NOVEL NEXT Chapter 62.2
But those who had obtained the golden elixir from Isaac were on the verge of suffocation from the tearing pain in their stomachs.
“Cou, cough! What, what’s happening! I clearly felt strength coming into my body…!”
“Why is my stomach suddenly…!”
“Couuuugh!”
Isaac approached them as they writhed in agony, his smirk disappearing. The innocent face of the small boy who had been grinning mischievously vanished, and his gaze turned cold.
“Hey. You’re going to vote ‘maintain,’ right? If not, there won’t be an antidote. Deal with it yourself.”
“What the hell?!”
“By the way, if you try to go to the infirmary and ask for treatment, I’ll expose everything to Naiser Sephet. I’ll tell him you were planning to betray the Red for elixirs. Since it contains a magic core, there probably won’t be an antidote other than Eshua has.”
“?!”
Upon hearing this, the apprentices broke out in a cold sweat.
If it really contained a magic core, there were few priests who could treat it, except the Blue family dealing with demons.
Even if they searched the Papacy, they might not find an antidote and might die in agony before that.
Moreover, since they had already taken it, they couldn’t even complain to Naiser before dying.
‘Wait, damn it. Before that, would Blue even do such a thing?’
In the end, there was only one path they could choose.
* * *
And now.
‘Damn it, can’t believe those guys from Eshua would pull such a trick…!’
In the end, those who were deceived by Isaac unanimously voted, and now they had no choice but to plead with Isaac.
“Uwaaaah! Harmony passed! Give us the antidote!”
“I can’t stand it anymore!”
“Hmm, where did I put it…”
“Hey!!”
At this point, they felt terrified of Isaac.
‘Ugh, didn’t they mention that this brat swallowed Skeleton King’s bones when he was still a baby?’
‘He should’ve gone through something worse than this; how did he endure this pain?’
Feeling sick to the stomach, oddly, made this kid seem respectable. Is this person really the one called a Saint by the Skeleton King?
“Weird. I had both the medicine and the antidote in one place.”
What Isaac pulled out from his belongings was none other than a cloth diaper.
“Oh, here it is, the antidote.”
Ah! Even if storing medicine in a cloth diaper feels uncomfortable, he is our savior for now!
Shuri spoke to the supposed savior.
“…Hey, isn’t that the diaper you carried during the ordination ceremony?”
“It’s okay. It’s clean because I haven’t used it.”
Damn it! That guy is definitely not a Saint but a Devil!
However, for now, even that will do. The apprentices reached out with trembling hands.
“Quick, give it to us…!”
“Please! It’s our limit now!”
“Alright, here.”
The moment Isaac offered the antidote with his small hand.
Bang!
“Don’t give away my subordinates?!”
A familiar face barged into the Blue’s living room.
Entering confidently, the intruder was a red-clothed man, which was not originally allowed as it represents the color of faith.
Compared to his peers, he was tall and had a good build, looking like a well-trained adult. He seemed like a knight, and he was here to find Isaac.
“You bastard, you bribe those kids to steal them? Stand still… Urgh!”
He tried to grab Isaac by the collar, but people around him rushed in like crazy.
“Don’t touch Isaac! If you do, we won’t let you off easy!”
“?!”
“Right, you crazy bastard! Why are you suddenly showing up and interfering?! Damn it! Are you planning to kill us!”
“???”
Naiser, who was caught, had a bewildered expression, and Shuri, who had been observing the situation, was speechless. This was because Isaac had witnessed Naiser’s every move as soon as he entered.
‘That cunning bastard…’
Isaac was trying to throw the medicine he was holding into the fireplace.
And every time Naiser moved, Isaac moved the medicine closer to the fire. And if he moved again, he pushed it even closer to the flames.
It seemed like the victims were about to set Naiser on fire and hold him.
Isaac approached Naiser, who couldn’t move a muscle.
“If you thought about taking something, you should’ve thought about getting it taken away too.”
“…!”
He grabbed Naiser Sephet by the head.
“You said that when you told them to betray me, right? But what people seek in critical moments is overwhelming authority and power, isn’t it?”
“!”
Naiser Sephet, who met Isaac’s red eyes directly, trembled in shock.
“You’re wrong. Kid. What people seek in critical moments is their own necks.”
“…!”
Authority? Power?
“There’s no bargaining with death, kid.”
Isaac’s eyes, smiling, were so cold it made Naiser’s eyes feel numb.
What reflected in his eyes was not madness or ferocity. It contained a deeper, more primal darkness, even transcending death itself.
So Naiser Sephet felt chills down his spine.
Shivering.
‘How can a person have such eyes?’
As much as the Red is trained in torture and repentance, they are accustomed to fear and pain. As a direct descendant of the Red, he was even more thoroughly trained than others.
But what? Why does this guy have eyes more suitable for the Red than the Red himself!
But Isaac smirked.
“If you understand, bring the business sponsorship funds, compensation, and stamped documents that you were planning to give to them! Move it!”
Is he a priest, or just a thug?
“…No, okay, just give us the antidote!”
The apprentices screamed.
* * *
At the same time, the Papal office.
Knock knock.
Upon hearing the knock, the Cardinal of Gold rose from his seat as if he had been waiting.
“Come in.”
The door opened, and the attendants who had gone to fetch Isaac entered. Apparently, Isaac was coming.
‘It took seven days just to see a mere apprentice.’
He had waited so long to meet without attracting attention, but it all ended today.
The Cardinal, who was preparing to greet the guests despite his irritation, stopped short.
He had no choice.
“…”
Nothing.
The door opened, but there was no sign of Isaac anywhere. Only the attendants stood there, sweating profusely and cautiously looking around.
“Where’s Isaac Eshua?”
“…”
“…He went to borrow the Golden Elixir from the Pope. He said he’d come back with it.”
He didn’t say what he needed it for, but it must have been for the
But.
“He hasn’t come back?”
“No.”
“He just took it and shut up?”
“…Yes.”
The bowed attendants were almost on the verge of tears.
“Um, my lord. Should we threaten Isaac Eshua for passing
“No, it’s not illegitimate.”
The Golden Elixir was a precious elixir of gold. If he used it to enlist team members, it was just a means of trade, not misconduct.
In the end, Cardinal Berit grabbed his forehead as if he had a headache.
“Is there anything else?”
“…”
“Anything else!”
“…That! He asked to send a larger sum of gold next time…!”
Cardinal Berit was dumbfounded.
Is… this guy for real?
In the end, as if reaching his limit, his quill suddenly snapped.