Chapter 45 – The Saint Rescue Operation (1)

Chapter 45: Operation to Rescue the Saint (1)

It was a few days after he and Marianne broke up when the yellow handkerchief was hung in a certain building in the cathedral.

I was diligently going to and from one side of the cathedral to supply additional supplies of healing herbs due to the declaration of holy war.

“Excuse me… Haven’t you seen Sir Thomas these days?”

“Ah, I heard you were going on a business trip somewhere.
It’s been a while since I’ve seen you.”

The priest checking the supply of healing herbs scratched his head.

“Then among the Holy Knights… Can’t you see me too?”

I ask for the names of several paladins who used mind control with Sir Thomas.

“It’s been a few days since I saw them.
I haven’t seen it since the cathedral was attacked.
Could it be that you are entrusted with some kind of mission?”

The priest really didn’t know anything.
Something must have happened.
The paladins affected by mind control are all reformist paladins who support Marianne.

And, he is also a witness to the attack on the saintess saved by Van Dark.

“Where is the saintess by any chance?
When I was bidding, he came and said to see me for the supply of medicines for the common people, but he didn’t show up.”

“Yes? Are you a saintess?
Ah…
After Kamyu-san returned from the bid, she must have escaped from the raid together!”

“Yes!
I am that merchant.
Haha!
We also need to share the support supplies that did not arrive at the refugee camp, but I was wondering where you were.”

Phew, did Marianne talk about me?
Young priests usually support Marianne and participate in the reform, so the language is a little easier.
Old priests chew on my words.

“Hmm, that’s true.
Suddenly, since yesterday, he has been praying for closing, and he doesn’t come out of the building inside.
If I really need to see you, shall I go and talk to you?”

“Yes yes!
Oh.
If I can’t tell you, could you take a look at the yellow handkerchief hanging by the window?”

“Oh, well, that’s not difficult.”

Phew, i’m so glad

The young man who disappeared with the ledger appeared after a while with his head tilted.

“That is so strange.
At the entrance, the paladin brothers were guarding the entrance, saying they were forbidden to enter for the time being.
Oh, there was a yellow handkerchief hanging from the third-floor window.”

This. Something must have happened.
It’s going on like this without even a hint of what’s happening.

I hurried back to the store and held a meeting in the basement.

“So, what the captain said is that Big Breast was captured by the old lady’s high priest and is under confinement?”

“I don’t know if High Priest Philip did it, but it’s certain that he was put under confinement.
The priest confirmed that the yellow handkerchief given as a signal is hanging.”

“Oh, you really believe in the words of the priest of the enemy country.”

“Because I know I am human.”

Jacques and Ludwig each fell into trouble.

“Do you know where you are trapped?”

Match!

After clapping, a map of the interior of the cathedral appears on one wall of the basement.

“Wow, when did you prepare something like this again?”

“Hey, Ludwig, I work a lot.
It’s because it doesn’t show.”

“Oh boss.
You asked me to draw a map of the interior of the cathedral, so you didn’t ask me to do it because it was annoying?”

“Zach, you bastard.
What do you see me as?”

It is my ambitious work, the overall map for the conference.
I point with a long stick to the building where Marianne is housed.

“Zach will know when he goes in.
The building next to the courtyard where we were attacked.
It is on the 3rd floor of the building right behind it.
According to the priest, the paladins were guarding it.”

Zach stroked his chin and raised his hand.

“Captain, I have a question.
Didn’t you say that the paladins we hypnotized during our raid last time were also gone?”

“Yes.”

“And where did you say that the High Priestess, William, was also imprisoned?”

“Yes.”

“Aren’t you all together in that building?”

What?

“It is possible.
But why?”

Jacques scratches his head with his hand.

“Of course, you wonder if there will be an inside collaborator, right?
Not too long ago, the cathedral was turned upside down due to an attack by the Demon King’s army, so let’s go in and save the big breasts again.
At that time, even the paladins and priests will run like bees.
While freeing the imprisoned paladins, we have to find a way to use the rival high priest there.”

“That’s right.
I wonder if a high priest named William is also there, and whether he will help us.”

It sucks. It’s so strict that it’s difficult to hypnotize without being noticed.
Shall we just knock someone out and send him in after mind-manipulating him?

“Once I picked and hired people I could use, you can use them.”

“Oh right. I hired a bodyguard.
You’re supposed to come this afternoon, so let me hypnotize you.”

With the courage of an ordinary mercenary, he would never touch the cathedral staff.
Let’s hypnotize in advance.
It is also necessary for security reasons.
It could be a spy to spy on me.

“But, boss.
Even if you really do a rescue operation, the mercenaries will have to wait outside.
Can’t get in together.
It’ll be obvious who we hired, so try to catch them.
You will know what we have been working on.”

“Hmm, but with the three of us, it’s completely impossible, Ludvik.
Wouldn’t it be okay if we went in together after hiding it with a mask?”

Ludvik immediately shook his head.

“In the first place, I was chosen as a bodyguard, so I don’t know if it’s a guardian, but it’s not good for infiltration.”

It sucks.
If it’s Ludwig, then that’s it.
After, what
Open the horn and pierce it with full magic power?
The holy war must have been declared anyway.
If Ludvik attacks with Phoenix Storm at the end of the day, I might be able to rub it with three for some reason.

“Captain.
Even if I look at it like that, it fires a phoenix storm, and forced entry is impossible.
You know that tech reaction, right?”

“Sheesh. Know.
Some good way…
Ah! Zach, did you get any reply from Master?”

I clapped and clapped and asked, and Zach stood up to see if he had thought of it.

“Oops.
I’m sorry, boss.
It just arrived, I’ll get it now!”

Zach rushed out of the basement and brought back the cipher text.

When I parsed the passphrase,

“What is it, chief?”

“Good news from the beginning.
Count Abu Bakr has departed for the capital here.
Considering the arrival time of the entire Western District, it should have arrived by now.”

I asked Master, the espionage officer of the Demon King’s Army, to investigate the family’s movement in order to use Thomas Abubakr’s identity.
They were on their way to the capital when they heard the news of the proclamation of the holy war and said they were speeding up, so they must have almost arrived.

“Abu Bakr?
Are you talking about the family of the paladin who leads the escort?”

“Okay.
I’ll just let you know that the captain is locked up.
Due to the nature of the count, who is an unmanned man to the bone, I will immediately go to the cathedral to find out.
Encourage and follow.”

And the next passphrase is from Van Dark.

“It’s been a while since Van Dark sent it.
Well, it turns out that Xenocider Khan is on the attack again.
They’re going to battle the human knights, the Light Bringers, soon.”

“You mean the four berserk warriors?
I have been patient for a long time due to the nature of the man.
Hearing the proclamation of the holy war, he must have thought that we would just jump first.”

I immediately agreed with Ludvik.

“I guess so.
Would you try to break the momentum by hitting first?
Wait, if it’s ‘Light Blinger’, it’s a knights with a knight of the moon, right?”

“That’s right, chief.
I guess I’ll have to go there soon before Khan kills her.”

Zach’s words make sense.
The main force of Khan’s troops is the highland berserker unit.
They are Berserkers.

As we encountered during the Cathedral Terror Incident, he almost loses his sanity when using detonation, but demonstrates powerful personal combat power.

If Khan’s troops are victorious, they will be drunk with blood and will kill all the prisoners and Nabal.

“Captain. Even the Four Heavenly Kings would be able to defeat the elite knights so easily.
Didn’t the knight of the moon also say that he was a member of the special lease for the raid on the demon castle?”

“That’s right, but.
It’s true that Khan’s troops had the highest attack power and many achievements.”

And the casualties were the highest.

“By the way, Ludwig, since when did you keep adding Nim to my title?
I can’t adapt.”

“Oh, I must have been influenced by that nun.
If you feel uncomfortable, I will fix it.”

“Well, do as you like.
Anyway, I think I should go before the moon knight is ruined.
Well, when I brought Marianne out, I was going to leave her at the palace…
Take it with me or leave it with me, I have to go straight to the front line.
Come on, gather around.”

For the operation to rescue Marianne, the three of us put our heads together and came up with an idea.

* * *

“Stop! Who are you?!”

“Hello,
I am Kamu, the representative of the herbalist ‘Grande Army’.
I have an urgent message for the Count about his son, Sir Thomas Abubakr!
Please let me see you!”

Together with Jacques, Ludwig, and a handful of hypnotized bodyguards, I rode in a wagon to Count Abubakr’s encampment.
It is because he is an essential element of the Marianne rescue operation and a necessary person for my identity laundering.

“Are you the one who brought news of my son?”

A man with a pretty stout look.
He is a middle-aged man with strong muscles that show off under his elegant clothes.

“Yes, Count.”

“If you’re asking me to be alone, you’ll have to be prepared if that’s not what you said.”

When I open my eyes, it is quite a scary impression.
Even so, I can’t follow half of half of General Kaltz’s eyes.

“Nothing.
I couldn’t help it because it was an important story for security.”

“So what?”

I spoke in a tone of extreme concern.

“I became acquainted with Sir Thomas, traveling back and forth from the cathedral as the representative of the cathedral’s restorative herbal supplier.”

“However?”

“Have you visited the Cathedral recently? No, the Cathedral put Sir Thomas and all of his Paladins in prison.”

“What?!
Is that true?
Why!”

I pretend to be a trembling merchant under the pressure of intimidation.

“Oops! Pear, Count.
Take your anger away…
I just came to settle the Word.”

“After… Okay
I was excited.”

He is, indeed, a decent man, as I have heard.
Is this why everyone didn’t believe me when I said Thomas’s half-brother?
He is a short and stiff person.

Limp.

“Now, I will pay the information fee, so tell me now.
If you hear it and find it useful, I will give you another pouch.”

Shashak!

I can’t stand the money.
I quickly took the money bag and lowered my voice to create tension.

“Did you hear that Sir Thomas was attacked by mercenaries and the demon king’s army while he was visiting the refugee camp with the saintess?”

“… Okay.
I know that.
You came to the capital because you were worried about that.”

The count turned into a complex face.
I am very worried about my son.
Now think of me as your son.

“There are rumors that the previous cathedral terrorism was a self-made act by a high priest trying to cover up the attack on the saintess.
So, the witness of the incident, Sir Thomas, was locked up to silence him…”

“What?!
Who the hell is that high priest?
You dare to frame and kill my son?!”

Oh, this man is so hot-tempered.
It’s easy to hypnotize if you have a lot of emotional ups and downs.
Prolonged excitement is unfavorable to hypnosis, so let’s calm down at this point.

“Gee, calm down, Count!
It’s just a rumor anyway.
It is true, however, that Sir Thomas is imprisoned and imprisoned within the cathedral…”

Limp.

“If what you say is true, this is a challenge to the Abu Bakr family.
Get this bag
Thanks for letting me know.”

Shashak.

“Lol. Thank you
So I secretly saw Sir Thomas, and while he was detained, I gave him this letter to deliver to the Count.”

When I approach the Count and hand him the letter, the Count takes it without warning.

“Hmm… But isn’t this my son’s handwriting?”

You’re quick-witted.
Actually, the content doesn’t matter.
The hypnotic mark drawn on the letter and the hypnotic scent buried in the letter are important.

“Sir Thomas dictated and I dictated.
The family ring below was stamped by Sir Thomas.”

Actually, I have that ring.

Looking at the stamp under my letter, the Count frowns.

“The seal is certain.
Got it.
Thanks for letting me know.
Go out now.”

“I…
I was in danger because I had to take care of the letter, so could you help me a little more… “

As I rub my palms together and laugh servilely, the Count frowns and clicks his tongue.

The moment the Count turns around to find his money pouch, he covers his nose and mouth with a handkerchief soaked in hypnotic accelerator solution.

“Town… ! Town!”

Wow, this grandfather is stronger than I thought?

I gather my index and middle fingers and place them on my temples to self-hypnotize.

[I am very strong.]

Squeezing potential with his self-hypnosis, and pressing down on his handkerchief, he firmly blocked the mouth and nose of the struggling count.
Then, with the other hand, place it on his head and immediately cast a mind control spell.

Jigsaw Jigsaw!
Paper weave.
Pazz…

The spark that refuses to control the mind gradually fades, and magic flows through my hands and into my head.
I had to rely on a somewhat radical method rather than a catalyst, so I inevitably grabbed my head.
It’s stronger than I thought, so I almost called the guards, so let’s use it with caution from now on.

“Everything I say is true, believe me.”

“You mean… Every… Truth…”

Due to the remodeling, Count Abu Bakr’s eyes lose focus and become dazed.

“I am your bastard, Kamu Abubakr.
The son you had with a commoner concubine you secretly had with your wife.”

“My… Bastard… Kamu Abu Bakr…”

It was quite difficult to resist, but in the end, he succeeded in controlling his mind successfully.

“Whew, yes. If you have an extra family ring, give me one.”

The Count immediately took another ring from his bosom and gave it to me.

Hmm, I need to return the ring to Thomas.
I don’t want to get caught by Princess Catherine again next time.

“Cathedral guys, wait.
The truthful complainant is leaving!”