Episode 45. First Strike (2)

“Please forgive me for coming without any contact, even while the princess is practicing magic.”

“It’s okay, but did something happen to Professor Ian?”

The saint, the Saint Stica Cathedral.

The story Lien heard in the office was so shocking that she dropped her tea cups.

Lien herself was well aware that she was not in a position to dare to ask Professor Ian what the situation was. So she was not clearly understanding the current situation.

but… . Nonetheless, what is certain is that Professor Ian is now in danger of colliding head-on with Saint Stica Cathedral.

It would be nice if the saintess could take care of it, but… . Judging from the atmosphere a while ago, it didn’t seem like it would end that easily.

Professor Ian had been overcoming various trials as if he were enjoying it, but in Rien’s view, this was not the kind of thing he could solve alone.

“The professor is concerned that the students will get hurt, so he never asks for help from his students first. However, I thought that I shouldn’t leave the professor alone this time… . I came here because it seemed that Princess Frill was the only person who could help the professor at this school.”

“That’s right, even among the professors, there’s no one on Ian’s side.”

I didn’t want to reach out to other students who were powerless… . Rien summoned only Princess Frill and her guardian knight.

Devils and saints, silence and even baptism.

Lien told Frill everything she had seen and heard in the office. however.

If there was one mistake the seasoned woman made, it would be that she had to make her face a little brighter when she came to the magic training center.

“Ina, what did the maid say? How many times will the maid in charge go to visit the princess alone? 100% he must have come to talk about Professor Ian!”

“Ki-ing… . I don’t want to eavesdrop, but I hear everything… ! It’s not my fault. I mean, my people always listen to anything that bothers them.”

“So what do you say? uh?”

“uh… . Who said Professor Ian was the devil?”

“Eh? It’s a daily routine.”

“Oh, wait. Listen, that’s not all.”

Sepia and Ina.

There was no way that the girls, who had been taught and helped by Ian, could pretend they didn’t know even after hearing about his situation.

* * *

‘Mister, is it really possible without the kids? Then what if I really die?’

‘No, it’s not a problem that’s harder than I thought, but it’s okay.’

As a result of Elma overhearing the conversation between the two exorcists who disguised themselves as guards and hid in the school… .

The Saint Stica Cathedral eventually concludes that I am a high-ranking evil spirit, and they say that they will deploy all of the Stica Knights to eradicate it.

Looking at this alone, it seems like a difficult crisis for me to handle alone, but if you think about it calmly, it wasn’t necessarily like that.

First of all, the Church of Stica may not be aware of it at all, but right now I am in charge of research on the pond, which is being conducted directly by the imperial family.

Principal Skillbeck, who always puts his energy into strengthening the relationship with the imperial family, wouldn’t just sit idly by and watch me die in a tragic accident inside the school.

‘An Imperial secret researcher being assassinated by an outside force on campus?’

From the principal’s point of view, nothing could be more terrifying than that.

Besides the principal, you can ask for help from Professor Dana or Telvin.

No, in the first place, with only one order from Principal Skillbeck, all Kiruna magic faculty members could gather and defeat the Stica Knights.

‘So I was going to try it myself… .’

“teacher! Stica Cathedral is burning!!”

What do you mean?

* * *

“You’re in charge of both the Bishop and the Knight Commander?”

“Yes, Princess.”

All cathedrals are within the capital. In other words, Saint Stika Cathedral is not far from Kiruna Magic School in the center of the capital.

As soon as Lien heard about Professor Ian’s situation, Frill brought four Guardian Knights to visit Saint Stica Cathedral.

First of all, I wanted to hear why they misunderstood Professor Ian as an evil spirit, and then I was going to visit Ian and bring the circumstances to a compromise between the two sides.

‘Sangstica a few hundred years ago was always famous for being covered in blood, but now it’s just one of thirteen cathedrals. It’s probably not a group of fanatics who can’t communicate with each other… ?’

No matter how you think about it, this was an outrageous misunderstanding on the part of Sainttica.

Professor Lee Ahn once gave a class in front of a large crowd, including seminarians, to the point where the auditorium was full.

If he really was possessed by a demon, one of the many people watching him would have noticed.

No, before that, Inna, who was called a necromantic genius, didn’t feel anything suspicious about him, so how could he determine that he was possessed by an evil spirit?

“… The eyes of Sharpe are said to be the eyes of the goddess.”

The female knight with dead eyes slowly explained.

The story of the saint who entered the school, Sharp’s report of seeing the endless darkness from Professor Ian.

“Scharp never sees lies, and never lies. Even the princess was bewitched by him.”

“After all, do you want to say that Professor Ian cheated everyone? This name and command. In addition, even the Rang people and the saintess are saying that he is not an evil spirit, so you’re going to overturn all of those grounds with just Sharp’s eyes?”

“If Scharp sees darkness in him, he is dark. Do you deny Sharpe?”

“Not so. but.”

eyed.

Let her chant the light… . All the candles in the cathedral were covered in black.

“A single word can have multiple interpretations.”

The dark and brilliant lights darkened the pure white cathedral.

“Pee, think again whether your judgment is in the right direction. Can you say with certainty that the black color Sharp saw is truly evil?”

“… That’s right. There is no change in my opinion.”

“As you see, the darkness can actually be a kind of light?”

In the burning darkness, Blood laughed grimly.

“Princess, it doesn’t matter to me whether he is a demon. As the princess said, he might be an angel with black wings.”

The dark light of the frills did not reach the white tower where the saintess was. Blood looked at the empty seat and closed his eyes.

“I just… . I just want to protect the saintess. If I dare to confess, the rest is just a cause.”

“you… .”

“Since I have defined him as a demon, I must kill him. Keep the good and evil that you have decided for yourself… . It is the first rule of the Goddess.”

At that time, Frill lost his words.

Kwaaang-!!!

From the outer wall of the cathedral, an explosion sounded enough to make my head ache. Acrid smoke began to swallow the white tower.

“Who is there!!”

“Kyaaagh! Sepia, why did you do that-!”

“Listen! Did you see us over there and draw your sword first? What if you say you’re a Rang and can’t see that!?”

“I didn’t know that you would come to kill me for overhearing this… . Is this a church right? Why are you so scared… !”

Ina and Sepia… ?

The intervention of the two was unexpected, so Frill was greatly embarrassed, and Fier quickly drew his sword before he could properly grasp the situation. The same was true of Frill’s guardian knights.

‘Wait, I didn’t come here for this, did I? If this is the case, wouldn’t I have caused too much of an accident with my own will?’

Frill lost his cool for a moment and froze.

But at that moment, Virgo, the guardian knight, grabbed her trembling shoulders.

“… Princess, leave me here and go get your friends.”

“Birgo!? You can come along too! We didn’t come here to fight, if we can fix it quickly… !”

“I am not trying to grow things. Rather, I want to end the case here.”

In the cathedral where light and darkness were blurred, the old man raised his sword as he burned his eyes with a candle.

“If you are the bishop of Sainttica and the leader of the knights, I must defeat you to stop the madness of this place.”

“… Are you going to go to war?”

“No way. It’s a duel, baby. Four generations have never experienced it, but once, when knights seemed unable to break each other’s convictions… . I used to settle with the sword.”

From Virgo’s point of view, Pierre’s twisted heart toward the saintess was not normal.

It was trying to entangle the saintess and kill Professor Ian… . In the end, he could see that he would destroy not only himself, but the entire cathedral.

As a knight, he was not one to be left alone.

Blood would never compromise, and in the end, he would break into the school and run into Professor Ian.

That, after all, is dangerous for the princess and her friends too. As they do now, they will help Professor Ian.

The wisest way is to press down on Pierre here.

“… Guardian Knight. I’m not conceited, but I didn’t come up here in vain.”

“Then did I just breathe and come up here? A knight draws a sword when the conversation is over.”

“… .”

“I don’t need any more words. Bet your all as a knight. I will too.”

As if silently praying believers gathered, a heavy silence filled the cathedral, and the blood took a posture without answering.

And as soon as Frill left the cathedral, the two swords collided.

bang-!

As Pierre’s sword strike slanted to the left. The old knight skillfully raised his sword to block it, and at the same time took a step forward and aimed at Pierre’s helmet with the tip of his sword.

“Sigh… !”

After reading the movements of his lower body and recognizing his attack, Blood lowered the blocked sword and slammed his sword into the floor.

Although it is a woman’s body, under the authority of a god, she could display supernatural strength.

Knock-!

A goosebumps sound came from the old man’s arm.

‘Right now… !’

After suppressing the opponent’s sword by pressing it with the sword, Blood raised the sword and tried to slit the old man’s chin, but the imperial knight, whose eyes were still blue, was by no means a formidable opponent.

“Sheesh… !”

Did you expect this situation?

He stepped on her stopped sword with his left foot and pulled out his own sword faster than Pierre.

Pushed by the momentum of the old knight who immediately turned to the side and attacked like flowing water, his blood burned his sword and cut his sword horizontally.

“… !”

Light traverses in the dark.

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Jjaeok-!

A deep scar was left in the middle of the sword of the knight who held the sword vertically to block the paladin’s sword attack.

And everything beside the place where he stood firmly, the chairs and candles in the church, even the statue of the goddess covering her eyes and mouth were split horizontally and collapsed.

Sword marks were left on the right and left walls of the cathedral, and all the windows that blocked out noise were cracked and shattered.

While the noise outside and the smoke from the fires filled the cathedral, the white remains of the cathedral fell like fallen angels.

‘Saint… .’

A cathedral where everything except the white tower of the saint has lost its appearance.

Blood glared at the old knight who was still in good health with harsh eyes.