025. Spirit Sword (2)
It was only three days later that Seongguk and his party arrived.
The party, led by the Heretic Inquisitor, was mostly made up of paladins in charge of the armed forces of the Holy Kingdom, and as a matter of course, a large crowd of people rushed out in front of Professor Dong to watch them.
“Wow, that’s amazing.”
“It’s the first time I’ve seen so many Seongguk people. Is the saintess still a church?”
“I guess so. Wow, that heretic inquisitor is strong. He carries a scythe the size of a man.”
The students looked at them with amazement.
Well, the Heretic Inquisitor and the Paladin are hard to even look at during normal times. That group was in the academy, not anywhere else…….
“Go to the field.”
“Yes.”
A group of paladins answered in unison at the voice of the man in black who stood in front of them.
Like generals in the military who do not belong to the religious order, their magnificent physique and stern blue eyes make viewers naturally fearful.
After escaping the noisy hall, they eventually arrived at the dormitory building, where traces of a brutal battle remained.
It is a noisy restoration site thanks to the large number of workers and construction materials. However, the Heretic Inquisitor was standing in the middle of it, looking at the still unhealed wounds of the battle.
“Amazing.”
It is a low but firm voice.
The Heretic Questioner was genuinely surprised.
In order to find and kill all the demons, the Heretic Inquisitor is a person who has learned a lot of knowledge in the Holy Land. In his view, the meaning of this scene was simple.
It is a trace of a workshop that has been done less than ten times. Now that time has passed, many traces have disappeared, but he knew it without difficulty.
“Look! Didn’t you see the sign saying no access during construction?”
“Hmm?”
Did they search the dormitory for a while?
Soon, the heretic questioner frowned at the appearance of a worker who stopped them.
I can’t even feel a handful of mana at a glance, and I’m just an ordinary handyman no matter who sees it. He dared to block his own way on such a subject, so he was not angry, but just stunned.
Who are you?
He is the Heretic Inquisitor of the Holy Church, blessed by the great deity Zeros. Like the emperor or king of a country, it would be an act that few people could do to stand in front of him who fulfills the sacred right of summary judgment.
“Do you want to die?”
A worker trembles in fear as soon as he spills a bloody blood.
The Heretic Questioner snorted at that pathetic figure.
Generally, if you want to start a fight, you have to walk while looking at the opponent. This useless level of laborer is not the one who dares to do anything.
“Look, look. Hurry up and say sorry!”
“Uh hmm…… Um, I’m sorry.”
However, the fear of death did not kneel in front of the petty pride.
The Heretic Questioner raised his hand in silence at the figure of the worker who still had a stiff neck.
“Are you reciting the Lord’s Prayer?”
It’s like, if you don’t recite the Lord’s Prayer right now, you’ll pick up a scythe the size of a man and cut it down.
Of course, the frightened worker had no choice but to sit on the ground stupidly, as if his legs were weak.
“Oh, my God! I am a person who goes to church every weekend! Lord, I can’t recite the Lord’s Prayer, but I also tithe!”
“Hmm.”
The Heretic Questioner lowered his arm at the sight of the worker finally showing the attitude he wanted.
Summary execution? Of course it’s not impossible.
However, pouring blood on a place like this would only tarnish the name of a glorious god, so he endured it with the patience of a superhuman.
“Be careful.”
“Yes, yes!”
The Heretic Inquisitor sneered at the worker rubbing his hand as if he had become a fly, and stroked his chin.
There was a small commotion, but in any case, the investigation of the site has now ended. There was going to be a more detailed investigation by mobilizing the paladins accompanying him, but he thought it would be of no use.
Already, His Holiness the Pope wants to make a criminal. It is his duty to make even a crime that he did not have and make a colonel, so there is no need to think more.
The suspect has already been narrowed down. The Heretic Questioner slowly turned around and said to the priest in charge of the academy.
“Berris. Tell me about the man.”
“Yes, the prime suspect is an academy student in Class B. According to what is known, he is a student who uses a sword, and his power is quite excellent.”
At the priest’s words, the Heretic Questioner nodded.
A sin? He was the one who didn’t really care. He just had to use the power he had to deal with him or send him to the Holy Kingdom.
Of course, I know that there will be a lot of noise at the empire or academy level. But what on earth can the empire do to those who put forward the will of God?
If you give me money or a few pennies like in the past, it will be quiet.
* * *
“Oh no!”
“Why are you like this today?”
Seeing Arwen and Cecilia fiercely defending the mansion’s door, Veris shook his head.
Today, these two are so strange even if they are strange.
Of course, he often shows a strange enough side, but isn’t this excessive?
As if there were enemies outside, the two of them, who seemed to have no intention of letting Verris go, were definitely not the girls Veris knew.
“Okay. Then can you at least explain?”
Having said that, Veris raised her hand to express her surrender and sat down on her sofa.
It’s not urgent anyway. I was just going to go out for a while and get some air because I was bored of being stuck in the academy that was closed.
“That, that… ….”
Cecilia raised her eyes and looked at Arwen.
There was no way that Berris, who was watching her, would not feel the strangeness of her.
“Look, seeing that, I can be sure now. What the hell are you hiding?”
“That, that…… Right now, people from the Holy Land are outside.”
“Seongguk people? But what does that have to do with you guys blocking the door?”
Cecilia, with her rational appearance, noticed that the time she didn’t want was approaching.
In fact, she is a very different Veris from an ordinary academy student.
I’m sure Veris will be able to infer the situation easily with just a few clues given to the current situation.
Then what Cecilia and Arwen would do was simple. Honestly explain the current situation and wait for his next move.
In a way, it was really lethargic, but what can I do? That it is real.
“…… As for how this happened.”
Arwen and Cecilia approached the sofa where Berris was sitting. After looking at each other for a moment, the two began to explain.
Of course, it wasn’t easy. People from the Holy Land are coming and trying to witch-hunt you without any grounds.
How can you make it easy for the person concerned?
Only fortunately, Veris’ face after hearing the explanation was extremely calm.
“This is absurd.”
Veris couldn’t hide her absurdity after hearing Cecilia’s lengthy explanation.
Who stopped the plot of the devil’s cult?
He is himself.
Veris got up on his own and wiped them out, so he got the job done neatly without a single dead person. What?
They were trying to make Veris their scapegoat. It must have been a mix of troublesome politics.
When I thought about it, what came to me this time was anger.
“These bastards. He took care of the convenience without asking for anything.”
“… ….”
Two women kept their mouths shut like dumb people who ate honey at the sight of the unfamiliar Berris getting angry.
They know it too. How absurd this situation is right now.
But even so, there were few things the girls could do, so that was the biggest problem.
“Cecilia, what do you think should be done?”
“I-I… ….”
Cecilia did not give a specific answer, putting her position and title as the Holy Lady of the Holy Land to shame.
She just represents her frustration by holding her collar.
Just.
“A frontal breakthrough might be better.”
“Arwen!”
“I know. That they are trying to place a ridiculous crime on Veris.”
“Hmm, then why did Arwen make that decision?”
Unlike Cecilia, who was startled, Veris asked Arwen in a calm tone.
Arwen was also looking at Berrys asking her question, so she seemed to be speechless.
“It is clear that they would have a hard time killing students in the academy anyway. Of course, it would be nice to keep things tidy, but…… I think it’s also a way to faithfully participate in their investigation. It’s an open fact that if you fight against the Holy Kingdom at least once in a while, you’ll be more tired in the future.”
Berrys, who was listening to Arwen’s explanation with her chin resting on her chin, gave her a small nod.
In fact, if Cecilia’s explanation is true, there is no significant breakthrough in sight.
As a result, Berrys felt her chest tighten on her own.
You can throw away the slaughter right away. But Veris, determined to atone for their sins with her remaining humanity, rose from her seat.
“So, they must be frantically looking for me right now?”
“…… Most likely it is.”
“I need to meet you.”
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“Too risky…… ! Gasp?”
“No.”
Cecilia looked at him with her face blushing at Verice’s act of quietly raising her finger and covering her lips even though it was an urgent situation.
This is Veris, who has been detached from something. However, it seemed that the figure foreshadowed the storm that was about to blow up in her future, so Cecilia could not erase the uneasiness in a corner of her heart.