Chapter 119 – Episode 107 – Days in the Royal Capital! (3)
“…How was it?”
In the audience room where the guardsmen were bitten, Reinhardt’s King, Reinhard von Avetus XIII, sitting on the throne, asked Orlando while wiping his sweat.
“We’ll have to wait and see, but it didn’t seem like a problem.”
“…That’s good.”
The king leaned back on the throne as if exhausted, and his body trembled as he recalled the divine beast that had just been below.
Its hideous appearance. However, unlike his appearance, he was a half-human, half-beast creature that he felt cultured and respected for the first time in his life.
Because of the vastly different appearances and behaviors, Avetus still had uneasiness leaking out of his heart.
“Really. Even I, who can’t feel Eser, looked so frightened that I could tell he was ugly. It’s a shame because you were able to have a well-learned conversation while using honorifics for me, otherwise I would have been quite worried.”
“Certainly, unlike the other divine beasts, it was quite a heterogeneous energy.”
“How about it? Could I use it?”
A woman’s voice was suddenly heard in the audience room where there were only the king and Orlando.
When the two of them looked at the direction the voice was directed, there was a woman in a fancy dress with a translucent veil covering her face.
Her voluptuous and voluptuous body stands out over a glamorous and elegant dress, and her face is slightly seen through the hidden veil.
It was a look that made it possible to guess that she was not an ordinary woman.
To her, Orlando lightly bowed her head, then shook her head and spoke sadly.
“Still… Maybe because he’s young compared to the other Shinsoos, he didn’t stand out much except for his body.”
“That’s too bad. If I had been able to use it right away, since Shinsoo is participating, I would have been able to clear up the demons quickly.”
“Still, since she said she was an adventurer, I think we can expect her to grow as fast as she is a Shinsu.”
At the conversation between the two, the king who was sitting on the throne shook his head, placing his hand on his forehead.
“…Is war really necessary? A divine beast has arrived in the kingdom, so if you use it well and ask the beast kingdom to mediate…”
“The beast kingdom secretly cooperating with the demons. Don’t you know?”
“Are you saying something weak now? Avetus? You know very well that demons are people who cannot communicate.”
“I know, I know. I have complained about the soldiers and knights who will be sacrificed.”
The king shook his head with a bitter expression as if he was fed up with the two of them, sighed, and asked Orlando again.
“…Would that divine beast cooperate?”
“They made a guild. He seems to have an idea of living in the kingdom, so you should try to persuade him while looking at the situation.”
“If you are interested in power, it would be okay to give you an appropriate title after figuring out your personality. Since he is a divine beast, he will live a long time, so he will be of great help in the future as long as he is guaranteed to devote himself to the kingdom.”
After the three of them nodded, Orlando put his hand on his chest and bowed to the other two.
“Then, let’s go back to the border soon. May you both be well.”
“…I came in such a hurry that I couldn’t even rest. I’m sorry Sir Orlando.”
“No. If you know I’m away, I’m not the type to stay still. If we fight each other, the damage is so great that we are only holding them in check, and they will attack whenever the opportunity arises.”
The woman, with a veil over her face, approached her Orlando with her head raised, softly hugged him and said:
She said, “I couldn’t make her friend a cup of tea and had to leave right away. She please don’t overdo it. Lord Orlando.”
As she fell from her embrace, Orlando gave her a smile and bowed her head.
“Thank you for your consideration. Reinhard Pasippa, Queen of Estonia.”
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Next day. The Pope I met without expectations was his grandfather exactly as he thought.
Unlike the king’s audience, where there were no nobles, it was a burdensome meeting where the high-ranking members of the Goddess gathered and looked at me as if they were curious.
It was very burdensome for me to be interested in my vicious aura, and secretly recommending that I believe in the goddess.
Laughing and answering them roughly, I happened to have a meal with the pope, and a meal was arranged with Paul and Clea in the middle.
“Hoooh… Are you looking for that Hero Eater?”
“Yeah. As you may have heard, it is a very vicious monster. It’s also the reason I became an adventurer.”
Talking like a warrior with a sense of mission, he quietly asked the pope to reveal some information he had.
Then the pope pondered for a while, saying ‘Huh~’, then spoke to me as if he was in trouble.
“Recently, those monsters are giving me a headache. It is expected that the disappearance of heroes and adventurers, which have been dismissed as accidents, are due to them, so the church is gathering information with all its might, but…”
This doesn’t help. King or pope why?
Why don’t you just tell me about the sudden destruction and give me a sense of crisis?
…After. Yes. It wasn’t until Clea, who was also considered one of the best detectives in the Goddess Church, found the place where the cat-like hero eater, Erebos, was hiding.
It’s not that they’re incompetent, they’re just hard to find. Let’s think so.
“Monsters are truly terrifying beings. Unlike humans and monsters arranged by the Goddess, they suddenly appear at some point and have no intelligence, just harming lives… The Goddess…”
Mmm. Guess who isn’t the old pope. Suddenly, the topic of the goddess came up, and the words praising the goddess were lined up.
Do you roughly believe it? I can’t believe it! I have to hit it with the atmosphere of doing it.
“…I heard that around the capital, the royal knights had killed monsters with a similar atmosphere several times. It’s been a few years, so I’m guessing there aren’t any hero eaters around the capital… Recently, about 4 or 5 people have gone missing, so the guild management is trying to figure it out just in case. It would be nice to hear it once.”
It was only at the end that the information came out.
The Royal Knights have caught a few… Seeing how strong they are, it’s okay to slow down the destruction just enough to live happily ever after.
There are such fraudulent kids, so wouldn’t it be okay to just buy enough time to be relieved and then roll around, play and eat?
In the first place, taking the women of the warriors and giving them psychological shocks was not much help in delaying the destruction. It’s just that I drew the minimum line as a human being to relieve my desire.
If you recall information such as the memory of the goddess, catching the Hero Eater is a direct way to delay the destruction… But are there kids to catch instead of me?
Well, the conversation is over.
Yesterday and today. After putting together the information obtained from the king and the church, I nodded and set a new goal for my life in Essentia.
I pick only the warriors I can handle moderately, steal the warriors’ women and make them my female!
I delay destruction just enough to live happily until I die in moderation, and live a leisurely adventurer’s life in a reasonable line!
Yes! Life should be fair! Cancer! Playing is the best!
Yeah! Happy & Sexual Maljuji Life!
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There was a time when I thought so too.
To put my determination to live a life of idleness to shame, an archbishop named Astus gave us an absurd task.
“Nonsense! It’s a test to test your ability as a saint, isn’t it a test to test your ability as an adventurer!”
In front of me, Paul slammed the desk and shouted at the aged archbishop in front of him.
“Isn’t the case different this time? Clea and Clarisse are not as strong as those two, but the rest of the candidates also have experience in subjugating monsters. It’s not even a particularly essential element for a saintess.”
The first task delivered by Archbishop Astus is to subdue the monsters in the designated dungeon.
It is said that Astus himself proposed and passed the task.
“It’s just a bonus factor, but everyone is proudly touting their subjugation career. If that’s the case, let’s check the ability somewhere. Clarisse, who used to live in the capital, will have adventurers she knows, and for those from other places, it won’t be a problem if she seeks cooperation from the Guild Management Office to recruit appropriate adventurers and make a party. I heard that Clea used to be with Shinsoo there, isn’t it rather an advantage?”
No, isn’t it just nice for a girl named Clarisse? She’s in her own zone. Here.
I’m still cracking up Sema Ragu, the mung-ae who saw the terrifying warriors and was scared.
“Dangerous! And in monster subjugation and adventures, the priest is only an assistant role! It’s nothing like verifying your abilities as a saint…!”
“Ruler. Ruler. This is also because we need to respond to the emerging hero eaters. Now that I know that monsters are dangerous, responding to those monsters will be one of the roles of the saintess.”
“That’s…!”
Paul continued to protest, but Astus did not accept the protest, giving one reason or another as if he did not want to hear it.
After listening to Paul’s protest for a while, Astus said that it had already been decided and applauded as if it was over.
“Ruler! In any case, this has already been decided! Seven days later, each candidate verifies their ability to subdue monsters with adventurers in the assigned dungeon. So know that and prepare.”
Astus left the paper with this and that explanation on the desk and left the room without looking at us.
“…Ha. How come…”
“Is it strange to think that you are pushing Sister Clarice?”
When I asked, Paul sighed once more and nodded quietly.
“You’re right. Archbishop Astus is a supporter of Sister Clarisse. He never said it directly, but I know you’ve known him for quite some time.”
“But you’re just going through this test? What does the Pope say?”
“The test itself is decided by the archbishops… If the pope gets involved in electing a saint with power similar to that of the pope, there may be injustice, so the pope will only approve it after the saint is elected.”
After thinking for a while, Paul clicked his tongue and stood up with a hard expression. He said to me while putting on his school uniform.
“I will have to meet other archbishops who support Clea. In the meantime, take care of Clea.”
After Paul left the room, I went back to the inn with Clea and Lisbeth while worrying about something strangely uncomfortable.
Will the lazy pig mc finally train and learn even the basic skill every close combat adventurer has the ability to use ether or will he continue his lazy pig life till he idiotically dies when even his plot armor can’t help him anymore?
That and more in the next episode of Batma… Pigman!