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Chapter 70 - Young Deaconess

After having lunch, Draxus separated with his group and told Olivia to stay with Pauleen and Juniper. While doing so, he went around the area while being led by the maid after notifying the pope that he'll go see the Deaconess. After arriving in front of the room, Draxus made a quick check on his stuff if everything is complete or not. "O Deaconess, Lord Kingfisher has come to visit you." The maid knocked on the door a few times before getting a response. "H-he's already here?! C-Come in!" The maid turned her gaze to Draxus before urging him to enter. Draxus then entered the room while lowering his headset to hand over his shoulders. "Good day to you, Deaconess Gwen. Once again, I am Draxus Heimdal Kingfisher Preeliance, I'm pleased to meet you, O Deaconess." Draxus gave a gentle smile and leaned his body forward with a light bow. "M-Me too... I wished to meet Lord K-Kingfisher after hearing about your actions... And battles..." After hearing her nervous tone, Draxus chuckled a little and offered her a handshake. "There's no need to be that formal with me, you may call me Draxus." Gwen got surprised as Draxus stepped in closer to her and caressed her head gently. "B-But... Your standing... You're much higher than every country..." Draxus simply laughed the matter off and removed his semi-formal tone. "Then, I'll be sure to call you Gwen. So that we won't be dealing with stuff." Gwen shyly looked down after nodding lightly and sat down on a chair with the table. "Without saying any words, she urged Draxus to sit next to her. "So, what kind of stuff does Gwen want to know?" Draxus sat down on the chair next to her as he brought out his phone. "Umm... First, what are those items? The one you're holding and the one on your neck?" Gwen pointed to the two white objects that Draxus had. "Ah, this small plate here is a phone. The phone has a lot of things like functions. Like, you can type down some notes in here, this also has a calculator for better computations of numbers, you can take images like this." Draxus pressed the camera icon and held the phone a little further away. He then took a picture of them and showed it to Gwen. "It has a lot of convenience but it's really hard to make." Gwen showed a surprised expression as she saw a picture of herself along with Draxus. "Woah... I'm in here now... Draxus too..." Draxus simply smiled and gave some short explanations on how it could be used. "It's a much easier way to record memories with a person, a scenery, or maybe something else." Gwen nodded as she slowly took the phone from Draxus's hand. She then tried to use the phone while looking like she's trying to handle a delicate object. Draxus chuckled a little before patting her head once more. "F-Fueh?!" Draxus was taken aback a little with the reaction before laughing lightly. "Relax, relax, I won't do anything. Besides, you're quite interested in it huh? There's one thing that this phone can do though. I heard that you have a magic called [Song Incitement]?" When Gwen heard the words [Song Incitement] she immediately twitched in reaction. "Calm down, calm down, there's no need for you to panic here. I just wanted to ask if you like singing." Gwen nodded her head while turning her head to Draxus. "Y-Yeah... Whenever I sing, it makes the people around me feel very happy. So I really enjoyed seeing people who became so happy to hear a voice cheering them." Draxus let out an interested voice before asking more questions. "What kind of songs do you usually sing?" Gwen pondered for a bit before giving Draxus her answer. "Well, it's mostly songs that are very calming and lovely. Those are the only songs that I know." Draxus leaned his back on the chair and began pondering about what to do. "Hmm... I want to hear your singing voice." Draxus turned his gaze to Gwen and gave a smile while requesting her to sing, causing her to feel a little embarrassed as she's being requested to sing only for one person alone. "U-Umm... Alright then..." After taking a deep breath, Gwen stood up and began singing for Draxus. With a nicely soothing voice, Draxus felt her singing voice like his magic is being rearranged. In his mind, a short monologue was brought out. "Wait... This isn't incitement magic... But to cancel out inflicted effects... In theory, the barrier prevents us to use magic because it was disarranged while inside the barrier. But Gwen just rearranged my magic while singing... I get the concept now." After the monologue in his mind, he decided to simply listen to her singing in bliss.

In the underground junction of the cathedral, Cronus, Iapetus, and Axel were talking about finding a way to get rid of Draxus. "Axel, I know you are wishing to fight against Draxus himself alone, but you're screwed as he has powers far surpassing heroes." Axel clicked his tongue as he slams his hand on the table. The three of them simply watched Draxus and Gwen through the screen while Cronus was staring at the two weapons Draxus held. "Hmm... I have known the styles of these weapons but I never saw them at least once in my life." Iapetus was simply calm while drinking tea. Axel was gritting his teeth as he saw Gwen stand up and started singing to Draxus alone. "It's supposed to be tradition for the Deaconess and the Hero to be together, and for the hero to give his blood to the Deaconess first, not some Otherworlder." Cronus sighed and simply handed over Axel's golden swords. "Haaah... If you want to be first that much, just invade her place tonight. It'll be your own fault if Draxus ends up finding you, since I know for the fact that he doesn't sleep in occasions called trips." Axel smiled as he took the two golden swords. "That would be great, I'll be able to kill him since he can't use magic." He then left the meeting room and went towards a different room to practice a single ability. "[Blade Ascension]!"

After Gwen finished singing, Draxus clapped his hands repeatedly on instinct while smiling. "That was really delightful! I felt like I was in paradise hearing such beautiful voice!" Gwen ended up blushing while covering her face. "Uuu... Embarrassing... But I'm glad you loved it..." Draxus nodded while giving her a genuine smile. "Mhm, I really loved it." Seeing a smile like that, Gwen widened her eyes to Draxus who seemed to really enjoy her singing voice. She then happily asked Draxus more questions. "Hey Draxus, I wonder what that object in your neck does?" Draxus held his headset and immediately went [Ah!]. "Whoops, I forgot to tell you more about this, it's a headset that allows me to listen to music. It's something like, you can hear an orchestra, or a choir straight to your ears. This one has been modified to my liking unlike the ones back in my old world." Gwen tilted her head while letting out a bit of confusion: "Music? Into the ears directly?" Draxus pondered as to how to explain it better. "Ah! How about I sing something as well? Since you also sang something, I might as well do so too so it would be fair." Gwen's confusion instantly turned into interest as there is somebody who sings just like her. In her world, singers are pretty rare as there have only been a few people who did singing due to the magic requirement for it as support is extremely huge. However, there was nobody to see it as a hobby aside from her. "Ehh?! What songs do you usually sing Draxus?" Draxus pondered while thinking of a good song that's somewhat upbeat. "Hmm... Honestly, I don't have a preferred genre when it comes to songs. All songs are good songs regardless of their genre." While he did say that, Draxus was actually having a monologue as a dilemma. "This is bad, I don't have any normal songs memorized aside from memes or weebs. I can't just sing [Never Gonna Give You Up], [Together Forever], or any jap songs. I don't have any upbeat songs either..." While in a dilemma, he continued to answer Gwen's questions about what type of music until he bumped into one after scrolling his phone. "Ah, here's a good one, it's upbeat and a fun song." Draxus picked a song that was made by a western song artist which had an upbeat and fast tone. The meaning was deemed irrelevant by Draxus as he only memorizes songs if it intrigues him. "[Resonate], [Loudspeaker]." The headset didn't start toi glow as his magic was once again interrupted. "Ah da- Whoops, I forgot about magic interruption, guess I'll have to operate this manually." Draxus tapped three buttons on the right side of his headset which began to glow cerulean lights by stored magic power, he then began singing as the music started which got Gwen to fully enjoy the song due to its upbeat nature of music and Draxus adding the proper gestures for it.

"That was a really fun song! Did you learn it from your world?!" Draxus smiled after gasping for breath for finishing the upbeat song. "Y-Yep, it's a song from the western areas in my old world. It was something that got really famous and was pretty catchy." Draxus then checked the window and noticed that a bit of time has passed as he saw the sun on the horizon. "Shoot, it's already near the start of dusk. I have to check on my members on the order." When Gwen noticed that Draxus has something to do, she somewhat sulked as Draxus will be getting a little busy. Draxus noticed that expression and caressed her head gently. "Did you enjoy your time today?" Gwen nodded slowly as a response which made Draxus scratch the back of his head. "I enjoyed my time with you too. Don't worry, I'll pay a visit again here later when I get the time." Because of the words that he'll visit again later, Gwen looked up to Draxus and smiled happily. "It's a promise!" With complete innocence in her expression, Draxus was taken aback with the expression and smiled. "Yeah, I promise." Draxus then left the room while giving a light greeting. Gwen waved her hand with a genuine smile which finally showed itself after a long time.