Bringing Culture to a Different World

nd walked into the Hearthstone Tavern.
Pest followed him inside.

But, the moment she entered the tavern, she felt something that she hated… the power of the Holy Light.

Pest immediately sought for the source of the Holy Light power.

This tavern was many times larger than the demon realm’s small taverns filled with sccubbi.
But, she was still able to quickly find a woman with short golden hair among a bunch of mages…

“Messai, even if you possess Ragnaros the Firelord, you will not be able to defeat me.
Today, I will have you experience the fear of never being able to reach the Legendary tier.”

“…”

This was the most thrilling match in Messai’s Hearthstone history.
She encountered an old opponent, the inquisitor from the Heresy Tribunal, Cheryl.

Cheryl should’ve already returned to the Holy City.
But, for some unknown reason, she came back to Norland.
Messai didn’t know why she came back but Desireless did not continue to give the order to bring Cheryl back to the Holy Church.

Because of that, Messai felt Cheryl’s return to be somewhat fishy.
But, she’s only a templar and was unqualified to inquire about the behaviors of an ‘inquisitor.’

Cheryl’s talent in Hearthstone was much greater than Messai.
Even her luck was much better than Messai’s.
Many times during their match, Messai had thought her Lord was standing by that inquisitor’s side.

In the end, their match ended up Cheryl using a deck given to her by a mage out of friendship and defeating Messai with 1 health remaining.

Right after their match ended, before Messai could inquire Cheryl why she returned to Norland, her ‘third eye’ detected an uncomfortable aura.

Scarlet thick blood.
The special perception granted to Messai by the heavens allowed her to smell a stifling reeking of blood.

Messai had only once ‘smelled’ this sort of reeking of blood before.
It was from an evil homicidal maniac.

None of the mages in the tavern detected that reeking of blood.
Not even Cheryl detected it.
Cheryl was busy with opening the card packs she won from Messai.

Messai stood up from her seat.
Through the perception she received from her ‘third eye,’ she looked to the entrance.

The excellent templar’s eyes immediately locked onto Pest standing at the entrance.
When Messai’s eyes faced that pair of scarlet eyes, she recognized the identity of the person she was looking at.

Vampire! They were a wicked race that associated themselves with the demons! But, different from the tyrannical demons, the vampires were vicious existences that considered humans as ‘food.’

Recently, more and more strange races were appearing in the Hearthstone Tavern.
Albeit, the majority of them do not hold any malice toward humans.

But, Messai felt clear hostility from that vampire…

She did not come to this tavern for the sake of playing a round of hearthstone.
Instead, she came here for some other purpose.

Golden runes appeared on Messai’s arm.
Today was her day off.
During her days off, she would come to hang out in the Hearthstone Tavern during the day.
Because of that, she did not bring any weapon with her.

But, even without any weapon, she was still a powerful templar using only the power of the Holy Light.

If Messai was thinking in the interest of the Holy Church, there would be no reason for her to protect this tavern.
After all, this was a demon’s lair.

But, Messai’s faith lies not with the Holy Church and their interest.
Instead, her faith lies with the virtues recorded in the canons.

And, most importantly… she was a Hearthstone player…

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