Chapter 991 – Ep.989 Smith, a Black Company in Another World
“Oh, excuse me.”
Agatha opened her eyes immediately, smiled at the corners of her mouth, and gently bowed her head to the Popes who stood up and introduced herself.
“It is said that I am Agatha, who has joined in the role of an advisor since the saint is not familiar with this work.”
“Ugh…”
Perhaps because Agatha’s polite response was unexpected, the Popes were visibly taken aback and were busy making glances at Kiriel, who had become their true representative overnight.
‘I don’t know what he was doing during his time as Pope to cause the kids to fight.’
Anyway, I had no intention of sending Agatha away no matter what answer she gave, so I took off the coat I was wearing and handed it to Agatha.
Agatha politely took it, placed it on his arm, and slightly pulled back the chair assigned to me so that I could sit comfortably.
“For a moment…”
“Tell me.”
Of course, I didn’t wait and answered as I sat down on the chair.
I could see one of Kiriel’s eyebrows twitching, as if he was quite displeased with my behavior.
“… No. “No.”
“Kiriel?”
“Everyone, please sit down.”
The other Popes rolled their eyes, asking what they were doing arbitrarily, but Kiriel resolutely ignored their gaze and sat down.
‘They say a place makes a person.’
When I look at that, it really looks like that.
“What are you doing? Everyone please sit down.”
“”…””
The Popes, unable to hide their discomfort, glanced at Agatha and then sat down.
‘Does that mean the Pope is still the Pope?’
Since that happened yesterday, I thought I would quickly get distracted by this today as well. However, contrary to my expectations, ever since Agatha appeared, they never thought of leaving their gaze on her.
‘I’m not sure, but it’s clear that this guy should never be given power.’
Of course, his hobby is lying in bed and eating toast with lots of butter three times a day, but as you can see, he was the type of person who would definitely get something done when given a task.
“Then, we will continue the discussion that we couldn’t finish yesterday.”
“Oh, just to tell you in advance, I won’t be answering any more questions related to Agritsa.”
“… “I only ask one question.”
“If it’s worth listening to and responding to.”
Kiri frowned and bit her lip slightly.
‘Even though I tried really hard, it didn’t even work for him.’
In fact, the reason I gave her strength today was to shake her heart, which is currently glaring at me.
My heart is shaken by the man I loathed… It’s a very lame situation. But unfortunately, Kirielle’s disgusted gaze towards me still remained.
‘… My pride is hurt for no reason.’
She came with a certain amount of confidence, but her reaction was not very pleasant.
At this point, there was a reasonable suspicion that she had done something to her eyes.
“Pope Kyriel. It’s a public place. Please be mindful of your gaze.”
“… “I was a little tired, so I apologize if you were uncomfortable.”
Kiriel pressed his finger between his eyebrows and made an excuse, and Agatha gently lowered his head and silenced him, as if the next decision was up to her.
“It’s okay. It’s not like we don’t know each other’s situation, but that’s about it.”
“… Then let’s get straight to the point. “If Agritsa were to become a symbol of the union, would you let her go?”
“I──”
“Saint.”
Since it was a question I didn’t need to worry about, I tried to answer right away, but Agatha, who was standing behind me, put her mouth next to my ear and interrupted me.
“It’s presumptuous, but can I answer this for you?”
“… Yes.”
“Thank you.”
Agatha, who was tickling my ear with her small breath, straightened her back and spoke.
“If Agrissa herself wanted it, she would have said this to the saint. I place one more condition on that. The meeting place for all of you in the alliance with Agritsa must be inside our Sith Church.”
“…”
I wondered what the difference was, but Kiriel couldn’t easily answer what the difference was.
“Why are you doing this? “I don’t think it would be a rude request at all.”
My thoughts were not much different from Agatha’s. Since I’ve visited this side twice, wouldn’t it be okay to match the rhythm of this side once as well?
“… “The saint also said that there are many things he would like to ask us, right?”
However, Kiriel ended up avoiding answering Agatha’s question and seemed to shift the topic to this side. And I noticed a little cold sweat coming down from her hands and back at her actions.
Kiriel’s actions just now mean that she was confessing to Agritsa that she had tried to do something.
“Saint.”
“… That’s enough.”
“Yes.”
Agatha fell silent again, and I took a breath, wiping the sweat from my pants. It’s not a joke, if it weren’t for Agatha, I would have just opened my eyes and cut my throat.
‘Fuck, wasn’t that horny look yesterday all just an act?’
Even though I am dressed neatly now, I put so much effort into it that not only my wife but even Winter looked at my face for a long time. But just yesterday, the girls who wanted my seed and were drooling downwards now didn’t even look at me.
‘… It’s really creepy.’
Of course, looking at the girls yesterday, it may seem a bit speculative, but…
When I came in, I was planning on doing a little more work that I couldn’t do yesterday, but suddenly I felt like I was out of breath.
“I will ask first. “What is the situation on the Union side now?”
“It’s not good. No, it’s not just not good, you could say it’s the worst.”
Despite saying it was the worst, there was no significant change in Kiriel’s expression.
“Food is limited, and so the number of people we can accommodate is also limited. However, their faithful servants who have not abandoned their faith are still coming here with a ray of hope.”
At that time, Agatha whispered in my ear.
“If Nyaho had not worked hard, the union would have collapsed long ago.”
Of course, everyone can hear it over there.
“Did you?”
“At least that’s what I found out. And…”
Agatha paused for a moment.
“… “I don’t think you helped me because I wanted to.”
That’s right, I guess.
Actually, I knew something about this to some extent because I had heard something about it. Since they took Sith as well as Winter and Shiron hostage, I wonder if Amela and the other wives could have done anything wrong.
“I see.”
“… Yes.”
Kiriel, who seemed about to ramble on about something, shortened her words immediately after that.
Inducing sympathy?
Are you trying to get something more from me with something like that?
“Is there any means or plan to respond other than Agritsa?”
“As I said yesterday, it exists. But I can’t tell you about that.”
Was it like that? I don’t really remember. All I remember from this place yesterday was shaking my hips excitedly.
“Of course, I believe that that method is possible even without our cooperation.”
“Don’t worry about that part.”
Given his firm answer, it seems like he definitely has another plan in mind. So I was anxious.
I don’t know what secret number the alliance prepared, but if what she said was true, Ravel and Ellis’s safety would be in danger.
‘Damn, there’s Siran too.’
If the means they prepared were real, this would be quite a headache.
Ravel and Ellis were also people who must be protected in order to have a friendly meeting with my father-in-law. And Siran was a little more special than those two.
Siran’s mother-in-law that day… Anyway, she read his letter and promised that she would make sure to meet him. Above all, she didn’t want Siron to see her sad face.
‘I need to discuss this with Sis a little more.’
I don’t know what they have prepared, but one thing is certain: if I decide to stop it, I will definitely be able to stop it at least once.
What I want to discuss with Sith is what happens after that.
Because my intuition told me that the solution was to use divinity with a high probability.
“Saint?”
“I have something to think about for a moment.”
I responded to Kiriel’s call with a smile. But as expected, no significant change could be found in Kiriel’s face.
“Then I will ask the next question.”
“As much as you want.”
Since she gave permission, I asked without really paying attention.
“Is there a plan to counter the enemy’s surprise attack?”
“They say they want to label us as evil and that they don’t touch people other than the clergy. So we placed a strong protective barrier around the temple.”
“Where else?”
“Unfortunately, choosing and focusing is necessary to deal with a powerful enemy.”
If the demons invade, all the priests staying in Bambino will be killed.
“If you are really worried, what is it that the saint cares for them?”
“It’s not bad.”
“Of course…” … Yes?”
“I answered that it wasn’t bad.”
“… “This was also a joke.”
“Your face doesn’t look like you’re joking.”
“I guess I’m not good at telling jokes.”
Because of her determination, I decided to visit Bambino as soon as I had time.
“Then…”
After that, I asked a few more questions, but no particularly nutritious answers came back, and seeing their attitude was completely different from yesterday, I didn’t stay much longer and left with Agatha.
