The Crown Of The Nine Continents
Chapter 119 ~ Chaos Holy Kingdom Sancteral

The city of Soliedavosa was beset by panic and chaos. The destruction of a part of the city, the killing of Enshu, and the assault of the Great Bishop was very bad news for all of them.

In droves they prayed to the God Augsnel for protection and salvation. But not a few of them prefer to run away to save themselves.

"Ehh .. I don't understand any more of their stupidity."

Ren who is the mastermind of all the puppeteers who make the city of Soliedavosa like this commented. It is undeniable that his attitude is reasonable, because the Augsnel God they desperately worship is the one who first loses.

"I'm sorry, Ren-sama."

They were all leaving Soliedavosa City to head for the next place. So, Nirlayn who suddenly apologized was quite strange as it sounded in the ears.

"What do you mean?" asked Ren astonished.

They could talk like this because Ren, Nirlayn, and Arystina were inside the horse carriage. Of course Nirlayn and Arystina were sitting in a row while Ren was sitting alone before the two of them.

"W-ah that, about the incident .. it was all my fault to get into a dispute with the man. Arystina, or Avrogan, they just follow what I suggest to wait for you before getting out of town."

In response to this, Ren nodded while closing his eyes. Nirlayn's words describe the actions of those who did not choose the air route to get out of the city.

All of that turned out to be caused by Nirlayn not wanting to leave Ren. But isn't this the same as saying that Ren is the reason for all that?

"I don't think it's a problem. After all the life and death of the man did not cause any negative impact. Well, you could say this is self-training for you and Arystina to protect themselves, right?"

Always helping them in all dangerous conditions will certainly cause its own negative impact. In the case of Nirlayn and Arystina, they will not experience the negative impact of dependence.

But they can still be affected a little bit, which is the ability that is not increased. Whether it is in terms of strength, thinking, or cooperation.

Ren's decision not to act directly and just observe it proved to be very precise. As a result, in Nirlayn and Arystina began to appear a sense of cooperation to face a strong enemy.

Although the cooperation between the two of them is still far from perfect but it is inevitable. As time goes on, perfection will be achieved by itself.

"-so, fine if Ren-sama doesn't consider it a problem. But then again, I'm sorry for violating your desire not to dirty this hand with blood."

What did Nirlayn mean by Ren when he had just risen from the dead? If true, then Nirlayn had a bit of a misunderstanding.

"Wrongly, I don't forbid you from taking someone else's life. If it is necessary, then do it. The thing I don't like is when anger swallows you and makes you a heartless creature."

Cruel, sadistic, and heartless, that's what Ren doesn't want. Different again if it was just killing, in this world such a thing had become commonplace to survive.

It would even be strange if Ren forbade Nirlayn to kill others when he was in danger. Rather than waiting for the enemy to kill you, then you better kill the enemy first, don't you think?

"I don't understand, would you give me a little more explanation?"

Ren crossed his arms and crossed his legs, then closed his eyes and inhaled a deep breath. He slowly opened his eyes as if he had thought hard to find an answer.

But unconcerned, Ren said briefly, "No, that's quite a hassle."

Ren's painful reply left Nirlayn a little teary. An Arystina who was used to listening to the chat was even aware of it.

"I think you're too cruel to Nirlayn, Your Majesty. Look, Nirlayn is about to cry." Arystina tried to calm Nirlayn down by patting her head a few times.

"Arystina" said Nirlayn, turning her head to face Arystina.

"Yes, what's up, Nirlayn?" reply Arystina softly.

"I'm not a child" complained Nirlayn.

"Ah, huh? But in my eyes you are still a child, Nirlayn. How old are you right now?"

"Ah that .. If I count my first life, I'm five hundred years old."

Even Nirlayn's second life had not reached a year. Maybe a month or more a few days?

"really right? Compared to me who has lived for thousands of years, your age is still small."

As the oldest Spirit who was the leader of the other Spirits in the Shade of Spirits, Arystina's millennia of age was a natural thing.

Rather than that, they should both be thinking more about someone who is only 23 years old here. Didn't they realize that the person they thought was master was nothing more than a baby?

"It's sad but I should be the one who became a baby in the eyes of both of them," Ren's inner grimaced.

The two women didn't realize it, Nirlayn just nodded and resignedly unable to fight the older Arystina. While Arystina just smiled gently at Nirlayn who resigned.

The two then turned their faces to look at the figure of their master. The bad feeling felt by Ren was evident after the two of them asked together.

"Maybe this is disrespectful, Ren-sama. But I wonder, how old are you really?"

"That's right, Your Majesty, you should have outlived me already right? Considering you are the leader of the Continents Holder?"

Ren rotated the brain at top speed to find a solution to their question. Honestly not a good choice, lying was the same, then how could he get away with this matter?

"Then don't blame me for taking this path," Inner Ren smiled cynically.

The crossed arms were gone, replaced by the left arm supporting the chin on the window of the horse-drawn carriage. In times like these, the best option to get out of trouble is ....

"I've forgotten it. Calculating the time I spent in solitude is useless" Ren said in the style of the ruler.

Yes, this is the first solution, the technique of avoiding problematic questions, answering ambiguously.

"Hey, I'm curious too. What about you two? What are you doing while you're alive? It's impossible for you to experience your own life because you remember well how long you lived, right?"

As an amplifier, the thing needed in a solution to avoid problematic questions is, to divert the conversation or to reverse the question.

It proved to be quite effective based on the slightly changed expressions of Nirlayn and Arystina. From the first curious turned into pity. Wait, pity?

"R-Ren-sama ... I did not expect, you have lived that long in solitude?"

"Well, Your Majesty? Forgive me for bringing up the things you shouldn't."

Both Nirlayn and Arystina lowered their heads to apologize regretfully. They really did not expect, that Ren had always lived in solitude.

"Geez, you guys say it like I've been living for hundreds of thousands of years by myself. That's very sad, seriously."

However, the attention of those who managed to get distracted was a success. So serious was the question that Ren had forgotten that their conversation had deviated to such an extent.

"You may be a little misunderstood, but I chose to live alone because it was my chosen destiny."

Not yet Ren continued his words of wisdom, the horse carriage stopped for no apparent reason. Which perception didn't catch any strange thing, so why did Avrogan stop the pace of this horse carriage?

"Wait, I'll check on Avrogan."

Ren got out of the horse carriage, and immediately met Avrogan's eyes that turned towards him.

"Is there a problem?" asked Ren astonished.

There is not the slightest problem with Avrogan, as well as the surrounding them within a radius of a few kilometers. That was why Ren felt astonished by all this.

"No problem whatsoever, sir. I just wanted to ask, where are we going next?"

"Ah." Ren forgot.

He did not talk to Avrogan about anything other than leaving the city of Soliedavosa. The conversation with Nirlayn and Arystina took a long time until she forgot about it.

"Because it's been like this, I think the central region where the Temple of Light is located."

Ren thought deeply about it. Augsnel said 'we' have been looking for him for a long time. It became strong evidence that the Great Bishop of other regions was involved.

Why was Ren so convinced and not thinking of the possibility that it was a trick or a trap?

Everything was simple, because at the time of saying that, Augsnel felt very confident that he could finish off Ren without difficulty. So that his confidence turned into recklessness, this was a common thing.

"Walk first, I'll be the coachman again and show you the way later."

The carriage moved again, and Ren walked along to his side while thinking about the situation seriously.

"Master, does the Great Bishop you are fighting have any connection to the woman who summoned the black worm?"

"Humm, I don't know .. I'm not sure myself. But judging from the situation and Great Bishop's words, the possibilities are very high."

"Don't the woman say anything more? What do the people who sent him look like?"

"Not really, he said he wasn't allowed to know their identities."

"Then, what about the exact number?"

"You mean the man who sent him? I doubt it, he doesn't seem to say anything about it."

"Then, that woman is indeed very useless."

"It's weird, I don't usually agree with you, Avrogan."

"Hahaha, are you kidding me? It's not ordinary or unusual, that woman is indeed useless, sir."

"Well, maybe you're right." Ren stared into the distance, and muttered again, "Maybe letting him live longer is meaningless."

The horse carriage continued to walk along with Ren's sentence being carried away by the wind.