315 – Don’t Stop Me Now (3)
Theo and the others looked down at Lankter, who was lying face down with blank eyes.
Even Billy and Mike seemed at a loss for words, looking at Theo and asking.
“Theo, why is Lankter like this?”
“Did you make a separate threat?”
Theo shook his head.
“That can’t be possible. “I don’t understand.”
The occupants of the mansion looked at the current scene with wide eyes.
Taylor moved one step faster.
“hahahahaha, Chief Archbishop. There are many eyes to see. Theo wouldn’t want this either. “Please get up.”
Taylor helped Lankter and lifted him up.
Lankter said to Theo.
“I am so touched that the Great Warrior of Light gave his precious time… “I’m sorry if you felt burdened.”
Theo nodded his head calmly.
“Yes, it was burdensome and embarrassing. “I hope you don’t do something like that.”
Lankter repeatedly lowered his head.
“Yes, yes…! Sorry. “I will be careful.”
Theo answered, frowning on one side of his eyebrow.
“I understand.”
There was no particular reason why he frowned.
This is why the inner Theo burst into cheers by shouting ‘Kiyooooot~’.
‘It was quiet for a while… But after the holy sword was pulled out, the sh*t started again.’
As he was worshiped and praised by an unspecified number of people from the cathedral, it seemed like he was going crazy because he was happy.
However, Lankter’s face, who could not have known that fact, turned pale.
He knelt down at Theo’s feet again.
“I’m really sorry! “I hope the great warrior of light will show mercy…!”
“······.”
Theo glanced at Taylor with a tired expression.
Taylor raised Lankter to his feet again.
Theo said.
“The purpose of visiting this mansion is not to bow to the Archbishop. “I’d like to eat.”
Lanc Ter immediately nodded his head several times.
“Yes…! A renowned chef is also on standby within the headquarters.”
He pointed to the left.
“It is simple, but we have prepared a banquet room. “I will guide you this way.”
Theo and his party followed Lankter’s guidance and moved to the banquet room.
The front of the banquet room was full of people using the mansion. They bowed their heads deeply towards Theo and his group.
The practitioners of light quickly became excited as they received hospitality for the first time in their lives.
However, Theo was calm because he was used to this kind of treatment.
‘It would be easier to talk about if the users got rid of it.’
Theo and his group sat in the designated seats in the banquet room, following the guidance of the employees.
Behind each party was a worker.
Lankter said as he pulled out the chair at the head of the table.
“I think the Great Warrior of Light can sit here.”
“Thank you.”
Theo sat down obediently and raised one hand.
Lankter bent down, approached Theo and asked.
“Yes, if you have anything to tell me, please tell me.”
The person looked like a service worker dealing with social leaders.
‘I would have achieved great success even if I had been a royal eunuch instead of a priest.’
Thinking like that, Theo spoke in a low voice.
“It’s a bit of an uncomfortable atmosphere to eat in.”
In order to share secret stories about [Turning White] And traitors to the church, it was a remark to get rid of the employees.
Lankter realized the true meaning of those words as soon as he heard them, and ordered all the workers to leave.
After all the employees left, Theo said.
“It’s a market. “I’d like you to eat.”
Lankter lowered his head and spoke toward the inside.
“Chef, please prepare the meal.”
A loud answer was heard from inside.
─Understood, Lankter!
Soon, the meal was placed in front of all the party members.
Lankter’s words about being a skilled chef were not pretentious, and the food was very good even for Theo’s refined taste.
That’s why the meal was the best for the rest of the group.
Everyone in the group ate hurriedly, except for Theo and Taylor, who had dignified dining etiquette ingrained in them.
Billy and Mike greedily chewed the whole steak.
Ugh.
Billy said, wiping his bloody lips with his sleeve.
“Ah, this is delicious. Even when I was a practitioner of light, I’ve never had anything like this.”
Lankter’s shoulders flinched when he heard those words.
Either way, Mike added.
“That’s right. People of high religious denomination eat this stuff every day? I’m so f*cking jealous… Tsk. “You should eat a lot by now.”
Mike placed the empty steak plate on his palm.
Then he looked at Lankter and said.
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“Brother Lankter, can this be refilled?”
Mike’s expression and tone of voice were quite friendly.
That seemed even more terrifying to Lankter.
‘These bastards…Are you planning to kill me by drying my blood?’
It felt like Billy and Mike were going to stab him in the neck with the knife and fork they were holding at any moment.
Lankter answered while trying hard to control his expression.
“Of course. “I prepared plenty.”
Mike burst into laughter.
“Why the sudden politeness? Just keep doing what you used to do, Lankter.”
Billy was impressed.
“Oh, Mike, you idiot. I just felt like Theo, a little bit.”
“It hurts my pride just a little bit. “Just wait.”
Hmm, hmm-
Mike cleared his throat and stood up.
The words Theo said earlier flowed from Mike’s mouth.
“The same goes for other people. Just treat me as comfortably as before. “I don’t consider myself a great warrior of light.”
He asked the other party members.
“How about it, is it the same?”
Unable to bear it anymore, Sarah threw a metal water cup at Mike.
Gang!
“Keu, keuuuk…!”
Mike collapsed, bleeding from his forehead.
Fall down or not, Sarah said to Billy.
“Stop it. Billy, Mike. “I’m so ashamed of you that I can’t raise my face.”
“Hmm? Didn’t you tell me, Sarah, that meals should be fun?”
“It’s different from that now.”
Billy must have felt that he had gained momentum, and he spoke in a triumphant voice.
“I don’t understand. How is it different? “Please explain according to the six-lower principle.”
At that time.
Sigh! Bah!
Two iron cups flew from somewhere and hit Billy on the back of the head. It was thrown by Adrienne and Brittany.
“I will not forget this.”
At the same time as he said that, Billy collapsed, bleeding from the back of his head.
Theo watched the scene with calm eyes.
‘······There’s nothing like this.’
Theo gave Lankter a look for a moment.
Lanc Terre must have been very embarrassed, and his mouth was open and his eyes were rolling eagerly.
‘Hmm, I guess I didn’t know that the practitioners of light were this much of a mess.’
Thinking that it actually went well, one corner of Theo’s mouth turned up.
Theo smiled rottenly and spoke to Lankter.
“I think this is the first time the Archbishop has seen something like this.”
“Ah… Yes. “I’m not used to seeing things like this…hahahahaha.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes… hahahahaha. “I don’t think eating in this atmosphere is bad.”
When Lankter scratched his head sheepishly.
Suddenly, Theo, who had become expressionless, opened his mouth.
“How much do you think I know?”
“······.”
Lank Ter reflexively tried to say something like, ‘What do you mean?’, But when he saw Theo’s cold expression, he shut his mouth.
‘······I really knew everything.’
The meaning behind Theo’s words is obvious. He wants to first confess the sins he has committed.
Lankter recalled the promise he made a few hours ago.
The best thing to do is to make a good impression on Theo by letting go of everything and being honest about everything.
‘Yes. ‘Now is the time to take the gamble of a lifetime.’
Lankter comforted his dry lips.
“······I have been experimenting with permanent angelization for several years using a group called Acolytes of Light. The goal is for humans to maintain their rationality and remain angelic.”
Lankter swallowed his saliva and continued.
“And the client of the experiment is a man named Hwim from [Turning White]. I don’t know the exact identity either. “I’m just assuming she’s a human female.”
Theo did not respond in any way.
He was just looking at Lankter with a calm attitude.
Lankter was so afraid of Theo’s gaze that he couldn’t guess what he was thinking.
His eyes seemed to ask, ‘Is that the end?’
Lankter continued to open his mouth, as if trying to escape the silent fear.
“There are quite a few people in the headquarters other than me who are interacting with [Turning White]. Among those with the rank of chief archbishop or higher, there are a total of three. There may be more, but those are the three that I know of. Their names are…”
Lankter began to drink alcohol.
* * *
I didn’t say anything intentionally.
I couldn’t speak because I was speechless.
‘Why does Hwim suddenly come out here?’
Hee.
She is the half-sibling of Neike, the main character of this work.