026. Spirit Sword (3)
“I…… What did you say?”
The Heretic Inquisitor gritted his teeth at what was happening right in front of him.
In a way, falling for a student’s boast about knowing the exact location of the suspect may have been the root of the problem.
“Are you kidding me?”
“I’m not kidding.”
“You’re not saying there’s a guy here, are you?”
After saying that, the heretic inquisitor stretched out his arm and pointed to the surroundings.
The place where they are currently standing is a dark alley in the industrial area located in the northern part of the academy.
I followed him when he said that he lived in a business district in the south and that he lived in a completely different place.
“You wasted your time.”
If it was him, he would have scolded this scandalous fellow. But now is the time to carry out your mission with a cold heart, not with fiery rage. That’s why the Heretic Questioner slowly turned his body and moved his feet.
The southern business district where he is said to live is directly opposite the northern one. It was already late in the afternoon, so it would be difficult to secure a new recruit before the sun went down.
An academy boasting a scale so huge that it is otherwise called Academy City. It was right to punish this big guy for his clearly intentional actions, but the Heretic Questioner thought that now was not the time.
But.
“You can’t pass.”
“Ha! What kind of confidence are you doing this with? I know from the circumstances that you are his acquaintance. But wasn’t it arrogance to think that you alone would stop us?”
The Heretic Inquisitor nodded at the figure of the big man standing in front of them like a mountain.
At the end, a group of paladins stood there, not hiding their bewildered expressions, and it seemed hard to believe that they were trying to stop them alone with an academy student.
“My dear sirs, do you know the flies that flock to the light every night?”
“What?”
“I am the leader of that flying insect.”
Bulky, Gunther smiled.
He knew perfectly well that it was a meaningless action. I just overheard what their goals were, and I just wanted to present them with taffy.
“Crazy man. Hit!”
The Paladins rush like the wind at the orders of the Heretic Inquisitor. Since it was impossible to kill the students at the academy, not everyone drew their swords.
It was the same as his opponent, Gunther, but the problem is that Gunther’s physical condition is not perfect yet.
─Paak!
“Wait a minute!”
“…… What?”
“Bone, bone.”
“Crazy man. Hurry up and subdue it!”
“Aagh!”
The Heretic Questioner let out a deep sigh at the sight of him going wild like a wild boar.
He has lived a life of slashing down enemies of God without hesitation. But he hadn’t even guessed what the hell they meant by stopping him.
* * *
“Who are you?”
After subduing the boar-like creature and entering the Southern District, Seongguk and his party had no choice but to stop moving again. It was a girl who stopped them.
Behind her was a benevolent middle-aged woman, and if she wasn’t blind, it wouldn’t be difficult to figure out her identity.
Hedel, the chief court mage the Empire is proud of. It’s just that she appeared with her benevolent smile as if she was escorting this girl.
What does that mean? It is said that the girl standing in front of her is protected by the famous chief mage of the Empire.
“I’ve heard rumors, but it’s really absurd. Are you going on a rampage like this with the academy’s cooperation?”
“…… Who are you?”
The Heretic Questioner sighed at the unexpected appearance of an uninvited guest.
It is a dark evening as the sun has already set. She wasted her time being tricked by a guy who identified himself as Gunter, but someone else appeared to interrupt their progress.
“Whoops.”
As if she had waited for the Heretic Inquisitor’s words, the girl smiled lightly.
Soon the girl lowers her hood, revealing her face.
She was a girl with unusual beauty that made even the people of the Holy Land who walked the path of faith breathe in vain. But her problem wasn’t her looks.
“My name is Maria.”
─Flutter!
The coat flutters in the wind and soars into the sky.
And with a smile like a cow devil, her girl revealed her identity.
“She is the princess.”
“Woo, princess?”
The Heretic Questioner was dumbfounded.
The person who stopped them in the afternoon was said to be a swordsman genius of the empire that was rumored to be in the academy. If so, this time another bigwig, the princess, appeared and interfered with their work, so wouldn’t it be foolish not to know the situation at this point?
‘Why do these big names keep appearing!’
I couldn’t help but worry about future troubles even if I beat the self-restraint of a famous marquis family. But are you a princess?
It is famous that the emperor of her empire is very fond of her children, so it is virtually impossible to subdue her with her own power! This is far beyond his authority. She had to have at least the rank of a saint or pope to stand on her equal footing.
Even just sending a student from a county family to the Holy Land consumes an enormous amount of political power. But now that I’ve come, isn’t the belly button bigger than the belly to carry out the mission?
“How could the princess stop us? We are doing the work of the Holy Kingdom.”
“Why? Hmm…… Just?”
The Heretic Questioner had no choice but to open his mouth wide.
I know that there are so many geeks in the academy that people in the Holy Land don’t understand. But what do they want to do that they can’t understand at the moment?
“That is absurd.”
In the end, the Heretic Questioner muttered as a series of situations testing the limits of patience arose.
When I turned my head to look at my subordinates, their faces were full of fatigue. Usually, the locals responded favorably when they performed the work of the Holy Kingdom, but all the people I met in this academy were all interfering with their work…….
“Hey, shouldn’t I be there?”
I don’t know if I know how the Heretic Inquisitor feels, but I heard a clear voice from behind.
“Who are you?”
The Heretic Inquisitor turned his head. What caught his eye was a man with blue hair and red eyes.
Even at a glance, it is an unusual presence. The feeling of numbness in the hamstrings and trembling legs just by facing them is the feeling of having an audience with an absolute leader who has formed a powerful family.
“Me? The person you were trying to catch.”
“…… What?”
The Heretic Inquisitor is out of the situation.
It was Seongguk’s judgment that the person who would ‘overturn’ his status as a suspect was an ordinary student in Class B.
But what is this feeling?
This is just an academy student? Are you even in class B, which is said to be of relatively poor quality?
“It’s finally here.”
The composure he had shown all day had disappeared, and he took out his main scythe on his back.
It is like a symbol of light that kills the evil spirits who betrayed God’s will and spreads faith, and it was also his lifelong companion.
“Verys. I will deal with you.”
“…… Arwen, you?”
“Yes, I feel really bad too.”
“Hmm… ….”
Veris looked back and forth at Arwen’s honest answer, at her and at her heretic inquisitor.
You have no idea how exhausted I was to find him today. In the end, it wasn’t until evening that I met him, but unexpectedly, Arwen was the first to step out.
“Didn’t we just decide to faithfully participate in the investigation?”
“Did you mean to be investigated, Berrys-sama?”
“Not really.”
“Huh.”
At their peaceful conversation, the heretic inquisitor spat out nonsense.
Yes, now that he faced him, even he couldn’t help but stick his tongue out at the man’s presence. But look at the elf standing by his side. Neither the glory of God nor its halo…… Aren’t they ‘pagans’ who rely on the world tree?
A man like that dares to deal with himself?
In my heart, I thought that fighting a person named Veris might be a handshake, but it is a colorless trend.
“Then go Arwen! Body slap!”
“…… It sounds like something unpleasant.”
─Seureureung.
In Arwen’s hand, an old iron sword with no sharp blade was pulled out.
The opponent clearly burns the will to fight. At that, the Heretic Questioner’s eyes began to shake violently.
If you judged calmly, setting aside the mission of the kingdom, fighting in the plaza outside this commercial district was not a good trend.
Look at that man right now. With just one glance, he realized that the man was no match for him, so why would he ever gain any advantage by fighting his own person?
The Heretic Inquisitor put down the scythe. In his judgment, dialogue, not force, was best.
“Look, look.”
“Huh?”
“I am not here to fight.”
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“What? What kind of bullsh*t are you carrying a scythe?”
“It is true that the Heretic Inquisitor has the authority to make a summary judgment or send criminals away. But I’m here to investigate, not to exercise my authority.”
In the end, the Heretic Questioner had no choice but to lie in a situation that was heading towards catastrophe.
An elf swordsman right in front of you?
I knew at a glance that he had quite a bit of strength, but at least I thought I would be able to win in the end. But the problem is the man standing behind her, Veris.
The Heretic Inquisitor was a man with a good eye. To him, who walked the path of faith, crossing the boundary between life and death as a paladin all his life and later as a heretic inquisitor, Veris seemed like endless darkness like that universe.
“Isn’t that strange?”
“What do you mean?”
“I heard that the plan is to create and kill crimes that I have never committed or send them to the Holy Land.”
“… ….”
No, how does the executioner know that?
The Heretic Inquisitor swallowed those words that came out.
“Hey.”
“…… Why?”
“Do I look like a demon follower to you?”
The Heretic Questioner shook his head.
Thanks to the fact that each member of the Demonic Church trains in the dark mana, you can feel the shady aura just by getting close.
However, what I feel from that man is not a shady aura, but a refreshing aura. What does it mean?
“They said they came to show off their skills anyway, but we should at least get a commission.”
‘Crazy man!’
The Heretic Inquisitor swallowed empty wind at his attitude of talking about fees to people in the Holy Land.
I don’t know why a man like this is at the academy. Besides, what about the judgment of the Vatican, who pointed him out as a suspect without any luck?
“I’m not saying I’m going to take money, I’m going to have to fight with my kids.”
“My kids? What is that…… ?”
“What is it, they ask for experience points. It’s hard to get experience points at the academy.”
The Heretic Questioner trembled at Veris’ evil smile.
Fear of the unknown. That fear was certainly not an illusion.