I Was Chosen as the Saint’s Husband

218 – Part 2 Episode 46, The most terrible thing in this world is material greed.

I explained it seriously to Dave, and he nodded that he understood.

Still, looking up at the sky and sighing, he seemed to have realized that the situation was quite dangerous.

To tell you the truth… I’ve only seen people die because they didn’t have one of these empty magic stones.

That too in a past life.

In my past life, I had a friend who played with me often.

That friend was an ordinary guy who had nothing to do with magic, magical power, or anything like that.

But one day, he suddenly complained of a headache and collapsed.

The parents tried to find out the cause of the disease by going to the hospital, but they were unable to find the cause and had no choice but to spend the child receiving treatment at home.

It’s been about 3 years since we last saw each other.

I heard from the village elders that the friend died in such a serious condition that he was unrecognizable.

“There was nothing I could do at that time. Even adults didn’t let me see them.”

We were friends, but we weren’t friends anymore.

The friend was suffering from headaches every day that made his head feel like it was going to explode, making him so nervous that he couldn’t even talk.

And the last words that such a friend left me were… I’m sorry.

How sad that is… Only I, who witnessed my friend’s changing appearance, knows.

So, I never want to see something like that happen again.

Even if it’s not a big deal, if I think it might happen, I want to prevent it in some way.

I guess I overreacted because of the trauma I experienced at that time.

“So… I might die without anyone knowing?”

“I’m not sure yet. But you never know.”

“…okay.”

Even if it’s Dave, he’s probably a little scared.

The fear of suddenly dying is very similar to the feeling of fear right before you die.

This is a fear that we can understand because we have all died before.

Anyway, Eri later told me that she would make the empty magic stone into an accessory and give it to me, so I should wear it every day without forgetting.

I warned him that he should never take it off, even when sleeping or washing, and he nodded seriously, unlike usual.

Dave is serious when he’s serious.

I was worried that you might take it as a joke.

“You’re so worried about me, but there’s no way I’m thinking it’s a joke, right? It’s a bit awkward to say this, but… thank you.”

“Thank you.”

Dave has grown a lot compared to when I first met him.

When we first met, it felt quite different.

What should I say then…

Should I say that there was still a lot of childishness left in me?

If he felt like a child even though he was one year older than me, how much of a child would he have been?

***

Even after about a week of living with the empty magic stone that Eri had processed around his neck, Dave did not develop any special symptoms.

Was it just a cold… Or was the accumulated magical energy escaping through the empty magic stone and not causing any symptoms…

I don’t know the details, but I can still feel at ease.

Still, I need to get a thorough examination just in case…

The disadvantage is that a medical carriage must be called here to examine the magical disease.

There is a separate medical tool that treats that disease.

Well, I have plenty of money, so it’s not a problem.

It looks like it will take about a month.

“According to the church headquarters, there was a call from the Judith region, so it looks like they will be late if they go back there.”

Aria, who came to inquire directly at the church headquarters, gave me detailed information.

The Judith region is where a large earthquake occurred not long ago, and there are still many injured people, so all the medical wagons are headed there.

So it looks like you got the answer that it will take some time to get back here.

Well, Dave is safe now, so there’s no need to call him quickly, but…

“A month is less time than I thought. Thank you for asking and coming.”

“Oh…no!”

Aria quickly shook her head and waved her hand, saying there was no need to thank her.

Even though it’s been two years since she became my guardian priest along with Mr. Ether, I still can’t help but feel embarrassed to say thank you.

Eri usually follows me around, but today I seemed to be busy, so Eter followed me.

It’s so strange to me that I have to take a priest with me every time.

However, if you do not take the guardian priest with you, the knights at the entrance will not let you out of the house.

They said there was nothing they could do because they received a direct order from the Pope.

So I always have someone with me.

I don’t tend to take Dave or Cain with me because they are my contacts.

“Your Majesty… By the way, did you visit the church headquarters today for some reason?”

“I received a call from the priest earlier. He said he had something urgent to say…”

The Pope sent a message to come urgently, so something must have happened.

It’s probably related to the minions of chaos.

“I heard you were waiting around here…”

I usually saw him in the office, but today he seemed to want to talk outside.

So, I am looking for my father-in-law while looking around the artificial pond at Naebmu, the church headquarters where we were supposed to meet.

“Yes.”

As I was walking ahead, I heard a sound from behind and turned my head.

No matter who heard it, it was the Pope’s voice, so they laughed bitterly and scratched their heads.

“Huh? Did I pass by?”

“Haha, I came this way after seeing Your Majesty passing by.”

“Ah, that’s a relief.”

I don’t know what’s good about it.

First, we exchanged greetings and decided to walk a bit.

By the way, the Pope has many escorts when he goes out.

I think they are being more careful because there was an assassination incident before.

“I was planning to go out to see His Majesty, so I shortened it a bit.”

“Did you shorten it?”

“Yes, it can be said that it is the safest place in the world to be next to Your Majesty.”

I’m glad you said that.

Because I’m one of the few people who knows that my past life was as a true king.

If other people had just heard that, they would say, ‘Ah, because it’s next to the hero.’ You might think:

In fact, because he is a hero, he stands at a higher point than any other human in this world.

“By the way, what did you call me for today? I heard it was very urgent.”

“Yes… Actually, the Holy Knights defeated a Chaos minion, but something strange came out of the Chaos minion, so I was rushed to the church headquarters.”

“It’s strange…”

There are more minions of chaos to drop than you think.

Depending on what you use as a medium for your activities, things like the climate you control or the despair you spread change.

Think of it like Rotom from Pokémon.

If one is possessed by a blade such as a knife or an axe, the despair caused by the knife will stick to people.

I become afraid of knives and sharp things.

And it makes them paranoid that their lives are being threatened, and all people with blades seem like their enemies.

And the entire village kills and kills until there is only one person left.

It’s absolutely terrible.

What was the most terrifying medium in your past life?

Was a Chaos minion possessing something like a guillotine that executes people?

All those who were cursed by the servant of chaos were executed in front of the guillotine and died.

When the sun falls and someone dies, the next person takes the body away and then fixes the person’s neck on the guillotine.

And when the sun falls, you die and the next person cleans up…

When I found it, the heads of 400 people in the village were lying on the ground.

“What was it like?”

“This is it.”

What my father-in-law showed me was a transparent stone… or was it crystal?

I don’t know what it was, but it was something that seemed opaque but was also transparent.

The minions of chaos wouldn’t use something like this as a medium.

The medium used is things related to human despair.

Animals killed by humans.

A knife that stabbed a person to death.

The guillotine is called the executioner.

Other than these things…

Why on earth is there a reason for this?

“Don’t be alarmed. This large lump is said to be Adamantine.”

“….yes?”

“It’s a diamond that hasn’t been processed yet. It’s said to be 850 carats.”

Oh my… this is a diamond?

Even if it hasn’t been processed yet, I think it’s so big that it can’t even be compared to the ‘Star of Africa’.

I can’t even imagine how much it would be.

No, can you put a value on something like this?

“And I feel like I’m feeling a bit of a bad vibe…”

“Yes… I think there’s a curse on it.”

I see…

So this ridiculously sized diamond indirectly killed countless people.

I don’t know who discovered it and who owns it.

Becoming a medium possessed by a servant of chaos means that death and death are intertwined.

“It gives me goosebumps. What kind of rock is this…”

“Yes, as a human being in this world, I feel ashamed.”

The Pope clicked his tongue and shook his head.

How can money even kill people?