At Isaac’s request, Kate goes to investigate an innocent victim.
The innocent victims and the culprits who made them have arrived at the temple in the imperial capital.
It was something Isaac had asked her sisters and sisters to do, so that he could receive a judgment directly from him.
Public opinion leaned in that direction, but everyone knows it. That Isaac wouldn’t show up easily.
There were innocent victims, but it is possible that it was a trap dug by a demon worshiper, and above all, things got too big.
The demon worshiper’s knowledge is much broader than you might think, and it’s probably already in your ears.
So, instead of coming in person, I decided to send Kate to express my intentions.
But here’s something Kate didn’t expect…
“Is it okay to be a priest?! Yes?! Does it make sense for a priest who should save people to kill people!!”
“I… Mother. Calm down for a while and take it easy…”
“Stability?! Stable?! How did you raise my baby! Tell Luminus-sama right away! Save my baby! Hurry! How I raised you!! Huh!”
A woman’s cry echoed from the temple. Even the cry of a beast that has lost its young will be less than her wailing.
Puffy skin and two hands broken through hard work. You can see how hard she went through the process of raising her children.
However, since the whole family was destroyed, it is not strange to blame the world.
“What is that Xenon!! Why does my son have to die!”
“Mother. At least you should refrain from saying such things here…”
“Why?! Worried about being punished? Why am I being punished? I have to be punished first by those bastards who killed my son!!”
At the cry of the extremely logical woman, the priests of the church had no choice but to be embarrassed.
I wanted to drag him out somehow, but he couldn’t because he was too strong.
In the end, the woman was weeping and was exhausted by herself, and only then was able to take her away.
And there was someone who watched the whole scene silently, and she was Kate.
I came to see the family of the victims, but only lamentations that I could not explain in words came.
And even anger at the culprit for creating innocent victims. She closed her eyes tightly and caught her breath.
Just ignoring Isaac’s instructions is enough to make him angry, but when he checks it himself, it boils.
“Cardinal Kate. Everything is ready.”
At that time, one of the goddesses approached Kate and spoke carefully. Upon hearing that, Kate slowly opened her closed eyes and looked ahead.
The victim’s family has already disappeared, but it is necessary to proceed with this work to appease the grief of the bereaved.
Even if it is criticized by the public, it is well worth the risk.
“Okay. Let’s go.”
“Yes. But are you really doing this…”
“I also got permission from Luminous. In particular, this work is deeply related to ‘Heresy’. This is what I have to do.”
The priestess nodded her head without saying a word at Kate’s blunt reply. Clearly, this has to do with heresy.
Then, as Kate moved on, the priestess followed her.
“What is the sinner doing now?”
“I’m waiting as Cardinal Kate said.”
“Didn’t you feel any guilt?”
“I’m protesting that I’m innocent. I just touched a demon worshiper…”
“Hmm.”
Kate nodded her head. On the surface, what we were worried about happened, but if you look deeply, it is a fairly complex problem.
I could understand the heart of an old woman who lost her only child, but what if she really was a demon worshiper?
What if the demon worshipers were doing their own thing to stop the event somehow, or to discredit Isaac?
This is quite a pain in the butt. If it is the latter, it becomes clear that they are innocent, but if it is the other way around, the case goes into chaos.
It is also due to this that the bereaved family and the main criminal were brought to the temple. Because if it’s a temple, I can’t lie.
Kate moved her legs as she prayed to Luminous that things would go for the better.
“Really? It’s unfair to me too! I just got a demon worshiper!
“Don’t be ridiculous! Aren’t you a demon worshiper? You must have done this to gain access to Xenon!”
“Girl! What are you going to say to those who have read Zeno’s biography from book 1? Pray for Luminus and confirm it? How serious am I?”
“The event seems to have ended because of you, but you don’t reflect on anything?!”
All sorts of shouts that reached my ears before they even arrived. It seems that all kinds of shouts come and go while waiting.
Kate headed towards the entrance, thinking that it should be resolved as soon as possible.
Eventually, as soon as they reached the entrance, Kate’s vision spreads out into a space similar to a judge’s court.
Unlike the interrogation room, where work takes place in a dark underground place, it is a place for judging heresy.
The main culprits of the current situation were seated side by side in the center, and the audience around them was throwing criticism at them.
Kate took a deep breath as she looked at the already noisy sight, and quietly asked the priestess behind her.
“Are these guys? How dare you ignore his orders?”
“Yes that’s right.”
It was a quiet conversation, but their voices echoed throughout the courtroom. This is because the volume of the voice was amplified with mana on purpose.
At this, the eyes of the people gathered in the courtroom turned to Kate. At her appearance, the judge, who had gone back and forth, became quiet in an instant.
To the extent that I can’t help but feel the most elastic when I see Kate’s beautiful appearance.
As the judge became quiet, Kate went to her seat, keeping her eyes on the culprit sitting in the center.
“That’s Cardinal Kate, right?”
“Yes. That’s right.”
“Cardinal Kate! I’m so upset! All this is a trap set by the demon worshipers!”
Despite the protests of the man who is believed to be the main culprit, Kate remained silent in response. Rather, he just looked at him with cold eyes.
But the man wasn’t too hard. A normal person would be pressed by Kate’s spit, but she was still confident.
Kate also sat down with an expression of surprise at the dignity of such a man. She was sitting at the table across from her.
As the Grand Inquisitor, I had the right to make a summary judgment based on the results of the interrogation, so it is natural to sit across from it.
“name.”
“Yes?”
“Tell me your name first.”
It wasn’t confirmed yet, so Kate treated her with a polite tone. In my mind, I wanted to call it a bug, but it’s a complicated situation, so we have to be careful.
The man was perplexed at first, but then exhaled a long snort and opened his mouth.
“Roy. This is Roy Henderson.”
“Are you an adventurer?”
“Yes that’s right.”
“Do you know why I’m sitting here?”
At Kate’s question, the man, Roy, nodded vigorously. A confident attitude that there is nothing to be offended by.
At that attitude, Kate stared at him and turned her head. Next to Roy is a priest related to this case.
The priest was a surprisingly young man, and his gentle appearance gave him a rough idea of what kind of person he was.
“What’s your brother’s name?”
“It’s called the Vegas Hal.”
“Can you explain in detail what the situation is?”
Bagis nodded at Kate’s question. However, he glanced at Roy once, wondering if it wasn’t for him either.
However, Roy still maintains an upright attitude. His expression also shows that he is innocent.
At this, Beggs hesitated, took a deep breath, and opened his mouth quietly.
“First, before I tell you about the situation, I will tell you as a servant of Luminus-sama. From now on, everything I tell you is the truth, and if you tell a lie, I will gladly receive punishment.”
“Okay. As Luminus-sama’s sword, I will listen to all the testimonies of the brothers.”
“First of all, what happened…”
As Beggs explains, it goes something like this: Currently, Roy is an adventurer who has made a breakthrough since the start of the event, and recently discovered a brainwashed village.
Furthermore, without knowing anything else, he was more sincere than anyone else in his passion for Zeno’s biography, not defending himself.
Kate quietly listened to the defense and looked at Roy, then suddenly felt a sense of dread and put on a questionable expression on her face.
I couldn’t recognize him because he had a fever before, but I’ve seen that face somewhere.
“Did you say Mr. Roy?”
“Yes that’s right.”
“Your face is familiar, maybe…”
“Hmm. Hmm.”
Roy coughs when Kate asks behind the scenes.
He looked at the audience and answered in a very cautious voice, unlike before.
“I don’t know if you know, but he’s the person who received Xenon’s autograph last time.”
“Ah. He?”
It was only then that Kate exclaimed, “Ah,” as if she remembered. At the same time, almost all of the sunglasses that had just been put on came off.
He is so enthusiastic that he risked his life for a single autograph, and there is no way he would have disobeyed Isaac’s instructions. Surely something will happen.
While Kate thought about it, Roy looked at the reaction around him again.
Is it still As soon as they heard that he had received Xenon’s autograph, the audience started talking to each other.
“I’m just saying this, but what will happen to my luggage? I hope it’s confiscated or something like that…”
“It will depend on the outcome of the trial. But looking at Roy’s personality, it is expected that there must be a reason.”
“Thank you. Again, I really just got a demon worshiper.”
Kate responded positively to Roy’s words full of resentment. But when this happens, the situation of the old woman becomes even more pitiful.
I am a good and precious child of the world, but that child was a demon worshiper who helped drive the world into a pit of evil.
Kate shifted her gaze to Beggs, considering the situation that was becoming increasingly pitiful.
Even though things were going well, Beggs still had a gloomy face, for whatever reason.
“Brother. Do you have anything more to say?”
“That… is there. There is, but… Fuu…”
Beegis let out a long sigh as if something was stuffy. Kate looked at him with puzzled eyes.
After a while, Bagis looked at her and emphasized once more.
“·············· As I say, there is no lie in my words. I want you to know that.”
“I’m starting to wonder. What the hell is that?”
“First of all, the best way to identify a demon worshiper is to use divine power. But that has its limits. A priest may lack divine power, and an uncorrupted demon worshiper has no effect. So usually I tend to do interrogation in the interrogation room.”
Divine power is not omnipotent. Depending on your circumstances, you may or may not be able to identify a demon worshiper.
In other words, when Kate instills divine power, demon worshipers will be ground to dust, but ordinary priests will be able to withstand it.
Therefore, the majority of demon worshipers pretend to be fine on the outside, and their know-how has been accumulating for a long time, as you can see from the fallen cardinal incident.
“And Isaac said it would be better to lose 10 demon worshipers if there were innocent victims.”
“I keep that in mind. So we also questioned the demon worshiper Mr. Roy had caught. From the circumstances, it was obvious he was a demon worshiper. He was a slave trader in human trafficking and was linked with a big hand. But… “
Beegis hesitated for a moment, then said in a voice wondering if this was true.
“I just touched it a little.”
Then the testimony came out of his mouth.
“He died right away.”
“······Yes?”
It was a really absurd story.
By the time everyone heard Beegis’ testimony and looked at whether it made sense.
“Ke, Cardinal Kate! Cardinal Kate!”
A very urgent woman’s voice echoed through the courtroom. At that sound, everyone’s eyes, including Kate, turned towards him.
The one who screamed was the priestess who had followed Kate earlier. She had a pale face as she turned pale.
Anyone who sees it looks very urgent. Kate got up from the table and asked the priestess.
“What’s going on?”
“Hee, the victim’s mother…!”
“Mother? Maybe?”
It was at the moment when I was about to get desperate, wondering if I was in a critical condition due to the shock of losing my son.
“No! We’ve now run out of the temple!”
“Yes? Run away…”
He didn’t go out, he ran away. As soon as Kate heard those words, the blood all over her body felt cold.
Beegis’s testimony, he stumbled and died. Humans never die from just such a shock.
But what if the soul had already gone out? What if you gave up your own life to create a situation like this?
Finally, what if the soul was stuck somewhere else? There is no way that there is no possessiveness in the yard with necromancy.
“Mother too…!”
Following the priestess’ words.
“Oh, I’m a demon worshiper!”
Kate ran outside without looking back.
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