Adopting the Male Protagonist Changed the Genre - Chapter 188

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Chapter 188

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Crash!

Through the pouring rain, the sound of building rooftops collapsing could be heard.

The worst typhoon to arrive in decades hammered and smashed everything in the prosperous port city like the hammer of God.

Giuseppe stood in the middle of this tragic scene that showed how insignificant human civilization was in the face of natural disasters.

Though fierce winds were clawing at the earth like mad, Giuseppe’s clothes didn’t flutter even slightly, as if he alone stood within the eye of the storm.

Like a being that didn’t belong to this world.

After surveying his surroundings for a long time with eyes filled with divine power, Giuseppe slightly furrowed his brow.

‘As expected, I can’t find any traces.’

Despite searching so persistently, what he was looking for was nowhere to be found.

Bang! Crack!

At that moment, with a sound that shook the earth’s axis, a giant tree that couldn’t withstand the fierce wind was uprooted and began falling toward Giuseppe.

“…Sir.”

Giuseppe noticed the shadow falling over his head and craned his neck to look up at the sky.

Just as the tall tree was about to crush Giuseppe.

“High Priest!”

At the sound of someone calling him, Giuseppe closed his eyes as if in resignation.

And when he opened his eyes again, he was standing inside the temple with the blazing midday sun shining down.

Ophelia sighed upon seeing the remnants of divine power sparkling like embers in Giuseppe’s eyes.

“You used the power of foresight again.”

Since arriving in Baliko, Giuseppe had been using the power of foresight to examine the future every day.

“Was there anything different this time?”

“It was the same as usual.”

“See? I told you it was excessive worry. Yet you still brought Marquess Blanche here.”

Though Ophelia grumbled with dissatisfaction, she busily moved her hands to prepare tea for Giuseppe.

Giuseppe rubbed his tired eyes and let out a heavy breath.

In two days, a massive typhoon would strike the city.

That was the future Giuseppe had seen, and that was all.

No matter how many times he looked, he couldn’t see any traces of human disaster caused by dark magic anywhere.

He had spoken meaningfully to Belinda about a great tragedy befalling Baliko, but in the end, it was just a natural disaster.

“If there’s one thing I learned while working as a Saintess, it’s that dark magic has its limits. Summoning a typhoon would be impossible even with dark magic, wouldn’t it?”

Placing a cup of tea in front of Giuseppe, Ophelia carefully voiced her opinion.

Her words were correct. Nevertheless, the reason Giuseppe was so obsessively examining the future was because of an unease stuck like a thorn under his fingernail.

Following the movements of dark mages who had been active throughout the kingdom, they had converged on the port city.

Moreover, mages from the Magic Tower had also caught the scent and were currently staying in the port city.

Giuseppe wasn’t optimistic enough to dismiss all of this as mere coincidence.

It had already been two years since an unprecedented dark magic organization was formed.

During those two years, disappearances had occurred throughout the kingdom, and behind them were always those people, ‘Those Who Lift the Veil of the World.’

The temple had been pursuing the dark magic sect for a year, but they hadn’t even managed to identify the appearance of their leader called the ‘Seeker,’ let alone properly understand their purpose.

This was partly because they slipped through the temple’s encirclement like ghosts, but the more fundamental reason was that even the power of foresight couldn’t track their movements.

As if something was protecting them.

For example…

‘If someone not bound by fate is moving with them.’

He knew it was an excessive thought, but otherwise it didn’t make sense.

Even dark magic couldn’t change predetermined fate. It could only deceive fate’s eyes.

Therefore, Giuseppe had asked Belinda to accompany him with a gambling mindset.

If the dark magic organization included an existence that could disrupt fate, then only someone not bound by God’s predetermined destiny could oppose them.

He was bringing the teacup to his lips, hoping that everything would conclude with him having overreacted, when it happened.

“High Priest.”

An unexpected visitor came looking for Giuseppe.

Belinda’s expression when facing Giuseppe looked as displeased as usual, but Giuseppe immediately noticed that her face wasn’t just clouded with past animosity.

As expected, Belinda spoke heavily.

“I found them.”

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Giuseppe had speculated that the dark mage inside the temple would be a high-ranking priest.

Given how the dark magic sect repeatedly slipped through the temple’s encirclement, they seemed to have intimate knowledge of the temple’s internal movements, and such internal information was only known to high-ranking priests.

Additionally, the fact that most priests who dabbled in dark magic did so to increase their divine power added grounds to his speculation.

So when he confirmed that the person identified as a dark mage was merely a novice priest.

“Are you certain about that person?”

It wasn’t strange that Giuseppe asked this question.

【Don’t ignore Suga’s 100-gold eyes!】

I looked at Suga, who was squeaking loudly, then nodded.

“My fairy says she’s certain.”

Though I said that, I was equally puzzled.

If it wasn’t to increase divine power through dark magic, why would she risk staying in the temple? Since being a priest wasn’t a forced lifelong position, she could leave the temple anytime if she wanted.

“So, what will you do now?”

“The original plan was to continue watching her movements and track down the dark magic sect’s headquarters, but…”

Giuseppe paused briefly, then continued as if he had decided on a direction.

“It might not be bad to use the power of foresight to examine that person’s past. Since you’ve given me confidence that she’s a dark mage, Marquess.”

Certainly, as long as I’m not on the receiving end, divine powers are all cheat-like skills. Being able to read the past through physical contact.

Giuseppe immediately took the lead and spoke to the novice priest.

“Excuse me, but would it be alright if I asked for directions?”

The novice priest was startled and turned to look at Giuseppe, then glanced around briefly before pointing at herself with her index finger and asking.

“M-m-m-m-me?”

The novice priest’s face turned bright red, making me feel sorry for approaching her.

Looking closely, she was a woman around my age with a very ordinary appearance. For a moment, I found myself doubting Suga’s words.

Giuseppe, disguised as an ordinary priest, continued speaking with an annoyingly carefree manner.

“Yes. My companion is looking for the sanctuary here, but I’m embarrassed to say I’m not yet familiar with the geography of this place.”

Though we hadn’t coordinated beforehand, I nodded as if agreeing with his words.

“Ah… You’re someone dispatched here from the Grand Temple. P-please follow me! I’ll guide you to the sanctuary!”

The novice priest began leading us forward in a flustered manner.

How long did we walk like that?

Before long, she arrived in front of the sanctuary and turned to look at Giuseppe.

“This is the sanctuary! There are many sacred artifacts that haven’t found their owners yet stored here, so please take your time looking around.”

“Thank you for guiding us.”

“Not at all. Rather, I should be grateful, no, I mean, it was an honor to see you up close.”

Giuseppe smiled warmly at the novice priest who was rambling incoherently until the end.

“You seem to be a novice priest. This is just a small token of gratitude.”

Giuseppe naturally reached his hand toward the novice priest’s forehead.

Just as priests could share God’s blessing with believers, ordinary priests could bestow blessings on novice priests anytime.

So it wasn’t strange for Giuseppe to place his hand on the novice priest’s forehead as a gesture of gratitude for guiding the way.

Just as Giuseppe’s fingertips were about to touch the novice priest’s forehead.

Smack!

The novice priest sharply slapped Giuseppe’s hand away.

“Ah…”

The woman blinked and stared down at her hand that had struck away Giuseppe’s hand.

Then she looked up at Giuseppe with an innocent face and asked.

“Did you see it?”

See what?

I didn’t even have a chance to ask that.

“Oh my, that’s why you shouldn’t touch people carelessly.”

The woman whispered coquettishly as if pouting, then pulled out a narrow blade from her wide sleeves…

“Get back!”

Giuseppe roughly pushed me away.

As I fell backward, I saw the woman plunge the blade into her own neck.

Even in that moment, an ominous black magic circle appeared above the woman who smiled innocently.

And the next moment.

BOOM!

With a thunderous roar, everything before my eyes turned pure white.

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