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Translator: Botanica
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◈ Academy’s Pure Love Dark Knight
Chapter 27
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Episode 27. The Purple Phoenix and the Vampire Saintess.
If I were to begin to explain why I know the Nameless Saintess so well,
I would have to go back to when I first encountered <Knight Heart>.
During my sweltering summer school days, cicadas chirping,
there was an advertisement that said you'd get character merchandise through a lottery if you drank a can of soda.
“Cider again today, Suhyun student?”
“Yes, I’ll have that.”
Seeing that, I always only drank cider with eight stars drawn on it at the snack bar. I wasn't good with bitter things, either.
“Why don’t you try other drinks?”
“Only this one has an event. Here’s the change.”
I remember being chided by the owner. I didn’t pay much attention. Honestly, cider is delicious, right? It’s refreshing.
“…This isn’t it.”
Other people’s goals were Ariel or the polymorphed dragon, but I was different.
“Still, I eventually got it.”
The sensation of steel shimmering in my hand.
A girl with wolf ears, smiling. Thankfully, she didn’t have a stoic expression, which was nice.
It was just one SD character keychain of the white-haired Saintess. In reality, it’s one of the items I still possess even ten years later.
(TL Note:
SD = Super Deformed; a chibi style, big head, small body.)
At that time, I felt the limit of what a middle school student could afford,
“Our Saintess’s 1:1 scale life-size figure is not for sale? Are you kidding me?”
When I almost failed to get the merchandise in <Black Heart>, as an adult, I slammed my bank account.
They said they’d give it as a gift to the player who bid the highest, or something. It was an infamous sequel event that I don’t even want to remember now.
[Wow, he actually bought that. Absolute whale…]
[At that point it’s not whaling; doesn’t he just have a Saintess fetish?]
[Moo~]
[The cash cow is speaking human language!!]
[Just look at how obscenely oversized she is…]
└[Pure Love Black Knight: What are you even talking about?? That’s overwhelming main-wife energy.]
└[Yeah, sure - next concubine. No solo happy ending for you.]
└[She had been ignored even in a harem… that is kind of sad.]
└[Pure Love Black Knight: (Saintess emoji shouting 'main wife')]
What am I supposed to do if the person I happened to fall for has that kind of figure?
“…”
Actually, she wasn’t a very popular character, so there were few competitors. Although I was treated like a madman in the game community, I didn’t care.
“Hahaha… Now I’ll have to live on instant noodles for a few months.”
A large package arrived at the apartment stairs and was almost difficult to handle, but I barely managed to bring it into my room,
and I greeted the real thing.
“If she were real, it would feel like this.”
A strange sensation came over me as I looked at her waist-length white hair. So, a woman’s hair can be this long. Her real golden wolf eyes looked prettier than in the game.
“…She’s shorter than me. Is that why she acted that way during the height-measuring event?”
[You’re quite tall…? Knight… Ucha..!]
There was a unique solo event where the Saintess would measure heights with the player and imagine a kiss. Whatever else, I could never forget her fresh, imaginative look as she stood on her tiptoes.
[That’s enough, Knight. You’re wearing a helmet, so you came out a bit taller!]
But why was there no kiss event for her alone?
While I enjoyed the <Knight Heart Trilogy>, my room, which had become packed with white merchandise, came to have a life-sized Saintess occupying one corner.
She was like a pure white musical staff from head to toe.
“Well, I guess it’s true that I fell for her face…”
This, too, was a smiling expression, unlike her usual, so it captivated me. She was a person with a beautiful smile. Seeing her when work was tough and tiring recharged me.
“Let’s definitely get a happy ending in this sequel, Saintess.”
That was my resolve when I looked at her the day before I received the email. It felt strange, like a groom-to-be being sent off,
…So is that why I got possessed?
Anyway, I’m this serious. There’s no way I wouldn’t recognize the Saintess, given all this.
***
“Ugh, my tongue is tingling. As expected, I can’t give my first kiss to just anyone.”
My vision blurred and then cleared, like fog lifting, and I stood again in the chapel-like space, sword in hand.
Dream is dream, reality is reality. Even if I twisted past that boundary, the unfortunate incident of my tongue actually being severed didn’t happen to me.
“Such… a heretic… existed…!!”
“Then you shouldn’t have imitated our Saintess from the start.”
I angrily told Servi, who was healing herself while clutching one side of her face.
“You, how dare you. You ruined the Hero of Omniscience’s prophecy…!!”
“I can write a third-rate novel too, you know.”
The Demon King also calculates the number of lives through the Book of Life and Death, so there might be many accurate parts, but I could make that level of speculation if asked.
I believe there is a destiny that can overcome a predetermined one, rather than just a fixed fate.
“…Where did you hide Chartiness senior?”
“Do you think I’d tell you that? Kyahahaha…!”
Honestly, I couldn't control my emotions. Should I have dug for more information about the senior’s whereabouts or The Heroic Cult?
All I knew were things like Omniscience or the Demon King of Truth.
Then, Nex’s voice was heard beside me.
“Huh…? Junior? Is that really you?”
“Nex senior. You’re late waking up.”
“Haha… My bad. I guess I slept a bit long…”
The purple-haired man also seemed to have regained his senses. That’s a relief. This means I’ll have fewer things to handle alone now. I took Nex’s hand, who was sitting, and helped him up.
“Don’t worry now. I watched the situation, and you’re really angry.”
“Do I look that way?”
“Yeah, your hands are trembling even now, junior.”
A remark that hit the mark. I hadn’t noticed. Is this why Nex worried about me at our first meeting? I felt a bit embarrassed to have my true feelings exposed.
“Chirp…!”
The phoenix’s focus had also returned. The revived spirit flapped its wings vigorously.
“Chiiirp! Chirp!”
“Yes, Chirpy. She tried to do something terrible by imitating our Char? I feel the same way.”
“Were you also affected, senior?”
“If I had been a little later? It’s thanks to you, junior. Thank you.”
Relief was visible on Nex’s fox-like smile, and the purple flame, trembling as if shaking off water, chirped,
expressing hostility towards the succubus before us.
“…This… can’t… be happening…! Clearly, in the Hero’s prophecy this time, Nex Aureus was…!”
“He’s a Demon King, not a Hero.”
“That’s right, Licht junior.”
The Apostle of Lust’s face was colored with bewilderment upon seeing Nex awaken.
Moreover, perhaps because I had injured her by sending out a sword energy.
“What, what? Why is there blood on my clothes?”
“…A succubus? She’s not the Hero?”
“Wasn’t she supposed to save people…? Why am I in a place like this…? Then, was it all a dream….”
Even the followers who seemed to believe in The Heroic Cult were somewhat confused.
It seems she didn’t gather believers from the start, did she? The fanatical faith an Apostle, unlike a Demon King, who can’t display divine power, could gather would naturally be only this much.
“Everyone, calm down…! This is a trick! There’s a heretic over there!”
Servi’s pink eyes glowed again as she ordered the followers.
She had recovered with divine power, but the damage to her body seemed to have broken the enchantment. Still, there were white-clad people targeting me and Nex.
“Seize those two immediately! No, kill the one with the Black Knight’s helmet! Kill him!”
The succubus pointed her finger at me. Isn’t this too blatant? Thinking my life was over, she contorted her face and laughed.
“Understood!!”
“A mace to the false hero!”
“The target is the Black Knight! Kill the heretic!!”
“Long live The Heroic Cult! Looooong live!”
White-clad men, continuously shouting with metallic voices, rushed towards me and Nex. Various weapons were held in their hands.
“…Junior, I’ll take care of this.”
“Understood, Purple Phoenix.”
Then, Nex stepped forward to block my path. I saw an overlap with the figure I’d seen in <Knight Heart>.
This, it’s like dialogue from a companion route. Could it be that he won’t be my rival?
“Hahaha… To rebel against a descendant of the Ten Greats, it’s not even funny anymore.”
“Chirp.”
Unlike usual, his expression was firm. Nex, with serious eyes, summoned his spirit. Flames rose in his purple eyes.
「Helios Midnight.」
The phoenix in his arms became a massive orb of flame. Heat like the sun raged.
“Only those who wish to burn to death, step forward. Heroic Cultists.”
He shouted towards the crowd and moved forward. The swirling purple flames opened a path towards the succubus.
“Ugh, ugh… It’s too hot….”
“My weapon, it melted…?”
“The magic circle isn’t appearing!!”
The mace held by the Heroic Cultist melted and became limp, and the magic circle being cast vanished into smoke.
As expected, spirits are indeed cheats.
Because they are strong, regardless of size. Seeing with my own eyes that even a wisp-like sparrow could display such immense abilities was a new experience.
“What are you doing! Try ice magic or anything!!”
Watching the followers who were now unable to endure and starting to flee, Servi was shouting in a crying voice. Unfortunately, it won’t work.
“It’s no use, Apostle of Lust.”
“What…?”
“The phoenix’s flame can burn everything. Be it magic, swordsmanship, or divine power.”
“Yeah, our junior is absolutely right.”
Wounds began to reopen on her healing body.
“Keh, kehuk… This can’t… be happening…”
“Our Licht junior has quite a temper, you know!”
“Is that so.”
He put his arm around my shoulder once more. The two of us were suddenly right in front of the succubus. I pointed my sword at her neck and asked.
“…Where is the Saintess named Chartiness? Answer properly this time, succubus.”
“Kyahahaha… Absolutely not…!”
She lowered her head deeply and began to laugh madly. If she didn’t want to tell, then fine. I moved my steps towards the platform.
“…Huh, junior?”
Nex felt something strange about my questionable actions. But time was pressing now. I was going to ask Servi in case the gimmick had changed.
“Don’t play with human lives.”
Now, I’ll just have to do it. In the original, clearing this gave good items, so I memorized it. I turned my back and began to talk to myself. I had to search my memories.
“There are two bricks missing right at this edge. Unnaturally.”
I placed my palm on one side of the wall. The feel of a recessed square lingered. It was so dark, I wouldn’t have seen it without Nex.
“W-what did you say? Heretic, what are you doing now…”
“So… like matching a puzzle.”
A gimmick like a sliding puzzle. When I touched it, it lit up brightly and reacted.
Strange patterns were carved largely on the platform wall. A spell formula like a magic circle that anyone would find suspicious. Originally, Servi would have interfered to prevent it from being solved.
Grrrk.
The enchantment was also broken, and the Apostle’s interference couldn’t even approach due to spirit arts. In the game, it was a structure where you just went in and solved a puzzle.
My hands trembled each time I fit a piece. Is this really correct?
Click, Clack.
Fortunately, a clear sound rang out, confirming my prediction.
“As expected, it’s a dungeon created by the Demon King of Omniscience.”
“I-impossible. That wall has divine power…”
To see this guy’s name here.
In the original, even after solving all this, there was nothing like this, but the fact that it’s the past always trips me up. My brow furrowed slightly.
As the puzzle was completed,
a colossal magic circle pattern was completed, and a large disc rotated as the wall moved inward like a safe opening. It seemed to be an intricate lock, as the sound of several gears turning was heard.
-Kugugugung!
“Head Ache.”
Ugh, the naming sense is truly awful.
Several letters glowed, revealing a hidden room inside.
“Char!!”
“Nex… Is that you?”
Inside, the Vampire Saintess was seen tied with ropes. She probably hadn’t been subjected to harsh treatment. If a hostage is harmed or something happens, persuasion itself becomes impossible from the start.
…Though if Nex had come alone, the story would have been different.
He paid no mind to the puzzle I had solved, and as soon as the door opened, he rushed inside.
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