Shadowless Night

Chapter 81

Rosaline went to the plaza immediately after separating from Diech. Shops and stalls selling food also lined the square. So, unfortunately, Diech’s worries came true as Rosaline became blinded by the street food.

Her reunion with Ricardis and his companions seemed far away; however, thanks to Ricardis, who had a keen grasp of her nature, Rosaline was immediately captured.

Ricardis had placed the senior knights at restaurants with long lines. He knew that Rosaline considered the stores with the long lines to be the ones with the tastiest food.

In any case, Pardict caught Rosaline in front of a meat restaurant. She was then surrounded and scolded by everyone.

“Rose!” Pardict put his hands on his hips and groaned. “D- Do you know how worried we were? This punk!”

Rosaline kept her mouth shut because she knew she was wrong.

“Master was so anxious and kept his eyes wide open, looking around everywhere as if searching for a lost dog!”

Pardict kicked Lewon for the inappropriate expression. Ricardis leaned against the wall with his arms crossed and his eyes closed. He didn’t frown, and his face was calm. Rosaline couldn’t help but glance at him.

“Are you hurt anywhere?”

While Rosaline observed him, Ricardis abruptly spoke, startling her. Soon, a shadow of doubt appeared in her eyes as she reflected on what he asked.

‘Is this the time to get scolded...?’Thê source of this content n/o/v/(el)bi((n))

Her voice was quieter than expected.

“...No, I am not.”

Ricardis opened his eyes and approached Rosaline. Even when the knights, taller than Ricardis, growled terrifyingly, Rosaline could not understand their feelings. At this moment, however, she felt flooded by Ricardis’ emotions, as if they screamed, ‘I’m mad! I’m pissed off!’

“...What is that suspicious look? In any case, I’m glad you have no injuries.”

‘Ah, today His Highness is very kind!’ Rosaline removed the mask of a dying puppy she wore and smiled broadly.

“Then, Rose, did you have any direct battles with people during our separation, or did you cause any notable incidents worth being mentioned to the city guards?”

‘I left just before a fight started, and I didn’t fight directly... Maybe... Ah, I’m not supposed to say it!’

“There were no such things!”

Ricardis sighed deeply in response to her spirited answer and slowly tilted his head back.

‘Looks like they didn’t happen...’

“...Why does he sound like me?”

Contrary to Ricardis’ dry response, the people in the square were amazed.

“Ooooooh...!”

Everyone knelt with a small shout. Humiliated, Ricardis and his knights also had to kneel if they didn’t want anyone to notice them.

“In the beginning, only chaos, the darkness of Crean Tidanion filled the world, and not a single blade of grass could grow... Then, who?”

Laheansi gave a rough reading of the scripture, put his hand behind his ear, and leaned in to listen to what the people had to say. The square became noisy because it looked like he was asking for an answer. There’s a Shadowless Night every year, but this was the first time they had a sermon like this.

Seeing them hesitate, Laheansi repeated himself, “Say it! Who?!”

The crowd looked at each other and said, “Idelavhim...”

“I can’t hear you! Louder! Who is it?!”

“Idelavhim!”

“That’s right. Idelavhim. The girl who answered first. You are special. I will give you this scripture as a reward. It has a gold leaf attached to it, so if you sell it, it will make quite a bit of money.”

Behind Laheansi, the layman holding the holy water closed his eyes tightly. If one looked closely, you would see his temples twitching, but it doesn’t seem like it’s because his head hurts. Bewildered, the girl sitting near the podium widened her eyes as she had the book handed to her. They really passed the script to her. Ricardis looked at the scene with cold eyes. ‘Crazy guy.’

“When Idelavhim lifted away the darkness of Crean Tidanion with the power of light, the world was finally seen. The world has seen the light of Idelavhim. To whom should this glory be attributed?”

“Idelavhim!”

“That is correct. Teach one person, and ten people will know. Everyone is so clever. My heart is satisfied.”

The sight of everyone shouting the name of Idelavhim was spectacular. Laheansi continued while scratching his shaggy hair.

“But Crean Tidanion is also a powerful god originally from this world. Idelavhim and Crean Tidanion spent three days and three nights... Oh, don’t worry about these three days and three nights. They are just expressions. Anyway, Idelavhim and Crean Tidanion fought, but the war of these gods ended without a clear winner or loser... Thus, in this way, they created day and night. And so, the world we live in has the day under the control of Idelavhim and the night covered with Crean Tidanion’s veil of chaos.

The verses the priests memorized and read were difficult for others to understand because they consisted of tricky words that only the priests could comprehend. Even those who had a little bit of knowledge scrambled their brains trying to interpret the contents of the scripture.

“Then, what is the Shadowless Night that comes every year? They say it is when our Idelavhim first won over the night, Crean Tidanion’s power. When Idelavhim’s power reaches its peak, the veil of night disappears, and the light of blessing covers the whole world. He revives all life, flowers bloom, and plants bear fruit. The scripture says that this blessed night will open up the world of gods that we lowly humans cannot understand and cannot reach. The disappearance of the shadow is said to be the proof. Ummm... I honestly haven’t seen it myself, so I don’t know.”

The layman made another grimace in the back. ‘It was going so well, but you just had to say unnecessary things...’

“Anyway, the blessing of Idelavhim came down to the lake in the form of an eagle, and it gave the first emperor of Illavenia the power to invoke the night of blessing. Oho... From this point on, there’s nothing I’m interested in at all... Let’s move on. Oh well, that’s all you need to know. Long live our Majesty the Emperor.”