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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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The demon’s attack missed me, shattering the hallway wall instead. Debris and shards of glass rained down into the Imperial Garden.
The Knight Commanders would take care of that.
“Trying to destroy the whole palace?”
My taunt was met with the demon’s unchanging, expressionless face.
I glanced to the side. The hallway walls were already partially destroyed, revealing the outside scenery. I looked out at the garden through the gaps.
The Knight Commanders, having shattered the falling debris, were looking up anxiously. I smiled and waved to show that I was still alright.
The Knight Commanders looked horrified.
Lize stamped her foot and shouted,
“Hey! Is now the time to be waving?! Focus on the fight!”
I glanced at the demon, which could hardly be called the Golden Twilight Knight Commander anymore. It wasn’t ready for another attack yet.
I hadn’t waved thoughtlessly. I wouldn’t be leisurely waving in the middle of dodging greatsword attacks. I had done it because there was a brief lull in the fight, to ease their tension.
‘……Let’s refrain from doing that next time.’
It had backfired.
I parried the greatsword swing, retreated while the demon prepared its next attack to reduce Battle Fatigue, and then quickly rolled three times to the other side. The demon’s attack sliced through empty air.
‘They should be arriving soon.’
I looked around the hallway. It hadn’t been that long, but the Inquisitor of the Sun or Moon should be arriving soon.
It would take Minerva less than a second to reach the Holy Kingdom, and the Holy Kingdom wouldn’t delay their response to a demon sighting. Considering that, this was already taking longer than expected.
Whoosh!
‘Ah, there they are.’
As if on cue, a bright holy aura began to emanate from behind the demon, formerly the Golden Twilight Knight Commander. It was gold, which meant the Inquisitor of the Sun had arrived first.
The demon, sensing the powerful holy energy behind it, instinctively turned around. I lowered my sword. The Inquisitor had arrived, so I could leave the fight to her.
A human figure began to materialize within the holy aura.
“Stella, you made it…?”
I was about to greet Stella when I noticed the long hair flowing behind the figure. Stella’s hair wasn’t that long, not long enough to reach the floor.
The aura solidified into a human form.
Long, wavy golden hair that almost touched the floor. Emerald green eyes like jewels. A face with a sweet smile.
Large breasts that were bigger than her head, and an opaque, Y-shaped cloth barely covering her essentials. A translucent black see-through fabric that revealed the curves of her body and bare skin.
The person who emerged from the aura wasn’t Stella, but Floretta.
“Flore… Your Holiness, the Pope of the Sun?”
I almost called her by her usual name, but remembering that there were still people watching from the garden, I quickly corrected myself. The Knight Commanders would be able to hear us from this distance.
Floretta’s eyes narrowed slightly when I addressed her formally. But the annoyance didn’t last long. She noticed the people watching from the garden through the shattered hallway wall.
A sweet smile returned to her face.
“Yes, distinguished guest.”
“Your Holiness, how did you…?”
I was dumbfounded. I hadn’t expected Floretta to come personally.
“I came to assist the distinguished guest. Need I say more?”
“……Me?”
“Indeed.”
While we were calmly conversing, the golden armor remained motionless, completely overwhelmed by the Pope of the Sun’s aura.
Floretta’s emerald eyes shifted sideways. Unlike the warmth she showed towards me, her gaze was chillingly emotionless. Even I felt a shiver run down my spine.
“However, I believe there is a matter that must be addressed before we can properly greet each other.”
Floretta raised her right hand. I finally noticed the staff in her hand. It was the easter egg weapon I had given her.
Hadn’t I told her to keep it stored away and not use it?
“Your Holiness, that staff—”
Before I could stop her, an immense light erupted from the small sun at the tip of the staff. It was so bright that it felt like another sun had appeared.
But strangely, it didn’t hurt my eyes.
Even though the light, like a miniature sun, was blazing intensely enough to engulf the surrounding scenery, and I was looking directly at it, it didn’t blind me.
It seemed the Knight Commanders in the garden were also unaffected, as they all looked puzzled.
“Graaaaagh!”
Unlike us, who were completely unaffected by the light, the Golden Twilight Knight Commander let out a horrific scream of pain, smoke rising from his body.
‘……What?’
Dumbfounded, I looked back and forth between the light emanating from the small sun and the demon, writhing in agony under the light.
Why was that staff called a flashlight? Because emitting light was its only function. If it had had other abilities, I would have tried to use them.
It wasn’t for nothing that the best strategy for using it was as a replacement for a torch.
‘……Could it be a Pope-exclusive weapon?’
That possibility suddenly occurred to me. If it was a weapon that only the Popes could wield, it would explain the current situation. Or perhaps it was a weapon that only NPCs could use.
‘Wait a minute.’
If such a weapon existed, shouldn’t there have been an option to give it to the Pope? I shuddered as I considered the implications of my actions, if this easter egg weapon was truly a Pope-exclusive item.
“…….”
While I was internally reeling from the possibilities, the Golden Twilight Knight Commander collapsed. Only his twitching limbs indicated that he was still alive.
Floretta, having roasted the demon with the light of the sun, smiled and approached me. I quickly moved towards a section of the wall that was still intact, concealing us from view.
While I didn’t mind the Knight Commanders seeing us, the bright light had attracted the attention of the Silver Dawn Knights and the Golden Twilight Knights as well.
It wouldn’t be wise to let the rank-and-file knights see me interacting so intimately with the Pope.
“Distinguished guest, I trust you have been well?”
Floretta, having approached me, placed her staff vertically beside her and clasped both of my hands in hers.
“I’ve been well, but…… what was that?”
I whispered, pointing at the staff. It was a ridiculous question, asking “what was that” about a weapon I had given her.
But Floretta simply smiled warmly.
“It is the holy relic you bestowed upon us, distinguished guest. We have taken your will to heart, to use it to eradicate evil.”
‘……Use it to do what?’
Eradicate evil? Me?
‘I gave it to you as a decoration.’
Even I hadn’t known that the easter egg weapon had such a hidden power.
I realized that Floretta, and perhaps even Luna, were under a grand misconception, but it was too late to reveal the truth. They wouldn’t believe me.
Floretta, who had been holding my hands and smiling warmly, suddenly let out a small gasp, as if realizing something.
“Your blessings have faded, distinguished guest.”
“Are you going to bestow them upon me again?”
“Yes. Since God is watching over you, our blessings will surely be of even greater aid.”
I was about to say that it was alright, but I stopped myself as a possibility occurred to me.
The possibility that Floretta and Luna’s blessings had played a crucial role in allowing me to borrow God’s power. Perhaps I hadn’t been able to borrow their power because my blessings had faded.
I nodded silently.
Floretta’s smile widened. The already small distance between us closed even further.
Floretta, about to kiss me, suddenly pulled back slightly.
“Distinguished guest, I intend to bestow even stronger blessings upon you this time. Would that be alright?”
“Stronger blessings?”
“Yes. Since God favors you so greatly, I believe you will be able to receive them.”
“Alright.”
I wouldn’t refuse the Pope herself. Besides, the concept of blessings was new to me. The Pope would know better than I did.
A bright smile spread across Floretta’s face. Her slender fingers grasped my wrist and brought my hand to her chest.
“Please fondle them, distinguished guest.”
“……Huh?”
Fondle what?
At my question, Floretta pulled my hand with even more force.
“Just as you did when we were intimate, without holding back, as much as you desire. If you do not wish to touch me through my vestments, you may remove them.”
Floretta then proceeded to untie her vestments.
Just as her collarbone, visible through the thin see-through fabric, was about to be exposed, and the opaque string was about to reveal her pink nipples, I stopped her in a panic.
“No, wait. You don’t have to do that, stop. What’s gotten into you all of a sudden? Is this the stronger blessing you were talking about?”
“Indeed, distinguished guest. To receive stronger blessings, we must be more intimately connected. Now, please, fondle them.”
“…….”
Floretta firmly pulled my hand.
My hand was placed on her breasts, which were larger than my head, far too large to be contained in one hand. My fingers sank into the soft flesh, half-buried.
‘Is this really how you receive stronger blessings?’
I was skeptical at first, but I doubted Floretta would lie about something like this, so I accepted it.
Besides, in a world where blessings were bestowed through kisses, anything was possible.
As I began to fondle her breasts, Floretta, her face slightly flushed, moved closer. And then, without hesitation, she kissed me.
Her tongue slipped between my lips as if it were the most natural thing in the world. A soft, warm piece of flesh pressed against my tongue. I pulled it inwards. A familiar scent and taste spread through my mouth.
“More… strongly… fondle them…”
A muffled whisper escaped her lips. It seemed she wanted me to fondle her breasts more forcefully.
I did as she asked. The piece of flesh on my tongue quivered. Drool dripped from the corner of my lips and trailed down Floretta’s cleavage.
My hand became bolder. I wasn’t just fondling them anymore, I was squeezing and stroking them from the bottom up towards her nipples.
Floretta, also becoming bolder, moved my left hand to the center of her chest. I felt a hardened nub against my palm.
As I rubbed it up and down, Floretta’s body began to tremble. Listening to her increasingly passionate moans, I wondered if this was really a blessing.
I opened my eyes slightly. Floretta was letting out lewd moans as she intertwined our tongues. I was momentarily captivated by the sight, when I suddenly remembered that we were in the Imperial Palace.
‘Wait a minute.’
The fact that Floretta was here meant—
“What are you doing?”
A chilling voice echoed from the distance.
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Oh boy my man is in trouble
Tsk. What a 3rd will
My bet is that the Popes have realized they can sexually harass the MC however they want as long as it is under the guise of giving him a blessing
Thanks for the translation.
Thanks for the chapter