My Husband Is Definitely a Paladin — Chapter 25

TO THINK WE ARE FORMING OUR OWN GATHERING,

that's a wonderful idea!!

OF COURSE I'LL DO MY BEST TO HELP!

WE ACTUALLY WANTED TO SUGGEST IT FIRST,

BUT WE WERE AFRAID IT WOULD BE A BURDEN TO YOU, IRENNE, SO WE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.

FORMING A GATHERING IS BASICALLY DECLARING WAR ON THE PRINCESS...

THAT'S TRUE, BUT...

WE CAN'T JUST SIT BACK AND ENDURE HER HARASSMENT!

HOWEVER, THERE IS ONE THING I'M WORRIED ABOUT.

TO RIVAL HER GATHERING, WE'LL NEED TO GATHER A LOT MORE PEOPLE...

FOR THAT, EVEN IF IT'S NOT AS MUCH AS THE PRINCESS,

WE NEED TO HAVE ENOUGH SUBJUGATION REWARDS TO DISTRIBUTE AMONG THE RAID PARTICIPANTS.

I KNOW SIR MICHAEL SENDS ALL HIS SPOILS TO THE TEMPLE,

WOULD HE AGREE TO DISTRIBUTE THE REWARDS?

I ACTUALLY ASKED SIR MICHAEL THE EXACT SAME QUESTION, AND...

DO NOT WORRY ABOUT THAT.

I SIMPLY NEED TO SUBJUGATE MORE DUNGEONS.

THAT WAY, THE AMOUNT OF DONATIONS SENT TO THE TEMPLE WILL BE MAINTAINED,

AND I CAN PERSUADE THE TEMPLE WITH THAT.

PARDON?!

BUT WON'T THAT BE TOO HARD ON YOU, SIR MICHAEL?

I AM FINE, BUT...

I'LL HAVE TO ASK YOU TO PURIFY ME MORE OFTEN, AND FOR LONGER, LADY IRENNE.

TH-THAT IS...

...IT IS FINE.

IF IT IS TO PURIFY YOU, SIR MICHAEL...

THANKS TO THE RING YOU GAVE ME, MY PURIFICATION POWER HAS GONE UP TO THE 7TH GRADE,

SO I SHOULD BE A LITTLE BETTER AT IT NOW...

THEN THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED.

...LEAVING THOSE WORDS BEHIND,

I will be back.

HE IMMEDIATELY LEFT THE FORTRESS FOR A WHILE TO SUBJUGATE A DISTANT DUNGEON.

SIR MICHAEL IS TRULY AMAZING.

INDEED.

THANKS TO SIR MICHAEL, MANY PEOPLE WILL SURELY COME TO OUR GATHERING.

WE JUST NEED TO HOST A PROPER SOCIAL BANQUET TO ANNOUNCE OUR GATHERING.

LET'S DO OUR BEST, THE THREE OF US.

Yes!

WE WROTE OUT BANQUET INVITATIONS ONE BY ONE, ALONG WITH SMALL GIFTS,

AND SENT THEM TO THE PURIFIERS OF THE FORTRESS.

PREPARING THE BANQUET COST MORE THAN WE EXPECTED, BUT

CYNTHIA AND REINA STEPPED UP ON MY BEHALF, SINCE I HAD NO GOLD.

I HAVE SOME JEWELS I BROUGHT AS EMERGENCY FUNDS WHEN I LEFT MY FAMILY, THOUGH IT'S NOT MUCH.

IF WE SELL THOSE, IT SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO RENT A BANQUET HALL FOR THE TIME BEING.

I ALSO HAVE A LITTLE GOLD FROM CLEARING THE MID GRADE DUNGEON THIS TIME!

LET'S USE THAT TO PREPARE THE FOOD!

PRECIOUS GOLD THAT HOLDS THE WEIGHT OF THEIR LIVES.

BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WEIGHT BETTER THAN ANYONE,

I WANTED TO MAKE THIS GATHERING A SUCCESS NO MATTER WHAT.

AND...

IF I TRY EVEN HARDER BASED ON MY MEMORIES FROM MY PREVIOUS LIFE,

AND BECOME STRONG ENOUGH THAT PRINCESS CECILIA WOULDN'T DARE HARBOR WICKED INTENTIONS...

IF I COULD BECOME SOMEONE STRONG...

JUST AS YOU DID FOR ME,

COULD I SAVE YOU, TOO?

...IT MIGHT BE A CRAZY THOUGHT.

TO THINK SOMEONE LIKE ME WOULD DARE TRY TO SAVE SIR MICHAEL.

STILL...

IF I CAN, I WANT TO PROTECT YOU.

SIR MICHAEL...

WHEN THE SCHEDULED TIME ARRIVED,

THE INVITED PAIRS BEGAN TO APPEAR AT THE BANQUET HALL ONE BY ONE.

I AM GILBERT OWEN.

I AM NOT SURE IF YOU REMEMBER,

BUT I FOLLOWED SIR MICHAEL DURING A HIGH GRADE DUNGEON SUBJUGATION LAST YEAR!

I-I AM MAXIM FROM THE KINGDOM OF SOLBEISI, WHO GREETED YOU BEFORE.

THIS IS MY PARTNER...

THANK YOU FOR INVITING US. I AM DENISE HOPPER.

THE GIFT AND LETTER YOU SENT, LADY IRENNE, WERE VERY TOUCHING.

WELCOME, EVERYONE. IT IS A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.

THE PEOPLE I WAS CERTAIN WOULD COME ARE HERE, BUT...

THERE ARE FEWER PARTICIPANTS

THAN I EXPECTED.

WE DEFINITELY RECEIVED RSVPS FROM OVER TWENTY PAIRS,

BUT ONLY SIX PAIRS ACTUALLY SHOWED UP, INCLUDING US...

WHERE DID EVERYONE GO...?

IRENNE!!!

PRINCESS CECILIA HASTILY THREW A MASSIVE BANQUET TODAY...!!

SHE DROPPED THE PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS AND DISTRIBUTION STANDARDS SHE'S ADHERED TO UNTIL NOW,

AND SAID SHE'D RESTRUCTURE HER GATHERING WITH UNPRECEDENTED CONDITIONS...

SO I THINK EVERYONE FLOCKED OVER THERE!!!

WHAT...? TODAY OF ALL DAYS?!

THAT'S TOO MUCH, WE PREPARED EVERYTHING EXPECTING EVERYONE TO COME...

...I CERTAINLY EXPECTED SOME INTERFERENCE, BUT

PRINCESS CECILIA PLAYED A STRONGER HAND THAN I ANTICIPATED.

WHAT SHOULD WE DO?

SIR MICHAEL, CYNTHIA, AND REINA TRUSTED ME WITH THIS AFTER SO LONG...

I HAVE TO THINK OF SOME WAY...

THIS NUMBER OF PEOPLE SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT.

LET'S INTRODUCE OURSELVES TODAY

AND PREPARE FOR TOMORROW'S RAID.

HUH...?!

R-RIGHT AWAY TOMORROW?

SIR MICHAEL,

PARDON ME, BUT WHICH DUNGEON ARE YOU REFERRING TO...

IT IS HIGH GRADE DUNGEON NO. 02.

I-IF IT'S A HIGH GRADE DUNGEON...

THAT IS A LARGE-SCALE RAID THAT REQUIRES AT LEAST TWENTY PEOPLE...

MY LADY, WILL THIS BE ALRIGHT?

TAKING ON A HIGH GRADE DUNGEON WITH SO FEW PEOPLE...

My lady's safety is...

...IT WILL BE FINE.

I TRUST IRENNE AND SIR MICHAEL.

THE VERY NEXT DAY AFTER THE BANQUET,

SIR MICHAEL REALLY TOOK ONLY US AND HEADED TO A NEWLY GENERATED HIGH GRADE DUNGEON.

SIR MICHAEL!

Did you see that?

WELL DONE.

THE KNIGHTS, WHO INITIALLY HESITATED OUT OF TENSION AND FEAR,

WIELDED THEIR SWORDS BOLDLY ONCE THEY REALIZED SIR MICHAEL WAS WATCHING THEIR BACKS.

HOW DO I PUT THIS...

I CAN BARELY KEEP UP WITH SIR MICHAEL.

STILL, WITH EVERYONE TRUSTING AND FOLLOWING SIR MICHAEL,

THE DIFFICULT HIGH GRADE DUNGEON SUBJUGATION IS PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY.

I SHOULD WORK HARD SO I DON'T BECOME A BURDEN EITHER.

Sir Michael, over here...

WOW, SO THIS IS A HIGH GRADE DUNGEON'S REWARD ROOM...!

FITTING FOR A HIGH GRADE DUNGEON, THE REWARD ROOM IS INCREDIBLY WIDE AND LARGE!

THERE ARE A WHOPPING FIVE REWARD CHESTS...!

it's full of gold and jewels...

it's hard to even estimate the amount!

th-this is the reward of a high grade dungeon...!!

I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE BEST FOR SIR MICHAEL,

WHO WORKED THE HARDEST, TO OPEN THE FINAL CHEST.

THAT'S A GREAT IDEA!

PLEASE DO, SIR MICHAEL!

UNDERSTOOD.

THIS IS...

IT IS A RING.

AN UNUSUAL NUMBER OF RINGS ARE APPEARING IN THIS LIFE...

...HUH?

WAIT A MINUTE?!!!

TH-THAT'S?!

WHY IS THE INVISIBILITY RING

APPEARING HERE?!!