Chapter 197
ssai walked past the courtyard before the chapel. She beca speechless when she saw the inquisitors on the ground.
“Lady ssai, we’ve checked. There are no survivors.”
The templars that followed ssai over were quietly waiting for their commanding officer’s instructions.
“Bring their bodies behind the chapel for burial. Request for the nuns to recite the prayer for the dead.” ssai instructed her subordinates.
In this world, they believed in souls too.
In order to not have the corpses of the templars that died on the battlefield be used by those wicked necromancers, the nuns or the priests that accompanied the templars would always recite prayers to send off the dead.
This will ensure their souls would return to God’s side. Then, their corpses would be cremated.
“There’s no need for that. Knight ssai... you are to return to the Holy City with .”
Inquisition leader Shackles stopped ssai. He picked up the black originium crystal that filthy vampire threw toward his foot.
He was no deaf. Instead, he had destroyed his own eardrums the instant he learned that soone was using the Howling Banshees to disturb the mind of the inquisitors. To inquisitors, having one’s eardrums destroyed was a small injury that could be easily healed.
But, when he arrived, he did not see any Howling Banshees at all. All the noises that disturbed their mind ca from a re originium crystal!
To the inquisitors, that was no good news at all. ntal attacks were their weakness. With that originium crystal, even a clumsy peasant would be able to use that sort of ntal attack with only a small amount of magic power.
“At least allow the nuns to send them a prayer so that their souls could...”
ssai had no idea why that inquisition leader was so cold toward his own subordinates.
“They’ve already given their souls to the great God. Knight ssai... or perhaps I should say traitor ssai, you should stop wasting ti.”
Inquisition leader Shackles said those words as he brushed past ssai.
He knew very well what ssai did in the tavern.
The assassination mission had truly broadened Shackles horizons. He had no idea how a re demon would be able to receive the assistance from all those mages.
But, it was an undeniable truth that they, the inquisitors from the Heresy Tribunal, had failed their mission. Nevertheless, Shackles received an even more useful piece of information.
That is, the Frost Elf Race did not go extinct. One Frost Elf was staying in the tavern. Furthermore, she had the World Tree.
That was the piece of news most shocking to this inquisition leader. He must quickly return to the Holy Church to report it to the Heresy Tribunal.
“Traitor? What did Lady ssai did?”
ssai’s subordinates were imdiately unable to remain idle the mont they heard how Shackles addressed ssai. They walked toward the inquisition leader with the intention of demanding an explanation.
“Stop! Muk, you are in charge while I’m back in the Holy City... All of you, do not forget your mission.”
ssai stopped her subordinates. She followed the inquisition leader and entered the chapel.
She was prepared to be tried. The mont ssai stepped into the chapel, her adjutant was waiting for her.
“Lady ssai.”
The adjutant avoided the inquisition leader Shackles and arrived before ssai. He had heard the conversation between ssai and Shackles. He knew that they were planning to use the teleportation formation to return back to the Holy City.
“What’s the matter?”
ssai looked at the young adjutant. Even though the things this adjutant has been doing was growing further and further away from his job as a missionary, he was, at the very least, a reliable clergyman.
“If you’re planning to return to the Holy City...”
As the adjutant’s words reached this point, he took a glance behind him. He confird that the inquisition leader had entered deep into the chapel and did not linger in the hall. Only then did he lowered his voice and said to ssai, “Please bring this to Lady Saintess. This is what Lady Saintess entrusted to bring her.”
The adjutant took out a purely white originium crystal and handed it to ssai. ssai recognized that originium crystal. Once one has crushed it with one’s hand, one will be able to gain the privilege to join the magic network.
But, it would also give one runes from the Order System, sothing ssai was displeased by. It took ssai a while to get used to the new system of runes in her head.
As the god from the Order System and the god from the Holy Light System could be said to be the two most upright gods in this world, ssai held respect toward the Order System’s God Lloyd and was able to successfully integrate the Order System.
“Why does Lady Saintess need this?”
ssai held the originium crystal handed to her by the adjutant. Being stationed outside the Holy City all the ti, ssai rarely has any interaction with the Saintess.
But, in the Holy Church, the Saintess Herolia was the person closest to god. To the believers of the God of Holy Light, the Saintess Herolia was akin to an angel.
ssai does not believe that she would have the chance to get in contact with such a sacred existence.
“When I returned to the Holy City, I reported what happened in Norland. Lady Saintess learned about the existence of the magic network and beca very curious in it.”
The adjutant told ssai what happened truthfully.
“But, the magic network will lose effect once one leaves Norland.” ssai had read through the usage manual for the magic network. This included the section about ‘network connection.’
“I know. Lady Saintess ordered to seek out a way to connect with the magic network even in the Holy City. But... I was unable to find out the way how. Please bring the originium crystal back to Lady Saintess and inform her that I will continue to seek out the thod to connect to the magic network in the Holy City.”
The adjutant was not sowhat so shallow as to work so hard for the re wealth that was given to him. He believed that as long as he completes the mission, he would be able to obtain even greater status within the church.
But, in order to do that, he must first make so achievents for the Saintess Herolia to see.
“The magic network is sothing created by that Chaos Demon...” ssai was feeling conflicted. She did not wish for the Saintess, the symbol of purity and holiness, to interact with the magic network.
“Lady Saintess said that it’s a world where everyone’s equal.”
The adjutant stared ssai in the eyes and repeated what Herolia said to him. He continued to stare at ssai for several seconds before ssai finally accepted and placed away the originium crystal he handed her.
“I will do my best to hand this originium crystal to Lady Saintess.”
ssai does not believe that she would return to the Holy City as a glorious knight. Instead, she will be the prisoner brought back by an inquisition leader.
She found it very difficult to imagine that she, with that identity, would be able to approach the Saintess.
That said, ssai also had sothing she wanted to entrust the adjutant with.
“There’s a sack of gold coins in the chest under my bed. Find an opportunity to hand those gold coins to a person called Cher... no, I should say Skotan Nun instead. This is the last mission I have for you.”
ssai believed in the adjutant’s moral standing. That was why she asked him to deliver her remaining wealth to Cheryl.
Even though Cheryl was standing in opposition of ssai, ssai was not soone who would easily betray her promises. She intended to return the card packs she owed Cheryl with gold coins instead.
“Lady ssai, I understand.”
The adjutant had already guessed why ssai was returning to the Holy City through her conversation with the inquisition leader Shackles earlier. In the end, the adjutant watched as the female knight walked deeper into the chapel. In the end, she turned a corner and disappeared into the hallway.
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