Chapter 296 – Retribution
“As requested, we conducted additional investigation into the female student, but there was nothing of note. Just in case, she asked her parents if it was their child, and with the help of the church, she secretly conducted a demon identification test, and found nothing.”
“Is that so?”
Was it a pointless doubt?
At first, that thought occurred to me, but Jun shook her head.
Although it was trivial, her resourcefulness in attracting two self-respecting children at the same time and making them cover her with a blanket was definitely not something that could be seen from a girl who had only succeeded in her high school debut.
A member of the intelligence department pondered for a moment and said that she was not the only one who thought that way.
“If you give permission, we will select that female student as a level 1 surveillance subject and monitor her 24 hours a day.”
“Do you just need my permission? As far as I know, she has her royal guard attached as an escort.”
As the sword and shield of the royal family, the Royal Guard has the ability to not only fight in close combat, but also detect and protect the elements.
It was not at all easy for such a Royal Guard to monitor the target that was assigned as an escort.
I wanted to ask Arthur to clean it up, but it was unclear whether the Royal Guards guarding Lily would listen to Arthur’s orders as they had sworn loyalty to Leon, and such a request crossed the line, so I hesitated to even do it.
“If it had been before, even if we had the cardinal’s permission, friction would have been unavoidable… But there are probably many people who are disappointed in the prince because of this incident, so if we say we have the cardinal’s permission, he will reluctantly allow it.”
“Then let me ask you a favor. Oh, if you don’t mind, please keep an eye on her parents too. “I might have lied.”
“Hmm. If we are going to do that, will we also monitor people around them and students who are sponsored by them?”
“Aside from the people around us, why do students receive support?”
“The majority of students who are sponsored by them are strangely engaged in public service. Some are also suspected of belonging to or having been in contact with anti-social groups. I just happened to bring a list of students who have received or are receiving sponsorship from them. Let’s take a look.”
After receiving the list, Jun quickly looked at it.
Meanwhile,
Stand tall
I found two names that looked familiar on the list.
John Smith.
Leon’s roommate and the only male in the lecture to prepare for her labyrinth, he was also the only person who entered Leon’s party,
A person who was killed by the Resistance before the Academy’s labyrinth collapsed, but is suspected of being a member of the Resistance.
And Bruce.
Even though he has a unique constitution and lacks mana, he is an inferior student who grits his teeth and attends the Imperial Academy where supernatural abilities are the main focus.
Jun, who fell in love with his reason and passion, was showing him a new path.
Anyway, the names of two people who did not seem to be related in the slightest were written side by side on the list.
Is this really just a coincidence? Or is it inevitable by someone?
“…”
“Hey, Cardinal. What should I do?”
“Yes? Ah, yes. It’s definitely suspicious. “It makes me wonder why I only found out about this now.”
“S-sorry! The scale of the management was not that large, so the importance was very low, and although his personality was eccentric, the evaluations of those around him were not bad, and he was sponsoring students, so I had not investigated it in depth. “I am truly sorry.”
“No. Now that I know, it’s okay. And as per the opinion you mentioned earlier, please also monitor the merchant owners and those who have been sponsored.”
It was just a hunch, but the moment I got to know them properly, I felt like things in the capital would end quickly.
“Oh. “By the way, are there any of those who are in public office working at the imperial palace?”
“Yes, these two people.”
Jun confirmed the personal information of the people given to him by a member of the Intelligence Department, and after covering a few more topics, he called off the second countermeasures meeting.
“Darling, if you care so much about this woman named Lili and her family, wouldn’t it be better to forcibly arrest them on suspicion of being demons?”
The moment they arrived at Jun’s office, Elysia, who had kept her mouth shut the whole time, suggested using her drastic measures.
Looking at her infinitely serious eyes, it seemed like she was sincere.
‘If it weren’t for me, I wouldn’t have hesitated to use that method.’
Elysia is usually extremely cool-headed and smart, but she becomes aggressive when faced with situations related to the salvation of the world.
We could tell from the fact that she came to see Jun and offered her body to him if he would just join the brave warrior’s party.
Although it was a bad habit, it was said that he was sincere about the salvation of the world.
June sat her down on his lap and gave her a kiss of gratitude on behalf of her whole world.
Elysia’s golden eyes, which had been slightly sunken, began to shine beautifully again.
“Sia, I know how you feel, but let’s just be patient. Normally, I wouldn’t know, but now is not the time to use that method.”
Although the strike parade was stopped, it did not completely end.
The strike parade is still ongoing, centered around truly respectable figures, including Robert Marquis, and Leon, who suffered unprecedented shame in the world, was expected to not stop the strike struggle despite what he experienced.
In such a situation, is Leon’s lover, Lili, forcibly arrested on the pretext of being suspected of being a demon?
No matter how much they claim that it is sincere, people will judge that the church is trying to eliminate its enemies with plausible reasons.
It would be good if she took the risk and used drastic measures to reveal that she was a demon, but if she was not a demon, the church would not only lose the people’s trust, but would also be in a situation where it would have to give in to the demands of her strikers.
“Do you understand, Sia?”
Jun asked, stroking Elysia’s head gently.
Uncharacteristically for Elysia, her face turned bright red, and she nodded.
“Yes? Yes. All right. So, treating them like children…”
“My Sia, don’t you like being treated like a child? Should we stop?”
“… No. Please do a lot.”
Elysia, feeling a sense of shame that had not yet been resolved from her childhood, fell on her knees and buried her face in Jun’s arms.
Jun touched her breasts, which could never be called young, and matched her youthful spirit.
“Keu~. Anyway, it ended on a bland note. “When the strike first broke out, I thought something big was going to happen.”
Seeing Elysia like that, Iris smiled softly as if she were her older sister, and then stretched her arms as if relieved, expressing her appreciation for this strike.
As a result, her bouncing breasts seemed very heavy and Jun immediately made a third hand to support her breasts.
Jun said, enjoying the softness and heaviness conveyed by the third hand.
“It’s true that something big happened. If luck hadn’t come at the right time, we would have been dragged along as the strikers intended, and countless people would have been treated unfairly through no fault of their own. So, applause to Fortuna for giving us luck at the right time!”
Clap clap clap!
After all, she’s my sister!
Porn’s sister is the best!
Everyone in the room applauded and praised Fortuna as she sat on June’s head.
Fortuna tilted her head as if she didn’t want to hear it, but it didn’t stop the corners of her mouth from rising.
Just a little more seemed like she could let go of her anger.
After asking for her permission from Elysia, Jun transformed Fortuna into her human mode and placed her on his lap.
“Por, I’m so sorry for having to use the luck I worked so hard to save. “I had no choice but to prevent innocent people from being treated unfairly.”
“… Fore knows. But, but!”
Fortuna was against using luck in this matter.
It was a fortune she had been saving every day to use when her life was in danger, and she hated having to use it for people who didn’t even know her.
Seeing as her angel, she wasn’t happy about unfair things happening to innocent people, but her Jun was more important to her than anyone else.
Even if unfair things happened to innocent people, she wanted to save her luck for Jun.
“There must have been another way. Maybe…”
“I guess so. But there would have been no surer method than luck.”
“… Juni is bad. “I don’t even know Por’s feelings.”
“That went too far. “How can I not understand Por’s heart?”
Jun carefully stroked her cheek.
Only then was she able to look straight into Fortuna’s beautiful gold, which she had not seen since yesterday evening.
Now I feel like my pores have opened up a bit.
“Por, from now on, even if you sulk, never avoid my eyes. Then again, I might really die then.”
“Cook, cluck.” Yes!”
Did Eomsal like her?
When Fortuna met her, she smiled brightly and rubbed her cheek like a cat.
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“But Port feels a little bad. I definitely had more luck than last time, but why didn’t anything bad happen to the demons this time?”
“Well, isn’t it because there’s some luck in this that hasn’t been used yet?”
“Ah!”
With Fortuna’s eyes full of anticipation, Jun opened the chain letter given to him by his secret friend.
