My Husband Is Definitely a Paladin — Chapter 28

COULD IT BE...

GRANTING PERMISSION... COULD IT MEAN WHAT I AM THINKING...?

...HIS EYES ARE AS RED AS BLOOD.

HE LOOKS IN SO MUCH PAIN...

BUT IF I TOUCH HIM ANY FURTHER, IT WILL BE A CLEAR VIOLATION OF THE PALADIN'S CODE.

ABOVE ALL, IT IS SOMETHING SO PRECIOUS TO HIM...

HE HAS AN OATH SWORN TO THE GODDESS.

...IF I WERE TO SAVE HIM

AND ENTWINE OUR BODIES ONCE MORE,

I WOULD END UP SEEING THAT LOOK ON HIS FACE AGAIN...

I SUPPOSE I AM A FOOL WITH NO CAPACITY TO LEARN.

YES, IT IS FINE.

RECEIVE PURIFICATION FROM ME, SIR MICHAEL.

CONSIDERING I KEEP MAKING CHOICES LIKE THIS AGAIN.

BUT I WANT HIM TO LIVE.

EVEN IF HE DESPISE ME,

EVEN IF THE LIFE I SAVE...

IS A HUMILIATION TO HIM.

THE COUNTLESS REGRETS I REPEATED

UNTIL MY PAST LIFE WORE THIN...

...AND YET,

CONTRARY TO MY RESOLVE,

YOU ARE ONLY KISSING ME...

THOUGH TRUTH BE TOLD, EVEN JUST THE KISSING WAS BRINGING ME TO MY LIMIT.

ARE YOU STRUGGLING?

A-A LITTLE.

...I AM SORRY.

BUT I...

AH, THE DIZZINESS IS MAKING ME FEEL LIKE I AM ABOUT TO FAINT AGAIN...

I HOPE THAT ACCEPTING ME IS NOT OUT OF SACRIFICE, BUT AMIDST JOY.

I AM SORRY, SIR.

WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY...?

...IT IS NOTHING.

W-WAIT, IF YOU SUDDENLY LICK ME LIKE THAT...

Aha, Ahahaha!

...SO THAT IS HOW YOU LAUGH.

Well,

BECAUSE IT TICKLES...

Feels like being licked by a puppy...

PLEASE LET ME HEAR IT ONCE MORE.

PARDON? EEK.

WAIT, AHAHAHA!

AHAHAHA!

SIR MICHAEL, HAHAHA!

PLEASE STOP, STOP IT!

PLEASE STOP IT~!!!

THIRD PURIFICATION.

FAINTED FROM LAUGHING.

MAKING SUCH A FUSS.

CAN YOU NOT SEE THAT I AM WIPING MY WIFE'S BODY RIGHT NOW?

IT MUST HAVE BEEN QUITE CUMBERSOME.

YOU DID WELL YESTERDAY.

IT WAS WORTH DRAGGING YOU HERE EVEN IF IT WAS A STRETCH.

I SHALL REMOVE IT FOR YOU NOW.

NOW RETURN TO YOUR PLACE,

"SWORD OF YORGO.

I ATTACHED IT OUT OF CURIOSITY TO SEE YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU SAW THIS HALF...

BUT YOUR RETAINER IS THROWING QUITE A TANTRUM.

I APOLOGIZE FOR TURNING THEM INTO YOUR RETAINER AS I PLEASED.

HOWEVER...

ONCE YOU GATHER ALL THE MONEY, YOU WILL LEAVE ME WITHOUT A SINGLE TRACE OF RELUCTANCE.

PLEASE GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME.

MY WIFE.

MY PARTNER.

MY...

A HIGH GRADE UNSTABLE DUNGEON APPEARED INSIDE THE FORTRESS?

THE NEXT DAY, A FORTRESS EMPLOYEE VISITED MY ROOM.

YES, IT APPEARED RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PLAZA YESTERDAY EVENING AND CAUSED ABSOLUTE CHAOS!

IT WAS SEVERE ENOUGH THAT AN EMERGENCY MEETING OF THE KINGDOM ALLIANCE WAS HELD.

Goddess be merciful

HOW COULD AN UNSTABLE DUNGEON APPEAR IN THE CENTER OF THE FORTRESS?

FURTHERMORE, THE INSIDE OF THE DUNGEON WAS SO MALICIOUS

THAT EVEN THE BODIES BARELY RETRIEVED WERE HORRIBLY MUTILATED BEYOND RECOGNITION.

SUCH A HORRIFIC THING...

WAS THE DUNGEON SUCCESSFULLY ERADICATED?

OF COURSE, THANKFULLY SIR MICHAEL HAPPENED TO BE NEARBY.

SO THAT IS WHY YOU CAME WITH SUCH INTENSE DEMONIC ENERGY YESTERDAY.

AND I HAVE COME TO RETURN THE STONE OF SILENCE TO LADY IRENNE.

PARDON...? WHY TO ME...?

AS IT TURNS OUT, THE YOUNG DUKE OF THE LENTO KINGDOM AND HIS PARTY WERE DRAGGED INTO THIS DUNGEON!

THEREFORE, WE ARE RETURNING THE STONE OF SILENCE HE WON AT THE AUCTION

BACK TO LADY IRENNE, ITS ORIGINAL OWNER.

PARDON?

AH, THE YOUNG DUKE...

IT IS TRULY BEYOND UNFORTUNATE.

HE WAS A MAJOR PATRON OF THE AUCTION HOUSE WHO SPENT MONEY LIKE WATER, AT THAT.

BUT THIS TIME, HE UNFORTUNATELY PASSED AWAY BEFORE EVEN PAYING THE REMAINING BALANCE...

WHAT... PARDON?!!!

The money you received previously was paid by the fortress ♡

DO NOT WORRY!

IF IT IS DIFFICULT TO RETURN THE AUCTION PROCEEDS RIGHT NOW,

YOU MAY LEAVE IT ON CREDIT WITH OUR FORTRESS AND PAY IT BACK SLOWLY.

the interest rate will be sp.ec.ia.lly

applied at a mere fifteen percent just for lady irenne!

WHAT DID YOU SAY?!!

WHAT?

I CANNOT MEET WITH THE PRINCESS?

1ST-GRADE PURIFIER RIOSA ROX

I AM SORRY, RIOSA.

AT THE MOMENT, HER HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS...

H-HER CONDITION IS NOT GOOD DUE TO A COLD...

...I CAN FIGURE OUT WHY.

AN ARTIFACT THAT PREVENTS THE CREATION OF DUNGEONS WITHIN A CERTAIN RANGE

"SPACE OF PROTECTION"

ITS OWNING COUNTRY IS THE VISCONTI KINGDOM,

AND IN EXCHANGE FOR LEASING IT TO THE FORTRESS, THEY ENJOY IMMENSE WEALTH AND POWER.

HOWEVER, JUST YESTERDAY, A HIGH GRADE UNSTABLE DUNGEON WAS GENERATED IN THE CENTER OF THE FORTRESS...

HIGH-RANKING NOBLES OF THE KINGDOM ALLIANCE AND THEIR SQUIRES DIED A GRUESOME DEATH.

IN RESPONSE, THE FORTRESS DEMANDED AN ASTRONOMICAL SUM IN DAMAGES FROM THE VISCONTI KINGDOM.

FURTHERMORE, A WIND OF NEW CHANGE HAS BLOWN,

FEATURING THE EMERGENCE OF A PURIFIER WHOSE PURIFICATION POWER INCREASED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY,

AND THAT PURIFIER'S GATHERING OBTAINED AN UNPRECEDENTED ACHIEVEMENT

KNOWN AS THE INVISIBILITY RING AS A DUNGEON REWARD...

RIOSA! YOU CANNOT ENTER THERE...!

PRINCESS CECILIA.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO NOW?

CONVEY THIS TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE GATHERING.

WE WILL ORGANIZE A LARGE-SCALE RAID WITHIN A FEW DAYS,

AND ANYONE WHO FAILS TO ATTEND WILL NEVER BE ALLOWED TO SET FOOT IN THIS FORTRESS AGAIN!

EVERYTHING IS

FOR YOUR SAKE, IRENNE.