## Chapter 561 – The Little Match Girl

“Ooh, oooooh! Oooooh!”

After a fierce battle, I finally seized victory.

However, the secret research facility of the heretics, where the crucial evidence was likely hidden, was completely burned down. As I was wailing in despair, Hildegard flew over, shouting urgently.

“Katt! Are you alright! What on earth happened here!”
“Ah, Hilde?”
“Katt?”

It’s regrettable, but in the end, I won. Once the fire is completely extinguished, I’ll go back in and search for anything that’s left.

“Are you okay?”
“Yeah. I’m fine. I won.”
“That’s a relief!”
“Fucking relief, my ass. Ah, there was a demon inside. But that bastard escaped through a gate with some woman.”
“What? A human used a demon gate?”

Well, can’t humans use demon gates?

“Yeah.”
“Hmm… That’s strange. It’s usually impossible… It’s impossible for a human to use a demon gate.”
“…”

That’s peculiar.

Let’s keep that in mind for now.

“Anyway, Katt. I was on lookout and killed two of them.”
“Oh, really?! Good job!”
“Hehe! I did well, right! Quickly, pat my head!”

Hildegard, beaming, offered her head to me. She killed two people, so I should check that out later.

“Haa, don’t do weird things.”
“Ah.”

With a sigh, Winia came in front of me and covered Hilde’s head.

“Winia!!!”

Seeing Winia’s face filled me with great joy.

“You did so well!!! I won thanks to you!!!”
“…Well, I thought we were really done for, but you did win.”

—Whack!

I immediately hugged Winia tightly and lifted her up.

“Ugh, ugh…!”
“Hooray, Winia! You’re the best! My little angel!”
“B-Blackie, let go for now…”

Winia, with a seriously flushed face, grabbed my face and tried to push me away weakly.

What…? Winia is rejecting me!

“What, what! Why!”
“I haven’t showered in days, so I smell…”

Ah.

I definitely haven’t showered for the past few days.
But I don’t really smell.

“No, you don’t.”
“Still…”

Anyway, I let go of Winia.

Still, I fucking won. Thinking about defeating such a strong enemy makes a kind of intense elation surge within me.

I crushed a strong swordsman in a 1:1 fight.

Today’s experience makes me stronger tomorrow.

“Blackie. It’s good that you won, but it was really dangerous. What were you going to do if you lost, just rushing in like that?”

It was definitely dangerous.

But I fought because I trusted myself and Winia.

“I went in because I trust my skills and you. Well, I was going to run away immediately if I thought it was too dangerous.”
“…I guess so. Hehe. Yeah. Anyway, good job, Blackie.”
“Hehehe.”

A laugh escaped me. I really gained more than I expected. If I organize this well and report it, I’ll gain the trust of Saintess Kadia.

I’ll be seeing her face every day anyway when I go to the capital.

For the sake of the future, I pushed my wives a little. Fortunately, I completed it successfully, so I’ll be able to return with my head held high.

After waiting for a while, I went back inside the cave. There were ventilation holes, so the smoke had mostly cleared out.

“Hey, Hilde. Find anything useful.”
“Yes!”

The bodies of the heretics were completely burned and scattered.

The numbers were all correct. I decided to take anything I could. Most of it was burned, but metal and such was relatively intact.

—Rummage, rummage.

I was able to find a few metal plates with some kind of heretical symbol on them. But unfortunately, the journals and books containing the key information were all reduced to ashes.

“…Blackie, I’m sorry. I burned it all.”

As I was rummaging through the remains of the bookshelf, Winia, who had quietly approached, said with a slightly subdued face.

This isn’t something to apologize for.

“No, what are you sorry for? I won thanks to you, Winia. I wouldn’t have been able to win without your magic in the first place. It’s all your credit.”
“Really? Okay. Then that’s fine.”

Winia, regaining her smile, squatted down and searched the floor.

We conducted a search like that.

“Katt! Down here!”
“Down here?!”

Suddenly, Hilde opened some kind of door in the floor. I screamed and ran towards her.

“Waaaaaah!! What is this!”
“It seems to be a small warehouse!”

It was a small storage warehouse made in the floor. Inside, things like Sasquatch horns and leather, and work tools were neatly stacked and organized. They were hardly burned at all!

“Take everything!”

So we took all the spoils and came out. I couldn’t find many heretical artifacts, but I was able to take all the weapons and Sasquatch byproducts.

This is enough for the trouble I went through.

I immediately took all the luggage I had hidden outside. I also looked for the other heretics that Hilde had killed, but there was nothing to take except for the heretics’ unique black outfits.

“Let’s go back now! Hilde, there’s a lot of luggage, so please help me!”
“Yes! Give it to me!”

So we divided the luggage and headed to the city. It would probably take a few days, but I took so much Sasquatch leather that there shouldn’t be any problems when we sleep.

* * *

As soon as I returned to Isbanth, I received a warm welcome from my wives and spent several days indulging in lustful days.

Claudia, Winia, Karin, Risha, Liztina.

Spending time with as many as five wives was extremely enjoyable and a happy thing that I wouldn’t trade for anything. But they were all angry that I was so late. It just looked cute, though.

Anyway, after filling their wombs with the endlessly spurting semen, I started writing the report, and finally, I found the church.

“…The acolyte is truly amazing the more I see of him.”

Saintess Kadia, after looking at my report and various evidence, stared at me with a strange expression.

“Hehehe, isn’t it really amazing?”
“It’s so amazing that I’m stunned.”

The report was perfectly written.

In fact, it took quite a while after Saintess Kadia gave me the mission. During that time, I searched the snowy mountains like crazy, and eventually, while tracking a Sasquatch, I discovered the heretics, raided their research facility, and completed the annihilation.

However, I ended the report by saying that the research facility was burned down due to the intense battle.

But I eventually succeeded in bringing back one valid piece of evidence.

“Saintess. What exactly is written in that book? I couldn’t read it because it’s a language I’ve never seen before.”

The bizarre journal that I ambushed and stole from two heretics who came out for a stroll. It was filled with an unidentifiable language.

Saintess Kadia read it for a moment, then said with a serious face.

“…Even this Saintess cannot read it. But I have seen this script before.”
“You’ve seen it before!”

Where on earth!

“The Order’s warehouse is overflowing with evil artifacts collected from various places. As the second-in-command of the Church, this Saintess naturally has the right to rummage through the warehouse.”

Indeed, someone like the Saintess would have seen a lot of evil artifacts. Of course, she would have seen the script written here.

“Then do you know its identity?”
“No. I have no knowledge of the identity of the heretics involved. Which sect they belong to, which god they worship, what their purpose is, nothing has been revealed.”

Is it that secretive?

“In any case, the evidence brought by the acolyte will be very useful for research in the Order. Thank you for your hard work, acolyte.”
“Hehehe, I’m glad to hear that.”

Anyway, I’m glad she seems satisfied.

So, am I finally going to receive compensation for all the hard work? I had a verbal promise in advance that I would be paid in cash this time.

“Honestly, I didn’t have high expectations. I was waiting, thinking that you would probably only bring back a tail or something. But to bring back things like this… A secret research facility of the heretics, that’s very interesting. And a demon.”

Saintess Kadia, taking out a cigarette, continued while fiddling with the metal piece with the heretical symbol on it.

“An individual presumed to be a key executive colluded with a demon, held a Sasquatch cub with blue skin, and escaped using a gate…”

Then, she closed her eyes for a moment and fell into thought.

I can’t interrupt her thoughts. I sat quietly and waited for the Saintess to speak again. It was a rather serious matter from a religious point of view.

“…First, I will send the paladins to the place marked on the map immediately.”
“I scraped up everything worth taking. And it’s been a few days. It’s quite far away, that is.”

I played around a bit and wrote the report after coming back, so it took some time.

“Still, we need to check it out once.”
“Hehehe, of course. But Saintess. I’ve completed everything I could do for now. Everything written in the report is exactly what I did… So.”
“Hmph, you want compensation.”

The Saintess, who chuckled at my subtle request, mentioned compensation.

“That’s right!”
“Really, I never thought that I would not only be able to defeat the heretics by spending a few coins, but also get such a clue. I never thought there would be such an efficient thing.”

With those words, the Saintess organized the report I had written and put it in her drawer.

“First, I will send the paladins and pay the compensation after completing the investigation.”
“What! Do you not trust me!”
“You know very well that it’s not like that. Just rest assured that it’s just a matter of procedure.”

Of course, the Saintess is not someone who would cheat me out of money.

The Saintess, looking at me for a moment, said.

“Acolyte. Let’s change seats for a moment.”
“Yes? Seats?”
“Stand up.”

Suddenly, seats?

The Saintess, who got up from her seat, approached me.

“Yes. Well, if you want to change, I have to change.”
“You talk too much.”

As instructed, I got up and headed to Saintess Kadia’s seat.

It’s a seat with the window behind me and the door leading outside in sight. Somehow, the chair is also soft and warm.

—Swish.

Saintess Kadia, who sat in the seat I was originally in, took out a document from her bosom and handed it to me.

“From now on, the acolyte cannot leave this place until he signs there.”
“Yes?”

What are you talking about?

As soon as I received the document, I saw the title [Brass Sky Angel Society Saintess Kadia’s Direct Paladin Enrollment Contract].

…Paladin contract.

Slightly raising my head, I saw the Saintess, with her arms crossed, explaining as if adding an explanation.

“Isn’t it something you have to do anyway. Read it right away and sign it.”
“No, Saintess?”
“I think I need to restrain the acolyte in advance. If you suddenly change your mind because it’s spring, this Saintess will be in trouble. I won’t say much. Sign it right away. This is an order.”

With an extremely authoritative attitude, she orders me.

No, I was planning to do it anyway, but I was a little worried because she suddenly told me to write a contract. I was trying to make a decision leisurely.

“…Saintess, just a moment.”
“If you don’t sign.”

As I was about to protest, Saintess Kadia suddenly pulled on the front of her chest and exposed her large cleavage.

“I will take off my clothes and scream in this place right now.”
“Yes? Yes?!”

What the hell is this!

“No, Saintess! What is that!”
“I’ll start now.”

In fact, the Saintess started rummaging through her body and taking off her coat.

“The most beautiful Saintess in the kingdom’s strip show, well, this is worth risking your life for.”

Crazy!

Is that why she wanted to change seats!
The Saintess is sitting by the door, so I can’t get out!

She casually threw away the cigarette she was holding and slowly took off her clothes.

“Are you frozen because you saw this Saintess’s bare skin? That’s a good reaction, but it would be better to sign before I take everything off. Of course, this Saintess will scream as soon as she becomes naked.”

With those words, Saintess Kadia stared into my eyes and started unbuttoning her blouse with her legs crossed. The color of the bra that I glimpsed was a sexy black… That’s not it!

“W-Wait a minute!!! I’ll read the contract first!! Stop for a moment! You told me to read it and sign it first!!!”

I immediately grabbed the pen and shouted as if screaming.

Did my cry reach her, the Saintess smiled satisfactorily and stopped her movements.

“Hmph, I accept. Read it quickly.”
“This…!”

I immediately started reading the contract.

“This Saintess likes the acolyte very much. The way he looks, the way he thinks, and his abilities. These days, it’s not common to find such a good person. To be honest, I want to keep him under this Saintess and use him no matter what happens. So… quickly, write your name there, below. Hurry.”

Throughout the reading, the Saintess, dressed in a sensual outfit, spoke to me.

“I’m still reading…! Don’t bother me!”
“Somehow my chest feels stuffy. I have to take off my clothes right away…”
“Teeeeeeeeeeeee!!”