium.

Is it because of the disappointment of Laysha, whom he hadn’t seen in a long time? Lenny was not in a good mood.

It was okay for me to get hurt or suffer bad things. But it’s hard to see other people’s desperation like that.

Though the thought of being able to return to Earth gave rise to a sense of justice, Lenny was the body that had been working for the peace of the empire for eight years.

‘I know the past, so I can’t say anything…’

I will stop the saintess from doing such a fake thing. It was more likely to produce more adverse effects. All she wants is to make money and not look down on anyone. She said she didn’t want to suffer for money in the world.

“What should I do?”

Really, how can we free Laysha from her trauma? If the Demon King was to be resurrected, Laysha’s help was essential.

While thinking about it, the temple suddenly began to shake.

ㅡ Kwagwawang..!

“It’s dangerous..!”

Since the temple is built with solid materials, it will not collapse, but Syana and Eren embraced me to protect me.

‘..Not a natural phenomenon’

What is clear is that the temple was shocked not by an earthquake, but by human power.

Since there were people gathered in the auditorium, we started moving in the direction of the sound.