I see your code (167)
There was silence in the president for a moment.
Not because I was embarrassed by what I said, but because I was angry.
It’s not that I don’t understand why I said something that could be offensive to them because they didn’t consider their contention to be trivial.
Perhaps if I hadn’t been invited as a guest to help with their mission, I would have been stoned and kicked out sooner.
However, the Khitan Church is a denomination with a clear hierarchy. Thanks to this, the priests groaned, but couldn’t say a word to me.
In the end, there were only two people who could say anything to me. The pope sitting above me and the cardinal pairing with me.
The pope was silent as to whether he was still thinking about the situation, and the cardinal was silent with a grim expression on his face.
I’m deliberately making it harder so that the priests can have more antipathy towards me.
So a short time passed. The cardinal opened his mouth slowly, thinking that the atmosphere was ripe enough now.
“… … This is the closest place to Kitan, but this is not the right place for him to express his opinion. That sounds funny.”
For sure, I have to admit that he has a good timing for his speech.
The priests, who had been quiet, also began to sympathize with the cardinal little by little, seemingly encouraged by the cardinal’s words.
“Like what I said before, no matter how powerful the sacred missions are, isn’t the outsider too meddling in the temple affairs? That’s cheeky.”
“Honestly, there were some points of sympathy with the remarks of different races, but this one… … . According to the author’s claim, it is no different from saying that Kitan has abandoned us.”
The complaints that were coming out little by little grew bigger and bigger, and soon enough, the venue was filled to the brim.
But without making any excuses, I looked around again. And asked the cardinal who had returned with a sullen face.
“Where is the cardinal’s son now?”
“I don’t know why you are curious about the current situation. If it’s my son, he’s there.”
“Not the first, but the second.”
“… … Salvator.”
Was it that name? whatever it is, it’s good
“Yes. I’ve been looking for it for a while, but I can’t find it. Do you not know where you are?”
“I don’t know. I’m not really interested.”
Affection for a child. Anyway, at least for now, you should care.
This time I turned my gaze down, not on the chairman.
It’s the underground ban that was only mentioned briefly in the story.
In the place where there should be only two paladin guards originally, a code indicating an apprentice priest has been added.
It wasn’t a unique code, but somehow I was certain that it was the guy I had been fighting with recently.
“I don’t really want to meddle in Cardinal-sama’s family relations, but I think it would be better to call the paladin to find his son.”
“… … Why?”
I answered the cardinal’s words with a bewildered face.
“I think it is because of the cardinal’s son that Kitan is not responding.”
* * *
There are a lot of things that appear only in the setting and not in the story in the ‘Velia Continental Biography’ that I made.
Once I put it in, it was difficult to create a useful situation, and sometimes I just wrote it because I wanted to try it out.
The settings made with such a rough idea used to be called ‘Easter Eggs’, and anyway, what’s hidden is more interesting than what’s originally revealed.
Some users started crafting stories with them.
From the assumption of what would have happened if the premise itself of the setting had changed, to the hypotheses close to what would have happened if this happened.
There were many interpretations that even made me, the creator, find it interesting, but there was one thing that came to mind during the conflict between the cardinal and the pope.
‘If the seal of calamity in the ban of the Khitan religion is lifted, how will the Khitan come out?’
It was an issue that I had never thought about clearly, so I couldn’t say for sure.
But somehow, I do remember that I made a guess that was close to certainty.
If that ever happened, Kitan would never even come close to it.
“… … It’s ridiculous.”
Of course, this is close to speculation.
It wasn’t something that was specified in the setting, and in the end it was all just my imagination.
But when I think about it, the story of this world itself wasn’t a story woven by my imagination.
A crystal ball that doesn’t react for no reason. The voice of the cardinal’s son full of original texts I heard a while ago. The fuse code of the underground prohibition that you can see just in time.
I had good reason to doubt that.
Anyway, other than that, there was nothing else to point out.
“If you are trying to use my son to turn the horse around, it is of no use… … .”
“I will postpone what I mean once I find that Salvator.”
I interrupted the cardinal and intervened.
“Because if you procrastinate, more troublesome things might happen.”
“… … It’s annoying. What does that mean?”
This time the question was asked by the Pope.
I’m not sure what conclusion he came to on Arina’s matter, but at least outwardly, he still seems sympathetic.
Then you should use It’s a story that won’t hurt each other as long as things go well anyway.
I licked my lips once and said in a serious voice.
“It’s my guess, but I think he’s going into an underground ban.”
“… … How do you know about the underground ban? It’s not a top secret, but it would be a difficult story to tell unless you’re an insider.”
“I read it in a book.”
“… … I’ll have to check the temple’s security system again.”
The Pope shook his head and continued.
“As far as I know about the underground ban, that’s it. But why do you think Salvator is there? And why are you claiming it has something to do with Kitan-sama?”
“Because I had another clash with him a while ago.”
“You’re talking about what happened inside the temple.”
Also, I thought you already knew.
He blocked the sound with Rivera, so he might not have been able to receive important information, but he must have reported that it was a rough fighting atmosphere.
“therefore? Did the cardinal’s son say anything then?”
“That’s right. He threatened me by saying he knew how to unseal the ‘disaster’.”
As I casually lied, the venue quickly became noisy.
there will be no choice but to
Now, it is the time when rumors of ‘Baphomet’ who appeared in Argon a while ago began to circulate.
But suddenly such a disaster. I wonder if this is some kind of red bean in the middle of the night.
The Pope, who had calmed the atmosphere whenever the priests came out like that, did not stop him this time. You must have guessed that the fire wasn’t going to evolve that much.
I took the momentum and told the Pope.
“How Salvator entered the underground ban, how he broke the seal of disaster, what does that have to do with Kitan-sama? And on what grounds does this young man make such an absurd leap? All are valid questions. However, all of them are postponed for now.”
He looked directly into the Pope’s eyes.
“If things go wrong, there will be no time for right or wrong.”
“… … .”
The Pope closed his eyes again and fell into thought. But it didn’t last that long.
In the first place, this wasn’t a difficult decision to make.
Even if I’m wrong, they only lose a little bit of time.
There is no way that so many resources can go into the underground ban to find out if there are people. If you talked to the cardinal, I don’t know.
The pope opened his eyes and slowly opened his mouth.
“Sir Turlion. Check out the underground ban. and.”
The Pope glanced at me and added.
“If there is an intruder inside, as I said, it doesn’t matter who it is and whoever it is.”
* * *
About an hour had passed since then.
Contrary to what he thought he would bring soon, the paladin sent by the Pope has yet to return.
There is no way for a person who can reach level 2 to walk slowly. Did you also set up an intermediate authentication process?
As the name of prohibition is in its own right, it seems more appropriate to do so.
Well, if you see that the Pope and the cardinals, who know more about it, also have calm expressions on their faces, there is no need to worry.
I glanced back at that point.
Arina still had a confused expression on her face, but there was no sign of being full of embarrassment like before.
When you look at it like this, it seems like he’s subtly suited to a saint.
Usually, just being nominated for a saint candidate would be out of her mind, but she went beyond that and even heard an impeachment declaration in front of the public right before she was appointed. In addition, the secret of his birth, which he did not know, was revealed to the world.
If I had been in the same situation, it would have taken me a while to come to my senses.
But judging from how he has regained his mentality without yelling once, he also has a level of mental power that has surpassed that of ordinary people.
“it’s okay?”
When asked with a look of concern, an answer came back immediately.
“… … To be honest, I was a little surprised at first, but now it’s relatively good. Anyway, I wasn’t that obsessed with the position of a saint. It was shocking to me that my body was mixed with elf blood, but… … When you think about it, it’s not strange, is it?”
“Isn’t that strange?”
“Look. It’s like eating vegetables makes you vomit, or seeing the world tree when you go to this elf village and feeling friendly. On the contrary, if you said that you had nothing to do with the elves, they had a lot in common on a strange level. But there are more important issues than that.”
That sounds like a story I had originally told in the village.
He was more concerned about what he said behind him.
It’s more important than the appointment of a saint or my own birth. Wouldn’t that be impossible in the current situation?
Thought so, Arina muttered with a serious face.
“Does an elf’s harp resemble the lifespan of an elf? I’ve heard a lot about it.”
I laughed out loud at that.
Seeing that he has recovered to the point of joking, there is no need to worry about this either.
But Arina said as she leaned towards me.
“Don’t laugh. I mean, it’s not a joke. I have no desire to live that long.”
“Isn’t it usually the other way around? Even among the former Calpheon kings, there were cases where the country was driven to the brink of bankruptcy trying to invent immortal magic.”
“If that person is alive, it must be because he can continue to enjoy that power.”
“When you become a saint, you will be able to enjoy the same.”
“It’s a plate that may not be possible anymore. furthermore… … Even if it happens, everyone I know is dead and I don’t want to live alone. What does it mean to live like that?”
That was quite surprising. It’s a topic I never imagined would come out of him.
I’m also trying to change the mood and give a serious answer, but he asked me first.
“… … Rather, are you okay, Rian-sama?”
“what?”
No answer was heard. Looking at her face, Arina was mumbling with a hint of hesitation.
It is difficult for you to ask a question, or difficult for me to answer. It seems to be one of the two, so I said it first in order to release it comfortably.
“If you don’t know what it is, feel free to ask.”
Arina barely opened her mouth, perhaps gaining strength from my words.
“that… … .”
But at that moment.
Aww!
A loud roar was heard, followed by the sound of an explosion from behind.
* * *