Chapter 101 – Shall we escape for a while?
Chapter 99
“…Hmm.”
Has there ever been such an uncomfortable position since possessing the world in the novel? I was not at the palace now, but at the Vatican.
Today, two days after the celebration banquet, I heard pretty good news from Estelle.
[The safe has arrived. Do you remember the item I left the other day? ]
Of course, don’t remember. I was talking about the safe of Mr. Ludwig, the previous hero. Items I left with the blacksmith and went to the dungeon, but I couldn’t get them because I got caught up in the transmission magic.
So it seems that the safe that Estelle was supposed to receive through the Temple of Valois has finally arrived. I came to the Vatican like that, and now I was having a private meeting with the Pope.
Why are you suddenly alone after coming to get the safe? I don’t even know, damn…
First of all, the pope requested a private meeting with me. That’s why I left Estelle and Celine and entered his office alone.
“Hero, have you been well?”
Pope Fabiano had a benevolent smile, but somehow his eyes were frightened. I’ve thought about why, but it’s probably because of the rumors that spread during the banquet.
After I took the two saints, Estelle and Celine, to the balcony, I got strange nicknames.
‘The playboy’, ‘the one who desecrated the church’, ‘the harem warrior’… No, I didn’t expect the reaction to be this intense. You should have listened to Celine.
Anyway, it seems that even the Pope heard the rumor. There’s no way I couldn’t hear it in the first place. Rumors of me must have spread among the nobles who attended yesterday, but the pope wouldn’t know.
“…Yes, Your Holiness. I’ve been unscathed…But I regret the work of the Holy Knights.”
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“It’s okay. They must have been embraced by Solaria. That’s not the reason I asked the hero for a private meeting.”
Then, after all, because of Estelle and Celine…?
“I apologize for that… Rumor.”
“What do you mean?”
…Wasn’t this?
“Of course I heard that rumor. Should I say really manly…Or should I say a little stupid.”
“…Sorry.”
“No. Polygamy is practiced in the hero’s country of origin, and polygamy is also practiced here in the kingdom of Apollo… I understand.”
You say you understand, but why aren’t your eyes smiling!
… I wondered where Estelle learned how to make such a scary look, and she got the answer right here.
“…hahahaha.”
“Are you having fun?”
“No. Sorry.”
Kung.
I hit my head on the table and apologized.
I have nothing to say to my great-grandfather. But what can I do, a girl like Celine approaches me…
“I just need to know. Please don’t neglect Estelle.”
“…I will keep that in mind.”
“More than that, that’s not why I asked for a private meeting. Do you remember what you said to me the other day?”
“Yes, I remember.”
The North Queen didn’t want to kill me, it was to take me away. Did she ever find out about it?
“Didn’t I tell the hero at that time that I should contact Mother and talk to her?”
“Yes.”
“That’s why I prepared it because I thought it might be helpful to the hero.”
Pope Fabiano placed a scroll bound with string on his desk. He gestured at me as if to unravel this.
As the pope intended, when he opened the scroll, something that looked like a map of the world appeared. What’s unusual is that there are a lot of X-marked parts on the map. The marks on the map are not all the same size, some are large and some are small.
“What is this?”
“This is a map showing where the current nest location is known. The larger the X, the larger the nest, and the smaller the X, the smaller the nest.”
“Oh?”
Then this is…
“Hero, dig up information from Mother while subduing the nest marked there. Of course, starting with the small size of the nest. Even though the hero showed great performance this time, I know that the hero is strong. Still, the large marked nest is never a place to go alone.”
“I see. All right.”
Then, you can start by looking around where the X-shaped mark is small.
“Thanks for the good information, His Holiness.”
“Since the hero saved this country, shouldn’t it be right to do this?”
“…Thank you.”
After bowing politely to the pope, I carefully closed the door of the office and left.
“Are you done talking, hero?”
There was Celine waiting at the door.
“What about Estelle?”
“He went to get the safe. Since you told me where you were going, go with me.”
“Ah, let’s go then.”
I wish there was a hint written inside the safe.
“What conversation did you have with Pope Fabiano?”
“Ah…This. This is a map showing the locations of mothers and nests discovered so far.”
“Huh? Why did you accept that?”
…Uh, how can I explain this.
“…I want to nip the buds before another mother like the North Queen appears.”
“Aha, is that so? Well, since the hero is strong enough now, I think it’s time to experience a battle like subjugating the nest.”
“I guess other warriors did it too?”
“I used to do it often. In particular, it is difficult to establish a nest in a location close to each country, so I tend to subjugate it before the scale grows. If you look at the map, all the large nests are far from the border, right? The North Queen was a bit of an odd case.”
That’s right, it was. In general, nests located far from each country’s borders were marked with large crosses.
First of all, the excuse seems to have succeeded. Celine doesn’t seem to think she’s weird either.
“Follow me. Saint Estelle has gone over there.”
I followed Celine through the hallways. She goes all the way in front of her and turns right, then goes all the way back and turns left…
Huh? Something is weird Estelle is in a corner like this?
“Celine, where are we going?”
“…Hero.”
“!?”
I couldn’t help but be surprised. Celine looked behind her and had a very seductive smile.
“Shall we enjoy a break away for a while?”
“…Yes?”
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“Celine?”
When I brought the safe, Celine was gone. Did she even go to the bathroom? Will Abel still be in her office?
I asked the paladin guarding the front of her grandfather’s office.
“Sir, has Hero Abel not come out of the office yet?”
“No, saintess. The hero went a little while ago with the saintess of the Church of Ludria.”
“…Yes?”
You went? So maybe the roads diverged? I nodded to the paladin to mean that I would know about it and went back on the road.
But I went back the way I came and went to the warehouse where the safe was delivered, but Abel and Celine were nowhere to be seen.
…No way?
I asked the nuns on the road where Abel was.
“Sister, have you not seen Warrior Abel?”
“Uh, if you were the hero, you would have gone that way. I thought you were going somewhere with the saintess of the Church of Ludria?”
“Ah…Thank you.”
…This stray cat.
I wonder how they moved so quickly that it took a long time to catch up even after asking the nuns for directions.
In the end, following the whereabouts, the place we arrived at was an alley in a remote area. It’s like the first time I’ve been to the Vatican, too. There was also a place like this in the Vatican grounds.
“Yeah…Um…”
“Chewup.”
There is a sound of something clattering in the alley. Could it be this year!?
“Abel!!”
“Wow!?”
“Oops.”
Hearing a strange sound, I raided the scene. Cheating while bringing the safe!?
“What the hell are you doing at the Vatican… Huh?”
“Oh! I got caught, warrior.”
“…Estel, don’t get me wrong. There were only two of them, so we weren’t eating by ourselves.”
In Abel and Celine’s hands, there were ice snacks stuck on sticks. It is the ice snack that has been rumored to be delicious even among nuns these days. His name is Ice…What did he say?
Come to think of it, this alley. There was a candy store right next door.
“…Did you come to a corner like this to eat that?”
“…Celine brought it.”
“Ha ha.”
…I was worried for nothing.
I crouched down in front of Abel.
“Do you like it? Because you eat without me.”
Abel, who was a little worried, nodded her head lightly. She smiled spontaneously at the stupid look.
“You say yes to that again. Are you really Abel stupid?”
“That’s not it, I just appealed for the taste to buy Estelle as well.”
“…Puhuh, is that so?”
It’s cute. By the way, she was a little suspicious because Celine had taken her, but it seems she didn’t do anything to Celine’s secret.
“Can you buy me one too?”
“Yes, yes, that’s how it should be.”
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…f*ck, I almost got f*cked. It is true that she was eating something that resembled this ice cream, but there was something a little different about it.
This ice cream I was holding was going into Celine’s mouth, and the thing Celine was holding was entering my mouth.
No, this woman suddenly smiled at me as if seducing me, and then she suggested something like this.
[Recently, there is an ice snack that comes to mind as a snack. Shall we feed each other?]
She couldn’t bear to refuse Celine’s offer. No, she seduces with that expression, how can she endure it?
…I’d believe it if I said it wasn’t a saint, but a succubus. She bought ice cream with Celine, and she said he was really eating ice cream from me.
To be honest, we were feeding each other ice cream, but the atmosphere got weird and I almost crossed the line. If I did, Estelle would have killed me.
Anyway, I’m glad I didn’t get caught. I also bought Estelle this snack, what I keep calling ice cream for convenience.
Estelle licked it once with her tongue and her amber eyes twinkled.
“Hmm, this is delicious.”
“Isn’t it?”
“You were trying to eat something like this without me knowing…But wouldn’t it be okay if we ate together?”
“Uh…I don’t know either. Celine just brought me here.”
As Estelle looked at Celine, she replied with a smirk.
“I just wanted to eat without the saintess knowing.”
“…That’s too much.”
“I’m sorry. I wanted to do something different. But if I attack the hero, isn’t that too much?”
“I wouldn’t have let you go if you did!”
…As expected, I was good at not crossing the line.
“Ah, Estelle. If you bring the safe, I’ll open it right away.”
“Is that so?”
Estelle handed her the cloth pouch she had been holding in her hand for a while. I took it over.
“…Ugh.”
It’s quite heavy. You’ve been holding this up and you haven’t even had a hard time?
“Estel, you are strong.”
“Yes?…I-I am weak.”
Suddenly something…
“…Let’s call it something like that.”
“In that case, you just say yes!”
“…Yes.”
I took out the safe from the cloth pouch. The lock that passed through the blacksmith’s hands was already unlocked.
“Can I open it?”
“Yes.”
When I opened the safe’s door, I saw nothing but a notebook.
“It’s a notebook.”
I took it out and handed it to Estelle. I wondered if it would be better for her, who was an acquaintance of the former hero, to see.
Estelle opened her notebook and opened her eyes wide in surprise.
“Why is that? What is written on it?”
“It’s Ludwig’s older brother’s diary…but there it is.”
“Yes?”
“There is a hint about opening the holy sword.”
Oh, really?
“What is it?”
“…They say he changed like this after defeating Mother. However, I don’t think it will change just by defeating one Mother. The date written in the diary was the time Ludwig had already subdued the nest several times.”
…Huh? So subjugating Mother is the condition?
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Didn’t the Pope just give me a map showing Mother’s location? In addition, there is something I need to contact with Mother… The situation fits so well that it can be called a chance.
When I showed Estelle the map the Pope had given me, she looked a bit surprised.
“It just went well. I just need to look at the map His Holiness gave me and decide where to go.
“Then, have you decided on your next destination?”
“Yes, it is. Where we are going…”
Estel pointed to the place marked with a small X.
“This is probably the place between the eastern border of the Apollo Kingdom and the northern border of the Vesta Kingdom.”
“Huh? Are you going there?”
“…Hero, it’s August soon.”
“August?…Ah.”
Elfriede. Her birthday was approaching.