Chapter 104 – Descent of the Virgin (2)

The Holy Kingdom, Monarch, is a western country close to Fenheim, covering more than half of the country.
It is a country where most of the people are faithful believers in the Church of Light, and there are priests who are well versed in white magic, including healing and anti-magic, which is classified as a sacred magic system rather than magicians.

A unique centralized method in which the country is divided into four dioceses centered on the capital Louvier, with each archbishop ruling.
Among them, Solfroyd, the northern diocese, was the most well-known area in Penheim.

The home of La Ruel, the Holy Light Knights led by Patriarch Frederick Selusia.
Until just ten years ago, there was a time when we held hands and fought with them in the war against demons.

However, after the end of the war, the relationship between the two countries began to deteriorate steadily.
The trigger was the disappearance of Eris Prashuhra, the saint of the poor.

“This is Erzebet Brunhart, the student council president of Farencia Academy and the princess of Fenheim. “I convey her welcome to Saint Caroline Magdalene and her companions.”
“…”
“Saint?”
“Ah, haha! It looks like the saint was tired from the difficult journey! “I would like to thank you instead.”

The current saint was someone who was newly ordained later.
There is a reason why the kingdom cannot freely present a different opinion on this.
This is because the status of a saint is not determined by an internal decision within the church, but solely by the oracle of the goddess.
Therefore, bringing a saint to Parencia, the center of the country, was a great demonstration of the Monarch’s will.

Your kingdom claims that Eris Prasukhra is alive, and we who have concluded that she is dead.
Which one is right?

“It seems that you are uncomfortable staying in the dormitory, so we first prepared a place for you at the Temple of Light of the Parencia branch.”
“Okay. “Is there anything else you need?”
“…”
“Yes, I guess you aren’t there.”

Instead, those who answered were leaders who had followed from the Holy Kingdom.
The unorthodox, unconventional attire was somewhat disorganized.
At a time when there was a subtle silence, Saint Caroline, who had kept her mouth shut even on her podium, suddenly pointed in a certain direction with her chin.

“Who is that man?”

There was Lewis, who had spoken harshly on the podium a little while ago and had been caught to give him a sharp warning.
Playing with Pii’s wings.
Erzébet could not give a satisfactory explanation for how he glared at the saint of a country and treated her like a thief.

“Well, I’m just a store owner.”
“Really?”

But it’s the same here too.
It’s so rude that it’s hard to believe it came from a saint of a country.
Although her intentions may have been different, she was very different from the priests who became more polite as their status increased.

‘It looks just like Lewis…’

“I’m going.”
“Seo, saintess!?”

Seeing Caroline turn and leave on her own accord, her priests followed in her haste.
Behind Erzébet, who was looking at them blankly, someone touched her shoulder.

“Is that really the saint from Monarch?”
“Kwaaaaah!? Lou, Louis! “What if you come so suddenly!”
“I felt like someone was talking about me.”

She doesn’t look like a saint… Lewis said and did not let go.
As Ergé Bett tried to clean up, he lightly massaged his shoulder.

“Huh!? “Don’t touch me arbitrarily!”
“You’ve come together a lot. “Was it that hard when they told you they were coming?”
“Tsk, ma, that’s right! Not only was the saint who had been hidden until now suddenly sent, but it was also difficult to guess her identity… So stop!”

After the Demon King’s death, Seongguk, who helped purify Helzeb with purified water and salt of wisdom, requested that Caroline be admitted to the academy in exchange for the payment.
Of course, Goliath also investigated in advance, but was unable to find out the personal information about Caroline Magdalena.
Her presence itself was stressful enough for Erzsebet to suffer from nervous gastroenteritis.
However, Louis looked closely at the back of the departing saint and indifferently blurted out a word.

“It’s only natural that a saint came out of the blood test brigade.”
“Yes? I beg your pardon?”
“I did not know? There are no scriptures, much less a sword. Their job is not to show that they are believers. “The fact that I didn’t even wear a bandana or rosary in public means that I always lived that way.”

Although it was clear that other priests would have advised her, she did not wear it until the end, so she must not have been a lay priest.
This was the explanation of Lewis, who guessed Caroline’s identity at a glance.

“It would have been easy to investigate if it were the Holy Light Knights, and the Hymn Orchestra doesn’t have those innate martial arts skills. There is a possibility that it is a wandering missionary group, but… “Based on my experience, I don’t think they are from there.”
“Lou, Louis?”
“So there’s only one thing left. Inquisitio of the Blood Gate Brigade, belonging to the Western Diocese of Soldinude. He is a commonly known heresy inquisitor. The strange thing is that a saint can never come out from there…”
“Now, wait a minute!!”

Erzsebet hurriedly looked up at him and asked.

“How do you know that in such detail? You were from Monarch!?”
“Me? Um, well…”

Then Lewis trailed off and scratched his cheek.

“If you really have to ask?”

***

“Fuck you!”

Bang!!

As soon as she arrived at the Farencia branch of the Temple of Light, Caroline entered a confessional and started swearing.
He kicked her against the wall several times and pulled her hair out.
Why on earth did this happen?
She was beside herself when she was suddenly chosen to be a saint.

“Fuck you… Why am I such a saint…”
“Of course it’s because you didn’t follow the church’s policies.”
“Michelan… !?”

The voice coming from the other side of the confessional was undoubtedly that of a man who was a member of the Blood Gate Brigade and a junior of his.

“Speak clearly, bastard. “Where did you sell your honor?”
“Ha, do you want to be considered a senior now? “The subject was demoted to deacon within the brigade.”
“Don’t talk nonsense. “There is no way the church headquarters would make such a decision!”
“Why can’t I? “You should be ashamed that the Heretic Questioner was chosen as a saint.”
“Tsk… !”

A saint can be any of these members of the church.
From the knights who cut down demons on the front lines or the priests who take care of the sick at the infirmary.
From a choir singing God’s love with a heavenly voice to an evangelist crossing the desert relying on a single scripture.
However, there were some who were never chosen to become saints.
Even though it is a large group that dominates one of the four major Catholic religions of Monarch.

“It is a great shame for us that our senior has risen to the top of the brigade.”
“No, I…” … !”

This is the Inquisitor’s Heresy Questioner.
A swarm of religious wolves that do not mind anything to identify heretics and judge them.
They burn Bibles and disguise themselves as non-believers, and if they are suspected of being warlocks or demons, they do not hesitate to torture even innocent people.
Shadows who know for themselves that it is directly against the will of Hella, and yet only work for the religious order.

The name given to it is the Blood Gate Brigade, which best suits the meaning of being covered in blood.
Throughout the long history of Monarch, a holy nation established after the fall of the empire, it was a place where a saint had never been produced.
But–

“Take a good look at that body. “The appearance of a bloodthirsty woman has disappeared and she is almost like a prodigal woman.”
‘What are you going to do about that to me? Fuck, my body shape keeps changing even though I’m not eating… !’

A voluptuous chest, a narrow waist, and a silence followed so large that her legs are clearly exposed when she wears robes.
The two compartments were originally designed to prevent them from seeing each other, but Caroline felt unpleasant eyes staring at her as if they were criticizing her.
She clicked her tongue and took out her cigarette from her pocket.
In the hope that the hazy smoke would cover up her own appearance at least a little.

“Anyway, since you came to Parencia, you must listen to my orders.”
“Why did the church send me here?”
“… “Of course, it’s because of the whereabouts of the holy relic.”

Has the brigade run out of strings?
Michelan sighed at the sight of her former senior’s downfall, not knowing what she should do.

“You found the location? “I don’t even know the hero’s name, and the kingdom took him away as soon as he was summoned.”
“The church restored the audio records from that time. This is exactly the record from the Penheim royal family. “I traced the wave of mana that remained as a trace of the movement magic.”

Sigh.
A photo passed through a narrow gap at waist height.
Caroline picked it up, once again feeling the discomfort of her chest blocking half of her vision as she lowered her head.

“Are you a princess? “I saw it a while ago.”
“Start by investigating the men around her. “There is definitely a hero by the princess’s side.”
“Ha, why? “If I catch the devil, will you at least marry me?”
“If that were the case, ten years would have passed and it would have happened a long time ago. “It seems like a slightly different relationship.”
“What is the relationship? Give me that record too. “If you don’t want to be left behind.”

Although he obviously couldn’t see this side, Michelan trembled involuntarily at the dark red gaze that felt even lifelike.
Caroline of the blood and red mace.
When he was working as a Heresy Inquisitor, he was the vice-leader of the Blood Gate Brigade, which was the most feared by apostates.
However, now she is just a saint who cannot even properly support her heavy body.
Her divine power may have increased explosively, but she no longer boasts as much power as she did before.

“Is this my authority? … “Let’s think about it slowly.”

Therefore, he remained calm and left the confessional.
Inside, the sound of a fierce-tempered yaksha grinding its teeth could be heard.

***

The first place I was summoned to was the Monarch capital, Rouvier.
When she opened her eyes, she met Terra and Eris, obtained the holy sword and shield, and then took her teleport to Thessalon.
What happens after that… After greeting Wivlett, who had brought Nova with him from Bachran, and giving her his six-year-old daughter in return for the king’s promise, he left for Helzeb.

The period of stay in Louvier was not very long, but I was quite familiar with the country called Monarch.
Eris told me most of it, and I remember every detail of it.

I’m not sure why the next saint came here…

“Teacher? “Why do you lock the basement door?”
“My feet are a little numb.”
“?”
“More than that, Adela, can you please clean this up? “You can’t see in front of you.”

I kept coming closer and pushing Adela’s hair away from her face and body.
It seems to be something new that I learned after awakening to the original magic, and although it is soft and cool to the touch, it is not visually pleasing.

It looks like an octopus monster.

As I shook off her, I saw her saint coming from afar towards her stall.
Due to her sudden appearance, all of her students who were picking out her items became wary of her and could not take their eyes off her.

It’s probably not just her fiery hair color.
The students who attend here are all people who cannot survive without magic.
If the essence of gravity magic flashes before your eyes, you might be interested.
Wouldn’t it be much more interesting than the Magic Cube?

I heard that physical changes are also a characteristic of a saint. When I asked Eris why she looked like that, 〈 Holy Strike 〉 got stuck in her chest and she suffered from chest pain for three days.
From then on, I never talk about breasts, especially in front of saints.

“Ah, welcome… Kwaaaaa!?”

Crispy!

Adela let out a scream next to her as she crushed the cute ice duck that was toddling at her feet as she approached the counter.
Either way, she crossed her arms and stared at me.

“How can I help you?”
“…”

The corners of his mouth were strangely twisted and his eyebrows were furrowed, as if he was contemplating how to say something.
As far as I know, the Heresy Inquisitors of the Blood Gate Brigade behave strictly in accordance with the physiology of that place when they join a group suspected of being heretical.
There is absolutely no pride or arbitrary behavior, and it can be seen that he is good at stealing the other person’s confidential information at any cost.

“Mister, give me a Magic Cube. “I heard I need it for a second-year class and a skills test for transfer students that will be held later in the afternoon.”

Likewise, Caroline is playing a second-year student at the academy who is clearly green.
However, her eyes were dead, as if she was about to smoke a cigarette, and her appearance did not look like anyone of Liv’s age.

Of course, that was not a problem at all due to the overwhelming aura and charm that the saintess exuded.
You can even see male students taking out the Magic Cube they bought behind the scenes.
However, if there is one thing that bothers you——

“100 gold.”

Who says someone is a man?