Are MZ Shamans In Trouble In Romance Novels? - Chapter 93

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93.

“It’s right in front of your eyes. The terrible monster that devoured the brothers.”

Izriel’s eyes became bloodshot. The screams of the brothers who had begged to be saved were still vivid. What had I done at that time?

-…Ah, Father.

Had I cried? Had I begged? Or had I simply prostrated myself at the Pope’s feet and covered my ears?

“…You were a priest too, so you should know. Some things are more painful and terrible than being annihilated.”

Izriel poured the remaining strong liquor into his mouth. Most of the bishops were blind fools who wouldn’t recognize Calisia. But some of the cardinals and the Pope were different. They would definitely find and devour her.

“Alright, I get it. I understand.”

Calisia tried to organize her thoughts.

“I roughly understand how things are going, and it’s true that I’m something like a priest serving a foreign god….”

The most important premise was wrong.

“But I’m not a ghost?”

“Insisting won’t change anything.”

“It’s true that I’m staying in this body for certain reasons, but I’m really not. And I can’t come out either. Because I’m not a ghost in the first place.”

“That’s what makes you a ghost.”

Izriel showed a slightly dumbfounded expression. He hadn’t expected her to come out obediently, but he didn’t think she would deny her very existence.

“I’m really not a ghost.”

“Then we can just check.”

Izriel grabbed Calisia’s wrist and drew up his holy power. His eyes, which had been sunken like ash, blazed brightly, and white light gathered at his fingertips.

“Shau Annosious Pserio-. Ra Adea Padeimata.”

[You evil spirits. Reveal your forms.]

Izriel inscribed the ancient sacred language on her round forehead. White light spread along the letters onto Calisia’s skin.

“….”

An embarrassingly awkward silence lingered. Calisia scratched her forehead.

“…This can’t be right.”

Izriel raised his hand once more. Of course, just drawing a few sacred words wouldn’t separate flesh and soul. But at the very least, she should have writhed in pain or black veins should have appeared on her body.

“…This can’t be.”

Izriel inscribed sacred words like a madman, over and over again.

“Ah! How long are you going to keep scribbling! It hurts!”

Calisia burst out in irritation and roughly swatted away Izriel’s hand. Her reddened forehead was so hot it was stinging.

“….”

Izriel slumped to the floor and ran his hands over his face.

“Even so, nothing changes.”

Izriel spoke after a long silence. Whatever she was, Calisia was still good prey.

“Leave the Empire before Christmas. I’ll watch your back.”

Izriel’s mind raced quickly. Time was tight to forge an identity and secure passage on a ship before Christmas.

“Sorry, but avoiding just the Pope isn’t enough, you know? My family traditions are pretty strict. If I run away, a pursuit squad will immediately follow! My dream is to die of natural causes. I don’t want to be torn apart by spears and swords.”

Caught in a dilemma, Calisia clutched her head. Somehow, life in the Empire seemed to be getting more and more difficult.

“Is there no way to avoid the Pope’s eyes?”

“There is, but there isn’t.”

Izriel answered in a low, subdued voice.

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

“Valus, you’re amazingly well-assimilated to that body. But even so, there can’t be absolutely no gap between soul and flesh.”

Izriel called it a very small crevice.

“What do I need to do to narrow it?”

“The levels of both soul and flesh need to rise simultaneously. This phenomenon occurs when Sword Masters break through walls and ascend to the demigod realm.”

“You want me to become a Sword Master before Christmas? No wait. You want me to break some wall and become a demigod?”

It was complete nonsense.

“That’s why I said there is but there isn’t.”

Izriel looked at the empty liquor bottle with regret.

***

“This isn’t the time for you to be helping that sea serpent.”

Izriel leaned against a tree near the freshwater lake, watching Calisia. He was displeased that she had stubbornly ignored his words and come to Moonlight Forest.

“If you keep using your energy like that, the gap in your soul will widen further.”

The vengeful spirits clinging to Leviathan’s body numbered in the dozens, even hundreds. It was too much to handle alone.

“I’m doing this to narrow that gap.”

“Besides, if you release that much energy at once, the Pope might notice something.”

“I won’t be doing it. General will.”

Leviathan-. Calisia put the dark blue scale into the lake. Before long, small bubbles began boiling up to the surface.

Buuuung-.

Then, a massive vibration shook the lakeside.

-You’ve finally come. Maiden.

Leviathan, responding to the call, peeked his eyes out at the waterside.

“Why are you so impatient.”

-I thought you wouldn’t keep your promise.

Calisia, whose conscience was pricked for a moment, scratched her nose bridge and feigned ignorance. While she hadn’t intended to commit fraud, she had planned to postpone fulfilling the promise for a long time. In fact, she hadn’t specified an exact date from the beginning. This was why contracts needed to be examined carefully.

“But just in case, let me ask – did you send a ghost to me? Be honest.”

-A ghost? You speak words I don’t understand.

Leviathan tilted his head.

“Ah… So it really is because of that fraud. First, show me your scales. Let me check your condition.”

There was definitely something bothering her. Swoooosh-. Leviathan slowly moved his massive body.

“Wait a moment.”

Calisia placed her hand on the smooth scales. The vengeful spirits’ energy had become thicker and darker in just a few days.

-Killwanttoripteartoshredrippiecestogetheronewhobonescheweatwilldeadwant

Calisia closed her eyes and concentrated on the jumbled cries of the vengeful spirits.

[I want to die]

Among the countless voices, a particularly faint sound caught her ear. It was a suicide ghost.

“I wondered why you were being dragged around by spirits like this. You didn’t devour humans—you received divine punishment, didn’t you?”

Divine punishment, or dongto. It was a type of curse received for wrongly touching something that shouldn’t be disturbed. In Leviathan’s case, there was a high probability he had touched a shrine.

“General!”

Calisia sprang up from her seat. The General had always opened the Demon Realm for her whenever she was in crisis. The same was true when she needed something or had a problem to solve.

“Right now, both this one and I need Complete Transformation, you know? If you’re planning to come, please bring two items!”

The crisis of the soul’s gap, the problem of solving Leviathan’s divine punishment, and something to grant Complete Transformation. With all three conditions perfectly aligned, the General would surely appear.

[Two]

As Calisia expected, familiar letters appeared in the sky. It was a Vision.

“Two? You’re giving me two rewards?”

Along with a dazzling cluster of light, an ancient book appeared. Calisia, her heart urgent, poured out questions in a rush.

“When are we really going home! Can we even go? Please answer with yes or no! Yes? Yes?”

Whirrr—

[Chronicle of the Lesser Dragon]

Calisia crossed her arms with a sullen expression. Once again today, her earnest cries were being buried under the sound of turning pages.

“How can you never give a proper answer even once?”

Calisia sighed as she watched the blue whirlpool that began swirling violently.

“There’s nothing to grab onto today either.”

Calisia, who had reflexively tried to reach out her hand, ran her tongue across the inside of her jaw. This was the first time she was being sucked into the Demon Realm alone without Ian.

“I should have woken him up to come together. If he finds out I went alone, there’ll be another uproar… Ugh, ahhh!”

A fierce wind swallowed Calisia whole.

***

“So is it true that divine punishment has occurred?”

Calisia’s eyes snapped open. A lit furnace, a cauldron billowing with steam, and a brass bell clutched in her hand. Unlike usual, this Demon Realm seemed to start from the center of the story.

“Why aren’t you speaking! Are you certain that divine punishment has occurred?”

The Man with Hat urged Calisia with an anxious expression. It seemed the role she was assigned this time was that of a shaman.

Clang—

Calisia shook the Spirit Bell vigorously. Each time the brass bells collided with each other, fragments of the body’s owner’s memories flowed in.

—Divine punishment has befallen the village…

The Man with Hat sat before the Buddhist painting and Buddha statue, constantly fidgeting with his fingers.

—The Magistrate will provide backing, so don’t worry about anything else and just focus on properly…

—…please appease the divine punishment well. I’m asking this of you.

The man who had been strangely flustered began glancing at the shaman. From what he was saying, he seemed to be a clerk serving the magistrate.

-…will bestow a great reward. Hey! How dare you speak of that person!

The memory cut off and Calisia lightly shook her head. When afterimages from the Vision remained, it was difficult to concentrate.

“Hmm, frozen earth….”

Calisia waved her hand to clear away the smoke that obscured her view. The inside of the cauldron was burnt black.

“Is this a chili pepper?”

Calisia pointed at something that had turned into charcoal.

“That’s right. But you put it in, so why are you asking me….”

“There’s frozen earth here.”

Calisia closed the pot lid. The so-called ‘Frozen Earth Detection’. Burning chili peppers in a furnace or cauldron was an old protective art for detecting frozen earth.

“Since there’s no spicy smell at all.”

Calisia surveyed the entire kitchen. Where on earth had the frozen earth come from?

[Keyword Fulfilled]

Dong-

Thud!

The sound of a drum rang out along with the text. It was no longer a surprising sight.

[Chapter 1: The Village Where Frozen Earth Fell]

A village where frozen earth fell due to divine wrath. People began falling seriously ill, and eventually started losing their lives one by one….

? Command: Investigate the truth behind the frozen earth

! Reward: Move to next chapter

× Failure: Experience frozen earth

※ A foreign national has been detected. Auto Translation Service will be applied.

Time stopped, and a scroll banner unfurled in mid-air.

“Foreign national?”

Calisia, who had been making all sorts of expressions while examining the scroll banner, turned her head sharply back and forth. With Ian not even around, there was no way a foreign national could be here.

“Is this where you used to live?”

At that moment, a young man with long flowing hair stood before Calisia. It was Izriel, who had been inadvertently caught up in the Spirit Communication.

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