My Husband Is Definitely a Paladin — Chapter 36

I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU ALONE AGAIN.

NEVER AGAIN....

PALADIN MICHAEL,

I ENTRUST YOU WITH THE STATUS OF BEING GOD'S STRONGEST SWORD.

SWORD OF GOD, MICHAEL.

I SHALL SERVE THE WILL OF GOD FOREVER.

FOR A NAMELESS, ABANDONED ORPHAN

TO RECEIVE THE TITLE OF GOD'S MESSENGER WAS AN EXTREMELY UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE.

HARSH TRAINING THAT WAS DIFFICULT EVEN FOR ADULTS TO ENDURE, LET ALONE A YOUNG CHILD.

THE ASCETICS REPEATED WITHOUT EVEN A MOMENT OF REST WERE BY NO MEANS EASY,

BUT BECAUSE OF MY FIRM FAITH, I WAS ABLE TO ENDURE IT.

THE PRIMORDIAL LIGHT.

THE ORIGIN OF ALL LIFE.

TO BECOME THE LIMBS OF THE GREAT EXISTENCE THAT CREATED THIS WORLD,

SERVING HIM FROM THE CLOSEST PROXIMITY,

AND SPREADING SACRED TEACHINGS TO THE WORLD...

WHAT A GLORIOUS THING THIS IS.

DESPITE BEING ABLE TO ENJOY SUCH BRILLIANT HONOR...

COMMANDER, PLEASE...!

I WAS BLINDED BY LUST.

PLEASE FORGIVE ME JUST THIS ONCE!

SHE WAS A WOMAN I HARBORED IN MY HEART FROM THE SECULAR WORLD BEFORE JOINING THE ORDER,

SO BEFORE I KNEW IT, I JUST...

HAND BACK EVERYTHING YOU RECEIVED FROM THE PALADIN ORDER

AND LEAVE THE TEMPLE COMPLETELY BEFORE DAWN TOMORROW.

C-COMMANDER!!!

THOSE WRETCHES WHO COULDN’T EVEN KEEP THE VOW OF CELIBACY

AND FELL AWAY INTO THE SECULAR WORLD WERE UTTERLY PATHETIC.

COMMANDER!

PLEASE RECONSIDER JOHANN’S PUNISHMENT JUST ONCE MORE!

EVEN THOUGH HE COMMITTED THE SIN OF LYING WITH A WOMAN,

YOU KNOW BEST YOURSELF, COMMANDER, HAVING GUIDED HIM DIRECTLY,

HOW DILIGENT AND DEVOUT HE USUALLY IS!

A PALADIN WHO HARBORS LUST FOR A WOMAN IS

DEVOUT?

I-IS NOT DESIRE ALSO SOMETHING THE GODDESS GRANTED TO US?

YOU ACT AS IF, COMMANDER, YOU ARE SOMEONE WHO HAS NONE OF IT AT ALL...

SHUT YOUR MOUTH.

IF ONE IS TRULY A CLERGYMAN OF DEVOUT FAITH,

KEEPING THE VOW OF PURITY IS BY NO MEANS A DIFFICULT TASK!

AS THE FAITH INSIDE ME GREW LARGER AND LARGER,

IN PROPORTION TO THAT, I COULD FEEL MY DIVINE POWER GROWING STRONGER AS WELL.

IT WAS ALSO AROUND THAT TIME THAT THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL, SAID TO BE VISIBLE AND FELT ONLY BY A VERY FEW HIGH-RANKING PRIESTS,

BEGAN TO BE SEEN WITH MY BARE EYES.

THE CLEAR AND PURE LIGHT EMITTED BY YOUNG CHILDREN.

THERE WERE BARELY ANY WHO RETAINED THAT COLOR EVEN AFTER REACHING ADULTHOOD.

THOSE WHO REIGN OVER THE PEOPLE,

SIR MICHAEL DIVERTS THE REWARDS COMING OUT OF THE DUNGEONS,

TO THE POINT WHERE WE NOBLES LIVE IN CONDITIONS NO DIFFERENT FROM COMMONERS!

EVEN AMONG THE PRIESTS WHO SERVE GOD,

SIR MICHAEL, WITHOUT YOUR COOPERATION,

OUR TEMPLE HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO BEAR GREAT POLITICAL RISK.

EVEN NOW, FOR THE SAKE OF THOSE CRYING OUT IN AGONY DUE TO DEMONIC ENERGY, PLEASE,

FIND A NOMINAL PARTNER THAT FITS THE DUNGEON ACT.

AND IN THE FUTURE, EVEN MORE REWARDS...

EVEN THE PURIFIERS, WHO ARE SAID TO BE BORN WITH THE GODDESS'S POWER...

WERE NO EXCEPTION.

EVERYTHING IS MURKY AND FILTHY.

CAN THIS STICKY AND WICKED ENERGY EVEN BE CALLED LIGHT?

NO MATTER HOW MUCH THEY SUBJUGATED DUNGEONS IN THE NAME OF THE GODDESS

AND WERE GRANTED A PORTION OF HER POWER,

IN THE END, THEY WERE JUST PEOPLE GATHERED TO SATISFY THEIR OWN DESIRES.

IN A PLACE WHERE ONLY SUCH PEOPLE WERE GATHERED,

WHAT IN THE WORLD DID I EXPECT?

WILL YOU BE ALRIGHT? PRINCESS VISCONTI IS A GRADE 1 PURIFIER,

SO SHE WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE PURIFICATION THAT FITS YOUR VOW OF PURITY.

I HAVE SUBJUGATED DUNGEONS WITHOUT A PURIFIER SO FAR WITH NO ISSUES.

SUPPRESSING DEMONIC ENERGY WITH THE DIVINE POWER GRANTED BY THE GODDESS IS MORE THAN ENOUGH.

I SHALL RETURN AS SOON AS I FIND A SUITABLE PURIFIER WHO MEETS THE CONDITIONS.

YES, UNDERSTOOD.

A HALO OF LIGHT...?

FROM WHERE ON EARTH IS SUCH A LIGHT COMING...?