Chapter 870 – 99 Days – The Princess Cannot and Should Not Solve All the Problems in This World.
“This place is more interesting than I thought.”
Asmodeus snorted and wagged his tail.
“Okay…”
“High Priest…”
They were all ‘heresy purifiers’ who welcomed the princess, but the presence of ‘demons’ was quite disturbing.
“Still, Ceres…”
“I don’t think this is right.”
Of course they knew that Ceres was a ‘demon’, but they could tolerate it.
Rather than simply running away from sin through her death, she was greatly appreciated for her willingness to serve human society during her long remaining life.
Ceres does not even roam the earth in her demonic form.
“But Virgilia, why did you stay silent? She knew.”
“Asmo, everyone is uncomfortable. Stay quiet.”
“What do you think~ Huh? Don’t the sisters here need to know the truth too? Huh? Huh? Huh?”
Asmodeus waved his tail even more as if showing off.
She did not hide the fact that she was a demon at all. She even felt like she was bragging.
“Queunnng…”
Lucia, the high priest leading the heresy purifiers, was desperately trying to suppress her boiling heart.
Not all demons in this world are evil.
She did not want to ruin what the princess was working so hard to prove.
“It’s hard to serve the leader of this place without knowing the truth~”
Asmodeus says while snorting.
“The saint who is cherished here is—”
“Please! Make it stop! Asmodeus!”
Lucia eventually couldn’t hold back her anger and shouted.
At that moment, the closed door opened at very bad timing and the princess, Hedone, Grace, and Ceres walked out.
“What’s going on? Lucia can’t stand it, and she’s angry.”
The princess’s judgment was quick and accurate. She didn’t hear the back and forth of the story, but she said there was no way she would fight with Asmodeus because Lucia was her demon.
“I was planning to tell you the truth that the ordinary sisters here don’t know.~”
“There is a truth that you don’t have to know.”
Lucia sighed deeply.
‘The truth that Lucia talks about that you don’t need to know probably refers to the demon facility and Harlot in the basement of the basilica.’
How worried was Lucia?
How shaken was her faith.
The princess knew well.
“Asmo. Please stop.”
“… Ugh, please?”
It wasn’t an order, it was a request from the princess.
Asmodeus’ expression, which was meant to be fun by wagging his tail excitedly, changed to serious.
“Then I can’t help it. I was planning to give a special spoiler for the bugs on the ground.”
Asmo said that, she wrapped her tail around the princess’s waist and brought her mouth to her ear.
“… Does the princess know? About her saintly eyes?”
“Ceres didn’t tell us anything. Do you think she had a reason for hiding it?”
The princess knows well that Grace came to have the ‘eyes of a saint’ thanks to Harlot’s ‘help’.
But I didn’t know exactly what the principle was.
“Really? Well, I guess there’s no need to spill the coffee.”
Asmodeus laughed and wagged his tail.
“But~? I think it would be good to know the high priest over here?”
“Please stop! Asmodeus! In the first place! Do you even know what situation you’re in?”
Lucia fluttered her hands.
“Aren’t you now walking around without hiding your demon appearance at all?”
“I know that the bugs on the ground are afraid of us, but what can we do?”
“What!”
“I’m proud of who I am. Oh, but that doesn’t mean Vere is ashamed of who she is, right?”
Asmodeus winked, but Ceres sighed.
“So… You’re saying you’re going to walk around the basilica looking like that?”
“Ugh, that’s right. It’s a pity, isn’t it, our high priest?”
Asmodeus laughed mischievously and waggled his tail.
“Are you dissatisfied?”
Asmodeus blatantly provoked Lucia with the feeling that he wanted to give it a try.
“The princess…”
Grace looked at the princess with eyes full of worry.
Of course, the princess knew well that this situation was serious.
It was clear that if Asmodeus and Lucia were not stopped right now, she and the heretic purifiers standing behind her with extremely dissatisfied faces would do something terrible.
‘… I can’t mediate everything.’
What is happening right now is not a trivial dispute.
Humans and demons.
People above ground and people underground.
It is just a fight that naturally arises from the valley of distrust that cannot be resolved overnight.
‘Isn’t the path I’m about to walk a path I can’t complete alone?’
The princess had a hard time suppressing the desire to tear them apart right away.
“You…”
“It seems like there are a ton of complaints?”
Asmodeus bent her waist slightly and gently scratched Lucia’s chin with her wagging tail.
It was a blatant provocation. There was nothing surprising even if Lucia, who was angry, grabbed her tail and started a fight with Asmodeus.
“… There are still many young sisters in the Basilica.”
“Hmm?”
“We humans have been suffering from demons for a long time. There have been many times when we were killed without even being able to resist due to the difference in power that was determined from birth. My parents were also killed by demons.”
“So what are you saying? I’ve never done anything like that.”
Asmodeus waggled his tail.
“I’ve heard quite a few stories about the famous heresy purifiers dragging sisters who were quietly hiding by their hair, beheading them, and committing a crime because they couldn’t tell us apart?”
“You… Did it? How dare you say that!?”
Lucia screamed loudly and then rubbed her face with her left hand.
“… That’s not the story, is it?”
Asmodeus did not refute right away.
“We… We’re sorry… We really can’t differentiate between you. Demons all look the same. That’s why, no matter how good they are, there are those who are afraid of even innocent demons.”
“… Tell me more.”
“There are those who lost their families to the demons, those who were violated, and those who feel revenge on you in the basilica. There are also those outside here.”
Asmodeus did not open his mouth.
“So, please be a little considerate. There are still many sisters who cannot accept the fact that there are good demons.”
“… You’re not saying I’m bad?”
“He is with the princess. He can’t be bad, right?”
Lucia suppressed her boiling anger and spoke in an adult manner.
In her emotions, she wanted to cut off the head of Asmodeus in front of her and make a trumpet out of her horn, but she held back.
“High Priest…”
“Ugh… I’m angry too…”
The reactions of the heresy purifiers standing behind were varied.
“What are you talking about!”
“You need to speak stronger! Honestly, the princess will be on our side too!”
However, Lucia decided to stick to her duties. She was not overcome by anger.
“I believe in you.”
“Me, a demon?”
“Yes, I believe you are a good being.”
“Why? Ah, is that so? Because the new god believes in me?”
“… Even though the princess had a favor to ask, doesn’t that change the fact that you gave light to people who were lost and wandering?”
Lucia took a deep breath as she spoke.
“I heard that he gave light to the blind and new legs to those who lost their legs.”
Asmodeus gently closed his eyes.
“You are good. There are just evil people.”
“… For a bug on the ground, it tells a good story.”
The heresy purifiers standing behind Asmodeus’ light words let out a sigh.
“Lucia! Look!”
“That’s a demon! Right now, they’re just pretending to be nice in front of the princess!!!”
Even while listening to their cries, Asmodeus did not change his expression at all.
He just bowed with a very serious face.
“I apologize. This side also had its own resentment towards the people on earth.”
“Asmodeus…”
“There was no need to act bad just because I had those feelings. I’m sorry for acting like a child even though I’m several times older than you.”
The appearance of the demon apologizing by bending his back to 90 degrees so that the top of his head was visible was a sight that surprised even the angry heresy purifiers.
“The demon is apologizing?”
“What happened to this? It wasn’t a dream, right?”
“Demons had that kind of courtesy…?”
“… Thank you, Asmodeus. All you need is a little consideration.”
Lucia smiled and grabbed Asmo’s shoulders so that she could sit on her back.
“Horns are hard, but I can do the tail.”
“That’s enough. There are many sisters who think your horns are cool.”
Haha! What, you said you were scary earlier~?”
Lucia smiled comfortably as Asmo playfully hit her on the shoulder.
“If it’s okay with Sister Asmodeus…”
“Oh, you don’t have to worry about that story.”
Asmodeus smiled and hid his tail really well with magic.
“Yes?”
“The princess asked me to take care of various matters when she arrived at the basilica. I heard there are a lot of injured and sick people here.”
“Yes, that’s right. The saintess is working hard too, but…”
“Magic has its limits. On the contrary, our demon technology is prepared for situations like this.”
In the end, Asmodeus was just ticking from the beginning. He intended to help the Sisters of the Basilica.
“Instead, would you pair up our sisters with the heresy purifiers behind them and have them go around?”
“Rather, it was something I wanted to ask you to do.”
“There are probably people who are so surprised by our technology and magic that they reject it. Let me ask you a favor~”
Strangely enough, the two immediately got along well and created a pretty nice atmosphere.
“… Is this what you wanted?”
Grace spoke with a sigh of relief when she saw that the situation had finally been resolved.
“Even if I become omniscient and omnipotent, shouldn’t I be able to arbitrarily determine the emotions that people on the ground and people in the underground have, as if I were drawing a ruler?”
“You are right. It would be very wrong to think that even the emotions a person harbors can be controlled.”
Grace, smiling brightly, holds her princess’s hand and offers a small prayer with her smile.
I hope that the princess who will open a new era can see the world she desires.
