231 – Rescue Operation
“Everyone is coming this way!”
A girl wearing white clothes.
Girls followed behind her with a sparkling forehead and white priestly robes.
In that order, they were Sylvia, Lina, and Danya.
The place they walk is a dark place behind the Vatican.
It was an alley with a huge old tree visible in the distance.
— Bruise, bruise
Black sediment that bounces every time they take a step.
“… Is this the right path?”
Turning her head to glance behind her, Elena busily walked with her feet.
“Trust me, Sister Danya. In order to sneak into the Holy See, you have to endure such a hard path… Sigh!”
Elena slipped on the mud floor and rolled once.
Elena quickly rolls around and stands up again. Despite looking at her with such distrust, the rest of her group followed her. Sylvia asks in a slightly cold voice.
“It is correct information that there is a back way to infiltrate the Holy See, right?”
“That’s right, Sylvia! We, the people of the Numina sect, are in a fierce conflict with the Celeste sect of the Saints! The Vatican is the home of the Celeste sect, so they are using all these intrusion routes!”
“… That’s certainly trustworthy. Actually, this is the best decision. If we walk through the front door, it’s clear that all weapons and such will be taken away.”
Sylvia kept her expression firm.
The opponent is the Holy See.
This is an organization that may seem benevolent at first glance, but is actually more cruel and calculating than anyone else.
As she ran the business, she knew well through her experience how difficult the Vatican was to deal with.
Ian’s crime is clearly being a ‘witch’.
This is the most cruel and despicable way in which the Vatican treats felons.
‘Witch’ is a stigma that effectively confirms guilt. If the target is defined as a witch, the public believes it unconditionally.
It is not easy to get rid of the charge of being a witch.
‘No matter how Ian is, it’s probably too much.’
Therefore, there is only one plan.
Escape Ian by ‘any means.’
“According to intelligence sources, the Vatican is doing its best to guard the entrance. Therefore, there is a chance that just passing through the entrance is possible. Since Priest Elena has obtained proper priestly clothing, it should be relatively easy to walk around inside as long as she acts well.”
Silvia continued her words, moving her steps quickly.
“We will focus on rescuing Ian by any means possible. The plan will be determined flexibly depending on the situation. Everyone will have to be prepared for battle, and in the worst case scenario, even if we are captured…”
Silvia glanced at Elena.
“I can make the most of my status as a cadet and the power of Laurent’s upper class. As for Miss Elena… I can’t say for sure whether I can save her.”
“Ugh! Well, I think I can somehow avoid punishment by asking the Numina Sect!”
Just find a way to avoid the worst situation.
For the rest, we just hit with all our might.
This was the first time for Sylvia, who had planned everything out.
She only thinks about what is best to save Ian.
“It’s here!”
Elena pointed to her old tree with her finger.
A large hole drilled into it.
“Go down this way! Kwaaa…!”
Elena’s voice suddenly fades into the darkness.
“”… ….””
Sylvia and Lina look at the hole in disbelief for a moment.
“There is no time to sit idle like this, nya!”
Danya jumped into the hole first.
The rest of the party jumps in after them.
After sliding as if they were going down a slide, they landed on the stone floor.
“Shh!”
Elena came down first and quickly calmed down those around her.
She pointed with her finger at the hole in her floor.
A steel structure woven together.
“… It looks like the Vatican vent.”
Sylvia muttered.
“Look, I was right.”
Elena smiles brightly.
Sylvia quietly nodded her head.
‘I feel a little uncomfortable.’
I was a little concerned that the security at the vent was so lax……. In any case, she had made it all the way to the Vatican in one go.
“Let’s find a place where there are no people. A wire fence this big should be enough to go down.”
Let’s search like that for a while.
A suitable, deserted place was seen in the darkness, to the point where Lina had to light up her surroundings.
—Nod
With Sylvia’s nod, Elena skillfully opens the barbed wire at the bottom of the vent.
The cold stone floor seen below.
“If I just run, I think I’ll hear a sound.”
“I will bring down the vines.”
Sleep.
Danya’s vines go down to a thickness suitable for grasping.
Everyone climbed the vine and set foot on the ground.
A dark and quiet hallway.
“If you think about the road you saw from above, go that way…”
The moment Elena was trying to get her bearings and walk.
— Faaat!
A sudden swarm of light filled her surroundings.
— An intruder has arrived!
Silvia’s complexion turns white in an instant.
Was this place a trap?
After finishing the calculation, Sylvia hurriedly shouted.
“Everyone, hide your weapons!”
At the same time, a small beam of light stretched out from her hand.
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“Go in!”
The cold voices of the Holy Knights.
The girls were caught behind thick iron bars.
“Hey!”
Lastly, Elena was the one who was thrown down the hardest.
— Clap!
The iron bars of the prison were closed tightly.
Elena got up from her seat and shook the iron bars in despair, but there was no way it would open.
“Ha, it was a trap!”
Elena is crying.
Looking at her appearance, Sylvia let out a small sigh.
“It was worth it. The security was so lax for the Vatican. What you knew, Elena… It must have been information leaked from the Vatican.”
“…I’m sorry.”
Elena is sullen and depressed.
Sylvia shook her head.
“No. I had some expectations.”
“… Are you saying there is a way?”
“Yes. I have prepared something for this type of situation.”
Silvia’s confident answer.
Everyone’s eyes were focused on her.
“I secretly released a group of lights that can track Mr. Ian before he is caught. Once I can find out his location, he can proceed with his next plan…”
Sylvia, who was continuing her words, suddenly frowned.
“…Mr. Ian?”
She frowned as she looked outside her door.
While everyone was tilting their heads at her sudden action.
— Clap!
The prison door opened and bright light filled the surroundings.
What appeared beyond that light?
“Ian!”
It was clearly Ian.
“Brother!”
“You’re healthy!”
“Thank goodness, Nyan!”
Everyone is saying hello one by one.
Sylvia looked at her Ian blankly, feeling relieved.
“… Yes, he’s alive.”
Tears welling up in her eyes.
But at the same time, an unexpected person caught her eye.
‘… Inquisitor?’
Heresy Inquisitor. Osgar Javert.
A fearsome figure whose identity is known only to a very small number of people.
Him standing next to Ian…….
“Could it be that you were captured to await execution?”
Sylvia muttered to Ian with difficulty.
She had no choice but to do so.
There is no reason for Osgar to stand next to someone suspected of being a witch with a grin like that.
“Brother, I see you were captured too.”
Elena also muttered sullenly.
Ian smiled and approached them.
“No. I came to free you guys.”
“Yes…?”
Sylvia blankly recalled what Ian had just said.
You came to free me?
Ian?
How can you be a high treason criminal?
Her head went blank.
Ian continued.
“Osgar.”
“Yes, brother.”
“It’s my colleagues. Can you release them?”
“Of course, but one of the three indulgences granted by the Holy Father will be deducted.”
“It’s okay.”
Osgar smiled and stood in front of his iron bars.
— Quick!
A lock that falls apart in an instant.
Iron bars
“”Ian!””
The moment when Lina, Danya, and Elena were hanging on to Ian and enjoying their first reunion.
Sylvia, who was quietly exchanging glances with Ian, whispered quietly.
“I’m glad.”
“I was walking and I felt your magic power. I followed you and it was there.”
“Actually, we came to save Mr. Ian… But instead, we were saved.”
“No. Isn’t it a powerful enough magic? I was surprised. It’s a magic that can create a copy of me, replace my image, and transmit my body in the form of light.”
Sylvia looked at Ian with surprised eyes.
“How did you know that?”
“I’m pretty advanced at interpreting magic.”
“…….”
Silvia glanced at Osgar next to her.
He is, after all, a figure on the Vatican side.
If we hear about this magic, Ian and everyone might get caught again.
“Don’t worry. Osgar has decided to cooperate with me now.”
“… Yes?”
Did you not hear well?
Who cooperates with whom?
Osgar smiled at Sylvia who asked a question.
“Brother Ian is a pioneer who will brighten our future. It is my role to support him.”
Sylvia lifted her ear without realizing it.
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How to persuade Osgar?
Her mouth concluded that it was impossible.
So I chose.
I decided to show off my abilities rather than my words.
Osgar’s eyes became infinitely more serious.
No. It flashed like that of a wild beast.
A wave of fierce emotions.
Those eyes, which are not like those of Osgar, envelop me violently.
I activated my power.
I use my power to purify my earth element.
The work of removing shadows from the ground.
The elements purified in that way are similar.
Pure divine energy.
The Pope said that it is the energy that is similar to that of the religious leader.
I held it out towards Osgar.
Very thin and thin.
A single strand of magical power.
“… Deus’ grace.”
Osgar bent his knees.
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“His Holiness the Pope has made special arrangements. We will take you to a nearby portal.”
With Osgar’s guidance, we boarded the carriage.
— Rattle
The carriage that the Pope gave us moved smoothly carrying us.
I feel like meeting colleagues for the first time in a while.
I talk about various things with them.
I feel instantly at ease.
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It was a while to enjoy the peace that had come for the first time in a long time.
— Dang, dang, dang.
I heard the bell.
Exactly three times.
Just like that, everything around was frozen in time.