Faith (1)
When I entered the building, all the people inside the stone chamber had escaped through the hole I had drilled. Even my little friend who was trapped inside the barricade.
Among them, the agent was threatening the archbishop to tell me why he could use the divine power, and the archbishop was raising the divine power with his wounded body and insisting that I was innocent.
And because of the divine power raised by the archbishop, the nuns and sisters in the back, as well as the knights, were confused.
I didn’t understand it at all to be angry at me for not being able to solve one of those monsters while I was trying to figure out three monsters.
I’m sure of the absence of God and can detect lies, so I won’t be fooled, but seeing how they draw out their divine power without any such thing, I wonder if I’m wrong.
When I stepped down in the middle of the chaotic space, everyone’s eyes focused on me, and the agent’s voice, mixed with worry and anger, flew in.
“Saint Ronan. Why did you do such a dangerous thing? Are you feeling well?”
That’s right. My brain must have gone sour for a while because I worked overtime all night.
I nodded my head to mean that my body was fine.
“Saint Ronan, you are also the blessing of the church. While you were locking the door of the church to catch the wicked group hiding in the church not too long ago, today you were attacked by them and your life was in danger. I am so grateful to you for saving my life.”
The Archbishop’s voice came from the other side.
You’ve already written a novel, you gentleman.
“Have you dealt with all the devil worshipers?”
Instead of responding to the archbishop’s words, I nodded in affirmation to the agent’s question once again.
“It doesn’t look very green, but it’s amazing…”
“Lita-sama. Liam-sama. Gunther-sama.”
I interrupted the archbishop who was trying to continue praising me while suppressing his anger and bewilderment at my constant ignorance.
“Why haven’t you handed over your last mercy yet?”
Roughly translated, it means, Why is the archbishop still alive?
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment at my words. Perhaps it was more shocking than I thought to ask them to kill the Archbishop, who still showed off his divine power, without hesitation, and everyone’s eyes were full of confusion.
If you don’t care about this, it looks like you’ve done well so far and can’t tie the final knot.
The Archbishop, who was pointed out as the person involved, immediately started screaming in rage as if he couldn’t believe it.
“What a terrible statement that is, Saint Ronan!
“Please, Archbishop, please have mercy so that you do not disrespect Orion any more.”
I thoroughly ignored the archbishop’s words and appealed to the agent and the knight to kill the archbishop.
“Ronan Saint! I’m truly crazy!”
Even the palm of your hand makes a sound when you touch it. As I kept ignoring myself and appealing only to others, the Archbishop, unable to find the timing to bring up a story to prove his innocence, ended up pouring out only primary criticism.
And that’s exactly what I meant.
Hey, Archbishop. I don’t know why you can use divine power, but anyway, there is evidence in your favor according to social norms.
Here, I had to make a short-term decision by appealing to my emotions unconditionally.
I made a spleen and sorrowful expression and raised what little divine power I had left. I was really good at practicing facial expressions in the mirror when I was alone.
“If you can’t do it, I will do it. After all, my hands are dirty to the point where they can no longer be dirty today.”
“Saint Ronan. The archbishop can still use divine power. Maybe there is a real misunderstanding. Maybe the devil worshipers are playing tricks, so after we understand the situation a bit more…”
Even though I felt a sense of guilt at my facial expressions, the knights showed signs of trying to stop me by saying, “Let’s watch the situation a little longer.”
Putting aside the lack of certainty, it wouldn’t be easy for an ordinary knight to decide to kill the archbishop after listening to me, even though he belongs to the Imperial Knights. Even so, I wondered if it would be possible to some extent due to the fact that he was involved with devil worshipers, but that seemed to be insufficient.
Then, even if I had to step in, I had to take care of the archbishop here.
The knight belonging to the imperial family, who confirmed the situation right in front of his eyes and was not even very friendly to the church, had such an attitude, but when a verdict on the heresy question began to be officially held and the archbishop got a chance to protest using divine power, he could never be killed.
Then it’s really a joke.
Instead of answering the knight’s words, I turned to the archbishop.
“Wait, Saint Ronan. I’m not questioning the saint. But there’s a lot to be learned from the archbishop. A very impious family, but maybe the devil worshipers have figured out how to blind our gods.”
At least the agent did not doubt that the archbishop had colluded with the devil worshipers, but expressed his position to take advantage, but that was also an unacceptable story.
First of all, it’s not what the agent thinks. It’s just that humans have bugs.
In fact, if I really could have been dragged to a secret place and tortured to get information freely, I would have suggested it before the agent dared to say such a thing.
Not because the devil worshipers were curious, but because I was curious how much the alternative church knew about Orion.
“I’m sorry Rita-sama. Rita-sama may be right. Maybe that’s the more correct direction. But I want to protect the Archbishop’s end.”
However, if we were to catch it here, there was a high possibility that the new recruit would eventually be led to the Orion Church.
Now that this has happened, the church will change its attitude and say, “Didn’t we say that in the first place?”
Still, since this side solved the case on its own, it might be possible to block it for a while and buy time for interrogation, but even so, there was a high possibility that it would be difficult to get the answer to the question I wanted.
To ask a question like where did Orion disappear to?
After the interrogation, I couldn’t imagine what the church would do to slit my throat if the archbishop was alive and sent to the main office to inform me that I knew about Orion’s absence.
Because this is a story that shakes the foundations of the real church.
Of course, even if I, a saint, made such a claim, it would be absurd and unrealistic enough to say that Orion chose you, and what are you talking about?
The risk of interrogating the archbishop was extremely high, but the expected return was infinitely low.
As originally planned, it is better to remove the church’s influence from the academy and surrounding cities and solidify my support base.
No matter how much I thought about it, killing the archbishop was the best thing from my point of view.
“Saint, are you really crazy? It shouldn’t be like this! I’d rather have a heretic trial. I’ll prove my innocence there!”
“The child who has seen everything will prove the evil that the Archbishop has done.”
I said that in order to pressure the archbishop in earnest, and pointed at the child who had turned into a monster at the agent’s feet.
“You’re so insane. That’s an orc. A mutated monster!”
“No. It’s not completely corrupted yet, and I can bring it back.”
At those words, the archbishop’s aura shook violently for an instant.
It was an emotional state in which embarrassment and doubt were mixed, and there was something stabbed by anyone.
“What do you mean?”
“Literally. If you turn that child back into a human, you’ll be imprisoned here, and you’ll have a witness who’s heard everything the Archbishop and the devil worshipers talk about.”
The Archbishop’s mood gradually began to change to despair and anger.
“Then why not? Treat the child and hear the story.”
In the meantime, to find a way to live somehow, the spirit of saying that was commendable.
For now, he agrees with me, buys time to come up with a plan, and if it doesn’t work out, he’s going to claim that the child’s memory is not perfect.
In fact, the archbishop’s divine power was much more credible than the claim that relied on the memory of a slum orphan who turned into a monster and then returned to human form.
In fact, that divine power was also the clearest reason why people’s faith in high-ranking members of the Church did not disappear easily, even though everyone who could have known the church had tasted it.
It’s visible like that. Evidence that everyone is faithful to God, who does not deny it.
Besides, the child might remember the conversation between the real archbishop and the devil worshipers.
So I have no intention of doing what you want. Die quietly.
“At least, Orion-sama… if you still have even the slightest bit of faith in him, please stop. I will pray for your afterlife.”
I’ll pray for you to go to Orion’s side after you die. If you ever die and go to Orion’s place, please let me know. Where in the world are you stuck?
After that, I stopped talking and approached the archbishop.
Slowly the priests were entering the building.
There was no time to delay any longer.
“Don’t come any closer!”
As I approached the Archbishop without hesitation, the Archbishop, trembling with fear, eventually began activating an attacking spell at me.
From the point of view of the archbishop, I think that can be enough. Although there were people in this position who were nabal and would never tolerate such a thing.
Instead of implementing the defense method, I closed my eyes for a moment.
and.
“To show hostility to a saint by using divine power. Did you really abandon even the slightest bit of honor as a priest?”
The agent who confirmed the appearance was creating a large wind hole in the archbishop’s chest before he knew it.
“Gagging…!”
The archbishop collapsed on the spot with a stunned as if he couldn’t believe it.
I don’t know the specific reason, but it was a pretty insignificant end for holding hands with demon worshipers in the body of a priest.
At least the devil worshipers you were with were outright monsters. You…
As if it was a pity, I sat down and supported the Archbishop’s body.
Actually, it was a pity. I shouldn’t have killed him so easily. There are many things I want to ask, and there are many things that annoy me.
In a situation where death was imminent, the archbishop’s trembling eyes met mine.
My face was also lowered low enough to support the body of the archbishop, who had already fallen on the floor, and since I had my head down, I was convinced that the flowing hair covered the left and right sides of my face enough, so I decided to give the archbishop a last gift.
I moved my eyes slightly as I watched the Archbishop who was coughing up blood several times. The Archbishop is not an idiot, so a hint like this would be enough.
Did he see my eyes? It was quite difficult this time as he tried hard not to raise the corner of his mouth because of the archbishop’s eyes, which were constantly colored with astonishment.
I put my mouth to the archbishop’s ear and whispered in a small but clear voice.
“You worked hard…”
To others who hear this, it will sound like a final encouragement to the corrupt archbishop who devoted himself to the church.
But if the archbishop had fully understood what kind of person I am from the hint I just gave you, he could translate my meaning this way.
You’ve been working hard all this time. Now I’m going to use all of them well?
As if he was trying to say something, the archbishop’s body was shaking, so I grabbed him with force.
And after a while, the archbishop finally passed away.
The appearance of the archbishop, who was not wrapped in the veil of divine power, seemed no different from an ordinary old man.
In the meantime, it seems that he was desperate for life. He died without being able to close his eyes until the end.
I slowly wiped the archbishop’s eyes.
All of the corrupt high-ranking officials in the church were people he didn’t like and would have to get rid of at some point, but in fact, he had no personal grudge against the archbishop.
I’m just mad because it’s so shocking to stick with a real devil worshiper.
On the way there was no need to show respect for the corpse, as he paid for it with a large meal.
The clergy who approached were shocked by the archbishop’s death, but were unable to take any action in the unusual atmosphere.
It was all the more so because everyone had no idea how the situation was going.
Shall we put the last wedge in now?
I put the archbishop’s corpse in one place and approached the child who had almost transformed into a monster.
Now, if only this kid was turned back into a human, this damn day was really over.
The morning sun was shining through the skylights of the broken building.
In the end, I ended up working full-time all night long… When I go back to the academy, I won’t get out of bed all day today.
I started to raise my divine power with such a pleasant imagination, but soon I ran into an unexpected difficulty.
There was a lot more divine power to treat this kid than expected. Even considering that the mutation had progressed a lot, the required divine power seemed to increase exponentially rather than quantitatively as the mutation progressed.
It was an unexpected situation.
This…with the remaining divine power, it won’t be enough even if you beat it until it runs out?
It also played a role in the fact that I had consumed too much by inserting a thunderbolt earlier.
What should I do? At this rate, I can’t firmly nail the proposition that the Archbishop is a bad guy and I’m a good guy to the clergy here. What I wanted was a shocking impact that went beyond simply being in touch with the facts.
how should…
That moment.
A soft light began to flow from the archbishop’s body.
Everyone looked at the archbishop in surprise, and the archbishop’s body rapidly shrank and light began to spread from his body.
And I instinctively knew that the light was divine power.
Originally, when you die, does the divine power come out of the body like this? As far as I know, it doesn’t seem like it.
I was curious, but the divine power that spread in the air immediately disappeared, so I didn’t have time to think deeply.
I radiated my divine power and absorbed it with the feeling of collecting the divine power that was scattered and disappeared in the air.
From the outside, it probably looks like a stream of light poured from the archbishop and flows into me.
After replenishing the lack of holy power, I hit the holy power to restore the child.
This was close enough, but somehow it seemed possible.
The child’s body, which had turned into a monster, gradually began to regain its human form, and admiration began to pour out from the surroundings.
“oh my god…”
“A miracle, a miracle.”
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While continuing the treatment with such thoughts, I finally confirmed that the kid had returned to normal, and when I put the kid down on the floor, I noticed an unexpected fact.
…Is this a girl? There was a reason the child died and couldn’t live.
As I tore off part of my holy clothes and covered the child, I suddenly felt a familiar sensation come upon me.
Ah, this… but I get the feeling that I’ve been through it once.
At least it doesn’t feel like the film suddenly cuts like the last time.
I looked at the agent, whose expression began to distort after looking at me, and smiled with a sense of shame.
It seemed like I knew what was going to happen seconds later.
I’m sorry, agent. I’ll make an excuse for the princess later. But you don’t need to knock me out yourself like you joked, so look at me.
No, but this is what I have to say to make the situation flow in the direction I want. Shouldn’t I lose my mind like this?
After thinking that far, I couldn’t continue my thoughts and lost my mind again.
This is how fainting becomes a habit.
