Chapter 164 – The Promise With the Saint

“Definitely amazing. By the way, what is the dark place beyond that barrier? Unlike this bright place, the buildings are all locked in deep darkness, so I’m concerned. Is that place so difficult that you can’t even light a candle?”

Angelica spoke while pointing beyond the dark barrier. Even if she was suddenly drawn to a strange world, it seemed to be a quality she possessed rather than her position as a saint that she was interested in the most difficult people first. She’s a good quality, but the thing about beyond the barriers now is that she didn’t bother noticing it.

“No. Outside of the barriers erected at the city limits, no one lives except in a few areas.”
“Is that so? This must have been the capital of a region rather than the capital.”
“No. This is the capital and center of this country.”
“Please don’t make fun of me. I hear a lot of stories that I don’t know the world, but I know what I know. I heard that the capital naturally gathers people even beyond the outer walls to create a city. But there are buildings but no people?”

Angelica frowned as if she thought I was joking this time. After a while, as I stayed still with my mouth shut, Angelica, who found it strange that she didn’t answer, put on a curious expression and her eyes trembled.

“Remember what we said in the carriage? The Paladins are making a rift in the dimension and immigrating the different races. Go.”
“It’s not good to say this, but when I actually visited, the lives of the different races were not affluent. There were a lot of sick people, and they didn’t look like they had the stamina to move.”

I felt her mouth go dry as I watched Angelica put her hand on her chest with her pitiful expression on her face.

“I guess so. In fact, there were many Orcs who came over here who couldn’t fight. By the way. They brought the things they needed for the migration by cart.”

As I recalled her weapons and tent and explained what she had seen, Angelica shook her head.

“What I saw was the bare minimum of armament to protect oneself from wild animals. They were all worn out, so I didn’t know when they would break. But a lot of weapons and supplies needed for migration…”

Angelica, who had been arguing earnestly by shaking her head, weakened. She seemed to have a corner somewhere. As she waited quietly, she let out a short sigh.

“I heard she controls her weapons to such an extent that a new racial war does not happen,” She said.
“Even if that is true. Aren’t the Holy Knights an exception?”
“…That’s right. Also, I heard that the commander of the Holy Knights recently requested supplies for a long camp, saying that wild animals often become violent due to exposure to magical powers. In fact, it was paid without any problems.”
“They gave them to use for migration and drove them away.”

As the doubts were resolved, questions about the commander of the Holy Knights arose. Let’s say that the fact that the massacre was not actually carried out with a knife is because there are various restrictions in case of an investigation later.

If it was a strong person who could create dimensional rifts alone or on a small scale, I wouldn’t have missed it, but there was something unclear about it. For the sake of the safety of Yuna’s world, I decided to capture the leader of the Holy Knights and find out the cause.

“…There must have been a chance to notice something strange. I just didn’t look closely because I couldn’t see it.”
“This is nonsense. If the Order of the Holy Knights is also a Knights Order, it’s hard to know that they are determined and hide it from outsiders. Because they have their own closed culture.”

Angelica still hung her head, as if she was not at ease, and then, pointing with her fine finger at a dark place beyond her barrier, she said,

“Buildings beyond the Wall… Can you get closer to them?”

She didn’t want to disturb Angelica, who seemed to be going through further inner growth. She quietly flew past her barrier, just as she was holding her.

As I got closer to the ground, I could see the collapsed and holed buildings here and there and the untouched, overgrown with weeds, clearly visible in the moonlight even in the dark. I carefully landed on the roof of a two-story building that seemed to be the safest among many.

There was only silence where not even the slightest sound of insects could be heard. Only the distant noise of the city and the sound of Angelica’s breathing stimulated my ears.

“…It is quiet. It’s kind of sad.”

After Angelica ran her finger through the weed that had grown through the concrete wall. As she walked slowly along the edge of the rooftop, she could clearly see the landscape around her.

“Can you feel Angelica too? Unlike our world, this world has very little magic. The same goes for divine power. This is a world forsaken by God.”
“Now I know you know theology well.”
“When I used to infiltrate various places, there was no method that worked better than pretending to be a priest of the Goddess Church.”
“…”

Angelica narrowed her eyes in her reproach and let out a low breath.

“Yes. That’s right. It is such a rare place that even I can feel the existence of the Goddess very thinly through the passage you have made.”
“However, the different races who always lived with abundant magical power came to a place like this. Like the natives who used to live here, all of a sudden, without any preparation.”

When she asked Jena and the others if she could tell when the first gate was invaded, she continued, recalling the various videos she had seen.

“The language, appearance, and even culture that other people chose was a struggle to be taken and taken away over land. As a result, the natives continued to lose until someone awakened their magical powers.”
“…”

Angelica chewed her lips and clenched her fists. She seemed to be struggling with the harsh situation that befell those who lived ordinary lives and herself who did not notice the paladin leader’s plan as soon as possible.

“Say there are many orphans. I mean a war orphan. The Yuna I saw in the carriage was also an orphan.”
“…Why doesn’t it change that people who are always difficult and difficult always suffer more?”
“That’s right. Why would it change A lot of time has passed since I became a vampire, but I still don’t know.”

She moved closer as Angelica lowered her gaze. It was standard for her to deliberately make her footsteps and be considerate so as not to be startled. I came close to her and put her hand lightly on her shoulder and she raised her head.

“I can’t help the past and the sacrifices. However, there are still people and different races that can be protected in the future.”

If the commander of the Holy Knights was stopped and the passage that connected the world to the world could not be opened, peace would come to both worlds.

“So that is it. Angelica.”

Her hand on her shoulder deftly groped her body while her other hand caught her chin up. She had been talking seriously until just a moment ago, but her Angelica’s eyes went up slightly when she suddenly behaved as if he were harassing her.

“Before you act, why don’t you find out about this world first? And you’re curious about how our collaborators are doing?”
“…I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t curious.”
“Because I am not a saint now. You can put her load off her shoulders for a moment. To be honest, you’ve been in the Holy Kingdom since the age when you still wanted to play, right? If you think about what you’re going to do in the future, wouldn’t it be nice to relax a little?”

For example, going to an amusement park that Sia keeps asking to go to, or going to eat pretty clothes or delicious snacks with Yuna as the four of us. Protecting this world was not just a sense of duty or guilt as a saintess, but I wanted it to be because I liked this place. It was mixed with the ulterior motive that only then would she be able to get along with Yuna.

“Then let her go back to the dungeon. You will catch a cold if you stay here too long.”

As she hugged her like when she came here, Angelica hesitantly hugged her carefully.

“Because I don’t want to fall!”
“Then. You have to be careful not to fall.”

Trying to hide her shyness, she looked at Angelica and laughed inwardly. She flew back up and moved unnoticed so she returned to Hunter’s office.

Sia and Yuna waved their hands from the rooftop and welcomed us back. She laughed as she saw Angelica’s arm twitch.

“Why are you laughing!”
“Because Angelica, who reflexively tried to shake her hand, was cute.”
“You’re all cute.”
“A life where you can be happy even in trivial things is good.”

As I landed lightly on the roof, Shia and Yuna approached me from both sides. Looking at them, he smiled broadly and shouted.

“Shall we go out to play?”
“Contractor, are you finally ready to go to the amusement park?”

Sia was visibly delighted, and the tone of her voice rose a few notches. Yuna was also taken aback, then she hesitated.

“I’ve never been to an amusement park…”
“It’s great. Don’t worry. It’s Yuna. I’ll pay the rent for the day!”
“Contractor! What if I take away the joy of others?”
“No, you don’t have to do that! Is Spin! Wait, stop calling!”

It was a tumultuous night.