The Peaceful Life Of A Maid Who Hides Her Power And Enjoys It - Chapter 80

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Chapter 80

What an irritable guy.

Grumbling, he followed behind Urdr. They entered the White Celestial Citadel and headed toward the Central Altar, passing through seven doors.

Following the long marble path, at its end broken walls and ceiling were revealed, and a young man sat comfortably sprawled on the ground in front of the stone altar, waiting for them.

It was none other than Lord Caleph.

Berdand and Urdr swallowed dryly, stopped fifteen steps away, and knelt down.

“Kalerpa, Kalerpa, Kale…”

“Are you both still Hui?”

Below their reverently bowed heads, the two men’s gazes met briefly.

“…”

“…”

At the end of the lengthening silence, a short clicking sound was heard.

“I believe I said that if you want to continue Loqwe’s lineage, you need to cross the fourth wall as soon as possible.”

“…”

“…”

“Seeing that you’re prepared to get scolded, you’re still far off. Where did Loqwe’s Kalerpas spend their age? It’s the same now as it was 50 years ago.”

“In all of heaven and earth, only Lord Caleph would say such things about us.”

When he squeezed out a word with courage, Urdr glared at him.

It was a look asking where he got the nerve to talk back to Lord Caleph’s nagging.

A small laughing sound was heard from that distance.

“If you’re dissatisfied, give up your position and go on a world trip. It would have a more excellent effect than being nicely stuck in a garden like this reading books and cultivating your mind. Like Skuld.”

“…Wasn’t Skuld sent down to find Dian Ket’s relics?”

“That was the pretext. Right now I’m taking care of that matter myself.”

Lord Caleph is searching for Dian Ket’s relics instead?

They were so surprised that both Berdand and Urdr raised their heads with a start.

“Lord Caleph, you say? Why… I’ll grab that bastard by the collar and drag him here right now! Please wait just a moment!”

“Forget it. I didn’t come here for that matter, Urdr. Both of you come here.”

The two approached Lord Caleph with much improved expressions.

The Kalerpa who had returned after several years still had his brilliantly shining appearance unchanged.

In the multicolored sunlight falling through the ceiling cracks, his hair seemed to ripple more blue than the sea.

Lord Caleph was unchangingly strong and vigorous.

The impact this fact had on the two men’s psychological stability was tremendous.

When they were feeling deeply relieved, Lord Caleph asked Urdr.

“How many heart crystals are left in the Sanctuary?”

“119 pieces.”

“Bring me one sinner’s heart from among them.”

“Yes.”

Urdr, who had left through the door, returned quickly.

The heart crystal he handed to Lord Caleph was a very common crimson round crystal.

“Here, this is Shindo Pel’s heart. While crossing the third wall, he lost his reason and killed three fellow disciples before self-destructing. Since he had no blood relatives, the Sanctuary was keeping his heart.”

Lord Caleph didn’t ask trivial questions like ‘Why do you dislike Shindo Pel?’

“From now on, both Kalerpas should closely observe the changes in my soul.”

He simply grabbed the heart with a brief word and tossed it into his mouth.

Urdr couldn’t hide his bewilderment.

“Lord Caleph?”

“Mm. It’s a bit bitter.”

On top of that, he even savored the taste.

“How is it. Was there any change?”

Berdand pondered.

‘Has Lord Caleph gone temporarily mad in his long life?’

However, unlike him who was distracted by the situation before his eyes, Urdr was faithfully carrying out Lord Caleph’s command.

He opened his lips as if he had been waiting for the calm question.

“If I may speak presumptuously… by any chance, does consuming another’s heart break the soul’s balance?”

“I’m assuming that for now.”

“After Lord Caleph consumed the heart, your soul shook very slightly. But it was such a small tremor that one couldn’t notice without looking deeply, and now even that is gone.”

Berdand was surprised.

Heart crystals are objects made with pure affectionate intent.

They are not created for special gain, and are carried on the body with the wish to inherit the will of dead family or friends and to keep the souls of the living healthy.

Therefore, sinners’ hearts were not made into crystals. Only in cases like Shindo Pel, who committed unintentional murder, were they recognized as exceptions.

‘Such an important object. No one ever thought to swallow it in their mouth. But who would have thought it could affect the soul.’

Seeing Lord Caleph’s lukewarm reaction, it seemed like he already knew about this matter.

Urdr added more words.

“Your soul became more blurred. If you consume a stronger heart, the soul’s form might temporarily collapse.”

“Is that so? Then this time bring me the heart of a sinner who was a bit more useful.”

This time Urdr brought the heart of a disciple who had been a former Hui. This time Berdand also observed without missing the moment Lord Caleph swallowed the heart.

“It shook longer and more roughly. It seemed to become blurred for a moment too. Now it has returned to normal again.”

“Then what do you think would happen if I consumed your hearts?”

It was a question about what would happen if he swallowed the hearts of even more excellent Hui.

“Your soul would fluctuate extremely and deal damage to your body. But the damage would probably end at something like coughing up blood, wouldn’t it?”

“Then let me change the question a bit. What do you think would happen if Yete consumed a Kalerpa’s heart?”

Berdand and Urdr shook their heads with firm tones.

“They would die. Quite miserably.”

“Both body and soul would be brutally shattered, I think.”

“Naive fellows. Don’t you even think about the reverse?”

The reverse? Urdr and Berdand’s eyes met in mid-air.

The annihilation of soul and body. If the reverse of that…

‘…No way.’

Berdand asked back with disbelieving eyes.

“Are you saying that you can revive the dead using heart crystals?”

Instead of answering, Lord Caleph smiled slightly. A Kalerpa’s silence was always affirmation.

‘It’s quite a plausible hypothesis. That the soul’s form changes also means that a collapsed soul can be rebuilt.’

This could be called a groundbreaking discovery of the century. Nevertheless, Berdand couldn’t just find today’s experimental results interesting.

‘This kind of experiment…’

It was neither like Lord Caleph nor like Loqwe.

Because it was dangerous.

“You’re scared.”

Berdand didn’t deny the low rumbling voice.

“…I know that the august Lord Caleph sees clearly into our minds. As I age, only my fears increase. I’m ashamed to face you.”

All disciples of Loqwe maintain their boundaries before Lord Caleph and revere him as much as parents and teachers.

He does not try to manipulate the world with strength.

He simply existed in that position as the sole strong one. Like a god, he looks down upon his disciples and tries to lead them on the right path.

Loqwe was Lord Caleph. At least in the current generation it was so.

“I’m no different. That’s why it’s a dilemma.”

Urdr asked back carefully with questioning eyes.

“When you say dilemma…?”

“Whether I should go this far to save someone.”

Berdand and Urdr’s eyes collided again in mid-air.

‘Save?’

‘Who?’

This was the first they’d heard of it. What had he experienced in the past 4 years that talk of whether or not to save someone would come from those precious lips?

‘I’m curious.’

They say when you get old, you just become more meddlesome. His perfectly fine lips couldn’t stay still, twitching and fidgeting restlessly.

“What kind of… person is he?”

“What kind?”

Hmm.

After an ambiguous hum that was neither short nor long, a brief word popped out.

“Cute.”

…Cute?

‘Did I mishear?’

No. That couldn’t be. Lord Caleph had definitely said ‘cute.’

Looking at Urdr’s dazed expression, he had clearly heard correctly.

“…Did you perhaps see a child outside?”

Otherwise, there was no way those words would come from that mouth.

Since Lord Caleph was nearly 180 years old, perhaps there had been a change of heart…

“A child?”

The benevolent Lord Caleph smiled a murderous smile for the first time.

“Do you want to die?”

“Gasp.”

To make such words come from that noble tongue!

When he wisely pressed his forehead to the floor and prostrated himself, Urdr sneered and criticized him to his heart’s content.

“Pathetic fool. How dare you say such insane things to Lord Caleph? Stay there with your nose to the ground and die.”

Even though he himself had been wondering the same thing.

Berdand swallowed his sense of injustice and put all his energy into pressing his forehead down.

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