Chapter 128 – Ep.128 Smith, a Black Company in Another World
Bazelan – Temple of the God of Fertility.
A high-ranking priest came out, closing the door to the top-floor room reserved for visits by bishops.
The high priest walked quietly and headed straight downstairs.
She knocked on the door of the high priest, the manager of this temple.
-Come on in.
With the high priest’s permission, the high priest opened the door and went inside. As she entered her room, all sharp gazes were turned to her at the same time.
The high priest spoke without heeding the attention focused on him.
“There is nothing wrong with your body, but you are still unconscious.”
“… All right. “Please check back in two hours.”
“Yes.”
The high priest bowed her head slightly and then left her room.
As she left, her eyes turned back to her high priest.
Siron and Giena. Beneo and Nyaho. Lastly, to Renia.
The high priest sighed slightly at the high priest’s report. Beneo, who had been watching the sigh, opened his mouth.
“I understand that the interrogation of the Paladin that continued for five days did not yield any significant results. “How long do we have to wait like this?”
“Hmm…”
The high priest groaned softly.
A person being held captive in an interrogation room located in the basement of the temple.
Nuitism, one of the three major sects declared on the current continent.
There are twelve bishops in the Nuit Church, which means darkness in ancient language. And the person currently being held in the interrogation room was Rune Videl, one of those twelve.
Five days ago, the surrounding temples were turned upside down by a guest from Bambino.
I couldn’t help but be surprised when I received a message asking them to dispatch a Holy Knight because they had captured one of the bishops of the Nuit Church, which was not an ordinary cult.
Unlike the other two cults, the Nuit Church is known to be a group comprised only of men. Therefore, it is a group that is even more difficult to keep track of.
How could they capture a bishop from such a group?
Because it was a message from Bambino, and not from any other place, each temple immediately sent a paladin to Bambino and was able to safely subdue the unconscious Rune Videl and drag her to the interrogation room.
As Beneo said earlier, the Paladins of the God of Fertility interrogated Rune Videl, who was captured in the interrogation room, for five days, and told those gathered here that they had not obtained any significant information…
‘No way did I know that Rune Videl, known as a man, was a woman.’
This was quite a shocking fact. However, the high priest did not bother to tell this fact to those gathered here.
Not only was this not the information that those sitting here wanted, but also because the information discovered through interrogation could not be disclosed to the outside world without instructions from superiors.
The high priest once again sighed briefly and spoke.
“The Vatican has notified us of this fact and has decided to dispatch personnel, so please wait a little longer.”
“… Well then, please at least let me see your face.”
Beneo made a request to the high priestess, paying more attention to Gienna, who was sitting next to her, than to Siron, whose face was wrinkled.
“Didn’t I tell you at the beginning? In order to accept her divine power, it is not good for others to step into her.”
The top floor room where Smith was currently sleeping was filled with divine power scattered by the high priest and other priests.
It was a temporary measure for a right arm that could not heal, possibly due to a cult’s witchcraft, and at the same time, it was also a way to prevent possible mental interference.
“Can’t it just be a moment?”
“I can’t allow it because I don’t know what kind of variables that moment will create.”
“… All right.”
Beneo kept his mouth shut, so he didn’t say anything more about the matter while observing Siron and I’s reactions.
“If you have nothing more to say, I will see you again in the evening.”
The high priest said this while looking around at the people around him, but no one opened their mouth.
She, her high priestess, and the priests of each of her temples were now roaming around the city searching for Nuitites who might be hiding and those suspected of being brainwashed, so they could not be kept captive.
“Then.”
The Ambassador left her room after lightly greeting her.
“Ha…”
As soon as the high priest left, Lenia, who was sitting in her seat, let out a long sigh.
Like everyone else present, her insides were being completely burned to the ground.
He is no one else but the man Ardella loves.
Before he left, he wished me well several times and left. But now, the man has been unconscious for five days and has not been able to wake up.
Even the commotion that took place in front of the Merchants’ Association was enough to make people irritated, and it wasn’t enough that a cultist came into the city. The cultist targeted the most important person and something happened.
‘I’m going crazy…’
My judgment was clouded by the fact that the other person was a man.
No matter how much it may be his own wish, he calmly accepts and participates in a plan in which the person who is supposed to be responsible for his safety until he leaves the city becomes bait.
She thought for five days about how to report this to Ardella, but she still couldn’t come to a conclusion.
“Horrorok.”
Nya Ho rolled her eyes as she sipped the black tea on her table.
‘It’s difficult.’
Her head was complicated in a different way than Lenia.
First of all, the commotion that took place at Bambino ceased to exist.
In addition to nothing else, the Holy Knights revealed that a cultist bishop had entered the guest room and that several employees had been brainwashed.
Even criminals who commit murder are accepted as guests as long as they pay the right amount, but there are exceptions everywhere. And the very exception are those related to xie jiao.
Even the old members of the Prisoner’s Association recognized that no matter how much money or power they had, they could never see any good results from dealing with the priests on this continent.
For that reason, the Society of Prisoners tried to get closer to the clergy and were so devoted to them that they even collected and shared information about the cult.
‘Honestly, at that time, I thought my heart would stop.’
As soon as the monster left, hugging the human man, he looked into the room where the door had fallen.
She spotted a muscular human being stretched out at the end of the aisle, and the image was so vivid in her mind that in the blink of an eye, Nyaho remembered that the man stretched out at the end of her aisle was a social figure.
Even if they were not known to her, the information about the impressions of the leaders of the cult where her face was already known was all recorded in Nya Ho’s mind.
Of course, not only she but also the leader of the military force dispatched to Bambino recognized Rune Videl.
Anyway, the Bambino was upset by the fact that not an ordinary prisoner but a bishop-level person was in the room, and this news was quickly reported to the Prisoners’ Association.
The old members of the Beast Society wanted to prevent this fact from becoming known at all costs.
The problem is that she judged that it was virtually impossible to silence those involved in this incident through simple force.
Not only that, but for some reason, the fact that the temple of the God of Prosperity, which had the most believers and was the most powerful among all the temples, treated human men very kindly was also a problem for the Beast Society.
The victim of this incident is not another force, but a target who appears to have a close relationship with the most powerful part of the force with which the Prisoners Association maintains the most intimate relationship.
As a prisoner association, they were unable to make a proper decision on what to do, and in the end, they passed this entire matter on to Nyaho.
Of course, they didn’t just hand it over to them, but promised that if they handled it properly, they would raise their status in the Prisoners’ Association and at the same time give them the authority to mobilize separate armed forces.
‘The problem is that the person I need to talk to hasn’t opened his eyes for five days…’
The good news was that there was no need to silence the other people present, as all their attention was focused on the human male.
In other words, the moment something goes wrong for the human male, it can turn into the worst situation where he may have to endure the aftereffects that he cannot do anything about.
‘There are products I really want to trade, so I hope you’ll open your eyes.’
When Nyaho put down the teacup, Siron stood up.
No one paid attention to Siron.
After hearing the news of Smith’s collapse and the news about the cultist, Kernax immediately contacted the administrator in Molingta and requested that his return be postponed. Surprisingly, the administrator accepted Kernax’s request.
Kernax, who was allowed to stay in Bazelan until Smith opened his eyes, delivered the news to his men and at the same time visited Rhenia.
She informed Lenia that she would be guarding the outer walls of the city with her soldiers, without asking her permission.
It was a very unpleasant situation for her castle owner, Rhenia, but she expressed her regret and did not stop Cernax.
The reason Siron got up from his seat now was to exchange with Kernax, who was outside the city.
And so Siron leaves.
Ugh-
A small vibration rang out from Beneo’s arms.
She got up and went out.
After looking around for a moment, Beneo walked quietly and reached a corner where no one’s presence could be detected before taking out the crystal ball from his arms.
-I don’t see any suspicious behavior. It really seems like he was acting because he was brainwashed.
“Any traces?”
-It was suddenly cut off in the Kron Mountains. It looks like magic or grace was used.
“… I get it.”
-What does the head of the house say?
“He didn’t say anything.”
-Uh, um… I’ll look a little further.
The crystal ball’s light went out and Beneo put it back in his arms.
“… Ha.”
She sighed and pressed her eyes to her hands.
The day the person under protection lost consciousness and collapsed.
I reported the entire situation to the head of the family, Ardel.
After hearing the report, Ardel calmly said, ‘I understand.’ And ended the communication.
Beneo knew when Ardel reacted like that.
One was when I heard a report about something I wasn’t interested in, and the other was when I was disappointed.
Beneo knew. The fact that the head of the family was disappointed in him.
‘Damn it.’
Beneo was angry.
Because the target for protection was male, they placed various restrictions and chose an easy option.
What kind of idiot in the world would think of using a protected person as bait to quickly solve a case?
Would the same choice have been made even if the target had been the head of the small family or a direct blood relative of the head of the family?
Definitely not.
The stress of meeting an unfamiliar escort and an unexpectedly powerful person piled up, and I made the wrong decision because I wanted to end this matter as quickly as possible.
‘Did I really do my best in this matter?’
She shook her head.
If she wanted to, she had the option of renting her room and then sneaking in through the window.
Even if it takes time, if you stay and watch until the end, you can eventually catch her tail and resolve this matter with the mastermind.
However, she chose the quickest route because she just wanted to solve the problem and relieve the burden as quickly as possible, and ended up disappointing herself and the head of the family at the same time.
“Whoa…”
I felt like I wanted to go straight into the interrogation room and interrogate the Nuitian bishop directly.
‘Not yet, not yet.’
Since it is said that personnel were dispatched directly from the Vatican, it is not too late to observe the situation after his arrival and then make a move.
If. If the dispatched person cannot resolve this situation…
Beneo’s shadow flickered for a moment.
She quietly walked towards the guest room.
**
“Seup… ? No, sleep again… Wow… ?”
【Be quiet and fall asleep.】
Smith, who briefly opened his eyes, stretched out again.
【I let him sleep for two days, but I wonder how he woke up after 15 hours, 32 minutes, and 11 seconds. Maybe it’s because I’m a keut, but my mental power is just too high.】
Sigh.
Just as Smith stretched out, the door to the guest room opened and a high priest came inside.
She walked to the bed and looked at Smith, who was sleeping soundly.
“There are many people waiting. So, I hope you wake up quickly.”
The high priest prayed to Lapitera, the god he worshiped, so that Smith, who had just fallen asleep, could quickly wake up.
“You must not give in to evil.”
The high priest quietly left the room to cheer on Smith, who was merely asleep, and to deliver the sad news to those waiting below.
