Do Heroes Need Welfare Too? - Chapter 179
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Part 2, Chapter 46
“By any chance, is this lady Iberis, who is said to be the Hero’s lover?”
The postman looked at Iberis and spoke. The appearance of the Hero’s lover had already spread far and wide.
Even at the ballroom, despite participating as Adam’s partner, people could recognize that she was the rumored ‘Hero’s lover.’
There was no way the commoners who enjoyed gossip wouldn’t know this fact.
And eventually, even the postman recognized her to this extent.
Moreover, being next to Kyrillos, Adam’s close friend, made it even more undeniable.
“Now I can’t even run away.”
Iberis let out a hollow laugh as she spoke.
“Of course. If you did, Adam would search to the ends of the Empire for you.”
Kyrillos spoke with a mocking tone in his voice.
When she nodded, the postman took out a piece of mail from his bag and handed it to her.
“Hmm…?”
Iberis tilted her head and received the letter the postman handed her.
Two pairs of silver wings. It bore the Temple’s seal.
It was the same letter as Kyrillos’s.
‘What could the Temple suddenly want?’
Iberis looked up at Kyrillos with an ominous feeling.
Then Kyrillos also confirmed that what he held and what she received were the same.
“For the maid too?”
Iberis silently nodded and showed it to him.
“Yes. I wonder why it came to me.”
Kyrillos tore open the envelope without even a paper knife.
Though he worried the contents might be damaged, Kyrillos seemed experienced as he pulled out an intact letter.
“They want us to come to the Temple as soon as possible?”
Kyrillos muttered as if he couldn’t understand the intention.
He stroked his chin with his hand, then snatched the letter from Iberis’s hand and opened it too.
As expected, it contained the same content.
‘Is it a forgery?’
However, it bore not an ordinary seal, but one that only the Elderly High Priest could use.
‘And…’
Kyrillos narrowed his eyebrows.
Gold powder was added over the silver seal. This was a mark used when inviting key figures around the time they planned the rebellion.
‘Come to think of it, they said they found traces of the Demon King’s resurrection ritual in the Emperor’s room. Could this be related to that?’
If so, it made sense to call Iberis, who had a close relationship with Adam.
After thinking for a moment, Kyrillos decided to ask the person involved.
Kyrillos returned the letter to her and asked.
“Do you want to go?”
“I’m a bit anxious. There must be a reason they sent a letter to me too, right?”
Kyrillos nodded.
He knew she would say that.
Since it was a letter from the Temple, she would think it was related to Adam.
Really, she was someone who wouldn’t spare even her life when it came to Adam’s affairs.
“Then let’s go together! If a dangerous situation arises, I’ll immediately transport you with magic.”
“You said one transport uses up almost all your mana.”
“…It’s proportional to the distance! We can just take a carriage first.”
Kyrillos flinched at his weakness being pointed out.
Adam must have told her!
He still couldn’t use transport magic to travel between domains.
Not only was the mana consumption large, but he wasn’t skilled enough to use it yet.
However, Iberis was already uninterested in him.
Iberis, who had been staring intently at the letter as if there were hidden characters, spoke.
“Or it might be because of the coronation.”
“Ah, that makes sense. If that’s the case, it would be reasonable.”
Kyrillos nodded as if it made sense.
Judith’s coronation was just around the corner.
Usually, the Emperor’s coronation involved the Elderly High Priest passing the crown to the new Emperor.
So the Temple had a role, and they might want to discuss that.
‘But to the maid too?’
Of course, it would be strange for Adam not to participate in the coronation.
He was in a position where he had to voluntarily hand over the throne to Judith and bless her.
It would also be strange for Iberis not to be by his side.
Still, there were some suspicious aspects.
Kyrillos briefly wondered if he should leave Iberis at the mansion.
But if Adam received the same letter, he would come to the Temple.
Even if not, he could take only her and evacuate in an emergency.
After thinking briefly, Kyrillos suggested as if he had a good idea.
“Or should we call Adam?”
“I called him.”
“…When?”
Kyrillos spoke with narrowed eyes.
The maid had clearly been staring blankly into space just moments ago?
“Ah.”
Only then did Iberis make an ‘oops’ expression.
“When you’re in love, you’re connected, or something like that?”
“That’s… right.”
Iberis gave an ambiguous smile.
‘Does she mean the letter would have gone to Adam too?’
Or are they conspiring to tease me? Kyrillos stared at Iberis suspiciously.
The sweat beading on her cheeks was quite suspicious.
Then Iberis spoke loudly.
“Sh-shall we take my carriage?”
“Mm, sounds good.”
Kyrillos readily agreed.
Standing next to her, Kyrillos muttered quietly, “Adam would definitely say something if he knew, but whatever.”
Iberis pretended not to hear.
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When the carriage bearing the Grace family crest arrived at the Temple, High Priests came out to greet them.
And when Kyrillos got out first from inside, they couldn’t hide their confusion as he wasn’t who they were expecting.
Passing by them, Kyrillos grinned.
“I just came to pray.”
“I see. We’ll guide you, Your Grace.”
“That’s fine.”
Kyrillos politely declined and extended his hand into the carriage.
Iberis took his hand and quickly stepped down from the carriage.
“I know the way, so it’s fine.”
They declined the High Priests’ offer to guide them and walked down the hallway.
If it was a letter sent with the Elderly High Priest’s personal seal, it would mean to come secretly.
It was a meeting secretly preparing for rebellion, hosted by the Elderly High Priest and Adam.
Few High Priests knew this fact, so they couldn’t bring them along.
In the end, they moved stealthily.
“But what do you think is the real reason they called us?”
“Maybe they wanted to see the face of the rumored maid?”
Kyrillos spoke in a nonchalant voice as they headed to the secret meeting place.
“Well, judging by the Temple’s atmosphere, it doesn’t seem like anything serious, so that’s a relief. It really must be because of the coronation.”
“You’re quite natural at this?”
“Well, I could navigate a place like this with my eyes closed-”
“Not that way.”
Kyrillos, who seemed unfamiliar with the Temple’s structure, was about to head in the wrong direction again. Iberis looked at him with bewildered eyes as he tried to go the opposite way.
“I usually come here using magic.”
Kyrillos said shamelessly.
Iberis let out a laugh at his brazen attitude.
“The Duke of Evant who sent a proxy claiming to be busy is quite bold.”
“But I can’t miss the coronation that’s only a week away.”
Adam’s coronation, or more precisely Judith’s coronation, was now only a week away.
Once today’s coronation rehearsal was finished, a major task would be completed.
Adam would appropriately suppress the Elderly High Priest’s power to prevent the Temple from seizing control of the Imperial Palace.
And once Judith fully ascended to the throne, the troublesome gazes would naturally fall away.
Had a plan ever flowed this smoothly before?
Iberis felt a trembling of unknown origin.
He became even more anxious because everything was going so well.
Even though it was a Temple hallway they had walked through many times, today it looked different.
Iberis briefly touched the Sacred Relic hanging around his neck, then spoke to him.
“…But hasn’t the atmosphere been strange since earlier?”
Iberis said, frowning slightly.
His body was crying out instinctively.
That they shouldn’t go any further forward.
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