My Husband Is Definitely a Paladin — Chapter 15

DUNGEON NO. 361...

IT IS TRUE THAT IT WAS ALSO THE FIRST HIGH GRADE DUNGEON DISCOVERED THAT YEAR IN MY PREVIOUS LIFE,

BUT THIS TIME, IT WAS DISCOVERED MUCH EARLIER.

REINA AND SIR FELIX ARE GOING TO CHALLENGE THAT DUNGEON?

AT THIS POINT, WHEN THEY BARELY HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE CLEARING DUNGEONS?

THAT MAKES NO SENSE. IT IS TOO DANGEROUS.

THEY FAILED EVEN WHEN THEY CHALLENGED IT IN WINTER, WHEN THE SUBJUGATION PERIOD WAS ALMOST OVER.

NO MATTER HOW MUCH REINA IS A 2ND GRADE PURIFIER, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH SIR FELIX'S SKILL.

THEY WILL DEFINITELY DIE.

I HAVE TO WARN THEM NOT TO GO.

AND AFTER WARNING THEM?

ARE YOU GOING TO GO AGAINST THEIR DESTINED FATE?

JUST A MOMENT AGO, I RESOLVED TO REDUCE EVERY VARIABLE I COULD.

IF I ACT DIFFERENTLY FROM MY PREVIOUS LIFE,

ANOTHER VARIABLE I CANNOT CONTROL WILL APPEAR...

EVERYTHING I WENT THROUGH THE TROUBLE OF REMEMBERING FROM MY PREVIOUS LIFE

COULD BECOME COMPLETELY USELESS.

RIGHT.

DO NOT DO ANYTHING UNNECESSARY, IRENNE.

STOP PRETENDING TO BE CLUMSILY KIND.

YOU WERE THE ONE WHO DECIDED TO SURVIVE SOMEHOW,

EVEN IF IT MEANT USING THE MEMORIES OF YOUR PREVIOUS LIFE TO TAKE REWARDS THAT WERE DESTINED FOR OTHER PARTNERS...

SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT THE VARIABLES THAT WILL HAPPEN IF YOU SAVE THOSE TWO?

ONE SMALL CHANGE CAN LEAD TO MUCH BIGGER CONSEQUENCES.

CAN YOU HANDLE THAT BUTTERFLY EFFECT? NO, YOU CANNOT.

I CANNOT CREATE ANY MORE VARIABLES HERE.

IGNORING THOSE TWO IS THE BEST CHOICE.

THIS IS THE BEST CHOICE...

DO NOT GO

TO THAT DUNGEON!

PARDON?

I CANNOT DO IT...

EVEN IF I HATE MYSELF FOR BEING SELFISH, YET SOFTHEARTED TOO, I CANNOT HELP IT.

WHEN EVERYONE AT THE FORTRESS

EXCLUDED OR IGNORED ME,

REINA WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO DID NOT IGNORE ME.

IGNORING REINA...

I CANNOT DO IT...

DO NOT GO TO THE HIGH GRADE DUNGEON...

ARE YOU SAYING THAT TO US?

...YES.

I AM SAYING IT TO YOU TWO.

WHO ARE YOU

TO SUDDENLY SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO PEOPLE YOU'VE NEVER EVEN MET?

FELIX...!

HE THINKS I AM TRYING TO KEEP THEM IN CHECK OVER A HIGHER GRADE DUNGEON. THAT IS UNDERSTANDABLE.

MY NAME IS IRENNE RODIAM.

I AM A PURIFIER WHO NEWLY JOINED THE FORTRESS THIS YEAR.

AND MY PARTNER IS SIR MICHAEL, THE COMMANDER OF THE TEMPLE KNIGHTS.

Forgive my rudeness.

AH, YOU ARE SIR MICHAEL'S PARTNER.

WE ARE A PAIR WHO ONLY RECENTLY CAME TO THE FORTRESS TOO, SO WE DID NOT RECOGNIZE YOU.

NO, I AM THE ONE WHO SHOULD APOLOGIZE FOR SPEAKING TO YOU SO SUDDENLY.

BUT I WANTED TO WARN YOU ABOUT THE DANGER OF DUNGEON NO. 361.

I HAVE NO OTHER INTENTION.

DOES THAT MEAN...

YOU KNOW THAT DUNGEON WELL?

REINA.

IF YOU DO,

COULD YOU TELL US ANYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT DUNGEON?

THANKS TO SIR MICHAEL'S REPUTATION, THEY LOWERED THEIR GUARD FOR NOW,

BUT TO THEM, I AM ALSO A ROOKIE PURIFIER WHO JUST ARRIVED AT THE FORTRESS.

ON TOP OF THAT, A 9TH GRADE ONE...

IF I HONESTLY TELL THEM THEY SHOULD NOT GO BECAUSE THEY LACK SKILL,

IT WILL ONLY MAKE THEM RESENT ME.

AN UNRECORDED FIRE ATTRIBUTE GRIFFIN APPEARS THERE.

IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO BLOCK THE ATTACKS OF A FLYING HIGH GRADE MONSTER WHOSE WEAKNESS HAS NOT BEEN DISCOVERED,

SO PLEASE AVOID IT.

THE EXPLORATION TEAM'S RECORD SHEET ONLY MENTIONS THE DUNGEON'S GRADE AND LOCATION,

SO HOW DO YOU KNOW EVEN THAT MUCH, LADY IRENNE?

IT IS DIFFICULT FOR ME TO TELL YOU THAT, SO PLEASE DO NOT ASK ANY FURTHER.

PLEASE, BOTH OF YOU, TAKE CARE.

...IN THE END, I REVEALED THE FUTURE.

WAS THAT THE RIGHT THING TO DO?

NO, THE WATER HAS ALREADY BEEN SPILLED.

LET'S NOT REGRET SOMETHING THAT CAN NO LONGER BE TAKEN BACK.

INSTEAD OF WASTING TIME REGRETTING IT, I SHOULD FOCUS ON WHAT I CAN DO NOW.

IRENNE!

WHERE ON EARTH HAVE YOU BEEN HIDING ALL THIS TIME?

DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY HOURS I WAITED FOR YOU?

WILHELMINA?

WHY IS SHE IN FRONT OF MY ROOM AGAIN...?

STILL, SHE IS NOT RUNNING OVER AND GRABBING MY WRIST RECKLESSLY LIKE BEFORE.

YOUR MAIDS SAID THEY COULD NOT LET ANYONE IN WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION, SO IT WAS EXTREMELY ANNOYING!

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOUR MAIDS' TEMPERS?

NOT AS MUCH AS YOURS...

ANYWAY, HURRY AND OPEN THE DOOR.

THIS IS NOT NEWS TO DELIVER IN A HALLWAY LIKE THIS.

NEWS?

YES. SOMETHING SO SURPRISING THAT ANYONE WHO HEARS IT WOULD FALL OVER BACKWARD.

SOMETHING VERY, VERY, VERY GOOD HAS HAPPENED TO YOU!

SIR MICHAEL'S PARTNER...

SHE WAS VERY BEAUTIFUL AND MYSTERIOUS, WASN'T SHE?

YES.

AND SHE SEEMS LIKE A MUCH BETTER PERSON THAN I HEARD.

HM?

SINCE SHE IS SIR MICHAEL'S PURIFIER,

STRANGE MALICIOUS RUMORS ABOUT HER HAVE BEEN GOING AROUND THE PURIFIER LODGING SINCE THE DAY SHE ARRIVED.

BUT AFTER MEETING HER IN PERSON, I THINK RUMORS REALLY ARE NOTHING MORE THAN RUMORS...

HM, I SEE.

ANYWAY, FELIX! IF WHAT LADY IRENNE SAID IS TRUE,

I THINK DUNGEON NO. 361 IS STILL TOO EARLY FOR US.

MAYBE WE WERE JUST LUCKY TO CLEAR THE LAST MID GRADE DUNGEON SO EASILY BECAUSE WE FORMED A RAID WITH EVERYONE.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVE FELT SINCE THE MID GRADE DUNGEON SUBJUGATION,

BUT WHY ARE YOU NOT CLEARING LOW GRADE DUNGEONS STEP BY STEP FIRST,

AND INSTEAD TRYING TO ENTER HIGHER GRADE DUNGEONS FROM THE BEGINNING, EVEN IF IT IS UNREASONABLE?

THAT IS NOT LIKE YOU!

UGH...

WELL... YOU SEE...

I HEARD THERE IS A CUSTOM WHERE THE FIRST REWARD A PAIR OBTAINS ENTIRELY ON THEIR OWN IN A DUNGEON

IS KEPT BY THE PURIFIER FOR LIFE AS THE PARTNER'S TOKEN.

I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A FIRST TOKEN THAT WAS AT LEAST A LITTLE BETTER...

FELIX... I DID NOT EVEN KNOW THAT...

N-NO, REINA. I AM THE ONE AT FAULT FOR WORRYING YOU WITHOUT TELLING YOU FIRST.

THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE BESIDES US...

S-SIR MICHAEL?!