## Chapter 703 – Paladin Kim Kat

“KIEEEEEEEEEEK!!!”
“DEJAAAAAAAT!!”

…But can I really use these guys properly?

Is it because they’re experiencing the actual situation for the first time? They showed no signs of stopping their frenzy. My disciples were screaming and doing bizarre dances to the rhythm, like extras in an Indian movie.

“Paladin-nim!!!!!!!”
“How!!!! How!!!! How could this happen!!!!!”
“Uwaaaaaaaah!!”

Finally, they ran to me, crying and wailing, knelt down, and tore at their hair while lamenting.

ㅡDrip, drip.
ㅡDrip. Drip. Drip.

Falling tears soaked the park floor.

These sensitive youths were bursting with anger and sorrow just from hearing my story.

“Indeed, in this world!!!! Evil is rampant!!!!!”
“I became a paladin to stop it!!!!!!”
“But it was happening right under our noses!!!!”

This was the result of the brainwashing, no, the education and guidance I had given them over the past four weeks.

I need to choose my words carefully here, damn it. The moment I make a mistake, they’ll try to kill all the criminals I’ve managed to capture.

Of course, those heretic bastards deserved to be boiled alive, but what I want is to get all the information I can through proper interrogation and turn it into results.

“Yes! That heretic was seducing people! Brainwashing them! Getting them high on drugs and exploiting them!!!!”
“Keuheueueueuk!!”

I grabbed their shoulders and shouted.

“It was only because I uncovered it that I was able to stop it!! And currently!! I have all of them locked up!!”
“O-ooooooooh!!!!!!!!”

Upon hearing that, the disciples jumped up, surrounded me, and suddenly started holding hands, circling around and around while chanting.

“Ooooooooooh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
“Oooooh!!! As expected!!!! It’s Paladin-nim!!!!”
“Long live Verde-nim!!! Long live Paladin-nim!!”

Tears of sorrow vanished in an instant, replaced by genuine smiles as they simply spun around happily.

I decided to name this phenomenon Happy Spin.

But aren’t these guys’ emotional transitions a little too fast? Maybe this is also some kind of anger piggy bank, or something similar. A true paladin should be able to perfectly control their emotions.

“It was a very simple matter for me!!”

Anyway, I naturally joined the circle, holding hands and spinning around. As we spun, the disciples shouted again.

“Paladin-nim!! Where are the sinners!!!”
“Where are the sinners!! Where are the heretics!!”
“KIEEEEEEEEEEK!!”

The smiling disciples were now shouting with burning determination.

ㅡGleam, gleam.

Their eyes were already gleaming with infinite murderous intent and rage.

They’re going to beat them to death as soon as they see them.

“Disciples! What will you do when you find them!!”

Immediate answers.

“We’ll turn them into minced meat right away!!!!!”
“We must beat them to death!!!!”
“We will kill them immediately!!!!!”

It was an obvious answer, and a fitting answer for paladins.

It goes without saying that paladins are crazy people who seem crazy.

But they know the limits and understand common sense.

Paladins only investigate with suspicion if there is no evidence, and they don’t try to use violence. They never do things that could cause trouble later or create innocent victims.

Why? Because they are good.
Because they are just and kind.

They could never do anything that would create innocent victims.

But in other words, if there is evidence, they start to go crazy.

They try to kill all those involved. Legitimate punishment is not important. They try to do everything with their own hands.

For example, if these paladins, not me, had witnessed the underground orgy and the preaching of doctrine, and had received testimony from the woman?

They would have immediately drawn their swords and gone down to slaughter them all.

Of course, I don’t do that.

I’m not a paladin, and more importantly, Saintess Kadia doesn’t want that. She’s the kind of person who orders us to find out everything we can before killing them. That’s why I was recruited.

So I have to persuade my proud disciples.

“No!!!! You are mistaken!!!!”

I can’t let them ruin everything on their first mission.

“W-wrong…?”
“Paladin-nim…?”
“Wrong, how!! What did we misunderstand!!”

They immediately questioned me, tearing at their hair.

“I plan to take those sinners to the Order’s interrogation room!! I will take them there, make them confess all their sins, and then judge them!!”

I met their eyes one by one and shouted firmly!!

“If you kill them right away, that’s all it will be!!! We won’t be able to find out any more information, or uncover their methods to prevent future harm!!!”
“T-that’s right…!”
“But…!”

Of course, they know that in their heads.

“But…!”

They just can’t accept it in their hearts.

“Is that what you want!! To destroy the enemies’ information yourselves and benefit them!!!”
“Absolutely not!!!”
“That’s not it!!!!”
“We want the destruction of evil beings!!!”

I scolded the paladins! A teacher is not just someone who says nice things! They must scold when necessary and lead the way!

I can’t turn these guys into lunatics!

“So you must endure your anger!! You are only postponing the punishment of those bastards for a while!”

After finishing my heartfelt speech, the disciples slowly nodded.

“Keueuk…! Paladin-nim!”

But they didn’t fully accept it.

“Will we be able to hold back when we see them…? When our hearts are so sad, frustrated, and full of anger!!”
“I want to kill them right away!!! Of course, I know I shouldn’t…!”
“I don’t know if I’ll be able to hold back when I stand before the sinners!!”

ㅡSniffle!
ㅡHuuheoeong!

Sincere tears poured out.
They asked me while crying.

They said they didn’t think they could hold back if they actually saw them.

“If you endure that anger, you can save more people. The reason this paladin taught you the anger piggy bank was to enable you to deal with things like this.”

This time, I spoke in a kind tone.

“Endure. Suppress it. Don’t think about anything else, just think about the innocent people. If you kill them without interrogation, those innocent people will suffer the harm that we could have prevented.”
“Ah…!”
“Anger piggy baaank…!”
“Heueuk…!”

The disciples wiped away their tears.

“If you hold back for a moment and interrogate them, you can save more people. That’s what information is. Of course, I’ve seen a lot of paladins who act like you do now.”

I also reached out and wiped away their tears.

“I’ve also seen a lot of information lost that way.”

ㅡSolemn.

With that, the disciples closed their mouths and quietly closed their eyes.

After a moment of silence and deep breaths, Anderson spoke first.

“…What should we do?”
“Prepare yourselves, bring a carriage and laborers, and come to the Burney Lane building. I’ll be waiting there. I’ve gathered the sinners and victims there.”

Did they roughly understand?

“Remember the anger piggy bank, Anderson. Harmat. Ewald. This paladin, as a teacher, as an educator, and as a senior who has done this work before, believes in you. You can endure the momentary anger, and with that, you can save more people.”
“…I understand.”
“…Thank you for believing in us.”

The three rookie paladins nodded heavily.

They seemed to have calmed down, but if they actually went to the scene, these guys would be the first ones to run up the walls while screaming.

“As expected, Paladin-nim is… a true hero.”
“We’ll become heroes together.”
“…!”

As I was about to give a final reminder, Harmat said.

“Taking them to the Order’s interrogation room! I’ve remembered it well, Paladin-nim!”
“Good.”

Tears were streaming down Harmat’s face.

“Are you sad and angry?”
“Yes…! I want to kill them right away, but I can’t!!! But since Paladin-nim has said so, I will definitely keep it! Anderson! Ewald! You too, right!”
“…Yeah!”
“Of course!”

The atmosphere is good.

These three were comrades, friends. Brothers and colleagues, and righteous members of the same faith.

“You are young. You are young and have lived with righteous thoughts. That is very precious.”

I turned my body.

“Save your anger now.”

They’ll find their way to Burney Lane on their own.

“Save it up and become rich.”

I need to go and clean up a bit.

“Rich in heart… no. Rich in justice.”

With that final piece of advice, I returned to Burney Lane.

* * *

I immediately returned to Burney Lane, and I asked Karin and Hilde, who were waiting at the scene, to return to the accommodation and prepare to go home.

“The paladins will come and take these guys away now. Then we’re going home.”
“It’s been a bit long. Well, but this time it felt like a real vacation. Thanks for your hard work. Is this how you always do your job?”
“No, usually I’m fighting. I guess this was my first mission, so they told me to do some city investigation like this.”

But it was a tricky job.

“More than that, sis. Thanks for helping me. I would have been in trouble if I was alone.”
“Kyahehe, it’s nothing.”

Karin smiled and stroked my head.

“I owe you so much, sis. You always help me with my swordsmanship when we’re at home.”
“And give you head?”
“…That’s too good.”

I’ll be getting sucked dry again when we get back.

“Anyway, Kat-nim. We’re going back when the paladins come and clean up, right?”
“Yeah, we have to go now.”

I immediately stroked Hilde’s butt and said.

“Our Hilde worked hard. Thanks for helping me. You were the best at interrogation.”
“Uhehe, it’s nothing. I’m Kat-nim’s woman. I’ll only use my power for Kat-nim from now on.”

Hilde wiggled her butt and rubbed her face against my shoulder, flirting so I could touch her better.

“I’m so grateful. Please pack our bags when we get back. We’ll be going back sometime today.”
“Yes, yes. I’ll do that.”

With that, Karin and Hilde returned to the accommodation, and I carried out the final cleanup of the scene.

The victims were gathered in the B2 underground orgy hall. And the men were tied up and stuffed in the bathroom. The corpse of the heretical preacher holding a dagger is `still` in the coffin here.

All the evidence has been confiscated, and most of all, the ashes of the scriptures… it doesn’t seem very useful, but I decided to put it in a bottle and take it with me.

Now, all I have to do is control my disciples when they come so they don’t go wild, and load all the people and evidence onto the carriage.

The report has already been written perfectly.

I wrote down all the important things for sure and got rid of all the unnecessary things.

After finishing the cleanup and standing outside with the bar door open, I could see the carriages of the Brass Celestial Angels Society breaking through the avenue and approaching.

“Paladin-nim!!!”
“Oh! It’s here! Park them here for now!”
“Yes!”

Anderson, who answered energetically, parked all three carriages and opened the back door.

As he opened it, several laborers came out from inside.

“But what affiliation are the laborers with?”
“Ah, yes! They are the laborers Saintess-nim arranged! It seems she thought we would need someone to do odd jobs or something like that!”
“Good.”

Perfect.

“Anyway. Ewald, you stay here and guard the carriages, and Anderson, Harmat. Let’s go down with me.”
“Yes!”
“I understand!”
“Why, why am I the only one who doesn’t go down!! I want to go too!!”

Anderson and Harmat answered energetically, and Ewald grabbed my ankle, begging me to let him go with me.

“Someone has to guard them. You’ll see them soon anyway.”
“Keuheuk…! I understand…!”

With that, I led the two disciples down to the bar on the first basement floor.

“Here are the coffin and the evidence. Check them all.”

I immediately took out the coffin that had been stuck in the closet and the evidence that had been put on the shelves.

“Is the heretical preacher who committed suicide in this coffin?”
“Yeah. Check it out.”

ㅡSqueak.

Anderson and Harmat opened the coffin with trembling hands.

ㅡTragic.

The condition was tragic due to the three days that had passed.

“…It’s a woman. Holding a dagger. Keueup!!!!”

For a moment, I thought he was going to throw up after seeing the corpse for the first time, but when I looked, he was biting his upper lip and suppressing his anger with his eyes raised.

This crazy bastard…!

“This person did such a terrible thing…!”
“Suppress your anger.”
“I will keep that in mind, Paladin-nim…!!! Keup, heueup…! Geuheueueueup!!”
“Kyueueueueueueup!!!!”

No, what’s with the sound of suppressing anger?
This is getting more and more uneasy.

Can these guys really do it properly?