My Husband Is Definitely a Paladin — Chapter 6

THANK YOU FOR BECOMING MY PARTNER.

...THIS TIME...

I WILL DEFINITELY...

WHERE... AM I?

DID I RETURN TO THE COUNT’S MANOR?

NO, THE COUNT’S MANOR DOES NOT HAVE A ROOM LIKE THIS.

AND EVEN IF IT DID, THERE IS NO WAY A ROOM THIS NICE WOULD BE GIVEN TO ME.

OH MY, YOU ARE AWAKE!

COULD YOU PLEASE PUT ON THESE CLOTHES AND WAIT FOR A MOMENT?

THE FORTRESS MAID UNIFORM... SO THIS IS THE PURIFIER LODGING.

IT WAS SO DIFFERENT FROM MY OLD ROOM THAT I DID NOT EVEN THINK IT COULD BE THE FORTRESS.

Irenne's Old Room

BUT WAIT... FOR WHAT...?

DID YOU SLEEP WELL, LADY IRENNE?

HOW ARE YOU FEELING?

FORTRESS STAFF AND TEMPLE CLERICS...?

AH, I AM FINE...

THAT IS A RELIEF!

IT SEEMS THE GRADE REPORTED TO US AND LADY IRENNE'S PURIFYING POWER MAY BE DIFFERENT,

SO WE CAME BECAUSE WE NEED TO VERIFY IT AGAIN.

WOULD NOW BE ALL RIGHT?

PARDON? AH...

I REMEMBER NOW. THE LIGHT OF PURIFICATION THAT BURST FROM MY HAND YESTERDAY.

WHEN PURIFICATION IS PERFORMED, LIGHT LEAKS OUT LITTLE BY LITTLE,

BUT A LIGHT OF PURIFICATION BRILLIANT ENOUGH TO FILL AN ENTIRE ROOM LIKE THAT

CAN ONLY BE PRODUCED BY SOMEONE WHOSE PURIFYING POWER IS AT LEAST 2ND GRADE.

THAT IS WHY THEY BROUGHT ME TO A ROOM NORMALLY GIVEN ONLY TO A HIGHEST GRADE PURIFIER

AND ARE TREATING ME SO RESPECTFULLY.

I NEVER MEANT TO USE THE POWER OF PURIFICATION,

BUT THE DIZZINESS I FELT YESTERDAY WAS DEFINITELY THE EXHAUSTION THAT COMES FROM USING THE POWER OF PURIFICATION TO ITS LIMIT...

COULD MY PURIFYING POWER HAVE CHANGED WHEN I RETURNED TO THE PAST?

IF SO...

COULD YOU PLACE YOUR HAND ON THE MONSTER'S BLOOD HERE?

WE WILL CHECK HOW CLEAR THE BLOOD BECOMES AND REMEASURE YOUR GRADE.

YES, UNDERSTOOD.

9TH GRADE...?

IS IT... DONE?

YES...

L-LET US TRY AGAIN!

BRING FRESH MONSTER BLOOD FOR MEASUREMENT!

YES!

IT IS 9TH GRADE AGAIN...?

O-ONE MORE TIME...!

AGAIN...

IN THE END, I FAINTED.

Lady Irenne!

FOR NOW, WE WILL REVISE IT TO 9TH GRADE,

AND MEASURE IT ONCE MORE WHEN YOU ARE IN BETTER CONDITION.

WE WILL TAKE OUR LEAVE NOW, SO PLEASE REST WELL.

MY PURIFYING POWER DID RISE COMPARED TO MY PREVIOUS LIFE, BUT ONLY TO 9TH GRADE.

I DO NOT DISLIKE IT, BUT...

BEING SIR MICHAEL'S PARTNER AND PRODUCING THE LIGHT OF PURIFICATION... I FEEL LIKE I HAVE DRAWN UNNECESSARY ATTENTION.

AH, MY BAG. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY MOVED IT HERE WHILE I WAS UNCONSCIOUS.

I WILL PROBABLY BE KICKED OUT OF THIS ROOM SOON TOO.

BEFORE THAT HAPPENS, I SHOULD AT LEAST ORGANIZE MY THINGS IN ADVANCE.

THEY WON'T CHARGE ME FOR GRADE FRAUD, WILL THEY?

I LEFT THE COUNT'S MANOR SO CONFIDENTLY,

BUT SOMEHOW, NOTHING IS GOING THE WAY I EXPECTED...

IF VARIABLES LIKE THIS HAPPEN IN DUNGEON NO. 181, WHICH WILL APPEAR IN A FEW DAYS, I WILL BE IN SERIOUS TROUBLE.

DUNGEON NO. 181.

A LOWEST GRADE DUNGEON THAT BECAME LEGENDARY BECAUSE AN INVISIBILITY RING APPEARED IN ITS REWARD ROOM.

THE INVISIBILITY RING WAS SOLD FOR THE THIRD HIGHEST PRICE IN THE HISTORY OF THE ALLIANCE AUCTION.

WITH THAT ONE RING, I COULD LEAVE THE COUNT'S MANOR AND SETTLE ANYWHERE.

AND THEN LIVE QUIETLY AND PEACEFULLY...

THAT WAS MY PLAN~!!!

1. DO NOT BECOME SIR MICHAEL'S PARTNER. X 2. LIVE QUIETLY. X

I DO NOT KNOW WHAT ON EARTH HAPPENED, BUT IN ANY CASE, BY PURIFYING HIM,

I BASICALLY DID THE SAME AS DECLARING THAT I WOULD BECOME HIS PARTNER.

THERE IS NO TAKING BACK THE FACT THAT I BECAME HIS PARTNER.

I WILL OFFER SIR MICHAEL THE SAME CONDITIONS.

THEY ARE MUCH LOWER THAN THE 10% SHARE WE AGREED ON IN MY PREVIOUS LIFE,

SO HE WILL ACCEPT THEM TOO.

AFTER THAT, I WILL GET THE REWARD FROM DUNGEON NO. 181 AS PLANNED,

AND SOMEHOW END THE PARTNERSHIP AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, SO THAT WITH HIM...

WHO IS IT?

COME IN.

LADY IRENNE.

SIR... MICHAEL.

WHAT WERE YOU DOING?

I WAS PACKING MY THINGS.

YOUR THINGS...?

WHY?

PARDON?

BECAUSE I HAVE TO MOVE ROOMS...?

THIS IS YOUR ROOM, LADY IRENNE.

YOU DO NOT NEED TO MOVE TO ANOTHER ROOM.

IS THERE ANYTHING IN THIS ROOM THAT MAKES YOU UNCOMFORTABLE?

PARDON...?

THAT'S NOT IT. I AM A 9TH GRADE PURIFIER.

I DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY FOR A ROOM FAR ABOVE MY GRADE.

SIR MICHAEL HAS ALSO LIVED HIS WHOLE LIFE AS AN INCORRUPTIBLE PALADIN, SO HE HAS ALMOST NO PRIVATE PROPERTY.

I NEED TO LEAVE QUICKLY BEFORE HE IS BURDENED TOO...

I PAID FOR THE ROOM.

SO PLEASE DO NOT WORRY AND STAY COMFORTABLY.

PARDON?

AH, STRICTLY SPEAKING...

BEFORE THE NIGHT OF CONTRACTS, I ONCE DESTROYED AN UNSTABLE DUNGEON THAT APPEARED IN THE TIRENIA KINGDOM.

THE KINGDOM KEPT SAYING IT WISHED TO REWARD ME AS THANKS, BUT I CONTINUED TO REFUSE.

HOWEVER, WHEN THE TIRENIAN AMBASSADOR LEARNED THAT I HAD ATTENDED THE NIGHT OF CONTRACTS, HE PREPARED THIS ROOM.

IT WAS DIFFICULT TO REFUSE ANY FURTHER,

AND ABOVE ALL, I THOUGHT IT WAS RIGHT TO PRIORITIZE YOUR SAFETY AND REST, LADY IRENNE.

AH... SO THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, SIR.

IF THAT IS THE CASE...

...HUH?

UM, SIR MICHAEL. BUT...

HOW DID YOU KNOW MY NAME?

MISS.

MAY I ASK YOUR NAME?

IN THIS LIFE, I NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO TELL HIM MY NAME...

WHAT IS GOING ON?