My Husband Is Definitely a Paladin — Chapter 19

THE POWER OF PURIFICATION.

WHEN THE EVIL ENERGY CALLED DEMONIC ENERGY APPEARED IN THIS WORLD,

THE GODDESS LEFT BEHIND THIS SACRED LIGHT

AS HER FINAL GIFT TO SAVE THE WORLD.

IT RARELY MANIFESTS ONLY IN GIRLS BLESSED BY THE GODDESS,

AND THOUGH IT CAN SOMETIMES APPEAR THROUGH MATERNAL INHERITANCE, THAT IS ALSO RARE.

ON TOP OF THAT, THE STRENGTH OF THE POWER IS FIXED FROM BIRTH.

IT MAY WEAKEN AS THE BODY GROWS OLD, BUT IT CAN NEVER BE STRENGTHENED. THAT IS WHAT THE POWER OF PURIFICATION IS SUPPOSED TO BE.

SO HOW CAN AN ARTIFACT LIKE THIS...?

W-WAIT A MOMENT, UM,

I WILL GO REPORT THIS!!!

UM...!

IT SEEMS AN INCREDIBLY PRECIOUS ARTIFACT HAS ENDED UP BOUND TO ME...!!

IF THERE IS ANY WAY TO UNDO THE BINDING...

THERE IS NO SUCH METHOD.

BUT IF WE SEARCH SOMEHOW..!

THERE IS NO METHOD.

IS IT NOT AN ARTIFACT RELATED TO PURIFYING POWER IN THE FIRST PLACE?

I THINK THE ITEM FOUND ITS OWNER.

ESPECIALLY IF IT IS SUCH A PRECIOUS ITEM,

THEN ALL THE MORE, IT MUST HAVE FOUND AN EQUALLY PRECIOUS OWNER.

...I-IS THAT HOW IT WORKS?

IF THIS RING RAISES MY PURIFYING POWER,

THEN MAYBE I CAN PURIFY SIR MICHAEL BETTER TOO...

HOWEVER, THE FORTRESS WILL BE NOISY FOR A WHILE,

SO PLEASE REMAIN IN YOUR ROOM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

PARDON?

LADY IRENNE, I BEG YOU FOR AN AUDIENCE!

A RING THAT RAISES PURIFYING POWER... PLEASE, LET ME SEE IT JUST ONCE!

NO, PLEASE LET ME STUDY IT, EVEN JUST A LITTLE!

I BEG YOU!!!

LADY IRENNE!

PLEASE HAVE SOME REFRESHMENTS WITH US AND ALLOW US TO MEASURE YOUR PURIFYING POWER JUST ONCE...

HERE, WE HAVE PREPARED TEA, COOKIES, AND FRESHLY DRAWN MONSTER BLOOD!

HOW MANY DAYS HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON IN FRONT OF SOMEONE ELSE'S ROOM?!

LADY IRENNE NEEDS TO REST!!

EVERYONE, PLEASE LEAVE AT ONCE!

EVEN WHEN THE INVISIBILITY RING APPEARED IN MY PREVIOUS LIFE,

THE FORTRESS DIDN'T GET THIS CHAOTIC.

WHY DID THIS MID GRADE UNSTABLE DUNGEON NOT APPEAR BACK THEN?

What variable is it this time?

THE INVISIBILITY RING STILL HAS NOT BEEN FOUND EVEN TODAY,

AND I ALONE HAVE THIS RING...

...I WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PEOPLE WHO WERE ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO OBTAIN THE INVISIBILITY RING.

I KEEP FEELING UNEASY, AS IF BECAUSE OF ME,

EVEN THOSE PEOPLE LOST THEIR CHANCE TO GET THE RING.

WHAT WAS THE NAME AGAIN...

SY.. SYLVIA...?

I THINK THERE WAS A RUMOR THAT THE KNIGHT IN THAT PAIR WAS AN EXTREMELY UNUSUAL PERSON.

PLEASE DO NOT WORRY TOO MUCH, LADY IRENNE.

TOMORROW, PRINCESS CECILIA'S GATHERING WILL BE HELD,

SO THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE AS MUCH OF A FUSS AS THEY DID TODAY.

Please have a cup of tea~

...RIGHT, THE GATHERING!

IT IS ALREADY TOMORROW.

I STILL HAVE NOT DECIDED WHAT TO DO...

THE NEXT DAY.

WHEN ON EARTH IS THIS WENCH COMING OUT?

THE GATHERING IS ABOUT TO START.

THE PRINCESS'S ROOM IS ON THE TOP FLOOR, SO WE COULD BE LATE IF WE ARE NOT CAREFUL!

WILHELMINA.

WHY ARE YOU ONLY COMING OUT NOW!!! WE ARE LATE!!!

YOU...

WHY ARE YOU EMPTY HANDED?

WHERE IS THE GIFT FOR THE PRINCESS?!

I FORGOT IT.

Y-YOU...

WHERE HAS YOUR MIND BEEN WANDERING?

HOW COULD YOU NOT BRING A GIFT FOR THE PRINCESS?!

THE FORTRESS HAS BEEN SO CHAOTIC LATELY THAT EVEN IF I HAD REMEMBERED, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT TO FIND ONE.

BESIDES, WITH MY POOR EYE,

I AM NOT SURE I COULD HAVE FOUND ANYTHING THAT WOULD SATISFY THE PRINCESS.

WHAT IS WITH THAT ATTITUDE? SHE SOUNDS LIKE SHE IS LOWERING HERSELF, YET SHE ANSWERS EVERYTHING CLEARLY..

I DO NOT KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THE PRINCESS IS DISPLEASED.

DEAL WITH IT YOURSELF!!!

I WILL.

...THE GIFT I ONCE PREPARED WITH JOY FOR THE PRINCESS

HAS ALREADY BEEN BURNED BLACK ONCE.

IN THIS LIFE FILLED WITH VARIABLES,

I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER I WILL BE ABLE TO SURVIVE FOR CERTAIN, BUT..

ESPECIALLY IF IT IS SUCH A PRECIOUS ITEM,

THEN ALL THE MORE, IT MUST HAVE FOUND AN EQUALLY PRECIOUS OWNER.

IT'S REALLY STRANGE.

SIR MICHAEL PROBABLY SAID IT ONLY IN PASSING,

YET WITH THAT ONE SENTENCE, I FEEL THIS PRECIOUS ABOUT MYSELF...

SO AT LEAST IN THIS LIFE,

I WILL NOT LET OTHERS TREAT ME CARELESSLY,

NOR WILL I TREAT MYSELF CARELESSLY.

I WILL NOT STAY CROUCHED IN FEAR, BOUND BY THE PAST!

YOU ARE HERE.

WELCOME, LADY IRENNE RODIAM.

YES.

THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME, PRINCESS CECILIA.