## Chapter 504 – Quasi-Priest Kim Kat

“It’s here! Priest!”

The man in his thirties, who introduced himself as Dodnal, shouted as he turned to look at me. He seemed deeply moved by the funeral I had performed and enthusiastically guided me to the scene of the incident.

Just by looking at his face, I could tell how much ordinary people in this world trusted those who worked in professional religious positions.

In a world where gods actually exist, religious people burn their lives to punish evil. It was only natural that they would gain the support of the general public.

And I hadn’t really heard any talk about religious people being corrupt. In the first place, someone who was corrupt enough wouldn’t have been able to endure life in the church, so it was only natural. That’s why they’re trustworthy.

Truly incorruptible.

“…”

But a corrupt religious person… I swear I’ve never seen one.

The religious people I’ve seen were all mad with righteous slaughter, perhaps the purest kind of humans. If one of those religious people were to become corrupt, would his fanatical colleagues forgive him out of past affection?

From what I saw, these bastards would blow the head off even the Pope if they judged him to be corrupt.

“Priest? What are you thinking about… Ah! Are you analyzing the scene of the incident!”
“…That’s right.”

I was lost in thought for a moment.

Anyway, this quasi-priest position would make it easy to gain the favor of the residents no matter which village I went to work in. When I think about it, there was no greater benefit than that.

“Are there any other sites besides this one? It seems like there were many victims.”
“I remember everything!”

There were no meaningful clues left at the scene. It had been a while since it happened, after all.

And so, following Dodnal’s guidance, we toured all the incident sites near the village. The incidents all took place in remote locations or forest paths. Judging by the locations, the trail of murders continued all the way to the path leading to the next village.

The culprit was wandering around this area, committing indiscriminate murders.

ㅡThe corpses were all riddled with sharp blades.

A simple pleasure killer?

Judging by the fact that the bodies were left behind, that was highly likely.

If it was a simple robbery, there would be no need to make it so obvious in one area, and the degree of cruelty was also unnecessarily excessive.

If you just stab someone in the neck, they die, but there’s no reason to waste time hacking them to pieces. Or maybe they’re skilled enough to turn a person into rags in an instant.

A skilled person like that robbing farmers?

It doesn’t make sense.

If there’s a purpose other than pleasure killing, that’s what’s strange.

I wondered if it was a human sacrifice by pagans, but it was still strange that the bodies were left behind. Judging by my murderous senses, this was a crime committed by a pleasure killer suffering from antisocial mental illness.

“There’s a village called Solis next door, but I know that incidents have happened there as well. It’s really scary and I can’t live like this, Priest.”
“Rest assured. I’ve come to solve it.”
“Thank you so much!”

After touring all the incident sites, the sun began to set.

I had grasped the approximate locations and incident sites. However, I couldn’t find any special clues.

Well, I’m not going to catch the culprit in just one day anyway.

I’m planning to investigate the area around the village from tomorrow and start tracking the culprit. If I have time, I’ll also investigate the next village. If I’m lucky, I might find the bodies of the adventurers who came before.

As soon as I returned to the village, I gathered the residents and told them firmly.

“A serial killer is wandering around the area. Don’t go outside the village when it’s dark and lock your doors tightly. Until I kill the culprit, you must refrain from nighttime travel or moving to other villages, even if it’s inconvenient.”
“Ah, I understand!”

It’s only natural, but just because you live in a village doesn’t mean you only go back and forth between your house and the fields. You also have to go into the forest to gather things, and you often move to other villages to exchange goods.

The serial killer will target those people.

“Refrain from going into the forest as well.”
“Priest… If we don’t go into the forest now, we won’t be able to gather merdules…”

What’s a merdule?

Probably a fruit or vegetable or something.

In villages like this, there are many cases where they make a profit from those kinds of gatherings. If they can’t go outside the village, they have no choice but to give up those profits.

“You can go, but know that your life is in danger if you do. Right now, you might die if you don’t endure the inconvenience.”
“…I understand.”

After finishing my long speech, I dismissed the residents.

If D-rank adventurer Kim Kat had said this, they would have whispered about who that guy was, but if Quasi-Priest Kim Kat said it, they would obediently follow.

Authority comes from position, after all.

“Priest. Some of the houses in the village are empty right now. If you don’t mind, you can stay there.”

I was just about to look for a place to sleep, but the residents came and told me that.

They’re even finding a place for us to sleep now. I didn’t know I would be treated like this when I came to work as a business.

“Thank you. You are very kind people. I will pray that the god you believe in blesses you.”

It goes without saying, but those empty houses are probably the houses where the people who were murdered lived. That’s why some of the houses are empty.

“We’re more grateful. We’ll bring your meals there too.”
“I can’t impose on you that much. I’ll pay for it.”
“The funeral you performed is payment enough.”
“…I see. Then I’ll gratefully accept your kindness.”

The house I was guided to felt like someone had been living there until just a few days ago. I unpacked my things and was getting ready to rest when the residents brought fruit and bread.

Kim Kat’s funeral business has a high profit margin.

“Hehe. Being a dark-skinned quasi-priest brings good things too.”

Winia said as she took a bite of an apple.

“Hehehe, you’re right.”
“You’ll be able to get preferential treatment by using that position in the future too, Kat.”
“That’s right.”

Anyway, I ate dinner with the food I brought and the food the residents gave me, and washed up a bit in the well next to the house. It wasn’t a warehouse or anything, it was a house where people lived, so sleeping wouldn’t be a problem, it would be comfortable.

After doing a simple cleaning, I made a place and lay down.

I’m planning to wake up early tomorrow and search the area. Looking at the map, it’s a bit far from the nearby villages. The killer probably doesn’t live in the village, so I think he’s dug a cave somewhere in this forest and is hiding there.

But… why is he killing people like that?

I can’t read the minds of crazy people, but he’s going through so much trouble to commit crimes, so I can only think that he’s crazy.

Could it be faith?

Is he believing in a strange religion?

Shitty religions ruin a lot of people. Why doesn’t he just believe in the Holy Light Cross Society or the Brass Celestial Angel like everyone else? Is it because of the power promised by the gods of the heretics? I don’t know, damn it.

“Kat. What are you thinking so hard about?”

Cloudy, who was lying next to me, said as she rubbed my chest.

“Ah… I’m thinking about the killer’s identity. I was wondering why he’s so obsessed with killing.”
“Hmm, there probably isn’t any special reason. He’s just someone who’s obsessed with that kind of thing.”
“Maybe.”
“Anyway, Kat, soon…”
“Uh-huh, Cloudy. Not here. It’ll make noise. I’ll take care of you when we get home.”
“But Kat, you’re suffering.”

As Cloudy said, my dick was already swollen to the point of bursting. So I’m being careful not to touch it if possible.

“Hehehe, I’m not suffering. Cloudy’s next to me.”
“Sis, just go to sleep. Do it when we get home. You can’t even stay awake at night when we get home anyway.”
“Ugh.”

Anyway, I closed my eyes with Cloudy and Winia on either side of me.

Let’s only have sex at home. Only I can hear my wives’ moans. More than anything, I’m being treated like a quasi-priest right now, so I can’t do that kind of thing in the middle of the village.

I slept a lot in the carriage, but I’m still tired from lying down like this.

Soon, my mind began to fade.

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.

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ㅡRustle.

The world is still dark… Is it dawn?

Soft fingers kept tickling my chest, and I couldn’t help but wake up. It seems like Cloudy, who woke up in the middle of the night, wants to play.

“Cloudy… Ticklish… Uh.”

ㅡChup.

In the middle of speaking, I couldn’t help but realize a strange fact.

The sensation of soft fingers… For a moment, I thought it was Cloudy, but the sensation of these fingers was definitely not Cloudy’s. It’s not Winia’s either. And it’s not Karin’s or Lisha’s fingers either.

The three of them came out to work now.

More than anything, there’s no way I wouldn’t be able to distinguish my wives’ fingers.

“Hehehe, Kat. Are you ticklish? Hehe, more than that… your body is so wonderful. Ah, I wanted to see this so much… I always comforted myself by just imagining it… No matter how much I rubbed and rubbed all night, my lust wouldn’t go away… This is really like a dream.”

Then, a woman’s voice that I had heard before echoed in the darkness.

“…What?”

Feeling a moment of unease, I quickly raised my upper body.

This voice is definitely!

“Good night, Kat. I’m so happy to see you again like this.”

ㅡFlash!

At the same time, the dark space brightened. Some kind of light turned on.

“Hi, Hildegard!”
“Yes, yes. It’s Hildegard, who always thinks only of Kat.”

What was in front of me was the succubus Hildegard!

I couldn’t keep up with the reality of what was going on.

What’s more, this wasn’t the old house I had gone to bed in earlier.

ㅡAn extremely luxurious bedroom.

The bed was soft, and all sorts of expensive-looking decorations were decorating the room, and some kind of mysterious candlelight surrounded the bed.

I’ve never seen a room like this in my life.

Kidnapping!

“You bitch! What is this!”

When I tried to punch her while having a seizure, a pink aura shot out like a rope and slammed my body back into the bed, fixing it firmly in place.

You bitch!

“Kat, calm down. It’s just a dream. Ah, by the way, this is my room? The atmosphere is nice, right? It’s a room I worked hard to decorate.”
“What? A dream?”
“Yes. It’s a dream. You haven’t forgotten my race, have you?”

Succubus.

One of the demon races of Pandemonium that enters the dreams of men and takes their essence. Does that mean I’m caught in Hildegard’s magic and wandering in a dream right now!

“I, Hildegard, am now in Kat’s dream.”

Hildegard had a melting expression and stroked my face.

Her outfit was quite bizarre.

It was an outfit that seemed to have been lewdly arranged from a pure white dress and made into underwear. Her voluptuous breasts, slender waist, and large hips and buttocks were exposed without filtering.

You bitch…!

I felt like my head was about to spin because of lust right now. The situation is not good. I should have done it when Cloudy asked me to earlier!

“I’ve been constantly trying to enter Kat’s dreams, but for some reason, it never worked. But it’s working today? Hehe, did you come out of the house? I’m a succubus, but you’re sleeping anywhere~. Really. You shouldn’t do that. You’ll get eaten by a bad succubus~.”

She chattered as if she was having fun.

Damn it!

Someone like me getting caught in this kind of trick!

Maybe I couldn’t penetrate because of Lisha’s magic when I slept at home, but the story is different if I sleep outside. No, then when I was with the paladins back then… Ah, is that it too.

Defenseless sleepover.

She was aiming for this.

“But this is a very good opportunity for me? Hehe, since it’s come to this, let’s play together, shall we?”
“Bullshit! Get out of my dream!”

ㅡThud! Thud!

The pink aura was firmly fixing my wrists in place. Even if I gave it my all, my mind was somehow dizzy and kept twisting, limiting my ability to use my strength.

I can’t get any strength in my body!

It’s like being paralyzed…!

“Oh my, you’re really full of energy… But even if you’re Kat, you won’t be able to resist me in a dream. Hehehe, I’m not a succubus for nothing.”

Damn it! I can’t have my essence stolen like this!